(The Mandalorian Vehicles) The Empire's Nearly INDESTRUCTIBLE Transport

See the Imperial Troop Transport in action over the years from Imperial to post-Imperial Eras. From Legends to Canon, Star Wars Rebels and The Mandalorian. Also see a comparison to other Star Wars ships and vehicles like the AAT, AT-ST and TX-225 Tank.
Script by Erik Lovejoy
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[@Drakefance5]

Current Conversions: Yodas: 1.06 Yodas = 1 Kowakian Monkey-Lizards 1.15 Yodas = 2 Porgs 2.65 Yodas = 1 Darth Maul 2.72 Yodas = 1 Han Solos 3.04 Yodas = 1 Mynock 3.04 Yodas = 1 Tauntaun 3.18 Yodas = 1 Wookies 3.23 Yodas = 1 Snokes 3.45 Yodas = 1 Chewbaccas 9.09 Yodas = 2 Wampas 15.00 Yodas = 1 Rancors 146.96 Yodas = 1 Zillo Beast Jawas: 0.38 Jawas = 1 Porgs 1.00 Jawas = 1 Ewoks 1.00 Jawas = 1 Chadra-Fans 1.50 Jawas = 1 Leia Organas 1.72 Jawas = 1 Luke Skywalkers 1.73 Jawas = 1 Senates 1.75 Jawas = 1 Darth Maul 1.85 Jawas = 1 Galen Mareks 1.90 Jawas = 1 Lott Dod 1.98 Jawas = 3 Yodas 2.00 Jawas = 1 Mynock 2.00 Jawas = 1 Tauntauns 2.00 Jawas = 1 Dashades 2.10 Jawas = 1 Wookies 3.00 Jawas = 1 Wampas 3.05 Jawas = 1 Acklay 3.90 Jawas = 1 Hutt 10.00 Jawas = 1 Rancors 97.00 Jawas = 1 Zillo Beast Tauntauns: 0.87 Tauntauns = 1 Darth Maul 0.95 Tauntauns = 5 Porgs 1.00 Tauntauns = 1 Mynock 1.00 Tauntauns = 1 Dashades 1.00 Tauntauns = 2 Jawas 1.72 Tauntauns = 2 Luke Skywalkers 1.73 Tauntauns = 2 Senates 1.75 Tauntauns = 2 Darth Maul 1.90 Tauntauns = 2 Lott Dod 1.95 Tauntauns = 1 Hutt 2.50 Tauntauns = 2 Gundarks 3.00 Tauntauns = 2 Wampas 3.05 Tauntauns = 2 Acklay 5.00 Tauntauns = 1 Rancors 48.5 Tauntauns = 1 Zillo Beast Wampas: 0.58 Wampas = 1 Darth Maul 1.00 Wampas = 3 Jawas 1.00 Wampas = 2 Leia Organas 1.01 Wampas = 8 Porgs 1.05 Wampas = 1 Acklay 2.00 Wampas = 3 Mynocks 2.00 Wampas = 3 Tauntauns 2.00 Wampas = 3 Dashades 10.00 Wampas = 3 Rancors 32.33 Wampas = 1 Zillo Beast Hutts: 0.44 Hutts = 1 Darth Maul 1.02 Hutts = 4 Jawas 1.02 Hutts = 2 Mynocks 1.02 Hutts = 2 Tauntauns 2.05 Hutts = 4 Dashades 3.07 Hutts = 4 Wampas 3.12 Hutts = 4 Acklay 10.00 Hutts = 3.9 Rancors 24.87 Hutts = 1 Zillo Beast Rancors: 0.70 Rancors = 4 Darth Maul 0.98 Rancors = 26 Porgs 1.00 Rancors = 4 Gundarks 1.00 Rancors = 5 Mynocks 1.00 Rancors = 5 Tauntauns 1.00 Rancors = 5 Dashades 1.00 Rancors = 10 Jawas 1.00 Rancors = 15 Yodas 1.08 Rancors = 9 Sebulbas 1.03 Rancors = 6 Luke Skywalkers 1.03 Rancors = 6 Senates 1.05 Rancors = 7 Leia Organas 1.05 Rancors = 15 Kowakian Monkey-Lizards 1.06 Rancors = 5 Snokes 3.05 Rancors = 10 Acklay 9.70 Rancors = 1 Zillo Beast

[@jackharris8661]

Wtf

[@tyrannapusandfriends6254]

Drakefance5 damn

[@thomasmoriarti8214]

This is an underated comment

[@EVA-UNIT-13]

Geez

[@shadowknight7584]

Amazing

[@casbot71]

*ITT Pilot:* With my heavy armour I can afford to go straight through a fire zone, they'll never penetrate the hull. *Stormtroopers being carried outside:* _*Welp._

[@keirantalent]

casbott Never a good thing when you’re being transported and the pilot starts whispering ‘this is where the fun begins’ to himself.

[@KenTails]

casbott That sounds familiar... oh I know! it's the NOOSE (modern gta Swat) SUV drivers from GTAV. These drivers have no regard for the safety of the guys on the sides. lol

[@sumukhvmrsat6347]

​@@keirantalent it gets Worse when the Star spinning 😂

[@wet_weather_imp]

Why has no one realised that at least a dozen Stormtroopers came from the ITT, from the inside, not just the 6 on the the sides

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Yeah never official numbers on how many inside and it was hard to tell in the mandalorian

[@WardenWolf]

@@MetaNerdzLore The biggest design flaw is that the troops have to be standing. You want your forces to arrive to the battlefield rested, not fatigued. It would make more sense for them to have rows of seats that automatically retract to allow an open aisle for rapid exit.

[@morax1030]

@@WardenWolf First Order AAL

[@andrewphillips8341]

META you do know it is based on a Hasbro toy form the late 70s? Sloppy reaserch

[@andrewphillips8341]

ahh should have waited for the end. Sorry

[@MGF0x]

"2 senates longer than the AAT" made my day 😂

[@killualoa3240]

MG att doesn’t have the hate flowing through it -emperor Palpatine

[@nick27072]

Same

[@Ultimaton100]

* 2 senates longer, you mean

[@thelostpotato8846]

i thought he meant a senate building at first lol

[@nedia8259]

Same bro

[@hitachicordoba]

I instantly recognized it in the Mando as the 1979 Kenner toy that was on my Xmas list but did't get as a kid.

[@kendenk8766]

i did have one, it was awesome

[@unnecessarilyepic1107]

It's an old toy, but it checks out

[@johnnaumann7766]

@@unnecessarilyepic1107 back then, that's when it came but not one appearance in the original trilogies, probably was too expensive to make at the time given that they were making ground breaking special effects too. Neat concept though!

[@colinw4364]

@@johnnaumann7766 Kenner toys created it because there was no gap between the big spaceships and the action figures so they made a bunch of random vehicles with figures to go with it

[@Riceball01]

Same here, except that I recognized it when I first saw it on Rebels and it was never on my Xmas list, but I definitely remember the toy when it first came out.

[@StuartLugsden]

I love that Rebels brought some legends vehicles back into canon in a beautiful design like this transport, the Imperial carrier and the support vessel. But I wish we saw more of that.

[@LanChrissTV]

Stuart Lugsden not to forget the TIE Defender!

[@StuartLugsden]

Yes! That ship was great!

[@riverlucier7496]

@@LanChrissTV and some form of the Hammerhead Cruiser, though brought back instead as the Hammerhead Corvette.

[@StuartLugsden]

@@riverlucier7496 That's technically a new ship but the design dates back to the one from The Old Republic.

[@bazinga8203]

Pretty much the only good thing about the show

[@neofulcrum5013]

Ah gotta love Filoni tying in those references to rebels.

[@Brick_One_A_Lego_Story]

This is the way!

[@laurids796]

@@Brick_One_A_Lego_Story hä which way What do you mean

[@Brick_One_A_Lego_Story]

In the series called ' The Mandalorian' (in which you can also see this vehicle ) there is a clan of Mandalorians who use the saying 'This is the way' as a mantra. When they say it they mean that something is right according to their code or that they agree about something. So basically I mean that the fact that Filoni made several references in Rebels (including this vehicle) is cool. Anyway, I recommend you watching the Mandalorian.

[@laurids796]

@@Brick_One_A_Lego_Storythe bad thing is that Disney+ and with it the mandalorian is only available in the USA and the Netherlands...🥺

[@techticianlarsproductions6180]

I was so happy to see it in live action finally

[@wiibrockster]

The ITT may be not be as Iconic and recognisable as The AT-AT or AT-ST,It's by far my favourite Imperial Vehicle.

[@psychopeda23]

something tells me that sienar ordered/ rpoduced waaaayyy to many TIE Cockpits, so they tried to use them anywhere else

[@LoneWolf20213]

The only flaw I see is how the troops are on the outside instead of having a LAAT style carry style

[@hurricaneace143]

That's optional. It has room inside for 12, with the other 6 spots on the outside

[@LoneWolf20213]

hurricaneace143 still, I would make it a little better with that one change

[@hurricaneace143]

@@LoneWolf20213 I mean, it is also mainly a police vehicle though so dont think of it as a legit military unit

[@dwaneanderson8039]

You're right, carrying people on the outside is a bad idea. Why would you want to carry people on the outside of an armored vehicle? It kind of defeats the purpose of the armor. What if someone starts shooting at you? You have all that armor behind you, but nothing in front. And you don't even enough room to duck. All you can do is pray that you don't catch one in the face. And who would want to get stuck riding in a narrow box with no room to sit down? Imagine if you had to travel for several hours. What if it rains? What if it's freezing cold, and your travelling 90 mph? The wind chill would be insane. If you want your men to be able to quickly jump out the sides, you could just put doors in the sides. Then everyone could ride inside where it's safer. If you want to shoot out the sides, you can have gun ports.

[@LoneWolf20213]

@@dwaneanderson8039 you get my concerns, yes, it's armored, but what's the purpose if your troop's get shot while on the move

[@adinbubadin]

7:32 MOSS GIDEON

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Its Moff Gideon. And I said Moff. I'm confused by the comment

[@stonks6616]

MetaNerdz Lore srry m8 but u said moss

[@champlo]

@@MetaNerdzLore You said Moss

[@POTATOEH81]

7:35 is a better time stamp

[@POTATOEH81]

@@MetaNerdzLore definitely said Moss instead of moff mistakenly , but everyone makes mistakes

[@medicman1118]

I guess giant metal boxes are mandatory transport if you go by the name of Imperial.

[@InventorZahran]

Or giant metal boxes on long legs...

[@Normalguy1690]

Medicman11 don’t you dare judge the Imperium of man vehicles.

[@ratbat1072]

Arent u wings giant metal boxes with wings?

[@georgeadams2555]

they hide in metal bawkes, the fools, the fiends!!!!

[@TheSlamburger]

We... Should take away their METAL BAWKSES!!

[@sheev9852]

0:46 "slow" lmao

[@Canoby]

I love that Mandalorian is featuring Legends stuff like this

[@cornmaized]

It’s been canon for ages due to Rebels

[@natrinaharris9579]

@@cornmaized jejherjjssjjssj I love you. Was the best video

[@BrokenCurtain]

The stormtroopers strapped to the sides of this thing make it look like a suicide bomber.

[@markgeorge2200]

Lol true. However they could go inside too.

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

I remember seeing the original kenner toy in a store in around 1979 and thinking it was a bit meh because it was non-canon - then my friend got one for Christmas and i realised it was a pretty awesome toy. The armour couldn't withstand my Y-Wing's proton bomb though :-)

[@Ampwich]

Even back then people were iffy about canon? Ha

[@lol-un6nl]

@@Ampwich more like "it's not in the movie" than canon

[@80Bucks]

@@Ampwich that's how star wars miniatures died

[@scockery]

Y-Wing wasn't out until 1983, though. Or were you using the small die cast metal Y-Wing?

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

@@scockery - I'm probably just misremembering - it could have been a year or three between me seeing it in store and my friend getting one - or their might have been a couple of years gap between him getting it and me getting my Y-Wing. So long ago man :-)

[@michaelchurito]

I had one of these as a toy in the early 80's glad it's finally been used on screen!!!

[@macwelch8599]

Awesome looking vehicle

[@jacktheflash8478]

I prefer the one in rebels the guns on the front could really make a difference

[@blastech4095]

This model still has two laser cannons in the prow, they're fixed into the hull if you look closely, rather than being ball turreted. One reason to do this might be to install larger lasers, with more anti-vehicle potential but no ability to traverse (laser cannons in SW can shoot slightly off-axis though).

[@jacktheflash8478]

Blas Tech okay

[@betheaves1026]

Just imagine your a storm trooper and you have been training for years now and now it’s finally time to go fight for the empire you and a bunch of other storm troopers go into this vehicle then you realize your pretty much just standing in a metal box attached to a weaponized bus

[@bobobo2224]

It was first used as a toy from the original movies. I loved it when I was a kid. Seeing it in the mandalorian was awesome. I love how the mandalorian uses all kinds of things that were only toys

[@DitchCricket11]

I remember having this toy as a kid thanks to my dad handing it down to me. It was one of the coolest ones!

[@MetaNerdzLore]

ah thats really cool

[@dominickpolice2033]

I had that toy way back when. It was great. Loved the voice buttons. Loved seeing it in the mandalorian. Nostalgia.

[@almasbaibolov1446]

8:35 I sure like how for tens of years later Lucasart used same disein for Imperial Dropship in Star Wars The Force Unleashed. Which is also awesome vehicle.

[@luckiller019]

>that thick boxy brick design adeptus mechanicus priest sweating

[@KesselRunner606]

The imperial troop transport from Kenner was one of the first Star Wars toys I got for Xmas. I still have it somewhere, lying in a box. I squealed like a little baby when it appeared in Mando.

[@equesfuscus]

Dig it out!

[@inquisitorgarza312]

The Galactic Empire should have made many types of troop carriers for the need of control of planets. There were hundreds of planets that are probably more empty and less civilized, and troops transports are needed for rapid deployment. Though considering that this thing is almost indestructible with its armor its probably very expensive, but the troop racks I considered very hazardous to the troops, because both of exposed to the elements and the lack of protection to said troopers. That said this transport is a all around transport for the Empire and no doubt it will spread fear and power across the Empire.

[@ModeratelyAnnoyed]

Finally! I have waited a very long time for you to make a video about this! Allso could you please make a video about the AT-AT variant seen on Kashyyk in Jedi fallen order, because it can't possibly be the same model seen in any other Star wars media. And if I'm not wrong it might be slightly different than the ones shown in the Rebels TV-show.

[@blastech4095]

How are they different to the Rebels version?

[@ScipioXII]

Sorry but from a military perspective, the troop transport doesn’t make much sense. If it’s an armored troop transport then you’d expect the troops to be protected and not have their upper torso exposed.

[@soldat88hun]

It's a police van, they are not supposed to be fired on. i.pinimg.com/originals/43/4f/31/434f313a173d82751b87029ad31e38f0.jpg

[@metaouroboros690]

@@soldat88hun Yeah, it's definitely better for police work. You can also stick cargo or prisoners (yay meatshields and imperial morals) in the little slots.

[@Underworlddream]

It was base on the old toy, a action figure transport or rack. So when it was brought in to comic/legend it was brought in exactly size and they did not modify it much. That why the old version look a bit wanky. The newer version they try to fix it up so that it make sense.

[@SIRslipperyasp91]

Also it does have a deflector shield.

[@jacktheflash8478]

Underworlddream how does it look wanky?

[@camdenpalk1939]

I’ve been waiting for this video for forever!

[@vustvaleo8068]

funny that it was based on a toy vehicle that doubles as a figure carrying case.

[@sven518-7]

Haven't seen the mandalorian yet, but looks good

[@danielolsson7134]

@Alex Hotere No, it's great!

[@Brick_One_A_Lego_Story]

@Alex Hotere You should definitely watch it! I have spoken.

[@magicman3163]

When Original Trilogy galactic supremacy gets added this better be the intro for the empire.

[@Straswa]

Great vid MetaNerdz, fascinating info.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

The stongest shield can be a formidable weapon

[@omegaheartless]

Empire: Spends enough money to craete nearly indestructible armored tanks for their troops to safely be in. Also Empire: Gives their troops armor that couldn't save their lives if they really wanted to. :/

[@LordVader1094]

Their armour actually does save them, both in Canon and Legends. It disperses the blaster bolt so that oftentimes (but not always) the trooper is knocked down or unconscious rather than killed.

[@mjcaboose3479]

LordVader1094 they are also impervious to slug throwers

[@blastech4095]

It's an armoured space suit.

[@Ravencos]

I do love your behind-the-scenes stuff.

[@darthdystopian4550]

8:34 The front end of the prototype looks like the front of an IDT gunship from the force unleashed.

[@texasr3d872]

Omg yess

[@RoseSupreme]

4:32 They look like Subway Trains.

[@Wario7793]

Wow, a lot of legends and canon history! Wasn't there a converted Troop Transport lurking in the background on Hoth in ESB?

[@FunyunRob]

Legit, for April fools day you should make a video like this with one of the ships from the movie Spaceballs. There’s a short lived tv series for Spaceballs as well that you could pull info from. You’d need to do this in the same tone you do with these videos.

[@chrisjohnson7038]

Had this toy as a kid. It had voices and sound effects something unheard of in 1980.

[@ronidude]

everything in star wars is "nearly indestructable"

[@markgeorge2200]

Ehh not really.

[@highadmiraljt5853]

Because Star Wars is mostly focused around the wars part, and most vehicles need either strong armor or tons of speed to survive more than 5 seconds on a battlefield

[@wordwyrd]

This was my first starwars vehicle besides the x-wing

[@samgiles20599]

That prototype design looks like the Imperial drop ship from the Force Unleashed games.

[@killualoa3240]

Sam Giles it kinda does

[@Saintbow]

Shoutout to all the veteran Starwars fans who knew of and had the Transport carrier since 1979! Kenner made the best action figures.

[@scotthintze5901]

I'm glad to see the troop transport in the Mandalorian series. I still have the Kenner Troop Transport vehicle back in the 70's with sound f/x like the troop engine, laser/stun rifles, Stormtrooper, C-3PO and R2-D2. I even have the dvd documentary of Plastic Galaxy: The Story of the Star Wars Toys that show one of Kenner's designers did a prototype mock up of the original one, with a black R2-D2 figure that came with it, but never made.

[@abenickerson7470]

I remember a friend of mine had the Kenner toy of this when we were kids (late 70's early 80's). He had 6 stormtroopers for it.

[@sos_legio_primus9177]

I had a toy of that back in the '70s and a cloud city clod car with LEDs and sounds. 2 of the rarest SW toys. I wish I still had them now to sell.

[@KenTails]

8:37 Someone may have commented already, but based on the appearence, I think the design of the Imperial Dropship Transport from Force Unleashed game may be somewhat based on this prototype ITT. Its twin cockpits look pretty similar to the ones on this one

[@KenTails]

Wookiepedia starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial_Dropship_Transport

[@Hornfrog]

I really like this transport but I don’t like the exposed soldier compartments

[@Hornfrog]

That’s really cool thx for the the fun fact 😄

[@seanm4095]

1:58 When did our favorite Millium Falcon co pilot become a system of measurement?

[@eugeneoregan5559]

Had the ITT as a kid, got from Santa :-)

[@wigglemd]

Wow! i had this toy as a kid

[@oriontheraptor8119]

8:35 the cab design looks like the cock pit design on the Imperial drop ship from the force unleashed two

[@betheaves1026]

0:40 I don’t know why but palpatine being labeled *SLOW* made me laugh

[@shadowqueen1701]

If the ITT killed the Jawas where did the Banthas come from?

[@skunk7560]

I never knew the Senate was that slow! Guess you learn new things very day.

[@allones3078]

from the eletric shock after that blast looks like it has a shield generator

[@andrewphillips8341]

The vehicle that originated in Hasbro toys in the late 70s. I had one. The 'pockets' in the sides were to store you toys in.

[@freembeem]

THIS IS THE WAY

[@DrPhil-om8hb]

This is my absolute fave vehicle

[@futureclonecommando2275]

Interesting very interesting stuff here

[@Makocat]

I've had an mlc-3 toy my dad used to own back in the 80's and I never really knew it if it was actually a starwars vehicle. Glad to know. Also his millenium falcon but the poor thing is one quad laser canon put of the 4. And plastic turned into a sand color.they both look like a shoretrooper armor piece now

[@expojam1473]

“Just over 3 1/2 senates” 😂😂👍🏻

[@Chef_PC]

I loved that toy.

[@dindjarin4243]

Funny how when the rebels use it in tv it’s practically indestructible, but when the imperials use it, it only takes a couple thermal detonators.

[@ironcityblue]

Easy to pop like a blister with not only AirPower it armor, but infantry with portable tank busters.

[@timothypryor7952]

This is one of the few times where the changes between Legends and Disney are actually good.

[@Ragnarok6664]

Nice & durable for sure

[@JeremyWilliamson]

MAN, I love these data-fact-informational type videos!! SO MUCH FUN!! and refreshing from all the hatred out there!! KEEP IT UP!!

[@MetaNerdzLore]

yeah i dont get putting drama in fiction

[@JeremyWilliamson]

@@MetaNerdzLore THAT is why I follow your channel and visit frequently!!! THANK YOU for that!!

[@joeybar.]

i’m getting this lego today

[@billmelater6470]

*Empire designs APC "Hey, what about firing ports so that troops on the inside can shoot out while protected?" "What? Hell no! Put those fuckers on the outside!"

[@rustlerconsumer3703]

When someone uses the Sheev metric: A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

2:29 well, that makes an idea on how strong the cannons of an AT-AT are, since in Jedi Fallen Order you literally one shot those things, with that I'm sure heavy vehicles could be the answer to kill that transport, other than that, apparently, they're pretty much umbreakable, unless you have a ion weapon

[@aninternetuser1978]

Oh fuck yeah I always wanted to see this one

[@wafalme851]

Do the Neimoidians please I’ve been commenting for about a year now

[@killualoa3240]

Kingdom of Kemet yyyyyessssss

[@SoranoGuardias]

Moff Gideon is holding a counterfeit Darksaber.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

Ahsoka: "sometimes the best defense is the best offense."

[@falloutmcgee6948]

Really hope they make a LEGO set from this. Since it got reintroduced in the Mandalorian, I would highly suspect they would make one. I know they made a smaller one for a battle pack, but I’m talking about a proper, full sized one. That I would absolutely buy 2 of.

[@jessehorn6180]

They need to make more Kenner vehicles canon

[@Ally5141]

This thing is probably the most sound vehicle in the entirety of star wars.

[@creamcheese6662]

I still have the original toy from when I was a kid

[@tylerc9710]

Britain measuring things in tea cups France measuring things in chesse/per baguette² Americans measuring things in football fields Star wars fans: Hold my wookie

[@jedi69outcast]

I always liked the toy but it always seemed underscaled even when it was first released. I hope they upscale it to close to 1/18 scale when it hits the store shelves again

[@beidorion]

also if you notice the design on the tank at timestamp 7:50 unlike the drawings of it here the doors open into the inner craft so the troopers would not have to remain standing and exposed but it is a logical, practical and most of all in lore believeable infantry fighting vehicle

[@kendog84bsc]

7:05 According to wookiepedia, canon version of the TX-225 assault tank is in fact tracked, and not a repulsor craft vehicle. They messed it up, and LEGO version of the thing ended up being a hover tank. I was confused when I first saw the Rogue One, as the lego version of the thing, which I saw in a review, was a hover tank, yet the plop in the movie had a pair of tracks, which was visible only in a few shots. I thought it was some kind of a film making error

[@christopherchance4860]

K79-S80 stands for the original Kenner version in 1979 and the Sears exclusive re-release in 1980

[@neilmurphy966]

I used have palitoy one..with 6 pods and rear compartment for storage..had immobilizer collars that put over figures to keep them in check.. was in old marvel comic story too..titled "Dark Night's Devilry" mustve been very early 1980s..earliest appearance? (some guerillas ambushed it on sandy world..they were brutal fighters not typical rebels 😉)

[@SC4649]

That prototype Kenner design looks like the Imperial Dropship Transport from The Force Unleashed...

[@D_day1969]

Had this toy back in the 80’s it was exclusive through Sears toy department only

[@thorshammer7883]

What happened to the New Republic fleet after the Yuuzhan Vong war?

[@kipix4246]

Nice units of measurement

[@rootin222]

This should be in Battlefront!!!!

[@markfrederick6202]

I always wanted to build a real one for parades!

[@waddledee2857]

Can’t wait to see these things in subway systems in a few years

[@darnellsmith363]

@MetaNerdz do you know what kinda fighter was about to be used to pursue the razor crest aboard the space station before the X-wing's arrived in the mandalorian.

[@arnoldseth3003]

"ITT?" "Intent to touch homie"-Brundon

[@ZackStormYT]

4:44 there's some weird looking vehicles in this shot but I think what looks to be a lamda shuttle on tank treads is hands down the weirdest. Although it would probably make a decent tank its got fairly high fire power and good shields.

[@ZackStormYT]

Or that's a ship that's landed in the background but I prefer shuttle on tank treads

[@DavidelCientificoLoco]

Your talking about The tank behind The tietank right?

[@ZackStormYT]

Yep. I’ve seen it before it literally looks like a shuttle on tank treads and it’s on the same side as a tie on tank greases sooooooo