T - 6 shuttle / Legends The T - 6 shuttle , also known as the Jedi ambassador shuttle , was a semicircular shuttle manufactured by Slayn & Korpil and in use by the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars . Adorned with a Galactic Roundel and painted in the red - and - white color scheme of the Grand Army of the Republic , T - 6 shuttles featured rotating cockpits and engine blocks , and were hyperdrive - equipped . Several craft of this model were utilized by Jedi throughout the Clone Wars on a variety of missions . It was still in use during the Galactic Civil War . Characteristics . Manufactured by the Verpine hives of Slayn & Korpil , the semicircular T - 6 shuttle featured a rotating engine block and cockpit that oriented with the rest of the ship when landed or in flight , a trait made possible by shock - resistant gimbals , one of many technological advancements included in the shuttle by its Verpine designers . In its landing configuration , the ship sat horizontally , supported by a trio of landing gear . The cockpit , somewhat conical in shape , remained aligned with the body of the craft , with the three engines likewise horizontally aligned with the body of the shuttle . When entering flight mode , the cockpit and the engine block rotated ninety degrees . The craft had one loading ramp , located on the port side of the engine block . Shuttles of this class featured ejector seats that , when launched , enclosed the being in a flexible , cushioned survival capsule . Due to its role as an ambassadorial craft , the T - 6 shuttle lacked weaponry , but was equipped with a hyperdrive . Furthermore , the craft ' s spacious interior provided for reasonably comfortable space travel . When pressed into service during the Clone Wars , Republic T - 6 shuttles were adorned with a Galactic Roundel and painted in the red - and - white color scheme of the Grand Army of the Republic , though they remained unarmed . History . Crafted by the Verpine shipbuilders of the Roche system , T - 6 shuttles were designed for the Jedi Order , which employed the craft since at least 32 BBY . Their use by the Jedi , primarily in times of peace , earned them the nickname " Jedi ambassador shuttles , " although elite citizens of the Republic capital planet Coruscant used the craft as well . A Jedi T - 6 was aboard the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Resolute " after a battle on Devaron in around 22 BBY . Following the capture of the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane , the T - 6 shuttle was used to transport Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Obi - Wan Kenobi , Bane , and Clone Commander CC - 2224 to Bane ' s hideout in the asteroid - strewn Rogue Antar system to retrieve a stolen holocron . However , the space station proved to be a trap — Bane eluded his captors and activated the hideout ' s self - destruct sequence before departing in an escape pod . Windu , Kenobi , and Commander Cody left in their shuttle with the recovered holocron before the station exploded . Following the destruction of the Felucia medical station , Jedi Anakin Skywalker , Obi - Wan Kenobi , and Ahsoka Tano took a T - 6 shuttle to Felucia to investigate the medical center ' s disappearance . Upon their arrival , the shuttle was attacked by Vulture droids launched from a deployment pod . The droid starfighters shot and disabled the unarmed shuttle , but the trio of Jedi escaped using their ejector seats before the shuttle collided with a mountain on the planet ' s surface . Around 21 BBY , Jedi Plo Koon and Ahsoka Tano used a T - 6 shuttle to travel to Florrum in search of the bounty hunters Boba Fett , Aurra Sing , and Bossk , who had taken hostages from the crew of the Star Destroyer " Endurance " . The Jedi confronted the renegades on the planet and rescued two of the hostages , capturing Fett and Bossk in the process . The T - 6 shuttle was then used to transport the Republic forces and their captives to the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center on Coruscant . Another T - 6 shuttle was used by Padawan Tano and Pantoran Senator Riyo Chuchi to travel to a Trade Federation Droid Control Ship above Pantora during their search for the kidnapped daughters of Pantoran Chairman Notluwiski Papanoida . Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker later used a shuttle to journey to Dathomir to uncover the origins of a dark side warrior , Savage Opress , who was responsible for the deaths of two Jedi . After learning that Opress was on Toydaria , the duo took the craft to the Toydarian homeworld to confront the acolyte . The shuttle was destroyed by Opress as he made his escape . A T - 6 shuttle was utilized by Jedi Jyl Somtay to retrieve Skywalker and Kenobi following their successful sabotage of a Separatist munitions factory ' s force field during the war . A subsequent Republic attack on the factory was thwarted , however , when the Separatist warship " Starcrusher " destroyed the three " Venator " - class Star Destroyers attacking the facility . Somtay managed to avoid the " Starcrusher " tractor beam and escape into hyperspace with the two passengers aboard ; she later piloted the T - 6 during a Jedi mission to destroy the Separatist warship . Ahsoka Tano , one of the Jedi aboard the T - 6 , reprogrammed the shuttle to fly toward the " Starcrusher " once the Jedi strike team had successfully boarded a Separatist refueling ship . The empty T - 6 shuttle was then destroyed by the " Starcrusher " batteries as cover for the team ' s infiltration . Skywalker and Tano utilized a T - 6 shuttle in their pursuit of bounty hunter Rako Hardeen — who was , unbeknownst to them , Obi - Wan Kenobi in disguise — when Hardeen was implicated in Kenobi ' s death , an elaborate ruse conceived by the Jedi High Council to uncover a plot to kidnap Republic Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . The bounty hunter ' s trail led to the planet Nal Hutta , from which Skywalker and Tano followed the disguised Kenobi and assassins - for - hire Cad Bane and Moralo Eval to a fueling station on nearby Orondia . The two Jedi succeeded in bringing down the bounty hunters ' Personal Luxury Yacht 3000 with their T - 6 shuttle , though the maneuver forced the shuttle to also crash . A T - 6 shuttle later transported Palpatine and several others to the planet Naboo for the Festival of Light celebration , where the kidnapping was attempted . Kenobi and Plo Koon , along with fellow Jedi Bruu Jun - Fan , Grohto , Ko Solok , and Tatsu , took a T - 6 shuttle to the planet Yellowblade ' s Landing to investigate a lead on tracking down Savage Opress and his resurrected brother , Darth Maul , who had begun a series of massacres throughout the Outer Rim Territories . The shuttle was still used during the Galactic Civil War . In 0 ABY , the Rebel Alliance had one at the Arrochar base . Leia Organa piloted it with C - 3PO to investigate an Imperial super hauler which had arrived there with a faulty navigation system . Behind the scenes . The T - 6 shuttle was first seen in a piece of concept art published in " " . The ship first appeared in " Children of the Force , " the third episode in of the , which aired on October 9 , 2009 . The craft went unnamed in the episode but was given the designation " T - 6 shuttle " in the accompanying episode guide , which was published on StarWars . com later the same day . T - 6 shuttles would later appear in several additional episodes of the series . The craft also made appearances in two LEGO stories , both of which are non - canon — the online comic " Jedi Journal Entry # 968 " and the animated feature " " . Series Director Dave Filoni considers the shuttle , with its " Millennium Falcon " – like cockpit canopy , to be " one of [ his ] favorite " ships from " The Clone Wars " , eclipsing the boxy G9 Rigger freighter " Twilight " in his opinion . The online guide for " Revival , " the first episode of , incorrectly identifies an " Eta " - class shuttle as a T - 6 shuttle .