Balutar - class swoop The " Balutar " - class swoop was a model of speeder bike manufactured by the Mandalore - based MandalMotors company . Due to its Mandalorian construction , the " Balutar " - class swoop was often colloquially referred to as a Mandalorian speeder bike or Mandalorian swoop . Just over two and a half meters in length , the " Balutar " small size belied its powerful engine , and featured a low center of gravity that provided an incredible ease of control for its rider . During the pan - galactic Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Jedi Master and Grand Army of the Republic General Obi - Wan Kenobi , made use of a " Balutar " - class speeder bike while on Mandalore ' s moon of Concordia . When his investigation of the moon ' s abandoned " beskar " mines led to Kenobi ' s capture by the rogue Mandalorian splinter - faction known as the Death Watch , Duchess Satine Kryze — leader of the opposing pacifistic New Mandalorian faction — utilized a " Balutar " - class swoop of her own to track down the incarcerated Jedi and rescue him . Characteristics . Constructed by the Mandalorian MandalMotors company , the " Balutar " - class swoop was a compact speeder bike , measuring only 2 . 66 meters in length . Despite its small size , the " Balutar " possessed an engine more powerful than commonly seen in vessels of its proportions . The swoop ' s power generator was located at the vehicle ' s nose , resting above the main airscoop . The " Balutar " - class swoop ' s low center of gravity was located directly beneath the seat of the driver , contributing to the significant ease with which an individual could control the vehicle . When manufactured to stock , the " Balutar " was without weaponry , however the swoop bike could be outfitted with an additional pair of twin cannons , enabling it to perform the task of a small patrol vehicle . Role . A compact speeder bike with room for a single pilot and one additional passenger , the " Balutar " - class swoop served primarily as a means of personal transport . In addition , the otherwise unarmed swoop could be modified into a police patrol craft , a role in which it would commonly be augmented with aftermarket twin cannons . History . The " Balutar " - class swoop was designed and engineered by the Mandalorian starship company , MandalMotors — a prominent Mandalorian corporation and driving force behind the economy of Mandalore , headquartered in the Outer Rim world ' s capital city , Keldabe — sometime prior to the year 21 BBY . The " Balutar " saw use by members of the Mandalorian Guard , who employed the swoop during police operations . By the start of the Clone Wars , a galaxy - spanning conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , several " Balutar " - class swoops had come to reside at the starport of a Concordian city . When Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s investigation into the rumored Confederate allegiances of the Mandalorians led him to Mandalore ' s moon , Concordia , the Jedi borrowed one of the port ' s " Balutar " swoop bikes to travel to the mines thought to have been left abandoned by the Mandalorians when they ceased their search for " beskar " iron ore . There , Kenobi stumbled upon the secret base of the violent renegade faction of Mandalorians known as the Death Watch . Brutally defeated by a pair of Death Watch soldiers , Kenobi was incarcerated within the mines , though he managed to contact his friend and leader of the pacifistic New Mandalorian faction , Duchess Satine Kryze . Kryze made use of another of the Concordian starport ' s " Balutar " - class speeder bikes in order to track down Kenobi and mount a rescue . The Death Watch owned a number of " Balutar " swoops , keeping several at one of their encampments on the snowy world of Carlac . When Lux Bonteri — son of the murdered Separatist senator Mina Bonteri — traveled to Carlac to enlist the aid of the Death Watch against his mother ' s killer , Count Dooku , several members of the Mandalorian group rode to meet his ship atop " Balutar " - class speeder bikes , and escorted the boy and his companion , Ahsoka Tano , back to their camp . Later , the nomadic Death Watch migrated to Zanbar , a swamp and rock - covered moon , taking their " Balutar " swoops with them to their newly established base there . During the Death Watch ' s assault on the New Mandalorian capital city of Sundari , Duchess Satine Kryze was imprisoned , only to be freed by her nephew and a contingent of other Mandalorians who had turned against Death Watch ' s leadership . Escorted by riders on " Balutar " swoops , Kryze and the others attempted to flee the bounds of Sundari , but their rescue was thwarted and the duchess recaptured . However , during her escape from the prison , Kryze had contacted Obi - Wan Kenobi for aid , and the Jedi Master arrived not long after to save her . Breaking the duchess out of prison , Kenobi fled with Kryze on a stolen " Balutar " - class swoop bike to the docks of Sundari , only to be intercepted and apprehended again by a team of Mandalorian super commandos . Behind the scenes . The " Balutar " - class airspeeder made its first unnamed appearance in " Star Wars " canon in the television series ' episode , " The Mandalore Plot " , which originally aired January 29 , 2010 . Further information , including the name of the speeder bike was provided with the release of the " " guide book in 2011 . The name " Balutar " appears to come from the Mandalorian language developed by author Karen Traviss , specifically the " Mando ' a " word " ba ' balut " , an adjective meaning " on patrol , " or the similar word " tabalut " , meaning simply " patrol . " A " Balutar " - class swoop was included in the 2011 LEGO Mandalorian Battle Pack .