WLO - 5 speeder tank The WLO - 5 speeder tank , also known as the Ubrikkian tank or Pirate tank , was a repulsortank with heavy armor and weaponry used by a Weequay pirate gang operating out of the backwater planet of Florrum . Description . The WLO - 5 speeder tank was flanked on each side with one large turbine engine . It was armed with one heavy laser cannon turret , which could turn 360 degrees and was located on the top of the tank . The tank was also armed with anti - personnel blasters located on the bow . The turret gunner sat in the open , behind the laser cannon , protected only by the gun ' s side - armor . Two additional crewmen piloted the craft from inside the vehicle , protected by its heavy armor . The additional crew had access to sensors and computer - based targeting software . The craft could also function as a troop transport , with pirates capable of jumping out from the middle section of the tank . It was favored by pirates because of its ease of use , repair , and modification . Hondo Ohnaka was known to operate several of these vehicles in his " empire " . They were considered to be an operational equivalent to the AAT used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems , with the tanks being more maneuverable but less powerful . History . Around 22 BBY , amidst the Clone Wars , Turk Falso , a lieutenant of Hondo Ohnaka , wanted to steal the spice ransom sent by the Republic in exchange for the captive Count Dooku . His plans to steal the spice failed and to cover up his deceit he told Ohnaka that the Republic hadn ' t send the ransom , but an army instead . Falso convinced Ohnaka to send tanks to destroy the army . These tanks were called " Bombad clankers " by Republic Representative Jar Jar Binks , upon seeing them . During the rescue of Ohnaka ' s captive Jedi Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi from Ohnaka ' s pirate gang , the Gungan Representative Binks was captured by pirates in the tanks . When he walked onto one of the tanks , Binks ' clumsiness caused him to slip and cause the tank to hit the tank next to it . The tank then veered into the power line to Ohnaka ' s base , causing the electricity in the pirate base to go out . The Jedi were freed from their torture device , but Dooku escaped his cell and he left Florrum in a stolen Flarestar attack shuttle . The clone troopers and Binks then approached the pirate compound , hidden from view inside two stolen tanks and together with the Jedi , they left the planet in the " Twilight " . Ohnaka would later use one of the tanks carried aboard a " Corona " - class frigate to raid a nysillin farm on Felucia . The raid was not a success , as Jedi and a team of bounty hunters fought off the Ohnaka gang . Around 20 BBY , one of Ohnaka ' s speeder tanks was stolen by escaping Jedi Padawans . Their craft was pursued by another of the tanks . The pursuing tank shot out one of the engines on the Jedis ' tank , but the pirate craft was knocked aside by the cruiser " Crucible " , piloted by the astromech droid R2 - D2 . The pirates captured the Jedi , though , and returned to the outpost . The outpost had been captured by Separatist forces led by General Grievous , and Padawan Ahsoka Tano convinced her captors to help them . R2 - D2 drove the tank past the droid forces , and the Jedi rescued Ohnaka . Together they boarded R2 ' s tank , but were pursued by Grievous himself in a combat speeder . The cyborg General boarded the top of the tank and dueled Tano . R2 - D2 tried to maneuver the tank to force Grievous off , but wrecked it in the resulting crash . The Jedi were then rescued by Ohnaka in the " Slave I " and returned to the Republic . Behind the scenes . The WLO - 5 speeder tanks first appeared in " " episode " The Gungan General " and received their identification in the sourcebook " Galaxy at War . " These tanks were similar in design to the AAC - 1 speeder tank from " " . The laser cannon on the tank was based on that of the MS - 1 fire - linked heavy laser cannon on AT - ATs . LEGO has created a set of the tank featuring Hondo Ohnaka , Turk Falso and Obi - Wan Kenobi . The set was released August 1 , 2009 .