Koro - 1 airspeeder The Koro - 1 " airspeeder — with its large , vamped - up luxury model , the Koro - 1 " Deluxe airspeeder — was a model of dragster - style airspeeder that was manufactured and sold by the Desler Gizh Outworld Mobility Corporation . The " Koro - 1 " airspeeder was followed by Desler Gizh ' s upgraded " Koro - 2 " model . History . In 24 BBY , the Commerce Guild opened an office on the tax - free world of Korriban . Guild members deserving punishment were sent there . The Guild , however , motivated other corporations to join them by opening new offices of their own in the Korriban spaceport of Dreshdae . But by 23 BBY , local Guild executives were being robbed in their hotels with alarming frequency by black market thieves , as a Jedi coalition team learned from their Korriban informant , Teluron Thacker . Using " rampant local crime against Guild workers " as an excuse , therefore , but in violation of Republic law , the Guild sent to Korriban a droid army , which it placed in the front ranks of its local officers and troops clad in full plastoid armor and battlefield helmets . The droid contingency included " dwarf " and " homing " spider droid s . The aim of the Guild ' s army and security forces on Korriban , beyond protecting the Guild ' s workers from petty crime , was to crush the local black market , for Guild executives were tired of having to buy back their own items from the thieves who stole them . The Commerce Guild Army and Punitive Security Forces on Korriban also got caught up ( surely by the machinations of the Guild with the galaxy ' s re - emergent Sith ) in the pursuit of a Jedi Order coalition team ( headed by Obi - Wan Kenobi ) sent by the Jedi High Council to track down galactic criminals Granta Omega and Jenna Zan Arbor . While the army battled Kenobi and three other Jedi Masters within the Great Sith Temple ' s long - abandoned Sith Academy , the Guild ' s local security forces — the Commerce Guild Army Patrol — led a high - speed chase of the Jedi ( whose Koro - 1 Deluxe airspeeder was piloted by 18 - year - old Anakin Skywalker ) into the Valley of the Dark Lords , which ended in the scorching demise of each of the patrol ' s cruisers . The eight - member Jedi coalition team on Korriban was loaned the use of the luxurious ' Deluxe ' model of the Koro - 1 airspeeder , which seated at least 8 passengers . Teluron Thacker , a Commerce Guild businessman and Jedi Order informant , was the vehicle ' s owner . Thacker ' s vehicle , a large company airspeeder for clients , had a bright orange shell with decorative fins , and boasted a pair of sniper blasters . Notwithstanding , he admitted that his ' Deluxe ' speeder wasn ' t very fast or agile . Thacker betrayed his Jedi clients , however , when the Sith - backed Guild " got to him , " and his courage crumbled before forces he feared more than the Jedi . Master Siri Tachi noted Thacker ' s " jumpiness " after he had oddly yelled " " I ' m sorry ! " " as the Jedi took off in the luxury vehicle . Speeding to the Valley of the Dark Lords ( in pursuit of Omega and Zan Arbor ) , the Jedi were soon being tailed by Commerce Guild Army Patrol cruisers and ordered to land their Koro - 1 . Having guided the airspeeder high above Dreshdae , Anakin estimated a ten - minute flight to the Valley and pushed the vehicle to maximum speed . But suddenly the Guild ' s security cruisers were on their tail , and the comm unit crackled on the emergency channel with a Guild army patrol order for them to land their stolen vehicle . When Kenobi begged to differ , stating the speeder was owner - loaned , the patrol said its owner had reported it stolen and threatened laser - cannon firepower if they didn ' t comply within thirty seconds . When Kenobi asked his Padawan if he could outrun the patrol , Anakin replied that " he could if he had to " , and took the speeder into a screeching dive . Struggling to keep up , the army speeders shot out with their cannons . Anakin found that the Koro - 1 ' s sniper blasters were disabled , however , when he tried to respond in kind — the Jedi could only hope for canyon - cover as they sped for the Sith Academy . But if Anakin was to outrun the patrol , he realized , he was going to need greater speed . With Jedi Master Ry - Gaul taking over the controls , Anakin crawled past the other Jedi to the rear , " let fly " the Koro - 1 canopy with a servodriver , and , with a fusion cutter that Master Soara Antana had handed him from the cabin tool kit , cut through the fastenings of the luxury model ' s decorative port fins and kicked them off . He also made deep cuts in the Koro - 1 ' s bright plastoid shell and sent it sailing ( the canopy , meanwhile , had smacked into the lead security speeder ' s viewport and sent it careening to the planet ' s surface ) . Crawling back to the controls , Anakin could now achieve maximum speed . The renowned Master - pilot Ry - Gaul relinquished the Koro - 1 controls to Skywalker , who he deemed better able to handle the evasive flying that was now required . Having trained on Podracers , the next bit of ground - hugging flying that was required of Anakin came naturally to him . Even as the mountains loomed ahead , he didn ' t slow down , but instead kept pushing the speed . As the Koro - 1 screamed down into the Valley , Skywalker looped around a peak and dived into a canyon dotted with boulders , whipping through it as if it were a racing course , with the three remaining security cruisers on his tail . While he sensed all obstacles before they appeared , the speeder - pilots behind him did not , and so met their doom . Anakin allowed himself a moment to glance over at his Master , who had turned pale — a metamorphosis he always enjoyed watching . Anakin pushed straight for a tall canyon formation against Kenobi ' s rebuttal that the Koro - 1 Deluxe didn ' t have , he believed , the kind of maneuverability to pull off the stunt — " they ' d soon find out for sure " , was Skywalker ' s easy reply . At the last possible second , Anakin wrenched the controls , but instead of " turning " , he went " straight up " , causing the bottom of the speeder to skid , space - bound , along the formation : its screaming sound blocked out all other sound , including that of the engine . Smoke and flame rose up around them , which Obi - Wan noticed acutely , closing his eyes . Foolishly attempting the same maneuver , the security speeder behind them crashed head - on into the rock . Straightening out his craft , with all of the patrol vehicles now out of commission , Anakin gleefully noted that no one in the Koro - 1 speeder said anything for a moment . In the nerve - splitting rush of vertical air , the fire on both wings had finally died out . Clearing his throat , Obi - Wan spoke at last : " And now , for the " hard " part , " he said .