Outrider The Outrider was a heavily modified YT - 2400 light freighter used by the brash smuggler Dash Rendar . Rendar held that his ship was almost as well known as the " Millennium Falcon " . Design and modifications . The " Outrider " started life as a stock Corellian Engineering Corporation YT - 2400 . Like all the ships in the YT - series , the " Outrider " featured the trademark saucer - shaped hull , which Rendar reinforced with titanium armor and gave a dark , chrome gleam . The cockpit and main escape pod were attached to the starboard side of the saucer with two bracing arms . The docking hatch and another escape pod were on the port side . One of the first modifications Dash made was to replace the original engines with three KonGar KGDefender military - grade ion engines stolen from the advanced engineering department of the Imperial Academy on Corulag . The factory issue hyperdrive was also replaced with a modified SoroSuub Griffyn / Y2TG hyperdrive , giving the " Outrider " a Class 0 . 75 hyperdrive rating . The backup hyperdrive engine had a Class 10 performance . Rendar also improved the " Outrider " ' s sensors and added a countermeasure / stealth package . Though these last modifications were highly illegal , they helped him to avoid unnecessary conflicts . When Rendar could not avoid combat , the " Outrider " was more than capable of holding its own . The ship was armed with a pair of Dymek heavy laser cannons , mounted on dorsal and ventral turrets . The standard Corellian 1D servo mounts provided a 180 degree range of fire above and below the ship . These cannons were hand - modified by Rendar to improve both firepower and range , and could be fired from the gunnery wells or from the cockpit . The " Outrider " was also armed with a pair of forward firing concussion missile launchers built into the cockpit tube . Each launcher contained a magazine of three missiles . The " Outrider " was customized to be operated by Rendar and / or Leebo . It could carry about 75 metric tons of cargo , in addition to up to four additional passengers . When fully stocked , it could go for two standard months before needing to resupply . History . When asked how he acquired his ship , Rendar typically answered , " Not by clean living . " The " Outrider " was a gift from " Uncle " Vanya , a Twi ' lek crime boss for whom Dash worked during the early days of his mercenary career . Vanya also provided Rendar with a Rodian co - pilot who ended up dying within the first twenty seconds of Rendar ' s debut mission . Rendar immediately began modifying the ship for smuggling duties . Most of the original modifications were done at the Byblos Starport Tower 214 by Rendar and the talented Sullustan engineer Bolabo Hujaan . Some time before the Battle of Yavin 4 , the " Outrider " was smuggling cargo through the Maw when it was ambushed by the Galactic Empire . Rendar and his navigator , Eaden Vrill were able to escape by using a hyperspace jump , but it blew out the primary and secondary hyperdrive engines . They limped to Tatooine on their ion engines , and laid the " Outrider " in a berth in Mos Eisley to effect repairs . Rendar was able to hire his crew to the holostar Javul Charn to get the required money to pay for repairs . Dash and Leebo were infamous in smuggling circles well before they were hired by the Rebel Alliance to smuggle weapons and badly needed supplies to Echo Base on Hoth after the evacuation of Yavin 4 . When the Battle of Hoth began , the " Outrider " was still berthed in Echo Base ' s hangar . Dash and Leebo were barely able to escape the base , and had to fly through the Hoth asteroid field in order to escape the orbiting Death Squadron . Soon afterwards , the " Outrider " accompanied the " Millennium Falcon " in an attempt to rescue Han Solo from the bounty hunter Boba Fett , who had set down for repairs at the Imperial Enclave on the moon of Gall . The " Outrider " also participated in a battle to secure the Imperial freighter " Suprosa " , which was carrying the plans for the second Death Star . Rendar also piloted the " Outrider " during the final conflict with Black Sun leader Prince Xizor over Coruscant . In that battle it appeared that the " Outrider " was destroyed , and Rendar and Leebo killed , but it was a trick of timing and perspective . Rendar had decided that his time as a Rebel was over . The fate of the " Outrider " and its captain in later years is unknown . Behind the scenes . The look of " Outrider " was designed by Doug Chiang , who also worked on the designs for the " Star Wars " prequel trilogy films . The class of ship was designed for the Special Edition release of Star Wars Episode IV , and was later adopted and given the name " Outrider " in the multimedia project " " , though the latter was released first in 1996 .