Single Trooper Aerial Platform / Legends The Single Trooper Aerial Platform ( STAP - 1 or STAP ) was an agile flying machine designed for use by the Trade Federation ' s and Confederacy of Independent Systems ' B1 battle droids . Characteristics . Single Trooper Aerial Platforms were similar in design to personal repulsorlift airhooks used for both civilian and military purposes . Designed to travel fast , the STAP ' s only weapon was a twin blaster cannon connected to it . High voltage energy cells powered the machine . Each STAP was piloted by a single B1 battle droid that stood on a long foot panel , gripping a pair of handles that controlled its weapons and were used to pilot the craft . B1 battle droids usually piloted these STAPs . STAPs utilized by the Trade Federation prior to the Clone Wars tended to be brown in color ; Separatist STAPs were predominantly blue with white triangular markings . The STAP - 1 was used for scouting and anti - personnel hunting operations , and would occasionally be used in open battle to harass enemy forces . Because of its open design , STAP units were vulnerable to enemy heavy weapons , making them rely on their speed and agility to dodge enemy fire . There was also a heavy STAP with larger laser cannons and a missile launcher . It was the counterpart to the Republic 74 - Z speeder bike . History . Single Trooper Aerial Platforms were used over 3600 years before the Battle of Yavin by the forces of the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire . STAPs were used extensively during the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY , where Trade Federation forces used them to great effect against the Naboo security teams and to subjugate the local populace . Additional units were created at mech factories at the order of OOM - 9 . Later , they would be used during the Clone Wars , especially during the Dark Reaper Crisis , on planets such as Raxus Prime , alongside heavy armored vehicles . During the Battle of Teth , STAPs were utilized by the Separatist forces against the clone troopers and AT - TEs scaling the cliff wall . Anakin Skywalker managed to destroy all but one by knocking their droid pilots off , using the remaining STAP to reach the top of the cliff . STAPs were again utilized by the Separatists on Naboo during the Blue Shadow Virus crisis . A small force of three battle droids riding STAPs were escorting a tactical droid when the convoy was destroyed by Captain Typho , Chrin and another member of the Royal Naboo Security Forces . They were also deployed by the CIS during the Battle of Tirahnn . It later saw use during the Galactic Civil War when a small Jawa warlord named Wittin found a STAP and remote controlled B1 battle droid pilot . He then outfitted it with several modifications , such as a twin ion cannon to stop other vehicles as well as advanced armor upgrades . He then used this vehicle in Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s dangerous gladitorial game . Behind the scenes . An early form of the STAP dates back to the very first story treatment written by George Lucas in May of 1973 . In it , the heroes travel through a dense jungle planet on " jet - sticks . " This idea would go unexplored for over two decades before resurfacing in the revised rough draft of Episode I . In this version , the battle droids are said to ride STAPS , or Single Troop Armed Pogo Sticks . In developing the look of the STAP , Design Director Doug Chiang experimented with heavier versions of the vehicle , which appeared more like the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi . Ultimately , he borrowed the lightweight design of a hummingbird to establish the STAP ' s final look . LEGO produced many sets including the STAP . The first set that included the vehicle was " 7121 Naboo Swamp " based on a scene in The Phantom Menace . The second was in the set " 7654 Droids Battle Pack " which featured a redesign of the first STAP . The third was from the set " 7675 AT - TE Walker " which was based on the scene during the Battle of Teth . The fourth was the promotional UK set " 30004 Battle Droid on STAP " , in which the design ' s basis was from the third , and the fifth is in the 2011 set " 7868 Mace Windu ' s Jedi Starfighter " which includes the third ' s design for the STAP . Some sources released around the time of said that organic beings could not use STAPs due to the radiation from the thrusters at leg - level , but this has apparently been retcon ned with several sources since presenting organics using STAPs with no adverse effects . In the 2001 video game " " and its 2002 , STAPs serve as the " strike mech " unit for the Trade Federation . Players are provided them in several missions of the campaign , and more may be built at mech factories for 50 units of food and 100 units of carbon . Also , in the Star Wars MMO , " " , both the digital deluxe and The Collector ' s Edition would feature the Longspur STAP .