Punworcca 116 - class interstellar sloop / Legends The " Punworcca 116 " - class interstellar sloop was a personal yacht designed by the Huppla Pasa Tisc Shipwrights Collective of Geonosis . Count Dooku possessed such a vessel that was gifted to him by Archduke Poggle the Lesser . His particular vessel was heavily modified , propelled by a unique solar sail using ancient Gree technology . He used the vessel to enter and leave Coruscant undetected . Characteristics . The seed - shaped vessel bore a resemblance to the smaller Geonosian starfighter , though the sloop had room inside for two pilots , a bunk , and cargo space . Though unarmed , the solar sloop featured eighty - four miniature tractor beam projectors fitted to the forward prongs , which acted both as steering aids and emergency grapple weapons . History . Count Dooku received an interstellar sloop as a gift from his Geonosian colleagues prior to the Clone Wars . To the Geonosian sloop , Dooku added a unique and ancient solar sail acquired in the Gree Enclave . Fitted to his vessel , the solar sail propelled the sailer through mysterious means ; regular solar sailers used sails that unfurled to moon - like diameters , catching tachyon streams and ultraviolet lasers . An FA - 4 pilot droid flew the sailer for Dooku , who was often found in the rear hold , perusing the onboard databook library . When war erupted on Geonosis , Dooku fled to his secret hangar in the desert , intent on fleeing the massive battle between Republic and Separatist forces . Dooku was waylaid by Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , and Yoda , and barely managed to escape into the safety of his sailer . The solar sailer left Geonosis far behind , heading for a dark rendezvous with Dooku ' s Master , Darth Sidious , in The Works on Coruscant . Dooku owned at least one decoy sloop , and his apprentices Asajj Ventress and Savage Opress also used " Punworcca 116 " sloops during various missions . During Dooku ' s escape to Vanqor , part of the Skirmish at Vanqor , his sloop was shot down and crashed . Hondo Ohnaka and his pirate gang salvaged the ship and claimed it as their own . Later , Dooku got another one for his mission to Zygerria , where he killed queen Miraj Scintel for her disobedience . An example of this vessel was identified as a distinctive " Geonosian fantail " by Jedi Generals Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker when they discovered it on Tythe . Behind the scenes . Inspirations for the solar sailer came from abandoned concepts for the Queen ' s Royal Starship in Episode I . When the solar sail idea was removed from the chrome aesthetics of Naboo design sensibilities and placed into the harsh insectoid warrens of Geonosis , the ship itself also developed insect - like characteristics . Some designs closely resembled a water beetle in shape and texture , while others were more elegant , butterfly - like incarnations . At first , Dooku ' s ship was envisioned like a limousine , with its pilot in an enclosed compartment separated from its important passenger . Later , during filming , it was decided that a shot of Count Dooku seated next to the pilot droid was needed , so the ship was redesigned with the cockpit bubble more connected to the ship ' s interior space .