StarSpeeder 1000 The StarSpeeder 1000 was a model of transport starship once operated by the interstellar spaceline Star Tours and the five other travel agencies that made up the Galactic Tourist Bureau . They could accommodate forty seated passengers and required a crew of only three to operate effectively . While all StarSpeeder 1000s bore the Star Tours logo , the color and markings of an individual craft varied according to its destination . The StarSpeeder 1000s were the predecessors of the mostly identical StarSpeeder 3000 that were seen shortly after the Battle of Endor . Characteristics . Sturdy and trapezoidal , the Starspeeder 1000 could accommodate up to forty passengers at a time . Both sides of the Starspeeder 1000 featured five automatic doors that provided access to the rows of seats . The cabin was also height - rated specifically for Wookiee passengers . While the Star Tours travel agency advertised its transport as " the most sophisticated and luxurious spaceliner in its class , " the cabin of the Starspeeder 1000 was rather spartan . It featured little more than a passenger seating area and a small piloting deck with a front transparisteel viewport — occupied by a pilot droid and a systems analyst . An astromech droid was also loaded into a proper slot outside of the ship . Additionally , each StarSpeeder 1000 was equipped with its own IC - 360 camera droid , which would venture out of the transport and deliver close - up images of dangerous creatures or exotic locales to passengers in the cabin . The viewport also had its own automatic cleaning system . However , despite its shortcomings , the transport was equipped with advanced hyperdrive and deflector shields , and all the seats had personal safety belts , called gravitic harness es . The cabin was also equipped with ray shielding , and the front of the vehicle was furbished with two flash cannon s , heavy - duty plasma cannons , and two concealed laser cannons , a defensive armament to be used in case of safety - threatening encounters ; the concealed cannons were abnormally powerful for a passenger liner , as one was observed dealing heavy damage to the bridge of an " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer , engulfing it in flames , and could also destroy a TIE / LN starfighter in one shot . The StarSpeeder 1000 was also designed to operate in aquatic environments . Its front side was even equipped with a pair of headlamps , which allowed the shuttle to navigate in dark , murky waters such as the ones of Lake Paonga on the planet Naboo . It also possessed suborbital thrusters and multi - terrain skids , as well as shielding and protection against dark matter and temporal disturbances . The most basic design model had colors of red , white and blue on the hull , with the red being most prevalent on the dorsal area , the white in the middle area , and the blue in the ventral area . However , there were five different hull designs besides the regular design , depending on the model ' s primary destination . StarSpeeder 1000 hyperdrive . The StarSpeeder 1000 ' s hyperdrive was a Nubian - compatible T - 14 hyperdrive generator . It was composed of Null Quantum Field chargeplates , 14 pairs of plasma focusers , alluvial dampers of the VGL KKC type , coolant arrays , antimatter transpactors , two cabin coolant arrays , tandem control dampers magnetic stabilizers , inertial dampers , a chargeplate with overflow safeties , a tri - valent array , an induction assembly , a class 4 shielding , a fusion injector array , and a gravic recorder . History . The StarSpeeder 1000s were designed by Sacul Aerospace on the Core planet of Corellia , the inhabitants of which had a long - established reputation of crafting fast star cruisers . The ship was certified by Hutt Space , its tech was wavied by Coruscant , and its security was rated by Mandalore . Those sturdy transports were used by Star Tours in the time span from 1 to 0 BBY . During that period , five other spacelines affiliated with Star Tours through the Galactic Tourist Bureau also made use of the StarSpeeder 1000 . The Star Tours travel agency , however , advertised those ships as its trademark , stating that it enjoyed exclusive use of them . At some point after the rise of the Rebel Alliance and its installation on Yavin 4 in 1 BBY , the Star Tours Flight 1401 bound to Coruscant was ambushed by agents of the Galactic Empire , who had detected the presence of a Rebel spy in the craft . In an unfortunate turn of events , the StarSpeeder of the Flight 1401 was piloted by the protocol droid C - 3PO , who did his best to escape the Imperials and finally deliver the spy to safety . In 4 ABY , shortly after the Battle of Endor , the StarSpeeder 1000 had been superseded by the largely identical StarSpeeder 3000 . However , the new 3000s did not remain in service for too long , since the Star Tours company was driven out of business a few months later , after a series of accidents . Behind the scenes . The StarSpeeder 1000s first appeared in " " , a Disney attraction located at in and at in . " The Adventures Continue " was a 2011 update of the " Star Tours " attraction , which was originally launched in 1987 . Early teaser footage for " Star Tours : The Adventures Continue " revealed that part of the ride would include the StarSpeeder 1000 , bursting into the Boonta Eve Classic pod race . In a high - resolution image of the scene provided to various media outlets , the 1000 designation on the speeder could be seen . The computer model of the StarSpeeder 1000 was later used in " " , in the background of Niima Outpost on the planet Jakku .