Class-6 escape pod

The Class-6 escape pod was a standard emergency craft created by Corellian Engineering Corporation and used on many of their designs, such as the CR90 corvette.
==Characteristics==
The Class-6 escape pod was equipped with four escape thrusters, and several maneuvering thrusters positioned around the pod.
Each pod could carry up to six individuals and was fitted with a viewscreen connected to externally mounted holocameras.
The escape pod was designed to accommodate only living passengers.Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novel
==History==
During the first battle of Tatooine in the Galactic Civil War, the Corellian corvette Tantive IV was captured and boarded by the Imperials. Meanwhile, R2-D2 — the astromech droid onboard, who carried the stolen plans of the first Death Star — overrode a Class-6 escape pod's computer to allow mechanicals to enter. R2-D2 and C-3PO, his protocol droid companion escaped the beleaguered Tantive IV in the pod and crash landed on Tatooine with it.
Imperial escort carriers utilized by Storm commandos also carried Class-6 escape pods, or another escape pod of a similar make.Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
==Behind the scenes==
The escape pod model constructed for A New Hope was built by Industrial Light & Magic in one week. It was a rush job that consisted of two one-gallon paper paint buckets stuck on top of each other. The top one was truncated, but the bottom one was left whole. Lorne Peterson was one of the modelmakers involved with this project.
During the Wedge Campaign mission Relics of Geonosis, several escape pods were seen ejected from Sarkli Piett's Imperial escort carrier and littered around on Geonosis that were given a similar design to the Class-6 escape pods, although it was not made clear if they were intended to be Class-6.
Star Wars Screen Entertainment and Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 31 states that the escape pods that appear in are not in fact class-6 escape pods, but are instead Faberstien-Lago 37s emergency escape pods; however, this fact has not been repeated in any subsequent source.
==Appearances==
*Empire 8
*Star Wars Journal: Captive to Evil
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*Star Wars: A New Hope novelization 
*Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope junior novelization
*Super Star Wars
*Star Wars (1977) 1 
*Droids (1986) 6
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*Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader 
*Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
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*The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader 
===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
*LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
==Sources==
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*Artoo Detoo's Activity Book
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*Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game 
*The Star Wars Sourcebook 
*The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition 
*Star Wars Screen Entertainment
*Star Wars Technical Journal of the Rebel Forces 
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* Star Wars: The Power of the Force toy line (1995)
*The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
*Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
*Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
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*Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual 
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==Notes and references==
==External links==
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Category:Corellian Engineering Corporation products
Category:Escape pod classes
Category:Starship classes of the Alliance to Restore the Republic
Category:Starship classes of the Galactic Empire