Gian-211 patrol speeder

The Gian-211 patrol speeder was a speeder model that existed by the time of the war between the First Order and the Resistance. It featured a gray armored hull and a shrouded repulsorlift generator at its back. The driver of the speeder operated it via the use of a control yoke, and defensive laser cannons were mounted below the front section of the vehicle. The speeder shared its name with the Gian V-44 speederStar Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide and SoroSuub Corporation's Gian heavy patrol speeder,Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles both of which had been in service decades earlier.Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition and Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide establish that the Gian heavy patrol speeder and the Gian V-44 were in service during the Invasion of Naboo and the reign of the Galactic Empire, events that Star Wars: Timelines dates to several decades prior to the First Order-Resistance War.
By 34 ABY,Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary describes the state of the galaxy up to and including the events of , which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY. the repulsorlifts of the Gian-211 patrol speeder had become antiquated. Nevertheless, the ResistanceStar Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary customized andStar Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z utilized one such battered speeder as a transport and recon vehicle at its base on the Outer Rim Territories world D'Qar, using it to rapidly transport maintenance equipment on the facility's large runway network. Resistance technicians kept the speeder's repulsorlifts operational, and it served as an example of the movement's philosophy of utilizing every possible asset.
==Behind the scenes==
The Gian-211 patrol speeder first appeared in the 2015 sequel trilogyStar Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, and it was first identified in Pablo Hidalgo's accompanying reference book Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary. The speeder was represented in a 2016Ultimate LEGO Star Wars LEGO toy set of the LEGO Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens subtheme.
The LEGO version of the speeder, known simply as "Resistance speeder," was presented as a small vehicle used to transport Resistance troopers around the Resistance base. The speeder was described as having two rear-placed engines with orange exhaust plumes, with its interior having a single-person cockpit and its front-facing laser cannons being represented by blue LEGO parts. The LEGO version of the Gian-211 patrol speeder had room at its back section for one passenger, who could operate a rotating, detachable blaster mounted on the vehicle. Several LEGO Gian-211 patrol speeders appear at the D'Qar Resistance base in the 2022 Traveller's Tales video game LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, where the vehicles can be used by the player characters.LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
==Appearances==
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===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary 
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*Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
*Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
===Non-canon sources===
*Ultimate LEGO Star Wars
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Category:Landspeeder models