Anakin Skywalker is one of the most skilled and daring fighter pilots in the Republic. His amazing piloting abilities make him a powerful ally and a formidable enemy. Anakin and his former master Obi-Wan Kenobi battle deadly droid fighters while on a dangerous mission to rescue Chancellor Palpatine, who has been kidnapped by General Grievous and Separatist forces. Vehicle features: firing missiles blaster cannons, spring-open wings, opening canopy, and retractable landing gear. Toy Vehicle is for Ages 4 & up.

EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH MOVIE SCENE:

Small wedge-shaped one-man starfighters, these vessels were used by the Jedi
order in the waning days of the Galactic Republic. While the ship does employ
weapons, most Jedi pilots preferred to rely on their cunning and atonement to
the Force to avoid disputes and aggression. A truncated Astromech Droid was
hard-wired into the starfighter's port side, providing repair and navigation
information to the Jedi pilot. The vessel was too small to carry a hyperdrive, and
instead relied on a separate booster craft for transit through hyperspace With the
outbreak of the Clone Wars, the Jedi saw themselves pressed into the forefront of
military activity, serving as Generals in the campaign against the Separatists. The
demands of combat saw advancements in the Jedi Starfighter arsenal, resulting in
modifications and a new generation of fighter craft. Though the wedge-shaped
Starfighter design was still in use by war's end, a newer model had earned the
spotlight for its use by renowned Jedi heroes, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan
Kenobi. This new model was much more compact, cutting away a large portion
of the forward space-frame to have a forked front, bracketing a bulbous cockpit
pod. Lining the inner edges of the ship's "tines" were powerful long-barrelled
laser cannons. The ship also had secondary cannons recessed on the outer edge
of each tine. A full-size Astromech rested within a spring-loaded socket on the
port wing, and the craft's wingtips could fold open, revealing hexagonal panels
when the ship entered combat mode. The hexagonal wings and the
spoke-windowed cockpit plus the speed of the vehicle, were strong indicators of
future Starfighter designs to be adopted by the galactic government.