The
most curious thing about Slave I is the fact that "I" is in it. I
mean, do people refer to their spouse as wife 1 or husband 1 right
after they get married? No - they at least wait until they get married
again before that happens. However, there is no explanation as to
why we get Slave "I" long before there's a successor.
Being
the only bounty hunter ship in the toy line, Slave I piques our
curiousity. That' and its unique design. The ship lands on its "back"
and rotates 90 degrees for flight. The seat also rotates, and the
guns as well. It came with a Han Solo in carbonite prop, and has a
removable panel and ramp/hatch. the outer rudders automatically level
out with the horizon, and a lever on the outside allows you to
rotate the inner seat with a figure in it. In the original line it
only came in an ESB box. In the 1990's+ line it has already come in
Power of the Force, Shadows of the Empire, and other boxes to go
with its appearance in Episode II.
Why should you buy this ship? Five reasons:
1. As previously mentioned, the only bounty hunter ship made. Automatically cool.
2. The unique design - the only other ship that comes close (with its rotating cockpit) is the B-Wing.
3. Boba Fett's ship - also automatically cool.
4. One of the coolest ships to fly during play - it actually has a handle built into it.
5. "Technically" comes with a figure - Han in carbonite.
Backstory:
Slave
I was a modified Firespray-31 class patrol for a asteroid prison
police force, but was stolen by Jango fett shortly before the events
in Episode II. He heavily modified it, including the rotating
cockpit and weapons systems. After jango's death, it was adopted,
then lost, then reacquired by Boba Fett, who also continued
modifying, including, apparently, the paint job. It was "mostly"
destroyed in the events of the graphic novel Dark Empire II.
After hsi escpae from the Sarlacc pit, Boba used another ship, Slave
II, until he recovered Slave I. He eventually had a Slave III and
IV, but found and fixed Slave I again.
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