Revell 07637 V-19 Torrent Starfighter 06669 & Ahsoka Tano's Jedi Starfighter 06674 Star Wars Twin Kit Pack
Revell V-19 Torrent Starfighter 06669 & Ahsoka Tano's Jedi Starfighter 06674 Star Wars Twin Kit Pack 07637
The single-seat V-19 Torrent starfighter first proved its outstanding capability as a combat fighter at the Battle of Geonosis where it impressed on account of its considerable manoeuvrability, high versatility and speed in normal space. Asa result of its successes in battle, the V-19 was quickly produced in larger quantities, so that it could be added to the Republican army's arsenal as quickly as possible. Since it takes months to train the pilots of the Republican Gunships to fly the V-19, at the start of the Clone Wars only a small number were initially deployed. For escort missions the prototype is subsequently given a single hyperdrive so that its deployment spectrum is no longer restricted to individual planets and sun systems. Its maximum speed is a remarkable 20.000 kilometres in a planetary stratosphere.
The starfighter made by the Kuat Systems Engineering Works is distinguished by the excellent agility and manoeuvrability that it gains from its small dimensions. Its rather weak armament is explained on the one hand by the reliance of the Jedi on their own abilities to avoid conflicts and on the other by the small size of the ship, that therefore has no hyper-space drive of its own. This ultra-light, short fighter is very well protected against fire by the two partly concealed laser cannon that it carries. This single-seat, tapered starfighter is used in large numbers by the Jedi Order in the period of the Galactic Republic, and also by Anakin's padawan (apprentice), Ahsoka Tano from the Togruta people with the conspicuous head tails. The ship she uses is clearly differentiated from Anakin's or Obi-Wan's ship by its dark red paint and the star-shaped decoration on the top.