Mandalorian Season 2 Video Shows How Slave 1’s Interior Rotates

Here’s how Boba Fett‘s Slave 1 rotates without its passengers being affected. As the Star Wars classic bounty hunter returned to the franchise via The Mandalorian, the Disney+ show is also answering some long-existing questions about his iconic ship, such as how it actually moves.

After Boba Fett was confirmed to have survived his fall into the Sarlacc pit in Return of the Jedi, there was an expectation that there would be more of him in the franchise moving forward. Lo and behold, The Mandalorian delivered on that front by bringing him along in the season 2 episode titled “The Tragedy” where he properly encountered Din Djarin and Baby Yoda on Tython. His surprise appearance in the said episode was first confirmed by the sight of Slave 1, although its eventual re-emergence through the show was already hinted at in The Mandalorian‘s season 2 premiere. With its involvement again in Star Wars, some age-old queries about how it can fly vertically but land horizontally.

Lucasfilm Concept Art Supervisor Ryan Church took to his official Instagram account to reveal how Slave 1 actually rotates. As it turns out, only its exterior moves, leaving its passenger holding cell stable while the ship rotates into position. Check it out below:

It’s a pretty nifty way to explain how the ship moves. While The Mandalorian season 2 gave fans a bit of an idea that this was the case in the penultimate episode titled “The Believer”with a scene showing the cast all inside the craft without having to deal with a lot of movement as the ship rotates, this quick video explains how its actually executed. For a while, fans had been plagued with this mystery as it’s the only ship in Star Wars to have this mechanism. Some even argued that this made it impractical to carry out its usual task of carrying weapons and other cargo. Nevertheless, it remains a particularly popular aircraft in the franchise simply because of how cool it looks, not to mention the unique sound it makes, making it easier to know when it’s nearby.

Now that Boba Fett’s future in Star Wars is firmly set-up through The Mandalorian spin-off, Book of Boba Fett, it’s safe to say that fans will get to see more of Slave 1 moving forward. At the end of the Disney+’s show’s second season, the former bounty hunter and his associate, Fennec Shand take over Jabba the Hutt’s palace from Bib Fortuna, effectively making him its new owner. No clear indication of what the offshoot series will be about, but, it makes sense that Lucasfilm wants to get more out of Boba Fett considering his triumphant return.

Source: Ryan Church

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