{"id":261,"date":"2006-09-24T09:36:37","date_gmt":"2006-09-24T16:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobafett.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/the-mystery-of-slave-iii\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T23:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T07:51:21","slug":"the-mystery-of-slave-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/multimedia\/the-mystery-of-slave-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of Slave III<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

True of false? “After Slave II<\/em> was severely damaged, Fett returned to using Slave I<\/em>. However, soon the old ship proved to be but a shadow of it’s former self. While considering what his next acquisition would be (Slave IV<\/em>) he decided to use Slave III<\/em> as his mobile base of operations.”<\/p>\n

Now-offline, Jason Smith’s site AsylumShipyards.com, was a gallery of kitbashes and scratchbuilds space ships. In the years that the site was up, it featured several photos a model — maybe the only online reference? — of Slave III<\/em>, sometimes written Slave 3. (See the Archive.org cache.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\nNot every bounty is a living being. On rare occasions, Boba Fett has been hired to retrieve property, more often then not, a ship. Slave III<\/i> is a Mandal Motors Recovery Class Hauler<\/i> that Fett has had docked in one of his bases for some time. Originally, designed to act as a deep space hauler and tug, the Recovery Class boasts six high capacity thrust engines, capable of pulling over 100 times it’s own mass. It also possesses a capital scale tractor beam projector. Together, these enable the Recovery to retrieve and tractor vessels as large as a Corellian Corvette.<\/p>\n

After Slave II<\/i> was severely damaged, Fett returned to using Slave I<\/i>. However, Soon the old ship proved to be but a shadow of it’s former self. While considering what his next acquisition would be (Slave IV<\/i>) he decided to use Slave III<\/i> as his mobile base of operations. <\/p>\n

With the extensive modifications that he had made, Slave III<\/i> proved to be every bit as formidable as the past ships. Fett removed the towing clamp and added a primary drive engine in the main hull of the ship. Tweaking the six thrust engines he increased the maneuverability of Slave III<\/i> tenfold. As not all ships that he hunts are lying dead in space waiting to be captured, Slave III<\/i> boasts fore and aft pairs of ion cannons mounted near the lower stabalizer wings. Slave III<\/i>‘s remaining armarment of cannon and torpedo tubes lay concealed with in the ship, lending to its casual appearance. Internally, Slave III contains the same sensor suites found in Slaves I<\/i> and II<\/i>, as well as two holding cages and a modified pursuit swoop.<\/p>\n

The design of Slave III<\/i> was based on the artwork by Feng Zhu<\/a>. It was completely scratch-built from styrene (with the exception of 3 minor greeblies). This model was also an experiment in lighting. The model is lit by an AAA Mag-lite, which acts as its stand when mounted into the base.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

None of the model photos are preserved, but our own Sadriel Fett<\/a> came through to preserve Jason Smith’s model.<\/p>\n

Also, the artwork of Feng Zhu is now at a new address<\/a> (no longer available, archive.org backup copy), but Slave III doesn’t appear to be in the gallery. His work is pretty high profile, with art for Lord of the Rings<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there’s a page up as a result of this inspiration. Tommy de Bruyn (link no longer available) built a LEGO copy after seeing the AsylumShipyards.com version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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