Under sail the speed was reduced to 30 km/h.Īs expected for a transport of it’s size it was not especially agile relying on a pair of steering vanes near the stern to guide it.
Under engine power it could reach 100 km/h but could also deploy it’s sails for pleasure cruising. It used a three chambered repulsorlift engine powered by large batteries stored in the bow and could skim over multiple terrains such as water, sand or rock as long as it encountered relatively few obstacles. The sail barge developed by Ubrikkian industries was a favoured method of transport among the Hutt Kajidic (clans). Two Bantha II’s escorting Jabba’s Sail Barge ‘Khetanna’ (centre) in ‘Return Of The Jedi’.Ī side view of the sail barge ‘Khetanna’.