LEGO Star Wars Snowspeeder with Dak, Luke and Lando

The Snowspeeder was always a weird one to me. Why not just use the attack space craft?

However, X-wings work in the frigid -450f of outer space?

In the original canon, there was a separation between spacecraft and “repulsorlift” craft which operated close to planet surface. So, X-wing and TIE “starfighters” wouldn’t be able to maneuver and fight in lower atmosphere.

Over time, they relaxed this in games and comics, I think because TIE fighters are iconic, and they never had the Empire use something like the airspeeder in the movies.

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