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The T-47 airspeeder, also known as the T-47 light airspeeder, was a craft manufactured by Incom Corporation . They were modified by the Rebel Alliance into snowspeeders. The T-47 airpseeder, also known as the T-47 light airspeeder, was a model of low-altitude vehicle manufactured by Incom Corporation . When the Alliance to Restore the Republic was stationed on the icy planet of Hoth , a contingent of T-47 airspeeders were modified to become ground attack, low-altitude fighters called snowspeeders. Hoth's extreme cold temperatures were too severe for these craft; the power generators would lock up since they ran hot, requiring a large bank of heat radiator fins for essential cooling. Rebel technicians modified the T-47 airspeeder by insulating each radiator fin with side panels to decrease the heat exchange in order to better suit the new environment. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/T-47_airspeeder ------------------------------ Star Wars  is an American...

Tyrion Lannister , also referred to as "the Imp" or "the Halfman" and later by the alias Hugor Hill during exile, is a fictional character in A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . He is a prominent point of view character in the novels with the most number of viewpoint chapters out of the five published books of the series. Based on an idea that came to Martin while writing the 1981 novel Windhaven , Tyrion has been called one of the author's finest creations and most popular characters by The New York Times . Martin has named the character as his favorite in the series. Introduced in A Game of Thrones (1996) and subsequently in A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000), Tyrion was one of a few prominent characters that were not included in A Feast for Crows (2005) but returned in the next novel A Dance with Dragons (2011). The characte...

Arya Stark is a fictional character in American author George R. R. Martin 's award-winning A Song of Ice and Fire epic fantasy novel series. She is a prominent point of view character in the novels, with the third most viewpoint chapters overall out of all the characters in the series so far, and is the only viewpoint character to appear in every published book of the series. Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones , Arya is the younger daughter and third child of Lord Eddard Stark and his wife Lady Catelyn Stark . She is tomboyish , headstrong, feisty, independent, disdains traditional female pursuits, and is often mistaken for a boy. She wields a smallsword named Needle, a gift from her half-brother, Jon Snow , and is trained in the Braavosi style of sword fighting by Syrio Forel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arya_Stark ------------------------------ Game of Thrones  is an American  fantasy   drama  television series created by  David...

Eddard "Ned" Stark is a fictional character in the 1996 fantasy novel A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin , and the first, sixth and seventh season of Game of Thrones , HBO 's adaptation of Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. In the storyline, Ned is the lord of Winterfell , an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional continent of Westeros . Though the character is established as a primary character in the novel and the TV adaptation, Martin's plot twist at the end involving Ned shocked both readers of the book and viewers of the TV series. Ned is portrayed by Sean Bean in the first season of Game of Thrones, and as a child and young adult by Sebastian Croft and Robert Aramayo respectively in the sixth season. Bean was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television and a Scream Award for Best Fantasy Actor for the role. He and the rest of the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance ...

Sansa Stark is a fictional character created by American author George R. R. Martin . She is a prominent character in Martin's award-winning A Song of Ice and Fire series . Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones , Sansa is the eldest daughter and second child of Lord Eddard Stark and his wife Lady Catelyn Stark . She subsequently appeared in the following three novels, A Clash of Kings (1998), A Storm of Swords (2000) and A Feast for Crows (2005). While absent from the fifth novel A Dance with Dragons as the books are separated geographically, Sansa is confirmed to return in the forthcoming next book in the series, The Winds of Winter . Sansa has been described as tall, slim, womanly, and beautiful, destined to be a lady or a queen. She has blue eyes and thick auburn hair that she inherits from her mother, who came from House Tully in the Riverlands region prior to her marriage to Eddard Stark . She has her hair dyed dark brown later on while in the Vale, disguis...

Robb Stark is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones , Robb is the eldest child and son of Eddard Stark , the honorable lord of Winterfell , an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional continent Westeros . He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000). Robb is fourteen years old at the beginning of A Game of Thrones (1996). He is the eldest son of Eddard "Ned" Stark and his wife Catelyn , and has five siblings: Sansa , Arya , Bran , Rickon , and the illegitimate half-brother Jon Snow . Robb is constantly accompanied by his direwolf , Grey Wind. Robb is the eldest legitimate son of Lord Eddard Stark , and heir to Winterfell. When Lord Eddard relocates to King's Landing to become the King's Hand, Robb remains at Winterfell to rul...