The Devastator 's gunnery officers noticed the launch but chose not to fire upon the pod, presuming that it had malfunctioned as they detected no life forms aboard.

R2-D2 and C-3PO used an escape pod to smuggle the Death Star plans off the Tantive IV. Smaller ships, such as the Millennium Falcon and other light freighters, carried such crafts that could only accommodate one typically-sized humanoid in a fixed, immobile, and straightened position. Jedi Cal Kestis despised escape pods, which was likely caused by his experience during Order 66, in which Kestis' master, Jaro Tapal, died in front of his Padawan in an escape pod after being mortally wounded by clone troopers. Some planets had a network of escape pods that could launch into the upper atmosphere away from danger. Some escape pods were designed to fly into the upper atmosphere and wait to be picked up by a ship, which is how Jedi Master Yoda departed Kashyyyk when Order 66 was declared. Some luxury models were fitted with hyperdrives. They were standard aboard all deep-space starships.

Not after the last time! Nothing good happens when I go into one of those awful things!' ―C-3PO Įscape pods, also known as life pods, were small escape crafts intended for use in emergencies. ' What? No! I won't go into an escape pod.