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The clue to the versatility of the AST-5 mini-rig is in the name: Armored Sentinel Transport. It wasn't only meant as a one-man ship for Jabba's palace, but as a 'sentinel' it was also a standing gun turret which you could use to defend a position. Although it didn't appear in the film, the only other ship we originally had to whizz around the Pit of Carkoon was the One-Man Sail Skiff, so the AST-5 added some much needed variety to what was available. The rusty colour of the AST-5 vehicle left little room for doubt that it belonged among Jabba's fleet of ships, and just to emphasise the point on the box cover it was shown being piloted by Klaatu, although oddly enough not the skiff guard outfit version of the figure.

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There are a few things about the AST-5 which didn't work. Firstly, only one of Jabba's skiff guards fits in the cockpit. Weequay doesn't fit and neither does Klaatu in Skiff Guard Outfit as his shoulders are too wide. Nikto will fit in but it's still tight. The cockpit also looks a little bit too much like a coffin. Once you put a figure inside there and close the cockpit lid, he looks uncannily like he's been cryogenically frozen.

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