During the Outer Rim Sieges, Stass Allie piloted a 74-Z speeder bike on Saleucami, accompanied by Commander Neyo and his clone troopers. When Neyo received Order 66, he dropped back with the clones and shot Allie out of the sky.

A generation later, the Empire’s biker scouts used 74-Zs on the forest moon of Endor. The fast, maneuverable bikes proved ideal for patrolling the perimeter around the shield generator that protected the Death Star during its construction in space above.

When the rebel commando team sent to destroy the shield generator ran into an Imperial patrol, two biker scouts zipped away to report the intrusion. Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia pursued the scouts, doubling up on a commandeered 74-Z.

Leia jammed the Imperials’ transmissions and raced after them, branches whipping past on both sides. Leia and Luke drew alongside one of the bikes and the rebels and the Imperial tried to bump each other off course.

Seeing a chance, Luke jumped from the back of Leia’s bike to the Imperial 74-Z. After a brief struggle, he threw the scout off the bike. Now he and Leia were pursuing the last biker scout.

Their advantage was only momentary – the Imperial and the rebels rocketed past another pair of biker scouts, who joined the chase.

The chase was perilous – a second’s loss of focus could put a rider on a collision course with one of Endor’s massive trees, as one Imperial scout discovered too late.

But the forest held other dangers. Leia lost control of her bike after an Imperial scout fired at her with his blaster, forcing her to leap off her 74-Z. The unconscious rebel leader would be discovered by an Ewok brave named Wicket – a fateful meeting with enormous consequences for the galaxy.

Unaware of what had happened to Leia, Luke continued to jockey for position with the final biker scout. After having to bail out, Luke ignited his lightsaber and sliced off the control vanes of the Imperial scout’s bike, sending him spinning into a tree.

When the rebels and Ewoks scouted the shield generator, Paploo decided to create a diversion. He stole a 74-Z, leading the Imperials on a chase through the woods and freeing the rebels to assault the Imperial bunker.

The Ewoks came to rebels’ rescue after their capture, attacking the Imperials with bows and axes. Scouts boarded their bikes to pursue the Ewoks, but discovered their enemies had filled the woods with traps – such as ropes hung at chest height between trees.