Tantive IV

Tantive IV
Star Wars vehicle
CR90 Corellian Tantive IV Alderaan Diplomatic Envoy used by Leia Organa as her personal Consular ship
First appearanceStar Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1976)
Based onCR70 Corellian Corvette
Information
Affiliation
LaunchedBy 22 BBY
Decommissioned36 ABY, resistance base (Canon)
0 BBY, destroyed over Tatooine (Legends)
CaptainRaymus Antilles
Combat vehicles3 fighters (external mounting)
Auxiliary vehicles
  • 1 shuttle (ventral bay)
  • 4 12-passenger escape pods
  • 8 4-passenger escape pods
General characteristics
ClassCR90 corvette
RegistryCorellian Engineering Corporation
Armaments
  • 2 dual anti-ship turbolasers
  • 4 single anti-fighter turbolasers
  • 1 tractor beam projector (optional)
DefensesShield generators
Ceramic hull plating
Maximum speed950 km/h (atmosphere)
Propulsion
  • Class 2-CEC Subspace Hyperdrive
  • 11 Ion Turbine (Drive Overcharged sublight drive assembly)
Length126 metres (413 ft)
Height49 metres (161 ft)
Population volume165-300
  • 200-600 passengers
  • 3000 metric tons of cargo
  • 1 year's worth of consumables

The Tantive IV Alderaan Diplomatic Envoy /ˈtæntɪˌvi fɔːr/ (also referred to by its model as the CR90 Corellian corvette or simply as the Rebel Blockade Runner) is a fictional spaceship in the Star Wars film series. Designed by the Corellian Engineering Corporation (CEC), the highly modified CR90 corvette is designed to be utilitarian, durable, modular, similar to its predecessors like the CR70 with its simplistic interiors featuring subtle luxury for Alderaan officials. It was used by Leia Organa in the original Star Wars film and was the first vessel audiences saw when Star Wars premiered in 1977. Other CR90 Corellian corvettes, which share the Tantive IV's design, appear in Return of the Jedi and in the Star Wars Expanded Universe's books, comics, TV series, and games. A ship of similar design to the Tantive IV also appears in the sequel trilogy film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).