The PDT-8 was a mini rig.
Mini rig was the name given to a category of small vehicles. The PDT-8 Personnel Deployment Transport was considered a mini rig.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The term "mini rig" is a reference to the PDT-8 originating as one of the vehicles from Kenner's Mini-Rigs toys.[2] Though many of those vehicles appeared in fiction[3], no others were called mini rigs.
Sources[]
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 15 ("PDT-8")
