Moldy Crow Information

This is an informatic image of the innards of the Moldy Crow - a HWK-290 vessel and Kyle Katarn's ship. Click to Zoom In!

The HWK-290 light freighter was a model of light freighter manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation decades prior to the Invasion of Naboo. It saw moderate sales and continued to be in use into the Galactic Civil War.It was marketed toward wealthy executives and elite government officials

The HWK-290 light freighter was designed by the Corellian Engineering Corporation in the decades prior to the the Invasion of Naboo. It was geared toward wealthy executives and government officials. While it was praised by those who owned them, the vessel never reached the popularity of the YT-series and manufacturing ceased during the Clone Wars. However, many of the ships remained in service well into the time of the Galactic Civil War.[1]

During the reign of the Galactic Empire, the Volpai smuggler, Tryphon Leo came into possession of Maz Kanata's Smuggler's Guide. With the information he gleaned from the book, he made plans to build a smuggling fleet consisting of HWK-290s, YT-series freighters and barges. Gamut Key, the Imperial-appointed Provincial Governor of the planet Kaller, owned a HWK-290 which he used to transport Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger to Moraga. Novka A HWK-290 was held at the Imperial Impound Yard on Nokva. Numerous HWK-290s were outfitted by the Alliance to Restore the Republic to drop incendiary bombs during the Undead Troopers invasion, which proved their effectiveness against infantry targets. The Rebellion made use of at least one of the ships for inserting and extracting agents for covert operations and they had one HWK-290 named the Moldy Crow.The Imperial Impound Yard on Novka had one HWK-290 freighter in custody when it came under attack by a team of rebels.

It's worth noting that originally the Crow looked completely different. Look at this ship in an early preview

It was supposed to be based on the Gilded Lily design from the book Galaxy Guide 6 - Tramp Freighters released in 1990

The Glded Lily was supposed to be captained by a Rollo Morsai

The Glded Lily is a Baudo class Star Yacht