Starblazer-class exoskeleton

"'Thought you'd appreciate the upgrade we chose for him. Behold: the Dragons' Hide, built and designed by Rothana Heavy Engineering specifically for this purpose. They also just couldn't find a market for these things.' -CT-7734 'Hax' briefly describing the Starblazer armor"The Starblazer-class exoskeleton, also called the Starblazer-class power armor, and affectionately referred to by clone troopers as "Dragons' Hide", was a prototype combat exoskeleton designed to be used by large sentient or semi-sentient beings in war. Limited quantities of it were produced by Rothana Heavy Engineering, a subsidiary of Kuat Drive Yards, and even fewer saw use in combat during the First Galactic Civil War, due to the near absence of both beasts of war themselves and of a particular need or demand for them; thus, only a few units within the Grand Army of the Republic actually used them. Masotan, a sentient dragon-like reptilian, with his pilot Hisone Amakasu, used one of these suits during the First Galactic Civil War.

The exoskeleton could transform its wearer into the appearance of an ARC-170 fighterbomber in space or a TX-130 Saber-class fighter tank on the ground. In addition, it could also unlock itself from either vehicle mode and essentially become a towering, heavily armed walker. For all intents and purposes, it was a living weapon, and it functioned similarly to an unidentified colossal and nomadic droid shapeshifter species that was spotted many times in the Outer Rim; the design itself may have even been inspired by them.

After the Clone Wars, and during the Second Galactic Civil War, many pirate and criminal organizations managed to get their hands on these exoskeletons and subsequently modified them to the point where they could be worn by a standard human.