A waveskimmer was a type of aquatic surface ship used by the Maritime Division of the Galactic Empire's Army.
The waveskimmer was a repulsorlift surface ship consisting of a windowed cockpit supported by two sturdy legs angling down from either side. Each of those legs terminated in a pontoon that allowed the vehicle to float on the water's surface, and thus glide over it when propelled. Armament-wise, the waveskimmer boasted two forward-facing blaster cannons.
Waveskimmer were used by the Maritime Division, a special unit of the Galactic Empire's Army tasked with maintaining order on planetary waterways.
Leia Organa's team were by several waveskimmers during their mission on Sesid as part of Operation Yellow Moon.
Author Jason Fry intended the waveskimmer to be a different vehicle.
Waveskimmers made their first canonical appearance in the 2015 novel Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure, which was written by Jason Fry and Cecil Castellucci. They were first pictured in Leia and the Great Island Escape, a Disney–Lucasfilm Press adaptation of Moving Target aimed at young readers, which used the appearance of the AQ-5 Waveskimmer from the Legends comic series Star Wars: Dark Empire.
However, this depiction does not fit the textual evidence: Leia mentions stormtroopers on waveskimmers rather than in them. Several paragraphs later, it is mentioned that "black shape of a riderless waveskimmer skittered over the waves."
In fact, Jason Fry intended it as a reference to a single-person vehicle that appeared in Battle for the Golden Sun, a Star Wars Legends adventure book for use with West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.
- Dawn of Rebellion