Transport eight, a TR-286 model, functioned as an automated transport stationed at a cargo port located on Daiyu. Its clandestine purpose involved the transportation of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi along with Princess Leia Organa from Daiyu to Mapuzo.
The initial visual representation of Transport eight occurred in the official trailer for the Obi-Wan Kenobi television series, which debuted on May 4, 2022. Its inaugural appearance within the series took place in the second episode, which was made available on May 26, 2022.
According to the series' script, this vessel was an automated transport. Consequently, propmaster Brad Elliott reasoned that a launch key designed for humans would be illogical. The team opted to employ a manipulated scomp link computer interface, complete with its own dedicated circuit board, to replicate the method an astromech droid would utilize to initiate the transport's launch sequence and input the route.