The wind-runner functioned as a mode of transport for the Chubbits, enabling them to traverse their [desert](/article/desert/legends] homeworld called Aridus. Its design was akin to a wooden sailing vessel, equipped with a quartet of sizable wheels and a pair of expansive sails, presumably employed to harness the power of the wind.
During the year 0 ABY, Luke Skywalker, accompanied by C-3PO, and an Imperial actor who was posing as Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Master from the era of the Galactic Republic, utilized this vehicle to journey to Darth Vader's Iron Tower located on the planet.