Short story
Blade Squadron (short story)
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"Blade Squadron" is a two-part short story written by David J. Williams and Mark S. Williams that appeared in Star Wars Insider 149 and Star Wars Insider 150. It was inspired by artwork depicting an unused battle scene from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, and the story focuses on a squadron of B-wing starfighters on a suicide mission during the Battle of Endor.
Blade Squadron is the first Insider short story, and the first story outside of the films and The Clone Wars TV series, that is part of the new canon, as defined since the April 25, 2014 reboot. The story was later reprinted on StarWars.com with some slight differences.
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Facts
- Title
- "Blade Squadron"
- Author
- David J. Williams
- Mark S. Williams
- Released
- April 22, 2014 (Part One)
- June 10, 2014 (Part Two)
- Published in
- Star Wars Insider 149
- Star Wars Insider 150
- Reprinted in
- StarWars.com
- Star Wars 2016 Del Rey Sampler
- Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1
- Pages
- 12 (Total)
- 6 pages (Part One)
- 6 pages (Part Two)
- Timeline
- 4 ABY
- Followed by
- "Blade Squadron: Zero Hour"
Who turns up here
Characters: 18
- Gial Ackbar (voice only)
- Wedge Antilles (mentioned only)
- Blade One (Endor) (first appearance)
- Landonis Balthazar Calrissian (mentioned only)
- Fanty (first appearance)
- Adon Fox (first appearance)
- Adon Fox's wife (first mentioned)
- Gradd (first appearance)
- Jhared Montferrat (first appearance)
- Gina Moonsong (first appearance)
- Barthow Quince (first mentioned)
- Leia Organa (mentioned only)
- Darth Sidious (mentioned only)
- Luke Skywalker (mentioned only)
- Braylen Stramm (first appearance)
- Darth Vader (mentioned only)
- Skywalker family (mentioned only)
- The Force (indirect mention)
Species: 5
- Shark (first mentioned)
- Human
- Mon Calamari (voice only)
- Rodian (pictured only)
- Coruscanti
Planets: 6
Places: 1
- Imperial garrison (first mentioned)
Starships: 23
- Death Squadron
- Death Star
- DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station (mentioned only)
- Second Death Star
- Executor-class Star Dreadnought
- Executor
- MC80 Star Cruiser (mentioned only)
- Imperial-class Star Destroyer
- Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
- Devastator
- YT-series
- YT-1300 light freighter
- Millennium Falcon
- A-wing starfighter
- RZ-1 A-wing interceptor
- B-wing heavy assault starfighter
- A/SF-01 B-wing starfighter
- TIE fighter series
- TIE/IN interceptor
- TIE/ln space superiority starfighter
- X-wing starfighter
- T-65B X-wing starfighter
- Adon Fox's wife's transport (first mentioned)
Organizations: 18
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Military
- Rebel Alliance Navy
- Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps
- Blade Squadron (first identified)
- Rebel pilot
- Special Forces Trackers Unit (indirect mention)
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Military
- Imperial Army
- Stormtrooper Corps
- Stormtrooper
- Imperial Navy
- Imperial Starfighter Corps
- Gradd's squadron (first appearance)
- TIE fighter pilot
- Imperial Officer Corps
- Sith (mentioned only)
Events: 6
- Galactic Civil War
- Battle of Endor
- Battle of Hoth (mentioned only)
- Battle of Yavin (mentioned only)
- Secret mission to Tatooine (indirect mention)
- Republic Day (first mentioned)
Technology: 14
Lore: 29
- Imperial Era
- Blade Leader (first appearance)
- Blade Four (first appearance)
- Blade One (first appearance)
- Blade Three (first appearance)
- Blade Two (first appearance)
- Supreme commander of the Alliance fleet (voice only)
- Alliance officer (voice only)
- Cadet
- Wing Commander (first appearance)
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Imperial officer
- Officer
- Admiral
- Commander
- General (mentioned only)
- Junior officer (first appearance)
- Lieutenant
- Prince (mentioned only)
- Sergeant
- Dark Lord of the Sith (mentioned only)
- Darth (mentioned only)
- Sith apprentice (mentioned only)
- Sith Lord (mentioned only)
- Sith Master (mentioned only)
- Blockade (mentioned only)
- Caf (first mentioned, first identified)
- Force choke (mentioned only)
- Galactic Basic Standard
Everything else: 85
- Bird (mentioned only)
- Minnow (first mentioned)
- Spider (mentioned only)
- Gunner
- Lord (mentioned only)
- Pilot
- Smuggler
- Spy (mentioned only)
- Trader (mentioned only)
- Space station
- Battle station
- Starship
- Capital ship
- Battleship
- Dreadnought
- Star Dreadnought
- Star Destroyer
- Cruiser (mentioned only)
- Freighter
- Light freighter
- Starfighter
- Interceptor
- Transport (mentioned only)
- Unidentified smuggling ship (first appearance)
- Airlock
- Armor
- Cannon
- Computer
- Targeting computer
- Deflector shield
- Hyperdrive (mentioned only)
- Laser cannon
- Ion cannon
- Turbolaser
- Pistol
- Proton torpedo
- S-foils
- Sensor
- Solar collector
- Blood (mentioned only)
- Book (mentioned only)
- Bridge
- Bunk (first mentioned)
- Callsign (first identified)
- City (mentioned only)
- Flight suit
- Flight helmet
- Glove
- Cockpit
- Color
- Commando (mentioned only)
- Death (mentioned only)
- Dream (mentioned only)
- Eye
- Farm (mentioned only)
- Flagship
- Flotilla
- Galaxy
- Ghost (first mentioned)
- Gravity
- Hangar
- Heart (mentioned only)
- Hyperspace
- Language
- Laser
- Limb
- Meter
- Moon
- Navy
- Orbit
- Sleep (mentioned only)
- Snubfighter
- Squadron
- Starfighter Corps
- Sun
- Time
- Second
- Standard day
- Standard hour
- Standard minute
- Standard month
- Standard year
- Tooth
- Vacuum
- Warship
Not in the archive: 1
- Deputy Wing Leader
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