Short story
Desert Son
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"Desert Son" is a short story in the anthology From a Certain Point of View. The story, written by Pierce Brown, focuses on Rebel pilot Biggs Darklighter.
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Facts
- Title
- "Desert Son"
- Author
- Pierce Brown
- Illustrator
- Chris Trevas
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Released
- October 3, 2017
- Published in
- From a Certain Point of View
- Preceded by
- "Duty Roster"
- Followed by
- "Grounded"
Who turns up here
Characters: 18
- Wedge Antilles
- Harb Binli (voice only)
- Biggs Darklighter
- Biggs Darklighter's mother (first mentioned)
- Jan Dodonna
- Garven Dreis
- Del Goren (voice only)
- Davish Krail (voice only)
- Beru Whitesun Lars (mentioned only)
- Theron Nett (voice only)
- Leia Organa (indirect mention)
- Jek Tono Porkins
- R2-F2
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo (indirect mention)
- Jon Vander (voice only)
- Darklighter family
- Skywalker family
Species: 8
Planets: 9
Places: 8
- Wetyin
- Massassi Site
- Great Temple
- Beggar's Canyon (mentioned only)
- Stone Needle (mentioned only)
- Tosche Station (mentioned only)
- Meridian trench
- Watchtower
Starships: 12
Organizations: 16
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Military
- Rebel Alliance Navy
- Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps
- Gold Squadron
- Rebel pilot
- Red Squadron
- Massassi Group
- Rebel sentry
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Academy (mentioned only)
- Imperial Military
- Imperial Navy
- Imperial Starfighter Corps
- TIE fighter pilot (mentioned only)
- Jedi
Events: 4
- Galactic Civil War
- Battle of Yavin
- Destruction of Alderaan (mentioned only)
- Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic (mentioned only, first identified)
Technology: 6
- R2-series astromech droid
- Comm unit
- Ejector seat (indirect mention)
- Engine
- Superweapon
- Clothing
Lore: 16
- Imperial Era
- Gold Leader (voice only)
- Gold Five (voice only)
- Red Leader
- Red Two
- Red Three
- Red Five
- Red Seven (voice only)
- Red Ten (voice only)
- Rebel officer
- Padawan
- Officer
- General
- Jet juice (mentioned only)
- Galactic Basic Standard
- Tree
Everything else: 64
- Eel (mentioned only)
- Astromech droid
- R-series
- Protocol droid (mentioned only)
- Engineer
- Pilot
- Squad leader
- Technician
- Space station
- Battle station
- Starship
- Bomber
- Starfighter
- Armor
- Cannon
- Computer
- Targeting computer
- Deflector shield
- Droid
- Hydrospanner
- Proton torpedo
- Reactor (mentioned only)
- S-foils
- Sensor
- Solar collector
- Stabilizer (mentioned only)
- Thermal exhaust port
- Turbolaser
- Beach (mentioned only)
- Bone (mentioned only)
- Brain (mentioned only)
- Flight suit
- Flight helmet
- Cockpit
- Death
- Desert (mentioned only)
- Ear
- Eye
- Farm (mentioned only)
- Moisture farm (mentioned only)
- Fire
- Gas giant
- Gravity
- Hair
- Hangar
- Heart
- Hull
- Jungle
- Kilometer
- Language
- Laserbrain
- Laser
- Moon
- Mouth
- Nerf herder (mentioned only)
- Orbit
- Parsec (mentioned only)
- Planet
- Plant
- Stomach
- Time
- Second
- Standard week
- Viewport
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