Short story
When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale
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"When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale" is a short story about Davin Felth that takes place in 0 BBY. Doug Beason wrote the story for Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, which Bantam Spectra published in August 1995.
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Facts
- Title
- "When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale"
- Author
- Doug Beason
- Illustrator
- Stephen Youll
- Publisher
- Bantam Spectra
- Released
- July 1995
- Published in
- Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
- Timeline
- 0 BBY
Who turns up here
Characters: 25
- 1047 (first identified)
- Tour Aryon (indirect mention)
- Shada D'ukal
- Karoly D'ulin
- Geoff f'Tuhns (first appearance)
- Davin Felth (first identified)
- Greedo
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Beru Whitesun Lars
- Owen Lars
- Kardue'sai'Malloc
- Kitik Keed'kak
- LIN-V8K
- Het Nkik
- Mychael Ologat (first appearance)
- Palpatine (indirect mention)
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo
- Mod Terrik
- Unidentified Imperial sergeant training instructor (first appearance)
- Darth Vader (as a hologram)
- Maximilian Veers
- WED-15-I662
- Wuher
- WED-15 treadwell droid
Species: 11
Places: 9
Starships: 11
- CR90 corvette (indirect mention)
- Tantive IV (indirect mention)
- Class-6 escape pod
- Death Star I (mentioned only)
- Dowager Queen
- Gamma-class shuttle
- Imperial I-class Star Destroyer (indirect mention)
- Devastator (indirect mention)
- Sentinel-class landing craft
- YT-1300 light freighter
- Millennium Falcon
Organizations: 16
- Spaceport Express
- Arakyd (mentioned only)
- Galactic Empire
- 37th Detachment (mentioned only)
- Desert Sands
- Alvien Squadron
- Drax Squadron
- Zeta Squadron
- Imperial naval trooper
- Stormtrooper
- GoCorp (mentioned only)
- Nebit's clan
- Rebel Alliance (mentioned only)
- Roche (mentioned only)
- Ubrikkian (mentioned only)
- Corellian (mentioned only)
Events: 1
Technology: 16
Lore: 4
- Dark Lord of the Sith (mentioned only)
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Dewback leather
- Syngranite
Everything else: 24
- Unidentified Imperial stormtrooper drill instructor (first appearance)
- Protocol droid (mentioned only)
- Bartender
- Bounty hunter
- Colonel
- Governor (mentioned only)
- Landkiller One
- Sandtrooper
- Captain
- Major
- Sergeant
- Moisture farmer
- Smuggler
- Comlink
- Concussion grenade launcher
- Datacube
- Emergency beacon
- MS-1 fire-linked heavy laser cannon
- Sonic whistle
- Galactic Olympics (mentioned only)
- Glass
- Juri-juice (mentioned only)
- Moisture farm
- Viewport
Not in the archive: 4
- Observer eye
- Imperial command scout
- Antigrav shoe
- Solarflower (mentioned only)
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