Young Han dreams of someday soaring into space at the helm of his own starship and leaving his home, the gritty industrial planet Corellia, far behind. The wayward warriors of Alphabet Squad will have to learn to fly together if they want to protect the new era of peace they’ve fought so hard to achieve.
But going from underdog rebels to celebrated heroes isn’t as easy as it seems, and their inner demons threaten them as much as their enemies among the stars. The newly formed unit embodies the heart and soul of the Rebellion: ragtag, resourceful, scrappy, and emboldened by their most audacious victory in decades. Their mission: to track down and destroy the mysterious Shadow Wing, a lethal force of TIE fighters exacting bloody, reckless vengeance in the twilight of their reign. Like Yrica, each is a talented pilot struggling to find their place in a changing galaxy. In the aftermath, Yrica Quell is just one of thousands of defectors from her former cause living in a deserters’ shantytown-until she is selected to join Alphabet Squadron.Ĭobbled together from an eclectic assortment of pilots and starfighters, the five members of Alphabet are tasked by New Republic general Hera Syndulla herself. On the verge of victory in a brutal war, five New Republic pilots transform from hunted to hunters in this epic STAR WARS adventure. Set after Return of the Jedi, Alphabet Squadron follows a unique team, each flying a different class of starfighter as they struggle to end their war once and for all. The first novel in a new trilogy starring veteran New Republic pilots. At least, that’s what we like to think Wedge tells Luke over a Corellian Ale now and again. If the Jedi are Knights of the Force, then perhaps the pilots in a galaxy far, far away are Knights of the Stars. As Cole Horton notes in a 2015 article for, historical dogfight footage and war movies were an inspiration for George Lucas’ vision of space combat. Their braggadocio and edge-of-the-seat adventures constantly balances the often deep and introspective struggles of the saga’s warrior monks.īut, then again, perhaps they’re not so different-on our own planet, after all, early military pilots often - perhaps somewhat whimsically - saw themselves as ideological descendants of the chivalric knights of old. From Han Solo and the orange-clad Alliance starfighter pilots to TIE fighter pilots in their iconic black helmets, the pilot’s swagger is a counterpoint to the quasi monastic mysticism of the Jedi. Without pilots, Star Wars would look like an early, extra-galactical draft of Doctor Strange - somewhat removed people in robes solving problems by waving their hands around and occasionally using ancient weapons.
STAR WARS CLONE FIGHTER PILOT MOVIE
It’s common to hear about how another movie and a character named Pete “Maverick” Mitchell gave a boost to aviation recruiting, but for some of us he was a poor substitute for the likes of Luke Skywalker, Wedge Antilles, and a smuggler with a souped-up freighter. Some of them may have settled for a career flying military jets instead, figuring launching off an aircraft carrier was the next best thing (and one of them may have ended up writing for Youtini). In the early to mid 1980s, a cohort of young people was disappointed to learn that flying an X-Wing was not, in fact, a valid career option.
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