T-70 X-wing starfighter

The T-70 X-wing fighter was a modern variation of the classic design X-wing starfighter used by the Resistance in their fight against the First Order approximately 30 years after the Battle of Endor. Blue Squadron had their X-wings stationed in a hangar at the Resistance base at that time.

Characteristics
The T-70 X-wing starfighter was a cruciform-shaped starfighter. It was armed with four wing-mounted laser cannons mag-pulse launchers, projectile launchers, along with an underslung blaster cannon. The weapons used a targeting computer. The craft had one pilot and an astromech droid, and were equipped with a hyperdrive and a spotlight on the ventral surface below the cockpit. The pilot had access to ejection systems in the form of a Guidenhauser Ejector seat.

History
The Incom Corporation T-70 X-wing starfighter was in use by the Resistance 30 years after the Battle of Endor.

The craft were donated by sympathetic members of the New Republic, and the Resistance operated a fleet of the X-wings out of their base on D'Qar.

During the struggle against the First Order, the Resistance deployed their X-wings to rescue the astromech droid BB-8 carrying information about Luke Skywalker on Takodana.

Soon after, as the First Order prepared to fire their Starkiller Base superweapon at the Resistance base, the Resistance sent their entire fleet of starfighters in an attempt to destroy the weapon, which succeeded after Black Leader Poe Dameron knocked out the thermal oscillator.

Behind the scenes
The T-70 X-wing fighter model was on display at 2015's Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, which gave its model name and that it was used by the Resistance. The fighter has appeared in both Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens teaser trailers. The X-wing was one of the exclusive blueprints in Star Wars: Ships of the Galaxy, released on Force Friday on September 4, 2015.

For Episode VII, at least one full-size mockup was built for scenes. The design of the T-70 X-wing fighter strongly resembles the early design of the first X-Wing seen in the original concept art done by Ralph McQuarrie for A New Hope.

Appearances

 * The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens