Whistler

"Whistler has the ability, from time to time, to be a nag."

- Corran Horn

Whistler, also called Xeno, was the astromech droid of Corran Horn. It of the same R-series model as the legendary R2-D2.

Just like almost every standard astromech droid, Whistler's metal body was silver and white and it has green details - the CorSec color and Corran's X-wing color as well.

An R2 series droid, Whistler was programmed by CorSec with an enhanced sensor package and software useful for piecing together case elements to assist in detective work. Horn personally modified Whistler with escape and evasion subroutines.

Whether a product of the enhanced creativity of his CorSec software or Horn's habitual choice to forgo memory wipes, Whistler developed a near human personality. Horn even speculated that Whistler uploaded elements of his personality and then retreved them after the memory wipe. Like R2-D2, Whistler went so far as to develop a sense of humor; he even joked to Mirax Terrik that he wished to be Pulsar Skate's pilot after Horn's retirement. Whistler often served as an imposed guardian of Horn; almost like a chaperone, or a brother. When Corran Horn was anti-social after first joining the Rogues, Whistler encouraged him to spend more time with the squadron.

Whistler also developed a very tight bond with Wedge Antilles's astromech droid R5-G8, or "Gate". After Rogue Squadron were captured by the real Ysanne Isard, Whistler and the other astromechs were de-activated, for co-operation in a joint Imperial-Rogue Squadron force to defeat Prince-Admiral Delak Krennel. Whistler used his security programming to re-activate himself, and then Gate. The two then booked passage to Oradin, on which trip Gate was grossly humiliated by the captain's sons. The pair reached Talon Karrde and through him got back to Mirax Terrik.

At the time of one of his missions, Corran discovered that Whistler had a recorded message from his father outlining his Jedi heritage. While on a search for his kidnapped wife Mirax, Corran asked the droid to play the message.

Appearances

 * Missed Chance
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Family Ties
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: The Bacta War
 * X-Wing: Solo Command
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * I, Jedi
 * Union
 * Dark Tide I: Onslaught
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin