Vors Voorhorian

{{quote|The designer of the X-Wing, Vors Voorhorian, escaped and set up production on a remote planet!|Leia Organa Voors Voorhorian was an employee of the Incom Corporation during the Galactic Civil War. He is most famous for desigining the T-65 X-wing starfighter, and was instrumental in the Rebel Alliance's evacuation from Yavin IV

History
Not much is known of Voorhorian's past, up until he was captured by the Imperial Army for treason against the state (the treason was the manufacture of the X-Wing). Voorhorian subsequently escaped and set up a production facility on a remote planet in the Outer Rim. After the Battle of Yavin, Leia Organa contacted him, and planned to purchace a large batch of X-Wings to replace those lost over the first Death Star. Voorhorian disguised himself as a senile old mechanic, "Gears" Gilhooey, to avoid Imperial entanglements. Leia and her entourage arrived on the remote planet, and the former Princess negotiated price with Voorhorian. Voorhorian, anticipating Imperial interference, transferred all of his ships to a derelict transport, and jettisoned it into space. In their place, he planted false shells of X-Wings. When the negotiations were over, Voorhorian sold his last X-Wings to the Alliance, and in turn joined them.

Appearances

 * X-Wing Marks The Spot