- "Don't worry, R7: it's just a scratch! I've a nasty feeling things are going to get a lot worse..."
- ―Ahsoka Tano, to R7-A7
Ahsoka Tano, a Jedi Padawan under the tutelage of Master Anakin Skywalker, piloted a red Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor with white markings for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.
Description[]
- "Are you sure, Artoo? We can't afford to lose the starboard cannon. Can't you fix it?"
- ―Ahsoka Tano, to R2-D2
The Delta-7B Aethersprite-class Jedi starfighter used by Anakin Skywalker's Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, during the Clone Wars was red with a white emblem of the Jedi Order covering the entire hull of the ship. The ship was armed with dual laser cannons, and carried an astromech droid for astrogation and on-board repair.[1][2] The ship was modified to enhance systems used during starfighter combat.[1]
History[]
- "Where have you been, Snips?"
"Nice to see you too, Master Skywalker."
"And what happened to your ship? You went joyriding in the asteroid field?" - ―Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano
Ahsoka flew as Blue Leader with R7-A7 in her Delta-7B during the Battle of Ryloth in the years of the Clone Wars, and later helped her master fight Hyena-class droid bombers above Lessu while Mace Windu and Cham Syndulla fought to enter the city.[2]
Ahsoka later used the fighter to break through the Separatist blockade of Umbara while Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi invaded the planet.
Behind the scenes[]
WizKids Games, before its operations were discontinued by The Topps Company, Inc., provided a sneak peak at Ahsoka's Delta-7B as a game piece in an expansion of the Star Wars PocketModel TCG game before it debuted in "Storm Over Ryloth," the 19th episode in Season One of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television TV series.[1][2]
A LEGO set called "Ahsoka's Starfighter and Vulture Droid" was also produced that featured Ahsoka's starfighter—along with a Vulture droid—in late December 2008, months before its television appearance.
Ahsoka's Delta-7B has hull graphics identical in all but color to Saesee Tiin's Delta-7B. This is similar to the case in which Adi Gallia's Delta-7B and Plo Koon's Blade of Dorin feature like graphics with different color schemes, and suggests that the production team of The Clone Wars television series reused graphics.[2][5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Clone Cadets" (In "Newsreel" only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Storm Over Ryloth" (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Innocents of Ryloth" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Liberty on Ryloth"
- "Inside Job" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.1
- "Milk Run to Maarka!" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.6
- Droids Over Iego on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link) (Appears in cutscene(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara" (In "Newsreel" only)
- "The Feral Queen" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.21
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Brothers"
Non-canon appearances[]
- Republic Ace on CartoonNetwork.com (article) (content now obsolete; new link on Archive.org)
Sources[]
- Star Wars PocketModel TCG — Clone Wars (Card: Ahsoka's Jedi starfighter) (backup link) (First described)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles
Non-canon sources[]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars PocketModel TCG — Clone Wars (Card: Ahsoka's Jedi starfighter) (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Storm Over Ryloth"
- ↑ "The Feral Queen" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.21
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Milk Run to Maarka!" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.6
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Citadel Rescue"