Blade Squadron (short story)

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"Blade Squadron" is a two-part short story written by David J. Williams and Mark S. Williams that appeared in Star Wars Insider 149 and Star Wars Insider 150. It was inspired by artwork depicting an unused battle scene from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, and the story focuses on a squadron of B-wing starfighters on a suicide mission during the Battle of Endor.

Blade Squadron is the first Insider short story, and the first story outside of the films and The Clone Wars TV series, that is part of the new canon,^[3] as defined since the April 25, 2014 reboot.^[4] The story was later reprinted on StarWars.com.^[5]^[6]

Development[edit | edit source]

The two-part story Blade Squadron was published as the monthly short fiction of the 149th and 150th issues of the Star Wars Insider magazine. The announcement of the new Lucasfilm canon policy on April 25, 2014 was released between the publication of the two issues, leaving the state of the short story uncertain. In the Star Wars Insider 150, it was announced that Blade Squadron does belong to the new canon, making it the first prose work and story in general to be considered as canon outside from the movies and the TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Gial Ackbar (Voice only)
Wedge Antilles (Mentioned only)
Blade One (Endor) (First mentioned)
Lando Calrissian (Mentioned only)
Fanty (First appearance)
Adon Fox (First appearance)
Adon Fox's wife (First mentioned)
Gradd (First appearance)
Jhared Montferrat (First appearance)
Gina Moonsong (First appearance)
Barthow Quince (First mentioned)
Leia Organa (Mentioned only)
Darth Sidious (Mentioned only)
Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only)
Braylen Stramm (First appearance)
Darth Vader (Mentioned only)

Creatures

Bird (Mentioned only)
Minnow (First mentioned)
Shark (First mentioned)
Spider (Mentioned only)

Events

Imperial Era
- Galactic Civil War
  - Battle of Endor
  - Battle of Hoth (Mentioned only)
  - Battle of Yavin (Mentioned only)
  - Secret mission to Tatooine (Indirect mention only)
Republic Day (First mentioned)

Locations

The galaxy
- Coruscant (Mentioned only)
- Hoth (Mentioned only)
- Naboo (Mentioned only)
  - Imperial garrison (First mentioned)
- Outer Rim Territories
  - Dantooine (Mentioned only)
  - Moddell sector
    - Endor system
      - Endor
  - Yavin Prime (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Military
  - Alliance Fleet
    - Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps
      - Blade Squadron (First identified as Blade Squadron)
        Blade Leader (First appearance)
        
        Blade One (First mentioned)
        
        Blade Two (First appearance)
        
        Blade Three (First appearance)
        
        Blade Four (First appearance)
      - Rebel pilot
    - Supreme commander of the Alliance fleet (Voice only)
  - Alliance officer (Voice only)
  - Pathfinders (Indirect mention only)
- Cadet
- Deputy Wing Leader
- Wing Commander (First appearance)
Galactic Empire

Gunner
Lord (Mentioned only)
Officer
- Admiral
- Commander
- General (Mentioned only)
- Junior officer (First appearance)
- Lieutenant
Pilot
Princess (Mentioned only)
Sergeant
Sith (Mentioned only)
- Dark Lord of the Sith (Mentioned only)
- Darth (Mentioned only)
- Sith apprentice (Mentioned only)
- Sith Lord (Mentioned only)
- Sith Master (Mentioned only)
Skywalker family (Mentioned only)
Smuggler
Spy (Mentioned only)
Trader (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Human
Mon Calamari (Voice only)
Rodian (Picture only)

Vehicles and vessels

Space station
- Battle station
  - Death Star
    - DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station (Mentioned only)
    - Second Death Star
Starship
- Capital ship
  - Battleship
  - Dreadnought (Appears on screen)
    - Star Dreadnought (Appears on screen)
      - Executor-class Star Dreadnought (Appears on screen)
        Executor (Appears on screen)
  - MC80 Star Cruiser (Mentioned only)
  - Star Destroyer
    - Imperial-class Star Destroyer
      - Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
        Devastator
- Cruiser (Mentioned only)
- Freighter
  - Light freighter
    - YT-series
      - YT-1300 light freighter
        Millennium Falcon
- Starfighter
- Transport (Mentioned only)
  - Adon Fox's wife's transport (First mentioned)
- Unidentified smuggling ship (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Miscellanea

Blockade (Mentioned only)
Blood (Mentioned only)
Book (Mentioned only)
Bridge
Bunk (First mentioned)
Caf (First mentioned) (First identified as coffee)
Callsign (First identified as Callsign)
City (Mentioned only)
Clothing
- Boot
- Flight suit
  - Flight helmet
- Glove
- Imperial military uniforms
  - Rank insignia plaque
- Pants
Cockpit
Color
Commando (Mentioned only)
Coruscanti
Death
Dream (Mentioned only)
Eye
Farm (Mentioned only)
Flagship (Appears on screen)
Flotilla
The Force (Indirect mention only)
- Force choke (Mentioned only)
G-force (Mentioned only)
Galaxy