Flight data recorder

Flight data recorder
Production information
Type	Data recorder
Usage and history
Purpose	Recording data from starship and starfighter flights

"Retrieve her flight data recorder. Perhaps where you've been will tell us more about who you are."

―Agent Tierny upon arresting Venisa Doza

A flight data recorder was a device installed on nearly every space-faring ship in the galaxy to record flight data. It contained complete records of a ship's range, maximum speed, shield array, weapons payload, and more, making it an invaluable resource for determining the capacities of a particular craft. In 1 BBY, during a mission to the planet Lothal, Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren stole the flight data recorder of a prototype TIE/D Defender Elite so that the Rebel Alliance would know the capabilities of the highly advanced fighter. Afterwards, the recorder was delivered to Alliance High Command on Yavin 4 by Hera Syndulla and Chopper, and the data was analyzed.

Behind the scenes

A flight data recorder as depicted in Star Wars Rebels.

In real life, a flight data recorder is one half of the device known as the black box, which also exists in Star Wars canon. A black box, or flight recorder, consist of a flight data recorder (FDR), used to record specific aircraft performance parameters, and a cockpit voice recorder (CVR), which is used to record the audio environment in the flight deck.

Appearances

• Ezra's Gamble (First appearance, simultaneous with Rise of the Rebels)
• Rise of the Rebels (First appearance, simultaneous with Ezra's Gamble)
• Star Wars Rebels — "Property of Ezra Bridger"
• Star Wars Rebels — "Flight of the Defender" (First identified as Flight data recorder)
• Star Wars Rebels — "Kindred"
• Star Wars Rebels — "Crawler Commandeers"
• Star Wars Resistance — "Rendezvous Point" (Mentioned only)

Sources

• TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
• Flight data recorder in the Databank (backup link)

Notes and references

In other languages

• 日本語