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- "Look out!"
- ―Mithel's last words to Darth Vader
Mithel, nicknamed "Mauler,"[4] was a human[3] individual who served a pilot in the Galactic Empire's Imperial Starfighter Corps, flying as Black Two within Black Squadron.[4]
At the battle, the Rebels attacked the DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station and Vader ordered Backstabber and Mithel to be his wingmen. Vader followed Red Squadron which was targeting a thermal exhaust port,[2] which was a flaw designed by the Imperial scientist Galen Walton Erso so that the Rebel Alliance could exploit this vulnerability and destroy the battle station itself.[5] Vader shot many Rebel pilots until only Luke Skywalker remained to target the port. Suddenly, the Millennium Falcon piloted by Han Solo appeared and shot Backstabber, killing him. The destruction of his TIE fighter shocked Vader as Mithel tried to maneuver but accidentally flew over Vader, damaging the Sith Lord's TIE Advanced x1 and crashing his TIE fighter into a wall. Vader and his damaged TIE Advanced x1 flew away, damaged and incapacitated. Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star after both of his accompanying wingmen fell.[2]
Appearances[]
Mithel flying as Black Two during the Battle of Yavin.
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars Treasury: The Original Trilogy (Starfighter only)
- Star Wars in Pictures: The Original Trilogy (Starfighter only)
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Han Solo – Taking Flight for his Friends" (Starfighter only)- Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Luke vs. the Death Star - X-wing Assault"
- Darth Vader (2020) 12 (Starfighter only) (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars (2020) 15 (Starfighter only) (In flashback(s))
Sources[]
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 4 (Highlights of the Saga: The Battle of Yavin) (Starfighter only)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 54 (Databank A-Z: Tauntaun–TIE Craft) (Starfighter only)
- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Galactic Empire Conversion Kit (Card: "Mauler" Mithel) (Reissued in TIE/ln Fighter Expansion Pack) (First identified as Mithel)
- Star Wars: Destiny — Across the Galaxy (Card: "Mauler" Mithel – Vader's Wingman) (backup link)
- "Imperial Troops" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope establishes that "Mauler" was killed during the Battle of Yavin, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas to 0 BBY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ultimate Star Wars states that the TIE fighter pilots of the Galactic Empire were all humans. As Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope establishes that "Mithel" was a TIE fighter pilot, they must therefore be human.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3
Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Galactic Empire Conversion Kit (Card: "Mauler" Mithel)
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story