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OS-72-8 was the designation of a TIE pilot who served in the Imperial Navy by[1] 3 ABY. By that year,[3] the pilot was stationed aboard[2] the Star Destroyer[4] Devastator, and had also joined the Imperial Obsidian Squadron, flying under the call sign of Obsidian 8. While flying under the call sign of Obsidian 8, OS-72-8 flew a modified TIE/LN starfighter used most often to pursue raiders attempting to take refuge in the upper atmosphere of nearby planets. The pilot had also left the Devastator before[2] the Empire's occupation of the planet Bespin in 3 ABY.[3]

During Bespin's occupation, the YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon managed to escape the planet,[5] and OS-72-8 was among the TIE pilots who subsequently pursued the freighter.[1] However, the TIE fighters were unable to capture the Millennium Falcon, with the freighter managing to evade Imperial capture in space.[5]

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The OS-72-8 name was first used for 2003's The Empire Strikes Back expansion set of Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Trading Card Game. OS-72-8 was identified as the designation of a TIE fighter seen in[6] the 1980 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back,[5] though Decipher, Inc.'s 1997 Cloud City Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game had previously identified the fighter as "Obsidian 8."[2] The 2008 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia resolved the issue by identifying OS-72-8 as the pilot[1] of the Obsidian 8 TIE fighter seen in The Empire Strikes Back.[5] Before the film's May 21, 1980 release,[7] OS-72-8's fighter appeared simultaneously in The Empire Strikes Back Storybook[8] and the film's novelization,[9] both released April 12 of the same year.[10][11]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 426 ("OS-72-8")
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Swccglogolg.png Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Cloud City Limited (Card: Obsidian 8) (backup link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The New Essential Chronology
  4. ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 402 ("Obsidian Squadron")
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  6. ↑ TCGsmall.jpg Star Wars Trading Card Game – The Empire Strikes Back (Card: TIE Fighter OS-72-8)
  7. ↑ SWYTlogo.png The Empire Strikes Back Turns 40, Queen's Peril Gets a Voice, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
  8. ↑ The Empire Strikes Back Storybook
  9. ↑ Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
  10. ↑ Amazon favicon.png The Empire Strikes Back Storybook on Amazon.com (backup link) (US hardcover)
  11. ↑ Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
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