- "RJ-909, you're too close. Break right—"
- ―A TIE pilot warning RJ-909
RJ-909 was the designation of[3] a human[2] TIE fighter pilot who served the Galactic Empire's Starfighter Corps during the Imperial Era. When the Imperial cadet Han Solo attempted to escape from the Carida Academy in a stolen TIE fighter[3] on the planet[4] Carida[3] sometime between 13 BBY and 10 BBY,[1] RJ-909 and a number of TIE pilots gave chase,[3] led by the academy's flight instructor, Yurib Nakan.[5]
As the pilots attempted to shoot him down, Solo maneuvered around the fighters, putting RJ-909 in the flight path of another fighter. Despite the other pilot's warnings, RJ-909 could not break away in time, killing them both when the two fighters collided with each other.[3] Not long after Solo's subsequent capture, Nakan displayed a hologram of the collision while reprimanding the cadet in his prison cell.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
RJ-909 first appeared in the first issue of the comic-book miniseries Star Wars: Han Solo - Imperial Cadet, though only the character's TIE fighter was shown in the comic. It was written by Robbie Thompson, illustrated by Leonard Kirk,[3] and published by Marvel Comics on November 7, 2018.[6]
Appearances[]
- Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1 (First appearance) (Starfighter only)
- Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 2 (Appears in hologram) (Starfighter only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide establishes that Han Solo served in the Imperial Navy between six to nine years after the formation of the Galactic Empire, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 19 BBY. The events of Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1, including RJ-909's death on Carida, take place during Solo's time in the Imperial Navy, therefore sometime between 13 BBY and 10 BBY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition establishes that the TIE fighter pilots of the Galactic Empire were all humans.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1
- ↑ Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 2
- ↑
Star Wars: Han Solo - Imperial Cadet (2018) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)