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Ten Numb was a Sullustan B-wing pilot who served at the Battle of Endor as part of Blue Squadron under the callsign Blue Five.[1]
Biography[]
Ten Numb, a former bounty hunter and demolitions expert,[1] joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic and was assigned to Blue Squadron. During the assault on the second Death Star, Ten Numb was ordered to lead a B-wing attack against Imperial command ships. He carried out meritorious service during the battle, and was promoted to Blue Leader after the conflict, due to the death of Merrick Simms.
Ten Numb with his B-wing starfighter
Following the truce at Bakura, Numb helped combat forest fires on the forest moon of Endor, using his B-wing's reconfigured weapons systems to spray fire-extinguishing fluid over the canopy.[3]
He accompanied Luke Skywalker and various members of Rogue Squadron to Corellia, where he was separated from the group when he followed Imperial storm commandos on a stolen speeder bike. He was captured by General Weir, who took him to Tralus. The other Rogue Squadron members followed his signal but arrived too late to save him, as Ten was killed during interrogation.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Numb in the pilot's seat over Endor
Several creature technicians for The Return of the Jedi worked on the puppet, including Mike Quinn, who worked on a deleted unscripted scene with Ten Numb in white uniform inside a B-wing cockpit,[4] as well as Kirk Thatcher, who worked on his puppet wearing a red B-wing uniform.[5]
He wore a red uniform, as did all B-wing pilots. Easily mistaken for Nien Nunb, Ten can be seen in this uniform on an original Topps Return of the Jedi trading card,[source?] as well as in the film during the briefing and the celebration on Endor.[6] The Decipher Customizable Card Game card[7] and both Hasbro action figures depict him in a white uniform.[8][9] This is based on a preproduction image of the character in which he was wearing a white uniform, not on his film appearance. This is largely attributed to the only known photo of Ten Numb at the time, in the book Star Wars: Chronicles.[10] Ten also appears in the X-Wing: Rogue Leader comics wearing a white uniform.[11]
One of the three LEGO B-wing playsets has Ten in a white uniform, and the other one in a red one.[source?] Hasbro released a white-uniformed Ten Numb action figure as part of their Star Wars: The Legacy Collection toy line.[9] Numb is included in the Rebel Pilots Series I Evolutions pack, along with Wes Janson and Dorovio Bold, and is erroneously depicted on the cover of the Battle Pack with an A-wing instead of a B-wing.[source?]
Appearances[]
- The Farlander Papers (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- X-Wing: Rogue Leader 1
- X-Wing: Rogue Leader 2
- X-Wing: Rogue Leader 3
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
- ↑ X-Wing: Rogue Leader 3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 X-Wing: Rogue Leader
- ↑ Mike Quinn by Pellegrom, Dennis on www.starwarsinterviews.com (2006) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on January 24, 2018)
- ↑ Kirk can be seen behind Ten Numb puppet in this article: Interview with Kirk Thatcher (Part 1 of 2) by Plume, Kenneth on IGN (February 10, 2000) (archived from the original on October 14, 2022). Please note that the article misidentifies the puppet (wearing the characteristic red B-wing pilot uniform) as Nien Nunb.
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Death Star II Limited (Card: Ten Numb) (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars: Power of the Jedi (Pack: B-wing Fighter) (backup link)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: The Legacy Collection (Pack: Rebel Pilot Legacy) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Chronicles
- ↑ X-Wing: Rogue Leader 1