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Unidentified Rebel crew chief

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"This R2 unit of yours seems a bit beat up. You want a new one?"
―The crew chief, to Luke Skywalker[1]

An engineer worked at the Alliance to Restore the Republic's Great Temple base on Yavin 4 during the Galactic Civil War, serving as a crew chief. Initially an employee of the Fresia-based Incom Corporation, the nationalization of that company by the Galactic Empire prompted the chief and his co-workers to join the Rebellion. In his role with the Alliance, the chief spent many hours performing maintenance on T-65 X-wing starfighters and T-47 airspeeders.

Biography[]

The chief was initially an engineer working for Incom Corporation,[2] a starship company based on the planet Fresia.[3] During the Imperial Period, the Galactic Empire nationalized the corporation,[4] prompting many workers, such as the engineer, to flee and join the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Like his former co-workers, he spent many hours performing maintenance on T-65 X-wing starfighters and T-47 airspeeders in the Alliance's service;[2] both types of craft had initially been made by Incom.[5] The engineer was eventually given the role of crew chief, began work as a technician, and was assigned to the Alliance's Great Temple base[6] on the moon Yavin 4.[1]

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The crew chief and Luke Skywalker

In 0 BBY,[7] technical readouts for the Empire's new Death Star battle station were brought to the Yavin base by Princess Leia Organa, and General Jan Dodonna devised a plan of attack. The attack would involve the T-65s, and so the chief performed maintenance on at least one of them before the battle. The T-65's pilot, Luke Skywalker, intended to use the droid R2-D2 as his astromech for the upcoming battle, but the chief noted that the droid did not look to be in the best of shape. He asked Skywalker whether he wanted a replacement, but the pilot declined, claiming that he and R2-D2 had been "through a lot together."[1] Finishing his maintenance, the chief cleared Skywalker for liftoff.[8] Skywalker would go on to destroy the Death Star.[1]

Personality and traits[]

The crew chief was a Human with graying hair and light skin.[1]

Equipment[]

The chief had a tan-colored suit.[1]

Behind the scenes[]

"Whatever you say."
―The crew chief, to Luke Skywalker in dialogue not in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope[8]

The crew chief was portrayed by Shane Rimmer[9] in the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope,[1] although his first appearance was in Alan Dean Foster's 1976 novelization of the film.[10] Some inconsistencies exist between the crew chief's film appearance and various adaptations. The crew chief has slightly different dialogue in the film's novelization,[10] along with the November 5, 1977 fifth issue of Marvel Comics' Star Wars comic-book series,[11] Brian Daley's 1981 radio adaptation,[8] the 1994 Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization, which contains the radio drama's script,[12] and[13] the March 5, 1997[14] third issue of Bruce Jones' comic adaptation.[13] In Star Wars 5, he says an earlier line to Skywalker before a different version of his film line is delivered,[11] while both the radio drama and its script contain additional dialogue with him responding to Skywalker's lines in the film.[8][12]

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  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Swccglogolg Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Special Edition Limited (Card: Incom Engineer) (backup link)
  3. ↑ Coruscant and the Core Worlds
  4. ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 99 ("Incom Corporation")
  5. ↑ The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
  6. ↑ TCGsmall Star Wars Trading Card Game — A New Hope (Card: Rebel Crew Chief) (backup link)
  7. ↑ The New Essential Chronology
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Star Wars radio drama — "Force and Counterforce"
  9. ↑ YouTube SHANE RIMMER Interview - R2D2 was Trouble - Star Wars 100 Interview on the Star Wars 100 Interviews YouTube channel: "For Sci Fi Central Australia, Darryl James interviewed Shane Rimmer in Wales. His role in ANH was called an InCom Engineer. Not only was Rimmer in Star Wars buy [sic] he was also a key character voice in the original Thunderbirds TV series. SHANE RIMMER Interview - R2D2 was Trouble." (backup link)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars (1977) 5
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition 3
  14. ↑ GalaxyCite "Back to the Drawingboard" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 10

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