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Winged Gundark

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"Winged Gundark" was the nickname among the peers of a[1] TIE pilot in the Imperial Navy who attained the nickname for[2] an impressive number of career kills[3] in high-altitude battles[2] by 3 ABY. By that year's Imperial occupation of the planet Bespin,[4] Winged Gundark had joined the Imperial Obsidian Squadron, flying under the call sign of Obsidian 7 and piloting a TIE/LN starfighter modified for upper atmosphere maneuvers[2] and pursuits.[1]

Following Bespin's occupation, the YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon managed to escape from the planet's Cloud City,[5] resulting in Obsidian Squadron's pursuit of the freighter into space.[3] Winged Gundark piloted one of the pursuing TIE/LN starfighters,[1] though the Millennium Falcon ultimately escaped Obsidian Squadron and Imperial capture.[5] At some point, Winged Gundark, accompanied by at least one other TIE/LN starfighter, flew over an astronomical object, with a large starship above the starfighters.[6] Winged Gundark's nickname was shared with[2] the gundark, a large bipedal furry primate species from the planet Vanqor.[7]

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The name Winged Gundark was created for the 1997 Cloud City Limited expansion set of Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game.[2] He would later be mentioned in 1998's Star Wars: Behind the Magic, where Obsidian 7 was linked to one of the TIE fighters seen in the 1980 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, thus also establishing his status as the fighter's offscreen pilot in the film.[1] Before the film was released on May 21, 1980,[8] Winged Gundark's fighter appeared simultaneously in The Empire Strikes Back Storybook[9] and the film's novelization,[10] both released April 12 of the same year.[11][12]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Behind the Magic
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6  Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Cloud City Limited Card: Obsidian 7 (backup link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 402 ("Obsidian Squadron")
  4. ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates the occupation of Bespin to 3 ABY.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  6. ↑ Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game — TIE Fighter Expansion Pack Card: "Winged Gundark" — TIE Fighter
  7. ↑ The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
  8. ↑ This Week! in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Turns 40, Queen's Peril Gets a Voice, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
  9. ↑ The Empire Strikes Back Storybook
  10. ↑ Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
  11. ↑ The Empire Strikes Back Storybook on Amazon.com (backup link) (US hardcover)
  12. ↑ Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
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