Blade Squadron (short story)

"Blade Squadron"
Attribution information
Author(s)	David J. Williams Mark S. Williams
Publication information
Release date	April 22, 2014 (Part One) June 10, 2014 (Part Two)
Published in	Star Wars Insider 149 Star Wars Insider 150
Reprinted in	StarWars.com Star Wars 2016 Del Rey Sampler Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1
Pages	12 (Total) 6 pages (Part One) 6 pages (Part Two)
Chronology
Timeline	4 ABY
Followed by	"Blade Squadron: Zero Hour"

"Blade Squadron" is a two-part short story written by David J. Williams and Mark S. Williams that appeared in Star Wars Insider 149 and Star Wars Insider 150. It was inspired by artwork depicting an unused battle scene from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, and the story focuses on a squadron of B-wing starfighters on a suicide mission during the Battle of Endor.

Blade Squadron is the first Insider short story, and the first story outside of the films and The Clone Wars TV series, that is part of the new canon, as defined since the April 25, 2014 reboot. The story was later reprinted on StarWars.com.

Plot summary

The Battle of Endor is near. In preparation for the up-coming battle, Blade Squadron has recently been refitted with the new A/SF-01 B-Wing Assault Starfighter - more commonly referred to as the "B-Wing." Wing Commander Adon Fox must lead Blade Squadron on a suicide mission against the Devastator in support of Rebel Command's overall battle plan to engage and destroy the Death Star II, which is currently under construction and in orbit around Endor's moon.

Development

The two-part story Blade Squadron was published as the monthly short fiction of the 149th and 150th issues of the Star Wars Insider magazine. The announcement of the new Lucasfilm canon policy on April 25, 2014 was released between the publication of the two issues, leaving the state of the short story uncertain. In Star Wars Insider 150, it was announced that Blade Squadron did belong to the new canon, making it the first prose work and story in general to be considered as canon outside from the movies and the TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Cover gallery

Part one

Part two

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Gial Ackbar (Voice only) Wedge Antilles (Mentioned only) Blade One (Endor) (First appearance) (Starfighter only) Landonis Balthazar Calrissian (Mentioned only) Fanty (First appearance) Adon Fox (First appearance) Adon Fox's wife (First mentioned) Gradd (First appearance) Jhared Montferrat (First appearance) Gina Moonsong (First appearance) Barthow Quince (First mentioned) Leia Organa (Mentioned only) Darth Sidious (Mentioned only) Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only) Braylen Stramm (First appearance) Darth Vader (Mentioned only)

Organisms

Bird (Mentioned only) Minnow (First mentioned) Shark (First mentioned) Spider (Mentioned only)

Events

Imperial Era Galactic Civil War Battle of Endor Battle of Hoth (Mentioned only) Battle of Yavin (Mentioned only) Secret mission to Tatooine (Indirect mention only) Republic Day (First mentioned)

Locations

The galaxy Coruscant (Mentioned only) Hoth (Mentioned only) Naboo (Mentioned only) Imperial garrison (First mentioned) Outer Rim Territories Dantooine (Mentioned only) Moddell sector Endor system Endor Yavin Prime (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Rebel Alliance Navy Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps Blade Squadron (First identified as Blade Squadron) Blade Leader (First appearance) Blade Four (First appearance) Blade One (First appearance) (Starfighter only) Blade Three (First appearance) Blade Two (First appearance) Rebel pilot Supreme commander of the Alliance fleet (Voice only) Alliance officer (Voice only) Special Forces Trackers Unit (Indirect mention only) Cadet Deputy Wing Leader Wing Commander (First appearance) Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Imperial Military Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps Stormtrooper Imperial Navy Death Squadron Imperial Starfighter Corps Gradd's squadron (First appearance) TIE fighter pilot Imperial Officer Corps Imperial officer

Gunner Lord (Mentioned only) Officer Admiral Commander General (Mentioned only) Junior officer (First appearance) Lieutenant Pilot Princess (Mentioned only) Sergeant Sith (Mentioned only) Dark Lord of the Sith (Mentioned only) Darth (Mentioned only) Sith apprentice (Mentioned only) Sith Lord (Mentioned only) Sith Master (Mentioned only) Skywalker family (Mentioned only) Smuggler Spy (Mentioned only) Trader (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Human Mon Calamari (Voice only) Rodian (Picture only)

Vehicles and vessels

Space station Battle station Death Star DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station (Mentioned only) Second Death Star Starship Capital ship Battleship Dreadnought (Appears on screen) Star Dreadnought (Appears on screen) Executor-class Star Dreadnought (Appears on screen) Executor (Appears on screen) MC80 Star Cruiser (Mentioned only) Star Destroyer Imperial-class Star Destroyer Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator Cruiser (Mentioned only) Freighter Light freighter YT-series YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon Starfighter A-wing starfighter RZ-1 A-wing interceptor B-wing heavy assault starfighter A/SF-01 B-wing starfighter Interceptor TIE fighter series TIE/IN interceptor TIE/ln space superiority starfighter X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Transport (Mentioned only) Adon Fox's wife's transport (First mentioned) Unidentified smuggling ship (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Airlock Armor Stormtrooper armor Cannon Comlink Computer Targeting computer Deflector shield Engine Headset Hyperdrive (Mentioned only) Laser cannon Ion cannon KX9 laser cannon L-s1 laser cannon Turbolaser XX-9 heavy turbolaser battery

Officer's disk Pistol Proton torpedo S-foils Sensor Solar collector Superlaser Superweapon

Miscellanea

Blockade (Mentioned only) Blood (Mentioned only) Book (Mentioned only) Bridge Bunk (First mentioned) Caf (First mentioned) (First identified as coffee) Callsign (First identified as Callsign) City (Mentioned only) Clothing Boot Flight suit Flight helmet Glove Imperial military uniforms Rank insignia plaque Cockpit Color Commando (Mentioned only) Coruscanti Death Dream (Mentioned only) Eye Farm (Mentioned only) Flagship (Appears on screen) Flotilla The Force (Indirect mention only) Force choke (Mentioned only) Galaxy

Ghost (First mentioned) Gravity Hangar Heart (Mentioned only) Hyperspace Language Galactic Basic Standard Laser Limb Meter Moon Navy Orbit Sleep (Mentioned only) Snubfighter Squadron Starfighter Corps Suicide (Mentioned only) Sun Time Second Standard day Standard hour Standard minute Standard month Standard year Tooth Vacuum Warship

Sources

• Star Wars Insider 149
• Star Wars Insider 150
• Blade Squadron: Part One Short Story on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Blade Squadron, Part Two on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars 2016 Del Rey Sampler
• Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1

External links

• Star Wars Books on Facebook: Timeline Photos (March 13, 2014) (backup link)

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