Star Wars: X-Wing is a 1993 animated epic space opera film directed by Gus Van Sant, produced by Lucasfilm and its animation division Lucasfilm Feature Animation in association with Golden Harvest Animation and TVE Animación and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Based on the video game series of the same name, it is the first fully animated film in the Star Wars franchise and precedes and parallels the events of the original Star Wars film. The film stars David Stone as Keyan Farlander of Red Squadron, a Rebel pilot who served in Independence and fought in a number of key battles before, during and after the Battle of Yavin.
Plot
| “ | It is a period of Civil War.
Using fear and intimidation, the Empire seeks to impose a New Order on the galaxy. Only the Rebel Alliance stands in the way of their evil plans. Not yet willing to confront the Empire directly, the Rebels are marshalling their forces in secrecy. Even now a group of their prized Calamari Cruisers is being intercepted by a squadron of Imperial Star Destroyers. The Rebel Fleet is outnumbered but, they have a surprise… the X-Wing Starfighter! |
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| ~ The film's opening lines |
Alliance Intelligence agents notice that the Galactic Empire is taking precautions to make Talon look unimportant and that it actually contains important cargo, though whether this is information or a passenger was unclear. However, Darth Vader himself is known to be on the move and it is believed that he may, possibly, have been onboard. They also learn that it would be traveling to Celanon City with a skeleton crew and would have minimal escort. It is scheduled to be making a brief stop near Turkana.
The Rebel Alliance puts together a strike force to attack the ship. The attack is led by the Nebulon-B frigate Liberator, supported by X-wings from Red and Blue Squadrons and Y-wings from Gold Squadron. Involved in the attack is Captain Charger and Cadet Keyan Farlander, flying his first mission as wingman to Lieutenant Hamo Blastwell in Red Squadron.
While Blue Squadron's X-wings assist Liberator in engaging defending TIE Fighters, the Y-wings use their ion cannons to disable Talon. The ship is then boarded by Storm Unit with Red Squadron protecting their transport from any TIEs that made it past Blue Squadron. Needing an extra R2 unit, Storm Unit asks if any pilots had one to spare. While Storm Unit fights against defending stormtroopers, Farlander and his R2 unit work their way to the bridge where they deactivate any remaining turbolaser batteries and began downloading data from the ship's computer. He also relieves the Imperial commanding officer of some disks which he was attempting to destroy, killing the officer in the process, before leaving the ship.
In order to make a quick escape before Imperial reinforcements could arrive, the Rebels leave Talon where it is. Although Vader had not been aboard, the documents recovered proved to contain important information. These documents included a copy of their top secret Imperial document, detailing specifications of both Imperial and Rebel spacecraft and providing the Rebels with insight into the enemy's strengths and weaknesses.
After the mission, Keyan Farlander met Admiral Gial Ackbar and Mon Mothma who made him a lieutenant for his heroism during the mission which happened only thirteen days after he had joined the Rebellion.
Voice cast
- David Stone as Keyan Farlander
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