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A-wing fighter
Rebel Alliance interceptor
Details
Description
With its sleek arrowhead shape, streamlined cockpit and massive twin engines, the A-wing starfighter suggests raw speed even when parked within Alliance hangar bays. Faster than even the TIE interceptor, the A-wing is well suited for lightning strikes. It sports a pair of pivoting laser cannons on each wingtip. The starfighters of Green Squadron, which flew in the Battle of Endor, were made up of A-wing starfighters.
Stats
- Appearances
- Height
- 9.6 meters long
- Type
- High speed interceptor
- Weapon
- Two laser cannons, concussion missiles
- Affiliation
- Rebel Alliance
Relationships
X-wing fighter
The workhorse of the Rebel Alliance starfighter arsenal, the X-wing sets the standards of performance in space superiority combat. Though slower than an A-wing, the X-wing has a greater balance of firepower, hull integrity and shield strength, whereas the A-wing relies mostly on its blinding speed to outmaneuver slower enemies.
Y-wing fighter
An aged and battle-proven combat model, the Y-wing serves as a long range bomber craft for the Rebellion. Almost plodding when compared to the raw sublight velocities achievable by the A-wing, the Y-wing is far more rugged and can carry much more ordnance.
TIE fighter
The standard TIE fighter relied on numerical superiority along with high speed and nimble agility to overwhelm the forces of the Rebel Alliance. The A-wing proved a capable adversary to the standard TIE models, but later generation TIE interceptors challenged the speeds of A-wing fighters.
Death
Star
A-wing fighter forces contributed to the Rebel Alliance's assault on the second Death Star. A group of A-wings accompanied General Lando Calrissian's daring strike at the Death Star's vulnerable reactor core. The offered invaluable assistance in drawing away TIE fighter pursuers from the Millennium Falcon.
