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And thus began the greatest inside/running joke in the galaxy
#wraith squadron#live spice reactions#star wars legends#lieutenant kettch#wedge antilles#wes janson#yub yub commander
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The greatest treasure in the Star Wars collection I finally have the space to unpack and store properly isn't my beloved giant Wedge and Biggs figures, nor is it my Ewan MacGregor autograph, nor even is it my precious MicroMachines set for Heir to the Empire. No, it is far and away the folder full of early '00s print-offs from Aaron Allston's website:
This is like....you can pinpoint the exact moment she discovered fandom!! You can see how floppy the paper was from the ink when I printed out the pictures :')
Yup, Aaron said 'Star Wars canon is whatever you want it to be'. He also changed Hobbie's hair colour though, so maybe he just had a thing about Hobbie.
He also hosted a bunch of fanart, which was my first exposure to the genre and which I utterly ADORED. Here are some by Jenny Kauer and Sixten because they include my blorbo Janson:
#aaron allston#wraith squadron#fandom#fandom old#star wars#x wing#x wing pilots are my jam#sw legends#sw eu#yub yub commander#wedge antilles#wes janson#tycho celchu#hobbie klivian#et al
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you can’t look dignified while having fun
okay but like
Solo Command is genuinely one of my favorite books, ever. It makes me laugh, it makes me cry, and yes- the whole experience embodies the "You can't look dignified while having fun," quote. I read the Wraith books at a dark time in my life, and they genuinely improved my outlook.
The whole trilogy embodies all the best parts of Star Wars- hope, redemption, found family, Glup Shittos- and if you haven't read them, I cannot recommend them enough.
anyway i've joked about (un)licensed therapist Wes Janson before but seriously that man carried the mental health of that entire squadron on his back
#wraith squadron#yub yub commander#also check out the Rogue Podron wraith episodes they're great#their dramatic readings are *chef's kiss*#answered asks#anonymous#not a quote
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I stopped believing in the idea of plot points too ridiculous for Star Wars the moment Face references Kettch and then Zsinj and Melvar immediately look at each other like "oh shit"
#star wars#star wars legends#x-wing#wraith squadron#iron fist#face loran#warlord zsinj#yub yub commander
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Star Wars Legends: Poll of the Week
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“Yub yub, Commander.” (Wes Janson to Wedge Antilles, X-Wing: Wraith Squadron)
“Good luck, crazy human lady. It was fun destroying stuff with you.” (Aqualish pirate Andevid to Leia Organa, Razor’s Edge)
“Kiss my Wookiee!” (Han Solo to Imperial Warlord Zsinj, The Courtship of Princess Leia)
“But…it was so artistically done.” (Grand Admiral Thrawn to Rukh, The Last Command)
“Pretty. What do we blow up first?” (Myn Donos to the Wraiths, X-Wing: Solo Command)
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#star wars legends#from a legends pov#star wars#star wars eu#from-a-legends-pov#wes janson#wedge antilles#andevid#leia organa#han solo#warlord zsinj#grand admiral thrawn#rukh#myn donos#wraith squadron#x-wing#razor’s edge#the courtship of princess leia#the last command#thrawn trilogy#solo command#sw legends poll of the week#sw legends#star wars extended universe
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THE YUB NUB COMMANDER I AM DYING
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Kim Jong Un shows off daughter, missiles at N. Korean parade
The parade was the fifth known public appearance by Kim’s daughter, Kim Ju Ae, his second-born child who is believed to be around 10 years old.
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his young daughter took center stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation that she’s being primed as a future leader of the isolated country as her father showed off his latest, largest nuclear missiles.
Wednesday night's parade in the capital, Pyongyang, featured the newest hardware in Kim’s growing nuclear arsenal, including what experts said was possibly a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile he may test in coming months.
That missile was part of around a dozen ICBMs Kim’s troops rolled out at the event, an unprecedented number that underscored how he continues to expand his military capabilities despite limited resources in face of deepening tensions with his neighbors and the United States.
The parade was the fifth known public appearance by Kim’s daughter, Kim Ju Ae, his second-born child who is believed to be around 10 years old. On Tuesday, Kim Jong Un brought his daughter to visit troops as he lauded the “irresistible might” of his nuclear-armed military.
State media have signaled a lofty role for Kim Ju Ae. She's been called “respected” and “beloved,” and a photo released Tuesday showed her sitting in the seat of honor at a banquet, flanked by generals and her parents.
North Korean photos released Wednesday showed Kim, wearing a black coat and fedora, attending the parade with his wife and daughter. Kim smiled and raised his hand from a balcony as thousands of troops lined up in a brightly illuminated Kim Il Sung Square, which is named after his grandfather, the nation’s founder.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said all of the soldiers and spectators at the square raised “stormy cheers of ‘hurrah!’” and chanted the name of their ruler, a “great brilliant commander” who is “beefing up the military muscle with his outstanding military strategic ideas.”
The parade marked the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea’s army and came after weeks of preparations involving huge numbers of troops and civilians mobilized to glorify Kim’s rule and his relentless push to cement the North’s status as a nuclear power.
Photos released by state media showed transport and launcher trucks carrying about 10 of the country’s Hwasong-17 ICBMs, which demonstrated a flight range that would allow them to reach deep into the U.S. mainland during a flight test last year. Those missiles were followed by another large missile encased in a canister and transported on a 9-axle vehicle.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the missile was a mockup or an actual rocket, but Kim Dong-yub, a professor at Seoul’s University of North Korean Studies, said the missile was likely a version of a solid-fuel ICBM the North has been trying to develop for years. He added that the unprecedented number of Hwasong-17s paraded in Wednesday’s event suggests progress in efforts to produce those weapons in larger numbers.
State media reports didn’t immediately mention whether Kim Jong Un delivered a speech during the event. The parade came after Kim met with his top military brass on Monday and ordered an expansion of combat exercises, as he continues to escalate an already provocative run in weapons demonstrations in face of deepening tensions with his neighbors and Washington.
“This time, Kim Jong Un let North Korea’s expanding tactical and long-range missile forces speak for themselves,” said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul.
“The message Pyongyang wants to send internationally, demonstrating its capabilities to deter and coerce, will likely come in the form of solid-fuel missile tests and detonation of a miniaturized nuclear device,” he said. He was referring to U.S. and South Korean assessments that the North could be preparing to conduct its first nuclear test since September 2017.
The KCNA confirmed that the parade featured a variety of nuclear-capable weapons, including tactical nuclear weapons targeting South Korea. The agency described the ICBMs as crucial weapons supporting North Korea’s ongoing stance of “nuke for nuke and an all-out confrontation for an all-out confrontation” against its enemies.
Lee Sung-jun, spokesperson of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a briefing that the South Korean and U.S. militaries were closely analyzing the North Korean photos and reports to evaluate the weaponry.
North Korea is coming off a record-breaking year in weapons testing, and the dozens of missiles it fired in 2022 included potentially nuclear-capable systems designed to strike targets in South Korea and the U.S. mainland.
The intensified testing activity was punctuated by fiery statements and a new law threatening preemptive nuclear attacks against its neighbors and the United States in a broad range of scenarios.
Kim doubled down on his nuclear push entering 2023.
During a major political conference in December, Kim called for an “exponential increase” of the country’s nuclear warheads, mass production of battlefield tactical nukes targeting “enemy” South Korea and the development of more powerful ICBMs that could reach the mainland United States.
In December, Kim supervised a test of a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” for a new strategic weapon he said would be developed in the “shortest span of time,” which experts said likely referred to a solid-fuel ICBM.
All of the ICBMs the North has flight-tested since 2017 used liquid propellants. Solid fuel could allow shorter preparation time and more mobility on the ground.
Solid-fuel ICBMs highlighted an extensive wish list Kim announced under a five-year arms development plan in 2021, which also included tactical nuclear weapons, hypersonic missiles, nuclear-powered submarines and spy satellites.
Analysts say Kim’s decision to bring his daughter to public events tied to his military is to send a statement to the world he has no intention to voluntarily surrender his nuclear weapons, which he apparently sees as the strongest guarantee of his survival and the extension of his family’s dynastic rule.
An official from South Korea’s Unification Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity during a background briefing, said it’s too early to determine whether Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the fourth heredity ruler of North Korea but added that “all possibilities are open.” The official said her repeated appearance in major events and her prominent exposure in state media is aimed at urging “ultimate loyalty” to the Kim family.
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Rogue Squad
pic.twitter.com/e3N00xCr5i
https://twitter.com/PattyJenks/status/1337177394625478656
I started crying. I wish Aaron Allston was still alive. And then this.
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Time to get back to basics.
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Some things I would love to see in the Rogue Squadron movie, not all together, but any of them on their own:
Some of the EU/Legends characters brought back in new form. Hey, they brought Thrawn back, we absolutely can get Corran and Face and any/all of the others. (Yes, I know, Face &co were Wraiths, not Rogues, but CLOSE ENOUGH.)
As with Corran and Tyria, a Force-user pilot who is not interested in becoming a Jedi, who is happy with the extra edge the Force gives him/her for flying, but does not want to develop it further.
Set during the original trilogy, so we get the rugged and desperate Rebellion we saw in Rogue One.
Set after the sequel trilogy, so we get a sense of where the galaxy is now and who the Rogues are fighting, and so that we get a chance to see all-new characters.
Wedge! Wedge and Hobbie and Wes (and Sebastian Stan as Luke, popping in for a cameo?), but most of all Wedge. My favorite “I’m not anybody special, just one guy doing my best to make the galaxy a safe place for other people’s kids to grow up in” character of all time. Also my favorite “I don’t have special abilities but I can still fly circles around you all” character. I don’t know exactly how his character has been developed in the new canon, but EU/Legends Wedge was The Best. (Yes, I cried when he flashed on the screen in TROS.) And if we get Wedge, I really want to see Iella, even as a brief cameo!
A Rogue Squadron that is 100% female pilots.
Exploration of concepts of honor, and what separates the good guys from the bad. They touched on that in Rogue One, but I’d like to see it given a bit more depth.
And no matter what else I might or might not get from my above wish list, there has to be an Ewok joke in there. We have to get a “Yub yub, Commander” on the big screen.
#rogue squadron#star wars#patty jenkins#michael a stackpole#aaron allston#wedge antilles#wraith squadron#yub yub commander
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X-Wing: Solo Command by Aaron Allston
#yub yub#lieutenant kettch#wes janson#wedge antilles#shalla nelprin#xwing series#wraith squadron#solo command#star wars
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ilanwu replied to your post “ilanwu ilanwu can I have a...”
an ewok?
why do you need an ewok when you’ve got uncle janson.
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Wraith squadron is legit the best and everyone should read those books
Correct!
#yub yub commander#also when will they give us unabridged audiobooks??#anyway i'll never stop saying this but read the wraith books#anonymous#answered asks#not a quote
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“You come to finish the reprimanding you started in front of the others earlier?” He wasn’t going to let the other know that they had embarrassed Wes in front of the others, much less his great grandson Jack.
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"Let's get started. Who's first?" Since the first day of evaluations, Wedge had followed a simple interview pattern: Janson kept the data on the pilots, allowing Wedge to meet each one without any foreknowledge. It gave him a better opportunity to consult his gut with respect to each candidate.
Janson consulted his datapad. "His name is Kettch, and he's an Ewok."
Wedge came upright. "No."
"Oh, yes. Determined to fight. You should hear him say, 'Yub, yub.' He makes it a battle cry."
"Wes, assuming he could be educated up to Alliance fighter-pilot standards, an Ewok couldn't even reach an X-wing's controls."
"He wears arm and leg extensions, prosthetics built for him by a sympathetic medical droid. And he's anxious to go, Commander."
Wedge slumped and covered his eyes with one hand. "Please tell me you're kidding."
"Of course I'm kidding. Pilot-candidate number one is a human female, from Tatooine, Falynn Sandskimmer."
"I'm going to get you, Janson."
"Yub, yub, Commander."
I love them your honor. Wes and Wedge have only been in a few scenes together and they are already my new favourite dynamic.
*X-Wing: Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston
#aof reads star wars#x wing series#wraith squadron#wedge antilles#wes janson#star wars#sw novels#star wars eu#star wars expanded universe#star wars legends#aaron allston
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It recently occurred to me that I never made my final Wraith Squadron series post about Solo Command.
Let's just sum it up the best we can:
That's.... actually not all.
Apparently, Face has a sister. Who knew??
Man, the whole Face, then Myn, find out about Lara being Gara was AWFUL. And Wedge was FURIOUS. It was honestly almost a little scary how mad he was.
"You can't look dignified when you're having fun " is probably something I should keep in mind, like, forever.
All in all, my favorite scene (after their night off, courtesy of Wedge) was probably the last one, when Wedge wanted to cover for Lara, and Han jumped on the bandwagon:
" 'Communications, you have a false reading. The sender's vocal similarity to Lara Notsil is a coincidence. She's dead. Understand?' 'Uh, sir, our correlation is something like ninety-nine-point-nine-nine-seven--' 'Tell you what. I'll send Chewbacca up there and have him explain to you what I just said.' "
Smooth as always, Han.
There's probably other stuff, but I'll make posts about it next time I'm on a Wraith Squadron kick. In the mean time, I leave you with these parting words:
Yub, yub, followers.
Out.
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