Wampa (pilot)

For other uses, see Wampa (disambiguation).

The title of this article is a nickname, call sign, or alias.

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"Wampa" was the nickname of a TIE pilot who served in the Imperial Navy's Black Squadron during the Galactic Civil War fought between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic. The pilot flew a TIE/LN starfighter under the call sign Black 11 and attained the "Wampa" nickname for icy precision in battle. The nickname was derived from^[1] the wampa, a fearsome and carnivorous creature hailing from the ice planet Hoth.^[2] By 4 ABY,^[3] "Wampa" was stationed aboard^[1] the Super Star Destroyer^[4] Executor and often served as an escort to the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader's shuttle,^[1] the Lambda-class T-4a shuttle ST 321.^[4]

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The "Wampa" nickname was established for the pilot of the Black 11 starfighter on a card for the 2000 Death Star II Limited expansion set of the Decipher, Inc. Star Wars Customizable Card Game. While the image depicts one of the TIE fighters^[1] escorting ST 321 during Darth Vader's visit to the Death Star II battlestation in the opening scene of the 1983 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi,^[4] there was no confirmation that "Wampa" was operating Black 11 during those events. As such, this article avoids listing Return of the Jedi as a confirmed appearance for the pilot.

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