Lieutenant
From Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki.
Lieutenant was a rank widely used in military, paramilitary or police organizations, normally borne by low-ranking commissioned officers. It was higher than a Second Lieutenant and lower than a captain.
In space fleets, lieutenants were found in command of small vessels, as senior officers aboard medium-sized vessels and as junior and mid-ranking command personnel on large capital ships.
Surface forces often saw lieutenants holding the lowest level of field commands (such as platoons in the Imperial Army), as aides to more senior officers, or as vehicle operators. Sometimes, clone lieutenants were given command of fleets and ground forces acting as commanders.
Starfighter forces placed lieutenants as junior officers, rarely any higher in the command hierarchy than lead plane of a wing-pair. Even a flight of three or four fighters was rarely led by a lieutenant, although exceptions were made when there was a general lack of senior or experienced officers. In the months before the Battle of Yavin, Hamo Blastwell even commanded Red Squadron as a lieutenant.
Somewhat confusingly, in the starfighter forces of both the Imperial military and the New Republic, the title "lieutenant" could be used to address not only Flight Lieutenants, but also the more junior Flight Officers.
[edit] Appearances
- Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap
- The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire
- Star Wars Galaxies
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- X-wing: Rogue Squadron
- X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
- X-wing: The Krytos Trap
- X-wing: The Bacta War
- X-wing: Wraith Squadron
- X-wing: Iron Fist
- X-wing: Solo Command
- X-wing: Isard's Revenge
- X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar
[edit] See also
- Clone trooper lieutenant
- First Lieutenant
- Junior Lieutenant
- Second Lieutenant
- Senior Lieutenant
- Sublieutenant
- Training Lieutenant
