Unidentified Rebel captain (Champion)
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- "We've got to hold off the Tyrant long enough to make the jump to lightspeed."
- ―The Captain, during the battle with the Tyrant
A male individual served the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. During the Battle of Hoth between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance in the year 3 ABY, he was the captain of the Mon Calamari cruiser Champion, which was present above the planet Hoth during the Alliance's evacuation of Echo Base, its formerly secret headquarters. One passenger that the Captain received on board the Champion was the Rebellion General Crix Madine. After Madine came aboard the Champion, the Captain was about to order the ship to retreat from the battle by jumping to hyperspace, when the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Tyrant approached the Champion and prepared to attack. Xamuel Lennox, the captain of the Tyrant, hailed the Champion and ordered the Captain to surrender Madine. The Captain of the Champion refused and fought off the Tyrant long enough to make the jump to hyperspace in order to reach the Rebels' rendezvous point.
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Biography
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- "Launch fighters!"
- ―The Captain, ordering his fighters to launch against the Tyrant
A male individual was a captain in the fleet of the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. During the Battle of Hoth between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance[1] in the year 3 ABY,[2] he was the captain of the Mon Calamari cruiser Champion, which was present over the planet Hoth while the Rebels' headquarters, Echo Base, was being evacuated. During the latter part of the battle, Rebellion General Crix Madine was rescued from the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer[3] Tyrant by Rebel commandos, and he and one of the commandos that rescued him were eventually sent on a shuttle to the Champion.[1]
After Madine was on board, the Captain of the Champion was about to order the ship to activate the hyperdrive, so that the Champion could travel to the Rebels' rendezvous point. However, the Tyrant, under the command of Imperial Captain Xamuel Lennox, intercepted the cruiser and launched TIE fighters. Lennox attempted to persuade the Captain of the Champion to hand over Madine with promises that the Tyrant would not attack the cruiser. The Captain refused to make a deal and ordered the launch of the Champion's X-wing and Y-wing starfighters. While commanding the fighters to be launched, the Captain also ordered the commando who rescued Madine to take an X-wing and join the other fighters in holding off the Tyrant, so that the Champion could make the jump to hyperspace. After a battle with the Tyrant, the surviving Rebel starfighters returned to the Champion, which was then able to escape from the Tyrant and make the jump to hyperspace, eventually reaching the rendezvous point.[1]
Personality and traitsEdit
- "There will be no deals."
- ―The Captain, when Captain Lennox asked him to hand over General Crix Madine
When the Champion was under attack from the Star Destroyer Tyrant, the Captain refused to be intimidated into giving up General Madine to the Imperials. During the confrontation, the Captain did not panic and gave the orders that made it possible for his ship to escape.[1]
Behind the scenesEdit
The Rebel Captain who commanded the Mon Calamari cruiser Champion first appeared in the mission text for the third scenario of the light side campaign of The Price of Victory, which was released in 2010 as the eighth set of the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game. In the scenario, the player takes the role of the commando whom the Captain ordered to help with the fighter attack.[1]
AppearancesEdit
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game – The Price of Victory (Light Side Campaign scenario) (First appearance)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7
Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game – The Price of Victory (Light Side Campaign scenario)
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology places the events of the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY.
- ↑ The Tyrant, as visible in this scene from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, shares the same film model type as the Star Destroyer Devastator, seen here from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Both Star Destroyers visibly have flap-like devices attached to their three primary engine nacelles (visible more closely here), whereas the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer visibly lacks these "flaps," as illustrated here in The Empire Strikes Back by the Star Destroyer Avenger (this comparison is more closely visible by the authentic real-world film models for the Devastator, seen here, and the Avenger, seen here), which is confirmed to be an Imperial II-class by Star Wars: X-wing Alliance. Given that the Devastator is confirmed to be an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer by Vader: The Ultimate Guide, this article likewise treats the Tyrant as an Imperial I-class based on the aforementioned identical visual evidence.
