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- "We're on your tail, General Kenobi. Set S-foils to attack position."
- ―Odd Ball during the Battle of Coruscant
Clone trooper pilots,[1] also known as clone pilots,[6] were clone troopers that, due to having particularly good reflexes and spatial awareness, were spotted early and brought into pilot training. The clones piloted various ships[7] and ground vehicles. Over the course of the Clone Wars, pilots were placed within vehicles like the Low Altitude Assault Transport-family, V-19 Torrent starfighters,[8] Clone Z-95 Headhunters,[9] ARC-170 starfighters, and Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-wing starfighters.[4]
Overview[]
- "Sir, we're taking heavy fire."
"Close the blast shields, lieutenant! Get us under those guns!" - ―Hawk, who served as a clone pilot with the rank of lieutenant, and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker in a gunship
An AT-TE Driver
Clone trooper pilots were also able to possess military ranks. Hawk held the rank of Clone Lieutenant during the Battle of Teth,[8] Jag held the rank of Clone Captain,[10] and Odd Ball held the rank of Clone Commander.[11] Clone pilots who were tasked with controlling an All Terrain Tactical Enforcer were known as AT-TE Drivers.[12]
Throughout the Clone Wars, pilots wore at least three types of pilot armor. Phase I pilot armor was mostly the same as their trooper counterparts, but their helmet lacked a fin. While not all AT-TE Drivers adopted it,[8] some such pilots wore the armor with grey and gold markings.[12] During the days of Phase II armor, two variants came to exist.[9][4] One variant had identical body armor to the Phase II armor, but had a different helmet.[13] The second variant had a blue bodysuit, and plating covering the torso, as well as minor plating covering the knees and elbows. The helmet was open.[4] Clone pilots served the Galactic Empire as Imperial Starfighter Pilots.[5]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
ARC-170 starfighter in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Darth Vader (2017) 2
- ↑
Clone Pilot Odd Ball in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara"
- ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Star Wars: On the Front Lines
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: AT-TE Driver - Troopers Through Time - Army of the Republic)
- ↑ Carnage of Krell Convept Art Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 1)