FN-1971

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"I remembered the comics from when I was a kid. FN-1971 would sneak them in. They weren't regulation, and they would have sent us to reprogramming if they'd known, but man, were they great."
―Finn — 20?cb=20250116042720 ▶️ (file info)[2]

FN-1971 was the designation of[2] a human[1] stormtrooper who was a member of the First Order's FN Corps. FN-1971 would sneak in comics based on the animated program Kade Genti, Master of Section Nine, and gave them to a young stormtrooper, FN-2187, to read and enjoy. The two were aware that their actions were against regulation and would have led to reprogramming if they were caught.[2] In 34 ABY,[3] FN-2187, by then a member of the Resistance who adopted the name "Finn," remembered reading the comics provided by FN-1971 and chose to use the name of the show's protagonist, Kade Genti, as an alias when going undercover at an auction hosted at Coronet City on[2] the Core Worlds[4] planet Corellia.[2]

Behind the scenes

FN-1971 was mentioned in Resistance Reborn, a 2019 novel written by Rebecca Roanhorse.[2] The character's designation corresponds with Roanhorse's year of birth, 1971.[5]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy states that all variations of stormtroopers and TIE pilots in the First Order were human.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Resistance Reborn
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Resistance Reborn to 34 ABY.
  4. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Corellia in the Databank (backup link)
  5. ↑ Premium-Era-real Rebecca Roanhorse: From Legend to Fantasy on Locus Online (September 17, 2018): "REBECCA ROANHORSE was born in 1971 in Conway AR and grew up in Fort Worth TX." (backup link archived on January 21, 2020)
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