RJ-909

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"RJ-909, you're too close. Break right—"
―A TIE pilot warning RJ-909[3]

RJ-909 was the designation of[3] a human[2] TIE fighter pilot who served the Galactic Empire's Starfighter Corps during the Imperial Era. When the Imperial cadet Han Solo attempted to escape from the Carida Academy in a stolen TIE fighter on[3] the planet[4] Carida[3] in 13 BBY,[1] RJ-909 and a number of TIE pilots gave chase,[3] led by the academy's flight instructor, Yurib Nakan.[5]

As the pilots attempted to shoot him down, Solo maneuvered around the fighters, putting RJ-909 in the flight path of another fighter. Despite the other pilot's warnings, RJ-909 could not break away in time, killing them both when the two fighters collided with each other.[3] Not long after Solo's subsequent capture, Nakan displayed a hologram of the collision while reprimanding the cadet in his prison cell.[5]

Behind the scenes

RJ-909 first appeared in the first issue of the comic-book miniseries Star Wars: Han Solo - Imperial Cadet, though only the character's TIE fighter was shown in the comic. It was written by Robbie Thompson, illustrated by Leonard Kirk, and published by Marvel Comics[3] on November 7, 2018.[6]

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1, including the death of RJ-909 on Carida, to 13 BBY.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy states that all variations of stormtroopers and TIE pilots in the Galactic Empire were human.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 2
  6. ↑ Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: Han Solo - Imperial Cadet (2018) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)