VF-72 gunner ship

For other uses, see gunner.

"Someone down here may have salvaged some old military wreckage, a VF-72 gunner ship or an old Y-Wing."

―Tamara Ryvora, to Synara San — 20?cb=20250116042720

The VF-72 gunner ship was a model of military gunship used by the time of the New Republic.^[1] In 34 ABY,^[2] the mechanics Tamara Ryvora and Kazuda Xiono visited the loading docks of the supertanker fuel depot Colossus to acquire a CoMar Tri-Tracker chip in order to repair the station's anti-aircraft cannons. While at the docks, Ryvora theorized to the scavenger Synara San that such a chip could be salvaged from a VF-72 gunner ship or a Y-wing starfighter pulled from the oceans of^[1] the planet^[3] Castilon.^[1]

Behind the scenes

"Tam mentions an old VF-72 gunner ship. During World War II, the VF-72 was the designation of a US Navy aviation unit."

―Bucket's List — 20?cb=20250116042720

A VF-72 gunner ship was first mentioned in "Synara's Score,"^[1] the eighth episode of the first season of the animated television series Star Wars Resistance, which aired on November 18, 2018.^[5] The episode's corresponding Bucket's List indicated the vehicle is a reference to VF-72, the designation of an aviation unit used by the United States Navy during World War II.^[4]