RS Revenge
- "Starlog 3-24-1 from the bridge of the cruiser RS Revenge, Captain Kazan reporting. We are awaiting the return of Captain Han Solo and his first mate, Chewbacca, who are long overdue on a delicate mission to acquire the mystical talisman which has been sought by our forces and by the Empire."
- ―Captain Kazan
The RS Revenge was a cruiser in the Rebel Alliance's fleet during their civil war against the Galactic Empire.[1] At some point between 0 BBY and 1 ABY,[2][3] it was captained by a man named Kazan and stationed at an Alliance base that was hidden in an asteroid field. When the Rebel-allied smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca left the base to retrieve a mystical artifact known as the Talisman, Kazan recorded a starlog journal entry about their mission from the RS Revenge's bridge.[1] His entry, which mentioned the cruiser by name, was later used as narration for a cartoon created about the mission.[4]
Behind the scenes
The RS Revenge's only mention in Star Wars canon is in The Story of the Faithful Wookiee, a cartoon[1] written by George Lucas and produced by Nelvana Studios.[5] It first aired on television as part of 1978's The Star Wars Holiday Special[4] and was later included as an Easter egg on the 2011 Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray release.[6] Captain Kazan and the RS Revenge were late additions to the cartoon;[1] neither are mentioned in the fourth draft of the Holiday Special's script.[7]
Appearances
- The Story of the Faithful Wookiee (First appearance)
- The Story of the Faithful Wookiee (Little Golden Book)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology
- ↑
Holocron continuity database questions on StarWars.com Message Boards. Posted by Leland Y Chee on October 12, 2006 at 6:13 PM. (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Star Wars Holiday Special
- ↑ Tooning Out the "Holiday Special": Nelvana Studios on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- ↑ The Fourth Draft Script - 09/13/78. The Star Wars Holiday Special (archived from the original on December 23, 2010)