Saber 3
Saber 3 was an Imperial Navy TIE/IN interceptor[2] which was manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems.[1] Part of the 181st Imperial Fighter Wing's Saber Squadron[2] by 4 ABY,[3] Saber 3 was piloted[2] by DS-181-3, who flew as the wingman of Saber Squadron's Baron Soontir Fel, watching Fel's back.[4] In Saber 3's capacity of flying as Fel's wing, the interceptor was often ordered to remain at a distance from the baron in order to give him maneuvering room during starfighter combat.[2]
In 4 ABY,[5] DS-181-3 fought in the Battle of Endor,[6] where Rebel Alliance starfighters attempted to destroy the Galactic Empire's Death Star II battlestation while TIE pilots attempted to defend the Death Star from the Alliance starfighters. The battle ended in an Imperial defeat and the Death Star's destruction.[7] Saber 3 bore a bloodstripe[2] which was the standard Saber Squadron insignia, representing a minimum of 10 kills.[8]
Behind the scenes
Saber 3 was created for a card in 2000's Death Star II Limited expansion set of the Decipher, Inc. Star Wars Customizable Card Game,[2] and was simultaneously mentioned on DS-181-3's card for the same set.[4]
Sources
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: DS-181-3) (backup link) (First mentioned, simultaneous with Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Saber 3) (backup link))- Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Saber 3) (backup link)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I ("DS-181-3")
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
TIE interceptor in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) states that all TIE/IN interceptors were manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Saber 3) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited is set around the time of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 4 ABY.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: DS-181-3) (backup link)
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates the Battle of Endor to 4 ABY.
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 212 ("DS-181-3")
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Saber 1) (backup link)
