Jonus/Legends
Jonus was a male Imperial Navy TIE pilot who served with the Galactic Empire's Death Squadron, earning his rank and becoming a captain. At one point being attacked and narrowly escaping death by an exogorth, Jonus became a TIE/sa bomber pilot with the Empire's Gamma Squadron, and scored several kills against CR90 corvettes.
By 4 ABY, Jonus joined Scimitar Squadron, an elite TIE bomber wing which was tasked with destroying any ground troops or equipment that might land on the Forest Moon of Endor, where the shield generator protecting the Empire's orbiting second Death Star. In 4 ABY, the Battle of Endor ended with the Death Star's destruction, with Jonus and other TIE pilots attempting to evacuate the station.
Biography
Jonus was a male TIE pilot in the Imperial Navy. He served with the Galactic Empire's Death Squadron,[1] earning his rank and becoming a captain. At one point during Jonus's Imperial service, he was attacked by an exogorth,[3] and the TIE pilot narrowly escaped death.[1]
Jonus at some point flew a TIE/sa bomber with the Empire's Gamma Squadron,[2] and became an instructor.[4] By 4 ABY,[5] Jonus had scored several kills against CR90 corvettes, and joined Scimitar Squadron,[1] an elite TIE/sa bomber wing.[6] Jonus often flew as top cover during bombing runs and operated Scimitar 2,[1] a TIE/sa bomber stationed on the second Death Star battlestation.[7]
Prior to 4 ABY's Battle of Endor, Scimitar Squadron was stationed in the Endor system and assigned with destroying any ground troops or equipment that might land on the Forest Moon of Endor,[5] which contained the shield generator protecting the Empire's orbiting Death Star. The Battle of Endor ended with the Death Star's destruction, and Jonus was one of the TIE pilots who attempted to evacuate the station before it was destroyed.[8]
Skills and abilities
Captain Jonus earned his rank through his service with Death Squadron.[1] He was also a disciplined instructor.[2]
Equipment
Jonus wore the standard TIE pilot uniform.[8]
Behind the scenes
Jonus first appeared in 1983's original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi,[8] in a scene filmed between February 25 and March 1, 1982 at Elstree Studios's stage 6.[9] He was named in the 2000 Death Star II Limited expansion set of Decipher, Inc.'s Star Wars Customizable Card Game.[1] The image used for Jonus's card is a modified version of a TIE pilot promotional image, thus linking him to that pilot in-universe.[10] In 2012, Fantasy Flight Games released Star Wars: The Card Game Core Set, which included a card showing an illustration of Jonus operating a TIE/sa bomber.[11] However, it was only made clear in 2013's TIE Bomber Expansion Pack of Fantasy Flight Games's Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game that Jonus was the pilot of one of the TIE/sa bombers in the earlier card game.[12]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
Sources
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive (Picture only)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Captain Jonus) (backup link) (First identified as Jonus)- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 3 (Welcome On Board: TIE fighter pilots – elite but expendable) (Picture only)
TIE fighter pilots in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) (Picture only)- File:StarWarsLCG Logo.png Star Wars: The Card Game – Core Set (Card: TIE Bomber) (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:ArchiveAccess/FFGTCG' not found.) (Starfighter only)
- File:FFGXWMG.png Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game – TIE Bomber Expansion Pack (Card: Captain Jonus—TIE Bomber)
Death Star II Personnel: An Imperial Human Resources Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)- File:Armada.png Star Wars: Armada – The Corellian Conflict (Card: Gamma Squadron—TIE Bomber Squadron) (Starfighter only)
- File:SWZ01 logo.png Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition – Galactic Empire Conversion Kit (Card: Captain Jonus)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Captain Jonus) (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:Armada.png Star Wars: Armada – The Corellian Conflict (Card: Gamma Squadron—TIE Bomber Squadron)
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 172 ("Jonus, Captain")
- ↑ File:SWZ01 logo.png Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition – Galactic Empire Conversion Kit (Card: Captain Jonus)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Non-Canon Ref
- ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Major Rhymer) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Scimitar 2) (backup link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ The Making of Return of the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
- ↑ File:StarWarsLCG Logo.png Star Wars: The Card Game – Core Set (Card: TIE Bomber) (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:ArchiveAccess/FFGTCG' not found.)
- ↑ File:FFGXWMG.png Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game – TIE Bomber Expansion Pack (Card: Captain Jonus—TIE Bomber)
