Fanboy Fluff-love: Top 5 Women Pilots we NEED in x-wing...

By Bakura83, in X-Wing

Ok, I lied. We don't NEED them. But I'd love to see them added. :wub:

I tried to pick characters who were not only cool, but also who's ship would fill a needed slot within the game, rather than give more of the same simply out of fanboism for a specific character.

5) Rebel Aces II: Any of "The Lost Girls."

So there were supposed to be three female pilots in RotJ: An elderly woman who I like to think was a veteran of the Old Republic who resigned disgusted at the "Imperialisation" the clone wars brought, and came out of retirement for the assault on the Death Star II:

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Unnamed female x-wing pilot also had her flight scenes cut, but is still in Mon Mothma's briefing in her officer's uniform (She's standing behind Lando when he shows up all Generally and stuff).

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Lastly we have the poor A-Wing pilot who was dubbed over by a man's voice:

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Fan theory says audiences at the time would have reacted badly to seeing women die in combat. Possibly. Either way, Star Wars continues to tease me with plots that will never see the light of day: Old lady veteran takes two overlooked young Imperial Academy graduates and convinces them to join the rebellion? WOULD WATCH. Of course Lucas didn't have time to tell that story AND introduce Jar Jar to the SWU, so fair is fair.

In all honestly, this is the weakest entry gameplay-wise. It breaks my rule, as we don't need more A-wings OR more x-wings. I'll do better with the rest I promise...

4) Mara Jade Skywalker

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Mara Jade has spent time with all three factions at different times in her life. She had a storied career as a Smuggler, and even became one of the Leaders of the Smuggler's Alliance. Jade's Fire was the first ship she owned, and would be a great title upgrade/pilot card for a Sorosuub PLY 3000 large ship expansion for S&V:

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While you're at it, why not throw in Lando's Lady Luck as well? And speaking of S&V Large Ships...

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3) Aeron Azzameen

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X-Wing: Alliance was such a cool game. It gave us another cool star wars lady, and another cool ship, the YT-2000:

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Aeron also regularly flew YT-1300's, so we've got two exciting options: either release the YT-2000 as S&V's first 360-Primary ship, or use Aeron as the perfect excuse to add some YT-1300 S&V cards into a Most Wanted II product.

2) Aurra Sing

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She's a Fallen Jedi AND a Bountry hunter? You got peanut butter on my chocolate! Most people probably know here from her prequel era days, but she does appear well beyond that. In 18BBY, Vader freed her from prison to hunt Jedi(fulfilling one of my pet loves - characters favoured by Vader in some way). Her second span of freedom lasts all the way until 40ABY, when she is captured once again after being thwarted by Jacen Solo.

What would she fly? How about Scum and Villiany's first huge ship? Aurra Sing's Blockade Runner would tick a lot of boxes:

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As you can see, it's a heavily modified Consular Class , as seen in Episode One. Who better to have a re-purposed and heavily upgraded relic than the S&V faction? At 115m long it's well within the correct limits for the scale (It would be in-between the GR75 and the CR90, and would look a hell of a lot prettier than the Wilde Karrde).

1) Jaina Solo Fel

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Aaaaawwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhh. ^_^

It must suck to have a name that literally means "God has been gracious: you fall alone." It's probably Karma, because everything else about Jaina is awesome. She's the daughter of Han and Leia, the daughter-in-law of Soontir Fel, the niece of Luke Skywalker, the niece-in-law of Wedge Antilies, the grand-daughter of Darth Vader and the great-grand-daughter of the Force itself. Oh, and the matriarch of the Fel Dynasty. She was trained by Boba Fett too.

With a geneology of biblical proportions, of course she flew cool ships:

She had heavily modified z-95 Headhunter named Crystal :

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But X-Wing doesn't need one more z-95 atm. It does need something else though, badly:

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Yup - Jania's heavily modified TIE Advanced. Look at this beauty:

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Looks? 10/10

Chances we'll see it in the game? 0.1/10

But if wishes were horses, this would be one of the two ships in Imperial Aces II, along with some other TIE Advanced goodies...

If they put Jaina in a ship with two red dice I would cry.

WHAT WHAT WHAT. BAKURA WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE. CAN YOU KEEP PREACHING THE GOSPEL?

That Tie Advanced is amazing.

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Yes, why don't they do the Falcon-style upgrades, get an extra attack dice for the ship and a bit more hull and stuff.

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WHAT WHAT WHAT. BAKURA WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE. CAN YOU KEEP PREACHING THE GOSPEL?

That Tie Advanced is amazing.

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Yes, why don't they do the Falcon-style upgrades, get an extra attack dice for the ship and a bit more hull and stuff.

Yeah her Advanced was heavily modified, so I'd be all for a Falcon-style "beefed up" version for Jaina.

WHAT WHAT WHAT. BAKURA WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE. CAN YOU KEEP PREACHING THE GOSPEL?

That Tie Advanced is amazing.

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Yes, why don't they do the Falcon-style upgrades, get an extra attack dice for the ship and a bit more hull and stuff.

That Tie Advanced will never get enough energy with the solar panels smeared with paint.

And I don't like it.

Problem is its all in flux we don't know if Jana solo will exist once the new film comes out, did Luke and Mara ever meet etc.

However I'd be firmly behind the female rebel pilots getting some fluff and being added.

=( whats not to like about it? I mean, i wouldn't paint my ship that way... but.

I would really really firmly be behind it too.

How about some non-human or non-white characters too while we're at it?

Does anyone have any futher information on the elderly woman? First time I see her. Is there some cut footage available?

4) Mara Jade Skywalker

Mara Jade has spent time with all three factions at different times in her life. She had a storied career as a Smuggler, and even became one of the Leaders of the Smuggler's Alliance. Jade's Fire was the first ship she owned, and would be a great title upgrade/pilot card for a Sorosuub PLY 3000 large ship expansion for S&V:

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While you're at it, why not throw in Lando's Lady Luck as well? And speaking of S&V Large Ships...

Glad to see that my ship finds some love here. But everyone, please note that this is no official depiction of the ship, just how I envisioned it (posted one more pic in another thread )

We currently have Ibtisam but there are a number of female pilots from Rogue Squadron like Plourr Ilo (can't remember the others) which I would like to see included in the game.

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=( whats not to like about it? I mean, i wouldn't paint my ship that way... but.

I would really really firmly be behind it too.

How about some non-human or non-white characters too while we're at it?

I don't like the idea of imperial ships flown by rebels

I wana make cards for the "new" old female pilots. Especially the AWing one

We currently have Ibtisam but there are a number of female pilots from Rogue Squadron like Plourr Ilo (can't remember the others) which I would like to see included in the game.

Inyri Forge, Lujayne Forge, Erisi Dlarit (she might be an Interceptor pilot), Feylis Ardele, Rhysati Ynr, Annie Capstan, Pedna Scotian.

And then there's the Wraith (hee) women - Tyria Sarkin, Shalla Nelprin, Dia Passik, Falynn Sandskimmer, Lara Notsil (though I'd prefer her in the Sentinel-class landing craft, which of course will never happen).

And even more outside the two X-Wing squadrons - Dorset Konnair and Todra Mayn (A-Wing).

I'll pass on Aura Sing, but Jade and Solo Fel I would love to see. Solo Fel is outside of the timeline though. Aeron Azzameen could be the 2nd pilot of Otana with Ace being the 1st.

Also, while they're at it, it would be cool to see Jag in a Chiss Clawcraft.

=( whats not to like about it? I mean, i wouldn't paint my ship that way... but.

I would really really firmly be behind it too.

How about some non-human or non-white characters too while we're at it?

I don't like the idea of imperial ships flown by rebels

I did say it was a 0.1/10 chance...

Does anyone have any futher information on the elderly woman? First time I see her. Is there some cut footage available?

4) Mara Jade Skywalker

Mara Jade has spent time with all three factions at different times in her life. She had a storied career as a Smuggler, and even became one of the Leaders of the Smuggler's Alliance. Jade's Fire was the first ship she owned, and would be a great title upgrade/pilot card for a Sorosuub PLY 3000 large ship expansion for S&V:

jades-fire2.jpg

While you're at it, why not throw in Lando's Lady Luck as well? And speaking of S&V Large Ships...

Glad to see that my ship finds some love here. But everyone, please note that this is no official depiction of the ship, just how I envisioned it (posted one more pic in another thread )

There is test footage of her saying her lines on the blu-ray Complete Saga, but no "cut" footage.

Man, the lady luck is still, one hideous ship design... I hope they never do that starliner...

Mirax and the pulsar skate!!! could also be added to Scum or Rebels...

I think the Soro Suub yachts are quite nice looking - but the Pulsar Skate is also extremely awesome, and Mirax is a great pilot!

Given FFG designs the game around ships rather than pilots, I'd say a Mara Jade Z-95 would be a possibility were it not for the fact that FFG seem to be going with Mara as Emperor's Hand rather than as one of Karrde's people. Still possible though when the Z-95's turn comes around again. The cut pilots (why they dubbed one is beyond me. They dubbed over British actors too in 4) don't have backstories so they're unlikely. Jaina Solo I think is too far in the future (plus I very much doubt they'd give the TIE/x1 buffs to the rebels ).

Man, the lady luck is still, one hideous ship design... I hope they never do that starliner...

It almost looks like an elongated Danube Runabout from Star Trek, but I don't think it's that hideous.

Man, the lady luck is still, one hideous ship design... I hope they never do that starliner...

It almost looks like an elongated Danube Runabout from Star Trek, but I don't think it's that hideous.

I do, I have disliked it from the old days of the WEG RPG... just fugly lol just my opinion, your milage may vary.. ;)

The cut pilots (why they dubbed one is beyond me. They dubbed over British actors too in 4) don't have backstories so they're unlikely.

They have names, which is more then we can say for Echo or Whisper.

As far as Mara, we got Fett in both the Empire and S&V so they are apparently ok with having the same character in more than one faction.

They do? What are they? Were they developed further by the EU? If so they're possibilities.

Mara Jade as a Rebel pilot is significantly after the time period. Yeah, we have the E-wing so I wouldn't rule it out, but I get the feeling FFG wants to play Mara Jade as the Emperor's Hand. Scum Fett and Imperial Fett are the same Fett at the same time, just with a different employer.

They do? What are they? Were they developed further by the EU? If so they're possibilities.

Mara Jade as a Rebel pilot is significantly after the time period. Yeah, we have the E-wing so I wouldn't rule it out, but I get the feeling FFG wants to play Mara Jade as the Emperor's Hand. Scum Fett and Imperial Fett are the same Fett at the same time, just with a different employer.

The dubbed actor is Sila Kott: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sila_Kott

don't know the others.