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The Full Story of Luke Skywalker's X-wing RED 5

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The Incom T-65B X-Wing was one of the finest starfighters to grace the battlefields of the Galactic Civil War. Today we look at the most famous individual unit AA 589 call sign Red Five, other wise known as the X-Wing of Luke Skywalker.

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20 Comments

@TetsuShima 2 years ago (edited)

Fun Fact: In Legends Luke continued to use his X-Wing until the end of the War against the Empire in 19 ABY. Curiously, thanks to said ship Mara Jade was able to locate and capture Luke, so said ship is responsible for the first meeting between both Jedis and thus the continuity of the Skywalker lineage.

@devo1977s 2 years ago

Let's all appreciate how Allen is churning out all these new starwars videos without having a new starwars show playing, Thank you sir.

@SLACKPLAN9 2 years ago

The whole thing about the X-Wing being a compeditor for the Imperial starfighter contract WAS noted in the West End Games fuirst edition Star Wars The Role Playing Game (D6), long before even the Prequels were made. Disney probably took this idea and put it up front.

@darwinskeeper421 2 years ago

9:35 Looking back on the trench run, I can't help wonder if, or when, Darth Vader learned that the astromech he shot up in that trench run was his little buddy, R2-D2. How would he have felt about that?

@rumsmuggler30 2 years ago

In the novel, one of the Senior pilots/officers knew of Anakin and along with Biggs backing Luke up, the old guy said" if you fly half as good as your dad you'll be more than fine out there, or something like that. Haven't read it in years though.

@ObiClon 2 years ago

A Starfighter that is as iconic and famous as even the Millennium Falcon

@deaks25 2 years ago

The Millennium Falcon isn't the only ship that's been fitted with copious amounts of Plot Armour.
To be fair, after it's dunking in the Dagoba swamp, Luke probably had the ships refitted to make sure it could survive such water with some prep, so any repairs Rey needed to make would've been from the thing sitting for so long. Basically giving it a service, new battery, probably checking it with an OBD2 scan tool...

@bluerath 2 years ago

Man that line about rey inheriting both the falcon and the X wing just makes it seem like she inherited basically everything from the OT.

@SLACKPLAN9 2 years ago

BTW Many US Air Force fighters follow that Incom model. If you can fly a T-38, you can fly an F-15 or an F117 Stealth. They all even have the same landing gear. Of course, with fighters like the F-22 and the F-35 entering, and the F-15 and F-117's programs ended and being decommissioned, you no longer have this much uniformity.

@Leifthrasir 2 years ago

As someone who grew up playing the old X-Wing / Tie Fighter PC games. I can assuredly tell you that the A-Wing was not a clone wars era craft. It was developed after the X-Wing early in the rebellion. On a side note the B-Wing was developed by Admiral Ackbar during the mid / late rebellion. The Y-Wing was a true clone wars era craft.

@SpareTimeProjects1 2 years ago

That 737 max drop was gold

@Plaprad 2 years ago

Aircraft can be like this. They work their way into your life and are always there. I can still remember insane details about every aircraft I was assigned too. Still think of them often and have been able to see a couple since. They're like another person you served with and you learn to trust them just as much as the people you're with.

@johncnorris 2 years ago

I've heard the T-65 MAX flies just like an ARC-170. Super smoooooth....

@IRJOE5 2 years ago

You know when a design gets copied and updated continuously... it's good! But also "there is no school, like old school!"

@wickedjay13 2 years ago

Interesting movie idea:
"VADER"
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky

@TetsuShima 2 years ago (edited)

Let's be honest. If "Rise of Skywalker" made 0,0000001% sense, Luke's X-Wing scene would have been this:

Rey: "Will you let me have your ship, Luke?" 😃
Luke's spirit: "Honey, that thing has been submerged at the bottom of the sea for years. It must be as rusty as it is starved of fuel. By the way, I'm a ghost, so all the support I can give yoy is purely motivational."
Rey: "So this is what having a flaw with consequences feels like..." 😢

@chrisreilly1290 2 years ago

9:20 The stabilizer in legend also makes sense because you cut power to one engine and increase power to the other, then that will change the trajectory of the craft

@kelvingriffiths6017 2 years ago

Summarised. Built. Guy died in rogue one. Somehow luke gets same x wing. It destroys death star. Then acts as a taxi until Rey Sue owns it like every other fan service object.

@MrGoesBoom 2 years ago

Considering this is the Star Wars universe I'm actually not too surprised that Luke's X-Wing only needed a bit of repair after all that time underwater. This is a universe where long forgotten facilities still have functioning security systems and droids after thousands and thousands of years of neglect and disuse. Still think the Disney trilogy is hot shit though and not sure I'll ever forgive them for what they did to Luke's character