#gavin darklighter

[magnetarbeam]

Every so often I see people who only know TCW and Disney canon try to argue that Ahsoka is an outlier and most of Star Wars doesn't have child soldiers, and I'm always like "Oh. Oh, you sweet summer child."

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

I asked for Corran's help because he has the most successful relationship of anyone I know. To a gorgeous woman – which, honestly, is still a mystery to me. Like, was it a hypnosis accident or something? Where they put Mirax under and made her fall in love with Corran and never said the magic word to snap her out of it? Like if I say ‘nutmeg’, will she wake up and start screaming?

Gavin Darklighter

[2stepadmiral]

Shoutout to my boy Wedge kriffing Antilles, the best starfighter pilot in the Rebellion and New Republic (discounting Skywalker’s), whose accomplishments include:

Responding to a desert world bush pilot’s plan to fly full throttle down the Death Star trench with a non-chalant “right with ya, boss,” despite being an experienced enough pilot to know just how dangerous that was going to be.

Surviving getting blasted in flight by Darth Vader himself

One of the three to survive the Battle of Yavin

The only pilot at the battle of Hoff to successfully down AT-AT with the cable around the legs trick

Was one of two pilots to fly down the throat of the second Death Star and fired half the shots that destroyed it.

Reformed Rogue Squadron and successfully led it into the new Republic era as the most elite starfighter squadron in the galaxy, to the point where rogue squadron was still an active unit 130 years after the battle of Yavin

Led his pilots on a mission to liberate the capital from imperial rule as commandos rather than pilots, and actually pulled it off, despite having no commando training

Lead his squadron in defecting from the new republic to pursue an imperial warlord the new Republic refused to touch, and successfully led a private war with just his squadron and a handful of underworld allies to liberate an entire planet and capture a squadron of star destroyers, and one superstar destroyer

Formed another squadron unit that was supposed to double as a commando unit, and lead them to successfully neutralize another warlord and hamper the plans of a third

Did the previous while putting up with Wes Janson and his shenanigans

Helped to turn the tide at the battle of Bilbringi to wear, even before he was assassinated, Grand Admiral Thrawn himself was no longer completely confident that the empire could win that particular fight

Came out of retirement to help fight in the Yuuzhan Vong war and frequently reinterpreted orders to allow him to cooperate with the Jedi and in doing so, made significant strides against the political tide that ultimately defeated the new republic

Lead the defense of Borleias against one of the invaders, most prominent and skilled tacticians and successfully took out a large trunk of the enemy military, as well as one of their greatest heroes

Loved flying so much that he spent a solid seven years or so fighting against Admiral Ackbar’s endless campaign to promote him to general, and only accepted the rank when the admiral pointed out that his subordinates we’re hurting their careers by following in his footsteps and declining promotion (and after the admiral promised him he would be allowed to keep flying starfighters)

Stood up unflinchingly in defense of his best friend Tycho Celchu when he was under suspicion of being brainwashed by the empire and sent back as a mole, even standing up to his commanding officers to get them to allow Tycho to serve as a trainer with rogue squadron

These are just some that come to mind right now, but all in all, General Wedge Antilles is a freaking beast and one of my favorite characters in the franchise. 

[fakewedge]

Can I humbly request some Gavin Darklighter art?

imagine being in a super prestigious military unit and on top of getting shot at on the regular you also have to deal with being sixteen. literal nightmare scenario

[upstairsatels]

will always love how stackpole made the decision to zoom in on gavin in wedge's gamble...gavin could have forever just been the baby of the squadron, a luke wannabe, there for the plot's convenience / nostalgia but stackpole went nah i'm gonna give him everything he deserves and in doing so also provided super interesting commentary on tatooine/family politics/alien human sex ed/bothan politics etc etc. anyways gavin darklighter fan club forever

[tzigone]

Was 16 the age of legal adulthood in Legends (pre-NJO, for humans)?

This came up for me because Gavin was said to be that age I thought, and he was a member of Rogue Squadron (and in the New Republic era, not the Rebellion when desperation might be invoked). Also because in Young Jedi Knights Leia said Zekk was old enough he could legally come and go as he pleased.

Obviously, there could be variation planet to planet, but this does seem the rule for Coruscant.

[prettyoddstarwars]

I’m starting to reread new Jedi order and read it vs listening to it and there’s so many character moments I want burned into my brain and I’m only on book two!

Gavin Darklighter the man that you are!

Anakin solos treatment of Mara Jade in book two is so special to me

[jedidragonwarriorqueen]

Jaina realized it wasn’t a regular meeting when she walked into Gavin’s office to find not only him, and not even just Chief Antilles, but also Detective Wessiri and Sheriff Horn.

It was a bit crowded, to be honest.

Jaina blinked. “Whatever it was, I didn’t do it. Or I did but you don’t have proof, whichever applies.”

Gavin let out a slight snort, and Wedge’s lips twitched, but that was it.

So this was serious serious.

~a Jaina/Jag first responders modern AU~