#ton phanan

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Star Wars Legends + text posts (part 7/?)

[jedidragonwarriorqueen]

thanks for everyone assuring me that I'm funny <3 here's more

(also, i try to use only official art for these. if i ever post uncredited fan art, please let me know!)

[mythosaurtamer]

Hey guys, give me grace. I gotta vent to people I know will understand what I'm talking about and experiencing.

So. I've been reading/listening to the X-Wing series by Michael Stackpole and Aaron Allston recently and almost didn't finish Book 6: Iron Fist.

Mr. Allston, you ripped my heart out with this one. He created such vivid and relatable characters with the Wraiths and then, just when you are getting comfortable with them and looking forward to more content ... BAM! DEAD!

Jesmin , Falynn , Grinder are all built up in a way that makes you root for them. They work on overcoming trials and mistakes that might have cost them their careers (Thank you Wedge for wanting the misfits). Then suddenly, hope you didn't get attached because first Jesmin, then Falynn and Grinder go out in a blaze of glory! they didn't even make it past their first book.

I haven't barely started Solo Command, but I'm scared. Iron Fist made you root for Ton Phanan and see why he is the way he is. HIs past is tragic and you just want to tell him that he matters and that he does have a future. and you are wrong, he doesn't. But there ain't no blaze of glory for Phanan. Oh no, you are clinging to hope right along with Face Loran that if Phanan can just make it to civilization, he'll be okay. As your hope shrinks, your heart hurts with the knowledge of what is coming.

Mr. Allston, I have not cried from a book in years ... and I cried last night in the middle of Iron Fist. Never did I think that a Star wars book would drive me to tears, but I was proven wrong. To an amazing Author, thank you for your contribution to the world of the Star Wars Legends.

[silvercyclops]

wraith squadron unabridged audiobooks making both dia AND phanan french like sure ok face loran has one very specific type and it's french people who've flown as wraith seven why not

[accidental-spice]

I am not okay over this part, it's just so. UGH

[kanerallels]

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Forgot to post the link until now but here's my Secret Santa gift for @accidental-spice!! First lines under the cut!!

“And now, for the final subject of this briefing.” Wedge Antilles said, lifting his gaze from the datapad before him and studying the group of men and women scattered throughout the room. 

While Wraith Squadron was far from as rigidly structured as most squadrons—Wes Janson, for instance, was sprawled across a chair like a smuggler or a printer’s apprentice, feet twiddling in the air. Kell Tainer was sitting with his chair backward, arms propped on the back of his chair, and Shalla Nelprin was sitting on the ground, legs crossed—the group was still listening attentively. The sharpening of their interest at his last words was almost tangible, and Wedge held back a sigh. Oh, this is gonna end well.

“Life Day,” he said, and the chuckles, grins, and groans of the squadron filled the air. “Now, I’m sure we all remember the fiasco that was last year—”

“I wouldn’t call it a complete fiasco,” Kell said, grinning at Tyria, who flushed a little but grinned back.

Wedge leveled a quelling look at him. “As I was saying. This year, there will be some rules.”

“What?” Phanan looked horrified. “There are no rules on Life Day.”

[from-a-legends-pov]

Star Wars Legends: Poll of the Week - Favorite Wraith Backstory, part 2

In the Star Wars Legends novel X-Wing: Wraith Squadron, Wedge Antilles and Wes Janson put together a new kind of group for the New Republic Navy – a combination commando unit and starfighter squadron. To conserve resources, Wedge and Wes recruited the initial members of the squadron largely from pilots who had promising skills, but had been identified as misfits or at risk of washing out of the New Republic navy.

Wedge, Wes, and ten other pilots with a variety of skills and backstories made up the original roster of Wraith Squadron (initially known as Gray Squadron).

Of these five original Wraiths to join Wedge and Wes, whose backstory was your favorite? (We covered the other half of the original Wraith Squadron roster in last week’s poll.)

Eurrsk “Grinder” Thri’ag, a Bothan slicer who had a talent for angering his squadmates in various ways, and later turned out to have an extreme love of playing pranks but little sense of the right audience or timing.

Hohass “Runt” Ekwesh, a Thakwaash pilot who, like most of his species, had multiple personalities and regularly switched among them. He had difficulty with flight training while in his “pilot mind” personality as it was focused on finding and shooting enemies rather than on following orders, and upon first joining the Wraiths had a tendency to switch wildly among his various minds.

Tyria Sarkin, a Toprawan pilot with mild Force-sensitivity who was recruited to the squad for her previous experience in the Antarian Rangers, an elite anti-Imperial guerrilla force from her planet; she had nearly washed out due to an abusive training officer who had tampered with her flight scores and blackmailed her about it, destroying much of her self-confidence.

Ton Phanan, a doctor who was seriously injured in the Battle of Endor when the medship he was on was attacked, and chose to become a pilot so he could prevent others from being shot by Imperials instead of merely dealing with the after effects; because of his allergy to bacta, he had to rely on cybernetic implants to deal with his injuries.

Garik “Face” Loran, a former holovid actor who was famous in his youth for his good looks (thus the nickname) and his starring roles in a series of thinly-veiled Imperial propaganda holos that had been wildly successful. He later learned the truth about the Empire from an extremist anti-Imperial group who had kidnapped him, sustained severe injuries to his face, and eventually defected to the Alliance and attempted to atone for his previous work for the Empire.

Of these five original Wraiths, whose backstory is your favorite?

Eurrsk “Grinder” Thri’ag (Bothan slicer and prankster)

Hohass “Runt” Ekwesh (Thakwaash pilot with multiple minds)

Tyria Sarkin (Force-sensitive Toprawan pilot)

Ton Phanan (doctor with a bacta allergy)

Garik “Face” Loran (former holovid child star atoning for his propaganda)

Voting ended onMay 1, 2024

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[magnetarbeam]

Kell Tainer: Uh, please don't touch those.

Ton Phanan: Oh, why? Because they belong to Rogue Squadron?

Kell Tainer: No. Because they're armed. And they have a twenty-megaton payload.

Ton Phanan: Oh. Yeah, those are good reasons too.