The Star Wars saga's iconic X-Wing starfighters helped the Rebel Alliance defeat the Galactic Empire in six key ways.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The X-wing is not only one of the Star Wars franchise’s most famous starfighters, but it is also one of the key reasons why the Rebel Alliance defeated the Galactic Empire. Known as the T-65 X-wing in Star Wars Legends, the famous starfighter was initially intended to be an Imperial vessel, but the engineers of Incom Corporation unanimously joined the Rebellion.
6 X-Wings Have Shields, Keeping Rebel Pilots Alive One key difference between the Rebellion’s X-wings and their rival Imperial TIE starfighter variants is that X-wings carried powerful deflector shields. TIE fighters are, infamously, unshielded, and thus the Empire only allowed the top 10% of Imperial Starfighter Corps applicants to fly the vulnerable craft to ensure that their sheer skill compensated for this weakness.
5 X-Wings Have Hyperdrives, Allowing For Long-Distance Travel Another major advantage that rebel X-wings have over their Imperial counterparts is their inclusion of hyperdrives. Traveling between star systems is all but impossible without hyperspace and all rebel X-wings come equipped with GBk-585 hyperdrive units, allowing them to independently travel to other star systems.
4 X-Wings Have Astromech Copilots Although X-wings are described as “one-man fighters,” the craft actually requires a crew of two: One humanoid and one astromech droid. The astromech serves as a co-pilot, monitoring functions aboard the X-wing and performing background tasks while the craft is in flight.
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