Read more about Y-Wing at: Wikipedia Official Site: Lucasfilm The Koensayr BTL Y-wing assault starfighter/bomber are a series of fictional spacecraft from the Star Wars franchise. They are depicted as the star fighters of the Galactic Republic (BTL-B, fully paneled & early/stock version of the Y-wing), Rebel Alliance (BTL-A4, the stripped-down and heavily modified version of the former Republic BTL-B Clone Wars Y-wing), New Republic (used Rebel Y-wings and later a new version called the BTA-NR2), and the BTA-NR2 Y-wing which served the Resistance. Y-wings are known for being ideally suited for anti-shipping, close air support, air interdiction, force protection and ground attack mission. Y-wing made their theatrical appearance in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and have featured in movies, television shows, and the Star Wars expanded universe's books, comics, and games. In the original Star Wars movie (1977), a group of Y-wings designated "Gold Squadron" took part in the attack on the Death Star. Led by squadron leader Jon Vander (Angus MacInnes), Y-wings made the first unsuccessful "trench run" on the Death Star's exhaust port, and only one Y-wing would survive the battle itself. (The pilot of the surviving Y-Wing differs between Canon and Legends). Luke Skywalker pilots a Y-wing in the animated segment of the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. Y-wings made a brief appearance at the end of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when the heroes are reunited with the Rebel fleet, and feature alongside other Rebel starfighters during the climatic space battle of Return of the Jedi (1983). Y-wings were later seen in The Clone Wars 2008 television series as their stock & early version. Here they are depicted as fighter-bombers used by the Galactic Republic in the Clone Wars against the Separatists. General Anakin Skywalker is shown leading a squadron of Y-wings on one of their first missions to take out a Separatist cruiser, where they are noted for their powerful shields and secondary gunner. In the Star Wars Rebels 2014 animated series, the crew of the Ghost are shown stealing decommissioned Old Republic Y-wings, in the process of being dismantled by the Galactic Empire, for use by the nascent Rebel Alliance. These former Republic Y-wings the Rebellion had captured and reclaimed from scrap had become skeletal by having their armor paneling & hull stripped-down and they were heavily modified to fit rebel specifications to transform the former Republic Y-wings into Rebellion Y-wings. Rebel BTL-A4 Y-wings are stripped down and heavily modified BTL-B Y-wings that were leftover from the Clone Wars.
Y-Wing has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.
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