ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
Y\'know, just something about that guy. I have a bit of a love hate with this supporting character from the Star Wars universe. More of a pity/annoyance thing with him actually.
First, let me say that I take nothing away from his abilities as a pilot. He\'s got mad skills, not doubt. He deserves to be the leader of Rogue Squadron and all that.
First, the pity. Now we all know he put in a good days work on the assault on the first death star. Couldn\'t have been easy making it near the trench as he did. He definetely did the alliance a good piece of business that day. That\'s why he totally deserved that medal at the end of episode IV. Oh, not wait.... he got nothin\'. Han Solo and Chebacca got medals for showing up and shooting one tie fighter (which then launched itself into another tie fighter resulting in the good \'ole Tom Berenger \"Sniper\" maxim of \"One shot, two kills\". Lucky damn Corellian!). That\'s all they did! They show up, take one shot, Han Solo yells his \"Yee-Hoo\" like he deserves a medal and that\'s it. Back to Yavin for a shower... and of course a medal. Even C-3P0 gets a shine job. They put R2-D2 back together in record time so HE can make the podium. Where\'s Wedge, or even that Y-Wing pilot for that matter? Probably filling out the required paperwork for the consumption of ammunition and fuel, or worse yet, writing letters to the families of Porkins, Biggs Darklighter, and that awesome \"Stay on Target\" guy. But defo NOT getting a medal.
So I do feel he got a little left behind for his efforts.
However.... In the expanded universe Wedge drives around an X-Wing that apparently has two DeathStar symbols on it\'s fuselage depicting the fact that Wedge has indeed two death star kills under his belt.
Now hang on here.... we all saw that Wedge along with \"Colt 45\" Lando took the second bigger badder deathstar down in grand style (Lando showing that the Falcon CAN actually do something against a Death Star if it\'s not piloted by a selfish smuggler and a lanky ass wookie) so he deserves to have the one silohoute on his fighter. He kicked the empire\'s ASS that day again, and totally got the goal. Well done Wedge.
But hang on here, rewind to 1977 for a minute. Now I saw a farmboy from a dustball (Farming water on a desert planet. Yeah, uhm... I propose they make a trade with Hoth for water and start living the good life. Man Uncle Owen was cranky for a reason!) turn off his targetting computer and believe in a greater power then he had ever known existed (yeah, turns out it was just his mitochlorians living a symbiotic existence in his body. Which explains why he was always so good at everything growing up. Y\'know, like..... uhm.... Farming water... maybe? Or maybe just mitochlorian enhanced whining.) and hit the womp rat sized exhaust port (That engineer got his ass FIRED!)with the proton torpedo\'s for the big win.
Wedge? Dude bailed at the FIRST sign of damage to his fighter. We saw men smashin\' into the death star in busted X-Wings and Y-Wings like it was \'45 in the pacific. Sacrifices were made by all, for far less. Wedge makes it to the end, the war effort relies on this kid who\'s never even FLOWN IN SPACE before and Wedge, an experienced X-Wing Jockey. \"Oh Luke.... somethin\' totally bad is goin\' down back here. I lost the reception on my sattelite radio, I\'ve got zero air pressure in my tires and that stuff. I\'m out!\" And then he bails. Nice. Now I don\'t want to belittle his contribution to the war againstthe empire as a whole, but that first death star needs to be scraped off his X-Wing. Now!
First, let me say that I take nothing away from his abilities as a pilot. He\'s got mad skills, not doubt. He deserves to be the leader of Rogue Squadron and all that.
First, the pity. Now we all know he put in a good days work on the assault on the first death star. Couldn\'t have been easy making it near the trench as he did. He definetely did the alliance a good piece of business that day. That\'s why he totally deserved that medal at the end of episode IV. Oh, not wait.... he got nothin\'. Han Solo and Chebacca got medals for showing up and shooting one tie fighter (which then launched itself into another tie fighter resulting in the good \'ole Tom Berenger \"Sniper\" maxim of \"One shot, two kills\". Lucky damn Corellian!). That\'s all they did! They show up, take one shot, Han Solo yells his \"Yee-Hoo\" like he deserves a medal and that\'s it. Back to Yavin for a shower... and of course a medal. Even C-3P0 gets a shine job. They put R2-D2 back together in record time so HE can make the podium. Where\'s Wedge, or even that Y-Wing pilot for that matter? Probably filling out the required paperwork for the consumption of ammunition and fuel, or worse yet, writing letters to the families of Porkins, Biggs Darklighter, and that awesome \"Stay on Target\" guy. But defo NOT getting a medal.
So I do feel he got a little left behind for his efforts.
However.... In the expanded universe Wedge drives around an X-Wing that apparently has two DeathStar symbols on it\'s fuselage depicting the fact that Wedge has indeed two death star kills under his belt.
Now hang on here.... we all saw that Wedge along with \"Colt 45\" Lando took the second bigger badder deathstar down in grand style (Lando showing that the Falcon CAN actually do something against a Death Star if it\'s not piloted by a selfish smuggler and a lanky ass wookie) so he deserves to have the one silohoute on his fighter. He kicked the empire\'s ASS that day again, and totally got the goal. Well done Wedge.
But hang on here, rewind to 1977 for a minute. Now I saw a farmboy from a dustball (Farming water on a desert planet. Yeah, uhm... I propose they make a trade with Hoth for water and start living the good life. Man Uncle Owen was cranky for a reason!) turn off his targetting computer and believe in a greater power then he had ever known existed (yeah, turns out it was just his mitochlorians living a symbiotic existence in his body. Which explains why he was always so good at everything growing up. Y\'know, like..... uhm.... Farming water... maybe? Or maybe just mitochlorian enhanced whining.) and hit the womp rat sized exhaust port (That engineer got his ass FIRED!)with the proton torpedo\'s for the big win.
Wedge? Dude bailed at the FIRST sign of damage to his fighter. We saw men smashin\' into the death star in busted X-Wings and Y-Wings like it was \'45 in the pacific. Sacrifices were made by all, for far less. Wedge makes it to the end, the war effort relies on this kid who\'s never even FLOWN IN SPACE before and Wedge, an experienced X-Wing Jockey. \"Oh Luke.... somethin\' totally bad is goin\' down back here. I lost the reception on my sattelite radio, I\'ve got zero air pressure in my tires and that stuff. I\'m out!\" And then he bails. Nice. Now I don\'t want to belittle his contribution to the war againstthe empire as a whole, but that first death star needs to be scraped off his X-Wing. Now!
