X-Wing Rogue Squadron/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Limited Advancement Opportunities]]: Subverted. He's promoted multiple times over his career.

* [[Machine Empathy]]

* [[Mauve Shirt]]: By definition in the original ~~films--a~~ common alternative name for this trope is "Wedge-type character". Of course, this series is his [[Day in The Limelight]].

* [[Mauve Shirt]]: By definition in the original films—a common alternative name for this trope is "Wedge-type character". Of course, this series is his [[Day in The Limelight]].

* [[Military Maverick]]

* [[Neck Lift]]

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* [[Captain Crash]]

* [[The Chew Toy]]: He gets hurt often enough that bacta companies have offered him endorsement deals.

* [[Continuity Snarl]]: In the deleted scenes, he [[Taking You with Me|rams an AT-AT]] when his speeder is damaged, and the EU had some trouble deciding whether it actually happened. Eventually, it was [[Hand Wave~~|Hand Waved~~]] by saying he ejected offscreen.

* [[Continuity Snarl]]: In the deleted scenes, he [[Taking You with Me|rams an AT-AT]] when his speeder is damaged, and the EU had some trouble deciding whether it actually happened. Eventually, it was [[Hand Wave]]d by saying he ejected offscreen.

* [[The Eeyore]]

* [[Harmless Lady Disguise]]: When Red Flight got into a hangar in drag, Hobbie cemented the disguise with [[Screams Like a Little Girl|a high, panicked scream]].

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=== Ooryl Qrygg ===

* [[Badass]]: Not only is he one of the better pilots in his generation of Rogue ~~Squadron -- tied~~ with Corran and Bror for first to become an [[Ace Pilot|ace]] ~~-- but~~ he's also insanely competent on ground missions, to the point of actually being ''scary'' on Talasea.

* [[Badass]]: Not only is he one of the better pilots in his generation of Rogue Squadron—tied with Corran and Bror for first to become an [[Ace Pilot|ace]]—but he's also insanely competent on ground missions, to the point of actually being ''scary'' on Talasea.

* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: When Wedge is asked whether Ooryl can see in the ultraviolet range, his first thought is "I wouldn't be surprised. He doesn't breathe or sleep and can regenerate severed limbs."

* [[A Day in The Spotlight]]: After being a marginal character in the first three books, he manages to get nearly as much focus as Corran in ''The Bacta War''.

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=== Bror Jace ===

* [[Improbable Piloting Skills]]: In the first book of the series, he has three "[[Ace Pilot|ace]] missions" ~~-- five~~ or more kills in a single ~~mission -- and~~ scores a total of ''twenty-two'' kills in only five missions, including NINE in the book's last mission.

* [[Improbable Piloting Skills]]: In the first book of the series, he has three "[[Ace Pilot|ace]] missions"—five or more kills in a single mission—and scores a total of ''twenty-two'' kills in only five missions, including NINE in the book's last mission.

** Note: He beats out Corran Horn! Guy with YMMV [[Canon Sue]] mark.

* [[Jerkass]]: In ''Rogue Squadron'', he's just a puffed-up, arrogant ass with no redeeming qualities other than his piloting skills.

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* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Until ''The Bacta War''. In that one, she's just a bitch.

* [[The Mole]]

* [[Yandere ~~(disambiguation)~~]]: For Corran. To such an extent that it could be argued her actions at the end of the second ~~book -- which~~ led to his capture and attempted ~~brainwashing -- were~~ designed with the ultimate goal of "Evil Corran" winding up with her after what she assumed would be ''successful'' brainwashing.

* [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere]]: For Corran. To such an extent that it could be argued her actions at the end of the second book—which led to his capture and attempted brainwashing—were designed with the ultimate goal of "Evil Corran" winding up with her after what she assumed would be ''successful'' brainwashing.

=== Ysanne Isard ===

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* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: In one short story, Corran Horn helped a Rebel sympathiser infiltrate a facility by using his knowledge of Loor's backstory to create the identity of "Kirtana Loor" for her. The real Loor showed up soon afterwards and it's implied he did ''not'' find it as funny as Corran.

* [[Expy]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in-~~universe -- Loor~~ believes he looks like a "taller, handsomer Grand Moff Tarkin" and plays up the resemblance. In actuality he is neither as intelligent and masterfully manipulative, nor as much of a [[Complete Monster]], as Tarkin was.

* [[Expy]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in-universe—Loor believes he looks like a "taller, handsomer Grand Moff Tarkin" and plays up the resemblance. In actuality he is neither as intelligent and masterfully manipulative, nor as much of a [[Complete Monster]], as Tarkin was.

* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]

* [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]: Thinks he's much cleverer than he is, and the reader knows it. {{spoiler|He realizes it too...seconds before bleeding out}}

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=== Admiral Apwar Trigit ===

* [[Bad Boss]]: Unlike most Imperial villains, this is far from obvious at ~~first--he~~ seems to have genuine respect for much of his crew, but {{spoiler|still abandons them to die at the end, trying to justify it by saying the New Republic would interrogate them and use that information to kill others}}.

* [[Bad Boss]]: Unlike most Imperial villains, this is far from obvious at first—he seems to have genuine respect for much of his crew, but {{spoiler|still abandons them to die at the end, trying to justify it by saying the New Republic would interrogate them and use that information to kill others}}.

* [[It's All About Me]]

* [[The Starscream]]: He doesn't really have ambitions to overthrow Zsinj, but views himself as an independent who just happens to be aligned with Zsinj rather than his subordinate, and clashes with him over this.