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[[File:Wedge_XWingSaga.jpg|frame| This is Wedge Antilles, pilot and Rebel hero. Behind him are several Incom T-65B X-wing starfighters. Together, they are the two constants for the series.]]
{{quote|''"[[We Do the Impossible|Impossible is our stock in trade, and success is what we deliver.]]"''
|Rogue Squadron motto}}
{{quote|''[[Crazy Awesome|"Pretty. What do we blow up first?"]]''
|Wraith Squadron motto}}
The X-Wing series is a sizable part of the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]. This page covers the comic book series and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130421040127/http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:X-wing_novels novel series], which were produced more or less in that order, although several of the books came out after the main comics series ended and the most recent comic book was in 2005. As the page image says, the character Wedge Antilles and the X-Wing starfighter are the absolute constants. The games, being only vaguely connected, each have [[Rogue Squadron|their]] own [[Star Wars: X-Wing|pages]].
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* [[BFG]]: [[Character Name and the Noun Phrase|Voort "Piggy" saBinring and the two-meter-long starfighter's cannon]]. Now ''that's'' a title.
* [[Big Bad]]: Ysanne Isard, natch.
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: Kirtan Loor is introduced with a mention he rose through his ranks quickly because of his uncanny resemblance to Tarkin. Once he's forced to be more than [[The Watson]], it becomes increasingly clear he was promoted above his competency to the point {{spoiler|he's forced to work for another villain through mere threat of death}}.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: "Mind if we crash your party, Wedge?"
* [[Big Damn Gunship]]: While escorting a bacta convoy in the Alderaan Graveyard, Rogue Squadron is ambushed by a ''Victory''-class Star Destroyer and an Interdictor Cruiser. Suddenly, an ancient, automated Alderaanian frigate appears and starts blasting away at the Imperials, tipping the battle into the Rogues' favor.
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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Plourr is a rare female example.
* [[Book Safe]]: During his escape from the ''Lusankya'', Corran Horn discovers a blaster hidden in the purported casing of ''The Complete History of Corvis Minor'', in a reference to ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]''.
* [[Break the Haughty]]: Realizing Corran Horn's self centered nature and inability to work as a team, Wedge engineers a training exercise so Corran scores the lowest by far, confusing an enraging him before revealing his run was actually feeding the team valuable intelligence that allows them to ''all'' do better than any one member could do on their own. The lesson works.
* [[Brick Joke]]: The series in general is fond of them. Some even span entirely separate series. For example, in ''Wraith Squadron'' Kell tells off Grinder for calling him "Demolition Boy" ("That's 'Demolition Boy Sir'") while by the time of the New Jedi Order books the Wraiths are using nicknames of this type as standard code names (Face is "Poster Boy", Kell is "Explosions Boy", Bhindi is "Circuitry Girl").
* [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp]]: As the books deal with everyday life more than most EU books, we get a lot of [[Star Wars]] terms for items. For example, refrigerators are 'conservators' and bathrooms are 'refreshers'.
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* [[Shoot Your Mate]]: In ''Iron Fist''.
* [[Shout-Out]]: There are quite a few to other ''Star Wars'' works and authors. Besides the Zahn references, there is also the ''Requiem'' scenario, which is based off an actual level in the ''[[Star Wars: X-Wing]]'' game.
** Elassar Targon's name references two ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' characters... Elessar is, of course, Aragorn's other name (Elessar being the Wraiths' new medic, Aragorn being a ranger and king with healing skills and powers), and Targon is the [[Genius Bonus|blink-and-you'll-miss-him armorer]] in ''The Return of the King''.
** Possible in Iron Fist. A stormtrooper begins to ask Castin "What's your-- (operating number, presumably)" but Castin just starts blasting his way out straight away.
** The name ''Lusankya'' is inspired by Lubyanka, the infamous KGB prison in which similar activities went on.
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** Then there's the last moments of {{spoiler|''Lusankya's'' captain's}} life. He promotes himself to Grand Admiral, threatens to [[Apocalypse How|crash the ''Lusankya'' into Thyferra]], {{spoiler|and is then [[Shoot the Dog|shot by his First Officer]], who surrenders the ship.}}
* [[Visual Pun]]: The marquee of the Headquarters, a bar on Coruscant that Corran finds his way to in ''Wedge's Gamble''. It features a stormtrooper's helmet being torn into four pieces.
* [[The Watson]]: Kirtan Loor, an officer promoted above his competence due to his appearance (and presumably post-Endor personnel shortages) serves as a villainous example, getting an explanation of the villain's plans.
* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: Ton Phanan is "allergic to bacta" and has to get cybernetic replacements for any and all damaged parts. He has a ''lot'' of damaged parts. A huge plot point for him, since he deeply resents this side of himself, leading to much very uncomedic angst.
* [[We Have Reserves]]: Admiral Trigit. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Revulsion over this]] is what drives Gara Petothel's [[Heel Face Turn|defection to the Republic]] in ''Wraith Squadron'', after Trigit decides to sacrifice the tens of thousands of crew members to keep his Star Destroyer out of Republic hands. Trigit's boss Zsinj, though, is a little more canny -- in ''Iron Fist'' he decides to hire a fleet full of mercenaries and pirates to get shot at in lieu of his troops during a major attack.
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