Do you think Luke Skywalker would ever make his own jedi starfighter or just stick with Red5?

Luke sure does love that starfighter of his, he wouldn't let it drown in a swamp on dagobar or get blasted by Darth Vader. Its not so much a love story but do you think Luke would ever create an official jedi starfighter for the new official jedi academy? They could be especially useful for off-world misssions and they'd have Luke, a starfighter pilot himself to create a good design for the kuat drive yards to build.

 

This is EU I suppose.

And Red 5 was his call sign in the Battle of Yavin. Red Squadron was the official name of Rogue Squadron. He then led Rogue Group during the Battle of Hoth. These guys were the forerunners of Rogue Squadron.

If you read The New Rebellion, you'll know how much he loves his X-Wing. He doesn't even get a new XJ, but sticks with his original. It even has memory chips and knows R2's habits.

So no. He's stick with the trusty X-Wing.

 

That and I doubt he even knows what a Jedi starfighter is.

 

A "Jedi Starfighter" in this case would have to bear no resemblence to those in the PT, since Luke doesn't know about them. But to answer your question, Luke likes his X-wing too much to build another, plus Luke was never the tinker-around-building-podracers-and-droids type anyways. Could he if he wanted to? Probably. But its not his forte and he doesnt have the inclination, so he wouldn't.

 

I'm sure he could get a design off some old database or something, but he loves his X-Wing to much anyway.

 

I'm sure he could get a design off some old database or something, but he loves his X-Wing to much anyway.

Well, and this is EU, there is no databanks containing Jedi info. All evidence of the Jedi has been purged by the Emperor. The early books deal w/Luke not knowing anything about the pre-Empire Jedi. He finds bits here and there, but nothing really solid.

 

The only evidence of Jedi in the days of the Empire was a Jedi Starfighter, the Rebellion found it on Geonosis.

 

LukeGroundwalker: when was that?

And yeah, in the EU there is no solid information left concerning the pre-Empire Jedi. There is a private Imperial museum (for the Emperor/Vader only?) found in the X-wing books, which has a 'wealth of information' about it compared to what Luke had previously, but even so I doubt it contained detailed plans on how to build a Jedi Starfighter.

 

The most logical answer, whether you accept the EU or not, is that he kept the X-Wing. Just like R2, they've been through a lot together.

Speaking of the EU, the X-Wings basically became the Jedi Starfighters, in a sense.

 

true, the X-wings became the new Jedi Starfighters, from one point of view... but they were also a whole lot more than the old Delta-7s were.

(I think thats the right designation, might need to check that..)

 

The Jedi Starfighter found was in one of the Rogue type games for Nintendo Gamecube (EU).

As for Luke not being the mechanically inclined type... He designed his wife's space ship (I think it can be considered a yatch), that is EU again, but it is an answer...

But I agree with what has been said, he likes his X-Wing too much to build a new one. If that ship were destroyed, however, I am sure that he would design one with all the features he liked of his X-Wing, plus any new ones he could think of, and he would try to get those memory chips installed if possible...

 

Designing a yacht is a far cry from building a fighter. That said, I still think he's capable, just that it would be too difficult to make it worth it given his preference for his old X-wing.

 

I really don't think Luke will ever have his own Jedi Starfighter, but I think when the New Jedi Order grows, each Jedi will have his/her own Jedi Starfighter.

 

I assume Luke keeps the same X-wing (Red 5) from ANH to ESB, but what happens to it when he leaves it at Cloud City? Does the Empire seize it? Or do the locals somehow hide it and return it to Luke when Cloud City is liberated?

 

^^^^ No idea.

But, if he built a Jedi starfighter from schematics, it would be outdated.

 

Well, he has it back in ROTJ, so they got it somehow.

 

I would assume Luke (or somebody) went to Cloud City to get it, which probably involved getting through some imperial security.

 

The more important question is why he left his ladder on Dagobah.

 

I doubt he had the same X-Wing after ESB, as Calrissian was instructing the people of Cloud City to evacuate because it was under control of the Empire. The Rebellion had plenty of them..I'm sure he got a new one in between ESB and Jedi and had it modified like stated in the other posts. I also doubt he'd make his own Jedi Starfighter. As we know, the TIE's evolved out of the Jedi 'fighters like the ones Anakin and Obi-Wan flew in ROTS.

 

(in response to ousley's comment about the ladder)
who says he did? maybe it retracts and stores somewhere automatically, and we just didn't see it.


It had to get there somehow, so it clearly must fold up.
Besides, he does return to Dagobah so even if he did leave it, he could have gotten it back. Not that a Jedi needs it

 

The starfighter was found on the Relics of Geonosis level.

 

why would he want a crappy jedi starfighter whe n he already has the coolest figter ever

 

An X-Wing is superior to the old Jedi fighter in every way, so why would he want to downgrade?

 

Luke has gone through a number of X-wings in the movies and EU
#1: T-65B- Assigned at the Battle of Yavin, lost
#2: T-65C-A2- Replacement issued after returning to the fleet in ESB. This one lasts the longest. Damaged in HttE, temporarily modified to use a navicomputer rather than an astromech in New Rebellion.
#3: T-65D-A1- Used in New Rebellion while #2 was being upgraded. Blew up on him over Pydr.
#2: T-65C-A2- Modifications removed. Used until Vision of the Future, where it was left behind on Nirauan.
#4: T-65J-A1 First appears in vector Prime. damaged several times throughout the NJO. Lost over Coruscant in Star by Star?
#5: T-65J-A3 Appears in Rebel Dream at Borealis. Not sure if it survives to the end of the Unifying Force, but likely.

I may have missed one or two, likely somewhere in the NJO if anywhere.

And Luke and Mara discover a late model Aethersprite aboard a Dreadnaught that was part of the Outbound Flight.

Though nearly all of that was EU, it answers some of the questions.