Keyan Farlander

Is there a website where I can read about Keyan Farlander? I'd like to know more about him. Or is there a link to another thread on him? I haven't found one and I've looked pretty far back.

He seems pretty interesting to learn about.

 

Well, I can tell you that by the time of the NJO that he is a general is charge of a Galactic Alliance fleet.

His flagship is the MC-80b Mon Adapyne.

--Adm. Nick

 

He is also a Jedi Knight, in charge of training Jedi pilots in his off time apparently(or at least trained Jedi Pilots at one time). He was still a Jedi during TUF as well.

He was a Jedi during Desiny's way, though the book never mentioned that fact.

 

Keyan is a Jedi who chose to put on the uniform and serve in the military, like Jaina...only he's been at his job for over a decade longer than she's even been alive. Keyan is the first true Jedi pilot of the New Jedi Order, and certainly the first Jedi General.

Master Saesee Tiin was also an adept pilot, and obviously, so is Luke, but neither maintained as much of a military association as Keyan has.

Kyle Katarn is also a military-minded Jedi, having had a career as a stormtrooper and then a Rebel operative, but he is a dedicated Jedi.

 

how powerful is he as a jedi? i always had the sense that while he some ability in the force, he wouldn't be the mega-force user that other jedi are.. or is it more because his priority is to the Rebellion / NR military first over being a jedi...

 

Probably Keyan's closest analogue back in the "original" Jedi order was (and still is, as of ESB/ROTJ) Tyneir Renz, a Jedi Knight whom served full time as a colonel in the Old Republic military for many years, well before the Clone Wars.

Survived the purge in hiding with his daughter, became a Rebel Alliance man, and is one of the few, bona fide, full-fledged Jedi Knights to still remain alive and in full functionality after the Empire's final collapse.

 

What's the source on that?

TC

 

I wouldn't count Farlander as the first true Jedi pilot of the NJO. By the time Luke and Farlander first meet, from what I get Luke propably had more training in the Force than Farlander did and Luke would be the one to make Farlander into a Jedi. Luke also had been promoted to General sometime after the Battle of Endor and before TTT but resigned his commision after leading his troops against Lord Shadowspawn and Shadowspawn and his forces fighting until the last man was dead.

 

Also, for those who may not be aware of this, you are essentially playing as Keyan Farlander in the original X-Wing games and its add-ons 'Imperial Pursuit' and 'B-Wing'.

I have to say that it's pretty neat how they used this obscure character in the later books of the NJO, even though Destiny's Way didn't seem to show that he was trained by Luke at one point. (TUF did mention him as a Jedi though)

 

Did he have any confirmed connections with Cal Omas that we know of?

 

Mmmm, not that I know of... but Cal Omas used to be a rebel pilot himself, right? I suppose it is a possibility.

 

CUSWE | Keyan Farlander

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Keyan Farlander grew up on Agamar, and was indifferent to the ways of the galactic government until Mon Mothma came to the planet to gain underground support for the Alliance. Farlander received a copy of the A Call to Reason pamphlet, and it turned his mind to the Alliance.

He joined up, and decided the he wanted to be a starfighter pilot. As an untrained Alliance starpilot on his first mission, Keyan helped recover important Imperial documents by disabling the Imperial shuttle Talon near Turkana. He proved his incredible piloting skills there as well, and went on to become one of the Alliance's premier pilots.

He was instrumental in raids on a number of Imperial outposts, and was part of the team that fled to Yavin 4 to prepare for battle against the Death Star. While on Yavin 4, Keyan helped familiarize Luke Skywalker on the controls of the X-Wing. He was one of the few survivors of the Battle of Yavin, piloting a Y-Wing during the fighting and fleeing the destruction of the first Death Star with Luke Skywalker, Wedge Antilles, and the Millennium Falcon.

Keyan continued to serve the Alliance, and later the New Republic, as a military officer and advisor. Because of his uncanny skills, Keyan was tested by Luke Skywalker for a connection to the Force, which revealed that Keyan was possible Jedi material. He trained for many years at the Jedi praxeum on Yavin 4, and eventually earned the rank of Jedi Knight.

By the time of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the galaxy, Farlander had been promoted to General. He served under Admiral Traest Kre'fey aboard the Ralroost during the period following the Battle of Coruscant, working to implement the plans of Admirals Sovv, Ackbar, and Kre'fey.[hr][/blockquote]

 

"Also, for those who may not be aware of this, you are essentially playing as Keyan Farlander in the original X-Wing games and its add-ons 'Imperial Pursuit' and 'B-Wing'."

Except in like the final death star level, which the strategy guide says you are playing as Luke.

 

Duh.

 

JT, I have to specify, because there are some that try to discredit the entire X-wing story, because of what they perceive as one large contradiction in the story...

Rediculous but true....

Never made sense to me, how people would think a contradiction would throw out an entire story, when it would be much easier to either retcon the contradiction in such a way that it fits, or just ignore only the contradiction... Where is the logic in that?

 

you'd think that Farlander, with his string of piloting successes and such would have made General well before the NJO era... or did he turn down the General's position, like so many other pilots who didn't want to be pulled from their cockpits..

hmm.. is General a valid naval position? shouldn't Lando have had a more naval sounding title than General at Endor?

 

According to strategy guide he did reach general, albeit he was able to keep his cockpit duty unlike most generals, IIRC...

Admiral would be a better term than General for naval purposes.

 

As far as Tyneir Renz goes, he appeared in an Adventure Journal story rather late in its run, dealing with him and his daughter assisting the Rebellion.

 

Keyan was probably retired while working on his Jedi diploma, then re-entered service like the rest of our favorite pilots when the Vong attacked.

 

shouldn't Lando have had a more naval sounding title than General at Endor?

While Lando was leading the overall attack on the DS (even Ackbar defers to his orders during the battle) in the fleet heirachy he was directly leading the starfighter forces, so technically he would have been a General.

 

When did Farlander become a General?

 

As stated many times in the past, starfighters are part of the Army

 

I believe he became one right before the Battle of Yavin?

 

Starfighters are not part of the army but rather their own branch of the Alliance/NR military.

 

If they are a seperate branch, then why isn't Lando flying a starfigther during the OT (come to think of it, I don't think he ever did)