Red 5 Confirmed
Looks like Red 5 was confirmed in the "Stats" spoilers for datacron set 5. I wonder which version of Luke will be the pilot? New or existing?
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"Stokat;c-2389792" wrote:"nfidel2k;c-2389781" wrote:"Screerider;c-2389747" wrote:"nfidel2k;c-2389402" wrote:Well... In Rise of Skywalker, Finn did call it "Red Five".
Well it’s interesting because the only time Luke’s x-wing was called Red 5 was during the Battle of Yavin.Finn: Red Five is in the air. Rey's alive.
Poe Dameron: I see her.
Finn: People are rising up all over the galaxy. Poe... we did it.
Poe Dameron: We did it.
Yes, even weirder since Luke abandons his xwing on Cloud City under Imperial control at the end of E5.
There’s always a way to make it work if people really want it, just doesn’t make a lot of sense from continuity. But who needs to care about that.
I always assumed Red 5 was an assigned call sign during the attack and not the official name of a specific ship. Like “Gold leader” or “Red leader” was a role they had and not something the ships were referred to afterwards (in another attack another ship could be Red 5 or Red leader).
Yes, this would be generally how ship callsigns are used, which is during a mission. Callsigns can also be assigned to pilots, but the movies used real names and not callsigns for the pilots, at least during the Battle of Yavin.
