Did the TIE pilot ever get a medal, maybe after Chewie?

[Clerval]

This is pretty straight-forward, and surely some posthumous reward is due?

The TIE Fighter Pilot Who Saved The Day in 'Star Wars' | Cracked.com

 

[darth_myeek]

Pretty sure he was a Bothan.

 

[themanwoaname]

Incidentally, this also brings to light the fact that Han Solo had a once-in-a-lifetime shot to take down the Dark Lord of the Sith and squandered it on a wingman. Apparently stupid goes both ways, since if you have a three-man formation and the guy in the center has a completely different vehicle, odds are pretty good he isn't just some grunt being escorted to the Imperial Birthday Party Wing of the Death Star while a battle rages around him. Han had the element of surprise and apparently his total pick of who he was going to shoot, because it was an instantly lethal shot.

id always wondered this. there is darth vader, a sitting duck and han shoots one next to him? wth? in combat dont you always want to shoot the guy with the bigger gun?

 

[Betamin]

id always wondered this. there is darth vader, a sitting duck and han shoots one next to him? wth? in combat dont you always want to shoot the guy with the bigger gun?

Han probably thought "Hey, that middle Tie is pretty cool. I wonder if the guy did some "special modifications" to it himself, much like what I did to the ol' Falcon here. Maybe I can get a chance to talk to him about it later, if he survives the battle. I'll take out that regular Tie next to him while I'm up here, save the kid and then get back to the base and make out with her worshipfullness."

 

[EvilRocketeer]

before some-one else says it..

the answer: it is a movie....

 

[Soundwave]

I gave up reading that...what a load of rubbish. There are endless what ifs in life! Thanks anyway.

 

[DarkHelmet]

I think the guy entirely responsible for the events of the OT was the gunner who stopped the his partner from blowing the escape pod to smithereens. Wonder what Vader did to him....

 

[SSgt Burton]

I think the guy entirely responsible for the events of the OT was the gunner who stopped the his partner from blowing the escape pod to smithereens.

Or R5-D4.

If his motivator hadn't blown... things may have turned out very differently. :lol


Kevin

 

[Fizbin]

That TIE pilot never got a medal, since he was smeared all over the trench when he crashed into it and his remains were scattered all across the cosmos when the Death Star went BOOM... any other questions? :angel

 

[Pappy]

For Han shooting the first TIE,i think is believable,death star trench is quite deep,and Han didn't shoot from up right 90 deg angle.and that first TIE is the most visible from Han's position,fire at will!

 

[Jedifyfe]

Or R5-D4.

If his motivator hadn't blown... things may have turned out very differently. :lol


Kevin

The real hero is the Imperial Gunner that was told "Hold your fire" when the escape pod was jettisoned...

 

[Gigatron]

How about the hero of the Empire - Qui Gon Jinn? Did the emperor ever thank him, posthumously?

If he hadn't saved Jar Jar from getting run over by the tank, Jar Jar could never have voted to give the chancellor emergency powers.

-Fred

 

[themanwoaname]

For Han shooting the first TIE,i think is believable,death star trench is quite deep,and Han didn't shoot from up right 90 deg angle.and that first TIE is the most visible from Han's position,fire at will!

yeah but since its outer space, dont you think he had more than enough room to take that first kill, flip back around, and make the kill on darth and the other tie?

come on! han was trained by the imperial navy! he was a smuggler! with piloting/gunning skills with a ship that is an extension of his own body! there's absolutely no reason why he couldnt go back and finish the job, especially since they were on luke's tail! heck, lets pretend that even when the other tie knocked darth, spun out and died, that han could have chased after darth!

he didnt go anywhere after he did taht, he hung around and flew away gallantly while the death star was blowing up.

makes no sense.

 

[Jeyl]

I think the Tie Fighter pilot should put the tie-fighter on auto-pilot, climb out of his cockpit, whip out his blaster and try shooting at the Millennium Falcon. That way when Han destroys his Tie-Fighter, it won't make Han out to be a cold blooded killer.

 

[terryr]

Han shot first!

 

[Pappy]

themanwoaname,I was talking about:

For Han shooting the first TIE

:lol

And not about:

han could have chased after darth!

I think the sequence make sense,after Han shot that first TIE,did he supposed to shot Vader's after that?
I believe the answer is yes.:love

 

[SSgt Burton]

The real hero is the Imperial Gunner that was told "Hold your fire" when the escape pod was jettisoned...

Wait, are you just backing up what DH said...

Or did you actually not know he just said that? :lol

(Well... to split hairs DH said the guy who actually said "Hold your fire" is the hero; not the guy who held his fire. :wacko :lol)

Kevin

 

[themanwoaname]

themanwoaname,I was talking about:

:lol

And not about:



I think the sequence make sense,after Han shot that first TIE,did he supposed to shot Vader's after that?
I believe the answer is yes.:love

i think i understand that you also think that han should have chased darth vader?

 

[Nataku]

i think i understand that you also think that han should have chased darth vader?

If han wasn't busy stroking Luke, he coulda taken all 3 out.

 

[Treadwell]

I was all over as far as TIEs were concerned by the time he was stroking Luke.

BOOM.
What?
Yahoo!
Look out!
BOOM.

It's within the range of believability that the elimination/scattering of TIEs happened quickly enough to prevent Han from shooting more than one.