Eclipse Rider

The Eclipse Rider was a modified Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 light freighter that pilot Wedge Antilles rented in 7 ABYThe Essential Reader's Companion places X-Wing: The Bacta War, in which Wedge Antilles rents the Eclipse Rider, in 7 ABY. during the preparations for the Bacta War, a conflict between Antilles' independent starfighter unit Rogue Squadron and the pro-Imperial government of the Inner RimThe Essential Atlas planet Thyferra. It was used by Antilles and fellow Rogue Squadron pilot Ooryl Qrygg for a trip from the Core Worlds planet Coruscant to the Outer Rim planet Rishi to purchase a cache of X-wing starfighter parts.
The trip out from Coruscant went well, but upon landing on Rishi, the Eclipse Rider lost a repulsorlift coil. While Antilles purchased the necessary X-wing parts, Qrygg worked on replacing the missing repuslorlift coil. Local regulations on the use of repulsorlift vehicles ultimately delayed the departure from Rishi by twelve hours.
==Behind the scenes==
The Eclipse Rider was mentioned in the novel X-Wing: The Bacta War, written by Michael A. Stackpole and published in 1997.
==Appearances==
*X-Wing: The Bacta War 
==Notes and references==
Category:YT-1300 light freighters