RJ-909

RJ-909 was the designation of a human TIE fighter pilot who served the Galactic Empire's Starfighter Corps during the Imperial Era. When the Imperial cadet Han Solo attempted to escape from the Carida Academy in a stolen TIE fighter on the planetStar Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z Carida in 13 BBY, RJ-909 and a number of TIE pilots gave chase, led by the academy's flight instructor, Yurib Nakan.Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 2
As the pilots attempted to shoot him down, Solo maneuvered around the fighters, putting RJ-909 in the flight path of another fighter. Despite the other pilot's warnings, RJ-909 could not break away in time, killing them both when the two fighters collided with each other. Not long after Solo's subsequent capture, Nakan displayed a hologram of the collision while reprimanding the cadet in his prison cell.
==Behind the scenes==
RJ-909 first appeared in the first issue of the comic-book miniseries Star Wars: Han Solo - Imperial Cadet, though only the character's TIE fighter was shown in the comic. It was written by Robbie Thompson, illustrated by Leonard Kirk, and published by Marvel Comics on November 7, 2018.
==Appearances==
*Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1 
*Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 2 
==Notes and references==
Category:Humans
Category:Imperial Navy pilots of the Galactic Empire
Category:Individuals of unspecified gender
Category:Individuals with unspecified pronouns