Obsidian 7

Manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems, Obsidian 7 was the designation of a TIE/ln starfighter serving the Imperial Navy's Obsidian Squadron by 3 ABY.The New Essential Chronology Modified for upper atmosphere pursuitsStar Wars: Behind the Magic and maneuvers, Obsidian 7 was operated by a TIE pilot nicknamed "Winged Gundark" for an impressive number of career kills in high-altitude battles by 3 ABY.
During that year, the Galactic Empire took over the planet Bespin, with the intent to capture the YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon. When the Millennium Falcon subsequently escaped from Bespin's Cloud City, Obsidian 7 was among the TIE fighters that pursued the freighter into space. However, the squadron was unsuccessful in its pursuit, with the Millennium Falcon evading Imperial capture. Obsidian 7 was armed with a pair of L-s1 laser cannons.
==Behind the scenes==
The Obsidian 7 name was coined by Decipher, Inc.'s 1997 Cloud City Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game, with the image being a rotated version of a TIE fighter previously pictured in 1996's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded.Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded It was later mentioned in 1998's Star Wars: Behind the Magic, where it was further linked to one of the TIE fighters seen in the 1980 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. Before the film's May 21, 1980 release, Obsidian 7 first appeared simultaneously in The Empire Strikes Back StorybookThe Empire Strikes Back Storybook and the film's novelization,Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization both released April 12 of the same year. Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Cine-Manga
*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back novelization 
*Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
*The Empire Strikes Back Storybook
*Star Wars (1977) 44 
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==Sources==
*The Empire Strikes Back: The National Public Radio Dramatization 
*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: The Illustrated Screenplay
*Star Wars: Behind the Magic
*TIE Fighter: A Pocket Manual 
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==Notes and references==
Category:TIE/ln starfighters