September 2007
Story and Photos David Syczylo (Boba Binks)
 

STAR WARS GOLD SQUADRON Y-WING FIGHTER
Toys-R-Us exclusive $29.99

Y-wing Starfighters are powerful vessels in the Rebel Alliance fleet with ample firepower that includes laser cannons and proton torpedoes. The Rebel forces make do with whatever vehicles they can obtain and the sturdy Y-wing is a good fighter for them because it can withstand heavy attack and still remain space-worthy.

During the Battle of Yavin, Y-wing fighters fend off Imperial fighters to clear a path for the Rebels to reach the Death Star's vulnerable exhaust port. Rebel Pilot Lieutenant Lepira flies Gold Four, the point Y-wing for Gold Squadron at the Battle of Yavin, but is shot down during that pivotal battle.

This Y-wing Fighter vehicle features fold-up landing gear and a canopy that opens and closes. Press the button to drop the bomb and stage your own battle scenes with the built in R5-D7 droid and separate R5-D7 droid figure and Rebel Pilot Lieutenant Lepira figure that fits inside the Y-Wing cockpit!

This Y-Wing also sports long front nose cannons, previous versions all had short stubby nose cannons.

This is the first time that Hasbro has made a Y-Wing spaceship that comes with both the pilot and separate droid figures. The previous versions of the Y-Wing ship all had the droids head attached to the ship but no droid figure.

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