x-wing


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x-wing

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An aircraft able to operate as a helicopter or, with a special four-blade rotor stopped with the blades diagonal to the airstream, as an airplane.
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Scots actor Denis Lawson played X-wing fighter pilot Wedge Antilles in all three of the original movies.
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General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) spearheads the rebellion, which includes fearless X-wing starfighter pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac).
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Yesterday, the charity was given eight of this year's must-have Christmas gifts, including an iQue Intelligent Robot, Wild Pets Spider Habitat, Star Wars The Force Awakens Poe Dameron's X-Wing, Shopkins Scoops Ice Cream Truck and Robotoic Enhanced Vehicles.
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It's against this backdrop that we meet a trio of unlikely heroes - a scavenger called Rey (Daisy Ridley), disaffected Stormtrooper Finn ( John Boyega) and X-wing pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac).
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The trench run featured in George Lucas' 1977 film, when Luke Skywalker in his X-Wing and his fellow rebel pilots try to take down the Death Star while avoiding being shot down by the Imperial fleet and its TIE fighters.
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From Artissimo, the X-Wing fighter plane is featured in this 20-by-16 inch framed shadowbox with hot stamp foil.
Feeling the force: an iconic brand that captivated us almost 40 years ago with a galaxy that was far, far away, Star Wars is still strong--with the Force, one might say. The seventh episode in the movie series, called "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," will be released in December. Until then, loyal fans will have to satisfy their Star Wars longing with these new products
A mission in Star Wars: X-Wing requires to you protect a shuttle as it physically transports the schematics to Leia's blockade runner, the Tantive IV.
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Eye was heartened to learn that the imminent release of the new Star Wars film had inspired an intrepid Essex pair to send a model of an X-Wing fighter into space--with a message to new director JJ Abrams.
Eye was heartened to learn that the imminent release of the new Star Wars film had inspired an intrepid Essex pair to send a model of an X-Wing fighter into space--with a message to new director JJ Abrams
The clip features the wreckage of a star destroyer, X-Wing battles, the Millennium Falcon in action, and a first look at Harrison Ford as Han Solo.
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London, May 24 ( ANI ): A massive Lego model of the Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter was unveiled in Times Square, New York City on Thursday.
World's largest Star Wars Lego model unveiled in NYC
NML agreed to credit his firm as the "creative architects" behind the museum's distinctive X-wing shape.
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The event is really impressive, even if it brings so many extra cars--and drivers of questionable talent--into my neighborhood that driving to the end of my block feels less like taking a car ride and more like trying to pilot an X-Wing down the middle of the Death Star trench.
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