Pencils: John Nadeau
Inks: Chip Wallace & Gary Martin
Colors: Dave Nestelle, Perry McNamee
Letters: Vickie Williams
Cover Artist: Doug Wheatley, Timothy Bradstreet & Grant Goleash

On the day the Death Star is destroyed, Soontir Fel leads a squadron of TIE fighters against the rebels on Ord Biniir and utterly destroys them. Because of his success he meets Wynssa Starflare, who he will later marry, and he is given the 181st to mold into an elite fighting force.