#hohass ekwesh

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

Kell Tainer: dude i'm so hungry right now Kell Tainer: i could Kell Tainer: eat a Kell Tainer: Runt: Go on.

[matara-okina]

I will never not love people's initial gut reaction to seein Hohass Ekwesh for the first time, priceless, I wish I could see my wife's first reaction to it again

[rainintheevening]

I just belly laughed doubled over in my chair for five minutes straight, to the utter bemusement of my fam, and now I hurt.

in contrast to star trek, the more i learn about the star wars universe, the more i wish i hadn’t. every new tidbit of information feels like the franchise spiraling further out of my reach, it’s like world-unbuilding 

[from-a-legends-pov]

Star Wars Legends: Poll of the Week - Favorite Wraith Backstory, part 2

In the Star Wars Legends novel X-Wing: Wraith Squadron, Wedge Antilles and Wes Janson put together a new kind of group for the New Republic Navy – a combination commando unit and starfighter squadron. To conserve resources, Wedge and Wes recruited the initial members of the squadron largely from pilots who had promising skills, but had been identified as misfits or at risk of washing out of the New Republic navy.

Wedge, Wes, and ten other pilots with a variety of skills and backstories made up the original roster of Wraith Squadron (initially known as Gray Squadron).

Of these five original Wraiths to join Wedge and Wes, whose backstory was your favorite? (We covered the other half of the original Wraith Squadron roster in last week’s poll.)

Eurrsk “Grinder” Thri’ag, a Bothan slicer who had a talent for angering his squadmates in various ways, and later turned out to have an extreme love of playing pranks but little sense of the right audience or timing.

Hohass “Runt” Ekwesh, a Thakwaash pilot who, like most of his species, had multiple personalities and regularly switched among them. He had difficulty with flight training while in his “pilot mind” personality as it was focused on finding and shooting enemies rather than on following orders, and upon first joining the Wraiths had a tendency to switch wildly among his various minds.

Tyria Sarkin, a Toprawan pilot with mild Force-sensitivity who was recruited to the squad for her previous experience in the Antarian Rangers, an elite anti-Imperial guerrilla force from her planet; she had nearly washed out due to an abusive training officer who had tampered with her flight scores and blackmailed her about it, destroying much of her self-confidence.

Ton Phanan, a doctor who was seriously injured in the Battle of Endor when the medship he was on was attacked, and chose to become a pilot so he could prevent others from being shot by Imperials instead of merely dealing with the after effects; because of his allergy to bacta, he had to rely on cybernetic implants to deal with his injuries.

Garik “Face” Loran, a former holovid actor who was famous in his youth for his good looks (thus the nickname) and his starring roles in a series of thinly-veiled Imperial propaganda holos that had been wildly successful. He later learned the truth about the Empire from an extremist anti-Imperial group who had kidnapped him, sustained severe injuries to his face, and eventually defected to the Alliance and attempted to atone for his previous work for the Empire.

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[2uuno]

I found a system in Star Wars!!!!

Hohass Ekwesh, an anthropomorphic horse-like character, who has many “minds,” as he says

Oh, that's incredible! I've never heard of that character!

[checkoutmybookshelf]

What is a Wraith, Anyway?

Ok, so I am primarily a Jedi girl when it comes to Star Wars, but snark-ass Corellian pilots also occupy a very soft spot in my heart. Han Solo is now and forever the GOAT Corellian smuggler and pilot, but Wedge Antillies--particularly as he is expanded in the EU books--is absolutely in the top 5 favorite pilots. I'm not overly fond of Rogue Squadron, if we're being honest, but I adore the antics and missions of Wraith Squadron. So let's talk Aaron Allston's Wraith Squadron.

*Spoilers below, so beware!*

Wedge Antillies.

Wes Janson.

Myn Donos (and Shiner).

Kell Tainer.

Garik "Face" Loran.

Falynn Sandskimmer.

Jesmin Ackbar.

Voort "Piggy" saBinring.

Hohass "Runt" Ekwesh.

Ton Phanan.

Eurrsk Thri'ag.

Tyria Sarkin.

This is Wraith Squadron, Wedge's pet project that pulled together competent officers who might have been bad at office politics or made a few too many mistakes or whose careers were otherwise dead and would jump at another chance to fly. Wedge's plan was to create an experienced, multi-talented squadron to take on the jobs for which the venn diagram of piloting, ground skills, and espianage is a circle. And while he did do that, he also somehow managed to take a bunch of hard case and traumatized pilots and transform them into a family.

The progression of the transformation though, is beautifully paced. We spend the early sections of the novel learning about each individual pilot's personal (or not so personal, given Tainer's near-paralyzing fear of Janson that tends to read as aggression) issues or motivations and getting some tentative interpersonal bonding. Interestingly, Face and Jesmin aren't hard cases or screwups. Face is tying to atone for having been the Empire's golden boy child actor in their propaganda films--although I wouldn't ever have recovered from having to sit in Ysanne Isard's LAP while she told me I was a good imperial citizen. Jesmin, however, is simply trying not to be a waste of her training because as Admiral Ackbar's neice, no commander has ever been willing to put her in actual danger.

Jesmin is, unfortunately, the first casualty of the squadron, and during the mission where she is lost, Myn Donos's R2 unit, Shiner, is unfortunately blown to peices. Myn has some seriously unresolved trauma (and arguably PTSD and survivor's guilt) from being the sole survivor of his former squadron, and Shiner's loss absolutely breaks him.

Ultimately, however, it's the loss of one squadmate and the threat of losing a second one that really cements Wraith squadron as a unit. This begins with medic Ton Phanon (attempting to) hiding the extent of Myn's breakdown from Wedge and Wes. The rest of the squadron then works to cover his shifts and duties, trying to give him time to snap out of it on his own. Eventually though, Kell overhears Wes and Wedge privately plotting how to keep buying Myn time and preventing the breakdown from landing on any official reports or paperwork.

This neatly severs the Gordian knot of Kell's fear of Wes, and ultimately gives the squad the courage to stage an intervention for Myn.

Having saved the squadmate they could, the Wraiths go on to become a tightly knit family and scary effective squad of pilots with commando skills.

I love this book. The team dynamics and the journey to find those dynamics are beautifully plotted and written, and the book flies by.

[marmota-b]

This seems fairly accurate, except that I think in reality about half of them (including the characters not featured here) rotate in the child role. Tyria is probably the best at keeping everything calm, Face plays with the child and potentially makes more mess than them, Piggy helps them do their homework. Wes is 100% the wine aunt.

Re-reading Wraith Squadron again...

[thepartyponies]

Wish I could add them all, sorry to the others ;_;

[captaingondolin]

--- Aron Allston, X-Wing: Wraith Squadron

This passage is making me FEEL THINGS. I can’t even articulate how much this hits me. I have been both sides of the argument. I too would love to turn my guns on my friends’ anxiety and self-loathing, to just destroy the things that make them miserable.

I also tend to dwell on my (real or perceived) mistakes for far too long. In the last few years I’ve tried to improve my self-talk, to cut down on outright insults, but the instinct is still there. “If I don’t punish myself, how will I ever improve?"

So... I don’t have a deep analysis. Just. This is so good.

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

Wedge Antilles: Imagine if someone handed you a box full of all the items you have lost throughout your life.

Lara Notsil: It would be nice to have my sense of purpose back.

Face Loran: Oh wow, my childhood innocence! Thank you for finding this.

Myn Donos: My will to live! I haven't seen this in 15 years!

Piggy: I knew I lost that potential somewhere!

Runt: Mental stability, my old friend!

Wedge Antilles: Guys, could you lighten up a little?

[marmota-b]

Come join the X-Wing side, we also have:

the former Imperial child star turned New Republic pilot and Intelligence operative who uses his acting chops to fool Imperials

someone who's basically just Force-sensitive enough for it to be a bother

a walking horse with split personalities

New Republic pilots masquerading as pirates

a whole bunch of pilots in sore need of therapy (they kind of therapise themselves)

prank wars and assorted shenanigans

a whole fake Millenium Falcon

Wedge Antilles trying not to become a general

double(?) agents questioning their loyalties

Ewok pilot shenanigans (Yub, yub, Commander)

come read the star wars x-wing books we have:

wedge antilles

his brother-in-law, the notorious imperial fighter ace

the ex-cop jedi

his beloved wife, the smuggler

her father, the notorious smuggler and nemesis of the ex-cop jedi's ex-jedi cop dad

very feral twi'leks (they deserve to have fun)

palpatine's girlfriend (not an exaggeration)

her private super star destroyer with a fake quarry (she uses it for psychological torture)

an imperial bioweapon designed to hit the new republic with a) a health crisis, b) an economic crisis, c) a drug war, d) a civil war, and e) a race war (again, not an exaggeration)

space alabama (with recreational dogfighting (the kind with spaceships, not actual dogs, in case you were worried))

a wolf guy

lots of general unhingedness

[oh-no-eu-didnt]

Hohass Ekwesh was a Thakwaash Rebel pilot who became part of Wraith Squadron following the Battle of Endor. He was a skilled pilot and hardheaded, constantly disobeying orders (to the overall benefit of missions).

Source: The New Essential Guide to Characters (2002)

First Appearance: X-Wing Wraith Squadron (1998)

[chadillacboseman]

Just thinking about my favorite obscure sw character...Hohass. Imagine accidentally startling him and he fucking kicks you in the chest. 

[accidental-spice]

So I started to re-read Wraith Squadron....

I'm mid-chapter 5, and here's what I've got so far:

1. Wedge, you never cease to delight.

2. Ohhhhhhh, man. I forgot that this was the book where I was introduced to Hobbie Klivian and Wes Janson, who quickly became one of my favorite X-wing novel characters.

3. Oh, boy. They REALLY didn't want this squad to happen, huh? Well, tough, Crespin. Deal with it.

4. KETTCH.

5. And I really like the character intros here.

6. Actually, I just really love the characters.

7. Oh my STARS. I forgot how how angsty and AWKWARD Kell's first scene is. Poor Kell. Poor Janson.

8. I also forgot that they were originally grooming KELL for leadership of the squad once Wedge leaves. Huh.

9. Wait a hot sec. Tyria has an ACCENT???????????? "Her voice was low, and she spoke with an accent, a rich roll that was enchanting as her appearance." First of all, bit dramatic, Kell. Second of all, I'm calling it. Irish? Opinions, people. What kind of accent is that????

10. Runt's a really cool character.

11. I FORGOT THAT MY FAVS GET INTRODUCED HERE!!!!!!

12. Ton Phanan is in the house, people.

13. Oooooh, Face Loran? I'm feeling faint....

13. Why is my favorite character the most obnoxious one?

14. You've accidentally shot yourself, Phanan? Eesh. That's rough buddy.

15. I love Squeaky.

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

“Horse Plinko” is the name of a Star Wars background character

[doolallymagpie]

hey anyone remember hohass?

this guy

and his buddy piggy, known ‘round these parts mainly for mercy-killing him