6 Reasons The X-Wing Is the Real Reason The Rebels Defeated The Empire

The X-wing is not only one of the Star Wars franchise’s most famous starfighters, but it is also one of the key reasons why the Rebel Alliance defeated the Galactic Empire. Known as the T-65 X-wing in Star Wars Legends, the famous starfighter was initially intended to be an Imperial vessel, but the engineers of Incom Corporation unanimously joined the Rebellion. Following the Alliance’s successful theft of X-wing prototypes on Fresia, the ship became the primary rebel fighter craft. In the current Star Wars canon, the X-wing was renamed the T-65B, and it combines traits from the ARC-170s and Z-95 Headhunters used by clone pilots during the Clone Wars.