Our Rebel Alliance really isn’t as big as most people think it is, and that’s intentional. An organization like ours lives and dies on its reputation, so the more fierce and powerful we appear in the eyes of the population, the more likely others are to join us and/or donate funds and technology that we can put to good use. Nobody would want to risk their life for us if they knew how few of us there really are! Still, the fact that there’s not that many Rebels means that we all know each other! Take, for example, the crew of the Ghost, who are all good friends of mine, and by that I of course mean that Sabine once looked at me and Zeb threatened to tear my arms off. So that was fun. Still, even if I don’t know them very well personally, I’m quite familiar with the Ghost crew’s exploits – both before and during the Battle of Scarif, where the Death Star plans were stolen by the rebels known as Rogue One, which ultimately allowed that Dirk Starkiller guy to blow it up. Oh, yes, the Ghost crew were actually quite involved in that massive space battle, believe it or not! Here’s how!
Look at the bottom side of this image, taken from one of our cruisers – it’s the Ghost, right there in the flesh… Err, metal, I mean. Isn’t it truly beautiful in person? I really wanted to touch it once, but remember earlier when Zeb threatened to tear my arms off? Yeah, that was when. I can’t fault him, though, he’s just being a little overprotective for Hera’s sake! And speaking of her…
Hera Syndulla is the name of the Ghost’s captain, as I’m sure you know by now, but Syndulla is also the name of her father. Apparently, people in a family have the same family name, imagine that! Well, on Yavin IV, right before the Battle of Scarif, General Syndulla gets called by the dispatcher! I never got which of the two the dispatcher meant, but my own personal theory is that it’s both, and whoever it was that called them just got lazy. Looking straight at you, Baxter, you scruffy looking nerf herder!
About five years ago, the crew of the Ghost actually assisted princess Leia with delivering three Hammerhead Corvette starships to the Rebel fleet, which are put to good use from that point on. During the Battle of Scarif, you may remember that one of these very ships was used to make two Star Destroyers crash into each other, in a moment that made every single Rebel at Yavin IV instantaneously pee their pants from the sheer awesomeness. I should know, I was on janitor duty that day.
Like any good starbound team, the crew of the Ghost have their own astromech droid, in the form of the mildly psychopathic Chopper, whom I am extremely pleased to have never met. We came unbelievably close, though – here he is, on the left, passing by! And there’s me, waaaay to the right, with the vacuum cleaner! Can you see me? Funny to think that the closest I ever got to danger in a battle that killed dozens of my comrades was when I was in the same room with an astromech droid…