History Awesome / XWingSeries

* Corran helping vape a ''Lancer''-class frigate, an Imperial ship specifically designed to kill starfighters, by having a squadron of Y-Wings target him with their torpedos so he can lead them into the enemy.

* High Admiral Teradoc gets one after the failed ambush at the Graveyard. He tells the ''Head of Imperial Intelligence, who essentially runs the Empire'' that he'll only lend her toys if she promises they won't return broken (referring to the Interdictor he lent her, which was damaged in the ambush)

** Credit must also be given to his weapon during this battle: he used a BFG shortened version of an X-Wing's blaster cannon.

-->''I have found evil aboard Tedevium. I have found corruption. Like the Jedi, I shall cut it down.''

** Random, painful misspellings not included.

* Wedge ''intentionally allowing'' himself to be shot at during a battle, even ordering his squadron to let the attacker continue. Note, this is only because the attacker was using powered down lasers and was actually transmitting crucial information to him, but still.

* When [[spoiler:Tal'Dira's]] brainwashing gets activated, he attempts to shoot down Wedge while they are on a mission. However, a small part of [[spoiler:his]] mind rebels at the horrible thing [[spoiler:he]] is being forced to do, and [[spoiler:he manages to break through the brainwashing for long enough to lower his rear shields, allowing another pilot to vape him, preventing him from killing Wedge.]]

-->'''Lara Notsil''': "Iron Fist is now in the Selaggis system with her hyperdrive inoperable... I recommend you come by and take a look. Oh, bring your fleet too."

* Lara/Gara, who at this point is ''not'' on the Wraiths' side and is only trying to infiltrate them, takes out Colonel Repness' corrupt smuggling operation single-handed.

* Piggy's response to being shot by Admiral Ackbar's attempted assassin: he picks up a desk and slams it into the assassin and a wall so hard that the ''other side'' of the wall bows out and knocks over someone who happened to be standing there. And he did this right after being ''shot in the stomach.'' The assassin, for the record, was smushed.

* Kell's attempt to save Jesmin when her damaged fighter starts to crash: he uses his own fighter to try and nudge her out of a fatal dive, conducting a series of mid-air collisions. ''That was insane.'' Other pilots would have destroyed ''both'' fighters attempting it. True, it didn't work, but that was mainly because [[spoiler:the g-forces had already rendered Jesmin unconscious and unable to do anything to save herself.]]
* When Kell returns to battle in ''Wraith Squadron''. Yes, he ran away, but he conquered his fear and ''came back''.

** Beforehand, that Super Star Destroyer and a sister ship attack a rusty space station run by Booster Terrick. A minute later he's asking for their surrender as they desperately try to flee. And Booster finally finds a spaceship he's willing to captain again.

* Castin Donn, in his DyingMomentOfAwesome, destroys his datapad, ensuring that highly classified information is not found by Zinj.

* One of the NewMeat mouths off about how Wedge is getting too old to be an effective pilot, and should leave the flying to the young. Wedge responds by challenging them to a land race: first to drive a hover-truck past a certain point wins. The race begins, and Wedge seems to be having trouble. As TheRookie approaches the finish line, Wedge drive his truck up a ramp, lands on the rookie's truck (which slows it to a near stop), and then rushes ahead to victory. When she complains that he cheated, he points out to her that if he were an enemy pilot that cheated, she'd be too dead to complain. She gets the point and shuts up.
* Lara/Gara's astromech gets one, given how it managed to abduct and reprogram an entire army of the small mouse droids aboard a Star Destroyer, thus making itself a General. Especially when the mouse droids provide some well needed sabotage in the big battle.
* The second battle of Borleias. After a CurbStompBattle during the last attempt at invasion, the Alliance tries again. Rogue squadron is the head of the spear, despite their effective combat strength still being ''halved'' due to a lack of replacement starfighters. Even knowing what happened last time, the pilots show no fear upon learning they're going back.
* The major showdown in Mercy Kill where [[spoiler:Piggy banks completely on the assumption that Thaal has already completed his disguise]]. Followed by [[spoiler:Face returning from the dead and completely owning the head of GA Intelligence]]
* ''Starfighters of Adumar'' has one for Wedge when he is given the mission assignment. When General Cracken, the [=HMFIC=] of the pilots in the books up until this point, shows up telling Wedge that his vacation is cancelled, Wedge immediately begins unleashing snark and vitriol on him. When Cracken threatens him with insubordination, Wedge reminds him that he is a General now and "what I am is dangerously close to is violence."
* Booster Terrik gets the CrowningMomentOfAwesome of ''all'' Crowning Moments of Awesome in ''Isaard's Revenge'' when he ''beats the ever-loving shit'' out of [[spoiler: [[CorruptPolitician Borrsk Fey'lya]]]], ''bare-handed'', over the his attempt to manipulate a Rogue Squadron pilot for his own political gain. Never in ''Star Wars'' has a [[CurbStompBattle beatdown]] been so thoroughly earned, and [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing made the audience so happy]] to see it done.

* Castin Donn, in his DyingMomentOfAwesome, destroys his datapad, ensuring that highly classified information is not found by Zinj.

* Definitely the moment when Myn Donos enacts his revenge on Apwar Trigit.
--> '''Myn''': "One for Falynn. Two for Talon."

* When Kell returns to battle in Wraith Squadron. Yes, he ran away, but he conquered his fear and ''came back''.
* Wedge ''intentionally allowing'' himself to be shot at during a battle, even ordering his squadron to let the attacker continue. Note, this is only because the attacker was using powered down lasers and was actually transmitting crucial information to him, but still.

* Tycho shooting down the shuttle piloted by Ysanne Isard[[spoiler:'s insane clone.]] With an assist from Corran thanks to the targeting data he was relaying.
* The final battle of the Bacta War: a small fleet of underarmed freighters, a squadron of X-Wings, a comparatively weak Star Destroyer, and an outdated frigate engage a Super-Star Destroyer ''and win!''
* In a twisted way, one of the pilots who washed out of Wraith Squadron. Accused of theft, he denied the charges, then gets chased down by Wes Janson because he [[ImpossibleThief stole the picture of Wedge's dead parents that Wedge kept on his desk.]]

* Piggy's response to being shot by Admiral Ackbar's attempted assassin: he picks up a desk and slams it into the assassin and a wall so hard that the ''other side'' of the wall bows out and knocks over someone who happened to be standing there. And he did this right after being ''shot in the stomach.'' The assassin, for the record, was smushed.
* Piggy's alibi for the assault charge that landed him in Wraith Squadron. The "victim's" charge claimed the "attack" had occurred thirty minutes before the charge was filed. Piggy pointed out that if he had ''actually'' hit the man, thirty minutes later the man would still be unconscious. (He really blocked a punch thrown at him by the "victim.")

* The final battle of the Bacta War: a small fleet of underarmed freighters, a squadron of X-Wings, a comparatively weak Star Destroyer, and an outdated frigate engage a Super-Star Destroyer ''[[BeyondTheImpossible and win!]]''

* Definitely the moment when Donos enacts his revenge on Apwar Trigit.
--> '''Donos''': "One for Falynn. Two for Talon."

* Piggy's response to being shot by Admiral Ackbar's attempted assassin: he picks up a desk and slams it into the assassin so hard that the ''other side'' of the wall bows outward and knocks over someone who happened to be standing there. And he did this right after being ''shot in the stomach.'' The assassin, for the record, was smushed.

** Even better, when another lot of Adumari fighters challenge Red Flight immediately afterwards, a ''third'' Adumari squadron immediately challenges ''their'' challengers to allow Red Flight time to escape. Because if four beat thirty, those four have damn well ''earned'' an escape.

* When Kell returns to battle in Wraith Squadron. Yes, he ran away, but he supressed his fear and returned anyway.

* Kell's attempt to save Jesmin when her damaged fighter starts to crash. True, it didn't work, but that was mainly because [[spoiler:the g-forces had already rendered Jesmin unconcious and unable to do anything to save herself.]]
* Castin Donn, in his DyingMomentOfAwesome, destroys his datapad, ensuring that highly classified information does not get found by Zinj.

* The final battle of the Bacta War: a small fleet of underarmed freighters, a squadron of X-Wings, a (comparatively) weak Star Destroyer, and an outdated frigate engage a Super-Star Destroyer ''[[BeyondTheImpossible and win!]]''

* The 4 vs 30 fight in Starfighters Of Adumar. The four are Wedge, Tycho, Wes and Hobbie so of course they win.
** Even better, when another lot of Adumari fighters are going attack the weakened Red flight, another adumari squadron immediately challengers there attackers to a duel to allow Red Flight to escape. Because that 4 vs 30 fight was just so awesome they deserved to escape after it.
* Piggy's response to being shot by Admiral Ackbar's attempted asassin: he picks up a desk and hits the shooter with it so hard that the ''other side'' of the wall is dented in the shape of the shooter's body! And he did this right after being shot in the stomach.
* Piggy's alibi for the assault charge that landed him in Wraith Squadron. The 'victim' claimed that Piggy had hit him 30 minutes before the charge was filed. Piggy pointed out that if he had ''actually'' hit the man, 30 minutes later the man would still be unconcious.

** Even better, when another lot of Adumari fighters are going attack the weakened Red flight, another adumari squadron immediately challengers there attackers to a duel to allow Red Flight to escape. Because that 4 vs 30 fight was just so awesome they deserved to escape after it.

* In a twisted way, one of the pilots who washed out of Wraith Squadron. Accused of theft, he denied the charges, then gets chased down by Wes Janson because he [[ImpossibleThief stole the picture of Wedge's dead parents that Wedge kept on his desk.]]

* The final battle of the Bacta War: a small fleet of underarmed freighters, a squadron of X-Wings, a (comparatively) weak Star Destroyer, and an outdated frigate engage a Super-Star Destroyer [[BeyondTheImpossible ''and win!'']]

* Voort "Piggy" [=SaBinring=] vs. the entire crew of an Imperial corvette. The corvette surrenders.

* Voort "Piggy" SaBinring vs. the entire crew of an Imperial corvette. The corvette surrenders.

Definitely the moment when Donos enacts his revenge on Apwar Trigit.