History Funny / XWingSeries

** The fact that Han ''recorded much of that rant'' [[PassThePopcorn to watch later]] is also funny.

* Wes and Hobbie show up to pester Wedge about his date, follow Wedge into the lift, and offer unwanted advice. Wedge selects the roof as the lift's destination, and while the others are puzzled about why he wants to go there calls out "about face, forward march!" [[DamnYouMuscleMemory Obeying the drill on instinct,]] Wes and Hobbie promptly walk into the back of the lift while Wedge steps between the closing doors and watches as the elevator carries his chaperones up and out of his hair.

* "Lt. Kettch" becomes a BrickJoke at the end of the book, when Lara (or Gara or Kirney [[SanitySlippage depending on her mental state]]), while escaping from Zsinj's flagship, ''finds'' an actual Ewok who had been genetically modified and trained to become a pilot. Her first, stressed-out reaction is to shout that she's heard this one already. She then explains to the confused Ewok that "we're both [[BecomingTheMask lies that became the truth]]."

-->'''Wedge''': Sithspit! What's that?\\

* A conversation between Corran and Gavin over fatherhood turns into a discussion about differences in species' mating habits when alien squadmate Khe-Jeen Slee joins in. The Issorian starts discussing how his kind reproduces, opens his flightsuit, Corran and Gavin stammer that they'll take his word for it... and Khe-Jeen blinks and slowly pulls out the picture he was getting.

* When Gavin asks Corran for relationship advice, at first the Corellian is afraid he'll have to give TheTalk to the Tatooine farmboy, but it turns out that Gavin's asking about InterspeciesRomance. Corran's coworker Iella ends up telling the story about Corran taking a [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Selonian Selonian]] to a dance back on Corellia, and the two hitting it off quite well... except in terms of biochemistry. He turned out to be allergic to her fur, and she had a reaction to his sweat's acidity, so the end result was a full-body sunburn for the both of them.

-->'''Wedge''': Yes. Fly with. You see Kettch best pilot.\\

'''Wedge:''' (''shaking his head'') [[HumbleHero Look, your shots hurt it, I was just in a position to pinnpoint a target.]] Imps have forever dismissed the threat our torps are to their ships. You'd think, after losing two Death Stars to X-Wings they'd learn, but their ignorance is our margin of safety.\\

'''Wedge:''' (''sheepishly'') [[NotSoAboveItAll Let's not go too far - it ''was'' a good pair of shots.]]

** And when the bad guys do some digging, sure enough, they find out about Wraith Squadron...a third, ''fictitious'' Wraith Squadron, composed of beings such as Phanan (long since deceased), Zilaash Kuh (one of Jesmin's altar egos), a droideka named after a toy Viull had, and so on. Face must've had a lot of fun with those reports!

'''Han:''' (''[[ActorAllusion pointing a finger]] as though it were a blaster barrel'') [[{{Angrish}} You--you--]]\\

* Elassar Targon, [[LargeHam Master Of The Universe]]! ...For further context, Elassar is the first Wraith who comes straight out of the academy to the squad, rather than another screwball being given one last chance before being kicked out. Wes jokes that he wasn't nutty enough for the group. Elassar immediately adopts a swashbuckling pose and announces his mastery of the universe. Wes withdraws his objection. Wedge has to wonder if Elassar heard of Wraith's reputation and is playing along or if he's genuinely insane.

* The four pilots are introduced to their documentarian, a woman who wears a protocol droid head on her shoulder as a recording device. This is funny in of itself, but the real comedy comes when it malfunctions later and a HurricaneOfPuns commences:

* Tomer comes into the Rogue's apartment and wakes them all up before they got much sleep. Hobbie fell asleep in a chair, and was startled enough to fall out onto the floor. He's now "carefully aiming a comlink at Tomer and thumbing its on-off switch as though firing a blaster at the diplomat; his expression was groggy enough to suggest that's exactly what he thought he was doing."
* Tomer then tries to explain to them the party they need to attend, only to be distracted by a voice from the cabinet (containing a malfunction Whitecap's head) repeating him:

* The "Lieutenant Kettch" RunningGag continues to grow out of control. It starts with a toy Ewok in a flight suit turning up in odd places, then someone alters Wedge's comm to make him sound like an Ewok while playing pirate, Zsinj's forces overhear it so Face has to BS a story about the "Hawk-Bats" having an Ewok pilot, and by the end of the book Wedge is flying a TIE Interceptor into battle with a Ewok doll in his lap rigged like a marionette in order to maintain the disguise.

'''Han:''' (''pointing a finger as though it were a blaster barrel'') [[{{Angrish}} You--you--]]\\

* The four pilots are introduced to their documentarian, a woman who wears a protocol droid head on her shoulder as a recording device. This is funny in of itself, but the real comedy comes when it malfunctions later:
When the droid head malfunctions later, an [[IncrediblyLamePun Incredibly Lame]] HurricaneOfPuns commences. Even [[TheStoic Tycho]] can't resist, though Wedge is appalled. Eventually this leads to [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Cartann Minister for Crawling into Very Small Spaces]].

* The Rogues are forced to team up a rogue Imperial starfighter squadron, and get introduced to their new vehicles: [[VideoGame/{{TIE Fighter}} TIE Defenders]] that are [[LightningBruiser faster than A-Wings, pack more firepower than B-Wings, are fully-shielded,]] [[BossInMooksClothing have hyperdrives, and squeeze in a tractor beam emitter as a bonus.]] The Rebels can only fidget and cough uncomfortably as Corran mentally concludes that if the Empire had ever mass-produced these machines, the Galactic Civil War would have gone a lot differently.

* The four pilots are introduced to their documentarian, a woman who wears a protocol droid head on her shoulder as a recording device. When the droid head malfunctions later, an [[IncrediblyLamePun Incredibly Lame]] HurricaneOfPuns commences. Even [[TheStoic Tycho]] can't resist, though Wedge is appalled. Eventually this leads to [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Cartann Minister for Crawling into Very Small Spaces]].