Editing X-wing fighter (section)

== Merchandise and licensing ==
[[Kenner Toys]] produced an X-wing toy as a complement to its [[Kenner Star Wars action figures|action figure line]] in 1978; this model was made from formed plastic and had a battery-operated light and buzzer in the forward fuselage. The "s-foils" were activated by depressing the molded astromech droid. In 1982, a "battle-damaged" version was released using the same mold but with damage stickers, a grey fuselage, blackened engine inlets, and a darker canopy. In countries outside the U.S., the electronics were removed and the R2-D2 “button” was chrome (apart from the U.S., the electronic X-wing was only available in Brazil, Canada, and France).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-vintage-vault-kenner-x-wing-fighter|title=The Vintage Vault: Looking Back at Kenner's X-wing Fighter - StarWars.com|date=9 June 2015|work=starwars.com|access-date=22 December 2016|archive-date=20 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120001020/http://www.starwars.com/news/the-vintage-vault-kenner-x-wing-fighter|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kenner also produced a die-cast 1:72 miniature X-wing in 1978 and a smaller scaled version with "battle damage crash feature" for the short lived Micro Collection line in 1982.

The X-wing appeared in four [[Micro Machines]] three-packs, including the first ''Star Wars'' pack released, a bronzed version, and a pack of three "battle damaged" X-wings with different colored markings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/12967 |title=#1: X-wing, Millennium Falcon, Star Destroyer (1993) |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621020518/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/12967 |archive-date=2007-06-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11792 |title=#III: Darth Vader's TIE Fighter, Y-wing, X-wing (1995) |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621051700/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11792 |archive-date=2007-06-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11801 |title=#XIII: Battle-damaged X-wings (red, blue, and green) (1997) |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820073555/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11801 |archive-date=2007-08-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11805 |title=Bronze 3-pack: AT-AT, Snowspeeder, X-wing |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014432/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11805 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Micro Machines X-wing has also been released in two single-packs, as a promotional souvenir with German video releases, in a nine-pack of ''Original Trilogy'' vehicles, and once in clear plastic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11980 |title=Single carded vehicle: X-wing Starfighter (1995) |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112043846/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11980 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/13031 |title=Single carded vehicle: X-wing Starfighter (bronze) |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112043920/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/13031 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/12963 |title=Trilogy Gift Set |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112043906/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/12963 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11811 |title=X-Ray Fleet #II: X-wing, AT-AT |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112041131/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11811 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The X-wing appears eight times in the Micro Machines Action Fleet toy line: Luke's starfighter on its own,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11925 |title=Luke's X-wing Starfighter |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112043824/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11925 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with "targeter" stand,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/12765 |title=Flight Controllers - X-wing Fighter |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808145623/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/12765 |archive-date=2007-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with [[Dagobah]] swamp damage,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11924 |title=Luke's X-wing from Dagobah Swamp |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112043820/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11924 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in a double pack with a TIE Fighter,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11982 |title=Classic Duels: X-wing Fighter vs. TIE Fighter |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112043851/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11982 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Wedge's starfighter on its own,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11937 |title=X-wing (2 stripes) |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927183028/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11937 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and as a component of the Yavin Rebel Base playset,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11950 |title=Yavin Rebel Base playset (Action Fleet Set) |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930032533/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11950 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a toy based on the prototype packaged with [[List of Star Wars characters#D|Biggs Darklighter's]] starfighter,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11946 |title=Series Alpha: X-wing Starfighter |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112043835/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11946 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[List of Star Wars characters#P|Jek Porkins']] starfighter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11811 |title=X-wing (6 stripes) |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112041131/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/11811 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Lego]] also released numerous X-wing models, including a 76-piece miniature X-wing/TIE advanced kit,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mini X-wing Fighter and TIE Advanced |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/9197 |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112043930/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/9197 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a 263-piece X-wing (1999/2002), a 563-piece X-wing kit with Yoda's Hut (2004), a 437-piece X-Wing (2006),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/1828 |title=X-Wing Fighter |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112043925/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/1828 |archive-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a 560-piece X-wing (2012), a 730-piece X-wing (2018),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/x-wing-starfighter-75218 |title=X-Wing Starfighter |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> and a 474-piece Luke Skywalker's X-wing Fighter (2021).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/luke-skywalker-s-x-wing-fighter-75301 |title=Luke Skywalker's X-Wing Starfighter |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> A 1,304-piece "Ultimate Collector's" model was released in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultimate Collector's Set X-Wing Fighter |url=http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/1853 |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |work=Star Wars Cargo Bay |access-date=2007-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111115509/http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/item-detail/1853 |archive-date=2007-11-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A new "Ultimate Collector's" model with 1,559 pieces was released in 2013. In 2019, the Lego Group's annual Christmas gift to employees was a 1,038-piece Christmas X-wing, which also included Yoda's igloo and a sleigh.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brothers-brick.com/2019/12/25/christmas-x-wing-the-lego-2019-employee-exclusive-set-review/ |title=Christmas X-Wing: the Lego 2019 employee exclusive set|date=25 December 2019 |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> In addition to the original T-65 X-wing, Lego has released several models of the newer T-70 X-wing. These include the black/orange Poe's X-wing Fighter (2015),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/poe-s-x-wing-fighter-75102/ |title= Poe's X-wing Fighter|access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> the gray/blue Resistance X-wing Fighter (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/resistance-x-wing-fighter-75149/ |title= Resistance X-wing Fighter|access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> and orange/white Poe Dameron's X-wing Fighter (2020),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/poe-dameron-s-x-wing-fighter-75273/ |title= Poe Dameron's X-wing Fighter|access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> as well as several small mini-scale versions.

X-wings also appear in numerous ''Star Wars'' games and Expanded Universe stories. The player pilots an X-wing in the [[Atari]] ''[[Star Wars (1983 video game)|Star Wars]]'' game. It is also a playable ship in numerous [[LucasArts]] games, and is the eponymous vessel in the first of several [[Star Wars: X-Wing (video game series)|space combat simulator games]]. Both the ''[[Star Wars: Rebel Assault|Rebel Assault]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire|Rebel Assault II]]'' [[Shoot 'em up#Tube and rail shooters|rail shooter]]s include X-wing levels, and X-wing squadrons are controllable units in the ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)|Rebellion]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Empire at War|Empire at War]]'' strategy games. [[Decipher, Inc.|Decipher]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]] published X-wing and X-wing-related cards for the ''[[Star Wars Customizable Card Game]]'' and ''[[Star Wars Trading Card Game]]'', respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/swallcards.pdf |title=Star Wars Customizable Card Game Complete Card List |access-date=2007-08-23 |publisher=[[Decipher, Inc.]] |date=2001-08-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014432/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/swallcards.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref><!--need ref for WotC--> [[Michael A. Stackpole]] and [[Aaron Allston]] wrote the ''[[Star Wars: X-wing (book series)|X-wing]]'' novel series that focuses on the X-wing pilots of Rogue Squadron and [[Wraith Squadron]], the former expanding the story of pilots like [[Wedge Antilles]] who appear in the films. [[Dark Horse Comics]] has also published an ''X-Wing Rogue Squadron'' series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=13-749 |title=Star Wars: Omnibus--X-Wing Rogue Squadron Vol. 1 TPB |access-date=2007-10-16 |publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]] |archive-date=2007-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017204358/http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=13-749 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, [[Fantasy Flight Games]] released the ''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game]]'' featuring several pilots and variations of the ship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2012/9/14/x-wing-tm-is-now-available/|title=X-Wing (TM) is Now Available|work=fantasyflightgames.com|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> The X-wing also included in its ''Star Wars: Armada'' miniatures game and ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion (board game)|Star Wars: Rebellion]]'' board game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2014/8/8/star-wars-tm-armada/|title=STAR WARS (TM): Armada|work=fantasyflightgames.com|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/11/3/star-wars-rebellion/|title=STAR WARS™: Rebellion|work=fantasyflightgames.com|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>