Meet Si-Mon Calamari
Wedge Antilles meets the newest member of Red Squadron, Si-Mon Calamari. He’s a character who appears only briefly in the final cut of Return of the Jedi, and the movie is just that much less of a classic because of it. The deleted scenes with Si-Mon in the cockpit of his… X-Wing?… are great. Although they probably would not have been the final voice track, Si-Mon’s casual and confused performance are what makes it so special. I think Calamari are adorable, so I am probably biased.
Why do I call him Si-Mon? The puppeteer operating the calamari pilot is being given directions from the director during the deleted scene and uses his name at least twice. Considering this Calamari Rebel pilot is one of the few unnamed characters in Star Wars, I’m staking a claim. Si-Mon just seems perfect on several levels. Simple Simon. Simon the puppeteer. Si-“Mon Calamari”. Etc. Come on LucasFilm, do it!
You can see all the deleted scenes on the Star Wars Blu-Rays, or you can hunt around on Youtube for a while. If you’re going to buy the Blu-Rays, do it by clicking on my link to them, since I’ll get $0.50 cents or something from Amazon. Cheers!
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Si-mon reminds me of Hugh Mann the Decapodian from Futurama…at least the name does 🙂 Maybe spell it Sy-Mohn…
Did not mean to come across as pushy there…
No problem. I’m not changing it anyway. 🙂
I didn’t expect you too 🙂
Maybe put the link up somewhere on the homepage? As a permanent option of getting you some money over there?
I was gonna suggest the same thing, but Stephan beat me to the punch…
…and actually, maybe integrate a link for ANY purchases folks do at “the evil empire” Amazon, Ala how Basic Instructions does it. It costs your fans nothing to support you, just use of that link to get to Amazon….
I always thought he was an A-Wing pilot, based on the uniform.
Trust me, the uniforms and ships do not match up in ROTJ. There is no consistency there. It’s a mess.
They’re just trying to show how rebellious they really are. “I don’t have to conform to your tyrannical ‘dress code’! I’m a rebel!”
I never knew he existed, but I think he completely AWESOME!
Maybe even as cool as Skorr the Great! 🙂
I think he was a B-Wing Pilot.
Except that Wookieepedia lists him as part of Red Squadron which is X-Wing only… I think.
Reds/Rogues renamed in honor of the first death star run were supposed to be all X-Wings, but occasionally flew other craft (according to wookipedia). But the other craft (A-Wing, B-Wing, V-Wing) were only used for a single year in 11 ABY, so assuming you still consider the EU/Legends books canon, for BMS canon the Reds are all X-Wing.
Alternatively, according to the video game Rogue Squadron, which is set mostly 6 months after Yavin, they used “X-wing, A-wing, Y-wing, snowspeeder and V-wing” (according to wikipedia). Not sure how the video game fits in with BMS canon-icity, but it’s an option for the Reds to fly another type of ship besides X-Wings if you want.
I personally think the games have it right, in this case. At least, it makes more sense. The way Wookieepedia has it listed is just a convoluted mess when you factor in the conflicting pilot uniforms.
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