

Similarly, the X-Wing was based on two highly effective clone starfighters and was intended for the Imperial Starfighter Corps. The canon timeline’s T-65B X-wing was designed by the Imperialized Incom Corporation, like the Legends version. In canon, the broad strokes of this backstory remain, but there’s plenty of room for a clone to be retconned into the ship’s creation. Related: Star Wars Hints Even More Clones Didn't Follow Order 66 The Rebel Alliance rescued Voorhorian and his colleagues, who continued to build the fighters for them throughout the Galactic Civil War. Voorhorian and numerous other Incom employees were sympathetic to the Rebellion, allowing the Rebels to steal their X-wing prototypes from their headquarters on Fresia and being sent to the Spice Mines of Kessel as a result. In Legends, the T-65 X-wing was designed by Vors Voorhorian for the Incom Corporation, which had become nationalized by the Empire after the fall of the Republic. The X-wing’s backstory in the classic Legends continuity is well-documented, and there’s almost no room for a clone to be involved in the ship’s design via retcon. Considering the X-Wing’s Clone Wars-era predecessors and the likelihood of many clones helping the Rebellion in some form, it’s plausible to suggest that a clone helped design the invaluable craft for the Rebels. As shown in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, the number of clones who desert the Empire and fight for their true ideals is steadily growing, likely due to their control chips gradually wearing off over time. Famously flown by Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy and Poe Dameron in the sequels, X-wings are fast-moving heavy hitters that the Rebel Alliance relies on perhaps more than any other fighter craft. The Rebellion’s X-wing fighters are one of the most iconic starfighters in the Star Wars franchise, and the ships could have been designed by a clone in the canon universe.
