Torch was the astromech droid companion of rebel pilot and later Resistance pilot Venisa Doza. He accompanied her on many missions, including to the worlds Bakura and Lehon.[1] During one of the initial training sessions that Venisa gave her daughter, Torra, as a starfighter pilot, Torra ejected Torch from his astromech socket. Torch was good friends with Jarek Yeager's astromech, Bucket.[3]
When Torch and Venisa were captured along with their X-wing by Agent Tierny of the First Order, the droid pretended to have been fried and rendered inoperable in order to assist in Doza's escape from the agent's Resurgent-class Star Destroyer, the Thunderer, piloting a TIE/fo space superiority fighter out of the capital ship's main hangar as a diversion before ejecting from it with his rocket boosters to rejoin Venisa on her X-wing.[1]
With their X-wing, the pair later participated in running the blockade of Dantooine[3] and rescuing Tamara Ryvora as part of Jade Squadron.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Torch first appeared in the Star Wars Resistance episode "Rendezvous Point."[1] In the episode's original outline, the astromech's name was "Scorch," but it was later changed to "Torch." Along with Doza's X-wing, Torch was designed to look as though Doza had owned him since the period of the Original Trilogy, as she'd been a fighter pilot from a young age.[5]
Appearances[]
Star Wars Resistance — "Rendezvous Point" (First appearance)
Star Wars Resistance — "Rebuilding the Resistance"
Star Wars Resistance — "The Escape"
Sources[]
"Rendezvous Point" Episode Guide | Star Wars Resistance on StarWars.com (backup link)
Torch in the Databank (backup link)
Venisa Doza in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
Star Wars Resistance — "Rendezvous Point"
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"Rendezvous Point" Episode Guide | Star Wars Resistance on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
Star Wars Resistance — "Rebuilding the Resistance"
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Star Wars Resistance — "The Escape"
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Bucket's List Extra: 7 Fun Facts from "Rendezvous Point" – Star Wars Resistance on StarWars.com (backup link)