Long after the loss of their mother WING at the Battle of Yavin, the JRS still mutters the motto “37 GO!” before they fly off the racks into battle, honouring their fallen comrades.
The remaining 37th TIE Wing was destroyed with the first Death Star but not until after a Squadron of their fellows almost spoiled the attack by the Rebel X-Wings that fateful morning of the Battle of Yavin. The Jolly Rogers were to serve as “combat air support” for the 501st! The then-newly-formed “Jolly Roger” Squadron assigned to the 37th Wing on board the Death Star under Grand Moff Tarkin flew enough missions with unusual success that Lord Vader personally selected this tight-knit Squadron when he formed his elite personal Stormtrooper unit, the 501st Legion. They were very tight-knit and over-eager to carry out their duties with almost a “partying” demeanour. This unit was one privileged to have been trained at the Academy by the great TIE Ace Soontir Fel, and one of it’s Squadrons got the moniker “Jolly Rogers” from a single graduating class of TIE Pilots in the Academy. One of the many TIE Fighter Wings (up to 5,000 craft) were stationed upon the first Imperial Battle Station known to many now as the “First Death Star” under the command of Grand Moff Tarkin, was the 37th TIE Fighter Wing.
