X Trench: Run

In the final act of A New Hope , Rebel Alliance pilots in Incom T-65 X-wings attack the Empire’s Death Star. Their objective: fire proton torpedoes into a two-meter-wide exhaust port. The challenge requires flying down a magnetically sealed trench while evading surface cannons and Darth Vader’s personal TIE fighter squadron.

To fly the X Trench Run is to embrace sensory overload. The pilot is sandwiched between two imperatives: maintain maximum speed to stay ahead of the targeting computers on the surface, and maintain perfect control to avoid scraping the trench walls. x trench run