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{{Quote|Catch, push sensors. We know there were snubfighters out here, but I need to find their base.|Gavin Darklighter and Catch search for pirates during the Yuuzhan Vong War|The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught}}
'''Catch''', originally known as '''Jawaswag''', was an [[R2-series astromech droid]] produced by [[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]] and used by [[Rogue Squadron/Legends|Rogue Squadron]] [[Pilot/Legends|pilot]] [[Gavin Darklighter]] to aid in the use of [[Sexes/Legends|his]] [[X-wing starfighter/Legends|X-wing starfighter]]. During the [[Bacta War]] in [[7 ABY/Legends|7 ABY]], Jawaswag and Darklighter escaped from an [[Ambush of the bacta tankers|assault]] by the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Victory II-class Star Destroyer|''Victory II''-class Star Destroyer]] ''[[Corrupter (Victory II-class)|Corrupter]]'', before briefly going up against Imperial forces on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Halanit]] when the [[Unidentified colony (Halanit)|colony]] they were [[Fuel/Legends|refueling]] at was [[Battle of Halanit|attacked]]. Darklighter later renamed Jawaswag to '''Toughcatch''' after the [[Astromech droid/Legends|droid]] held off a group of [[Jawa/Legends|Jawas]] trying to steal him, although the name was later shortened to Catch for ease of use.

In [[25 ABY/Legends|25 ABY]], during the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]], Catch was still serving as Darklighter's astromech, and the [[Droid/Legends|droid]] participated in Rogue Squadron action in the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]], [[Second skirmish in the Outer Rim|facing off]] against [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] and [[Third skirmish in the Outer Rim|later]] the forces of the invading [[Yuuzhan Vong]] [[Species/Legends|species]] as Rogue Squadron searched for intelligence on the invaders. Catch also flew alongside Darklighter during a [[Battle of Dantooine (Yuuzhan Vong War)|battle]] at the planet [[Dantooine/Legends|Dantooine]], where they engaged enemy fighters that were covering a ground [[Soldier/Legends|troop]] [[Ground warfare|advance]], and later saw [[Battle of Ithor|action]] at the planet [[Ithor/Legends|Ithor]], with Catch and Darklighter downing Yuuzhan Vong [[Landing craft/Legends|landing craft]] in Ithor's [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]].

==Biography==
===Incident at Halanit===
{{Quote|Jawaswag, give me a system start, now!|Gavin Darklighter orders his droid to prepare his fighter on Halanit|X-Wing: The Bacta War}}
[[File:Gavin_Darklighter_NEGTC.jpg|right|thumb|155px|Catch flew as Rogue Squadron pilot Gavin Darklighter's astromech droid.]]
By the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[7 ABY/Legends|7 ABY]],<ref name="TERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref> an [[R2-series astromech droid]]<ref name="Bacta" /> produced by [[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]]<ref name="Bacta" /><ref name="Droid" /> served [[Rogue Squadron/Legends|Rogue Squadron]] [[Pilot/Legends|pilot]] [[Gavin Darklighter]] during the [[Squadron/Legends|squadron's]] independent campaign against the forces of de facto [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] leader [[Ysanne Isard]] in the [[Bacta War]]. Darklighter called the [[Astromech droid/Legends|droid]] Jawaswag, as [[Sexes/Legends|he]] figured that any member of the [[Jawa/Legends|Jawa]] [[Species/Legends|species]] would love to own the [[Droid/Legends|droid]]. That year, Jawaswag accompanied Darklighter in his [[T-65 X-wing starfighter]] on an [[Ambush of the bacta tankers|ambush]] of Imperial-affiliated [[tanker]]s containing the valuable medical substance [[Bacta/Legends|bacta]] after a trio of tankers were diverted to a [[Unidentified star system (red dwarf)|star system]] away from their escort once their [[Navigation computer/Legends|navicomputers]] were [[Slicer/Legends|sliced]]. There, Rogue Squadron convinced the three tankers to accompany them as they left the [[Star system/Legends|system]], but the delay it took for Darklighter and his [[Wingmate/Legends|wingmate]], [[Riv Shiel]], to intimidate the tanker ''[[Xucphra Alazhi]]'' into joining them allowed the tankers' escort, the [[Victory II-class Star Destroyer|''Victory II''-class Star Destroyer]] ''[[Corrupter (Victory II-class)|Corrupter]]'', to arrive on the scene.<ref name="Bacta" />

Although momentarily shielded from the [[Capital ship/Legends|capital ship's]] barrage of fire by the bulk of the ''Xucphra Alazhi'' as the ''Corrupter'' destroyed the tanker, Jawaswag and Darklighter survived only after the latter took them on a blind [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]] jump away from the battle, yet Shiel was caught in the ''Corrupter''{{'s}} fire and [[Death/Legends|perished]]. After fifteen [[Standard second|seconds]], they exited hyperspace, and Jawaswag plotted the first of seven [[Precision hyperspace jump|short jumps]] that led them away from the battle zone. With Darklighter hoping to return to the Rogue Squadron [[Yag-prime|base]] in the [[Yag'Dhul system]], the pair stopped at the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Halanit]] to [[Fuel/Legends|refuel]] at a Rogue Squadron-friendly [[Unidentified colony (Halanit)|colony]]. As the colonists needed to synthesize the fuel, the refueling process was to take two [[Standard day/Legends|days]], so Darklighter left Jawaswag in the [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighter]]. However, the ''Corrupter'' soon arrived at Halanit to make an example of the colonists for siding with Rogue Squadron, and the Imperials [[Battle of Halanit|assaulted]] the colony.<ref name="Bacta" />

Away from his fighter, Darklighter ordered Jawaswag to start the X-wing's systems while he returned, even if the R2 unit had to suck the fuel synthesizer dry to do so. As [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]] killed colonists in the settlement's corridors and [[TIE Series]] fighters executed runs on the colony, Jawaswag and Darklighter departed the [[Hangar/Legends|hangar]] in which the X-wing had been refueling to combat the attackers, but due to the fighter's fuel levels, the pair could only stay and fight for ten [[Standard minute/Legends|minutes]] before leaving the system. In the air over the colony, Jawaswag alerted Darklighter to the presence of a trio of [[TIE/IN interceptor/Legends|TIE/IN interceptors]], and the R2 droid acquired target locks upon the fighters before it started to record everything that happened at Darklighter's request. Jawaswag's pilot dispatched two of the enemy with [[Proton torpedo/Legends|proton torpedos]], but the third TIE, which was out of control, managed to survive by flying into the chasm that housed the breached colony. After Darklighter followed the fighter into the colony and shot it down, Jawaswag and his pilot departed Halanit, as there was nothing more they could do for the colonists.<ref name="Bacta" />

===Service after the Bacta War===
====Skirmishes in the Outer Rim====
{{Quote|Catch, we lasted twenty-five seconds. What was that thing?|Gavin Darklighter, after having been shot down by a simulated coralskipper|The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught}}
Jawaswag continued to serve with Darklighter following the conclusion of the Bacta War,<ref name="Dark1" /> in which Rogue Squadron defeated Isard.<ref name="Bacta" /> Sometime after the [[Thrawn campaign]] in [[9 ABY]], Jawaswag was accosted by a group of Jawas who tried to [[Thief/Legends|steal]] the droid.<ref name="Dark1" /> However, the R2 unit fended them off, hurting one in the process, thereby convincing Darklighter to rename the droid to Toughcatch, although that was later shortened to just Catch for ease of use in combat.<ref name="TCSWE">{{CSWECite|II|143|Jawaswag}}</ref> Over the years, the droid underwent many [[Memory wipe/Legends|memory wipes]] and upgrades, including the [[R2-Delta upgrade]] in [[24 ABY/Legends|24 ABY]], which allowed Catch to [[Astrogation/Legends|process navigational computations]] faster. Nevertheless, Catch still greeted Darklighter each [[Time/Legends|time]] with a short summary of the weather on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] and [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]],<ref name="Dark1" /> both planets that Darklighter considered home,<ref name="Rogue">''[[X-Wing: Rogue Squadron]]''</ref><ref name="Trap">''[[X-Wing: The Krytos Trap]]''</ref> which was the reason why he never traded in Catch for a newer model. In [[25 ABY/Legends|25 ABY]], as the [[Yuuzhan Vong galaxy|extra-galactic]] [[Yuuzhan Vong]] species was beginning its [[Yuuzhan Vong War|invasion]] of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]], Catch and Darklighter—now [[Rogue Leader/Legends|Rogue Leader]]—took part in a [[holosimulator]] that pitted the pair against a Yuuzhan Vong [[Yorik-et|coralskipper]] fighter in their [[T-65A3 X-wing starfighter]].<ref name="Dark1" />

[[File:Coralskipper_SotG.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Catch and Darklighter went up against coralskippers during the Yuuzhan Vong War.]]
Although Catch and his pilot survived only twenty-five seconds in combat against the coralskipper before being virtually destroyed, they beat the time of [[Bothan/Legends|Bothan]] [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Traest Kre'fey]]. While in the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]] searching for intelligence on the new attackers, Catch and the rest of Rogue Squadron deployed from Kre'fey's [[Bothan Assault Cruiser]] ''[[Ralroost]]'' after [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] were reported in an Outer Rim [[Unidentified star system (Outer Rim)|system]]. At Darklighter's orders, Catch scanned for the pirates' base, but Rogue Squadron was quickly [[Second skirmish in the Outer Rim|engaged]] in an [[asteroid belt]] by damaged [[Ugly/Legends|ugly]] fighters. While Rogue Leader disabled one of the enemy fighters, Catch worked on getting the tactical frequency of the attackers. Disabling the ugly led Darklighter and Catch to discover the mangled pirate [[EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate/Legends|EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate]] ''[[Free Lance]]''. Although the [[Frigate/Legends|frigate]] briefly fired upon them, Catch was able to get the frequency of the pirate capital [[Starship/Legends|ship]], and Darklighter convinced the crippled forces of the pirate leader [[Urias Xhaxin]] to stand down.<ref name="Dark1" />

Rogue Squadron learned from Xhaxin that the pirate had been attacked by coralskippers before fleeing to the system in which the ''Ralroost'' had found him, and Catch and the Rogues were dispatched to the location of the attack to guard a [[T-65BR X-wing reconnaissance starfighter|reconnaissance X-wing starfighter]] as it gathered intelligence. However, when the squadron emerged from hyperspace, it was [[Third skirmish in the Outer Rim|set upon]] by coralskippers, and Darklighter engaged one of the enemy fighters. After firing a proton torpedo resulted in the coralskipper's [[Deflector shield/Legends|shields]] swallowing the projectile as expected, Darklighter ordered the Rogues to use their new combat [[Programmer/Legends|programming]] designed to help fight coralskippers, and Catch's allocation of power allowed his pilot to switch their fighter to quad-linked [[Laser cannon/Legends|cannon]] fire. With a barrage of frequent low-powered [[Laser/Legends|laser]] fire, Darklighter overwhelmed the coralskipper's shields and finished off the enemy with a full-powered quad burst.<ref name="Dark1" />

During the [[Starfighter combat/Legends|dogfight]], Catch and Darklighter learned how to prevent coralskippers from depriving the X-wings of shields by expanding the area of effect of their [[inertial compensator]]s over those of the shields. In chasing one of the coralskippers that had latched onto [[Lieutenant/Legends|Lieutenant]] [[Ligg Panat]]'s fighter, Catch and Darklighter found themselves going for a head-to-head pass with the enemy fighter before the coralskipper's shields spawned a miniature [[Black hole/Legends|black hole]] that threatened to destroy Catch and his pilot as it sucked them in. However, after Darklighter emptied his torpedo magazine into the [[Color/Legends|black]] hole and managed to gain a little extra velocity, the pair escaped the edge of the black hole, while the coralskipper that created it was destroyed by other Rogues. With the reconnaissance starfighter having finished its mission, Catch and the rest of the squadron departed the area.<ref name="Dark1" />

====Dantooine and Ithor====
{{Quote|Catch, program the torps for detonation at two klicks or proximity void detection.|Gavin Darklighter, going after crates over Ithor|The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin}}
Shortly after the skirmish in the Outer Rim, Catch, Darklighter, and the rest of Rogue Squadron guarded a [[Refugee/Legends|refugee]] [[Dantooine refugee base|encampment]] against Yuuzhan Vong ground forces on the planet [[Dantooine/Legends|Dantooine]]. When the ground [[Soldier/Legends|troops]] began their [[Battle of Dantooine (Yuuzhan Vong War)|attack]] during the night, Catch and Darklighter launched with the squadron from the camp, and Catch's pilot tasked it with monitoring the base tactical frequency for emergencies. Despite the [[Ground warfare|threat]] of the ground troops, Rogue Squadron was unable to attack them, as enemy fighters occupied their attention. Later in the battle, Catch alerted Darklighter to the presence of the New Republic [[Lambda-class T-4a shuttle/Legends|shuttle]] ''[[Impervious (shuttle)|Impervious]]'', whose occupant, [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], requested that a [[Missile/Legends|missile]] spread be fired at the [[Thrall herder|largest enemy ground vehicle]] using telemetry supplied by Skywalker's droid, [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]]. With their wingmates covering them, Darklighter and Catch—along with [[Rogue Eleven/Legends|Rogue Eleven]] [[Jaina Solo Fel|Jaina Solo]]—fired a quartet of proton torpedoes at the vehicle.<ref name="Dark1" />

R2-D2 changed the trajectory of the missiles to aim at the vehicle's spine instead of side, but the vehicle spawned a [[Gravity/Legends|gravity]] anomaly that Catch reported and tried to reposition itself between the missiles and the spine. However, Skywalker, through the [[Force power/Legends|use]] of [[The Force/Legends|the Force]], pushed the black hole into the vehicle's spine, destroying it while the missiles hit the ground and killed a multitude of ground troops. Although the Yuuzhan Vong completed their conquest of Dantooine, the New Republic forces successfully withdrew from the planet.<ref name="Dark1" />

Later in 25 [[Galactic Standard Calendar|ABY]], Catch and Rogue Squadron aided in the [[Battle of Ithor|defense]] of the jungle planet [[Ithor/Legends|Ithor]]. During the battle, the Rogues targeted four Yuuzhan Vong [[Landing craft/Legends|landing craft]]—dubbed [[crate]]s—in Ithor's [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]] that were headed for the [[Ithorian Herdship]] ''[[Tafanda Bay]]''. Upon his pilot's command, Catch programmed two proton torpedoes for detonation at two [[Kilometer/Legends|kilometers]] or for when they detected a Yuuzhan Vong shield void. Darklighter fired the pair at the two rearmost crates, and the resulting detonation when the proton torpedoes detected the crates' shields tossed the two ships about due to the atmospheric shock wave. The crates lost control and crashed into the jungles below, although the other two crates escaped the Rogues. The New Republic ultimately emerged victorious, but the Yuuzhan Vong destroyed much of the life on Ithor with a [[bioweapon]].<ref name="Dark2">''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin]]''</ref>

==Characteristics==
Colored gold and white,<ref name="Dark1" /> Catch was an R2-series astromech<ref name="Bacta" /> from the [[R-series/Legends|R-series]] droid line<ref name="Bacta" /><ref name="Droid" /> who spoke the droid [[Language/Legends|language]] of [[Binary/Legends|binary]].<ref name="Bacta" /> In its service to Rogue Squadron pilot Gavin Darklighter over the years, the droid fulfilled a variety of jobs.<ref name="Dark1" /> Catch programmed hyperspace jumps,<ref name="Bacta" /> with the R2-Delta upgrade aiding in the droid's calculation time after its installation, and performed many of the [[Computer/Legends|computer]]-related tasks on Darklighter's X-wing, such as running simulators and managing [[Sensor/Legends|sensors]]. When in combat, Catch painted new targets for Darklighter on his secondary monitor and would whistle and shriek when the starfighter was in danger. Despite having multiple memory wipes over the years, Catch always greeted Darklighter with a short summary of the weather on Coruscant and Tatooine,<ref name="Dark1" /> the planets Darklighter thought of as home.<ref name="Rogue" /><ref name="Trap" />

==Behind the scenes==
Catch first appeared as Jawaswag in the novel ''[[X-Wing: The Bacta War]]'', released in [[1997]] and written by [[Michael A. Stackpole]]. As Catch, the droid later appeared in two more of Stackpole's books, ''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught|Dark Tide I: Onslaught]]'' and ''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin|Dark Tide II: Ruin]]'', both [[2000]] installments of ''[[Star Wars: The New Jedi Order|The New Jedi Order]]'' series. In [[2008]], Catch received an entry in ''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''.

==Appearances==
*''[[X-Wing: The Bacta War]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught]]'' {{1stID|Catch}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin]]''

==Sources==
*{{FFCite|79|JAW10, ''Jawas''}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'' {{C|as ''Jawaswag'', ''Toughcatch''}}

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:R2-series astromech droids]]
[[Category:Rogue Squadron personnel]]

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