Wing Commander Academy

Infobox Television
show_name = Wing Commander Academy


caption = "The Wing Commander Academy" logo
genre = Animated television series
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runtime = 22 minutes
creator = Universal Cartoon Studios NBC Universal
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producer/director = Larry Latham
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voices =Mark Hamill
Tom Wilson
Malcolm McDowell
Dana Delany
Kevin Schon
Lauri Hendler
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country = USA
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language = English
network = USA Network
first_aired = September 21, 1996
last_aired = December 21, 1996
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 13
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related = Wing Commander (franchise)
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imdb_id = 0115421
tv_com_id = 4852

Wing Commander Academy is an American animated television series created and produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, along with a team led by Larry Latham. The show was based on the Wing Commander franchise and loosely served as a prequel to Wing Commander. The show's premiere airdate was September 21, 1996 in USA Network's "Action Extreme Team" block. The series' last episode aired on December 21, 1996.

hips featured in the series

The series featured many ships introduced in the "Wing Commander" video games. The Scimitar and Broadsword were the primary fighters and bombers flown by the main characters, with the Dralthi and Grikath fulfilling those roles for the Kilrathi. As in Wing Commander I, the TCS Tiger's Claw was a Bengal class strike carrier. Individual episodes also featured cameo appearances from ships introduced in later games such as Arrow, Hellcat and Longbow and Avenger. None of these ships are mentioned by name. A number of new capital ships were introduced by the series including the Achilles class destroyer and the Agan Ra Sivar class dreadnaught.

Episode list

*Episode 1: Red and BluePlot: Blair and Maniac are assigned to the Tiger's Claw for training.
*Episode 2: The Last One LeftBlair and Maniac encounter a Confed war hero turned renegade.
*Episode 3: The Most Delicate InstrumentMentally unbalanced from stellar phenomena, four cadets begin to exhibit erratic behavior.
*Episode 4: Word of HonorBlair and Grunt crashland on an alien world, but they're not alone...
*Episode 5: Lords of the SkyBlair and Maniac land on an alien world where the local savages worship the dastardly "Lords of the Sky."
*Episode 6: Chain of CommandTolwyn meets an old "friend"- who just happens to outrank him now!
*Episode 7: ExpendableBlair and Payback scout an unstable jump node.
*Episode 8: RecreationThe crew of the Claw discovers a mysterious being in suspended animation aboard a derelict space capsule.
*Episode 9: Walking WoundedManiac scores guard duty on a crippled medical ship.
*Episode 10: On Both Your HousesBlair, Maniac, and Archer pursue Kilrathi fighters to a lush tropical planet where things are not as they seem.
*Episode 11: Invisible EnemyThe Kilrathi have a new and terrible weapon: the Stealth Fighter.
*Episode 12: Price of VictoryBlair crashes on an ice world, where he meets an unusual Kilrathi- who just happens to have an agenda...
*Episode 13: Glory of SivarBlair and Grunt land on the planet Dolos- and find themselves surrounded by fur!

External links

* [http://www.wcnews.com/wca/ Wing Commander CIC]
*imdb title|id=0115421
*" [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/47801-Wing_Commander_Academy.html Wing Commander Academy] " at the Big Cartoon DataBase
*" [http://www.wcnews.com/news/update/6959 Wing Commander Academy TV episodes]