--- title: "A supercut of X-Wings flying into the ‘danger zone’ is the Star Wars tribute we didn’t know we needed" description: "Hyperdrive to the danger zone!" date: "2020-05-20" modified: "2020-05-20" authors: - name: "David Roza" job_title: "YouTube Writer/Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/david-roza/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/danger-zone-star-wars-x-wing/" categories: - "Culture" - "Entertainment" - "Mandatory Fun" --- # A supercut of X-Wings flying into the ‘danger zone’ is the Star Wars tribute we didn’t know we needed ![]() Is *Star Wars* not *Top Gun* enough for you? Is *Top Gun* not X-Wing enough for you? Say no more fam, because a supercut of Star Wars X-Wing footage set to the classic *Top Gun* theme is going to rock your Wednesday like it’s 1986 in a galaxy far, far away. Eagle-eyed fans will notice shots from not just the original Star Wars trilogy, but also the sequel trilogy and standalone *Rogue One* film. YouTube creator Jackson McKay said he waited for the most recent film, *The Rise of Skywalker,* to come out so that he could splice footage from that one too. "\[I\]t seemed like a fun project to keep me occupied while we're all social distancing," McKay wrote in the description of his video. McKay's project isn't without precedent. At least five previous *Star Wars/*Danger Zone mashups were posted on YouTube in [April](), [May]() and [August]() of 2016, and in [January]() and [March](), 2017. But it appears McKay's is the first to focus exclusively on X-Wings, which even I, a die-hard Empire fan boy, must admit is the second-coolest-looking star fighter in the universe (I'm sorry you just can't take the [TIE Interceptor]() from me, you just can't.). So zip up your orange flight suit, lock your s-foils into attack position and switch off your targeting computer, because we’re about to ride into … (squeaky falsetto) *the danger zone!!* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkpZU6imHAo ## Author David Roza writes scripts about military news for the Task & Purpose YouTube channel, and he also writes articles about military pay, benefits, health care, child care, culture, and other personnel topics on a freelance basis. Roza previously covered the Air Force and Space Force for Task & Purpose from 2019 to 2023 and for Air & Space Forces Magazine from 2023 to 2025. In the course of that reporting, he has set off a ‘Hollywood explosion’ with Air Force bomb techs, turned the (unarmed) keys of a nuclear missile bunker, hovered over the Nevada desert on an Air Force rescue helicopter, and got the best sleep of his life on the floor of a C-17 over the central Pacific. Share tips and story ideas with David at [david.roza@teamrecurrent.io]()