Christopher Blair

Christopher "Maverick" Blair is the player's character throughout much of the Wing Commander computer game series.

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He also appears in the Heart of the Tiger and Price of Freedom novelizations.

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Throughout the series Blair was portrayed as competent and cool-headed though not unemotional, with his 'rebellious' cockpit moniker assigned him as an ironic reference to his Boy Scout personality.

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In the first two games of the series - Wing Commander and Vengence of the Kilrathi - the character had no official name: the player was asked to personalize the character's name and callsign.

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The advent of full motion video cut scenes in Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger required the character to be given a real name. "Christopher" is also the first name of series creator Chris Roberts; "Blair" is derived from the character's unofficial nickname in Wing Commander and Vengence of the Kilrathi, "Bluehair". The player was still allowed to assign Blair a callsign; only in Wing Commander Prophecy, in which the player takes the role of a different pilot, is Blair's canonical callsign established to be "Maverick."

Related Topics:
Full motion video - Cut scene - Chris Roberts - Canon

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Col. Blair was played in Heart of the Tiger, The Price of Freedom, Prophecy, and Academy by veteran actor and Star Wars star Mark Hamill, originally brought in to play Maniac. In the 1999 movie, set earlier in the series' history than the games featuring Hamill, Lt. Blair is played by Freddie Prinze, Jr. Neither of them have hair that is anywhere near blue. Alternate names for Bluehair included Carl LaFong.

Related Topics:
Star Wars - Maniac - 1999 - Freddie Prinze, Jr.

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