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'''Falco Lombardi''' is a member of the [[Star Fox (team)|Star Fox Team]] and is the best pilot the team has to offer. He is | '''Falco Lombardi''' is a member of the [[Star Fox (team)|Star Fox Team]] and is the best pilot the team has to offer. He is raptor (bird of prey) with blue feathers. He is a staple in the series appearing in every title since [[Star Fox (game)|Star Fox]]. | ||
Falco was a member of various space gangs, including the [[Hot Rodders]] (along with good friend [[Katt Monroe]]) and was the head of another gang, named [[Free as a Bird]]. He later left his gang to help form the second Star Fox team on an invitation from an old friend of his, [[Fox McCloud]]. Being the ace pilot of the team, his flight skills are unmatched. He is a great fighter and asset to the team. He hails from the planet [[Corneria]] where he attended military academy with Fox and [[Bill Grey]]. While originally piloting an [[Arwing]], in ''[[Star Fox Command]]'' his Arwing is personalized as the Sky Claw. | Falco was a member of various space gangs, including the [[Hot Rodders]] (along with good friend [[Katt Monroe]]) and was the head of another gang, named [[Free as a Bird]]. He later left his gang to help form the second Star Fox team on an invitation from an old friend of his, [[Fox McCloud]]. Being the ace pilot of the team, his flight skills are unmatched. He is a great fighter and asset to the team. He hails from the planet [[Corneria]] where he attended military academy with Fox and [[Bill Grey]]. While originally piloting an [[Arwing]], in ''[[Star Fox Command]]'' his Arwing is personalized as the Sky Claw. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
*According to the official Star Fox 64 website, Falco was 19 years old at that time<ref>http://f.starfox-online.net/archives/starFox64.comReconstructed/falco.html</ref>. Considering the fact that ''[[Star Fox Command]]'' takes place eleven years later, that makes Falco thirty years old as of ''Star Fox Command''. | *According to the official Star Fox 64 website, Falco was 19 years old at that time<ref>http://f.starfox-online.net/archives/starFox64.comReconstructed/falco.html</ref>. Considering the fact that ''[[Star Fox Command]]'' takes place eleven years later, that makes Falco thirty years old as of ''Star Fox Command''. | ||
*As a thanks for his special effects work on the [[mariowiki:Super_Mario_Bros._(movie)|Super Mario Bros. Movie]], [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] named Falco after [[wikipedia:Paul J. Lombardi|Paul J. Lombardi]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518394/bio</ref> | *His first name "Falco" is the genus for birds of prey that include falcon, kestrels, kites and caracas. Falcon himself looks like a red-throated caracara. | ||
*As a thanks for his special effects work on the [[mariowiki:Super_Mario_Bros._(movie)|Super Mario Bros. Movie]], [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] named Falco's last name after [[wikipedia:Paul J. Lombardi|Paul J. Lombardi]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518394/bio</ref> | |||
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