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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.


PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY


In '' picks up odd signals that appear to be Kilrathi fighters with Cloaking Device s, but it is damaged beyond repair when he engages them; Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn , one of the up-and-comers in Confed ranks, thinks Bluehair is lying to cover his own treachery, demotes him to Captain and exiles him to the backwater Caernavon Station . Bluehair is widely branded the "Coward of K'tithrak Mang" and reviled throughout the Confederation .

Ten years later, '', Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka , Etienne "Doomsday" Montclair , defected Kilrathi pilot Ralgha "Hobbes" ''nar'' Hhallas , Zack "Jazz" Colson . New to the roster is Dirk "Stingray" Wright, enthusiastic and brash. James "Paladin" Taggart drops in on occasion, but Todd "Maniac" Marshall is far away doing testing on Some New Fighters . To dampen the mood, however, a saboteur is on the ''Concordia'', striking materiel and personnel. In his time aboard the ''Concordia,'' Bluehair is able to finally record incontrovertible evidence of the Kilrathi ''Strakha'' Stealth Fighters , uncover and defeat the traitor, destroy the K'Tithrak Mang outpost and avenge the ''Tiger's Claw'', and start a romantic liaison with Angel. He is also re-promoted to Colonel by a grudgingly respectful Tolwyn. More ominously, he gains the personal attention of Kilrathi Crown Prince Thrakhath ''nar'' Kiranka ; he is eventually given the Kilrathi warrior name "Heart of the Tiger".

Bluehair subsequently becomes involved in a number of Secret Ops projects, including the TCS ''Gettysburg'' mutiny, the defense of Kilrathi rebel planet '' to start.

With the ''Concordia'' lost in the Vespus system, Blair (now portrayed by Mark Hamill) is assigned to the TCS ''Victory'' , a carrier twice as old as he is (mid-30s) and being kept to the rear lines of the war. Despite the relatively unglamorous nature of his assignment, Blair, along with his wing of pilots including top aces Hobbes and Maniac, is able to provide at least ''some'' defense for the TCS ''Behemoth'' before its destruction at the hands of a traitor; his wing is also responsible for delivering the Temblor Bomb on the Kilrathi home planet, resulting in the death of the Emperor, as well as Prince Thrakhath (engaged and defeated by Blair in the planet's atmosphere) and the immediate cessation of all hostilities between Terran and Kilrathi. Blair is now entitled to add a new label to his roster: "Savior of the Confederation."

After the war, Blair attempts to return to his roots on '', however, to investigate allegations that the Union Of Border Worlds has been causing trouble for Confed shipping (claims that Confed is doing the same thing to Border Worlds shipping are ignored). A third faction is eventually implicated, and Blair succeeds in uncovering it, though he is forced to defect to the Border Worlds to do so, since the faction appears to be supported by elements within Confed. This so-called " Black Lance Affair" results in the summary disgrace and suicide of Admiral Tolwyn.

Blair remains in the military for the rest of his life, though he accepts a transfer from Space Forces to Navy. He is the architect and main proponent of the 'super-carrier' plan, and is aboard the ''. When the ship unexpectedly encounters invaders from another part of the galaxy (codename Nephilim), the ''Midway'' single-handedly beats them back, mostly led by player character 1Lt Lance Casey . Commodore Blair is, unfortunately, lost in the action against the Nephilim, missing and presumed dead on a critical mission to assist Casey in destroying the aliens' galaxy-invading Wormhole .


NAMING TRIVIA

Because Blair is ''Wing Commander'''s Player Character , he had no official name for the first two installments of the series; the player was allowed to personalize the character's name and Call Sign . Origin Systems 's in-house "bible," however, referred to him as "Bluehair", and when the Full Motion Video Cut Scene s in ''Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger'' required the character be given a real name, this tag was shortened to "Blair." "Christopher," on the other hand, is the first name of series creator Chris Roberts.

Other candidates for Blair's name included "Carl LaFong."

In ''Wing Commander''s III and IV, the player was still allowed to assign Blair a callsign, but William R. Forstchen 's novelizations described him as using the call sign "Maverick." This is confirmed in ''Wing Commander Prophecy''. The series bible indicates that other candidates for Blair's call sign included "Falcon" and "Phoenix," the latter of which saw print in the novel ''End Run''. Finally, during the course of ''Wing Commander III'', Blair finds out that he is the game's titular ''Heart of the Tiger,'' and in the ''Wing Commander IV'' novelization uses this as a public call sign (not unusual, as call signs are generally bestowed by fellow pilots or instructors to begin with). In the second novelization in an abortive trilogy based on The Movie , Blair adopts the callsign "Pilgrim" in an acknowledgment of his ethnic roots.