miker71 said:
I googled
"In emergencies, the X-wing's Guidenhauser ejection seat can throw the pilot clear of the fighter. Separator charges blast the cockpit canopy free, and also launch the astromech unit from the socket"
But that wouldn't make any sense at all. The X-wings are designed for space, not like the speeders on Hoth. An ejection would then mean death... but the point of ejecting is to avoid death. Someone in the EU obviously hasn't thought this through.