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Rebel Alliance and New Republic Starfighter Corps
Considered to be one of the greatest assets and the backbone of the Rebellion, the Starfighter Corps flew a variety of vessels that outclassed the Empire's TIE fighters. While the Empire dismissed starfighter units as expendable and focused on capital ships, the Alliance built its squadrons to destroy those vessels. Under the New Republic, the Starfighter Corps continued to hold a key role as a peacekeeping tool, patrolling the galaxy to hunt down pirates and other threats to galactic stability.

Starfighter squadrons with their own pages:

Alliance Starfighter Command

The leadership of the Alliance Starfighter Corps, Starfighter Command is responsible for coordinating the resources needed to maintain its diverse squadrons and determine the best uses of each squadron. They also run the Alliance's starfighter training facilities, and later the New Republic's flight academies.

    Antoc Merrick 

General Antoc Merrick

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Virujansi

Callsign: Blue Leader

Portrayed by: Ben Daniels
Appearances: Rogue One

"Blue Squadron, on me."

The head of Starfighter Command, Merrick hailed from Virujansi and was a key member of the early Rebel Alliance's military leadership. A skilled pilot, he flew both U-Wings and X-Wings as the leader of Blue Squadron. Merrick led the starfighter attack during the mission to steal the Death Star plans, being killed in the Battle of Scarif.


  • Ace Pilot: According to the kill marks on his helmet, he has at least sixty kills. In The Rebel Files, Poe Dameron notes that Antoc could outfly most pilots who ever lived.
  • Big Damn Heroes: He and Blue Squadron show up to save Rogue One from the walkers on Scarif, taking them all down from the air.
  • Character Death: Gets shot down in the Battle of Scarif, notably dying in a similar manner to Red Leader Garven Dreis (he gets his engines blown out by a TIE and crashes while screaming).
  • A Father to His Men: He is very protective of his people, particularly the U-Wing pilots, and refuses to risk their lives without good reason. Merrick is aware of this protective instinct, so he has his second-in-command, Colonel Cor, handle the details of resource allocation and deployment into dangerous assignments in a dispassionate manner that he cannot.
  • Four-Star Badass: Both general and skilled X-Wing pilot.
  • Frontline General: While actual command of the rebels during the Battle of Scarif falls to Admiral Raddus, Merrick himself is a general who's personally involved in the fight as an X-Wing pilot.
  • Mythology Gag: In Legends, Merrick Simms was the name of Blue Leader.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: On his homeworld of Virujansi, Merrick was the leader of the Rarified Air Cavalry. After the Empire abolished the planet's ruling council, installed an Imperial governor, and integrated their military into the Empire, Merrick and his pilots were offered positions in the Imperial Navy. He refused, and alongside his comrade Garven Dreis fled Virujansi to find the Rebel Alliance and offer their services as starfighter pilots.
  • We ARE Struggling Together: He and General Draven of Intelligence often come into conflict, with Merrick considering Draven far too ruthlessly pragmatic and willing to risk civilian casualties in his brutal special operations missions.

    Bandwin Cor 

General Bandwin Cor

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Species: Human

Portrayed by: ???

General Merrick's second-in-command, Cor handles the day-to-day details of running Alliance Starfighter Command. He succeeds Merrick's position as head of Starfighter Command following the Battle of Yavin.


  • Consummate Professional: His job is to determine how to efficiently allocate resources and best determine where to deploy starfighter assets. He made an agreement with Merrick to do this job dispassionately, treating the pilots as resources on a ledger, not living people.
  • Number Two: To Merrick. According to From a Certain Point of View, Cor's been having to pick up Merrick's work now that his superior is dead and is eventually promoted to permanently replace him.
  • Senseless Sacrifice: Attempts to pilot an unarmed shuttle through the Imperial assault on the Mako-Ta space docks in order to fly close enough to a sabotaged Rebel cruiser's launch bay doors and open them. Unfortunately, Cor barely manages to clear the launch bay before his shuttle is destroyed by TIE fighters and Han arrives in the Millennium Falcon a few minutes later to perform the same task.
  • Rank Up: The Marvel Star Wars comic reveals that he was promoted from Colonel to General sometime after the Battle of Yavin.

    Wedge Antilles 

Captain Wedge Antilles

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"Cut to the left, I'll take the leader."
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Species: Human

Homeworld: Corellia

Callsigns: SS-25, Red Two, Red Three, Rogue Three, Red Leader, Phantom Leader, Spectre-9

Portrayed by: Denis Lawson, Colin Higginsnote 
Voiced by: David Ankrum (A New Hope, Rogue One), Nathan Kress (Rebels), Denis Lawson (Squadrons)
Appearances: Rebels | Rebels Magazine | Rogue Onenote  | From a Certain Point of View | A New Hope | Princess Leia | The Weapon of a Jedi | Star Wars (Marvel 2015) | Lost Stars | The Empire Strikes Back | Rendezvous Point | Moving Target | FACPOV: Return of the Jedi | Return of the Jedi | Aftermath | Squadrons | Life Debt | Empire's End | Resistance Reborn | The Rise of Skywalker

"The Empire must be destroyed. If that's going to happen, some of us have to get blood on our hands. We have to be willing to kill, and willing to die. It's not easy and it never will be."

A Rebel pilot from Corellia who fought in the Battles of Yavin, Hoth, and Endor, becoming one of the Rebellion's most celebrated heroes. Notably the only man to face off against both Death Stars and live to tell about it. Following the Battle of Endor, Wedge is briefly captured and tortured by the Empire before being rescued. Upon recovering from his injuries he founded Phantom Squadron and assisted in the Liberation of Kashyyyk and the Battle of Jakku.

After the war ended, Wedge served as an instructor at the New Republic flight academy on Hosnian Prime, training many pilots who would go on to join the Resistance like Poe Dameron. He eventually retired to Akiva and married Norra Wexley. In the aftermath of the Battle of Crait, Wedge and Norra joined the depleted ranks of the Resistance to fight against the First Order.


  • Ace Pilot: Survives both Death Star runs while shooting down several Imperial starfighters, eventually becoming the Alliance's most decorated and famed pilot.
  • Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Wedge rises through the ranks and is given command of his own squadron by repeatedly surviving some of the worst battles of the war, pulling off near impossible tasks, and showing a talent for leadership.
  • Badass in Distress: He is captured by Imperial forces in Aftermath and tortured by them throughout the novel before being rescued at the end.
  • Badass Normal: He has no connection to the Force, but is easily one of the best pilots seen in the films. He even saves Luke during the first Death Star battle, and easily navigated the maze of death that was the inside of the second Death Star. His piloting prowess has become so legendary that, in certain lexicons, the "Badass Normal" trope is named "Wedge-type Character" instead.
  • Bad Liar: In Aftermath, Wedge states that he is one, that he is just a pilot and not somebody who can convince a Jawa to buy a bag of sand like Han Solo. It contrasts from his depiction in Legends, where he was a big enough Troll that Han sometimes believed his every word and to the point that Leia had to learn to see through it.
  • Big Damn Heroes: In Life Debt, he and Ackbar ignore the New Republic Senate's decision to hold off on any new offensives while negotiating with Grand Admiral Rae Sloane and lead Phantom Squadron and Home One to Kashyyyk in order to aid Leia in stopping the Imperial bombardment of the planet and save Han, Chewbacca, and a group of rebels who had been attempting to liberate the world. Their arrival turns the previously hopeless situation into a major victory for the New Republic.
  • Broad Strokes:
    • According to Aftermath, he's not fond of the Empire because they hurt his family and a girl he loved, which is similar to his backstory in Legends.
    • Similar to Wraith Squadron in Legends, Phantom Squadron is a group of washouts, screwups, and last-chancers given the opportunity to redeem themselves by Wedge.
    • In both canon and Legends his primary love interest is a widowed Rebel whose husband is eventually revealed to be alive but brainwashed into a sleeper agent by the Empire.
  • The Bus Came Back:
    • After his only appearance in the first half of Season 3 of Rebels in his debut episode, he later returns in the second half, having been doing jobs for Phoenix Squadron offscreen.
    • He shows up in the Final Battle in The Rise of Skywalker as a gunner rather than a pilot, likely due to the character being 56 years old.
  • Butt-Monkey: Ezra and Zeb seem to like picking on him and Hobbie, and on one mission, he ends up being partnered with AP-5 and Chopper. Only after the start of the mission does he realize that the only reason why he got partnered with the two droids is because nobody else wanted to.
  • Call Sign: He has several throughout the series:
    • As a Imperial cadet, he was TIE SS25.
    • During the Battle of Yavin, he was Red Two. Following that battle and the rebuilding of Red Squadron, Wedge became Red Three.
    • During the Battle of Hoth, he was Rogue Three.
    • During the Battle of Endor, he was Red Leader/One.
    • After founding Phantom Squadron he is Phantom Leader.
  • Call to Agriculture: After retiring from the military he and Norra bought a small farm outside of Akiva's capital city.
  • The Cameo: He can be heard in Rogue One during the Battle of Scarif, though he is not seen. He wasn't actually present during the battle, since A New Hope is the first time he sees the Death Star ("Look at the size of that thing!"). You can also see his X-Wing in some of the camera shots of the base on Yavin 4.
  • Career-Ending Injury:
    • Nearly got one post-defection, in a mission he was encouraged to do by Fulcrum II. It ended with him crashing into the peak of a volcano and getting a leg broken in three places. Nice Job Breaking It, Hero for Fulcrum indeed.
    • The same leg gets broken again when he is captured at Akiva. He is stuck on light duty for several months afterward while he recovers, which frustrates him to no end.
  • Casual Danger Dialogue: Speaks with the most glacially calm voice of all the Rebel pilots during the Battle of Endor, even when making an impossible run into the guts of the second Death Star, with all of the hopes of the Rebellion riding on his success.
  • Character Development: In A New Hope, he tends to voice his concerns about a wide variety of things (the size of the Death Star, whether the targeting computer can hit the target, and the gun towers in the trench), in Empire Strikes Back, he's much more confident but still excitable ("Good shot, Jansen!" and "Whaa! That got him!"). By Return of the Jedi, he maintains an unshakable Danger Deadpan during a massive space battle, even while flying through the Death Star II to lay in an attack run.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Wedge was a constant background character in the Original Trilogy, but he didn't affect the plot. Yet, in Return of the Jedi, he ends up destroying the shield protecting the Second Death Star's core and allowing the Rebellion to defeat the Empire.
  • Cool Big Bro: Shades of it. In one of the issues of the Rebels magazine comics, he tags along with Mart to keep an eye on him when the latter wants to see the original Iron Squadron despite the risk of the both of them getting in trouble for leaving Chopper Base against orders.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Prior to joining the Skystrike Academy, he used to work in a fuel depot and local farms. When he enrolled, a series of events that included the Empire hurting his family, friends, and a girl he loved made him sympathetic to the Rebellion, which attracted the attention of Fulcrum II, who in turn got him and Hobbie help from Sabine to defect.
  • Decomposite Character: Wedge was originally played by Colin Higgins but was fired for not memorising lines. One scene featuring Higgins was left in the movie and the From a Certain Point of View short story, "Duty Roster" made this version a separate character called Col Takbright.
  • Defector from Decadence: He used to be a pilot from the Skystrike Academy, a TIE Flight Academy, and with the help of Fulcrum II (unknowingly initially) and Sabine, he and Hobbie defect to Phoenix Squadron.
  • Dressing as the Enemy: In the second half of Rebels Season 3, he once again dons the Imperial pilot suit.
  • Exact Words: Wedge is not only the sole person to survive both Death Stars, he's the only person to fight both Death Stars. Luke, Han, Chewie and Evaan (the Y-Wing pilot), the only others who could even have qualified, weren't flying because they had more important things to do (and/or haven't managed to exist in canon yet, in this case of Evaan). That said, considering the attrition rate of those battles, surviving both is still an achievement, and this fact is used as the foundation of his Ace Piloting credentials.
  • Famed In-Story: By the time of the Battle of Endor, Wedge is one of the Rebellion's most well-known heroes thanks to his exploits at Yavin and Hoth. His fame only grows further when he destroys the second Death Star alongside Lando.
  • Happily Married: To Norra Wexley sometime after the events of the Aftermath trilogy.
  • Hero of Another Story: When he is not working with the Rebel heroes, Wedge is off on his own adventures leading Red or Rogue Squadron. Some of those adventures get shown in other series.
  • Intergenerational Friendship: With Temmin Wexley, who he began training as a pilot after the Battle of Akivia. Temmin later becomes his stepson.
  • The Leader: Of Red / Rogue Squadron following the Battle of Hoth, and then Phantom Squadron following the Battle of Akivia.
  • Limited Wardrobe: In all of his appearances in the movies, Wedge only wears his Rebel pilot suit.
  • Living Legend: Even prior to the Battle of Endor, Wedge is regarded by the other Alliance pilots as this due to surviving the first Death Star. By the time of the First Order-Resistance war, Wedge is on a list of living Alliance members whom the First Order are seeking to eliminate due to being potential Resistance recruits who could rally more fighters against them. Wedge does exactly that after surviving their kidnapping attempting, using his influence to rally numerous pilots who had previously served under his command, along with several of their children who grew up on stories of his exploits.
  • The Lost Lenore: Part of his hatred for the Empire comes from them having harmed and presumably killed a girl he loved named Mala.note  His helmet in Rebels bears her name in remembrance.
  • Mauve Shirt: His role in the original trilogy films is little more than "recurring rebel pilot", but by giving him a name and having him appear prominently in all three films, he's elevated from an extra to a supporting character.
  • The Mentor: Two of his students at the New Republic's flight academy were his stepson Temmin and Poe Dameron, whom he considered his star pupils and both of whom went on to become the Resistance's top fighter aces.
  • Mythology Gag: Him being a Defector from Decadence as his backstory may be a reference to how in Legends, he would infiltrate Imperial Flight Academies, gather and/or persuade cadets to rebel, then have them grab the first ship out of there once they graduate. That way, the Rebel Alliance won't have to use up resources to train new pilots. Instead, they have sympathizers get trained by the Empire.
  • Named After Somebody Famous: The Antilles Intercept, a flight maneuver taught to New Republic/Resistance pilots, is named after him.
  • Nerves of Steel: You try flying through the superstructure of a moon-sized space station and sound calm about it the entire way.
  • Nice Guy: He is a friendly guy who wholeheartedly believes in the Rebellion's ideals.
  • Not So Above It All:
    • After being subject to AP-5 and Chopper's antics, the final straw is when Chopper accidentally hits him in the knee, causing the pilot to angrily chase after the astromech with intent to beat him up.
    • He also has no issue getting back at Wes for the pranks he pulls, notably locking his friend in a spinning flight simulator filled with Tauntaun musk after Wes had previously planted a stink bomb of the same musk within his cockpit during a patrol.
  • Odd Friendship: According to Aftermath, Fulcrum II ended up becoming his friend, though as Wedge looks back on it a couple years after his defection from the Skystrike Academy, it seems that he never found out who Fulcrum II really was by then.
  • Old Soldier: When he comes out of retirement to fight the First Order he is at least in his late 50s with several old injuries still bothering him, but he quickly proves that his piloting and shooting skills are as sharp as ever.
  • Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: In the first movie, Lucas dubbed another actor's voice over his lines. In Empire, Lawson affected an American accent before switching to his native Scottish in Jedi.
  • One-Steve Limit: No relation to Captain Raymus Antilles, or Bail Antilles (who is only mentioned once in The Phantom Menace).
  • Outliving One's Offspring: Stepson in this case. He fights in the Battle of Exogol as a gunner aboard the Millennium Falcon and survives the battle, but he only arrived just moments after his stepson, Temmin, was killed.
  • Rank Up: He starts as a defected lieutenant in Rebels, becomes wing commander of Red Squadron and commander in the Alliance military in general, later becoming a captain in the New Republic.
  • Reassigned to Antarctica: Due to disobeying orders and taking Phantom Squadron to Kashyyyk, Wedge is publicly given a medal but removed from active flight duty and assigned to oversee hanger operations at a base on Chandrila, with the view that despite his service Wedge's willingness to defy authority no longer fit with the switch from the Rebellion to New Republic.
  • Retired Badass: By the time of the First Order-Resistance conflict, Wedge and Norra have been farmers on Akiva for years and want nothing more than to stay that way. But the destruction of Hosnian Prime and the death of so many senior Resistance leaders, including Luke and Ackbar, drive them to come out of retirement and join the Resistance.
  • Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Although the New Republic decided to forgo any new offensives while attempting to negotiate the Empire's surrender with Sloane, Wedge and Ackbar decide to follow Leia in going to Kashyyyk to stop an Imperial fleet from destroying it and killing Han and Chewie.
  • Ship Tease: With Norra Wexley. The two begin a brief relationship in Life Debt, but when Norra returns from Kashyyyk with her husband Bentin, who had been imprisoned there, the relationship ends. Bentin's subsequent brainwashing and death allow Wedge and Norra to resume their relationship. This might double as a Mythology Gag, as Wedge faced similar circumstances with his Legends Love Interest.
  • Straight Man: Often has to take this role as a squadron commander, with a number of his subordinates being more highly eccentric than him. Wes is the one he steps into the role most often with.
  • Stress Vomit: After killing the pirates who killed people close to him in his youth, Wedge spent the night puking in horror at the first lives he ever took.
  • Taking the Bullet: His role in the trench run is to fly behind Luke's X-Wing and soak up the fire from the pursuing TIEs long enough for Luke to fire his torpedoes. However, when his maneuvering capabilities are reduced after taking damage, Luke orders Wedge to pull out of the trench since he can no longer protect him.
  • True Companions: Although it is not shown much in the films, the other works establish that he is part of the core group of heroes and his personal loyalty to Luke, Leia, and Han eclipses his loyalty to the New Republic.
  • Uncertain Doom: At the end of Empire's End, he retires from his piloting career to become the chief instructor of the flight academy on Hosnian Prime. Thankfully, Resistance Reborn reveals he had retired and moved to Akiva before the planet's destruction.
  • Veteran Instructor: Post-Jakku, Wedge was assigned as the head instructor of a New Republic flight academy on Hosnian Prime, as the New Republic felt that he had gone rogue a few too many times and that his active service was no longer needed with the war coming to a close.
  • War Hero: He is a highly decorated pilot who is well-known throughout the galaxy for his service during the Rebellion. When the First Order begins its takeover of the galaxy, his status as a Rebel hero puts him near the top of their list for capture and execution.
  • Wingman: Acts as Luke's alongside Biggs during the run on first Death Star. He has to pull out of the trench run due to his fighter taking too much damage.
  • You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: He's relieved to hear that the Rebellion sent Sabine to help him, Rake, and Hobbie escape from Skystrike, though this is his reaction when she reveals that she's just making this up as she goes along.
  • Younger Than They Look: Although his appearance may indicate that he is in his late 20s or early 30s, he is actually the same age as Sabine Wren, who was 21 years old at the events of the battle of Yavin.

    Nera Kase 

Chief Nera Kase

Species: Human

The boss of the starfighter pilots and flight crews on Base One at Yavin 4.


  • A Day in the Limelight: She receives her own short story, "Grounded", in From a Certain Point of View.
  • A Mother to Her Men: She deeply cares about her pilots and carries immense guilt whenever they don't make it out of battle alive, feeling that as they are her responsibility, she wonders if there was anymore she could have done to prevent them from being another casualty. At the end of the Battle of Yavin, while everyone is celebrating, she leaves herself alone to grieve.

Blade Squadron

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"Strike as Lightning"
Blade Squadron motto

A mixed wing of B-wing bombers and their A-wing, and later X-wing, escorts which participated in the Battle of Endor, engaging the Star Destroyer Devastator. Following that climatic battle, Blade Squadron participated in key battles at Malastare, Kuat, and finally Jakku during the effort to finish off the Empire.

    Adon Fox 

Wing Commander Adon Fox

Species: Human

Callsign: Blade Leader

Appearances: Blade Squadron

"The whole point of a B-wing squadron attack is that the combined ships act as a force multiplier. If we integrate our attack vectors, we have a far better chance of finishing the mission successfully - and alive. Understood?"

The human commander of Blade Squadron. He lost his wife during the evacuation of Hoth when her transport was destroyed by the Devastator, which he is eager to avenge during the Battle of Endor.


  • Ace Pilot: Moonsong notes that he doesn't look much like a warrior, being overweight and redfaced, but that he makes up for it with his fast reflexes and skill in a fighter. He defeats Imperial Ace Pilot Commander Gradd, who is one of the best Imperial pilots in the fleet, in a one-on-one fighter duel, but his fighter is left heavily damaged afterwards.
  • Blood from the Mouth: Tastes blood in his mouth after his dogfight with Commander Gradd has left his B-wing (and him) in rough shape.
  • Commanding Coolness: He is regarded as a first-rate commander by his pilots.
  • Crusading Widower: He is extremely pleased when he realizes that the ship his squadron is assigned to destroy is the Devastator, the same ship responsible for destroying the transport his wife was on at the Battle of Hoth.
  • Disappointed in You: He sees a lot of potential in Moonsong, but is disappointed in her inability to follow proper squadron protocol in training exercises. That disappointment hurts her a lot more than any chewing out he or Stramm could give her.
  • Empty Shell: He considers himself one after the loss of his wife at Hoth, noting he hasn't felt much of any emotion since then.
  • I Will Only Slow You Down: After the Devastator is destroyed, he orders the remaining fighters in Blade Squadron to leave him behind and rejoin the rest of the Rebel fighters. The story ends with him still alive, but with little hope for rescue before his injuries kill him or his fighter falls apart.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Knows exactly how to handle the pilots under his command, cutting Moonsong slack about Mildly Military status because she is a good pilot and does not discipline her for mouthing off to Stramm after an exercise because she was correct when she told him that Fox's numbers were off for their attack run. However, he does chew her out for lack of communication with the rest of the squadron, which Moonsong acknowledges as a problem.
  • Secret Secret-Keeper: He knows about Stramm and Moonsong's relationship, but doesn't do anything about it despite it being against regulations.

    Braylen Stramm 

Commander Braylen Stramm

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Species: Human

Callsigns: Blade Two, Blade Leader

Appearances: Blade Squadron | Zero Hour | Kuat | Jakku

A former Imperial officer who defected a year prior to the Battle of Endor. He is second-in-command of Blade Squadron. After the Battle of Endor, Stramm became the leader of Blade Squadron and was tasked with rebuilding it.


  • Ace Pilot: During the Battle of Endor, he is the only B-wing pilot in Blade Squadron who engages the TIE interceptors in a dogfight and doesn't get killed. He shoots down several of the TIEs, saving Moonsong and allowing them to complete their bombing run on the Devastator.
  • Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Moonsong, although they are together by the time the story starts and are simply keeping up the act in public.
  • Defector from Decadence: He deserted from his post on Naboo and joined the Rebellion after having enough of the oppressive orders handed down by his Imperial superiors.
  • Fish out of Water: As a Imperial pilot, he was used to a more disciplined and orderly command structure. The Mildly Military nature of the Alliance frustrates him and results in Stramm sometimes being too hard on his pilots to compensate for this.
  • Knight in Sour Armor: He does not really think the Alliance has a chance to defeat the Empire, but wants to fight it anyway to strike back at the evil he had served for far too long.
  • Number Two: He is second-in-command of Blade Squadron and takes over command after Fox's A-wing is badly damaged and they think he is dead.
  • Rank Up: He was promoted to commander and made the leader of Blade Squadron following the Battle of Endor.
  • Secret Relationship: With Moonsong, although Fox is secretly aware of it. He ends their relationship after being promoted to squadron leader, believing that it would be too inappropriate to continue.
  • Uptight Loves Wild: He is known for being a by-the-book officer who still abides by the discipline he got in the Imperial military, but gets into a relationship with Moonsong, who most definitely does not like playing by the rulebook.

    Gina Moonsong 

Lieutenant Gina Moonsong

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Species: Human

Callsign: Blade Three, Blade Leader

Appearances: Blade Squadron | Zero Hour | Kuat | Jakku

A human ex-smuggler who operated out of Coruscant, Moonsong recently joined the Rebel Alliance. She was in a relationship with Stramm until after the Battle of Endor. During the Battle of Kuat, Moonsong is promoted to squadron leader when Stramm is assigned to coordinate starfighter tactics.


  • Action Girl: In addition to being a skilled pilot Moonsong is capable in ground combat. During the Battle of Jakku she is shot down and works with a group of New Republic soldiers to ambush an Imperial supply convoy.
  • Ace Pilot: Fox notes that she is one of the best pilots he has ever seen, and may even be nearly as skilled as Wedge Antilles. However, she has trouble working with the rest of the squadron as a team, although this issue evaporates when they go into combat at Endor.
  • Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Stramm, although they are together by the time the story starts and are simply keeping up the act in public.
  • Fiery Redhead: She has short red hair, and is very passionate and outspoken.
  • Mildly Military: Being an ex-smuggler, Moonsong is used to playing a little loose with the rules, even for a Rebel. Fox tells her that if they weren't already short on pilots, he would yank her flight permission due to her attitude in the training exercises and tendency to act on her own plans without telling the rest of the squadron what she is doing.
  • New Meat: She may be a natural pilot and have plenty of experience as a smuggler, but before the Battle of Endor she still has less than fifty hours of flight time in a B-wing. The harrowing experience of Endor rid her of this status immediately, and Moonsong was put in charge of training the squadron's new recruits.
  • Number Two: She is made the second-in-command of Blade Squadron after Endor.
  • Rank Up: Promoted to lieutenant after the Battle of Endor.
  • Reformed Criminal: She used to be a smuggler before quitting and joining the Rebellion.
  • Secret Relationship: With Stramm, although Fox is secretly aware of it. Stramm ends it after he gets promoted to squadron leader.
  • Wingman: She and Fanty serve as each other's wingman.

    Fanty 

Fanty

Species: Human

Callsign: Blade Four

Appearances: Blade Squadron | Zero Hour | Kuat | Jakku

A male human who is Gina Moonsong's wingman. Fanty was one of three members of Blade Squadron who survived Endor.


  • Ace Pilot: Anyone who managed to survive Endor, particularly Blade Squadron's near-suicide bombing run against the Devastator, deserves this status.
  • Flat Character: Fanty doesn't really have any personality traits or focus in the Blade Squadron stories and exists mostly as a constant presence in Moonsong's story.
  • Only One Name: His full name is never revealed.
  • Wingman: He and Moonsong serve as each other's wingman.

    Cutter Poole 

Cadet Cutter Poole

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Species: Human

Callsign: Blade Five

Appearances: Zero Hour

"I'm just glad the war didn't end before I got here, sir. I mean, ma'am."

A male human who joins Blade Squadron after the Battle of Endor.


  • Glory Seeker: He is all smiles upon joining the Rebellion and explains that he is very glad that he joined up before the Rebels finished off the Empire. He lets out an excited cry after getting his very first, and only, kill.
  • Mauve Shirt: Gets a bit of character established before being killed at the Battle of Malastare.
  • New Meat: He and Dahn share this status when joining Blade Squadron, having no experience flying starfighters before training under Moonsong.

    Yori Dahn 

Cadet Yori Dahn

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Species: Human

Callsign: Blade Six

Appearances: Zero Hour | Kuat

A female human who joins Blade Squadron after Endor. She was the first mate of a tramp freighter who joined the Alliance after the Empire killed the rest of her crew.


  • New Meat: She and Poole share this status when joining Blade Squadron, having no experience flying starfighters before training under Moonsong.
  • Revenge: Her main motivation to fight against the Empire is to avenge her dead crewmates. Moonsong thinks that mentality will get Dahn killed quickly, but she ends up being the only one of the three new recruits who survives.
  • Sole Survivor: Was the only survivor of her crew, and the only new recruit under Moonsong's command who survives.

    Jordan Karls 

Cadet Jordan Karls

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Species: Togruta

Callsign: Blade Seven

Appearances: Zero Hour

A male Togruta pilot who joins Blade Squadron after the Battle of Endor.


  • Character Death: Dies in the opening stages of the Battle of Malastare when his starfighter is caught in an electromagnetic of the shield protecting the planet, which whips his starfighter into the shield and destroys it instantly.
  • Red Shirt: Gets the least page time of the three new recruits to Blade Squadron in Zero Hour.
  • Token Minority: He is the only known non-human in Blade Squadron.

Blue Squadron

An airspeeder and starfighter squadron. During the Battle of Atollon, Blue Squadron flew Y-Wings and suffered heavy casualties. At the time of the Battle of Scarif, Blue Squadron was a mixture of X-Wings and U-Wings and served as a key ground support unit, although it suffered heavy casualties during the mission to steal the Death Star plans. Four years later, Blue Squadron was a B-Wing unit and participated in the Battle of Endor.

    Antoc Merrick 

General Antoc Merrick

Callsign: Blue Leader

See his entry above under Starfighter Command.

    Torius Chord 

Torius Chord

Species: Human

Callsign: Blue Two

Portrayed by: Samuel Victor
Appearances: Rogue One

A pilot in Blue Squadron that fought at the Battle of Scarif.


    Jaldine Gerams 

Jaldine Gerams

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Fresia

Callsign: Blue Three

Portrayed by: Geraldine James
Appearances: Rogue One

A computer specialist who spent much of her time on flight simulators she created herself, Jaldine immediately took the opportunity to join the Rebel Alliance when it came to her homeworld of Fresia, wanting to become an X-Wing pilot. She would be placed in Blue Squadron and would fight in the Battle of Scarif.


  • Jumped at the Call: Joined the Rebel Alliance at the prospect of actually piloting a real X-Wing.
  • Old Soldier: She's up there in age, but still flies in combat.
  • Tuckerization: Her name is an anagram of her actress's name, Geraldine James.

    Barion Raner 

Barion Raner

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Homeworld: Ord Mantell

Callsign: Blue Four

Portrayed by: Ariyon Bakare
Appearances: Rogue One

An X-Wing pilot of Blue Squadron, hailing from the world of Ord Mantell. He fought at the Battle of Scarif.


  • Ace Pilot: Not only does he narrowly avoid crashing into the Shield Gate, he is later seen outmaneuvering three TIE fighters whilst destroying a Star Destroyer's shield generator simultaneously!
  • Distinguishing Mark: Like Farns Monsbee, it seems he has the Wren Phoenix insignia on his helmet.
  • Famed In-Story: He is quite well known amongst X-Wing pilots due to having written the training manual for the starfighter. Poe mentions having memorized "Raner's Rules" when he was a child.
  • Number Two: He was the second-in-command of Blue Squadron and took charge of the squadron members who didn't make it through the orbital gate to Scarif's surface.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: While Gold Squadron are the ones to disable the Star Destroyer Persecutor with their ion torpedoes, said-torpedoes arguably wouldn't have had as much of an effect had Barion not successfully disabled the Persecutor's shield generator moments prior. As said-Destroyer proved vital in destroying the Shield Gate that was preventing Rogue One from transmitting the Death Star plans to the Rebel fleet...
  • Tuckerization: His name is (mostly) an anagram of his actor's name, Ariyon Bakare.

    Farns Monsbee 

Farns Monsbee

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Callsign: Blue Five

Portrayed by: Simon Farnaby
Appearances: Rogue One

An X-Wing pilot from Blue Squadron, fighting in the Battle of Scarif. Unlike most pilots, his helmet's Rebel insignia was of the modified Wren Phoenix, by rebel propaganda artist Sabine Wren of Mandalore.


    Vangos Grek 

Vangos Grek

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Species: Human

Callsign: Blue Six

Portrayed by: ???
Appearances: Rogue One

"Come on, come on, come on, come on!"

An X-Wing pilot transferred from the Tierfon Yellow Aces into Blue Squadron, he participated in the Battle of Scarif.


  • Character Death: He was the last member of Blue Squadron to attempt to fly through the Shield Gate surrounding the planet while it was down, but the shield recovered in time for Grek's X-Wing to crash into it and kill the pilot.
  • Oh, Crap!: Frantically shouts "come on" repeatedly while attempting to fly his X-Wing past the Shield Gate before it closes, and can only scream when the Shield Gate does close and Vangos is unable to pull up his X-wing in time to avoid crashing.

    Heff Tobber 

Lieutenant Heff Tobber

Species: Human

Callsign: Blue Eight

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Portrayed by: Toby Hefferman
Appearances: Rogue One

A U-Wing pilot from Blue Squadron who fought in the Battle of Scarif. He was once stationed at the rebel outpost on Crait.


    Laren Joma 

Warrant Officer Laren Joma

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Species: Human

Callsign: Blue Eleven

Portrayed by:
Appearances: Rogue One

A U-Wing pilot tasked with delivering reinforcements to Rogue One during the Battle of Scarif.


  • Character Death: Dies when her U-Wing is shot down and crash-lands on the beaches of Scarif.
  • Gunship Rescue: Her specialty as a U-Wing pilot. During the Battle of Scarif she pilots the only U-Wing that makes it through the shield gate before it closes, delivering reinforcements to Rogue One and then flying around the battlefield to give her gunner Bistan the chance to provide covering fire for the ground troops.
  • The Nicknamer: Dubbed Bistan "space monkey" as an endearing nickname.
  • Oh, Crap!: Frantically yells "We're going down!" when her gunship gets sent careening onto the shores. Though she still manages to take out a few Imperials when she crashes.

    Taslet Colb 

Lieutenant Taslet Colb

Callsign: Blue Eleven

Appearances: Rogue One

The co-pilot to fellow Blue Eleven, U-Wing pilot Laren Joma, during the Battle of Scarif. They would both die during the battle when their U-Wing is shot down.


  • Character Death: Dies when his U-Wing is shot down and crash-lands on the beaches of Scarif.

    Paril Ritta 

Paril Ritta

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Generis

Callsign: Blue Twelve

Portrayed by: ???
Appearances: Rogue One

One of the four Y-Wing pilots transferred from the Atrivis sector to the Profundity, he fought at the Battle of Scarif.


Post-Scarif Roster

    Ten Numb 

Ten Numb

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Species: Sullustan

Homeworld: Sullust

Callsign: Blue Five

Portrayed by: Mike Quinn
Voiced by: ???
Appearances: Return of the Jedi

A Sullustan B-Wing pilot that also had expertise in demolitions. In the Battle of Endor, he led Blue Squadron in the assault against Imperial command ships.


  • All There in the Manual: His name and call sign can be found in the Rebel pilots Databank slideshow. More about his background was later given in the official Star Wars Card Trader app.
  • Bounty Hunter: Prior to joining the Alliance, he worked as a bounty hunter.
  • Humanoid Alien: As a Sullustan, he has the basic human body shape but a distinctly alien appearance.
  • Numerical Theme Naming: Don't confuse him with Nien Nunb, but the reason for their similar names is that Nien Nunb is a joke on 'Number Nine', and Ten Numb's name is a joke on "Number Ten".

Corona Squadron

An elite squadron of five X-Wings that performs intelligence gathering missions for the Alliance Fleet in the aftermath of the defeat at Hoth.

    The Contessa 

The Contessa

Species: Human

Callsign: Corona Leader

Appearances: Lost Stars | Rendezvous Point

"We all have to put our pasts behind us. All of us. That includes even the people on our side, much less Imperial loyalists."

A female human aristocrat who commands Corona Squadron.


  • Ace Pilot: She's a skilled X-Wing fighter and she's got the leadership of Corona Squadron, surviving every battle, even the one over Endor.
  • Boyish Short Hair: She's depicted as having this in the manga adaptation.
  • Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The author imagines her being portrayed by Michelle Yeoh.
  • The Exile: She was forced to flee from her homeworld when the Empire invaded and turned the population against the ruling family, although they were eventually enslaved as well.
  • The Leader: Of Corona Squadron until shortly after the Battle of Endor.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: Goes by "The Contessa", with her real name never actually being stated. She explains to Wedge that it is a reminder of the status that she thought would protect her but didn't.
  • Put on a Bus: She leaves the military to return to her homeworld after Endor in order to run for election as president.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: She is from the ruling noble family on her homeworld, with Yendor referencing her having lived in a palace, but she joined the Rebellion to fight the Empire.
  • Sole Survivor: She is the only member of her family who survived the Imperial takeover of her homeworld.

    Yendor Brethen 

Yendor Brethen

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Species: Twi'lek

Homeworld: Ryloth

Callsigns: Corona Two, Corona Leader

Appearances: Lost Stars | Life Debt | Empire's End | Bloodline | Resistance Reborn

"I have dedicated what is left of my life to preserving my people's history. I don't know if that makes me a scholar, a collector, or a fool."

A male Twi'lek pilot who becomes friends with Thane Kyrell. Following the conclusion of the Galactic Civil War and the rise of the New Republic, Yendor returned to his homeworld of Ryloth and became the independent world's ambassador to the New Republic. With the rise of the First Order he prepares for future conflict and to defend Ryloth by establishing the Ryloth Defense Authority, which he later aligns with the Resistance.


  • Ace Pilot: He survived the Battle of Endor and served as squadron leader, so this trope should go without saying.
  • Ambadassador: Returns in Bloodline as an emissary from his homeworld of Ryloth.
  • Badass Bookworm: After establishing the RDA in an old historical society facility, Yendor established his office in a massive library and began working to preserve books and relics from Ryloth's history while preparing for war against the First Order.
  • Call Sign: Initially flew as Corona Two before being made the leader of the squadron.
  • Character Development: When first introduced, Yendor was only a pilot with little interest in command or politics. He eventually rose to become an effective squadron commander, then an ambassador, and finally founded his own resistance movement against the First Order.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Spends most of his time snarking.
  • Guy in Back: During the Battle of Hoth, Yendor serves as the gunner in Thane's snowspeeder.
  • In the Hood: After becoming a scholar in his later years Yendor wears an ornate black robe with blue and silver embroidery and often wears the hood up.
  • Old Soldier: By the time of the war against the First Order he is in his sixties but still determined to fight. Yendor hopes that he may even get the chance to fly an X-Wing again.
  • Outliving One's Offspring: During the First Order's attack on the Ryloth Resistance base, his daughter Hahnee dies fighting alongside Leia. Yendor is so shaken by this that he briefly plans to stay behind and continue fighting while everyone else evacuates, but Leia manages to talk him out of it.
  • Rank Up: After the Contessa leaves the New Republic to return to her homeworld, Yendor is promoted to squadron leader.
  • Rebel Leader: As the First Order gains power, Yendor establishes the Ryloth Defense Authority with the unofficial approval of the planetary government. When Leia arrives on Ryloth looking for help rebuilding the Resistance he has the RDA merge with the Resistance and becomes one of its leaders in the aftermath of the Battle of Crait.
  • Recurring Character: Although initially a secondary character introduced in Lost Stars, he has gone on to make several more appearances and become one of the most recurring non-film characters in the novels.
  • Retired Badass: Leaves the New Republic military shortly before the end of the war to help liberate Ryloth, after which he is immediately made ambassador, a position he holds for at least twenty-three years. He comes out of retirement to fight the First Order.
  • Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Offers Leia and the Resistance shelter in the RDAs headquarters after the Battle of Crait despite knowing Ryloth's government would be weary at best. When his son Charth questions the wisdom of this, Yendor declares that he doesn't really care what others will think.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: Doesn't rub very well with Thane, but both ensure they got each others' backs, especially when duking it off with Imperial TIE Fighters.

    Smikes 

Smikes

Species: Human

Callsign: Corona Three

Appearances: Lost Stars

"I'm not grumpy, I'm a realist."

A sarcastic and cranky human male.


  • Character Death: His X-wing is destroyed by TIE fighters during the scouting mission to the Hudalla system.
  • Gonk: In the manga adaptation, compared to his teammates. He looks like Usopp with a nose in the shape of a hook.
  • Knight in Sour Armor: He is always extremely grumpy and pessimistic, but his squadmates put up with it because he is an excellent pilot who gives everything he has to the Rebellion.
  • Mauve Shirt: The least developed member of Corona Squadron and the only one who dies.

    Thane Kyrell 

Commander Thane Kyrell

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Thane's depiction in the Lost Stars manga.

Species: Human

Homeworld: Jelucan

Callsigns: AV-547, Corona Four

An aristocrat from Jelucan, Thane was best friends with Ciena Ree and went to the Imperial Academy on Coruscant with her, graduating as a top-ranked TIE pilot. However, he deserted the Empire soon after the destruction of Alderaan and joined the Alliance several months later. However, fate continued to bring him and Ciena, still serving in the Imperial fleet, together on several occasions during the war.


  • Abusive Parents: While his mother was only neglectful of him, Thane's father would often beat him harshly and bad enough to leave scars that were still visible in his adulthood.
  • Ace Pilot: He is one of the most skilled pilots to ever graduate from the Imperial Academy on Coruscant. After joining the Alliance, Thane is assigned to Corona Squadron, which is one of their elite Starfighter units.
  • Bully Hunter: He hates bullies, mainly because his father and older brother were both bullies. In fact, he and Ciena become friends because Thane charges a bunch of kids bullying Ciena when she tries to sneak a look at Tarkin's shuttle. This mentality later contributes to his decision to join the Rebellion despite being cynical about it, as he can no longer stand simply going around the galaxy and seeing the harm Imperials are inflicting everywhere.
  • Childhood Friend Romance: Ciena and Thane. They meet when they're little ship-nerd 8-year-olds. They fall in love about a decade later.
  • Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The author sees him as being played by Sam Reid.
  • The Cynic: He was never a true believer in the Empire, and simply joined up to fly their advanced ships. Even after joining up with the Rebellion, he did not initially think that whatever replaced the Empire would be good, but that it at least had to be better than the Empire. After serving with the Rebellion for awhile and coming to admire its leaders, he does eventually start to believe that the Rebellion has a good chance to establish a just government.
  • Death Faked for You: Although Ciena told him she would report that he had deserted, she actually claimed that he had committed suicide out of grief over the destruction of the Death Star.
  • Flat-Earth Atheist: A downplayed example. Thane works for the Rebellion with Luke Skywalker living just down the hall, but continues to believe the Force is ridiculous nonsense. Doubly so with so many people in living memory who knew the Jedi. Also, despite the staggering amount of really weird happenstances that keep bringing him and Ciena back together. However, he's never shown as seeing any hard evidence (Luke doesn't appear on page in the book nor apparently use his powers where Thane can see, and witnesses don't interact with him), thus his view seems more reasonable at first, since he just hears people state their belief in the Force. In the end, he comes around to believing it's real from the aforementioned happenstances just becoming too much for ever explaining as being coincidences.
  • Friendly Enemy: What he and Ciena. General Rieekan and his squadron are not particularly pleased by this, although his squadmates come around when they witness Ciena save Thane's life during a scouting mission.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Deserts the Empire and eventually joins the Rebels.
  • Heel Realization: The destruction of Alderaan kicks off his realization that the Empire is evil, and watching his fellow Imperials enslave the Bodachi'i drives him to finally desert from the Empire.
  • Hollywood Atheist: Zigzagged with Thane. He's initially a cynical atheist who disbelieves in the Force, an afterlife or any spiritual things generally, certain people are fundamentally self-interested (to him, the Rebels are just less bad than the Empire, rather than virtuous). However, he is still a nice guy and slowly learns he's wrong on all these things, which Thane easily accepts.
  • Interclass Friendship: With Ciena; his family is a powerful aristocratic family while Ciena's is from a poor working-class.
  • Knight in Sour Armor: While he does not believe the Alliance can defeat the Empire, Thane feels he must fight it after having served the Empire and seeing its evil firsthand.
  • Odd Friendship: Besides their social statuses, Thane and Ciena also come from opposing cultures that settled Jelucan at different points. The fact that it grows into a romance that continues even after Thane joins the Rebellion only increases how odd it is.
  • Oh, Crap!: When he realizes that his boss, Mon Mothma, was the woman that he vented to when he got drunk after having a previous Oh, Crap! that he might unknowingly kill Ciena during some battle between the Rebellion and the Empire. Fortunately, Senator Mothma is a Nice Girl, Reasonable Authority Figure, and a Benevolent Boss who understands that he's in distress, and as long as he doesn't let his love for Ciena get in the way of his commitment to the Rebellion, it'll be fine.
  • Rank Up: By the time of the Battle of Jakku, Thane was promoted from Lieutenant to Commander.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: He comes from a wealthy aristocratic family, but initially joins the military before deserting and eventually joining the Rebellion that is attempting to take down the system that helps his class back on Jelucan.
  • Starcrossed Lovers: With Ciena, ever since he deserted the Empire and joined the Rebels while his Childhood Friend stayed with the Imperial forces. They thankfully survive the war.
  • Token Human: While part of the crew of the Mighty Oak Apocalypse.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Yendor don't get along too well, but they always look out for each other, especially when it comes to Ciena.
  • We Used to Be Friends: Although his friendship with Ciena survives his defection, his friendship with Nash does not. Thane is disgusted that Nash continues to serve the people who destroyed his homeworld, while Nash views Thane as a manipulative traitor and assumes that he must never have been truly friends with them.

    Kendy Idele 

Lieutenant Kendy Idele

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From the Manga adaptation.

Species: Human

Homeworld: Iloh

Callsign: Corona Five

Appearances: Lost Stars

"Good people can start to serve the Empire. But if they stay, they stop being good."

A dark-skinned female human from Iloh, Kendy was a roommate and friend of Ciena Ree and Jude at the Imperial Academy on Coruscant. After graduating, she and her unit eventually mutinied against the Empire and joined the Rebellion, where she was reunited with her friend and fellow classmate Thane.


  • Ace Pilot: While nowhere as good as Ciena or Thane, Kendy was near the top of the class at the Imperial Academy and is assigned to an elite X-Wing unit as part of the Rebellion.
  • Action Girl: In addition to being a capable pilot, Kendy is more than capable of taking care of herself in a firefight. At the academy, she had the best scores in accuracy with a blaster, and she puts those skills to good use when infiltrating the Inflictor.
  • Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The author imagines Kendy being played by Parminder Nagra.
  • Heel–Face Turn: She and her unit mutinied against the Empire on Miriatin. She was among the survivors who joined the Rebel Alliance.
  • Prefers Going Barefoot: Being from a tropical world with lots of beaches, she grew up going barefoot most of the time and grew to hate having to wear shoes, particularly the Imperial military boots.
  • We Used to Be Friends: She no longer considers Ciena to be a friend after joining the Rebellion, believing that someone who continued serving the Empire as long as Ciena had would be too corrupted to still be a good person. She changes her mind after witnessing Ciena save Thane's life during a scouting mission to the Hudalla System.
  • World of Technicolor Hair: She has green hair, which is noted to be a common trait amongst humans from Iloh.

Danger Squadron

A starfighter squadron stationed aboard the Restoration under the command of General Lando Calrissian.

    Shriv Suurgav 

Major Shriv Suurgav

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"They don't call me Danger Leader for nothing."

Species: Duros

Callsigns: Danger Leader, Dross Leader

Portrayed by: Dan Donohue

An X-Wing pilot that worked closely with Lando to hunt down Admiral Versio after the Battle of Endor. Thirty years later, he became an agent of the Resistance.


  • Actually Pretty Funny: When he tells Lando that he helped liberate Sullust, the latter jokes that that explains why the Empire is still there. Shriv laughs, and admits that that's a good one.
  • Alliterative Name: Shriv Suurgav.
  • Bait-and-Switch: After a mission with Nien Nunb goes wrong in the Adventures comics...
    Shriv: I once heard that the definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
    Nien: Hey! Are you calling me stupid?
    Shriv: I was referring to myself. For agreeing to be your co-pilot. Again.
    Nien: Living the life of high adventure, buddy.
  • Butt-Monkey: He gets picked on by a couple of characters and his presence is ignored a few times despite his rank. He thinks that he’s The Friend Nobody Likes in a case of My Friends... and Zoidberg.
  • Deadpan Snarker: How he deals with his Butt-Monkey status.
    Shriv (Feeling dejected after getting ignored by Del): "Hey Shriv, I hope you survive this incredibly dangerous mission as well." Thank you Del, your friendship means everything to me.
  • The Eeyore: Shriv lives in a constant state of sullen and annoyed, not helped by the fact that he's constantly saddled with chipper and idealistic (or, in Lando's case, wild and ridiculous) people, but he's actually very warm and compassionate. He even leans into it for humor's sake.
    Iden: "You sound like you're enjoying yourself."
    Shriv: "I would never."
  • Honorary Uncle: During the thirty year timeskip, Iden's daughter, Zay, has taken to calling him "Uncle Shriv".
  • Ink-Suit Actor: He looks a bit like a Duros version of his actor.
  • The Lancer: To Lando when first introduced, and later during their mission to Sullust, in both of which he appears as Lando's Number Two. Shriv spends much of their time together sniping and groaning at Lando's eccentricities and criticizing his general style, while unfailingly following Lando's lead when need be.
  • The Leader: To Dross Squadron, his new Resistance unit— while he's not the only veteran of the last war among them, he quickly takes charge and leads them on their first mission to acquire new ships on Bracca.
  • Moment Killer: At the end of the Battle of Jakku, he gets pestered by D10 into following the droid's directions... right into Del and Iden sharing their Big Damn Kiss.
  • Old Soldier: The man has been in the thick of action some time prior to the Battle of Endor, and followed through with some pivotal operations all the way to the Battle of Jakku. Thirty years later, he's still an active agent of the Resistance.
  • Parental Substitute: He takes on this role for Zay Versio after her parents die during the events of Star Wars: Battlefront 2. In Resistance Reborn, he privately refers to her as "my girl" with fatherly pride.
  • The Straight Man: To Lando's laidback attitude. Their mission on Sullust's Imperial factory spirals into chaos thanks to Lando's Indy Ploy tendencies, and poor Shriv is forced to tag along anyway.
  • Taking You with Me: He jokes that if he’s gonna die at the weapons compound on Sullust (which they had flooded with lava), he’s glad that Lando is gonna die too.

    SPOILERS for Battlefront II 

Gray Squadron

A Y-Wing Squadron that fought in the Battle of Endor.

    Horton Salm 

Horton Salm

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Species: Human

Callsign: Gray Leader

Portrayed by: ???
Appearances: Return of the Jedi

A Y-Wing pilot who led Gray Squadron in the Battle of Endor.


  • All There in the Manual: His Legends name is reestablished in the canon reference book Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.
  • Canon Immigrant: The character was originally introduced in the Legends novel X-Wing: Rogue Squadron. The Star Wars Customizable Card Game later identified the previously unnamed Gray Leader from Return of the Jedi as Salm.

    Ekelarc Yong 

Ekelarc Yong

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Species: Human

Callsign: Gray Three

Portrayed by: Timothy Sinclair
Appearances: Return of the Jedi

A Y-Wing pilot that flew for Gray Squadron and died in the Battle of Endor.


    Gureni Telsij 

Lieutenant Gureni Telsij

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Species: Human

Portrayed by: Eiji Kusuhara
Appearances: Return of the Jedi

A Y-Wing pilot that fought in the Battle of Endor.


  • All There in the Manual: His Legends name is reestablished in the canon reference book Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know.
  • Death by Adaptation: In Legends, he survived the Battle of Endor, but the updated canon junior novelization of Return of the Jedi has him die in the battle.
  • Schrödinger's Canon: In Legends, he flew as Gray Two.

Green Squadron

Originally stationed at Yavin 4, Green Squadron flew Y-Wings and A-Wings at the Battle of Atollon, and later, X-Wings into the Battle of Scarif. Four years later, Green Squadron was reorganized into a squadron of A-Wing fighters that participates in the Battle of Endor.

Scarif/Yavin Roster

    Torge Gommer 

Torge Gommer

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Species: Human

Callsign: Green Two

Portrayed by: ???
Appearances: Rogue One

A pilot in Green Squadron that fought at the Battle of Scarif.


  • The Cameo: We only catch a glimpse of him taking a ride on a motorized cart to his starfighter. We don't get to see him in action, though he apparently was.

    Attico Wred 

Lieutenant Attico Wred

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Corellia

Callsign: Green Four

Portrayed by: ???
Appearances: Rogue One

A former TIE pilot who defected to the Rebellion after disobeying a direct order to fire on an unarmed civilian craft. His callsign would be given to Shara Bey sometime before the Battle of Endor.


  • Heel–Face Turn: He was formerly a TIE pilot and defected from the Empire to the Rebellion after refusing to shoot down an unarmed civilian ship.
  • Would Not Shoot a Civilian: Realizing the Empire was willing and would kill unarmed civilians prompted Wred's desertion and defection to the Rebels.

    Namen Takamen 

Namen Takamen

Callsign: Green Seven

Appearances: Rogue One

A pilot in Green Squadron that fought at the Battle of Scarif.


  • Meaningful Name: Maybe. Out of all the other squadrons, Green Squadron is the most least developed by Rogue One and its All There in the Manual. Namen's name sounds like "Name Taken", which seems to be lampshading that there's not much to go off about Green Squadron.

    Puck Naeco 

Puck Naeco

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Species: Human

Callsign: Green Twelve, Red Twelve

A pilot in Green Squadron that was put out of action prior to the mission to steal the Death Star plans due to injuries sustained from a crash. Wion Dillems would step in to take his place as Green Twelve around the time of the mission to steal the Death Star plans.


  • Canon Immigrant: In Legends, he was created for X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide, a book that tied in with X-Wing. He was also Red Twelve rather than Green Twelve.
  • Schrödinger's Canon: His homeworld is Denon.
  • Red Shirt: Shot down while covering Dreis' trench run.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: More than likely avoids his Legends counterpart's fate due to said injuries... and then subverted in From a Certain Point of View, where it is revealed he got placed into Red Squadron for the Battle of Yavin anyway.
  • Taking the Bullet: His role in the trench run is to fly behind Dreis' X-Wing and soak up the fire from the pursuing TIEs long enough for Dreis to fire his torpedoes.

    Wion Dillems 

Lieutenant Wion Dillems

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Yelsain

Callsign: Green Twelve

Appearances: Rogue One

Unlike the members of his Tree Dweller tribes in the wilds of Yelsain, he was drawn to technology for the unimaginable speed it allowed him to fly at. Originally based on Admiral Raddus' Profundity, he stepped in to the fill the Green Twelve position in Green Squadron.


  • Tuckerization: The initials of his name are switched from his actor's name, Dion Willems.

    Others 
  • Riss Cylos/Green Three
  • Chaff Korus/Green Six

Endor Roster

    Arvel Crynyd 

Commander Arvel Crynyd

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Thyferra

Callsign: Green Leader

Portrayed by: Hilton McRae
Appearances: FACPOV: Return of the Jedi | Return of the Jedi | Shattered Empire

"Green Group, let's see if we can sting that Super Star Destroyer."

The leader of Green Squadron, Crynyd was the most experienced A-Wing pilot in the Alliance. He led Green Squadron during the Battle of Endor, focusing his forces on thinning out the Imperial fighter screens to give Alliance bombers a shot at taking out the Star Destroyers.


  • Ace Pilot: After being shot out of control, he managed to steer his A-Wing right into the bridge of the Executor.
  • Adaptational Sexuality: Legends gave no indication on his romantic preferences, but "The Impossible Flight of Ash Angels" reveals he is married to a male Volpai named Demms Ryx.
  • All There in the Manual: Although unnamed in the movie, his previously established Legends name is canonized through the Star Wars in 100 Scenes reference book. On the Front Lines also dedicates a profile to him as one of the key figures of the Battle of Endor, which reveals his rank, status as the most experienced A-Wing pilot in the Starfighter Corps, as well as his role in defining the A-Wing as the Alliance's primary reconnaissance and escort starfighter.
  • Ascended Extra: He’s an unnamed Small Role, Big Impact character in the film who barely had any information on him in Legends. From A Certain Point of View dedicates a whole story towards exploring his life.
  • Character Death: Gets hit by a turret, but does a heroic kamikaze ramming into the Executor's bridge, which brings it down and leads to Crynyd taking Admiral Piett with him.
  • Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: It could be the angle, but his eyes are often shadowed during the battle, giving him a rather sinister appearance.
  • A Death in the Limelight: "The Impossible Flight of Ash Angels" dives into his backstory and ends with his death at the Battle of Endor.
  • Dying Moment of Awesome: During the Battle of Endor, his fighter gets shot down. As his ship begins to break apart, the pilot manages to crash it clean through the bridge of the Executor, causing it to lose all control and smash into the Death Star.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Rather than try to eject from or crash land his doomed A-Wing, Crynyd aims for the bridge of the Executor's bridge and manages to disable it in the process.
  • Interspecies Relationship: He married Demms Ryx, who was a Volpai bartender at The End of the World on Koda Station.
  • The Leader: Of Green Squadron.
  • Neutral No Longer: For a long time he kept himself out of the Galactic Civil War, until on a run he came across a Rebel training outpost and saw pilots training in A-Wings. Crynyd intended to leave quickly and quietly, but was impressed by what he saw and how the Rebel craft were cared for, and ended up contacting them and offering to show the trainees a few tricks. This evolved into him becoming an instructor and eventually an active squadron leader.
  • Pre-War Civilian Career: Flew as a pilot for a bacta cartel on Thyferra prior to joining the Rebellion.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears briefly during the Battle of Endor sequence, but his actions take out the biggest Imperial ship outside of the Death Star at Endor and allow the Rebellion to turn the tide of the battle.
  • Taking You with Me: Decides that if he is going to die, he might as well take the largest Imperial ship and their Admiral, Firmus Piett, with him.

    L'ulo L'ampar 

Captain L'ulo L'ampar

Callsigns: Green Two, Green Leader

See his entry on the Resistance Starfighter Corps page.

    Shara Bey 

Lieutenant Shara Bey

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Species: Human

Callsign: Green Four

Appearances: Star Wars (Marvel 2015) | FACPOV: Return of the Jedi | Shattered Empire | The Princess and the Scoundrel | Battlefront IInote 

"People were hurting. People were suffering. Your father and I couldn't sit and do nothing."

A human A-Wing pilot in Green Squadron, Shara joined the Rebellion alongside her husband Kes Dameron while leaving their son Poe safely with her father.


  • Ace Pilot: She is a very good pilot, shooting down multiple TIEs at Endor and ultimately surviving that chaotic battle. Shara even flies her A-Wing through the legs of an AT-AT during the Battle of Cawa City in order to get the drop on several TIEs pursuing L'ulo.
  • Badass Normal: She's just a mom that figured she'd put her Ace Pilot skills to use and just so happened to become friends with Luke and Leia due to unexpected events.
  • Bus Crash: Poe's story in Before the Awakening reveals that Shara died several years after retiring when Poe was only nine. The exact circumstances of her death are not revealed.
  • The Cameo: Her Naboo Starfighter from Inferno Squad's perspective of the Battle of Naboo during Operation: Cinder in Battlefront II can be seen, though she isn't heard.
  • Dressing as the Enemy: She disguised herself as a Stormtrooper several times while trapped aboard the Tarkin's Will in order to move around and get supplies, but was almost caught doing so due to using discarded damaged armor that did not pass inspections.
  • Good Parents: Probably. According to Word of God, her motive for joining the Rebel Alliance was that the events of the Battle of Yavin caused her to realized that the best way to provide a better future for Poe was if the rebels won the war, so she figured that she might as well put her piloting skills to use somewhere in that. Poe also remembers her fondly.
  • The Protagonist: Of the comic series Shattered Empire.
  • Reluctant Retiree: L'ulo submits retirement papers in Shara's name when he learns her husband's own retirement papers have been approved, knowing that she would never stop flying combat missions if he did not.
  • Retired Badass: After completing the mission to Vetine with Luke, Shara retires to a new colony on Yavin 4 with Kes and Poe.
  • Rugged Scar: She has a small vertical scar above her right eye that goes through the outer edge of her eyebrow.
  • Trapped Behind Enemy Lines: Becomes stranded aboard the Star Destroyer Tarkin's Will during an operation to steal information from it. Shara spent the next few months hiding and living aboard the ship while finding ways to try and sabotage it, and was eventually rescued by Kes and a unit of Pathfinder volunteers.
  • Workaholic: She throws herself completely into her work after the Battle of Endor, volunteering for mission after mission while her father watches over her child and her husband is forced to keep radio silent while in the field, much to the concern of L'ulo.

    Others 
  • Kokely, KIA at the Battle of Endor.
  • Pick, unknown status.

Phantom Squadron

Founded by Wedge Antilles a few months after the Battle of Akiva, Phantom Squadron's roster consists of pilots considered to be washed up, mentally unstable, or injured to continue service for the New Republic.

    Temmin Wexley 

Temmin "Snap" Wexley

See his entry on the Resistance Starfighter Corps page.

    Yarra 

Yarra

Species: Twi'lek

Appearances: Empire's End

A female Twi'lek that served in Phantom Squadron as an X-Wing pilot. After Phantom Squadron was forcibly dissolved by the New Republic, unlike her squadmates, she chose to work at a fishing rig on Chandrila rather than as support crew at the New Republic base on the world. She and her fellow members of Phantom Squadron returned to action at the Battle of Jakku.


    Jethpur 

Jethpur

Species: Quarren

Appearances: Empire's End

A male Quarren that served in Phantom Squadron as an X-Wing pilot. After Phantom Squadron was forcibly dissolved by the New Republic, he worked with Koko as support crew at the New Republic base on Chandrila, taking up the job of an engine mechanic. He and his fellow members of Phantom Squadron returned to action at the Battle of Jakku.


    Koko 

Koko

Appearances: Empire's End

A male X-Wing pilot in Phantom Squadron. After Phantom Squadron was forcibly dissolved by the New Republic, he worked with Jethpur as support crew at the New Republic base on Chandrila, taking up the job of a runner for fuel lines. He and his fellow members of Phantom Squadron returned to action at the Battle of Jakku.


  • Deadpan Snarker: During the Battle of Jakku, Wedge offers Temmin some words of comfort, that it's okay if he wants to back out and nobody will blame him for that. Koko yells that he's the only person that will if everyone else won't.
  • Last Episode, New Character: Was not mentioned in Life Debt, where Phantom Squadron was introduced.

Phoenix Squadron

    Hera Syndulla 

Captain/General Hera Syndulla

Callsigns: Phoenix Leader

See her entry on the Crew of the Ghost page.

    C1-10P 

C1-10P, AKA "Chopper"

See his entry on the Crew of the Ghost page.

Pre-Atollon & Atollon Roster

See their entry on the Rebel Cells page.

Lothal Roster

    Mart Mattin 

Mart Mattin

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Mykapo

Callsigns: Phoenix Two, Starlight Four

Voiced by: Zachary Gordon
Appearances: Rebels | Rebels Magazine | Star Wars (Marvel 2015)

"Negative. Whoever you are, the Iron Squadron doesn't run."

The son of a member of the original Iron Squadron, who died on Mykapo. His uncle, Jun Sato, lost contact with the rebellious teen, as he would go on to start a rebel cell of his own. After joining Iron Squadron to the Lothal Sector resistance cell, Mattin eventually became a X-Wing pilot in the Rebel Alliance, serving in Phoenix and Starlight Squadrons.


  • '70s Hair: His haircut is impressively retro, and yet another stylistic nod to the decade in which Star Wars debuted. The creators cited Jim Morrison's hairdo as a template.
  • Ace Pilot: Well, he certainly sees himself this way. He does eventually develop into one for real, and is selected as part of the elite Starlight Squadron which was tasked with reuniting the scattered Rebel fleet after the Battle of Hoth.
  • The Bus Came Back: After his only appearance in Season 3, he returns in Season 4 as a pilot in Hera's Phoenix Squadron.
  • Cryptic Background Reference: His X-Wing helmet has "Sammie" written on it. Unless the helmet is from someone else, he seems to have something do with someone named Sammie or it's just an Easter Egg.
  • Disappeared Dad: His father died in combat.
  • Dumbass Has a Point/Jerkass Has a Point: After defeating the first wave of Imperial ships, the Ghost crew tries to convince him and Iron Squadron to leave. One of the arguments Hera tries to pull is that they can't handle themselves in combat. Mart counters that they were fine and didn't need back-up, which is actually true; the rebels only shot down a couple of TIEs while the Iron Squadron wrecked everything else in that wave. But it is quickly rendered moot and descends into Not Helping Your Case when Mart says the main ship the Iron Squadron destroyed was a Star Destroyer, further showing that he and the others don't know what they're really up against.
  • Dumbass No More: Fortunately, he starts to the fight more seriously, especially after the Battle of Atollon.
  • Expy: Of Ezra pre-Time Skip. His jumpsuit and hairstyle even evoke Ezra's previous appearance. It's not too surprising that it seems that he and Jai are on some level of friendship in Season 4.
  • I Choose to Stay: When Sabine and Ezra tell the group they have to leave immediately, he doesn't board the Phantom II and disengages the airlock, wanting to fight the Empire despite the odds being stacked against him. He fails, though the rebels return to save him.
  • It Only Works Once: His technique of dropping explosive cargo onto minor Imperial ships doesn't work against an Imperial light cruiser headed by an actual admiral who orders the shields up before the cargo is even within a mile of hitting it.
  • Know-Nothing Know-It-All: He claims to be an expert, but he's hopelessly unaware of how things actually work. Notably, he seems to think that any ship larger than his own is a Star Destroyer.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: After Ezra talks some sense into Gooti and Jonner, they try to persuade Mart that they need to leave when Imperial reinforcements arrive. Mart stays behind last second to continue to fight, believing that running away is cowardly. He loses and needs to be bailed out by the rebels later.
  • Missing Mom: No comment is made on his mother besides the fact that he got his surname from her. She seems to be still around.
  • Nom de Mom: For whatever reason, Mart took up his mother's surname, Mattin, rather than his father's surname, Sato. Considering one of the reasons why this trope is used is to hide their identity from enemies, this may be the case for Mart.
  • Odd Friendship: He gets along oddly well with Commander Wolffe and Vizago during the Rebels finale.
  • Rebellious Spirit: He's been this way for a while, according to Sato.
  • Small Name, Big Ego: He calls himself "the best pilot in the galaxy" and boasts about taking on Star Destroyers. He's certainly not a bad pilot, but he's nowhere near that good, and he's really only managed to survive as long as he has by way of being too minor for the Empire to really care about. The moment he faces actual meaningful Imperial resistance, he crumbles quickly.
  • Tragic Keepsake: His YT-2400 was from his father, who got it from Sato.
  • Tuckerization: Switch an "R" in Mart and a "T" in Mattin, and you got Matt Martin, a member of the Lucasfilm Story Group and manager of digital content and community relations.

    R3-A3 

R3-A3

See his entry on the Rebel Cells page.

    Cleat 

Cleat

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Species: Human

Callsign: Phoenix Four

Voiced by: Anna Graves
Appearances: Rebels

"They might have numbers, but we've got skill."

An X-Wing pilot that participated in the Attack on Lothal. She was killed in the dogfight in Lothal space.


    Duke 

Duke

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Species: Human

Callsign: Phoenix Five

Appearances: Rebels

An X-Wing pilot that participated in the Attack on Lothal. He was was killed in the dogfight in Lothal space.


  • Red Shirt: He's an incidental that serves to show how badly Phoenix Squadron did against the Imperial occupation on Lothal, but he apparently had a name.

    Secon Daree 

Secon Daree

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Species: Lutrillian

Appearances: Rebels

An X-Wing pilot that participated in the Attack on Lothal. He was shot down by the second wave of TIEs and crashed in Capital City, where he was found and captured by local Imperials.


  • Ace Pilot: The markings on his helmet indicate that he's had sixty kills while in flight.
  • Badass in Distress: While he survives crash landing in Lothal's capital city, he is found and captured by Rukh and imprisoned by the Empire for interrogation.
  • Punny Name: "Secondary", referring to how you'll probably remember him for being the Token Non-Human pilot despite being a minor character.
  • Token Non-Human: He's the only non-human besides Hera we see in the Lothal roster and him being a Lutrillian seems to serve as showing that there are some non-humans in the Alliance at this point in the timeline.
  • Uncertain Doom: He is not seen again after his capture by the Empire, and unlike Hera, the Rebels make no effort to learn his fate or rescue him.

Rogue Squadron

A group of pilots stationed at Echo Base on Hoth.

    Luke Skywalker 

Luke Skywalker

Callsign: Rogue Leader

See his separate page.

    Zev Senesca 

Zev Senesca

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Kestic Station

Callsign: Rogue Two

Portrayed by: Christopher Malcolm
Appearances: Star Wars (Marvel 2015) | From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back | The Empire Strikes Back

"Echo Base, this is Rogue Two. I've found them. Repeat, I've found them."

A pilot in Rogue Squadron from Kestic Station. He was killed during the Battle of Hoth.


  • All There in the Manual: His full name and some of his background are established in the canon reference book Ultimate Star Wars.
  • A Day in the Limelight: The short story "Rogue Two" from second volume of From A Certain Point of View focuses on Zev.
  • Blood from the Mouth: During the battle, he can be seen with blood around his mouth and nose, indicating his snowspeeder took some damage at some point and he had received injuries.
  • Character Death: Dies along with his gunner Kit Valent when his snowspeeder is shot down by an AT-AT.
  • Killed Mid-Sentence: He dies while in the middle of instructing his gunner to prepare to launch a cable at an AT-AT.
    Senesca: Set for position three. Steady...
  • Mauve Shirt: He had a couple of scenes before being killed during the battle.

    Hobbie Klivian 

Derek "Hobbie" Klivian

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Ralltiir

Callsign: Rogue Four

Portrayed by: Richard Oldfield
Voiced by: Trevor Devall
Appearances: Rebels | Rebels Magazine | Star Wars (Marvel 2015) | The Empire Strikes Back

"Two fighters against a Star Destroyer?"

A pilot in Rogue Squadron who joined the Rebellion after defecting while training to become a TIE pilot at Skystrike Academy. He flew alongside Luke at the Battle of Hoth.


  • All There in the Manual:
    • His name and background were first re-established in the canon reference book Ultimate Star Wars.
    • He was on standby to fly as Red Six if Jek Porkins was injured or unavailable during the events of Rogue One, according to the Visual Guide.
  • Bus Crash: He died during the Battle of Hoth according to On the Front Lines.
  • Death by Adaptation: While Legends works adapted his deleted scene of ramming General Veers' AT-AT, they depicted him ejecting at the last second before the crash and going on to become a mainstay of Rogue Squadron after the Battle of Hoth. In Canon, he did not eject and died in the ramming.
  • Defector from Decadence: He was trained alongside Wedge at the Skystrike Academy and defected with him, with help from an infiltrating Sabine. He would later do the same two years later, recruiting Biggs after the both of them were commissioned onto the Star Destroyer, Rand Ecliptic, after getting into another Academy again.
  • Distressed Dude: He and Wedge were both captured when they attempted to desert, but were rescued by Sabine and successfully escape.
  • Do Not Call Me "Paul": Hates the name Derek and insists on being called by his childhood nickname of Hobbie.
  • In-Series Nickname: He is more commonly known as "Hobbie" than his actual name.
  • Military Moonshiner: It is mentioned in "The Buy-In" that Hobbie was brewing a rather vile tuber liquor in a hollowed-out astromech unit. Wedge and Wes kept his operation going after his death and named the drink the Klivian in his honor.
  • Ramming Always Works: Took out the lead AT-AT during the Battle of Hoth by crashing his snowspeeder into it, sacrificing his life to buy time for ground forces.
  • Retcon: Initially, the Databank claimed that Hobbie survived the Battle of Hoth by ejecting before ramming his snowspeeder just like in Legends. On the Front Lines, however, confirmed him to have died as per reference to the original Deleted Scene, with approval from the Lucasfilm Story Group.
  • Wingman: During the Battle of Hoth, he flew as Luke's wingman.
  • You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: He is not pleased when he hears about how small an escort each transport leaving Echo Base will get:
    Hobbie: Two fighters against a Star Destroyer?

    Dak Ralter 

Dak Ralter

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Kalist VI

Portrayed by: John Morton
Appearances: Lost Stars | From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back | The Empire Strikes Back

"Right now I feel I could take on the whole Empire myself."

A member of Rogue Squadron from Kalist VI. During the Battle of Hoth, Dak served as Luke's gunner during the battle. He was killed when their snowspeeder malfunctioned.


  • Character Death: When attempting to get his harpoon gun ready, something explodes and kills him, which also has the added effect of leaving Luke defenseless. What's left of Dak is Squashed Flat by the foot of an AT-AT.
  • A Day in the Limelight: The short story "Against All Odds" from the second volume of ''From A Certain Point of View" focuses on Dak.
  • Due to the Dead: Luke tries to get Dak's body out of their snowspeeder when it crashes, but is forced to leave him behind when an AT-AT crushes the fighter.
  • Explosive Instrumentation: His console explodes when a power malfunction causes it to overload, which killed him instantly.
  • Guy in Back: He served as Luke's gunner in their snowspeeder.
  • Hero-Worshipper: He was very excited to be assigned to Luke's snowspeeder, who he is a big fan of since Luke destroyed the Death Star and is training to be a Jedi.
  • New Meat: Of the "overenthusiastic but ultimately doomed new recruit" variety. Putting him alongside Luke is an effective way of showing how much Luke himself has grown in between films.
  • Penal Colony: His family were political prisoners in an Imperial penal colony and Dak himself was born there.
  • Red Shirt: In the film, he gets a few lines establishing his youthful enthusiasm compared to the now more experienced Luke before dying during the battle. However, Dak's background is expanded on in source books and novels to avert the trope.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: He gets a few lines that show a friendship with Luke before being killed.

    Wes Janson 

Lieutenant Wes Janson

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Taanab

Portrayed by: Ian Liston

A member of Rogue Squadron from Taanab and close friend of both Wedge Antilles and Hobbie Klivian. During the Death Star crisis, he was put out of action due to being ill. During the Battle of Hoth, he served as Wedge's gunner during the battle. Following the evacuation, he assisted Wedge in reforming Red Squadron to protect the recovering Rebel Fleet before later participating in the attack on the second Death Star.


  • Ace Pilot: He is counted amongst the best pilots in the Rebellion, and survives both the Battle of Hoth and Endor when most of his squadron doesn't make it out of either.
  • Adaptational Sexuality: In Legends there was never any indication that he was interested in anything but women, while in a couple of stories from FACPOV: Return of the Jedi he flirts with Lando prior to the Battle of Endor.
  • All There in the Manual: His first name was first established in the canon reference book Star Wars in 100 Scenes.
  • Ascended Extra: He is a minor character in the film, but is developed a lot more thoroughly in other media.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: He is constantly irreverent and seemingly takes nothing seriously, but is one of the deadliest pilots in the Rebellion.
  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer: While seemingly spending most of his time thinking up pranks, Wes' antics tend to be good for the other pilot's morale, he is an excellent executive officer, and is an amazing pilot.
  • Canon Immigrant: Him being sick while the whole Death Star situation was going on, causing Porkins to stand in for him, happened in Legends as well.
  • Fun Personified: It takes a lot to dampen his spirits, with even Hobbie's death being unable to prevent him from snarking and messing with a brightly colored protocol droid about how bad it would be at espionage.
  • Guy in Back: He served as Wedge's gunner in their snowpeeder.
  • Number Two: To Wedge in Red Squadron after they rebuilt it following the Battle of Hoth.
  • The Prankster: Loves to mess with his friends and squadmates, with his favorite target being Hobbie, whom he subjected to hundreds of pranks. He always makes sure to confine his pranks to times where they won't interfere with actual missions.
  • Schrödinger's Canon: Before he was placed in Rogue Squadron, he used to be a Tierfon Yellow Ace.

Tierfon Yellow Aces Squadron

An X-Wing squadron stationed at Tierfon launch base. However, after encroaching Imperial forces nearby forced an eventual evacuation of the base, the Yellow Aces dissolved. At least four members were sent to Base One on Yavin 4 prior to the Battles of Scarif and Yavin.

    Former Members 
  • Captain Dosmit Ræh under the Other Rebel Pilots section.
  • Lieutenant Zal Dinnes on the Red Squadron page.
  • Jek Tono Porkins on the Red Squadron page.
  • Vangos Grek under the Blue Squadron section.
  • Robich Duggsin under the Blue Squadron section.

Vanguard Squadron

"Fearless to the Finish"
Vanguard Squadron motto

A New Republic squadron assigned to Project: Starhawk, operating off of the Temperance.

    In General 

    Kierah Koovah 

Kierah "Gunny" Koovah

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Species: Mimbanese

Homeworld: Mimban

Callsigns: Vanguard Leader

Voiced by: Rebecca Wisocky
Appearances: Squadrons

"The best advice I can give you is this: stick with your squadron. It's simple, but sometimes hotshots and lone wolves need to hear it."

A decorated veteran of the Mimbanese Liberation Army, Kierah "Gunny" Koovah serves as the flight leader of Vanguard Squadron.


  • Alliterative Name: Kierah Koovah.
  • Artificial Limbs: Sports a cheap-looking metal prosthetic to replace her left arm after losing in in the Battle of Mimban in the Clone Wars.
  • Determinator: After cutting her own arm off she dragged herself across the flatlands of Mimban to the 224th Division to rejoin the fight against the droid army, reasoning that she just needed one arm to shoot a blaster. Gunny notes that the clones had clearly never seen a sight such as her when she reached their base.
  • Good Ol' Boy: She comes across almost as a sci-fi alien version of this. She has a very slight southern drawl, a casual and relaxed demeanor, a strong sense of right and wrong, and loves reminiscing about the good ol' days on her backwater homeworld.
  • The Leader: Serves as Vanguard's leader, keeping the eclectic personalities of the squadron focused on their missions.
  • Life-or-Limb Decision: After being shot down by Separatist forces in the Clone Wars, she cut her own arm off after it got caught in the wreckage of her downed skyhopper while the battle droids who shot her down were closing in.
  • Old Soldier: She's been fighting for nigh on three decades, first as a resistance fighter against the Separatist Alliance in the Clone Wars, then as a rebel pilot against the Empire. Her squadmates often bemoan her tendency to share long-winded war stories with the "young 'uns."
  • Utility Party Member: Primarily flies a U-Wing whose main focus is assisting and supplying the other members of the squadron.

    Grace Sienar 

Gracalia Vatara "Grace" Sienar

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Species: Human

Callsigns: Vanguard-2

Voiced by: Erica Luttrell
Appearances: Squadrons

A distant scion of the Empire-aligned Sienar Fleet Systems MegaCorp, Grace refused to compromise her morals for the sake of her family's business and enlisted with the Rebellion, taking great pleasure in blowing up the warships her family so happily provided to the Empire.


  • Daddy Issues: She offhandedly calls her father a bigot. Grace despises him for his role in supplying the Imperial war machine.
  • Defector from Decadence: Grace could have lived a life of extreme comfort and wealth as a part of the Sienar family, but instead chose to become a Rebel and risk her life to end her family's role in dominating the galaxy.
  • Jack of All Stats: Primarily flies an X-Wing, the most generally balanced of the Republic starfighters between offense, defense, and speed.
  • Meaningful Name: In the eyes of the Empire, you could say that she "fell from grace" by betraying her family and defecting to the Rebellion.
  • Ms. Fixit: Unsurprisingly considering her family background, she has a great deal of technical and engineering knowledge. Grace is able to identify what is wrong with a ship's hyperdrive after seeing it fail and explain to the crew aboard what they need to do to fix it and explain to Gunny what their updates mean.
  • Number Two: To Gunny, having worked to earn that trust due to coming from an Imperial family.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: Teases Frisk a lot and gets just as much back, but they are close friends. Grace is the only reason Frisk is still with the Rebellion after shaking his death mark, having learned she would miss him and deciding not to leave while the fighting continued.
  • White Sheep: She's estranged from her family, the owners of a corporation that happily manufactures warships for the Empire. As such, she takes plenty of delight in wrecking TIEs in battle.

    Keo Venzee 

Keo Venzee

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Species: Mirialan

Homeworld: Mirial

Callsigns: Vanguard-4

Voiced by: Bex Taylor-Klaus
Appearances: The Light You Bring | Squadrons

"Everyone in Vanguard Squadron lifts up the others… you’ll fit right in!"

A former semi-pro racer, now the A-Wing pilot of Vanguard Squadron.


  • Ace Pilot: They were one prior to joining the Rebellion, winning five races including the Socorro Sunset Grand Prix. They keep up their desire to race even as a Rebel pilot, with Frisk noting he learned his lesson about racing Keo after losing to them twelve times in a row.
  • The Empath: Their connection to the Force allows them to feel others' emotions. They note that when Commander Lindon Javes discusses his former protégé Terisa Kerrill they could feel the pain and hurt that the severing of that relationship caused him.
  • Following in Their Rescuer's Footsteps: Their racing career came to an end when they were targeted by gangs in the Outer Rim who were upset that Keo kept winning. Keo was rescued from them by a stranger who showed them the struggle between the Rebellion and the Empire. This inspired Keo to join the Rebellion to help others like the person who rescued them.
  • Fragile Speedster: Primarily flies an A-Wing, the speediest and most maneuverable of the Republic starfighters but also the most fragile.
  • I Just Knew: They gets "hunches" about situations that always turn out to be spot on. Keo explains that while they are not able to reach out and manipulate the Force, they are sensitive to its energies and can "feel" things.

    Frisk 

Feresk "Frisk" Tssat

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Species: Trandoshan

Callsigns: Vanguard-3

A former smuggler and thief, Frisk joined the Rebellion after an Imperial client put a death mark on him. He now serves with distinction, if not enthusiasm, in Vanguard Squadron.


  • Con Man: His previous career involved hustling a lot of people, which burned him a lot of bridges. At one point he asks the player to "teach" him how to play sabaac for credits, which is obviously a ploy to hustle them. The Light You Bring mentions that he's banned from playing sabaac in the wardroom because of this.
  • Conscience Makes You Go Back: A downplayed example in the backstory. He planned on leaving Vanguard after he'd shaken the death mark, but hearing Grace tell him she'd miss him made him decide to stay.
  • The Cynic: He is a bit more cynical than the rest of the squadron, and his first reaction to hearing about Project Starhawk is a desire to know what it is since he prefers to know who and what he is working towards.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: In Shadow Fall, Tssat is heard helping at the attack against Shadow Wing on Troithe.
  • Mighty Glacier: Primarily flies a Y-Wing. It's slow but packs the most firepower of any ship in the squadron.
  • Noodle Incident: While he doesn't elaborate too much about it, the incident that earned him a death mark involved him selling a forged painting to an Imperial official... who, unknown to Frisk, wanted to use it to impress Admiral Thrawn, who immediately identified it as a fake.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: Goes by Frisk, and mentions in an early conversation that only Grace uses his real name and only when mad at him.
  • Stereotype Flip: Most Trandoshans are hunters who enjoy fighting up-close and bloody. Frisk is a schemer who hates hunting and prefers flying instead. Even his ship shows his differences with many of his fellow Trandoshans, as a Y-Wing is a support ship designed to bring down capital ships instead of hunt starfighters.
  • Token Heroic Orc: Frisk is one of the few Trandoshans in the franchise to be portrayed heroically, most of them being vicious mercs, hunters, or pirates. His profile on the Databank describes him as being too good-hearted to be your typical Trandoshan, but he's still conniving enough to be a Con Man.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Grace go back and forth at each other a lot, but they are close friends, and Frisk only stayed with the Rebellion because he knew she would miss him.

    Vanguard-5 

"Vanguard-5"

Species: Humannote 

Callsigns: Vanguard-5, Echo-4

Portrayed by: Various
Voiced by: Erica Lindbeck (Rookie A), A.J. LoCascio (Rookie B), Sara Cravens (Veteran A), Keith Silverstein (Veteran B), Allegra Clark (Gambler A), Kiff VandenHeuvel (Gambler B), Jen Cohn (Hotshot A), Andrew Morgado (Hotshot B), Alicyn Packard (Leader A), Craig Lee Thomas (Leader B)
Appearances: Squadrons

A rebel pilot who helped rescue Lindon Javes during his defection. In the aftermath of the mission, they were rewarded with a cushy posting on Chandrila, but were later brought in by Javes to aid Vanguard Squadron in its mission to assist Project Starhawk.


  • I Owe You My Life: Javes owes them his life for helping save him in the prologue, leading to him bringing them on to Vanguard Squadron.
  • Jack of All Trades: Is introduced flying an X-Wing but frequently changes their ship as needed to fit the mission.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • One of the random names is Keyan Farlander, the playable character of the X-Wing game.
    • Another is Ace Azzameen, the playable character of the X-Wing Alliance.
  • Reassigned to Antarctica: Downplayed. After the destruction of the second Death Star, they were assigned to guard duty over Chandrila. This is implied to have been a reward rather than a punishment, due to the safeness of the post, but Javes notes that they're clearly better suited to active duty.
  • Sixth Ranger: Javes recruits them to Vanguard Squadron instead of letting them be reassigned to Chandrila.

Adelphi Rangers

    Carson Teva 

Captain Carson Teva

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Species: Human

Portrayed By: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

A New Republic X-Wing pilot who commands the Adelphi Rangers, a group of starfighters running patrol in the Outer Rim.


  • Big Damn Heroes: He and Trapper Wolf show up in time to save Mando, the Child and Frog Lady from being swarmed by knobby white ice spiders.
  • Breakout Character: Slowly but surely gets more appearances as time goes on, and even becomes part of the supporting cast of Ahsoka.
  • Cassandra Truth: He's one of the few people in the New Republic who still sees the Imperial Remnant as a threat. As we all know, they eventually grow into the First Order.
  • Friend on the Force:
    • Slowly becoming one to Din Djarin as of Season 3 of The Mandalorian. After failing to convince his superiors to help Navarro, Captain Teva immediately seeks out the Mandalorians instead.
    • Din Djarin then approaches Carson with an offer to help hunt down Imperial remnant. Carson claims that it would be against regulations, but Din knows that he thinks it a good idea.
  • Leitmotif: In many of his appearances, possibly as a hint of what awaits him in the future, he is accompanied not by music associated with the Rebellion or the New Republic, but by a slow rendition of the March of the Resistance.
  • The Main Characters Do Everything: Shows up any time the New Republic needs a face in The Mandalorian. Whether it's following up on a prison escape, performing traffic stops, responding to pirate activity, recruiting Cara Dune, he and his X-Wing will be there.
  • Mauve Shirt: He's a recurring New Republic pilot with a more significant role than the rest of his squadron. He's one of the only Republic soldiers to appear in both The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He's likely the one who recruited Cara Dune to leave Nevarro. While it was with good intentions, it leaves Nevarro without a marshal making them easier prey for Gorian Shard's gang.
  • No Sympathy: At least around Elias Kane, whose backstory he doesn't buy and points out that she didn't defect, she became a convert after being captured.
  • Old Soldier: He has been with the Rebellion since before Alderaan and is now one of a handful of patrol officers in the Rim around Nevarro.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure:
    • On running the Razor Crest's tags he discovers that there's an arrest warrant for the Mando. After reviewing details about the incident, and learning that Mando tried to save a New Republic Lieutenant, he decides to be lenient and lets Mando go on the condition that he fixes the inoperative tracking beacon on the Razor Crest.
      Mando: Am I under arrest?
      Carson: Technically, you should be. But these are trying times.
    • In "The Siege" he offers Cara Dune a position as official marshal of Nevarro, rather than turn her in for deserting the New Republic, as he believes the only way to deal with the Imperial Remnants in the Outer Rim is with the support of the local communities.
    • When he runs into Din during The Book of Boba Fett he once again decides not to press charges against him for flying his new ship too close to a commercial starliner.
    • When Greef Karga petitions him for aid against some pirates that invade Nevarro in The Mandalorian's third season, he shoots his shot with the New Republic as thoroughly as possible before deciding to seek out the Children of the Watch instead.
  • Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: When Mando tries to tactfully bribe him with the bounties of the three convicts he imprisoned in episode 6, he flatly turns him down.
  • Spotting the Thread: He catches onto Elias Kane's passive-aggressive prodding of his superior to not send aid to Nevarro, accurately calling her out for still thinking like an Imperial. He doesn't outright say as much, but it's obvious he strongly suspects where her loyalties still actually lie.
  • Token Good Cop: He seems to be the only senior New Republic law enforcement officer actually interested in investigating recent happenings in the Outer Rim, and he gets stonewalled at every turn by his superiors on Coruscant despite mounting evidence of Imperial Remnant activity. This leads to him going to the Mandalorians for help when Space Pirates lay siege to Nevarro.

    Trapper Wolf 

Trapper Wolf

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Species: Human

Portrayed by: Dave Filoni
Appearances: The Mandalorian

One of three New Republic X-wing pilots who respond to an intrusion on a prison ship caused by a group of mercenaries.


  • Animal Motif: As any fans of the animated shows know, Dave Filoni loves wolves. He also has the Wolfpack sigil on his helmet.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Towards the end of "The Passenger", he and Carson show up to save the Razor Crest from being overwhelmed by a swarm of knobby white ice spiders.
  • Creator Cameo: Dave Filoni makes his first Star Wars live-action appearance. He also makes several background cameos since then.

    Jib Dodger 

Jib Dodger

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Species: Human

Portrayed By: Rick Famuyiwa
Appearances: The Mandalorian

A New Republic X-Wing pilot. Along with Trapper Wolf and Sash Ketter, he responds to the distress signal set off by Davan and attacks Ran's outpost.


  • Creator Cameo: He's played by Rick Famuyiwa, who directed The Prisoner, the episode he appears in.

    Sash Ketter 

Sash Ketter

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Species: Human

Portrayed By: Deborah Chow
Appearances: The Mandalorian

A New Republic X-Wing pilot. She joins Trapper Wolf and Jib Dodger in attacking Ran's outpost after the Mandalorian plants Davan's distress beacon on Qin.


  • Creator Cameo: She's played by Deborah Chow, who directed several episodes of the series.

    Reed 

Lieutenant Reed

Species: Human

Portrayed By: Max Lloyd-Jones

A young New Republic X-Wing pilot running patrol around Tatooine alongside Captain Teva.


  • By-the-Book Cop: He doesn't buy Din's words about his losing his sense of speed and tries to act according to his instructions.

Kazuda Xiono's squadron

    Mia Gabon 

Mia Gabon

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Species: Human

Voiced by: Cherami Leigh
Appearances: Resistance

"Promise you'll be right behind us?"

A pilot in the New Republic Navy. She, Kazuda Xiono, and Hugh Sion were sent to deliver intel to Poe Dameron, but were ambushed by Major Vonreg of the First Order.


  • Ambiguously Brown: She appears to have Asian features, somewhat resembling Sabine.
  • Meaningful Name: Possibly unintentional, but her name is Mia. Kaz doesn't follow up on his promise to return to base after the mission, so he might as well have gone MIA.
  • True Companions: When Kaz tells her and Hugh to flee while he holds off Vonreg, she expresses reluctance and only does so when he assures them that "he'll be right behind them."
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: Hugh is shown to have joined the Resistance sometime before the end of Resistance, but her fate is unknown.

    Hugh Sion 

Hugh Sion

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Species: Human

Voiced by: Sam Witwer
Appearances: Resistance

"I'm sure [Commander Dameron]'s coming. I just hope we live long enough to see him!"

A pilot in the New Republic Navy. He, Kazuda Xiono, and Mia Gabon were sent to deliver intel to Poe Dameron, but were ambushed by Major Vonreg of the First Order. At some point, he later joined the Resistance as a member of Jade Squadron.


  • The Bus Came Back: He later returns near the end of the show in "Rebuilding the Resistance", now as a pilot for the Resistance.
  • Casting Gag: In the promotional short Rogue One Recon, Sam Witwer also voiced a rebel pilot that had an Oh, Crap! when he and his fellow female pilot discovered the Death Star. They didn't make it.
  • Ink-Suit Actor: Of his voice actor, Sam Witwer.
  • Oh, Crap!: When it seems that Vonreg is about to demolish him and his squadmates.
  • One Degree of Separation: He later happens to be under the command of Venisa Doza, who is the wife of the captain of the station that Kaz was placed on after meeting with Poe.

Other Rebel and New Republic Pilots

    Keir Santage 

Keir Santage

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Species: Human

Portrayed by: Billy J. Mitchell
Appearances: Return of the Jedi

A male human X-Wing pilot who fought at the Battle of Endor.


  • All There in the Manual: His name is given in the canon reference book Star Wars in 100 Scenes.
  • Character Death: He survived most of the Battle of Endor, only to be shot down by TIE fighters in the narrow confines of the Death Star.
  • Red Shirt: One of many Rebel pilots at Endor who exist only to be killed.
  • Sacrificial Lamb: His death prompts Lando to order half the fighters that made it into the Death Star to split off from him and Wedge and head back to the surface as a distraction, which reduces the number of TIE fighters following them to the reactor.
  • Schrödinger's Canon: In Legends, he was Red Seven at the Battle of Endor.

    Karie Neth 

Karie Neth

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Baraan-Fa

Callsign: Yellow Nine

Portrayed by: Lynne Hazelden

A young pilot who joined the Alliance with her best friend Lanna. Karie was assigned to her first starfighter combat mission as part of Yellow Squadron at the Battle of Endor.


  • Ace Pilot: Became an instant ace during the Battle of Endor, with well over five kills in the battle, although she finds that accomplishment fairly hollow with each member of her squadron that dies.
  • A Day in the Limelight: The short story The Extra Five Percent is from her POV and goes into her background and experiences at the Battle of Endor.
  • Ascended Extra: She can be seen only briefly in the background of a few shotsnote  in Return of the Jedi but gets her own short story in FACPOV: Return of the Jedi.
  • Cannot Spit It Out: She has wanted to tell Lanna she loved her for years but with their work in the Rebellion and being separated much of the time never found the right moment. Karie finally resolves to after surviving the attack on the Death Star.
  • In-Series Nickname: Her squadron quickly began calling her "Krayt" after they learned not to "wake the dragon" by interrupting her sleep schedule.
  • Outrun the Fireball: Comes close to getting cooked by the Death Star's destruction, but manages to survive thanks to Lanna's work on her X-Wing's engines giving her an extra five percent boost to speed.
  • Wingman: She was assigned to fly as Rowe "Torp" Jascott's wingman during the Battle of Endor, but he died almost instantly when it began to a turbolaser blast.

    Dosmit Ræh 

Captain Dosmit Ræh

Appearances: The Force Awakens note 

An X-Wing pilot from the Tierfon Yellow Aces Squadron. Presumably, she participated in the Battle of Jakku and was downed. Her helmet would be recovered by Rey, who would idolize the pilot and imagine stories about her.


  • Ace Pilot: Her helmet has kill markings on it which include at least three black Vs in yellow dots, each of which indicate twenty fighter kills, meaning Dosmit has at least sixty kills.
  • Posthumous Character: She seems to have died in the Battle of Jakku, but Rey carries on her memory by creating a doll of her and keeping her helmet during her time on Jakku.
  • Punctuation Shaker: Might not be an alien, but her surname has the only instance of an ash ligature among the characters.
  • Unknown Character: We don't know anything about her besides that she was a Tierfon Yellow Aces X-Wing pilot that fought and died in the Battle of Jakku. Rey doesn't know much either, so she likes to make up stories about her.

    Others 

Alternative Title(s): Star Wars Rebel Pilots

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