(Redirected from List of minor Rebel characters in Star Wars)This is a list of minor characters in the fictional ''
Star Wars''
universe who are part of the
Rebel Alliance.
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| Antilles, Raymus |
| Cracken, Airen |
| Cracken, Pash |
| Crynyd, Arvel |
| Darklighter, Biggs |
| Derlin, Bren |
| Dodonna, Jan |
| Dodonna, Vrad |
| Dreis, Garven |
| Garn, Olin |
| Gray Wing pilots |
| K-3PO |
| Klivian, Hobbie |
| Lobot |
| Moor, Kasan |
| Mothma, Mon |
| Commander Narra |
| Nunb, Nien |
| One, Rookie |
| Ors, Jan |
| Porkins, Jek Tono |
| Qrygg, Ooryl |
| Ralter, Dak |
| Salm, Horton |
| Sei'lar, Asyr |
| Senesca, Zev |
| Simm, Merrick |
| Willard, Vanden |
| References |
Antilles, Raymus
'Captain Raymus Antilles' was a prince of
Alderaan and captain of the ''
Tantive IV''. He was the son of former Senator
Bail Antilles.
During the
Galactic Empire's rise to power, Antilles served the Royal Alderaan Civil Fleet under Senator
Bail Organa. Following the execution of
Order 66, Antilles helped Organa locate Jedi Masters
Obi-Wan Kenobi and
Yoda. Antilles transported them to
Coruscant and later ferried Yoda and Organa to the medical center on
Polis Massa where
Padmé Amidala gave birth to twins,
Leia and
Luke. Organa ordered Antilles to wipe
C-3PO's memory to preserve the truth of their parentage.
Over the ensuing nineteen years, Antilles continued to fight for the fledgling
Rebel Alliance. He personally destroyed six Imperial shipyards orbiting
Kuat and participated in the mission which intercepted plans for the
Death Star.
During the Battle over
Tatooine,
Darth Vader and his elite
501st stormtroopers captured Antilles and seized the ''Tantive IV''. When Antilles refused to reveal the location of the Death Star plans, claiming that the ''Tantive IV'' was on a simple diplomatic mission, Darth Vader strangled him to death.
Raymus Antilles is of no relation to
Wedge Antilles despite sharing the surname.
Cracken, Airen
'General Airen Cracken' (born 50
BBY) is the head of Alliance Intelligence and the father of Rogue Squadron pilot
Pash Cracken. On his homeworld of Contruum he formed "Cracken's Crew" to sabotage the Imperial occupation force. He later joined the Rebel Alliance where he utilized his skills to direct the special forces. He eventually was promoted to the rank of general around the time of the Battle of Endor. Later General Cracken would become the New Republic's Intelligence director commanding all ''official'' intelligence operations.
Cracken was in charge of Rogue Squadrons mission to Coruscant in advance of the invasion fleet. His agents were already on the planet to assist the Squadron as necessary (his son, Pash was with the group) and had a firm grip of the situation.
He was aware of the presence of a spy amongst Rogue Squadron, however he knew that it was not
Tycho Celchu, who was suspected of killing
Corran Horn (Horn was presumed dead at the time). Cracken allowed Celchu's trial to go on so that Director of Imperial Intelligence
Ysanne Isard would continue using her spy, thinking that the New Republic was convinced of the accusations against Captain Celchu. While Isard was preoccupied with the trial, Alliance Intelligence was able to accomplish many vital operations that otherwise would have been compromised. He was still active even into the time of the
Yuuzhan Vong war, even though by then he was in his seventies.
He has been described as a "mechanical
genius" who discovered unorthodox new ways for the Alliance to use its limited resources. While investigating the Cavrilhu Pirates' base in an asteroid belt, Skywalker rigged his blaster charge to explode- a technique that he learned from Cracken.
Airen Cracken appears in the novels ''Rogue Squadron'' , ''Bacta War'', ''The Krytos Trap'', ''Starfighters of Adumar'', and ''Wraith Squadron'' in
Michael A. Stackpole and
Aaron Allston's . Also, Decipher identified a middle-aged Rebel soldier as General Airen Cracken in the Endor series of their customizable card game.
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Cracken, Pash
'Pash Cracken' is the son of General Airen Cracken, an
Alliance war hero and eventual head of Alliance Intelligence.
Pash did not quite share his father's talent for espionage, but he was a very good pilot, so the elder Cracken invented a false identity for him, and he was accepted to the
Imperial Academy on Vensenor. Shortly after graduation, he and his entire fighter wing of 72
starfighters defected to the Rebel Alliance, destroying a
Star Destroyer in the process (no mean feat for
TIE Fighters). Later, with the Alliance, he led one of the first
A-Wing squadrons in the Rebel fleet.
Shortly after the
Battle of Endor Captain Cracken joined the
Rogue Squadron under
Wedge Antilles and flew as Rogue 4. Pash at one point invented a dogfighting maneuver known as the "Cracken Twist".
During the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the galaxy, Pash Cracken was captured and imprisoned in an internment facility on Selvaris. When rescued by Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo, they ended up being sent to Caluula to destroy a yammosk the Vong had stationed there.
Crynyd, Arvel
'Arvel Crynyd' was Green Leader at the
Battle of Endor. Green Squadron was a fighter group that consisted of
A-Wings and
X-Wings. Towards the end of the battle his A-Wing was hit by Imperial fire and began to careen out of control. In his last moments, Crynyd managed to steer his fighter directly into the bridge of the ''
Executor'', the flagship of the Empire's fleet, killing himself and
Admiral Piett as well as the entire command crew and operations staff on the bridge. This act, coupled with the inability of crews to bring the backup bridge operational, led to the ''Executor'' to fly out of control and be pulled into the gravity field of the second
Death Star resulting in its destruction, thereby stripping the Imperial fleet of its flagship as well as thousands of the Empire's best and brightest officers. After the Battle of Endor he was given the Rebel Legion of Merit posthumously. The highest medal given by the Rebellion/New Republic. The same medals that were give to
Luke Skywalker and
Han Solo After the
Battle of Yavin.
A year later the Rebels captured an Imperial
Star Destroyer at the Battle of Milagro and renamed it the ''Crynyd'' after him. They also named an award given to fighter pilots for acts of bravery.
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He is also a playable Character in one of the unlockable levels in the video game
Darklighter, Biggs
Main articles: Rogue Squadron#Notable pilots
Biggs appears in the movie ''. He is Luke's childhood friend, along with a character played by
Koo Stark. Luke's nickname appears to be 'Wormie'.
Most of Biggs' scenes are cut from the 1977 (and 1997) versions of the film, only seen just prior to the battle of Yavin and then while in battle, in which he dies.
His original scenes lend weight to Luke's feeling of isolation on Tatooine, as Biggs is slightly older and worldly, and has escaped from the small planet to better himself. Although he does not say it directly, he hints that he has been accepted into the Rebel Alliance.
The above scene is often referred to as 'The Anchorhead Scene' and is the most famous deleted scene from ''Star Wars''.
Garrick Hagon, the actor who played Biggs Darklighter, has his own website and appears to be active on the convention circuit.
He, along with many others, has lobbied for the missing ''Star Wars'' scenes to either be restored or included as extras on future DVD releases.
During the battle for Yavin, Biggs fought along with Luke and the rest of the rebels, piloting his own X-wing. He held out long in the battle, but his X-wing was destroyed by Darth Vader while Biggs was covering Luke's approach to the Death Star's exhaust port.
A few years later his cousin, Gavin Darklighter, joined Rouge Squadron.
To find out more about Biggs visit http://www.thecheckeredhelmet.com/
Derlin, Bren
'Bren Derlin' was a Rebel Alliance field officer assigned to the Rebel base on Hoth around the time of the
Battle of Hoth. When
Han Solo and Luke Skywalker were stranded in a blizzard, Derlin was the one to inform Princess Leia that the shield doors to Echo Base had to be closed for the night.
He survived Hoth and also fought at Endor, and subsequently served in
New Republic Intelligence; he was promoted to Colonel before the
Thrawn Offensive. By the time of the Yevetha Crisis he was a Brigadier General.
As portrayed by
John Ratzenberger, the character only appears in The Empire Strikes Back. However, the NPR radio adaptation of Return of the Jedi gives him a role, as the leader of the team of Rebel troops that Han Solo brings to Endor, and, more specifically, as the one who disguises himself as a stormtrooper to cover Solo's team as they enter the Imperial bunker.
Derlin appears on a Star Wars trading card, where it is noted that "at the Mos Eisley Cantina, everybody knows his name," a reference to Cliff Clavin the mailman, John Ratzenberger's character from
Cheers.
Dodonna, Jan
'Jan Dodonna', one of the first Generals in the Rebellion's military, appeared in '', played by
Alex McCrindle. Like Han Solo, Dodonna was
Corellian. He was a master of
strategy who had served in the
Old Republic, and was a very skilled
Star Destroyer captain during the
Clone Wars; he was known for having revolutionized modern siege warfare. When the Republic became the
Empire, Dodonna left, eventually joining the Rebellion after
the Emperor ordered his death. With plans brought to him by
Princess Leia and downloaded from R2-D2, Dodonna helped plan the attack on the Death Star. The data showed that the defenses of the Death Star were built around large scale attacks. He found that thermal exhaust ports on the station were vulnerable, and designed the starfighter assault that destroyed the Death Star.
Dodonna was not seen in any later film. According to the Expanded Universe fiction, he was believed killed during the evacuation of Yavin, but in truth he had been captured by Imperial forces. He was eventually sent to
Lusankya, where the Imperials attempted to turn him into a
sleeper agent. Dodonna spent some years in Imperial captivity, but Rogue Squadron eventually rescued all the Lusankya prisoners. From then on, Dodonna served on the New Republic council, advising the Republic in military matters with counterparts such as
Adar Tallon,
Pashna Starkiller, or
Vanden Willard; this "Gray cadre"'s advice would prove invaluable during the events of
Dark Empire and the Battle of Mon Calamari.
Behind-the-scenes information at
www.starwars.com reveals that Dodonna's convoluted history was the result of unanticipated continuity errors: one ''Star Wars'' comic strip lists him as dead, but another, taking place some time later, depicts him alive and serving, and a
roleplaying game sourcebook describes him as being captured at Yavin 4. Author
Michael Stackpole managed to
thread all three sources together via Lusankya.
Dodonna was most likely a descendant of a much earlier Dodonna, Admiral
Forn Dodonna, who commands the Republic fleet against the
Sith in the
2003 video game ''.
Dodonna's name may have been inspired by Dodona Manor, the home of 1953 Nobel Peace Prize winner
George C. Marshall, who served as United States Army chief of staff during
World War II and as
Secretary of State and
Secretary of Defense under President
Harry S. Truman; alternatively, he could have been named after Dodona, the oracle of
Zeus.
A minor character in
Final Fantasy VIII was named Dodonna after the Star Wars character, but only in the Japanese version. In the English version, his name was changed to Martine.
Dodonna, Vrad
'Vrad Dodonna' is the son of Rebel Alliance General Jan Dodonna. During an attack on Darth Vader's new Super Star Destroyer ''Executor'' he first retreated. However after he was fired upon he made up for his cowardice by making a suicide run and rammed his ship into the ''Executor''. This allowed Han Solo to disable the ship from the rear. However, in the end the Rebellion lost one of it best pilots. Vrad Dodonna appears in the ''Classic Star Wars'' comics. However, those comics state that Luke took over the position of Commander after Vrad's death. This contradicts The Empire Strikes Back radio dramatization which reveals that Luke assumed the title after Commander Narra died during the battle of Derra IV.
Dreis, Garven
During the
Clone Wars, 'Garven Dreis' served in the Rarefied Air Cavalry, where he fought alongside
Anakin Skywalker during the Battle of Virujansi. Years later, he led Red Squadron against the
Death Star in the
Battle of Yavin. Ironically, he was shot down by
Darth Vader, and killed when his X-wing crashed into the battle station's surface.
Following the Battle of Yavin, Dreis's position as Red Leader would be filled by
Commander Narra, who would himself be killed in the Battle of Derra IV.
Luke Skywalker would inherit the Squadron, renaming it
Rogue Squadron, and led them until the
Battle of Endor, where he was succeeded as Rogue Leader by
Wedge Antilles, who renamed the squadron Red Squadron in honor of Dreis and the others who died in the attack on the first Death Star.
Garn, Olin
'Olin Garn' is a Rebel pilot who aids
Ace Azzameen when he first joins the
Rebel Alliance. He is believed to have had relationships with
Aeron Azzameen. He is not related to Ferus Olin.
Gray Wing pilots
'Gray Wing' was one of the four main starfighter groups at the Battle of Endor. It consisted of
Y-Wings and was led by Colonel Horton Salm. It suffered quick and heavy casualties. Several Y-wing pilots are seen during the briefing aboard ''Home One'' but only a few have been identified
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Lt. Telsij (Gray 2)
'Lieutenant Telsij ' flew a
Y-Wing in Grey Wing during the
Battle of Endor. His comm-unit designation was Grey Two. He is the pilot that says "There's too many of them" after the Rebel fleet is inundated with TIEs, after they realize that "It's a trap!" It's listed that he did survive the battle and was said to have joined Defender wing shortly afterward.
Decipher identified this Asian-looking Y-wing pilot as Lt. Telsij in their Death Star II series of their
Star Wars Customizable Card Game.
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"I'm hit!!"
'Lieutenant J'ef Hsu' was a
Y-Wing pilot who flew with Grey Wing in The Battle of Endor. His comm-unit designation was Grey Four. he screams out "I'm hit!" after two
TIE Fighters shoot him from behind, causing his Y-Wing to crash into a
Star Destroyer and killing him instantly. Ironicly the crash destroyed a vital power regulator in the Star Destroyer ultimately leading to its destruction. It's the Star Destroyer seen blowing up when Admiral Akbar orders all fire to be concentrated on the Super Star Destroyer Executor. Decipher identified him as J'ef Hsu on his card in the
Death Star II series.
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K-3PO
'K-3PO', or 'Kay-Threepio', was a
protocol droid present at the Hoth base, branded by command insignia. He was used by the
Rebel Alliance. His life ended when he was smashed apart in the invasion of
Hoth.
He was briefly shown in the background at the Hoth base in ''
The Empire Strikes Back''.
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Klivian, Hobbie
Main articles: Rogue Squadron#Notable pilots
Lobot
'Lobot' (born 38
BBY) is a cyborg and assistant to
Lando Calrissian in the administration of
Cloud City. He was the son of a slaver and then a slave himself. At the age of fifteen, space pirates killed his father and captured him. Two years later he escaped, and became a Minister to Youngling Jedis. After the fall of the Republic, he fled to Cloud City where he was a thief until he was caught. However, then-Baroness Administrator Ellisa Shallence decided to give the young man a choice: become the city's first computer liaison or be incarcerated. He chose the former. He was then fitted with a cyborg implant that wrapped around the back of his head. His brain is connected to a computer which, while allowing him to communicate directly with the city's central computer core, renders him seemingly
mute. This is actually a conscious decision on Lobot's part, as he feels "direct input is more efficient" (see
Before the Storm, book 1 of the Black Fleet series). Eventually, a young smuggler named Lando Calrissian won Cloud City from then-Baron Administrator Raynor in a sabacc game. During Calrissian's administration, Lobot saved Lando's life (and career) when a rogue droid named
EV-9D9 planted bombs throughout the city. He also stayed behind after Lando (and his new Rebel friends) fled when the Empire took over the city. He would later reappear during
The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy and in the
Young Jedi Knights series.
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His only appearance in the ''Star Wars'' movies is in , where he is played by
John Hollis (
IMDb entry).
Lobot is shown in the
Robot Chicken Star Wars tribute, dancing around Cloud City's inner hallways to the
Meco disco remix of the
Star Wars theme.
Moor, Kasan
Main articles: Kasan Moor
Mothma, Mon
Main articles: Mon Mothma
'Mon Mothma' (48
BBY-24
ABY) was the Senator of Chandrilla in the waning days of the Old Republic and leader of the Rebel Alliance and New Republic.
Her mother,
Tanis Mothma, was the governor of Chandrilla, and her father was an
arbiter-general for the Republic. At the age of 21 (
27 BBY) she was elected to represent the
Bormea Sector in the
Galactic Senate, becoming the youngest
Senator ever to serve (a record that would later be broken by
Leia Organa, future apprentice and colleague of Mothma).
As a Senator, Mothma was a proponent of the rights of local systems. She was also friends with fellow senators
Bail Organa and
Padmé Amidala. Just before the
Clone Wars, she became a member of the
Loyalist Committee along with fellow senators Bail Organa, Padmé Amidala,
Fang Zar, and other politicians. She later signed the
Petition of 2000, along with many other senators, in an effort to request that
Chancellor Palpatine reduce his power. The
Delegation of 2000 presented the petition to Chancellor Palpatine, but the Dark Lord silenced
Fang Zar when he tried to speak.
Commander Narra
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'Commander Narra' was the Commander of
Rogue Squadron before the
Battle of Hoth. The pilots of the X-wing fighter group Renegade Flight called him "The Boss" during the
Battle of Yavin. After Red Leader
Garven Dreis was killed in the attack on the Death Star, Narra assumed the title of commander. He was also the Leader of Renegade Flight which shortly before the Battle of Hoth escorted and protected a Rebel Alliance convoy that was transporting much needed supplies to Echo Base on Hoth. The Rebel convoy and its fighter escort(lead by Narra a.k.a Renegade Leader) was near Derra IV when they were suddenly attacked by several squadrons of TIE fighters. The convoy and its escort, Renegade Flight were annihilated. After Narra's death during the massacre at Derra IV,
Luke Skywalker assumed the rank of Commander shortly before the Battle of Hoth.
K-3PO, the white protocol droid seen in the command center in
Echo Base belonged to the late Commander Narra. Narra appears in the radio dramatization of .
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Nunb, Nien
Main articles: Nien Nunb
One, Rookie
'Rookie One' was the pilot responsible for the destruction of the V-38 Phantom Tie Fighter factory in .
Ors, Jan
Main articles: Jan Ors
Porkins, Jek Tono
Pilot Red Six of the
Rebel Alliance's
Red Squadron during the
Battle of Yavin, 'Jek Tono Porkins' was the first Rebel pilot shown to die during that battle. He earned the nickname "Belly Runner," as well as the nickname "Piggy" (a name passed on to the
Gamorrean pilot
Voort SaBinring of the
Wraith Squadron), for his girth as well as his skill as a pilot. Jek, like so many others, gained experience flying in the cockpit of a
T-16 Skyhopper.
He was a member of the
Y-wing Squadron
Tierfon Yellow Aces with
Wes Janson. When Janson was down with a seemingly ill-timed case of Hesken Fever, Jek took his place in Red Squadron and transferred to Yavin 4, where he died when his ship malfunctioned while he and Biggs were attacking the gun towers. One of the towers exploded, and Porkins' fighter was hit by an EM pulse from the explosion, knocking out several of his instruments. Although his ship's stabilizers were damaged and his weight threw off the balance of the ship, Porkins refused to pull out of the fight. A laser cannon battery that he missed (owing to his tracking instruments not working, being jammed by trying to balance the ship) soon locked onto him and shot his fighter down. Porkins was the only Rebel to fall to the Death Star's fixed guns, which were unable to keep up with the other, fully-functioning Rebel ships.
Qrygg, Ooryl
'Ooryl Qrygg' is the wingmate of
Corran Horn in the '' series of novels. He is
Gand. Through most of the series, Ooryl commonly refers to himself in the
third person, as is the Gand custom of name reduction, but once he makes a name for himself, he begins to refer to himself as "I" and "me". He was involved in the battles of Hensara III and Chorax. Gands require only a fraction of sleep that humans do, therefore he was wide awake when stormtroopers struck Rogue Squadron's secret base on Talasea. He and Corran Horn alerted the other Rogues and the fight began. Qrygg led a strike team in the successful mission at Vladet, but also took part in the disastrous first mission to
Borleias in which his X-Wing was destroyed. Ooryl ejected in time but his right arm below the elbow was severed by a piece of shrapnel from his starfighter's S-foils. Fortunately, his arm regenerated in time for him to participate in the Squadron's covert operations on
Coruscant and was vital to its success. After his group gained access to Subsidiary Computer Center Number Four, they were unable to enter for it was flooded with Imperial nerve gas Fex-M3d. However, because Gands do not breathe oxygen he was able to access the room and retrieve gas masks inside allowing the others to follow. From there they were able to realign the OSETS (Orbital Solar Energy Transfer Satellite) that caused the nearby reservoir to boil off causing thunderstorms, and helped bring down the planet's defense shields. The Elders of Gands sent three ''ruetsavii'' to chronicle his actions. Eventually, he was declared a ''janwuine'' for his heroism at
Thyferra, granting him the right to refer to himself in first person "I" (a true honor among the Gand). He often assumed
Wedge Antilles and
Wes Janson to be closer than what everyone else thought. He appears in the books of the ''X-Wing'' series written by
Michael Stackpole.
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Ralter, Dak
'Dak Ralter' was born on the penal colony of
Kalast VI, though he escaped at the age of seventeen with the aid of an imprisoned Rebel pilot named Breg. Despite his lack of experience, he flew a stolen ship to Tierfon Base, a small Rebel starfighter outpost. This act of heroism landed him a position in
Wedge Antilles' Rogue Squadron.
Ralter served as
Luke Skywalker's gunner during the
Battle of Hoth in ''. During the battle, a stray blast from an
AT-AT cannon hit the T-47 rear, killing Ralter instantly. Despite rumors that he'd actually gotten out of the snowspeeder before the AT-AT crushed it; it has been denounced and the official story is that he was killed.
Salm, Horton
While 'Horton Salm' (born 36
BBY) was a minor character in the movies, he made several appearances in Michael Stackpole's novels. Salm was a Y-wing pilot in the Battle of Endor, and was probably the only Y-Wing pilot to survive the
Battle of Yavin. He was forty years old at the time, and was leader of ''Aggressor'' squadron.
He is seen in ''Return of the Jedi'' for a single shot, in the cockpit of his Y-wing at the start of the Battle of Endor. He survived the battle, and is eventually promoted to the rank of general. He was a colonel during the battle.
In the '' novels, Horton Salm was in charge of Defender Wing, although not as a pilot. By the time of the novels, Salm was far too old to fly in combat; even before the battle of Endor he was into his forties. Salm knew that the battle of Endor would be his last, and succeeded in convincing the Rebel leadership to let him fly. Salm repeatedly ran into the members of
Rogue Squadron, and he did not get along very well with
Wedge Antilles, the squadron's leader.
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Battle of Borleias, when Salm and his Y-wing pilots defied an order to withdraw by Salm's long-time rival, General
Laryn Kre'fey, and provided vital assistance to Rogue Squadron. Salm, however, insisted that Antilles should report him to
Admiral Ackbar for disobeying orders.
It is said that his love for the Y-Wing and his high rank in the New Republic fleet helped keep the Y-Wing from being decommissioned early on. Thanks to his inervention the Y-Wing went on to serve in the New Republic fleet for 80 more years.
Sei'lar, Asyr
'Asyr Sei'lar' was a
Bothan member of
Rogue Squadron. She joined the squadron after assisting them in their efforts to claim
Coruscant from the Empire.
She was romantically involved with
Gavin Darklighter, and planned to settle down with him and adopt children, but her choices were met with dissaproval by Bothan politician
Borsk Fey'lya, due to Darklighter being human.
During
Ysanne Isard's return, Sei'lar was presumed killed at Distna, but in fact survived, and with the help of
Booster Terrik, decided to go undercover to work towards changes in Bothan society. She set up schools on numerous Bothan outpost worlds, and is believed by fans to be responsible for the training of Admiral
Traest Kre'fey.
Senesca, Zev
'Zev Senesca' was born on the Kestic station near the Bestine System. Senesca's parents were free traders who supplied arms to the
Rebel Alliance. Once he came of age, he joined the Rebellion, but made the mistake of informing a "friend" about his ties to the Alliance; shortly thereafter, the Imperial Star Destroyer ''Merciless'' destroyed Kestic Station. His parents were killed in the attack.
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Senesca joined
Rogue Squadron and flew as Rogue Two while stationed on
Hoth. He rescued
Luke Skywalker and
Han Solo after the two had gone missing during a blizzard. Senesca was killed in action when his snowspeeder was destroyed by an
AT-AT during the
Battle of Hoth.
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Simm, Merrick
'Captain Merrick Simm' (a.k.a Blue Leader) was the commander of Blue Wing, a starfighter group at the Battle of Endor that consisted of
X-wings and
B-Wings. His squadron lead an attack on an Imperial communications ship. However, Simm was killed in the explosion that destroyed the ship. The scene appears only in the novelization of Return of The Jedi and did not appear in the movie.
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Willard, Vanden
A native of
Alderaan, 'General Vanden Willard' was a close friend of Senator Bail Organa who joined the Rebellion, becoming one of its top generals. When he heard about Alderaan's destruction, Willard feared the worst for Princess Leia, but was relieved when she arrived safely on Yavin IV with the Death Star plans. He was among the leaders of the rebel forces at
Massassi base, serving under Jan Dodonna. General Willard later helped General Dodonna coordinate the Battle of Yavin. he was formerly the HQ commander of the Suolriep sector. He aided Viceroy
Bail Organa and
Princess Leia by working as a spy until the Senate disbanded shortly before the
Battle of Yavin.
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