Red Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends

Red Squadron was an Alliance Starfighter Corps X-wing squadron that fought at the Battle of Yavin and Battle of Endor.

Battle of Yavin
Red Squadron was cobbled together from pilots from the Dantooine Squadron, the Ecliptic Evaders, and the Tierfon Yellow Aces for the assault on the Death Star. During the battle, Red Squadron gained the distinction of being the unit that brought down the Death Star's defenses as well as ultimately destroying the station itself. But the victory came at a price. Almost the entire squadron was destroyed, except for two X-wings.


 * Red Leader - Garven Dreis
 * Red 2 - Wedge Antilles
 * Red 3 - Biggs Darklighter
 * Red 4 - John D. Branon (formerly Cesi Eirriss)
 * Red 5 - Luke Skywalker (formerly Jal Te Gniev)
 * Red 6 - Lt. Jek Tono Porkins
 * Red 7 - Elyhek Rue
 * Red 8 - Bren Quersey
 * Red 9 - Lt. Naytaan
 * Red 10 - Theron Nett
 * Red 11 - unknown
 * Red 12 - unknown

Survivors

 * Red 2 - Wedge Antilles (Forced to pull away from the battle after sustaining damage to his fighter)
 * Red 5 - Luke Skywalker (Destroyed the Death Star and was saved by Han Solo)

Losses

 * Red 6 - Jek Tono Porkins (Vaporized by Death Star turrets)
 * Red 9 - Naytaan (Shot down by TIE fighters)
 * Red 4 - John D. Branon (Shot down by TIE fighters)
 * Red 7 - Elyhek Rue (Shot down by TIE fighters)
 * Red 8 - Bren Quersey (Shot down by Darth Vader at trench while covering Dries)
 * Red 10 - Theron Nett (Shot down by a TIE fighter at trench while covering Dreis)
 * Red Leader - Garven Dreis (Shot down by Darth Vader)
 * Red 3 - Biggs Darklighter (Shot down by Darth Vader while covering Luke at trench)

After the Battle of Yavin, the squadron operated as two groups. The first was Renegade Flight under Narra, the squadron leader, and the second was Rogue Flight under Luke Skywalker. As the Rogues became more autonomous, they became a group with no standing orders, ready any time or place for urgent missions that would arise. Renegade Flight was eventually destroyed before the Battle of Hoth, while escorting a convoy carrying supplies for the Echo Base.

Battle of Endor
For the Battle of Endor, Wedge Antilles renamed the Rogue Squadron into Red and himself as Red Leader, to honor the heroes of Yavin.


 * Red Leader - Wedge Antilles
 * Red 2 - name unknown
 * Red 3 - name unknown
 * Red 4 - Derek "Hobbie" Klivian
 * Red 7 - Keir Santage
 * Will Scotian
 * Lak Sivrak
 * Grizz Frix
 * Randi
 * Gayla Riemann

Galactic Alliance
During the liberation of Coruscant at the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War, Red Squadron was tasked with defending Zonama Sekot from Yuuzhan Vong ships that had been infected with the Alpha Red virus.

Behind the scenes

 * In the novelization of A New Hope, Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles flew for Blue Squadron. Their squadron was changed to Red Squadron when it was realized that blue markings on the ships would be replaced by moving starfield during bluescreen shots.
 * Red Squadron was also a recurring starfighter squadron in Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance, however, as all Alliance starfighter squadrons in the game are merely named by colors, it is possible that this designation was an in-mission callsign system, rather than actual squadron names.

Appearances

 * The Farlander Papers
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars: X-wing
 * Star Wars Empire: Darklighter
 * Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Empire 13: What Sin Loyalty?
 * Vader's Quest
 * Star Wars Empire 22: Alone Together
 * Star Wars Empire: "General" Skywalker
 * Star Wars Empire: The Wrong Side of the War
 * Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * The Unifying Force

Notes and references
Rot-Staffel (Rebellen-Allianz)