Arvel Crynyd/Legends

Arvel Crynyd was the leader of the A-wing-filled Green Group during the Battle of Endor.

Biography
During the Battle of Endor, Crynyd led his squadron into the fleet of Star Destroyers to disable the Star Destroyers' ion cannons, so as to allow the Alliance Fleet through to the Star Dreadnought Executor. At the climax of the battle, he was a leading part in the strafing run of key locations on the Executor when anti-fighter fire struck his A-wing, sending it into a spin. Knowing that his fighter was critically damaged, Crynyd managed to gain enough control of his wayward vehicle to send it into the unshielded bridge of Executor, killing himself as well as Admiral Piett and the entire bridge crew instantly.

The wedge shape of his fighter pierced the bridge and his large fuel reserves created a huge fireball that annihilated the command tower. With control lost, and in the middle of a battle maneuver, the mighty warship crashed into the second Death Star, thus turning the tide of the battle.



He was posthumously awarded the New Republic Medal of Bravery, which was one of the New Republic's most prestigious honors. In addition to this, a new award for acts of conspicuous bravery during space-to-space fighting was created to honor him, known as the Crynyd Award. An Imperial-class Star Destroyer captured at the planet Milagro was also renamed Crynyd in his memory.

Behind the scenes
Arvel Crynyd was played by Hilton McRae in an uncredited performance in Return of the Jedi.

Crynyd was incorrectly referred to as "Rogue Leader" in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, specifically the mission to bring down the Executor, because the game reused soundclips of other wingmen in the game.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Notes and references
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