Dash Rendar/Legends

"A thief, card cheat, and an okay pilot."

Dash Rendar was born on Coruscant, where he lived with his parents and his brother Stanton. Dash was eventually accepted to and began attending the Imperial Academy on Coruscant, where he was a promising student. His studies were interrupted when Stanton crashed a freighter into the Emperor's personal museum. As a result Dash, and his entire family were banished from the planet, and all planets in the Core. Dash quickly became a freelance spacer, and traveled the Galaxy in his YT-2400, the Outrider, and his droid co-pilot LE-BO2D9 (Leebo.)

Dash became entangled with the Galactic Civil War, and the Rebel Alliance, when running supplies to the new rebel base on Hoth. When Imperial troops arrived, Dash decided to fight with the Rebels. Dash continued his tenure with the Alliance by flying with Luke Skywalker and a squad of Bothan pilots in a mission to aquire the plans for the Death Star II. After feeling guilty about those who died in the previous mission, Dash agreed to help the rebels once again by rescuing Princess Leia from the palace of Prince Xizor on Coruscant. During this battle, the Outrider appeared to have been destroyed. However, some records indicate Dash actually survived, and merely used a convenient explosion as cover to make his escape.

Appearances
Dash Rendar appeared in all versions - comic book, novel, and video game - of Shadows of the Empire. A ship similar to his Outrider was seen leaving Mos Eisley in the Special Edition of A New Hope, but it has not been established if this was Rendar or not.