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Barlon Hightower was a Rebel pilot who served as a lieutenant in the Alliance Fleet. He joined the Rebellion to avoid arrest after years of service as a pilot to various guilds for his homeworld of Lantillies. He served as a gunner in Rogue Squadron during the Battle of Hoth, manning the backseat of the snowspeeder designated Rogue Nine. He was later part of a team assigned to locate Alliance ships or personnel lost following the battle. Alongside Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker, he explored an abandoned GR-75 medium transport, eventually finding a stranded Wedge Antilles.

Biography
Barlon Hightower was a Human male from the planet Lantillies in the Lantillian sector of the Mid Rim. A pilot, Hightower worked for the various guilds that operated in the Lantillies system flying transports. Over the course of several years, Hightower came to the conclusion that there was no such thing as neutrality in the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic. He decided to join the Rebellion after avoiding arrest.

In 3 ABY, Hightower was assigned to Echo Base on the planet Hoth as part of the installation's starfighter complement. When the base was discovered by Imperial forces, an evacuation of the facility was ordered. A delaying force of twelve snowspeeders was assembled with pilots drawn from Rogue Group, Green and Blue squadrons. Hightower was assigned to the gunner position of Rogue Nine, and was partnered with pilot Stevan Makintay. Flying as Rogue Squadron, they managed to delay the incoming force of AT-AT walkers long enough for the evacuation to be completed. Hightower and Makintay survived the battle, and managed to escape off the planet.

Behind the scenes
Due to the nature of the story that Hightower appears in, his discovery of Wedge Antilles, who had been stranded on Hoth following the battle there, likely didn't happen. Hightower himself, without the specifics of the story, was later referenced in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

Appearances

 * Star Wars 78: Hoth Stuff!

Notes and references
Category:Humans Category:Males Category:Rogue Squadron personnel