Biggs Darklighter/Legends

Biggs Darklighter briefly appeared in the 1977 release of A New Hope. Biggs was in the Battle of Yavin scene, where he joined Luke Skywalker and Luke's other wingman, Wedge Antilles, in their attack run on the first Death Star. Biggs was killed when Darth Vader fired upon him while he was flanking Luke down the Death Star trench.

Biggs had a larger role in earlier drafts of the script for the movie and several of the additional scenes appeared in the novelisation. His additional scenes include a conversation with Luke on Tatooine where Biggs tells Luke of his secret desire to join the Rebel Alliance. This scene was deleted from A New Hope, but the book Inside the Worlds of the Star Wars Trilogy depicts the missing scene at Tosche Station. Biggs also showed up on Yavin 4 in the Rebel base hangar where he meets Luke in a surprise encounter, just before the rebel ships take off to attack the Death Star. Biggs assures the rebel flight leader that Luke can handle the X-Wing fighters and off they go. This scene was reintroduced in the 1997 re-release of the film.