Horton Salm/Legends

Horton Salm was a Y-wing pilot who fought in the Battle of Endor. He was forty years old at the time, and was leader of Aggressor Squadron. He survived the battle, and was eventually promoted to the rank of general.

Salm would later be in charge of Defender Squadron, though not as a pilot, being far too old to fly in combat; even before the battle of Endor he was balding and into his forties. Salm knew that the battle of Endor would be his last, and succeeded in convincing the Rebel leadership to let him fly.

About two and a half years after Endor Salm was placed in command of a fresh wing (three squadrons) of Y-wing fighters (Guardian, Warden and Champion Squadrons, collectively known as Aggressor Wing). Salm had repeated run ins with the members of Rogue Squadron, though his relationship with X-wing pilot Wedge Antilles, the squadron's leader, was more ambivalent. The two men disagreed over command-style and Tycho Celchu's reliability, but realised that Wedge's easy-going nature and Salm's tight discipline were suited to their pilots' skill levels.

Salm's Aggressor wing helped Rogue Squadron and Kapp Dendo's commando team in the mission to recover Sate Pestage from Ciutric, in which he commanded his squadrons against Admiral Krennel's Star Destroyer Reckoning and the Inderdictor cruiser Binder.

During the disastrous First Battle of Borleias, Salm's long-standing rivalry with Bothan General Laryn Kre'fey led him to covertly defy an order to withdraw, which later allowed his Aggressor Wing to come to Rogue Squadron's rescue in the final minutes of the battle. While Wedge felt that Salm should be decorated for his heroism, he was isistant that Wedge should report him for disobeying orders.

Behind the scenes
Some believed that Horton was the pilot with the surviving Y-wing in the Battle of Yavin. However later sources identified him with Keyan Farlander.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Mandatory Retirement
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron