Red Leader/Legends

Red Leader was the callsign of the Commander of Red Squadron. There were a number of starfighter squadrons with this name, and several beings went by the name Red Leader.

Galactic Republic
Tsui Choi flew as Red Leader with his Jedi starfighter squadron, and led his pilots, including Aayla Secura, into battle against the forces of Commander Merai at the Battle of Kamino. A Red Leader also commanded the Republic starfighter squadron of the same name at the Battle of Muunilinst.

Goji was Red Leader of the Red Squadron BTL-B Y-wing fighter/bombers at the time of the Battle of Malastare.

During the Third Battle of Tythe and the Battle of Coruscant, Obi-Wan Kenobi led Red Squadron, flying in his Jedi Interceptor along with Anakin Skywalker, as Red Five and a squadron of ARC-170 starfighters led by Commander Davijaan.

Rebel Alliance
During the Battle of Yavin, Garven Dreis served as Red Leader in the Alliance to Restore the Republic, leading his pilots into battle against the Death Star. Dreis was killed by Darth Vader during the battle.

During the Battle of the Ison Corridor, Luke Skywalker flew as Red Leader.

Up till 2 ABY, Lieutenant Commander Bakki Sourthol was Red Leader, commanding an X-wing squadron on Fakir Sector.

During the Battle of Endor, Wedge Antilles flew as Red Leader, commanding the squadron formerly flying as Rogue Squadron. He led Red Squadron into the superstructure of the second Death Star, and, along with Gold Leader Lando Calrissian, destroyed the battle station. Following that battle, Red Squadron was once more renamed Rogue Squadron.

After the Bacta War, the auxiliary Rogue Squadron was called Red Squadron while conversing with Antilles' Rogue Squadron in order to avoid confusion.

New Republic
Wedge Antilles again flew as Red Leader on a mission to the planet Adumar.

Some time after the Battle of Endor, another squadron led by a Red Leader helped defend a Star Tours travel agency StarSpeeder 3000 from Imperial TIE fighters when the civilian vessel accidentally ended up in the midst of Red Squadron's battle to destroy a Death Star-like space station.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Republic 50: The Defense of Kamino
 * Clone Wars Chapter 10
 * Star Wars: Republic 61: Dead Ends
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars: Republic: The Siege of Saleucami
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars: X-wing
 * Star Wars: Empire: Darklighter
 * Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * ''Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Star Wars 5: Lo, The Moons of Yavin
 * Star Wars 6: Is This the Final Chapter?
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Apple Jacks Special Bonus Story
 * Star Tours
 * Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood
 * X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar
 * Before the Storm

Notes and references
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