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"He shot up three of our best pilots, had me dead in space, and says he's a bit rusty!"

- Corran Horn on first going against Tycho in a simulation.

Tycho Celchu was a Human male from Alderaan and the son of an Alderaanian HoloNet magnate. He had been an accomplished Imperial TIE Fighter pilot before the destruction of Alderaan resulted in his defection to the Rebel Alliance. Celchu served as a fighter pilot, participating in and surviving the Battle of Endor.

On a mission to Coruscant, he was captured by Ysanne Isard, who attempted to indoctrinate him, and imprisoned. Although he eventually made his way back to the New Republic, suspicion dogged him even as he became part of the famed Rogue Squadron. Celchu was an integral part of the Liberation of Coruscant, though he was placed on trial for treason and the murder of fellow Rogue Corran Horn, who was presumed dead from sabotage. Horn's escape from Imperial captivity and return acquitted Tycho, whose name was completely cleared.

Tycho continued to serve the New Republic in a variety of ways, including as commander of Rogue Squadron. He married fellow Alderaanian Winter and retired from the military, though he would later return to military service in the Yuuzhan Vong War and the Confederation-Galactic Alliance War.

Biography
Celchu was born into an Alderaanian family; growing up, he had two sisters, one of them named Mia, and a brother. He became engaged to a woman named Nyiestra. In 2 BBY, Celchu was admitted to the Prefsbelt IV Naval Academy and attended as a cadet alongside Derek Klivian and Biggs Darklighter, with whom he developed some camaraderie. He was taught by the famous and skilled pilot Captain Soontir Fel, whom he was never able to defeat in simulation. Fel built a rapport with his students and insisted on their loyalty to the Empire. Celchu took some mocking from his classmates for being from the peaceful world of Alderaan, a fact which built resentment. When Cadet Laine insulted Celchu's heritage, Celchu punched him in front of Fel; Fel, however, felt that Laines was at fault for provoking the attack and insulting a fellow cadet, covering for Celchu with the security forces. Fel did remind Celchu, however, that his loyalty was now to the Empire, not his homeworld. Celchu excelled, frequently beating Darklighter in exercises, and graduated in 0 BBY as part of a class of prodigies such as Klivian and Darklighter that gained considerable attention, though when Klivian and Darklighter defected to the Alliance to Restore the Republic upon graduating, it cast a pall over the class's success. Celchu, however, remained a loyal Imperial.

He was speaking with his family when the Death Star destroyed the world. He thought little of the holocomm outage, but later learned the truth, causing him to defect to the Rebel Alliance. Celchu joined Red Squadron, home to his former classmate Klivian. Though he was initially distant to the new man, squadron second-in-command Wedge Antilles eventually warmed up to Celchu, and they became fast friends.

While scouting for a new Rebel base on Kwenn Space Station, Celchu, Antilles, and Janson observed the starship Stellar Manx being commandeered by Imperial agents. They investigated but were detected by stormtroopers which they managed to evade. They were able to free the crew and reclaim the ship, which was put back in the hands of its captain, Kar Lamoran and put to use for the Rebellion.

Celchu had hoped that the victory would force the Empire to surrender, but it was not to be so. Shortly after the battle, the Rebel forces received a message intended for Palpatine informing him that the planet Bakura was under attack by invading aliens. Rogue Squadron was sent to Bakura to aid the Imperial world and possibly recruit it as part of a task force under Skywalker and Solo. When they arrived, they found the aliens engaged in a fierce battle with the Bakuran Imperial forces. Celchu and the Rogues pressed the attack, driving the invaders off. Skywalker, Solo, and Organa were able to negotiate a truce with the Imperials and learned that the attackers were Ssi-ruuk from the Unknown Regions. Eventually, the Ssi-ruuk attacked once more and Celchu flew against them, but during the battle the Imperial forces turned on the Rebels, destroying their flagship carrier Flurry. An uprising on Bakura removed Imperial governor Wilek Nereus from power, however, allowing Commander Pter Thanas to surrender the Imperial forces to the Rebels once the Ssi-ruuk were defeated.

When the task force returned to Endor one week after their victory there, Celchu, like the rest of the Rogues, took on duties cleaning up the post-battle debris. He and Janson were sent to investigate Ewok reports of a surviving Imperial patrol far out in the forest, where they were attacked by a Gorax which had killed the patrol. Celchu distracted the massive beast while Janson sniped it, killing the creature. With the question of the patrol answered, the pair were sent to rendezvous with Antilles and Skywalker. The four, along with pilot Ten Numb, were assigned to scout the Corellian system in order to gather information about the system's state in the wake of the victory at Endor.

They were infiltrated into the system and searched it for evidence of Imperial activity, but found none. They returned to Coronet, the capital of Corellia, one week after they were first assigned. While relaxing in a cantina, they fell afoul of a raid by Imperial General Weir's Storm Commandos. Weir had set himself up as the master of the system and launched a surprise assault on Coronet. Celchu and the other Rogues fought back, but Weir withdrew quickly; he had only wanted to make a show of Imperial power. Numb trailed Weir's forces, followed by Skywalker, Antilles, and Janson. Celchu made his way back to the hangar and readied their fighters. He could not bring Numb's B-wing, which had no astromech to pilot it, but he set off in his A-wing with the others' X-wings following. He met up with the others just after Numb had been captured by Weir. They followed Numb's homing beacon away from Corellia, but were attacked by TIEs in orbit which turned out to be suicide drones. Celchu and Antilles eliminated several before they could attack civilian traffic, but during the battle they lost Numb's signal.

R2-D2 extrapolated Weir's likely destination as being Tralus, where the Rogues found locals who pointed out a tunnel network used by stormtroopers. The four men infiltrated the base but were detected; Weir had sufficient fear of Skywalker's Jedi abilities to order an evacuation, however. While Skywalker and Janson searched for Numb, Antilles and Celchu stole a pair of TIE Fighters and set off after Weir in his TIE Interceptor. Pursued by more fighters in the narrow launch tunnel, both Rebels managed to avoid taking fire. As they emerged, Antilles shot down Weir and put down to capture him while Celchu, now in the open, shot down the remaining enemy fighters. Weir was imprisoned, but Numb had died in captivity.

The Rogues kept busy, battling Grand Moff Nivers at Tandankin. Approximately one month after the Battle of Endor, the Alliance of Free Planets&mdash;itself created as a successor to the Rebel Alliance&mdash; was reformed into the New Republic. Celchu was inducted into New Republic Starfighter Command with the serial number 68970024 and a lieutenant's commission; Antilles had engineered his own demotion back to captain after an attempt to move him out of Rogue Squadron and into Fleet Command, and Celchu took a corresponding demotion as well.

The Rogues had already been assigned to escort a food convoy from Cilpar to Mrlsst. On Cilpar, they could not find their contact and set up a base to wait. After two weeks of waiting, they were attacked by Imperial fighters; Janson was shot down. Celchu landed to see to him while the other Rogues headed back to base. He pulled Janson, injured, from his burning starfighter before it exploded and the pair made their way to a cave for shelter. Once they were settled and he had given Janson medical attention, Celchu contacted Antilles at their hidden base on Cilpar and arranged to be extracted in the morning. Overnight, he and Janson were surprised by a woman who appeared to be Leia Organa wielding a pistol; she identified herself as Winter, their contact. The New Republic had expected the local moff, Boren Tascl, to defect, but after Endor he turned on them. Winter wanted to know why, and sent Celchu undercover to the Imperial base in a captain's uniform.

Posing as a newly assigned officer who had been forced to set down outside the city, Celchu gained admittance to the base, where he claimed he had been sent after his convoy was ambushed. He got into a minor scuffle with a pilot named Petro, who insulted his Alderaanian heritage, but an alert came almost immediately for the base's TIE squadron to attack the local resistance fighters. Celchu was assigned to a TIE Fighter and ordered to accompany the attack. He contacted his X-wing's astromech, ordering it to buzz Antilles, who was with Elscol Loro and the Cilpari resistance at a weapons depot. It then tailed him; he intended to use its pursuit as an excuse to drop out of combat, but squadron leader Major Grode insisted on engaging the X-wing himself. To Celchu's great surprise, the fighter destroyed two TIEs, including Grode's, before engaging Celchu and shooting him down; Celchu ejected. He cut his way through the jungle, eventually meeting an Imperial convoy. He was taken aboard one personnel carrier, where Winter, thought to be Organa, was held prisoner. She was ordered to give him medical attention and they spoke furtively; Winter informed him that she had been in his fighter when it took off and had been piloting it throughout the battle. He made it back to base, where he was the senior flight officer due to Grode's death. When the Rogues and Loro's resistance attacked, Celchu was ordered to strafe their ground column. Once in the sky, he turned on the Imperials, aiding the Rogues in destroying the Imperial air cover while Loro captured the local Imperial leadership and freed Winter. Celchu was assigned to pilot the moff's shuttle to headquarters; Winter volunteered to be his copilot. Celchu found himself interested in the woman and eagerly accepted her offer. Loro was recruited into the squadron and piloted Celchu's fighter back.

Eventually, the Rogues finally escorted a convoy to Mrlsst. They came under attack over the world by an Interdictor Star Destroyer and its TIE complement. The Rogues forced the Interdictor to withdraw before guiding the convoy down. While Antilles spoke with the leaders of the Mrlsst Academy about the New Republic's efforts to acquire the Phantom Project cloaking device, Celchu oversaw the unloading of the cargo. Once their duties were over, Antilles ran into his old friend Mirax Terrik and visited while Celchu set off to The Soundmound for entertainment with Klivian, Plourr Illo, and Dllr Nep. On the way, they came across the Ante-Endor Association, a group which denied that the Battle of Endor had occurred, speaking. Celchu was aghast at their propaganda, and while the others did not want to bother with what the group and continued on, Celchu insisted on confronting the AEA speakers. They shrugged off his arguments, leaving him in a foul mood. As he headed to the Soundmound that evening, the AEA members waylaid him. When he continued to insist that the Battle of Endor had occurred, they began beating him. Celchu was able to turn the tables on them, defeating all members of the group but one, who struck him from behind. He was saved by the arrival of a Jedi who struck the final attacker and then disappeared, leaving Celchu astounded. He met up with the Rogues and shared his story, learning of the legend of the Ghost Jedi from a university student.

The next day, Antilles went to negotiate for the Phantom Ship against Captain Loka Hask, representing the Empire. During the meeting, AEA members, acting as auxiliaries for Hask, broke in and stole the datacards containing details of the project, but a doctored holocam transmission showed Celchu as one of the intruders. Celchu was actually visiting Janson, who was healing his broken leg, in the hospital with the rest of the Rogues. They were warned that stormtroopers were coming to arrest them on behalf of the Mrlssi just before the Imperial troops arrived. They took Janson and fought their way out of the hospital, escaping into the outcast community atop the local vegetation. A computer expert there was able to slice into the records and determine that the datacards had been taken from the AEA members by droids used by Professor Rorax Falken's students. Celchu ordered the others to retrieve the datacards while he, Klivian, and Illo freed the arrested Antilles. As the arrived, they found Antilles leaving, broken out by the same Ghost Jedi that had saved Celchu. Antilles revealed that the Phantom Ship project had been a fake all along, designed to draw Imperial spending; the New Republic had simply been playing along. When Falken faked the destruction of his asteroid laboratory, Hask launched TIE Bombers against Mrlsst, which Celchu and the Rogues shot down. Hask was killed and his Interdictory destroyed by the activation of an actual superweapon, a Gravitic Polarization Beam.

Six months after the Battle of Endor, Rogue Squadron was sent to Tatooine to investigate the gang wars resulting from crimelord Jabba Desilijic Tiure's death and the death of a con man with Imperial links at the hands of stormtroopers. They were to meet with a female contact; Celchu was convinced that it would be Winter, with whom he was smitten. The meeting was at Huff Darklighter's estate during a reception honoring Biggs Darklighter; Celchu, Antilles, and Loro would attend. Celchu waited to meet the contact in the lobby and, after an initial mishap involving a forward Whiphid, Celchu discovered that his date for the evening was in fact Winter, much to his delight. They spoke briefly, with Celchu flirting with her but gaining little response. Raiders attacked the party shortly thereafter, but Winter explained that they were a diversion for her. She and Celchu used the distraction to go after a datadisk of Darklighter's, but found that another group of thieves had already beaten them there; the diversion had not in fact been Winter's. A pair of Rodians escaped with the disks, pursued by Antilles and Loro in a speeder; Celchu and Winter borrowed a speeder and blasters from Darklighter and set out in pursuit as well. A group of thugs ambushed Antilles and Loro, destroying their speeder, but Celchu and Winter engaged them. Their speeder was also shot down, with the pair barely escaping the wreck.

Celchu, Antilles, and Winter returned to the Darklighter estate and confronted its owner, who admitted that the disk contained information about a weapons cache including the experimental cruiser Eidolon and gave them a copy he had made of the disk. The next day, they requested the use of Darklighter's weather satellite, using it to track the movements of Firith Olan, the crime boss who had stolen the disc. They found Olan at another cache he had discovered. Several TIEs were launched from the cache, which the Rogues engaged. Meanwhile, Olan escaped to orbit, where the Rogues pursued him. An Imperial capital ship appeared in orbit and released a squadron of TIE Fighters. When the fighters engaged Olan's defenses, Antilles decided to leave the field of battle while the Rogues were ahead and the group returned to base.

Olan escaped the destroyer, Harrow, and Antilles, Celchu, Winter, and Loro followed him to Ryloth, where they knew the Twi'lek crimelord would seek shelter. Olan was in fact denied shelter, and a contest was held between the Rogues and the Imperial contingent from the Harrow for Olan, which the Imperials won. The troopers selected for the competition were left behind by their captain, who had spirited Olan away on his own. The troopers, led by Sixtus Quinn, felt betrayed and joined forces with the Rogues. They returned to Tatooine, where they joined with the rest of the Rogues to track down Olan and Marl Semtin, the Harrow's captain. The Rogues found the Eidolon base, holographically camouflaged into a hillside. Celchu's investigative pass caused the base to launch multiple TIE Interceptors, which were able to cripple Celchu's X-wing. Celchu chose to pilot his X-wing into a formation of TIEs, ejecting shortly before his fighter destroyed the enemy ships. He announced this using the code phrase "going out with a bang." Winter, listening, was not familiar with the term and so believed he had died in the crash, driving her to grief and forcing her to acknowledge her feelings for him. After Semtin was killed, Olan presumed killed, and the base secured, the New Republic forces retrieved Celchu, whom Winter greeted with a passionate kiss.

Over the next month, several new members were added to Rogue Squadron, bringing it to full strength. They frequently ran combat simulations against each other to get to work better as a unit. After one session seven months after Endor, Celchu and Antilles were called in to meet with Grand Duke Gror Pernon of Eiattu, who informed them that Eiattu was torn by civil war, with Prince Harrandatha Estillo leading a rebellion against the Priamsta nobles after being thought dead. He further informed them that Rogue pilot Plourr Illo was actually Isplourrdacartha Estillo, princess of Eiattu. The Rogues were ordered to escort her back to her world, where it was hoped she could bring about peace. They proceeded to Eiattu, where they were hosted at a diplomatic reception for Estillo. Antilles and Celchu were later taken out to tour sites of attacks by the People's Liberation Battalion, Harrandatha Estillo's rebel group. During the tour, they were contacted by the other Rogues, who had gone on a thuvasaur-hunting expedition and stumbled across an Imperial patrol. They returned to their fighters and, with Estillo and her fiance Count Rial Pernon, destroyed the Imperial air support while an attack on the Imperials from the People's Liberation Battallion saved the Rogues on the ground.

Celchu and Antilles later met with Count Arian Laabann, the leader of the Priamsta, who suggested that the New Republic ally with him to overthrow Estillo and place the Primsta in power; Estillo had made it clear that she would not support a return of the nobility to absolute power. Celchu was outraged, and Antilles refused. They went to inform Estillo, and found her and Pernon after just barely having survived a kidnap attempt by Priamsta forces. Pernon suggested Estillo ally herself wit the PLB, but she revealed that their leader was not her brother&mdash;she had killed him, a brainwashed Imperial agent, during her escape from the massacre of the royal family. The leader of the PLB was an impostor. As they spoke, however, the PLB began an attack on the Imperial fortress on Eiattu. Celchu, Antilles, and Estillo flew against the Imperial forces, having realized that the false Harrandatha Estillo was in league with Moff Leonia Tavira to loot the world and flee. Once the Imperials were defeated, Estillo confronted the impostor and exposed him, restoring peace, though Tavira escaped.

The Rogues left Eiattu to track down the Starfaring, a ship which had gone missing. They tracked it to the Malrev system, where they were attacked by TIE Fighters while investigating the fourth planet of the system. Antilles was shot down before the TIEs were eliminated, distressing Celchu. They could not land in the dense forest to recover him, and so put down in a clearing with the Starfaring two kilometers away, where they enjoyed the hospitality of the ship's Bothan crew. That night, Celchu was awoken by a nightmare to discover the camp under attack by the native Irrukiine. He joined the defense, and only Nrin Vakil's use of his starfighter against the Irrukiine prevented them from overrunning the camp. Celchu organized a tighter defense in the wake of the attack, taking first watch.

The next morning, Celchu led the Rogues and several of the Bothans on an expedition to find Antilles, hoping the Irrukiine had not killed him. During their march, Rogue Herian I'ngre informed Celchu that the Starfaring's hyperdrive had not failed, but had instead been sabotaged; the Bothans were up to more than they admitted. Celchu warned the pilots to be alert for possible betrayal. They made their way to the temple where the Irrukiine were based and fell victim to an Irrukiine ambush. During the battle, Antilles escaped from the temple, where he had been held captive by Cartariun, the Devaronian former Imperial technician who was harnessing the temple's Sith energies to control the Irrukiine. They retreated from the ambush, but In'ngre was wounded and Dllr Nep left behind. Antilles, Celchu, and Janson went for a supposed scouting mission in their fighters, using the opportunity to get away from the Bothans. Celchu shared his belief that Girov Dza'tey, the Bothan leader, was an undercover agent and had deliberately landed and killed the ship's captain in order to seek out the temple's power. Cartariun launched a TIE assault at that time, forcing the three to hold off a massive wave of TIEs piloted by the unskilled Irrukiine until the other Rogues arrived. Nep, captive in the temple, was able to overpower Cartariun, breaking his concentration and causing the Irrukiine attack to fall apart.

When they returned to the camp, they realized that Dza'tey had left the camp, and through the mental link Nep established with I'ngre through the Sith magic, learned that Dza'tey had killed Cartariun, taken control of the temple's power, and was preparing an attack against the Rogues. Antilles, backed by Celchu, tested the Bothan second-in-command's loyalty and found that he would accompany them in an attack against Dza'tey. The battle itself was fierce, with the Irrukiine using Dza'tey's knowledge of tactics; the arrival of Estillo with a squadron of her own fighters provided crucial aid. Nep, however, guided I'ngre from her sickbed, into a fighter, and in an attack against the temple. When her proton torpedoes did not damage it sufficiently, they decided to give their lives to eliminating it, with I'ngre guiding her fighter into the temple and destroying it.

One month later, the Rogues were assigned to scout Brentaal IV as the New Republic continued pressing toward the Core Worlds. They were attacked by TIEs from the world's defensive moonbase, but Celchu shot several of them down and the Rogues escaped with enough data on the world. They returned to their base, where Celchu and Antilles looked over the replacement pilots transferring into the squadron. Admiral Ackbar personally assigned the squadron to work with Colonel Horton Salm's Aggressor Wing to take Brentaal IV, for which they trained for two weeks. When the time came for the assault, the Rogues attacked Brentaal's moonbase, eliminating its fighter screen and allowing New Republic troops to take control of the base. Post-battle analysis showed that the TIE Interceptors they had faced were part of the 181st Imperial Fighter Group, an elite group led by his former instructor Fel, currently known as the Empire's best ace. When the rest of the 181st showed up to defend Brentaal, Celchu and Klivian helped explain his history and reputation to some of the newer or cockier pilots.

When the time came to attack Brentaal IV itself, the Rogues attacked the capital, Vuultin, while Agressor Wing led the capture of Oradin, the more strategically valuable spaceport. Celchu led Three Flight against the elements of the 181st stationed in Vuultin, but the Rogues were called away once they succeeded in drawing Fel from Oradin to protect Lon Isoto, the admiral commanding Brentaal IV's defense. The Rogues moved their base to Oradin, and when a convoy arrived to evacuate the Imperial loyalist citizens, the Rogues were scrambled to ground the evacuation yachts and keep the citizens from escaping with Brentaal IV's wealth. As the battle moved to space, Celchu engaged Major Turr Phennir, Fel's executive officer. Celchu was able to get the drop on Phennir, but the other pilot broke off. Meanwhile, Antilles engaged Fel, driving him into the field of fire of Salm's ion cannon. Fel was captured and interrogated by the New Republic, at the end of which period he decided to defect to the New Republic, disillusioned with the Empire.

Personality and traits
Celchu expressed a feeling that he was more at home flying in combat than living a peaceful life.

According to Winter, Celchu was not of the type to leave his family for the military. He did not speak much about his past before joining the Rebellion.

Celchu was initially loyal to the Empire.

Behind the scenes
Celchu's background given in his first appearance, X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Rebel Opposition does not match up with the backstory later established; he is mentioned as being in the Alderaanian Navy, being engaged to a woman named Mia, and speaking to her when the Death Star destroyed Alderaan. Later sources established that Celchu was in the Imperial Navy, was engaged to a woman named Nyiestra, and was speaking with his family. The conflict was retconned in X-wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground: Tatooine as false information contained in his Imperial files and believed by Winter.

Old stuff
Celchu joined the Imperial Navy at a young age, and trained under Soontir Fel alongside future Rebels Derek Klivian and Biggs Darklighter at the Prefsbelt IV Naval Academy. Upon graduation, he was posted aboard Accuser as a TIE pilot. He was a TIE Fighter pilot for some time, which in an unshielded craft was a rare occurrence. At first Celchu thought that he could work from within the system to change the Imperial Navy for the better.

On his 21st birthday, he was speaking to his family on Alderaan via HoloNet when the connection suddenly disappeared. Initially thinking that the dropped connection was a fault of Novacom, a HoloNet provider run by his father, Celchu at first did not realize the magnitude of what just happened, and planned to later give his father a hard time about the dropped connection. To his horror, Celchu later learned that the interruption was a result of the Death Star's destruction of the planet, and that his family and his fiancée, Nyiestra were all dead.



While his Imperial training told him that the Rebels would destroy a planet to achieve their ends, he knew that they would never destroy Alderaan&mdash;which had been a major supporter of the Rebellion. Realizing that it would be impossible to work from within to change the Imperial system, he decided to defect. At the Accuser's next port of call, Celchu left Imperial service. Half a year later, Celchu officially defected to the Rebel Alliance on Dantooine, stealing some classified information along the way. He, unfortunately, was caught by storm commandos. However, he was rescued by Luke Skywalker and narrowly escaped the Imperial forces there.

Celchu was present when the Empire attacked their base on Hoth. He rescued Hobbie Klivian when his snowspeeder was damaged during the evacuation. Celchu joined Rogue Squadron and flew an A-wing at the Battle of Endor. Celchu followed Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles into the Death Star tunnel, and broke off when ordered to do so by Calrissian to draw off some of the Imperial pursuit. By drawing off several TIE Fighters, Celchu provided the other pilots enough time to launch their warheads and set off the chain reaction that destroyed the battle station.



Imperial Imprisonment
"Subject is unsuitable for conversion."

- Ysanne Isard

Celchu's successes drew him to the attention of Alliance Intelligence which tasked him to infiltrate Coruscant. Celchu agreed, using a captured TIE Fighter to conduct reconnaissance of the planet. When he tried to leave, the Imperials became aware of his presence. They fired an ion bolt at his craft, which shorted out everything, including the self destruct systems. He was then tractor beamed onto an Imperial ship and stunned.

When he awoke, Celchu learned that he was on his way to Ysanne Isard's private prison Lusankya. She used a combination of drugs, torture, and psychological manipulation in an attempt to convert Celchu into a sleeper agent but failed. Isard then placed him in a flight simulator. At first he reacted positively to other Imperial vessels, but soon turned on them and aggressively attacked them. She subjected him to further sessions, in which she tried to use Alliance signatures with Imperial craft, but it turned out to be too much for Celchu's mind to handle, and he went into a catatonic state. Isard realized that Celchu could not be converted, and placed him in the general population.

Celchu was identified as a "sleeper" by other prisoners&mdash;their term for a person rendered catatonic by Isard's manipulation. When Tycho came out of that state, he was convinced that he was going to die. Jan Dodonna, who had been captured after the Battle of Yavin was also there, and he comforted Celchu. Celchu continued to improve, and was soon pulled from the Lusankya prison and transferred to the Imperial prison at Akrit'tar.

Celchu managed to escape from Akrit'tar and eventually returned to the Alliance, but certain officers were worried that Isard had been able to twist Celchu into a sleeper agent. Since Celchu's memories of his time at Lusankya were not good, these officers were unwilling to dismiss the possibility that Celchu was a sleeper agent, despite the fact that other sleeper agents had never remembered their time at Lusankya.

Reformed Rogue Squadron
During the reformation of Rogue Squadron, Commander Wedge Antilles campaigned for Celchu to serve as his Executive Officer. Although Celchu was permitted to serve at Rogue Squadron's second-in-command, he agreed to a number of restrictions on his personal freedoms while in a training role&mdash;such as remaining under house arrest while not on duty, flying a Z-95 Headhunter that had powered down lasers and a remote self-destruct, and agreeing to have his correspondence examined by others. Celchu maintained that even if he could not take an active role in fighting the Empire, he could train others to fight the Empire, and survive.

Celchu was not allowed to pilot a combat vessel. Instead he operated the weaponless Lambda-class shuttle Forbidden, with the callsign "Rogue Null". From the shuttle, Celchu coordinated attacks and rescued ejected pilots. Despite proving himself in the squadron's early conflicts, officers like General Horton Salm still refused to trust Celchu for his mysterious past.

One of his new squadron mates was Corran Horn. Horn became suspicious of the fact that Celchu was under house arrest while not on duty, and was flying weaponless craft&mdash;even in contested areas. Eventually Celchu told him what was going on. Corran tried to put his misgivings aside, but seeing Tycho meet with a man who resembled his old enemy Kirtan Loor while on Coruscant caused Horn to lose trust in Celchu.



Later, Celchu proved instrumental in the conquest of Coruscant, but when fellow Rogue Corran Horn disappeared and was presumed dead, Celchu was tried for his murder. In reality, Horn was taken to Lusankya&mdash;the same prison that Celchu had been taken to. Like Celchu, Horn also was able to resist Isard's attempts to turn him into a sleeper agent, and escaped from Imperial custody.

Corran's reappearance at the last minute saved Celchu's life, and his reputation within the New Republic. Horn had managed to access Imperial data files while escaping from Lusankya&mdash;which proved that Celchu had been telling the truth the whole time. After apologizing to Celchu for what had happened, Horn testified as to what happened to him. Horn explained to the court that Isard considered Celchu to be unsuitable for conversion, and that the memory loss he experienced was common among Lusankya prisoners who Isard was unable to turn into sleeper agents.

As Horn was testifying, Isard ordered the crew of Lusankya&mdash;which was actually a Super Star Destroyer buried under the surface of Coruscant&mdash;to lift off. The liftoff killed millions of people, and devastated over 100 square kilometers of cityscape. Cracken put a stop to the trial at that point, and Horn, Celchu, and the rest of the court drifted out on to the balcony to witness Lusankya leaving the planet. At that moment the real spy in Rogue Squadron&mdash;Erisi Dlarit&mdash;decided to return to her Imperial masters.

Commander Antilles called to reveal that Dlarit was the spy, which Horn confirmed. It was then revealed that General Airen Cracken had taken precautions in the event that Celchu was a Lusankya style agent. Cracken had assigned Emtrey to the squadron&mdash;and that the droid had some special programming and circuitry that would made him into a valuable tool for a spy. If Celchu was an Imperial spy and had used Emtrey to help the Imperial cause Cracken would have known what was going on immediately. But Celchu never did use Emtrey in that manner, and Emtrey had provided proof that Celchu had never met with Loor.

After he was released, Celchu returned to full, active duty in the New Republic military. In a public ceremony several days later Mon Mothma stated that Celchu's trial was actually an Intelligence operation to draw out Imperial spies&mdash;and that Celchu had been a willing participant in this operation.

The Bacta War


After the award ceremony, Celchu was present when Luke Skywalker revealed to Corran Horn that he was in fact the grandson of a Jedi Master. Skywalker asked Horn to train with him to become a Jedi Knight. Corran however felt it was more important to liberate the other Lusankya prisoners, and to liberate Thyferra&mdash;which had installed Isard as its leader after a revolution on that planet. Wedge Antilles agreed with Corran, and stated the need for the Republic to begin a campaign immediately to do so. But when the New Republic&mdash;in the person of Borsk Fey'lya&mdash;said that they would never sanction such a mission, Corran and Wedge immediately resigned from the military. Celchu and the other members of Rogue Squadron&mdash;with the exception of Pash Cracken&mdash;all immediately followed suit, resigning their commissions in the process.

In the days following the resignations, Celchu and the other Rogues moved to a station in orbit around Yag'Dhul. Celchu used the 15 million Imperial Credits deposited in his name in an attempt to frame him to help fund the liberation of Thyferra. In addition, they were able to sell the Z-95 Headhunters that he bought for the liberation of Coruscant, which gave them another 2 million credits. Someone in the New Republic military then provided back door support by surplussing out all of Rogue Squadron's ships and equipment as they were missing parts&mdash;specifically PL1s, or pilots. The Rogues were able to buy all the equipment up, and the squadron's technical staff resigned to work for the Rogues.

Over the next few months, Celchu, Wedge, and Booster Terrik worked to build up their forces to the point where they could challenge Isard. They also whittled down Isard's forces until all she was left with was the Lusankya. After Thyferra was freed from Isard's control, Celchu returned to the New Republic military.

Following the battle, Celchu&mdash;along with Iella Wessiri&mdash;acted as a witness when Wedge Antilles, as acting Captain of the Lusankya married Corran Horn and Mirax Terrik.

Senior officer


Following the Bacta War, Celchu began a climb of the New Republic military's hierarchy and fought in a number of conflicts with Rogue Squadron. When Admiral Ackbar approved the creation of Wraith Squadron in 7 ABY, Commander Antilles chose Celchu to serve as Rogue Leader. Under Celchu's leadership, Rogue Squadron fought as a part of Solo Fleet in its campaign against Warlord Zsinj.

After Zsinj's defeat, Celchu returned command of the Rogues to Antilles, resumed his role as executive officer and fought against Imperial forces during Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign against the New Republic.

Celchu was promoted to Colonel after the victory at Bilbringi, when Admiral Ackbar insisted that the overdue senior members of Rogue Squadron finally accept permanent promotions. Although promoted, Celchu and Antilles remained active duty members of Rogue Squadron.

With Thrawn's assassination and the Empire again retreating, the New Republic decided to launch an offensive against Prince-Admiral Delak Krennel's Ciutric Hegemony as an example to the other Imperial warlords. During action against Krennel, they were ambushed at Battle of Distna by six squadrons of Krennel's TIE fighters. Tycho and most surviving Rogues were rescued by a group of TIE Defender pilots and taken to Ysanne Isard. The Rogues were pressured to aid Isard against Prince-Admiral Krennel in exchange for the Lusankya prisoners. Celchu and the other Rogues learned to pilot TIE Defenders. In the final raid against Krennel's stronghold, Celchu helped kill Krennel's clone of Isard, and shortly thereafter, the original Isard died attempting to retake Lusankya at Bilbringi.

Rogue Leader


The devastating campaign of the reborn Emperor saw Celchu as the in-battle leader of Rogue Squadron, as General Antilles saw to his duties as a senior officer with larger commands like Lusankya, Emancipator and Rogue Wing. This brevet command was formalized in 11 ABY when Antilles was tasked with Coruscant's reconstruction, and Celchu began his eight years as Rogue Leader.

In his first major role as Rogue Leader, Celchu led the squadron in the New Republic's campaign against Leonia Tavira and her Invid pirates. During the Battle of Xa Fel, Celchu nearly killed Corran Horn in a dogfight, unaware of Horn's Invid infiltration, but the ex-Rogue escaped unharmed.

In 13 ABY, General Antilles chose Celchu, Wes Janson, and Derek Klivian, to accompany him on the New Republic diplomatic mission to Adumar, whose martial culture placed starfighter pilots in high esteem. When the situation turned dangerous, Celchu and his friends led a coalition of minor Adumari nations against Imperial-backed Cartann. Celchu flew in the subsequent Battle of Adumar against the Empire and solidified Adumar's freedom.

After a long friendship and courtship, Celchu married fellow Alderaanian Winter in 17 ABY. Two years later in 19 ABY, General Antilles resumed command of Rogue Squadron, though not for long. In 20 ABY, a year after the end of the Galactic Civil War, both men retired from active service and turned the squadron over to Gavin Darklighter.



During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Celchu returned to active service to fight the Yuuzhan Vong. He was placed in command of Coruscant's planetary defense force, including the recalled Rogue Squadron. After the fall of Coruscant, Tycho accompanied Wedge Antilles's Fleet Group Three and helped retake Borleias from the Yuuzhan Vong. In the prolonged defense of the world from Vong counterattacks that followed, Tycho served as Wedge's loyal second in command and played the role of Wedge in the war games that they used to determine their responses. After the planet was evacuated, Tycho continued to serve in the New Republic, and later Galactic Federation of Free Alliances military, being present in the Second Battle of Coruscant.

Celchu survived the war, and following its resolution, he retired from active service, and trained starfighter pilots, including Wedge's daughter Syal Antilles. However, when tensions escalated between the Galactic Alliance and Corellia, he returned to active duty, taking up the rank of General in the conflict that followed.

At one point Tycho alludes to having multiple children with Winter, telling Syal Antilles, "Remember, like you, I live in a mixed household. Pilots and spies."

Behind the scenes
Actor Tim Omundson provided Tycho Celchu's voice for Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike.

Tycho is named for the real-world sixteen-century astronomer and alchemist Tycho Brahe.

A minor character shown piloting an A-wing in Return of the Jedi in the Death Star II was thought to be Celchu. However, the pilot shown was actually Jake Farrell. Tycho Celchu is the pilot following Farrell when they veer off to divert TIE Fighters.

Tycho Celchu's capture and imprisonment on the Lusankya was intended to be covered in the Rogue Squadron comics. However, the series was canceled before the event could be covered.

Appearances



 * Star Wars Missions 18: Rogue Squadron to the Rescue
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * The Truce at Bakura
 * X-wing: Rogue Leader
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Apple Jacks Special Bonus Story
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Rebel Opposition
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground: Tatooine
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Warrior Princess
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Requiem for a Rogue
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron 25: The Making of Baron Fel
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Family Ties
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Mandatory Retirement
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: The Bacta War
 * X-wing: Wraith Squadron
 * X-wing: Iron Fist
 * X-wing: Solo Command
 * The Last Command
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * Crimson Empire
 * I, Jedi
 * N.R.I. Reports
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar
 * Specter of the Past
 * Star Wars: Union
 * Dark Tide I: Onslaught
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin
 * Star by Star
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
 * Destiny's Way
 * The Unifying Force
 * Betrayal
 * Exile
 * Fury