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Derek "Hobbie" Klivian was a member of Rogue Squadron in the Alliance to Restore the Republic and New Republic. He fought most notably at the battles of Hoth and Endor, among others.

A skilled pilot, Klivian had a reputation as a comedian, unlucky pilot and incredible survivor&mdash;so much so that several bacta and life-saving device corporations asked him to be their spokesman, including Bulior Repulsor Systems, an offer that he took. He was known to some of his squadronmates as "Bugbite," a name given to him by Iella Wessiri after their first meeting on Corellia, where Klivian was stung by a local insect.

Biography
An eager young man, Klivian applied to and was accepted by Prefsbelt Fleet Camp, an Imperial naval academy, seeking a glamorous and exciting life as a starfighter pilot. He was not a political supporter or opponent of the Galactic Empire; he merely wanted a career as a pilot. At Prefsbelt, he was instructed by Captain Soontir Fel, a highly skilled pilot. Klivian was comfortable with the highly-automated process of flying the TIE fighters, for which many maneuvers were preprogrammed.

He was classmates with Tycho Celchu and Biggs Darklighter, and befriended Darklighter. The pair joined a broader circle of friends who questioned the Empire, and Klivian began to boast idly with them of overthrowing the Empire, planning an idealistic campaign against an Empire he came to see as an oppressor. The group was far more talk than action, but an informant sold it out to the academy commander. All its members were rounded up, except for Darklighter and Klivian, who had missed the single meeting the informant had attended.

Neither Klivian nor Darklighter were told what had happened, and initially assumed that some minor punishment had occurred or, as their absence grew longer, that they had been transferred elsewhere. As time wore on and the cadets were never seen again, Klivian slowly came to realize that the Empire had seized and possibly killed them for conspiracy against the government. Klivian's distaste for the Empire grew into hatred, and he began to seriously plan to defect to the Rebel Alliance that had begun to form and wage war against the Empire. With Darklighter and Klivian each having survived the roundup, and neither having attended the only meeting with the informant, Darklighter began to suspect Klivian of having sold out the circle of conspirators, and their friendship dissolved.

Klivian's class, graduating in 0 BBY, was known for exceptional performance. At their graduation ceremony, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin gave a speech praising the Empire and hinting vaguely at coming deployment of the nearly-completed Death Star. Through his own sources, Klivian knew some details of the project. When he passed his former friend's dormitory, he overheard Darklighter and his friends speculating on Tarkin's words, and confirmed that a planet-destroying space station named the Death Star was in the works. Subsequently Klivian was posted to the Rand Ecliptic as the executive officer and second officer. Darklighter was the first officer, with Captain Heliesk commanding the ship. The pair served both as bridge officers and as leaders of the ship's TIE complement.

Klivian arrived early aboard the Rand Ecliptic and met the gruff Heliesk. After Darklighter reported in and Heliesk dismissed the pair, Darklighter rounded on Klivian, accusing him of seeking Darklighter's position before storming off. The pair settled into the ship's patrol routine, and Klivian built up a cell of Rebel sympathizers aboard, planning a mutiny that would allow him to take control of the Rand Ecliptic and defect to the Rebel Alliance.

One day they challenged a ship which did not respond appropriately. Darklighter took the TIE pilots, including Klivian, to check out the ship, which replied that it was the Lark, transporting young students. However, as it lacked the proper authorization codes, its passengers were to be taken in for questioning. Klivian and the other pilots targeted its exhaust flanges, keeping it from running, but another pilot shot directly up the thruster nacelle, destroying the transport. Darklighter, furious at having his orders to disable disobeyed, ordered an immediate debriefing, but records were inconclusive; the perpetrator could not be found, and Heliesk dismissed the incident as irrelevant. Klivian had seen that Tars Nandy, one of his Prefsbelt classmates, had fired the shot, but felt it wise to remain silent on the matter.

Shortly thereafter, Klivian passed by Darklighter in a corridor and noticed him reaching for the bulkhead. He continued on, but waited and returned, listening outside as Darklighter planned a defection with a group of Rebel comrades inside a hidden compartment. They noticed Klivian outside the concealed entrance and took him by surprise. Darklighter planned to kill Klivian before he could inform, and would not listen to Klivian's attempts to explain his own Rebel agenda. Klivian was forced to detonate a concussion grenade, allowing him to flee. Darklighter and his comrades put their escape plan into action swiftly, fleeing the Rand Ecliptic in their TIEs after disrupting several of the ship's systems to cover their escape. Klivian felt that his own hand had been forced, and mobilized his Rebel cell. Klivian led the mutiny, during which two additional Rebel cells surfaced, aiding him in capturing Heliesk and the Rand Ecliptic. Some Imperial loyalists fled in the remaining TIEs, and Klivian let them go with the exception of Nandy, avenging the destruction of the Lark. During the battle to take control of the ship, Klivian lost his left arm just above the elbow and received facial wounds, but recieved medical treatment for both injuries.

Eventually, Darklighter and his companions returned to the ship, running low on supplies. They had planned to fight their way to the storage lockers, but Klivian warmly welcomed them and reconciled with Darklighter. Darklighter declined to use his higher Imperial rank to take command, telling Klivian he had earned the right to serve as the Rand Ecliptic's captain.

Personality and traits
Initially, Klivian sought little more from life than a career in the Imperial Navy, flying fast starfighters and impressing women. He was politically unaware and apathetic; to him, the Empire was the only way to make a living. His dreams of an ideal life faded away after he met Biggs Darklighter, who convinced him that the Empire was worth overthrowing. The loss of his friends to the Imperial crackdown during his academy days turned him seriously against the Empire and hardened his attitude. No longer was he idealistic, instead becoming hardened and skeptical. He eagerly joined the Rebel Alliance and fought against the Empire.

Among the Rogues, Klivian was known as the skeptic, a pessimist with a dour outlook. He focused on defense and caution, traits that arose from his reaction to his friends' betrayal at Prefsbelt. Klivian considered himself merely a realist, avoiding being carried away with optimism.

Early life (21 BBY/20 BBY–0 BBY)


A Human from Ralltiir, Klivian studied at the Imperial Academy under Soontir Fel with Biggs Darklighter and Tycho Celchu. When he arrived at Carida, "Hobbie" was eager to become an Imperial fighter pilot and gain the status and celebrity that went with it. Soon, however, a group of friends, Biggs Darklighter among them, changed his opinions. He began to meet secretly with these men, who shared their rebellious ideals. Unfortunately, an informer among the group brought their meetings to an end. His friends were taken into custody during one of the group's meetings, a meeting from which Klivian and Darklighter were fortunately absent.

Hobbie lost Darklighter as a friend after the incident, but not his new ideals. After graduation, Klivian was assigned to the Rand Ecliptic under Darklighter. The two were members of different rebel cells aboard the ship. Klivian was able to lead the mutiny to success, taking over the ship, although he lost the majority of his left arm in the process.



The Rand Ecliptic continued on to Bestine, where Hobbie made contact with his old friend Lindy, who had Rebel contacts. From Lindy, he discovered that Captain Heliesk, who Hobbie had taken captive during the mutiny, was a Rebel agent known as "Starfire". With Heliesk's help, the Rand Ecliptic escaped Bestine.

After bringing Rand Ecliptic to the Massassi base on Yavin 4, Klivian and Darklighter formed Rogue Squadron and were given their first mission: to steal X-wings from an Imperial facility. Klivian's arm was replaced with a mechanical prosthetic. Darklighter and Klivian used hyperdrive-equipped TIE/ln starfighters to draw out an Imperial Security Bureau TIE squadron. The plan was to distract the Imperial squadron, eject and allow droid pilots to lead the fighters in a chase. After ejection, Klivian was clipped by a TIE Fighter's wing and lost his right leg from the knee down. Despite his injuries, the Alliance team succeeded in acquiring the starfighters.

Galactic Civil War (0 BBY–19 ABY)


When the time came for the strike against the first Death Star, Klivian was bed-ridden with a mysterious jungle infection that grew out of his wounded leg. Darklighter perished in the battle (being killed by Darth Vader), but a flower he discovered proved vital to Klivian's defeat of the virus. After his recovery, Klivian received a cybernetic leg replacement.

Klivian met with Wedge Antilles and Luke Skywalker at a ceremony honoring the pilots lost at the Battle of Yavin, where the pair explained their plans to reform Rogue Squadron. Luke also informed Hobbie of Darklighter's death during the fighting over the first Death Star. After a stint running guns in the Sullust system, Klivian was reassigned to Alliance Command and eagerly joined Rogue Group as Rogue Four. Hobbie aided them in their recruiting, and saved the ever-moving base group from numerous close calls. After the debacle at Derra IV, Klivian was left as one of the senior members of Rogue Squadron.



Assigned with his squadron to Echo Base, Klivian learned to pilot the T-47 airspeeder to avoid any further bacta baths. After the arrival of Death Squadron at Hoth, Klivian famously questioned the Alliance plan to escort each GR-75 Medium Transport with just two X-wings. During the Battle of Hoth, Klivian flew his speeder against the Imperial walkers as Luke's wingman. After receiving a glancing hit from General Maximilian Veers's AT-AT, Klivian lost control of his speeder and crashed into the AT-AT's head. Both Klivian and Veers survived the crash, but Klivian's reputation as an inevitable crash-pilot was set, along with his reliance on Bacta.

At the Battle of Endor, Klivian and Wes Janson, who had become fast friends, served to pull TIE Fighters away from the Millennium Falcon and Antilles.



Klivian continued to serve in Rogue Squadron in their campaigns at Bakura, Cilpar, Mrlsst, Tatooine, Eiattu, Malrev IV, Brentaal IV, Corellia, Axxila, and Ciutric before the squadron was disbanded. As a Lieutenant, he was restationed with Wes Janson to train new pilots when Rogue Squadron was reformed. His reputation as a minor Rebellion-era hero led New Republic leadership to temporarily promote him to captain, and tasked him to lead a morale-boosting public version of Rogue Squadron after its members resigned their commissions. He rejoined the unit as second-in-command after it reformed under the leadership of Tycho Celchu. At some point his call sign changed to Rogue Five. As with the rest of Rogue Squadron following the Thrawn Crisis, Hobbie was promoted again, this time to Major. He later flew in the campaign that eliminated Admiral Krennel and the clone Ysanne Isard. He was also one of the pilots chosen by Wedge Antilles (along with Tycho Celchu and Wes Janson) to represent the New Republic on a mission to Adumar.

Post Galactic Civil War (19 ABY–)
After the peace accords between the New Republic and Imperial Remnant, Klivian retired from active duty. He was present at the wedding of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade.

Behind the scenes
Derek Klivian was portrayed by Richard Oldfield in The Empire Strikes Back.

Voice actor Andrew Chaikin provides Hobbie's voice for Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike.

A spelling error in the X-wing: Rogue Squadron comic series led to Aaron Allston using the spelling of "Klivan" for Klivian's surname in X-wing: Wraith Squadron. According to Allston, Lucas Licensing cleared up the issue by standardizing the spelling as Klivian. There is a reference made to the confusion in X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar when Klivian informs the mission documentarian "I'll get back with you on my last name. Lots of people misspell it."

Klivian dies in the novel of The Empire Strikes Back, as does Maximilian Veers. However, this event is non-canon. It is referenced in canon, however, that he crashed and nearly died, but bacta saved him. The Empire Strikes Back novelization also states he crashed it deliberately into the AT-AT; however, this is not confirmed onscreen.

Hobbie's movie helmet has been used in all three OT movies: its first appearance was with Jon Vander in A New Hope, then Hobbie in The Empire Strikes Back, and finally Grizz Frix in Return of the Jedi.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Empire: Darklighter
 * Star Wars Empire: In the Shadows of Their Fathers
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
 * Star Wars 40: The Empire Strikes Back: Battleground: Hoth
 * Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic
 * 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: Wraith Squadron
 * X-wing: Iron Fist
 * X-wing: Solo Command
 * The Last Command
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * I, Jedi
 * X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar
 * Star Wars: Union
 * Dark Tide I: Onslaught

Notes and references
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