Biggs Darklighter

"It'll be like old times, Luke. They'll never stop us."

- Biggs Darklighter, to, shortly before the Biggs Darklighter was a    who served the  and a childhood friend of  during the time of the. Darklighter flew a with  during the  as, where he.

Biography
Biggs Darklighter was a long-time friend of Luke Skywalker. He achieved Luke's long-time dream of becoming a pilot, signing on with the Galactic Empire. He graduated from the and signed on, but, disillusioned with the Empire, chose to join up with the Rebel Alliance, something that he informed his childhood friend of during a visit to. Not long after this meeting, events transpired to sweep Skywalker himself into the unfolding Rebellion and the two friends were again reunited on, where a fateful mission was about to be launched to attempt to destroy the Empire's feared -destroying , the. Both of the friends served as pilots in the mission, but while Luke succeeded in the destruction of the Death Star, his friend unfortunately perished in the mission, his starfighter destroyed by a blast from.

Behind the scenes
"Take it easy buddy, you'll always be the best friend I ever had."

- Luke Skywalker says goodbye to Biggs Darklighter.

Biggs Darklighter was played by Garrick Hagon in the 1977 release of Star Wars.

He first appeared in the various script drafts of Star Wars as King Kayos's son and the brother of the princess who would become Leia Organa. He was Luke Skywalker's younger brother and the brother of Windy Marstrap in the second draft. He was changed to Skywalker's friend in the third draft.

Although Darklighter only appears briefly in the film (listed as "Red Three" in the film's closing credits), the movie originally included several scenes, later deleted in the final release, in which he figured much more prominently in the story. One such scene, in which Darklighter and Skywalker are reunited on Yavin 4 was reintroduced in the 1997 re-release of the film. Only a small amount of dialogue was kept out for reasons that can only be speculated as having to do with the release of the Prequel trilogy, since a small portion of the dialogue deals with Luke's father,. Certain other scenes appeared in the novelization and the radio adaptation, where he was voiced by Kale Brown, but these titles are now considered part of the Star Wars Legends continuity and not canon. Despite perishing in the original film, Darklighter was a popular character in material providing a backstory for the film and was also often mentioned in latter works within the Expanded Universe, which are also now considered part of Star Wars Legends

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope