Derek "Hobbie" Klivian


 * ''Hobbie: "Endorsements. I could do that instead of flying. I've had offers from bacta makers. Bacta's a sort of medicine."
 * ''Cheriss: "You are not a well man?"
 * ''Hobbie: "I'm well enough. But the ground and I get along so well we sometimes get together a little vigorously."
 * &mdash;X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar''

Derek "Hobbie" Klivian was a member of Rogue Squadron in the Rebel Alliance and New Republic. A skilled pilot, Klivian had a reputation as a comedian, unlucky pilot and incredible survivor - 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
A human from Ralltiir, Klivian studied at the Imperial Academy under Soontir Fel with Biggs Darklighter and Tycho Celchu. After graduation, Klivian was assigned to the Rand Ecliptic under Darklighter. The two were members of different rebel cells aboard the ship, and after some clashing, Klivian took command as captain of the ship, although he lost the majority of his left arm in the process.

After bringing Rand Ecliptic to the Massassi base on Yavin IV, Klivian and Darklighter 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 Fighters 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.

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, but a flower he discovered proved vital to Klivian's defeat of the virus. After his recovery, Klivian receive a cybernetic leg replacement.

Conflicting sources claim that after their defection, Klivian and Darklighter were split, with the former serving as a gunrunner in the Sullust system and the latter going straight to Yavin IV, with Klivian not joining a fight squadron until after the Alliance victory at Yavin. Witnesses of Klivian's arrival at Yavin IV with Darklighter indicate his placement near Sullust is a record error.

Klivian met Wedge Antilles and Luke Skywalker at a ceremony honoring the pilots lost at the Battle of Yavin, where the pair explained their plans to form an elite squadron. Klivian eagerly joined as Rogue Four and began to aid them them in their recruiting. 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 Snowspeeder 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. After receiving a glancing hit from Blizzard 1, Klivian lost control of his speeder and crashed into the head of General Veers' AT-AT. Both Klivian and Veers survived the crash, but Klivian's reputation as an inevitable crash-pilot was set.

At the Battle of Endor, Klivian and Wes Janson, who had became 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 Cilpar, Tatooine, Axilla, Brentaal, Eiattu, and Malrev 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 temporarily promoted him to captain, and tasked him lead a morale-boosting public version of Rogue Squadron after its members resigned their commissions. He rejoined the unit as the executive officer after it reformed under the leadership of Tycho Celchu. At some point his call sign changed to Rogue Five.

After the peace accords between the New Republic and Imperial Remnant, Klivian retired from active duty.

Behind the scenes

 * Derek Klivian was portrayed by Richard Oldfield in The Empire Strikes Back.
 * 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.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Empire 8: Darklighter, Part 1
 * Star Wars Empire 9: Darklighter, Part 2
 * Star Wars Empire 12: Darklighter, Part 3
 * Star Wars Empire 15: Darklighter, Part 4 
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Rogue Squadron
 * X-Wing: Rogue Squadron comic
 * X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-Wing: Wraith Squadron
 * X-Wing: Solo Command
 * X-Wing: Isard's Revenge
 * X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar
 * Dark Tide I: Onslaught