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"Red Leader standing by."
―Wedge Antilles[src]

Red Leader, Wedge Antilles, exits the second Death Star just prior to its destruction

Red Leader was the call sign of the Commander of Red Squadron. There were a number of starfighter squadrons with this name, and several pilots went by the call sign "Red Leader."

History[edit | edit source]

Galactic Republic[edit | edit source]

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 a Republic starfighter squadron of the same name at the Battle of Muunilinst.[1]

Goji was Red Leader of the Red Squadron BTL-B Y-wing fighter/bombers at the time of the Battle of Malastare.[2]

During the recapture of Tythe and the Battle of Coruscant,[3] 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[edit | edit source]

In 1 BBY, Lieutenant Hamo Blastwell was Red Leader, leading Keyan Farlander on his first mission, and in later engagements, such as a battle in the Dellalt system and the defense of a diplomatic summit at Sullust.[4]

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.[5][6]

During an ambush in the Ison Corridor and later, a skirmish at Chinshassa, Luke Skywalker flew as Red Leader.[7][8]

Up till 2 ABY, Lieutenant Commander Bakki Sourthol was Red Leader, commanding an X-wing squadron on Fakir sector.[9]

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, although Antilles flew with the Rogues as Red Leader on at least one occasion.[10][11][12]

New Republic[edit | edit source]

A few months after the Battle of Endor, another Red Leader led a Red Squadron in defending a Star Tours travel agency StarSpeeder 3000 from Imperial TIE fighters when the civilian vessel accidentally ended up in the midst of the squadron's battle to destroy a Death Star-like space station.[13]

Commander Mirith Sinn flew a tandem X-wing starfighter as Red Leader in the Battle of Smarck.[14]

Wedge Antilles again flew as Red Leader on a mission to the planet Adumar.[15]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Sources[edit | edit source]

Notes and references[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ CloneWarsLogoMini.jpg Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 10"
  2. ↑ HasbroInverted.png Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Pack: Clone Pilot Goji) (backup link)
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  4. ↑ Star Wars: X-Wing
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  6. ↑ SWCCGsmall.jpg Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: Red Leader)
  7. ↑ Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
  8. ↑ Star Wars 60: Shira's Story
  9. ↑ Alliance Intelligence Reports
  10. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  11. ↑ Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi (Second Edition)
  12. ↑ X-Wing Rogue Squadron Special
  13. ↑ Star Tours
  14. ↑ Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood 5
  15. ↑ X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar
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