Rogue Squadron / Legends Rogue Squadron , originally dubbed Rogue Flight , and also known as the Rogues , was an elite Rebel Alliance starfighter squadron founded by Commander Arhul Narra , Luke Skywalker , and Wedge Antilles shortly after the Battle of Yavin out of Red Squadron . Rogue Squadron played a key role during several engagements in the Galactic Civil War , serving as the primary defense squadron of the Alliance High Command . The squadron mainly fielded T - 65 X - wing starfighter s , but flew other craft as well , including T - 47 airspeeders , Z - 95 Headhunters , RZ - 1 A - wing interceptors , B - wing assault starfighters , and BTL - A4 Y - wing starfighter s . They participated most notably at the Battle of Hoth and later at the Battle of Endor while reorganized once more as Red Squadron . Following the first death of the Emperor , the Rogues served the New Republic and Galactic Alliance in several critical campaigns , including the Liberation of Coruscant , the hunt for Ysanne Isard , the Yuuzhan Vong War and the Second Galactic Civil War . The squadron was in operation during the Battle of Mon Calamari in 137 ABY . Organization . Rogue Squadron was a twelve - person starfighter squadron that , throughout its history , served the Rebel Alliance , New Republic , Galactic Federation of Free Alliances , and Galactic Alliance Remnant . It was composed of the Alliance ' s top pilots , and later , the best pilots in the New Republic Defense Force . The Rogues were the symbol of the New Republic ' s starfighter superiority and its most effective tool against enemy aggression ; their successes gave them an almost mythical presence in battle and could sometimes prompt an enemy to surrender without any shots being fired . As long as Rogue Squadron endured , the citizens of the New Republic had hope that there was someone in space protecting them . Still later , the Rogues became a symbol of the bravery and fighting spirit of the Galactic Alliance , and in 137 ABY , they were the most elite of all squadrons in the Galactic Alliance Remnant . Rogue Squadron was originally a flight group known as Rogue Flight , and was , along with Renegade Flight , formed from the remnants of the Rebel Alliance ' s Red Squadron following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY . The pilots of Rogue Flight , together with the pilots of Blue and Green Squadrons , flew as the ad hoc Rogue Group in the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY , after which the Rogues became a full squadron , designed to operate without a set mission profile in order to take on any assignment that came their way . In 10 ABY , the Rogues briefly flew within a fighter wing known as Rogue Wing . Throughout their history , the Rogues were led by a pilot designated Rogue Leader ; some Rogue Leaders broke the squadron up into smaller flight groups of four starfighters a piece . For many years , the Rogues flew X - wing fighters , with astromech droids assisting them from the fighters ' droid sockets . The Rebel Alliance and the New Republic originally used the T - 65 X - wing starfighter model , but in 11 ABY , the squadron was reconfigured into a multi - fighter unit that included A - wings , V - wings , and B - wings . The Rogues were back in X - wings within the year , however . By 25 ABY , Rogue Squadron was flying in the new T - 65 A3 X - wing , and in 40 ABY , the XJ7 model . Nearly 100 years later , the Rogues flew CF9 Crossfire starfighter s . In the New Republic ' s early years , Rogue Squadron was so key to citizens ' morale that when its members resigned their posts to wage the independent , guerrilla Bacta War against the warlord Ysanne Isard , the New Republic put together an ersatz Rogue Squadron to be visible while Antilles ' s Rogues were away . Two unique Rogue Squadrons existed simultaneously with each other , but after Isard ' s defeat , the New Republic retroactively deemed the Bacta War an officially sanctioned operation , and Rogue Squadron was once more whole . Rogue Squadron ' s crest featured a blue Alliance Starbird surrounded by a twelve - pointed red star , with an X - wing fighter at each of the star ' s points . It was designed by Rogue pilot Gavin Darklighter in 6 . 5 ABY . The Rogues began to use it before it was officially sanctioned by New Republic Starfighter Command , sporting it as a patch on their flight suits and having it painted on their X - wings . History . Rebel aces . Origins . In the year 0 BBY , the Rebel Alliance cobbled together an ad hoc starfighter squadron composed of rebel pilots from such groups as the Ecliptic Evaders , the Dantooine Squadron , the Tierfon Yellow Aces , and the Griffon Flight Wing . The new group was known as Red Squadron , and its task was to destroy the Galactic Empire ' s massive Death Star battlestation , which was approaching the Alliance ' s base on the moon of Yavin 4 . In T - 65 X - wing starfighters , Garven Dreis flew as Red Leader , Wedge Antilles as Red Two , Biggs Darklighter as Red Three , John D . Branon as Red Four , Luke Skywalker as Red Five , Jek Tono Porkins as Red Six , Elyhek Rue as Red Seven , Bren Quersey as Red Eight , Nozzo Naytaan as Red Nine , Theron Nett as Red Ten , Wenton Chan as Red Eleven , and Puck Naeco as Red Twelve . Of the entire squadron , only Skywalker and Antilles survived the Battle of Yavin , with the former firing two proton torpedoes into the Death Star ' s thermal exhaust port and destroying the entire station . After the battle , Red Squadron was reconstituted as two different flight groups : Renegade Flight , led by Commander Arhul Narra , and Rogue Flight , led by Rogue Leader , Luke Skywalker . Wedge Antilles was his second - in - command . The latter developed when Antilles was permanently assigned to Alliance High Command following the Alliance ' s Evacuation of Yavin . He was part of a core team of pilots that began to form under Skywalker , that flew , trained , and developed tactics together . Narra placed Skywalker in charge of the nascent Rogue Flight , which began to take form under Narra ' s wise tutelage . Its members included Wes Janson , a capable pilot and gunner who struck up a fast friendship with Antilles , and Derek " Hobbie " Klivian , who bonded with Skywalker over the loss of their mutual friend Biggs Darklighter . During several skirmishes of the Alliances ' evacuation of Thila , Rogue Flight proved their effectiveness as a team that lived together and flew together . Early missions . Some of the earliest missions undertaken by Rogue Flight included an escort operation on Barkhesh and the rescue of the downed Rebel supply ship " Nonnah " . While the Rogues were stationed on Tatooine , Skywalker and Antilles fought a brief skirmish with TIE bombers at the Mos Eisley spaceport . On Corellia , when the Empire learned of a secret meeting between Imperial officer Crix Madine and Rebel commanders , Rogue Flight helped cover the officers ' escape . The Rogues began to work on a number of missions under the direction of Madine , including the liberation of Gerrard V from the oppression of Moff Kohl Seerdon . On that mission , they disabled the TIE interceptor of Lieutenant Kasan Moor , commander of the 128th TIE Interceptor Squadron . Moor took the opportunity to defect to the Alliance , and her inside knowledge proved vital as she flew with the Rogues in the Battle of the Jade Moon , a raid on Balmorra , and an assault on Kile II . Antilles was gunned down during the Kile II assault , but the Rogues quickly rescued him and other Alliance POWs from Kessel . The pilots of Rogue Flight then put an end to Moff Seerdon ' s schemes on a number of worlds , flying in a battle above Taloraan , a mission to Fest , and a Blockade on Chandrila — while Seerdon invaded Chandrila , the Rogues escorted an armed hovertrain loaded with supplies to the besieged city of Nayli and several evacuation shuttles full of civilians away from it . They also took out Seerdon ' s TIE bombers and interceptors , thus saving the city . After raiding one of Seerdon ' s bases on Sullust , the Rogues had a final showdown with the Moff at Thyferra , which saw Seerdon finally perish . At Poln Major , the Rogues flew with an Alliance armada in battle with the forces of Warlord Nuso Esva ; other Rogue missions included escorting a convoy of transports through the Ison Corridor and a battle with a droid army on Vactooine . Rogue Flight also headed to Dantooine to rescue the Imperial pilot Tycho Celchu , a double agent whose spying for the Rebels had been discovered . Celchu eventually became a Rogue , and the pilots were later dispatched to the defense of Ralltiir to help cover the escape of scientists working for the Alliance . Since the evacuation of Yavin , the Rogues ' Lieutenant Sarkli had caused tension among he and his fellow pilots , believing he was not getting the credit he deserved . At Ralltiir , Sarkli decided he had enough and joined the Empire . When Rogue Flight was sent to Kwenn Space Station to search for tips on seldom - used hyperlane s that might be used to establish a new Rebel base , Antilles , Janson , and Celchu were forced to evade a group of Imperial stormtroopers . They also discovered an Imperial – aligned vessel en route to the planet Bonadan and passed on the intel to fellow Rebels Leia Organa and Han Solo . For a mission to set up a listening post on Lubang Minor , three Rogues — Skywalker , Antilles , and Zev Senesca — flew under Commander Narra as Red Squadron . There , they rescued Able , an aged clone trooper left abandoned on the planet during the Clone Wars . Antilles and Klivian later escorted a diplomatic party of Rebels to Jabiim after the Jabiimi Loyalists requested Alliance aid in their fight against Imperial control of their planet . The two Rogues ' X - wings remained in orbit , but they were soon ordered out of the system by the Loyalists , who were furious with one of the diplomats : Luke Skywalker . TIE fighters aligned with the Imperial Jabiimi Nationalists suddenly arrived , but the Rogues elected not to attack them in an effort to maintain diplomacy . When the TIEs were followed by an Imperial fleet , Antilles and Klivian decided to rescue their comrades , diplomacy be damned . After outrunning the fleet of slave ships , they made it to the surface of Jabiim in time to save the Rebels Leia Organa and Nera Dantels from a group of TIEs . Although Organa did not want to abandon the Jabiimi Loyalists , Antilles insisted that they flee from the encroaching Imperial fleet . Before departing , they rescued Skywalker and Loyalist leader Nolan Gillmunn from the Nationalists , with Antilles ' s and Klivian ' s X - wings blasting their way into an Imperial Army garrison . On their way out of atmosphere , the two Rogues held off TIE fighters , allowing themselves and Dantels ' s " Starduster " to jump to lightspeed . Fire and ice . In 3 ABY , the Alliance had set up the secret Echo Base on the icy world of Hoth . While escorting a convoy of supplies and reinforcements to Hoth from Derra IV , Renegade Flight was attacked and destroyed along with the entire convoy , and when word reached Echo Base , Rebel General Rieekan promoted Skywalker to Commander as a replacement for the fallen Narra . With the Renegades gone , Skywalker and Antilles decided to expand Rogue Flight into a full - fledged squadron that would serve Rebel High Command . The two pored over lists of pilots until a wampa attack forced Skywalker and Captain Han Solo to spend a night out in the cold ; Rogue Flight took to snowspeeders the next morning to search for them in the fields of snow . The missing Rebels were found by Rogue Two , Zev Senesca . Shortly after the rescue , base sensors detected a nearby metallic presence , and Rieekan dispatched Rogues Ten and Eleven to Echo Station 3 - 8 to investigate . Their progress was tracked by the presence , in fact an Imperial Viper probe droid , but the droid was destroyed by Captain Solo and his first mate , the Wookiee Chewbacca , who were investigating on foot . Certain that the Empire had discovered the base , Rieekan ordered a full evacuation . Preparations were made for an Imperial ground assault , as the Rebels ' shield generator protected them from an orbital bombardment , and an ersatz snowspeeder unit was created out of Rogue Flight , Blue Squadron , and Green Squadron ; the twenty - three person strong " Rogue Group " was made up of twelve pilots and eleven gunners . Dak Ralter served as Rogue Leader Skywalker ' s gunner , while Kit Valent joined Senesca in Rogue Two . Antilles and Janson flew as Rogue Three , Klivian and Kesin Ommis as Rogue Four , Celchu and Tarn Mison as Rogue Five , Samoc Farr and Vigrat Pomoner as Rogue Six , Nala Hetsime and Cinda Tarheel as Rogue Seven , Vekozev Kabir and Stax Mullawny as Rogue Eight , Stevan Makintay and Barlon Hightower as Rogue Nine , Tarrin Datch and Hosh Hune as Rogue Ten , Tenk Lenso and Jek Pugilio as Rogue Eleven , and the mercenary Dash Rendar flying solo as Rogue Twelve . Delivering foodstuff to Echo Base when its shield went up , Rendar found himself piloting a snowspeeder while waiting for the chance to leave the planet . The Rogues flew into the Battle of Hoth against the AT - AT walkers of the Empire ' s Blizzard Force , tasked with delaying the ground assault while a groundside ion cannon aided Rebel transports in escaping the system . When the snowspeeders ' laser cannons proved ineffective against the walkers ' armor , Skywalker suggested tripping the AT - ATs ' legs via harpoons and tow cables . An enemy laser blast killed Ralter , his gunner , but Antilles and Janson were able to take down Blizzard 2 . Another hit on his speeder forced Skywalker into a crash landing , and command of Rogue Group was given over to Antilles by both Skywalker and by Rieekan . Other Rogues were not as lucky as their leader — Senesca , Valent , Pomoner , Kabir , Mullawny , Hune , Lenso , and Pugilio were all killed when their speeders were shot down . Farr and Datch survived being shot down , however , and Klivian and Ommis survived taking out the lead walker of the Empire ' s General Veers with a suicide run . Following his crash , Skywalker ascended a magnetic grapple and cut into the AT - AT Blizzard 4 with his lightsaber . A lobbed concussion grenade knocked the walker down , and another walker was destroyed by Rendar in Rogue Twelve . Blizzard Force was ultimately successful in their mission of destroying the shield generator , and the surviving Rogues took to the skies in starfighters to protect fleeing Rebel transports . Thirteen of thirty transports escaped from the system , with the other seventeen destroyed or captured by the Empire . Antilles was promoted to commander to fill the gap left by the loss of Renegade Flight , and he assumed command of the Rogues while Skywalker traveled to the planet Dagobah to train as a Jedi under the mysterious Master Yoda . A complete squadron . The loss of so many Rogues at Hoth was felt heavily by the survivors , and a plaque to the fallen Rogues and Renegades was hung on the command deck of the Rebel frigate " Chancellor " . Antilles expanded the Rogues into a full squadron : Rogue Squadron . Although they were an escort squadron for the main Alliance Fleet , they were designed to be a unit without a set mission profile , able to take on any mission that came their way . Stationed aboard the MC80 Star Cruiser " Home One " , the Rogues acted as a rapid response team that could transfer to hot spots as needed . The squadron was composed of the Alliance ' s twelve best pilots who had survived its fiercest battles against the Empire , and its pilots were famed for their ability to fly nearly anything . Antilles led the Rogues , but Skywalker sometimes still served with them , taking the call sign of Rogue Leader while Antilles flew as Rogue One . Other squadron members included Rogue Two Will Scotian , whom Antilles recruited due to his fine combat record at Oracle Base ; Rogue Five Dix Rivan , who acted as the Rogues ' rear guard ; and Wes Janson as Rogue Six . After Hoth , the Alliance Fleet rendezvoused outside the rim of the inhabited galaxy . Skywalker was a latecomer following his Jedi training and a duel with the Empire ' s Darth Vader on Bespin ' s Cloud City , and several hours after his arrival an Imperial strike cruiser appeared . Rogue Squadron moved to intercept in an effort to keep the cruiser from escaping and revealing the Rebel fleet ' s location . They destroyed several TIE fighters , with only Rogue Three taking damage to his engines , and the cruiser diverted power to its rear shields while attempting a getaway . Rivan swooped in and fired on the cruiser ' s front side , however , blowing it to pieces . Rebel jamming had prevented the enemy vessel from transmitting its coordinates , and the fleet ' s location remained safe , but the Alliance altered course as a precaution anyway and remained on the move over the next few months . Antilles led the Rogues in dangerous missions to rescue prisoners from an Imperial installation at the Maw . Karie Neth was one of the prisoners , and she joined Rogue Squadron as a replacement for a Bothan pilot who had been lost during a secret mission . Keir Santage was another rescued prisoner who joined the Rogues ; Kin Kian and Gemmer Sojan were also members of the squadron around that time . The Rogues next rescued prisoners from a prison orbiting Bakura , but several scientist prisoners were taken by the Empire from Bakura to Geonosis , where the squadron encountered former Rogue Sarkli . Antilles shot down the defector ' s gunship , but Sarkli survived the crash and swore revenge . The squadron then joined a task force under Rebel General Crix Madine and were sent to Destrillion to destroy an Imperial tibanna gas facility , but no such facility was found . After taking out Tie Hunters , the task force passed by neighboring Dubrillion while preparing to leave the system , and the Empire sprung their trap with a superlaser facility that sat on Dubrillion ' s surface . In the ensuing battle , Antilles commandeered an Imperial AT - ST and personally took out the superlaser facility . Later on , the Rogues led a Fondor shipyard assault and destroyed a prototype Super Star Destroyer . At some point in the first half of 3 ABY , young Rebel Shira Brie was drafted into Rogue Squadron and flew with Skywalker on a mission to Cloud City . Former Baron Administrator of the city and fellow Rebel Lando Calrissian had been sent there from the Alliance ' s Haven Base on the world of Arbra , and when he failed to report in , Skywalker and Brie decided to investigate . When they landed in an empty city , Skywalker ' s astromech droid R2 - D2 sliced into the central computer and learned that the population had been evacuated after a number of bombs had been planted . A firefight with arriving Imperial stormtroopers quickly ensued , but the arrival of Calrissian , his aide Lobot , and a group of Ugnaughts brought the confrontation to a standstill . Lobot was prepared to detonate the planted bombs until Imperial Captain Hugo Treece shot him , so Skywalker used the Force to blow the bomb ' s primers and trick the Imperials into fleeing from Cloud City . Not long afterward , intelligence reported the Empire was building a secret armada that was transporting to Coruscant a Teezl , a strange creature capable of naturally amplifying hyperspace communications . After Rebel pilots acquired four stolen TIE fighters and obtained the armada ' s coordinates , four members of Rogue Squadron — Skywalker , Brie , Hanc Thorben , and Alph — made their way to the armada . The Rogues ' TIEs were modified to fire just six standard - strength laser bursts before releasing powerful shots that would cut through even the strongest shields , and also included signal transceiver s so the Rogues could recognize one another . Dubbed Flying Bantha Squadron , they gained entrance to the armada with stolen Imperial codes and each attacked a Star Destroyer . Imperial pilots were unable to tell friend from foe and destroyed several of their own before managing to take out Alph ' s fighter and kill the Rogue . Imperial Admiral Mils Giel responded by using the teezl to interfere with local comm frequencies , thus nullifying the Rogues ' signal transceivers , and Skywalker instead relied on the wisdom of the Force to judge which TIEs were friendly . Thorben retreated from the battle when one of his fighter ' s solar arrays was hit , after which Skywalker used his last regular shot to destroy an unfriendly TIE . The squadron leader ' s ultra burst then took out the teezl and much of Admiral Giel ' s flagship , but his return to Haven Base was not welcomed with open arms . In a briefing room he was shocked to discover , via a holograph ic recording from a camera on Thorben ' s TIE , that the final TIE he had destroyed had been Shira Brie ' s . Facing severe backlash for killing a fellow Rogue , and with his faith in the Force severely shaken , Skywalker resigned his officer ' s commission and left Arbra . He soon discovered that the Force was indeed his ally : Brie had been an Imperial spy , tasked with alienating Skywalker from the Alliance and delivering him into the hands of Darth Vader . The road to Endor . At some point in the year after Hoth , Rogue Squadron participated in , a series of deep - space engagements intended to harass Imperial military - industrial operations . They also teamed with Gold Squadron to defend the evacuation of the Rebel hospital " Hormuuz " in the Gelgelar system , which marked the Rebellion ' s beachhead in the Elrood sector . The hospital was under attack by Admiral Wooyou Senn ' s Task Force " Vengeance " . After the battle , while the wounded were being transferred to the " Redemption " , the Rogues and Golds flew Headhunters to cover the Rebel fleet ' s escape from the Star Destroyer " Nemesis " . After being forced to retreat from the sector , the Rogues went on to participate in the Rebel campaign to expand Alliance activities into the Airam sector , piloting various starfighters and serving in a number of disparate mission profiles , including fighter interception and anti - capital ship striking . The first was another defense , this time of a Rebel convoy in the Halbara system , and the Rogues next worked with Green Squadron and several capital ships to steal supplies from the captured " Hormuuz " . Flying A - wings to the Almaran system to gauge the strength of Task Force " Vengeance " , the Rogues identified the Super Star Destroyer " Vengeance " as Senn ' s flagship . They then supported the Alliance ' s MC80 Star Cruiser " Liberty " in the Goff system , where a Rebel trap destroyed two of the Task Force ' s Star Destroyers . The campaign against Admiral Senn also saw Rogue Squadron hold off an Imperial counterattack in the Battle of Swellen while the Alliance captured the Immobilizer 418 cruiser " Compellor " , guard the " Compellor " as it arrived at Mobetta and then hold off a second Imperial assault , ambush an Imperial fleet that had been sent to reinforce Task Force " Vengeance " , and defend the X7 factory " Gallofree " from the Empire at Mobetta . Although the Rogues covered the retreat of the Airam rebels , the " Compellor " was lost . Rogue Squadron ' s next engagement was beating back an Imperial attack while the grateful Airam rebels were supplying the Alliance with warheads . They then captured the Airam leader Ilay , who was attempting to negotiate with Senn , and later destroyed Imperial supply freighters at Dega . A weakened Senn took his task force to the Nocto system to attack the Alliance , but the Rebels destroyed both the " Vengeance " and the " Rage " , finally killing and defeating Senn . Captain Solo , meanwhile , had been frozen in carbonite and taken by the bounty hunter Boba Fett just before Skywalker ' s confrontation with Vader at Cloud City . Six months into 3 ABY , Fett ' s location was pinpointed on the moon Gall by a group of Solo ' s close friends : Skywalker , Organa , Calrissian , Chewbacca , and the droids R2 - D2 and C - 3PO . Given Solo ' s importance to the Alliance , his friends planned a rescue operation , and asked Antilles and the Rogues to participate . The squadron accordingly set up a temporary base on Kile , a moon of Zhar , and did some flybys of the Imperial Enclave on Gall , which was also a moon of Zhar . Solo ' s group of friends soon rendezvoused with them at the base , as did Dash Rendar , who had been hired by Calrissian to lead them to Fett . After Antilles briefed the new arrivals , Skywalker devised a plan : He and the Rogues would distract the Imperial ships while Rendar led Calrissian to where Fett ' s " Slave I " was docked at the enclave . Skywalker flew into the Battle of Gall as Rogue Leader with Antilles as Rogue One . The young Jedi switched off his targeting sensor and allowed the Force to guide him , and the result was a large amount of TIE fighter scrap metal . Scotian was forced to retreat from the battle after taking a nasty hit to his fighter , and Rivan was killed by enemy lasers , but the Rogues managed to keep a massive Star Destroyer from targeting them by drifting the engagement back and forth through space . When another Destroyer came in from the moon ' s nightside , the Rogues made a final pass at the first warship before breaking away from the fight , hoping that they had bought the others enough time . Before he could jump to lightspeed , however , Skywalker found himself targeted by the guns of Janson ' s X - wing — the Rogue ' s R2 unit had taken control of his starfighter . Skywalker only survived the surprise due to a warning from the Force , and after maneuvering a pursuing TIE fighter into Janson ' s line of fire , he was able to take out Janson ' s engines and laser cannons . Janson ' s craft was towed back to base , where his droid was fitted with a restraining bolt . R2 - D2 plugged into the rogue robot and discovered some grim news : it had been programmed by someone to target Skywalker . That someone was Rogue Squadron ' s crew chief , Viera Cheran , who had been paid 10 , 000 credits to assassinate Skywalker . She quickly destroyed the Artoo unit , and Antilles shot her in the chest when she turned her blaster on him and Skywalker . Meanwhile , Organa and the others returned to base empty - handed , as Fett had gotten away . The Rogues were next assigned to cover a meeting over the planet Kothlis between the medical frigate " Redemption " and the CR90 corvette " Razor " , but the Rogues arrived with the " Redemption " to find the " Razor " under attack . When Antilles disabled the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Motivator " , it crashed to Kothlis ' s surface , necessitating a commando mission to retrieve the data that had been stolen from the " Razor " . The data was quite alarming to the Alliance : The Empire was constructing a second Death Star . While with the Alliance Fleet , the Rogues received word from Dash Rendar that Skywalker , Organa , Calrissian , and Chewbacca were on the surface of Coruscant and would need assistance . Antilles brought his squadron to the outermost fringes of the Coruscant system to await for a signal from Rendar , and when he received it , he took the Rogues into the middle of a space battle to lend aid to the harrowed " Millennium Falcon " and to Rendar ' s " Outrider " . Their foes were fighters belonging to the criminal syndicate Black Sun , who outnumbered them badly . However , Darth Vader arrived in the Super Star Destroyer " Executor " to destroy his foe — Black Sun ' s Prince Xizor — and the destruction of Xizor ' s Skyhook opened an escape corridor for the Rebels , who quickly fled the system . Plans were put into place for a Rebel assault on the second Death Star , and the Rogues helped cover the retrieval of the stolen Imperial " Lambda " - class shuttle " Tydirium " from the Zhar system to the Alliance ' s " Liberty " . The Rogues also raided Imperial - held Cloud City for valuable tibanna gas . Endor and aftermath . In 4 ABY , the Alliance Fleet gathered near the planet Sullust and prepared to strike at the Empire ' s unfinished Death Star II battlestation , which sat in orbit of the moon of Endor . Rogue Squadron was directly attached to " Home One " , the flagship of the entire fleet , but Antilles temporarily renamed the Rogues " Red Squadron " in honor of the original Red Squadron from the Battle of Yavin . In addition to Antilles , Red Squadron included a Human male in a Y - wing as Red Two , Sila Kott in an A - wing as Red Three , Derek Klivian as Red Four , Grizz Frix as Red Five , Keir Santage as Red Seven , Randi , Wes Janson , Kirst , and Wister . Many top X - wing pilots had recently transferred to the new A - wing fighters , and the Battle of Endor saw such Rogue veterans as Gemmer Sojan and Tycho Celchu flying A - wings in Green Squadron . Karie Neth and Kin Kian both served as gunners in Gray Squadron . Prior to the Battle of Endor , Antilles gathered Red Squadron into a briefing room and told them the plan of attack : Rebel starfighters would enter the Death Star ' s superstructure and fire on its reactor core . A strike team on the moon ' s surface would disable the shield generator that protected the Death Star before the Alliance Fleet arrived in the Endor system , but upon their arrival , the fleet found that the shield was still up . What they thought was going to be a surprise attack was countered by a massive force of Imperial starfighters , and although several Alliance squadrons were devastated by the onslaught , Red Squadron remained mostly intact and racked up a large number of kills . Kott was killed by a TIE pilot , however . The Death Star joined in the battle , firing its superlaser at Rebel capital ships , forcing the Alliance Fleet to attack Imperial Star Destroyer s at point - blank range so as to avoid the battlestation ' s destructive power . Grizz Frix perished during the daring attacks . When the strike team finally destroyed the shield generator , Antilles , Santage , and several other pilots entered the unfinished Death Star . Santage was killed , but Antilles and Gold Leader Lando Calrissian knocked out the reactor core , which started a chain reaction that destroyed the entire station . The day was won , and Galactic Emperor Palpatine was one of the Imperial casualties . The Imperial Navy fought on for nearly four more hours before finally retreating . The Alliance remained at Endor for some time following the battle , and Rogue Squadron aided with cleanup operations . One day after the Death Star ' s destruction , Antilles intercepted an Imperial message drone while flying patrol duty and accidentally set off its self - destruct cycle . He was rescued by Luke Skywalker , who flew under the Rogue Leader call sign and was able to disarm the explosives . The drone ' s message , intended for Imperial reception , revealed that an alien invasion force was attacking the planet Bakura , and the Alliance immediately dispatched assistance to the besieged world . The Rebel task force included Rogue Squadron . The Rogues and the entire Alliance Task force engaged the strange Ssi - ruu k aliens upon their arrival at Bakura , with Antilles flying once again as Rogue Leader . At one point , all of Rogue Squadron were surrounded by enemy fighters , and were only able to escape when Skywalker — commanding from the carrier " Flurry " — used the Force to convince one Ssi - ruuvi pilot to ram into a squadron mate . After the Alliance ' s Red Squadron destroyed an enemy cruiser , the Ssi - ruuvi Fleet retreated into hyperspace . The Alliance ships then joined an Imperial orbital defense web while a team of Rebel diplomats went planetside . The combined forces of the Rebels and Imperials were able to repel the next attack launched by the Ssi - ruuvi Imperium , but the Alliance ' s success was quickly followed by an Imperial double cross . The Rogues protected Skywalker , who had commandeered the " Shree - class " battle cruiser " Shriwirr " from the Ssi - ruuk , from the Empire ' s forces while Skywalker convinced Imperial Commander Pter Thanas to surrender . Back at Endor , Antilles and two other Rogues — Kirst and Wister — came upon several TIE fighters that remained in the Endor system while flying a cleanup operation . The resulting chase led them to the remains of the | Super Star Destroyer " Executor " , downed during the Battle of Endor , which took out Wister ' s fighter with its still - operational turbolasers . Antilles and Kirst were able to finish off the massive ship by using proton torpedoes to cause an avalanche . Seven days after the Battle of Endor , several of the Rogues were performing salvage duty and other cleanup at the Alliance ' s Endor Station . Other Rebel squadrons were out in the galaxy , assessing the political situations in major sectors , and Skywalker — once again acting as Rogue Leader — gathered several members of his squadron together for a mission to Corellia . One week later , he had arrived in the planet ' s capital , Coronet City , along with Antilles , Celchu , Janson , and Blue Leader Ten Numb . Although two sweeps of the entire Corellian system had failed to detect any Imperial presence , the group was quickly targeted by Imperial snipers while in a Coronet cantina . Biker scouts and AT - STs soon followed , but the Rogues were able to send their attackers into retreat . They learned from a captured officer that Coronet had been struck in order to send a message : the Empire still lived . Ten Numb was captured while pursuing the fleeing Imperials , and when the Rogues followed his homing beacon into space in their snubfighter s , they were intercepted by TIE fighters . In fact suicide drone s , the TIEs all detonated , and the Rogues narrowly avoided the deadly explosions . Numb ' s signal was lost during combat with three remaining TIE drones , but R2 - D2 was able to extrapolate his destination from his last signal . The Rogues followed Numb ' s captors to neighboring Tralus , where they learned that the Imperial General Weir had set up base in the underground Selonian Tunnels . Locating it with the aid of Selonian scouts , they held off Weir ' s stormtroopers largely thanks to Skywalker ' s lightsaber . Antilles and Celchu commandeered TIEs to chase a fleeing Weir , taking out enemy pursuit and ultimately downing their target . Although Numb had been tortured to death , Weir was placed in Rebel custody and the Rogues returned to the Alliance fleet . Several days later , Skywalker gave permanent command of the Rogues to Antilles so that he could focus on rebuilding the Jedi Order , and the new Rogue Leader was surprised to find that a large number of pilots had volunteered to fly with Rogue Squadron . By this point in time , the Rebel Alliance had transitioned into the Alliance of Free Planets , an interim government that was intended to be a stepping stone en route to establishing a New Republic . New Republic heroes . Fighting for the New Republic . Rogue Squadron , officially reformed under Antilles , was considered the best of the best , undertaking their first mission to Cilpar with a lean team of six : Antilles , Janson , Klivian , Celchu , Plourr Ilo and Dllr Nep . Joined by Elscol Loro following this mission the squadron moved on to Mrlsst and then Tatooine where Elscol moved on to new things with a converted Imperial Intelligence team led by Sixtus Quin . During the following year , Rogue Squadron eventually swelled to twelve — regular size for a New Republic starfighter squadron . They were involved in skirmishes on various worlds , including Brentaal IV where they captured Baron Soontir Fel , who defected and joined the squadron . They were also involved in the failed defection and rescue of Sate Pestage on Ciutric IV . Of the remaining squadron members , Janson and Klivian went to train new squadrons , Fel disappeared , Celchu took on a mission for NRI and Nrin Vakil transferred out to deal with his grief . Antilles undertook a publicity tour on numerous New Republic worlds . When using diplomacy had reached its limits in getting worlds to join the New Republic , it was decided that taking Coruscant was required . Antilles was then tasked with reforming Rogue Squadron in 6 . 5 ABY . The reconstituted Rogue Squadron would be an instrumental part of the New Republic ' s push against Imperial forces led by Ysanne Isard , with the ultimate goal of capturing Coruscant . Over 1200 pilots volunteered to join the resurrected Rogues . The reformed squadron was quickly trained with a variety of missions designed to test the Rogue ' s abilities in numerous areas . It comprised pilots such as Corran Horn , Gavin Darklighter , Erisi Dlarit , Lujayne Forge , Andoorni Hui , Ooryl Qrygg , Nawara Ven , Rhysati Ynr , Peshk Vri ' syk , and Bror Jace . Antilles chose Tycho Celchu as his Executive Officer , a choice he fought for with some of the upper echelons of the New Republic ' s military , as Celchu was under suspicion from previous encounters . The pilots of their command were quickly thrust into the line of fire in the disastrous First Battle of Borleias . Very soon after , Borleias was taken in a second , heated assault . From Borleias , the New Republic was in position to take an offensive action toward the core , particularly the capital world of Coruscant . Rogue Squadron would continue to lead the way . With two new additions of Aril Nunb and Pash Cracken , Rogue Squadron infiltrated Coruscant . They went in as teams of two but all subsequently met up , gaining an ally in Asyr Sei ' lar , a Bothan who was an alumnus of the Bothan Martial Academy . Celchu shocked the Rogues , when he showed up on Coruscant after having been presumed killed in a disastrous attack by Warlord Zsinj on Noquivzor . He had been brought in beforehand by Wedge as backup . Tycho had purchased six Z - 95 Headhunters , of which five were used in the attack to bring down Coruscant ' s orbital shields . The sixth was flown by Corran Horn into a storm created by the Rogues by boiling the city ' s water supply with Coruscant ' s orbital mirrors . Their goal was to take down a power Grid Subsystem buried under a Statue . Although this endeavor was successful , Horn was subsequently captured by Ysanne Isard using the Headhunter ' s override codes ( given to her by turncoat Erisi Dlarit ) . Horn was taken to " Lusankya " but presumed dead in the rubble where the storm and his attack had taken place . Corran ' s death was used by the New Republic to rally more troops and raise overall morale . Tycho Celchu was accused of being the traitor and was brought on trial , defended by fellow Rogue Nawara Ven . Meanwhile , Corran Horn was trapped in Isard ' s " Lusankya " facility . Ysanne Isard couldn ' t change him , so she put him in the highest security area on " Lusankya " . He managed to escape , while Celchu ' s trial was tearing Rogue Squadron apart . Finally , when Ysanne Isard blasted out of Coruscant on the " Lusankya " , Erisi Dlarit , the real traitor , faked being pulled by a tractor beam , and rendezvoused with the Super Star Destroyer . The Bacta War . To pursue Isard , Rogue Squadron resigned their commissions and participated in the Bacta War . With only minimal resources , they managed to lure the Star Destroyer " Avarice " to the New Republic , and they heavily damaged " Lusankya " , making her surrender . Ysanne Isard was presumed dead , shot down by the Rogues as she tried to escape . Thyferra was liberated , and Rogue Squadron gained a pilot in Tal ' dira . However , Nawara Ven became the Squadron ' s XO , never to fly an X - Wing again , for he had lost his leg and wasn ' t able to fly well enough with a prosthetic . During that time , Klivian led a temporary Rogue Squadron during the " true " Rogue Squadron ' s absence . However , an alleged filing error kept the resignations from being documented , and the Rogues were again New Republic officers , and the mission on Thyferra was retroactively considered a New Republic - sanctioned campaign . Antilles turned command over to Celchu and founded Wraith Squadron . Antilles commanded both squadrons against Warlord Zsinj and after that he returned to his command as Rogue Leader . Later action . Rogue Squadron saw a great deal of combat during the Thrawn Crisis , including the Battle of Sluis Van and the Battle of Bilbringi , and immediately afterwards , the conquest of Prince - Admiral Delak Krennel ' s Ciutric Hegemony . The New Republic took one of its outlying planets , Liinade III and then prepared to attack Ciutric , the capital planet of the Hegemony , while simultaneously looking for clues that would lead to the remaining " Lusankya " prisoners . One of them , Urlor Sette , unexpectedly turned up at a party for the squadron , but when Corran Horn recognized him and said his name , an implanted device killed Sette . The Squadron went on a mission to Commenor , finding some of the prisoners and learning that Isard might be alive . During the attack on one of Krennel ' s outlying planets , Horn was shot down . He found a secret facility that showed evidence of a Pulsar Station , not unlike the Death Star , and the Rogues moved to attack it at a moon orbiting a gas giant , only to be ambushed . They were saved by two squadrons of TIE / D Defenders , Stranger and Interloper Squadrons , under the command of Colonel Broak Vessery , and taken to a secret base , having suffered the death of 2 pilots and the critical injury and presumed death of 2 more . Surprisingly , they met Ysanne Isard , who was responsible for their rescue . She revealed that the Isard they had thought they had killed was a clone , and she had survived to make herself a threat , and that all Isard wanted was her demise . The squadron was trained to use TIE Defenders and then attacked Ciutric . The New Republic attacked at the same time , killing Krennel in the ensuing space battle . The real Isard tried to recapture " Lusankya " at Bilbringi , but was shot and killed in the attempt by Iella Wessiri . The real Isard had already betrayed Rogue Squadron by not supporting them in their attempt to kill the clone Isard and rescue the rest of the " Lusankya " prisoners at Ciutric . Rogue Squadron was successful however , and the clone of Isard was killed . Not long afterward , now - General Wedge Antilles was given command of a fighter wing , which he dubbed Rogue Wing . The wing included Rogue Squadron . While the New Republic was still celebrating their victory over Thrawn , the Imperial Military mounted a massive attack on Coruscant in 10 ABY . Antilles helped coordinate the New Republic ' s retreat from the embattled world , a retreat that was covered by Rogue Squadron . Due to devastating losses in New Republic Army Command , a temporary emergency transfer saw Antilles appointed to the army as Fighter Command Liaison , but Admiral Ackbar allowed him to retain command of the Rogues . Meanwhile , an Imperial Civil War erupted within the leaderless Empire , and the New Republic took advantage of the confusion by sending their own Star Destroyers into war zones to stir up further confusion . The hangars of those destroyers were filled with the X - wings of Rogue Wing . On a mission to Coruscant , most of Rogue Wing ' s fighters were stationed aboard the Star Destroyer " Emancipator " , but Antilles himself was on the " Liberator " when it was shot down above the former capital world . In the midst of the still - raging battle , the general evacuated the crew of the ship and waited for rescue . After being ferried from the Coruscanti war zone , Antilles was sent to coordinate the air defense of the Battle of Calamari . The planet was being ravaged by World Devastator superweapons under the command of Luke Skywalker , who had been turned to the dark side and was serving as the Empire ' s Supreme Commander under a reborn Emperor Palpatine . Rogue Squadron was deployed into the battle , with Antilles flying a V - wing airspeeder and Kasan Moor once again flying for the Rogues . The battle was finally won when R2 - D2 beamed the Emperor ' s master control signal — given to him by Skywalker , whose dark turn had partially been a deep undercover ruse — into the World Devastators ' control computers , which caused the massive machines to turn on and destroy each other . Although Palpatine managed to unite the feuding Imperial factions into a Dark Empire , his final death halted his destructive campaign and saw the Imperial fleet again splinter into warlordism . With the Empire in ruins , the New Republic was able to retake Coruscant , with Antilles commanding Rogue Squadron during the siege . With secure control of the galaxy once more , the New Republic began to reassess its military forces . Although Rogue Squadron was a nearly mythical name by this point , Antilles ' s superiors wanted it changed , and ordered him to reconfigure it into a versatile unit composed of several different kinds of fighters , which they felt would allow for more flexibility in battle . Antilles ' s protests were overruled , and his distaste for bureaucracy prompted him to request command of the Rogues from the bridge of the captured Super Star Destroyer , " Lusankya " . One hundred fighters from a broad range of ships in " Lusankya " hangars were available for Rogue Squadron alone , the new version of which saw its first round of action in the Battle of Phaeda in 11 ABY . The " Lusankya " arrived at the planet to defend its New Republic outpost from the " Steadfast " , a Star Destroyer of Lord Carnor Jax ' s Crimson Empire . Tycho Celchu served as Rogue Leader in a squadron composed of E - wings , B - wings , and A - wings . The " Steadfast " and its TIEs were easily outmatched by " Lusankya " and the Rogues , and the Imperials were defeated . Not long afterward , central Imperial leadership collapsed , and the Galactic Empire ceased to exist . Later in 11 ABY , the Rogues were yet again a squadron exclusively composed of X - wings . They were assigned to hunt for the Invids , an elusive pirate group led by ex - Imperial Moff Leonia Tavira , who eluded every attempt by the New Republic to capture her . The Rogues found themselves with about a week of down time in between raids . On one raid , they intercepted a group of Invid ugly starfighters in the K ' vath system and easily disposed of them , capturing the modified bulk cruiser " Booty Full " . The New Republic capital ships waiting just outside of the system were disappointed , however , that Tavira ' s Star Destroyer " Invidious " was not present . Corran Horn left the squadron shortly afterward in order to train as a Jedi in Master Luke Skywalker ' s New Jedi Order , and ended up going undercover with the Invids during a hunt for his missing wife , Mirax . When the New Republic tracked the " Invidious " to Xa Fel and attacked , the Rogues were unaware that they were flying against Horn , who narrowly avoided proton torpedoes fired by Celchu ' s fighter and escaped . The Rogues later removed the Invid - affiliated Khuiumin Survivors from their base on Courkrus , and Horn was able to defeat and rescue his wife from the Force - sensitive Jensaarai , who had been helping Tavira anticipate the New Republic ' s strikes . The threat of the " Invidious " was thus effectively neutralized . In 12 . 5 ABY the Rogues were one of the few New Republic survivors of the Battle of Orinda . A situation on the newly found planet of Adumar called for Wedge to return to the cockpit with Tycho Celchu , Wes Janson and Hobbie Klivian in 13 ABY . Antilles led a diplomatic envoy which succeeded in bringing the neutral world to the New Republic . The four pilots used Rogue Squadron markings on their X - wings and flew as Red Flight with call signs Red 1 through Red 4 . The Caamas Document incident also called for Rogue Squadron ' s unique talents as they were pressed into ground - based service in an attempt to find out the truth behind the document . The return of Thrawn also saw the Rogues thrust back into the frontlines in an attempt to protect the New Republic . The signing of the peace treaty ending the Galactic Civil War marked the time for many pilots from Rogue Squadron to retire . Yuuzhan Vong War . Under the leadership of Colonel Gavin Darklighter , Rogue Squadron played a central role in a number of battles against the Yuuzhan Vong . The conflict saw Rogue Squadron suffer heavy losses , including nine pilots killed , one resignation and one transfer — the Battle of Dantooine took the lives of half the squadron . The war also saw the adoption of several new technologies , including the shadow bomb and XJ3 model X - Wing fighters . Following the conclusion of the war , Colonel Darklighter accepted a Fleet command and handed Rogue Squadron over to a new Rogue Leader . In 36 ABY , the Galactic Alliance found itself caught in the midst of the Swarm War between the Chiss Ascendancy and the the Colony . Gilad Pellaeon , Supreme Commander of the Galactic Alliance Defense Force , hoped to decimate the Colony ' s swarms of insectoid Killik s at the Unknown Regions world of Tenupe , but Jedi Master Luke Skywalker proposed a different plan : He would neutralize the Colony ' s Force ‐ sensitive Joiner leaders , Lomi Plo and Raynar Thul . Although the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force would consequently face the Killiks without Alliance assistance and would take heavy casualties , Skywalker knew that the hive mind ed Colony would collapse without its leadership and bring a quick end to the war . The mere destruction of their fleet would simply prolong the conflict and prompt the Chiss to commit speciecide with their parasite bomb weapon . Rogue and Wraith Squadrons were assigned to support Skywalker as he made his way to the " Admiral Ackbar " , a captured Star Destroyer where Thul and Plo were stationed . As the Rogues and other squadrons escorted Skywalker ' s shuttle to the " Admiral Ackbar " , Alliance turbolasers brought down the target ' s shields and took out Killik dartship s . Proton torpedoes from the Alliance fighters destroyed more dartships , and the Rogues personally took care of the enemy starfighters that were launched from the " Admiral Ackbar " hangar bays . A tractor beam from an Alliance Star Destroyer removed the remaining dartships , and Skywalker was able to board the target and achieve his objective . With the Killik threat removed , the Chiss Ascendancy agreed to not continue pursuing the war . Second Galactic Civil War . In the year 40 ABY , the Five Worlds government of the Corellian system came into conflict with the Galactic Alliance , and Chief of State Cal Omas imposed a blockade of Corellia . Rogue Squadron were stationed with the blockade , and Jaina Solo , who had been prompted by the crisis to reenlist as an active starfighter pilot , served as a colonel and as Rogue Leader . In XJ7 X - wing starfighters , the squadron flew patrol duty in the Corellian Exclusion Zone behind Colonel Jacen Solo of the Galactic Alliance Guard , who had been given temporary command of the battle group . Due to tensions between the Solo twins , they were unable to maintain a Force meld with each other and with fellow Jedi Zekk . Tensions between the three further escalated when Jacen ordered Zekk to turn back a water tanker that was attempting to supply some Corellian shipyards , an order to which both Zekk and Jaina objected on moral grounds . For three hours , the Rogues intimidated transports and supply vessels into turning around , albeit without firing any shots . When ships of the Corellian defense fleet finally arrived , Jacen destroyed a Corellian attack fighter after it launched a missile at him , effectively firing the first shot of the Second Galactic Civil War . When the blockade reached its sixth day , capital ships from several worlds sympathetic to Corellia ' s cause arrived to lend aid to the bedevilled planet . To avoid a major confrontation , Jaina and Zekk were the only two Rogues to accompany Jacen in that day ' s harrying sortie , which saw a spirited Atzerri freighter nearly collide with both Solo twins . Jaina disabled both of its laser cannons but was nevertheless ordered to destroy it by her brother ; as the vessel was civilian , no longer a threat , and had already begun to flee , Jaina refused the order . Her brother consequently took out the ship and immediately suspended Jaina from duty . When Jacen attempted to court - martial her , Zekk resigned his commission in Rogue Squadron , and he and Jaina instead dedicated their war effort to the Jedi Order . By 41 ABY , Jacen Solo had become a co - Chief of State of the Galactic Alliance , and in that year he led a strike at the Corellians ' Centerpoint Station . Rogue Squadron launched from his flagship , the " Anakin Solo " , and soon encountered Rakehell Squadron , a group of Rogue alumni and other veteran pilots that was flying for the Alliance - opposed Jedi Coalition . Aerial combat commenced between the two squadrons . As former Rogue Leader Wedge Antilles and his daughter Syal , both flying for Rakehell , engaged in a dogfight with their enemies , Syal took out a Rogue and her father killed Lensi , the Rogue Leader . The Rakehells were not without losses of their own : the Jedi Knight Twool , Rakehell Six , was killed , and two more of their fighters were heavily damaged . When a Commenori task force reverted from hyperspace in support of the Corellians , the Rogues broke away from the Rakehells to engage the new threat . The battle came to an end when Centerpoint was destroyed , owing to sabotage from a Jedi strike team that had been escorted aboard the station by the Rakehells . Sith - Imperial War . Rogue Squadron was still an active squadron in 137 ABY as the most elite of all of the squadrons in the Galactic Alliance Remnant . Although the Galactic Alliance had since fallen , Admiral Gar Stazi was leading its Remnant in a campaign of hit - and - run battles against Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , that formed a large theater of the ongoing Imperial Civil War . The Rogues were stationed aboard the " Indomitable " , a " Scythe " - class battle cruiser that served as the flagship of the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet , and were flying CF9 Crossfire starfighters . The Weequay Jhoram Bey was Rogue Leader , and the squadron members included the Klatooinian Ronto , the young and brash Human Anj Dahl , the hot - headed Dug Andurgo , and the Mon Calamari Monia Gahan , niece of former Galactic Alliance Triumvirate member Gial Gahan . In 137 ABY , the former Mandalorian Hondo Karr joined the squadron . During the Battle of Mon Calamari , Rogue Squadron provided cover for the Alliance Remnant fleet . Intent on keeping incoming waves of " Predator " - class starfighters from attacking the " Indomitable " and other Alliance capital ships , the Rogues flew interference and shot down several fighters . Once the main objective of capturing the " Imperious " - class Star Destroyer " Imperious " was achieved , the Rogues fell back and covered Stazi ' s fleet as it jumped to a secret rendezvous point . Late in the battle , Jhoram Bey returned to the " Indomitable " to rescue an injured Admiral Stazi from his crippled flagship . As Captain Jaius Yorub piloted the " Indomitable " into the Mon Calamari shipyards on a suicide run , Bey , escorted by Anj Dahl and Andurgo , jumped to hyperspace and made it safely back to the Alliance rendezvous point . Bey was promoted to captain and took Yorub ' s former position at Stazi ' s side , and Dahl became the new Rogue Leader . Gahan and Ronto , among other Alliance pilots who had crash - landed onto Dac ' s surface , were soon after rescued by two Imperial Knight s . Sigel Dare , one of the Knights , brought Gahan back to Stazi , and the encounter planted the seeds of an alliance between the Galactic Alliance Remnant and the Empire - in - exile . The alliance was tested in the Battle of Ralltiir , a joint operation between the Alliance Remnant and the Empire - in - exile , where each government fielded an armada in an attack on Darth Krayt ' s Third Fleet . The Rogues were tasked with taking out an ion cannon on Ralltiir ' s Moon Twelve before it could set up a force field , and Gahan and Andurgo quickly achieved their objective before proceeding to target TIE predators . Admiral Peto Kelsan of the Third Fleet soon surrendered to overwhelming enemy strength , but when Captain Vaclen Tor of the frigate " Steadfast " refused the order , Admiral Edouard Fenel of the Empire - in - exile ordered all Imperial ships — including Peto ' s — to fire on the " Steadfast " . Peto refused , instead ordering all ships of the Third Fleet to self - destruct . Fenel and Stazi had hoped to capture the fleet intact , and an enraged Fenel ordered his forces to fire on Third Fleet escape pods . Stazi thus placed his own ships , including Rogue Squadron , in between the rival Imperial fleets , in order to prevent a massacre . Both the escape pods and the self - destruct mechanism of the " Steadfast " had been damaged , however , and the Rogues protected the frigate from an angry Fenel ' s TIE predators . A potential dissolution of the coalition between the Galactic Alliance Remnant and the Empire - in - exile was averted when Stazi was able to contact exiled Emperor Roan Fel , and gift him the captured " Steadfast " . The Rogues later flew on a mission to rescue a group of Mon Calamari refugees from the genocide that Darth Krayt had declared against their species . On that mission , the Rogues encountered the Mandalorian bounty hunter , Tes Vevec — Hondo Karr ' s ex - wife . At the mission ' s end , Karr left the Rogues and teamed up with Vevec in order to pursue fellow Mandalorian Yaga Auchs , who had betrayed his clan and killed the Mandalore , Chernan Ordo . The genocide on Dac got worse when viral spore s were released into the water world ' s oceans and began to kill every living thing on the planet ; Rogue Squadron discovered millions of corpses floating on the seas three days later and reported it to Admiral Stazi after taking out several TIE predators . Stazi organized a massive Evacuation of Dac , during which the Rogues helped fend off attacking Imperials . When Galactic Emperor Darth Krayt began an aggressive military push against the Alliance of the Remnant , the Empire - in - exile , and the New Jedi Order , the Rogues and Stazi ' s " Imperious " , since renamed the " Alliance " , stopped Imperial forces from bombing Falleen . There , they met the famed Sith hunter Cade Skywalker , descendant of their founder Luke Skywalker , who aided them in the battle against Krayt ' s Imperials Rogue Squadron later fought with the Alliance fleet in the evacuation of the Jedi ' s Hidden Temple and in the final battle of the war over Coruscant . Although the Allies ultimately won the battle and , consequently , the war , both Ronto and Andurgo were killed . Rogue Leaders . Luke Skywalker . Luke Skywalker was one of two Red Squadron pilots to survive the Battle of Yavin in the year 0 BBY , an engagement in which he personally fired the proton torpedoes that destroyed the Empire ' s Death Star battlestation . New to the Rebel Alliance , the Force - sensitive Skywalker initially honed his talents as a pilot rather than his skills as a Jedi , and he was placed in charge of the burgeoning Rogue Flight by the Alliance ' s Commander Arhul Narra , leading them in various missions and racking up a number of victories . Skywalker commanded the ersatz Rogue Group in 3 ABY ' s Battle of Hoth , after which Wedge Antilles ascended to the Rogue Leader position . Skywalker flew often with the new Rogue Squadron over the following year , however , taking the position of Rogue Leader with Antilles flying as Rogue One . In 4 ABY , Skywalker permanently retired from the Rogues , deciding to finally concentrate on rebuilding the Jedi Order . Nevertheless , he was promoted to the rank of general in the young New Republic , a commission which he did not resign until one year after Endor . Wedge Antilles . A veteran of the cockpit , Wedge Antilles was often acclaimed as the best starfighter pilot in the galaxy . He developed tactics which were used as textbook examples for new Rebel pilots , and his X - wing piloting was used in simulators throughout the galaxy . His name was revered even among Imperial squadrons , and it went on to become synonymous with Rogue Squadron itself . A Red Squadron survivor of Yavin and a member of Rogue Flight right from its inception , Antilles was initially Skywalker ' s second - in - command in the nascent flight group . The two decided to expand Rogue Flight into a full squadron while stationed on Hoth , and Antilles participated in Rogue Group ' s defense of the Alliance ' s Echo Base , downing an AT - AT walker along with his gunner , Wes Janson . Finding himself the new Rogue Leader following that battle , Antilles led Rogue Squadron as a unit operating with no set mission profile . Placed in permanent command of the squadron a year later , just after leading it into the Battle of Endor , he commanded the Rogues until their temporary dissolution in 5 ABY and resumed his post when the unit was rebuilt one year afterward . That post was resigned by Antilles when the New Republic refused to wage war against the warlord Ysanne Isard , and he commanded his own , unofficial Rogue Squadron to defeat her in the Bacta War . That conflict was retroactively deemed an official New Republic operation , but Antilles promoted Tycho Celchu to Rogue Leader and instead focused on building the new Wraith Squadron . He later returned to Rogue Squadron as Rogue Leader , but an eventual promotion to general took him out of active pilot duty . Rogue Squadron often flew under General Antilles ' s command , including a brief placement in the fighter wing known as Rogue Wing . He was back in the cockpit as Rogue Leader in 19 ABY , but following peace accords between the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant in that year , he retired from the military . Decades later , Antilles flew against the Rogues as a member of Rakehell Squadron , which was supporting the Galactic Alliance – opposed Jedi Coalition in the Second Galactic Civil War . To his deep regret , he shot down and killed Lensi , the current Rogue Leader . Derek " Hobbie " Klivian . Derek Klivian , also known as Hobbie , enlisted in the Imperial Academy as a young man but quickly defected to the Rebel Alliance , becoming one of its most talented pilots . Although he missed being a part of Red Squadron at Yavin due to injury , Klivian was one of the earliest Rogues and flew with them at Hoth and Endor . When Rogue Squadron was recommissioned by the New Republic in 6 ABY , Klivian was assigned elsewhere to train new starfighter squadrons , but the New Republic brought him in to lead an ersatz Rogue Squadron one year later . He and Wes Janson cobbled together the temporary squadron in order to keep up New Republic citizens ' morale following Antilles ' s resignation . After this brief run as Rogue Leader , Klivian continued flying with the squadron until his retirement , which came in the wake of the peace between the New Republic and Imperial Remnant . During his years as a Rogue , Klivian was known for his cautious pessimism and beloved for his vast experience in an X - wing fighter . He was also a survivor of many crashes and a frequenter of healing bacta tanks . Tycho Celchu . A superior pilot , the Alderaanian Tycho Celchu served in the Imperial Academy until the Empire destroyed his homeworld . Defecting to the Alliance , Celchu soon joined the ranks of the Rogues and flew with them at the Battle of Hoth . Although he piloted an A - wing in the Alliance ' s Green Squadron at Endor , Celchu was soon back with the Rogues , but a brief period of Imperial imprisonment led some in the New Republic to suspect him of being a brainwashed sleeper agent . Antilles had to settle for installing Celchu as his Executive Officer in the recommissioned Rogue Squadron until the man ' s innocence could be proven . After the Bacta War , Celchu became temporary Rogue Leader while Antilles was building Wraith Squadron , and he took the position permanently following Antilles ' s promotion to general . Major Rogue operations under his command included the hunt for the Invid Pirates and the Orinda Campaign . Although Antilles was Rogue Leader during the Caamas Document Crisis of 19 ABY , it was Celchu who handed over command of the squadron to Gavin Darklighter before his retirement , which came shortly after Antilles ' s own . Gavin Darklighter . After learning how to fly from behind the yoke of a T - 16 skyhopper on his homeworld of Tatooine , Gavin Darklighter joined Rogue Squadron at the age of sixteen , making the cut in part due to his martyred cousin , Biggs . Support from his fellow Rogues enabled the young pilot to realize his full potential , and he proved his skills many times over , becoming a master of the strafing run . After years in the squadron and many battles fought , Darklighter became the new Rogue Leader when Antilles and Celchu both retired , but his command of the Rogues was tested by the threat of the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong . Serious squadron losses were suffered against the mysterious enemy coralskippers until Darklighter devised a countermeasure involving his X - wing ' s inertial compensator s , and he went on to lead a rebuilt Rogue Squadron in numerous battles against the Yuuzhan Vong , including the evacuation of Coruscant and the later recapture of it . After the war , he became a commodore in the Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet . Corran Horn . The Force - sensitive ace pilot Corran Horn joined a restructured Rogue Squadron after the New Republic took notice of his flying skills and invited him to apply . He remained with the squadron for years , flying in some of the most important and dangerous missions in which any starfighters had ever been engaged . He also spent time honing his skills with the Force , and when he finally retired from the military , he became a full - time Jedi in Skywalker ' s order . Despite this , Horn briefly took command of Rogue Squadron during the Yuuzhan Vong War , serving as Rogue Leader during battles at Obroa - skai and at Ebaq 9 . Jaina Solo . Jaina Solo was a Jedi student and the niece of Luke Skywalker , skilled both with the Force and behind the controls of a starfighter . She was accepted into Rogue Squadron by Gavin Darklighter early in the Yuuzhan Vong Invasion , and she flew in such engagements as the Battle of Dantooine . Darklighter quickly developed a great respect for her talents , but she was asked to take an indefinite leave of absence from the squadron when the Yuuzhan Vong began calling for the extermination of the Jedi . Solo soon took over Twin Suns Squadron from her uncle and commanded it for much of the remainder of the war . When the Corellian government began to rebel against the Galactic Alliance over a decade later , Solo volunteered for active flight duty and was put in command of Rogue Squadron . Her tenure as Rogue Leader was cut short , however , when her morality prompted her to refuse an order from her brother , who was in charge of the Rogues ' battle group , and he suspended her from duty . Lensi . Lensi , a Duros , had claimed a spot in Rogue Squadron a year and a half into the Yuuzhan Vong War . He flew in the Second Battle of Sernpidal , in which the Rogues were told by the rogue Jedi Kyp Durron that they were attacking a gravitic superweapon , but were in fact tricked into helping destroy an enemy worldship that was being grown for non - military purposes . The sting of Durron ' s lie remained with Lensi , and when he was involved in a feint attack on Yuuzhan Vong – held Duro more than two years later , he was kept in the dark about the battle ' s true nature and resigned his commission , feeling betrayed . Lensi later rejoined the squadron and eventually came to command it , but the Rogue Leader was shot down and killed by Wedge Antilles during the Second Galactic Civil War . Jhoram Bey . In the year 137 ABY , the Weequay Jhoram Bey led Rogue Squadron during their assignment to the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet . He was dedicated to the fleet , and although the irregulars under his command were lacking in discipline , his strong presence and personality kept them in order and ensured that they were always combat - ready . When the flagship of the Galactic Alliance Remnant ' s leader , Gar Stazi , took major damage during a battle at Dac , Bey docked his fighter aboard the warship and rushed to its bridge . Stazi was planning to sacrifice his own life , but Bey punched his superior in the face in order to keep him alive and a symbol of hope to the embattled Alliance . As a reprisal , Stazi promoted Bey to be his new second - in - command . Anj Dahl . A talented pilot and an enthusiastic troublemaker , Anj Dahl joined the Rogues several years after 130 ABY ' s Battle of Caamas . Feeling that everything could end at any moment , she embraced all that was fun in life . Dahl saw combat with Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire at Dac and at Raaltiir , replacing Jhoram Bey as Rogue Leader between the two battles . She was unhappy with the promotion , feeling that Bey had been a more capable commander , but fellow Rogue Hondo Karr believed that her only problem was treating her squadron mates as friends . Dahl stayed on as Rogue Leader through the war ' s end , leading the squadron against Krayt ' s forces in major engagements at Taivas and Coruscant . Pilots . " In alphabetical order " Original ( Pre - Endor ) . < br clear = " all " > Reformation . < br clear = " all " > Yuuzhan Vong War and beyond . < br clear = " all " > Support personnel . < br clear = " all " > Behind the scenes . Genesis . Rogue Squadron ' s origins date back to Irvin Kershner ' s 1980 film , wherein Luke Skywalker commands a team of snowspeeder pilots during the Battle of Hoth that he calls " Rogue Group . " The movie ' s novelization also uses the designation " Rogue Group , " but its radio drama identifies the group as " Rogue Flight , " a name that would be echoed in 1984 ' s " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " . " " , published in 1989 , again uses " Rogue Group , " and describes them as a squadron of starfighter pilots who are pressed into service flying snowspeeders in times of need . 1990 ' s " Rebel Alliance Sourcebook " refers to all of the starfighter units assigned to Hoth ' s Echo Base as " rogue squadrons , " and " " , published in the same year , again uses the term " Rogue Group " to refer to Skywalker ' s squadron . It was author Timothy Zahn who coined the term " Rogue Squadron " and established the Rogues as an elite fighting force of the New Republic , active five years after the events of , while writing his 1991 novel " Heir to the Empire " . The of " Galaxy Guide 3 " , published in 1996 , went on to state that " Rogue Group " fell under the command of Wedge Antilles following the Battle of Hoth , and that it was remodeled and renamed " Rogue Squadron " prior to " Return of the Jedi " Battle of Endor . More recently , 2012 ' s " The Essential Guide to Warfare " has established a definitive timeline regarding the squadron ' s nomenclature : " Rogue Flight " was born just after Battle of Yavin , and while Skywalker and Antilles were later stationed on Hoth , they were considering expanding the flight into a full - fledged squadron . Hoth ' s Echo Base was attacked , however , and " Rogue Group " was an ersatz snowspeeder unit created from Rogue Flight , Green Squadron , and Blue Squadron , and tasked with defending Echo Base . The Rogues then became a full twelve - person squadron following the battle . Nevertheless , various sources refer to the pre - Hoth Rogues as either Rogue Group or Rogue Squadron . A different origin story for the Rogues is given in Brian Wood ' s 2013 – 2014 comic series " Star Wars " . The series ' tenth issue sees Skywalker and Antilles flying in the Rebel Alliance ' s black ops Stealth Squadron , which Antilles suggests renaming Rogue Squadron . Two issues later , he formally requests that Stealth Squadron be dissolved so that he may form Rogue Squadron , a proper Alliance squadron that fights out in the open . His request is approved . This runs contrary to the Rogue Squadron origin story given in " Galaxy Guide 3 : The Empire Strikes Back " , Second Edition and reiterated in such sources as " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " and " The Essential Guide to Warfare " . The two conflicting stories have not been reconciled . As " Return of the Jedi " features Antilles leading a " Red Group " rather than a Rogue Squadron during the Battle of Endor , the first edition of " Galaxy Guide 5 " asserted that the Rogues reformed into Red Group prior to the battle . It has since been retcon ned that the name was merely a temporary one used to honor the heroes of Red Squadron from the earlier Battle of Yavin ; the 1993 novel " The Truce at Bakura " sees the Rogues flying as Rogue Squadron again just one day after Endor . The 1977 – 1986 " Star Wars " comic series published by Marvel Comics features Rebel pilots flying X - wings in the time period between Hoth and Endor ; some of the pilots and their missions were later retconned into being part of Rogue Squadron . Development and impact . Rogue Squadron has been the focus of a multitude of Expanded Universe works . Author Michael A . Stackpole was contracted by Bantam Spectra to write four " X - Wing " novels about the squadron in the mid - 1990s , and he logged a large number of hours playing the " " and " " video game s in preparation . He also consulted friends of his who were pilots , read biographies of pilots , and watched television documentaries on fighter squadrons , the latter having been featured prominently on television due to the fiftieth anniversary of . Stackpole has referred to the books as " " Star Wars " meets " " , " which was in fact a theme suggested by Bantam editor Tom Dupree . The books were initially pitched to Stackpole as simply " X - Wing " books , and Lucasfilm Ltd . ' s Sue Rostoni suggested to him that the first volume be about the Red Squadron pilots of " A New Hope " . He ultimately decided that Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron would be the ideal main focus , however , and he contacted Timothy Zahn to ask for details about the group in the New Republic era . The novels proved to be massive hits , pleasing fans and reaching . Six additional " X - Wing " novels were later written , by Stackpole and by Aaron Allston . Stackpole also authored a thirty - five issue about Rogue Squadron , which , although it was canceled due to low sales , consistently remained one of Dark Horse Comics ' most requested titles for years . A number of the Rogues from the series were later immortalized as Hasbro Inc . 3¾ inch action figures . The Rogues have factored into the plots of other Expanded Universe works as well , such as " " novel series and the " " comics . Three Rogue Squadron video games were developed by Factor 5 and published by LucasArts . " " was released for the Nintendo 64 and PC CD - ROM in 1998 , and " " and " " were respectively released in 2001 and 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube . Factor 5 also developed a compilation of the three games , entitled " " , for the , but the project was canceled by Lucasarts . Further attempts to bring it to the were halted when Factor 5 went out of business . Another unfinished game , " " , was also canceled and eventually became the 2007 game . A 2002 " Star Wars Insider " article written by Jason Fry asserted that " In the Expanded Universe of comics , books , and videogames , no military unit is more famous than Rogue Squadron . " It also highlighted the Rogues ' status as loyal , working - class heroes who follow orders and perform impossible missions , setting them apart from the Force - using movie heroes who often decide the fate of the galaxy . Fans of Stackpole ' s " X - Wing " novels and comics agreed , telling the author that it was " very good to see someone else saving the universe . " The analysis was echoed by Peet Janes , who edited the " X - Wing : Rogue Squadron " comics and called the Rogues " some of the galaxy ' s greatest heroes , the ' working stiffs ' of the " Star Wars " universe . " Writer Darren Franich of opined that Stackpole ' s best contribution to the Rogues ' saga " was to portray Rogue Squadron as the everymen - and - women of the Star Wars galaxy . They didn ' t fight zero - sum battles against Death Stars ; they fought renegade Imperials and war lords , they fought on land and over sea , in space and beyond . " To Ryan Britt of , the adventures of working - class pilots were both " something to see " and " endlessly interesting , " and he suggested that the " X - Wing " comics were less like " Top Gun " in space and more akin to a mixture of " " and " " . On writing the 2005 comic miniseries " " , author Haden Blackman described Rogue Squadron as " a microcosm of the Rebel Alliance as a whole , composed of different people from different backgrounds all working together . " The Rogues ' adventures in the Expanded Universe received significant attention in online media in 2015 when the title of the first " Star Wars " Anthology film was revealed to be " " . Amid speculation that the movie would center on the Rogues , various websites related tales of the squadron that had been told throughout " Star Wars " media , some suggesting that they be adapted for the silver screen .