Derek Klivian / Legends Derek " Hobbie " Klivian , native to Ralltiir , was a longtime officer in Rogue Squadron and a well - respected pilot . As a young man , he attended Prefsbelt Fleet Camp with dreams of becoming an Imperial pilot . At the academy , he made friends with Biggs Darklighter , who persuaded him to oppose the Galactic Empire as tyrannical . When he graduated from Prefsbelt , Klivian was commissioned as executive officer aboard the " Rand Ecliptic " . There , he led a cell of mutineers that took over the ship , and he defected to the burgeoning Alliance to Restore the Republic with Darklighter . Klivian was ill when his best friend died in the Battle of Yavin , but afterward was recruited by Darklighter ' s childhood friend Luke Skywalker to join Rogue Squadron . Klivian served with distinction , fighting in the battles of Hoth and Endor , and earned a reputation as a skilled , if crash - prone , pilot and a notorious skeptic . When the Rebel Alliance became the New Republic , Derek Klivian continued serving until Rogue Squadron was disbanded . He then served with his close friend Wes Janson as a training officer for some time before rejoining the recommissioned Rogue Squadron under his longtime comrade Wedge Antilles after temporarily serving as Rogue Leader himself during the period when Antilles resigned . There he served for a dozen more years , battling various warlords and threats to the New Republic and serving as a vital part of the four - pilot delegation that brought Adumar into the New Republic . In 19 ABY , once peace with the Imperial Remnant had been reached , Klivian retired after approximately twenty years of service to the New Republic and Rebel Alliance . Biography . Imperial days . Derek Klivian was born on the prosperous Core World of Ralltiir and grew up under the rule of the Galactic Empire . Early in life , he acquired the nickname " Hobbie " and used it almost exclusively in place of his given name , Derek . 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 . Despite this , neither he nor any of his classmates were ever able to beat Fel in the simulator , developing a healthy respect for their instructor in them . 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 the group ' s 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 as Darklighter grew to despise Klivian as an Imperial spy . 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 Class II Frigate " 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 to defect to the Rebel Alliance . Klivian had an old friend , Lindy , who had informed Klivian that he had joined the Rebellion and was stationed on Bestine IV . As the " Rand Ecliptic " had a stop scheduled at Bestine , Klivian planned to jump ship there and join the Rebel Alliance through Lindy . Mutiny on the " Rand Ecliptic " . Upon putting in at Bestine , Heliesk ordered Klivian to go ashore and arrange for the delivery of the shipment of rubindum ore the " Rand Ecliptic " was carrying . Anxious over his plan , he was relieved that he had an excuse to leave the ship safely and quickly began searching for Lindy . They met up quickly , and Klivian was taken to Lindy ' s Rebel cell . There , he was told that they awaited only Lindy ' s contact , a man code - named " Starfire " who would help Klivian defect . To his horror , the meeting was interrupted by the arrival of Heliesk with a stormtrooper escort . Klivian suddenly understood his situation when Heliesk congratulated Klivian on having captured the Rebels and dropped the word " starfire " in his conversation . Klivian returned to the ship , where he met privately with Heliesk . The captain explained that he was a Rebel spy , and he could not risk his cover . He wanted the ore and the defectors to reach the Rebellion , however , and planned to have Klivian mutiny , taking control of the ship and providing him cover . Shortly thereafter , 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 with Heliesk unconcerned and no desire to be suspected of Rebel sympathies , he felt it wise to remain silent on the matter . Afterward , 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 to supplement Klivian ' s and Lindy ' s Rebels . They aided him in capturing Heliesk , whose identity as a spy was not given away , and the " Rand Ecliptic " bridge . With control of the bridge , Klivian threatened to arm the ship ' s self - destruct , forcing the Imperial loyalists aboard to flee . He 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 suffered facial wounds , but received medical treatment for both injuries . Later statements by Darklighter implied that Klivian sustained damage to his genitalia as well . 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 " captain . The ship had only a skeleton crew of Rebels , and on being pursued by a complement of TIEs from Bestine , Darklighter had the idea to dump half the ore load in the fighters ' path rather than attempting to battle , destroying enough of them to buy time to escape into hyperspace . Rebel pilot . They joined the Alliance Starfighter Corps , and Klivian had his arm replaced with a prosthetic . Klivian , Darklighter , and several of their fellow defectors , dubbed the " Ecliptic " Evaders , were stationed on Yavin 4 as part of Red Squadron . While Darklighter had earlier deferred to Klivian , he outranked Klivian within the Alliance . They were soon involved in General Jan Dodonna ' s plan to capture several T - 65 X - wing starfighter s . The " Rand Ecliptic " pilots , in their TIEs — which had been modified to carry hyperdrives — would enter the system , draw off the defending forces , and sacrifice their TIEs in a move that would allow the Rebellion to fly away a large supply of X - wings from Incom ' s factory . Klivian arrived over the world , strafed the Incom facility , and fled as they were chased off by the defensive complement of TIE fighters . Once they had drawn the enemy far enough , they ejected and turned control of their ships over to droid pilots . Klivian ejected safely but was clipped by a pursuing TIE and had his lower right leg sheared off . His flight suit sealed the wound , and the TIEs failed to detect the black - suited pilots hanging in space . They were recovered by an Alliance shuttle , and Klivian accepted a quick bandaging before insisting on being allowed to fly one of the X - wings out , pilots being in short supply . On his return to Yavin 4 , he was taken in for medical care , but a serious infection developed at the site of the wound , causing raised , ropy growths on his skin . A creeping malady of suspected native origin , it could not be treated by the base ' s medics , and Klivian was disqualified from flight duty and kept in the infirmary . Darklighter visited him frequently , keeping him informed of the squadron ' s doings . The infection progressed , however , eventually consuming Klivian ' s entire body in the growths . The medics despaired of his life , but Doctor Shae Polikex , recalling that a plant extract had saved an earlier survey team that fell victim to the same illness , took Darklighter and the Rebel - allied smuggler Nera Dantels into the jungle to try to identify the proper plant . They were successful , and Polikex administered the antidote . As it took effect , Klivian lay unconscious through the Battle of Yavin . The Death Star had tracked the Rebellion to Yavin 4 , and the rest of Red Squadron flew against it . New addition Luke Skywalker took Klivian ' s spot in Red Squadron — only Wedge Antilles and Skywalker survived , with Skywalker destroying the superweapon in a massive Rebel victory . Klivian awoke after the battle , seeking Darklighter , and was crushed to be informed that the man to whom he owed his life had given his own life to allow Skywalker to make the killing shot . The man who told him was Skywalker , who had been Darklighter ' s lifelong friend . The two shared reminiscences of the pilot and bonded over their affection for their departed mutual friend . Once Klivian was able to move from his sickbed , he visited Darklighter ' s memorial with Dantels , who had developed feelings for Darklighter . With the infection beaten , Klivian had his leg replaced . Rogue . Upon his recovery , Klivian was assigned to the Sullust system , smuggling weapons for the Rebellion . His gunrunning days did not last long , as he was chosen for Rogue Squadron by Skywalker and Antilles , who were reviving the Red Squadron spirit in their new fighter group and wanted Klivian involved . Antilles had seen great promise in Klivian during his time in Red Squadron and quickly recruited him . Klivian quickly developed a joking reputation for enjoying bacta due to his numerous crashes and injuries , but his flying and tactical skills won him his fellow pilots ' respect . Klivian also became known as the group ' s skeptic due to his dour personality , but that did not keep him from making fast friends with Skywalker , Antilles , his former classmate Celchu , and Wes Janson . Seven months after the Battle of Yavin , Klivian and Antilles were assigned to escort Skywalker , Leia Organa , Dantels , and a diplomatic party to Jabiim to attempt to enlist the Loyalist faction . Klivian and Antilles remained in orbit while the others landed , but Klivian was dissatisfied with the arrangement ; he would have preferred a stronger force and was worried for the delegation ' s safety . Shortly after arriving , however , the Jabiimi ordered them to leave orbit . As they had no orbital weaponry to bring against the pilots , however , Klivian ignored them and attempted to think of ways to rescue the diplomats , who he suspected were in trouble . Their planning was halted when they came under attack by TIE fighters fielded by the Nationalist faction , and Klivian and Antilles were forced to flee through the debris field surrounding the planet . Upon detecting Star Destroyers and slave ships in orbit , they decided they had to descend to the surface and rescue Skywalker and Organa . They arrived just in time to help cover the escape of Dantels ' s " Starduster " from Imperial forces , then retrieved Skywalker . They fled as the Star Destroyers began bombarding the planet , with Klivian and Antilles drawing fire to allow the group to escape to hyperspace . When Imperial ace Kasan Moor defected to Rogue Squadron at Gerrard V , she brought with her knowledge of Imperial bases . The Rogues struck at the Imperial Enclave on Kile II , flying Y - wings rather than their customary X - wings for the mission . Klivian watched in horror as Antilles was shot down , but confirmed that he had landed safely . The Rogues could not recover the downed pilot before they had to retreat , and Antilles was captured . Klivian participated in the rescue of Antilles from a prison hovertrain on Kessel , using scanning equipment to confirm his friend ' s presence before halting the train . They then went on to free several more Rebel prisoners from incarceration on Kessel . That mission was followed by a campaign against ambitious Moff Kohl Seerdon , who sought to seize control of Thyferra . The Rogues executed several hit - and - run strikes against Seerdon ' s assets before blunting the Moff ' s attack on Chandrila and striking at a Sullust base in retaliation . When Seerdon took over Thyferra , Klivian and the Rogues drove off his forces while Skywalker shot down the Moff ' s shuttle , killing him . The Battle of Hoth . Klivian also proved vital during several evacuations of the constantly - shifting Rebel secret base , frequently covering the Rebels ' escape . By 3 ABY , the Rebel base was located on the inhospitable ice world of Hoth . There , Klivian was stationed with the rest of the Rogues , flying as Rogue Four . Not long after it was established , the base was discovered by an Imperial probe droid , and the Alliance began an evacuation . Before it could be carried out , however , Darth Vader ' s Death Squadron arrived in the system and began landing forces to bring down the theater shield that protected Echo Base on Hoth . Klivian was among the pilots who attended a briefing by Leia Organa explaining the new evacuation plan , which would see two fighters escort each transport away from the base . Klivian was dubious of the effectiveness of such a weak guard against the Imperial armada , but Organa assured him that the base ' s v - 150 Planet Defender ion cannon would provide enough cover for the escape , leaving Klivian slightly less skeptical . However , Rogue Squadron first had to deal with the approaching Imperial All Terrain Armored Transports targeting the shield generator . Klivian flew as Skywalker ' s wingman in one of the cold - adapted T - 47 airspeeders , making a handful of passes against the massive walkers before Skywalker determined the combat airspeeders ' blasters were not strong enough to bring down the AT - ATs . Instead , he turned to the tactic of using the airspeeders ' tow cables to entangle the walkers ' legs and trip them . Klivian accompanied Skywalker on the first attack run , in which Skywalker ' s gunner , Dak Ralter , was killed , and was on Skywalker ' s wing when Rogue Two , Zev Senesca , was killed and Skywalker shot down . Klivian was subsequently injured by fire from one of the walkers , as was his gunner , Kesin Ommis . Deciding that his damaged craft and his damaged body could not make it back to the evacuation point , he resolved to ram the lead walker . He flew his speeder directly into the command cabin of General Maximilian Veers ' s " Blizzard 1 " , bringing down the walker immediately after it had destroyed the shield generator . Klivian and Ommis ejected in time to survive the crash , and were able , despite Klivian ' s earlier predictions , to make it back to the evacuation staging point . From there , Klivian piloted a Y - wing with Wes Janson as his gunner and Antilles as his wingman , escorting one of the last transports from the base . An Imperial Star Destroyer blocked their escape route , and with the ion cannon destroyed , they lacked cover fire . Klivian was surprised when Antilles ordered the transport to hang back and pulled in uncomfortably close behind Klivian ' s fighter . Klivian was briefly confused before realizing Antilles intended to pull off a Tallon split , a chancy maneuver rarely used in combat . Klivian ' s craft masked Antilles ' s sensor signature , allowing the other pilot to dart out from behind and disable the Star Destroyer ' s targeting sensors with a lucky shot . The two fighters and the transport escaped , making their way to the Rebel fleet ' s rendezvous point . There , Klivian received bacta treatment for his injuries and fully recovered ; Ommis survived the battle as well . Victory at Endor . The Alliance later learned that prisoners from Hoth were being held on an orbital platform over Bakura . Klivian was one of the pilots who flew to rescue them . Shot down , he landed on the planet and had to be rescued by Antilles . When an unidentified Imperial ship made off with some of the Rebels , however , the rescue force pursued it to Geonosis and effected a recovery . Meanwhile , Han Solo had been captured by the Empire , frozen in carbonite , and turned over to bounty hunter Boba Fett . Skywalker departed the squadron to track down and free his friend . When he had traced Fett to Gall , he called in the Rogues to help him in the extraction . They set up a temporary base on nearby Kile and reconnoitered the area before Skywalker and his allies arrived and decided that Skywalker and the Rogues would draw off the Gall ' s defenses , allowing Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca to find Fett ' s docked " Slave I " . While the Rogues made their distraction , Fett evaded the " Millennium Falcon " , leaving the mission a failure . When Prince Xizor of Black Sun captured Princess Leia Organa not long thereafter , Skywalker went to Coruscant to rescue her with Dash Rendar and Calrissian . During their escape , Rendar sent a distress signal to the Rogues that summoned them to a dogfight with Xizor ' s private navy over the Empire ' s capital . With the cover of the Rogues and the opportune intervention of Darth Vader ' s forces against his longtime rival Xizor , the Rebels were able to flee . In 4 ABY , when the Alliance learned that the Empire had built a second Death Star , Rogue Squadron was among the units tasked with destroying the battle station . At the briefing , Klivian provided his usual skepticism , suggesting that the narrow channels through the under - construction Death Star appeared too tight to allow the fighters reasonable passage . Flying as Red Four , Klivian did his part in the Battle of Endor , which saw the Alliance Fleet break the trap sprung on it by the Empire and destroy the Star Dreadnought " Executor " . Klivian ' s fears proved unfounded as Antilles and Calrissian made their way through the Death Star to its main reactor and destroyed it , with Darth Vader and Galactic Emperor Palpatine aboard . Klivian later had a Death Star II kill silhouette painted on his fighter . Shortly after the battle , the Rebel forces received a message intended for Palpatine informing him that the planet Bakura was under attack by invading aliens . Rogue Squadron , Klivian among them , was sent to Bakura to aid the Imperial world and possibly recruit it as part of a task force under Skywalker and Solo . When they arrived , they found the aliens engaged in a fierce battle with the Bakuran Imperial forces . Klivian and the Rogues pressed the attack , driving the invaders off . Skywalker , Solo , and Leia Organa were able to negotiate a truce with the Imperials and learned that the attackers were Ssi - ruu k from the Unknown Regions . Eventually , the Ssi - ruuk attacked once more and Klivian flew against them , but during the battle the Imperial forces turned on the Rebels , destroying their flagship carrier " Flurry " . An uprising on Bakura removed Imperial governor Wilek Nereus from power , however , allowing Commander Pter Thanas to surrender the Imperial forces to the Rebels once the Ssi - ruuk were defeated . Afterward , the Rogues captured Grand Moff Nivers at Tandankin after disabling the forces with which he intended to subjugate the planet . Leadership of the squadron then passed permanently from Skywalker to Antilles . Klivian , a lieutenant , was left one of the unit ' s most senior pilots ; along with Antilles , Celchu , and Janson , he was one of only four Rogues who had served with the unit before Endor . Klivian ' s reputation for frequent crashes had spread widely , with yet more accidents costing him his left leg , and his friends joked about his supposed affection for bacta treatments . In fact , his crash - prone reputation was so widespread that Bulior Repulsor Systems contacted him seeking his endorsement of the crash - repulsor cribs the company manufactured for New Republic fighters , and by 13 ABY , bacta manufacturers had offered him advertising deals . Building on his reputed tendency to be shot down , various accounts of his death circulated through the ranks , quickly becoming service legends . Mission to Mrlsst . Approximately one month after Endor , the Rogues were assigned to protect a food convoy from Cilpar to Mrlsst . On arriving at Cilpar , however , they failed to meet up with their contact , found no convoy , and came under Imperial attack . They fought through the ambush and put down in a cave base , but were quickly seized by the local resistance movement led by Elscol Loro , which opposed both the Empire and the forces of the Rebellion . They were taken into the town , where the group was ambushed by the local Moff , Boren Tascl . The Rogues retreated with Loro ' s group into the jungle , where they took shelter in an old temple . They were followed and surrounded , however , but Antilles , had Klivian and new pilot Plourr Ilo fire on a heap of rubbish , igniting the built - up methane and eliminating an enemy walker . Antilles was able to call in the X - wings via their astromechs , driving off the Imperial forces . They returned to the Rogue base , where Antilles was able to convince Loro to work with them . Loro took the group to a Rebel supply depot , but they again came under attack by the Imperials and again escaped to the hidden Rogue base . Antilles prepared a strike on the Imperial base , while Loro led a commando mission to rescue Leia Organa after one of Loro ' s fighters , Vance Rego , reported that Organa was on - planet and had been captured by the Empire . The attack was successful , and the woman was freed — but she proved to be Winter , Organa ' s aide and double , who had been their intended contact on Cilpar . With Cilpar ' s Imperial presence decimated , Loro was convinced to trust the pilots of the fledgling New Republic , joining Rogue Squadron . The Rogues collected the convoy they had originally arrived to escort and moved on to Mrlsst , over which they again faced an attack by Imperial forces , including an Interdictor Star Destroyer . Klivian helped cover Antilles as the squadron leader and Loro bombarded the Interdictor with proton torpedoes , driving it off and allowing the convoy to land in safety . Antilles then engaged in the second purpose of the squadron ' s visit , negotiating for the secrets of the Mrlsst Academy ' s Phantom Project , an advanced cloaking device . After being introduced to Antilles ' s old friend , Mirax Terrik , who was on - world , Klivian , Celchu , Ilo , and Dllr Nep looked for entertainment on the campus while Antilles spent time with her . Those two met the others at The Soundmound , a musical venue , where Celchu caught up with the group after having departed to confront the Ante - Endor Association ' s membership , an Imperialist group that gave public speeches denying the truth of the Battle of Endor . Celchu had been beaten by them , but was rescued by a mysterious Jedi ghost . The next day , Terrik and all the squadron members but Antilles went to see Janson , who had broken his leg on Cilpar and was in a Mrlssti hospital . While there , they received warning from Koyi Komad , a student who had befriended the Rogues the previous night , that they were to be arrested , as a doctored hologram had implicated Celchu in the theft of the Phantom Project plans ; Antilles had already been imprisoned . Stormtroopers were hot on Komad ' s heels , and the Rogues had to fight their way out of the hospital . After exiting , Klivian ascended with the others to the top levels of the hospital ' s greenstalk forests , where the fugitives found refuge with the fringe communities existing in the vegetation . A slicer among them was able to show that the recording was faked , and found evidence that Professor Rorax Falken ' s students had stolen the datacards away from the original thieves , the members of the Ante - Endor Association . Celchu , the squadron ' s second in command , sent several others to recover the datacards from Falken while he , Klivian , Janson , and Ilo attempted to free their leader . That proved unnecessary when they found Antilles walking out of the detention center , freed by the ghost Jedi . Antilles explained , on their way to the spaceport , that the Phantom Project had been a fake , designed to draw money from the Empire . On reaching the spaceport , they found Loro knocked out on the orders of the Ghost Jedi and received word that Falken ' s asteroid laboratory had been destroyed . They were kept too busy to deal with that , however , by the arrival of Imperial bombers . Klivian scrambled to his X - wing with the other Rogues , shooting down TIEs over Mrlsst . The other Rogues and Terrik , fleeing Falken ' s lab , activated the gravitic polarization beam designed by the scientist , destroying the remnants of the lab and the Interdictor Star Destroyer , removing the Imperial presence from Mrlsst . Trouble on Tatooine . Four months later , the Rogues were ordered to Tatooine to provide support for a New Republic agent in the midst of the gang wars resulting from the death of former crime kingpin Jabba Desilijic Tiure . Klivian , Janson , Ilo , and Nep were all assigned to scout Mos Eisley and get a feel for the criminal climate . At a cantina , Ilo was picked on by a pair of patrons and began a brawl ; on leaving it , they were approached by a Devaronian who tried to hire them to replace the henchmen they had just beaten . He told them they would have to scare a farmer who owed a debt , but Janson noticed the man was excessively well - armed for a simple debt collector and , seeking to figure out the real plan , agreed to take the job . They took speeder bikes into the desert , but upon nearing the target , found it already under attack . The Devaronian canceled the raid , but Janson tackled him and demanded that he reveal his true purpose . It took all four Rogues to subdue him . They were quickly met by Antilles , Celchu , Loro , and Winter , their New Republic Intelligence contact . Winter explained that their captive was Kapp Dendo , a New Republic commando working with her to provide a diversion while she searched Huff Darklighter ' s estate for a valuable data disk . A different group of thieves , however , had attacked the estate and escaped with the disk . Winter returned to speak with Darklighter and discovered that the thieves were in the employ of Firith Olan , a Twi ' lek crime lord . The disk contained the coordinates of an arms cache , and if properly decoded , it could guide the way to uncovering the Strike Cruiser " Eidolon " . The Rogues immediately began working to find the other caches . Orbital surveillance showed Olan already looting a newfound storehouse , and the Rogues flew out to stop the criminal . They engaged in a dogfight with the TIE interceptors Olan had activated from the cache and pursued Olan ' s freighter into orbit . There , they encountered a squadron of Imperial TIE fighters , but when those fighters attacked Olan ' s ships , Antilles decided to retreat while they were ahead rather than press their luck with the superior Imperial numbers trying to stop Olan ' s escape . Antilles determined that Olan would be fleeing to his homeworld of Ryloth and took Winter , Celchu , and Loro with him in pursuit . Klivian and the other Rogues remained behind on Tatooine . Klivian chafed at the inactivity and was relieved to hear that they would be facing down the enemy when Antilles returned . Olan had been spirited away from Ryloth by Marl Semtin , the captain of the destroyer " Harrow " , which had deployed the TIEs earlier . Semtin sought to bring Eidolon Base under his control , but the Rogues tracked him to the base and engaged its complement of TIE interceptors . They shot them down , and Winter inserted a squad of vengeful Imperial commandos , abandoned by Semtin on Ryloth , who secured the facility and killed Semtin . Escort to Eiattu . A month later , the Rogues received a large influx of reinforcements and replacements , Loro having transferred out after the Tatooine mission and the squadron long having been understrength . They began heavy simulation work to better mesh as a team , and in some simulations Klivian flew as Rogue Leader while Antilles led the opponent faction flying in TIE simulators . Their work was interrupted by the revelation that Ilo was in fact Princess Isplourrdacartha Estillo of Eiattu 6 . She was summoned home to reunite her world , which was torn with warfare between the ruling nobles and the People ' s Liberation Battalion , led by a recently - emerged leader claiming to be Harrandatha Estillo , Isplourrdacartha ' s brother and the only other survivor of the massacre of the royal family . Rogue Squadron escorted her there . Klivian was among the Rogues who went on a thuvasaur - hunting expedition into the Eiattu swamps . Before they encountered any thuvasaurs , however , Nep heard Imperial blaster fire from deeper in the swamp . Klivian and Janson , the ranking Rogues in the party , decided to investigate . They came across an Imperial patrol and became entangled in a firefight within the swamp . They were pinned down , but air support led by Antilles and the arrival of a PLB force drove off the Imperials . They were invited back to the rebel group ' s encampment , at which they were hosted by Harrandatha Estillo . They were shown the PLB ' s hospitality overnight before returning to the palace . As the Imperials had retreated deeper into the swamp when defeated , the next day all the Rogues but Antilles , Celchu , and Estillo went to scout the swamps , expecting to find an Imperial base . Instead , they were ambushed and forced to surrender to the Imperial forces . They were imprisoned and visited by the local Moff , Leonia Tavira . Tavira revealed that she was working with the PLB ' s leader , an impostor of Harrandatha Estillo , to steal the planet ' s wealth before fleeing . Nrin Vakil , a Rogue who had been left for dead at the ambush site , was able to fight his way into the Imperial base and rescue Klivian and the others , who then attempted to capture Tavira . The Moff fled , but with only a small portion of her loot . Meanwhile , Estillo exposed the impostor and was able to make peace between the PLB and the nobility . Search for the " Starfaring " . Though Estillo stayed to rule her homeworld , the rest of the Rogues moved on , searching for the Bothan transport " Starfaring " , which had gone missing . Knowing of a possible error in the navigational system that would have transposed destination coordinates , the Rogues set out to search in the Malrev system — the ship ' s destination if the coordinates had been transposed . They arrived and began checking Malrev IV , the system ' s habitable world , but the Rogues came under attack from TIE fighters . The ambushers were defeated , but Antilles was shot down and the Rogues were unable to recover him . They put down in a clearing two kilometers from the commander ' s crash site , where the " Starfaring " was grounded . The Bothans extended a welcome to the Rogues , but discouraged any search expeditions until the next morning , as Irrukiine beasts inhabited the forests . The Bothan women began making overtures to the Rogues , and several Bothan men picked a fight with Vakil . Klivian rushed to aid his fellow Rogue , but the clash was interrupted by an Irrukiine attack . Though Klivian battled back , the group was nearly overwhelmed before Vakil reached his X - wing and used it to drive off the assault . With the camp secured , the Rogues turned in for the night , posting a watch . Klivian , under the influence of the Sith power permeating the planet , spent the night with one of the Bothans . The next morning , they set out to search for Antilles . One of the pilots , Herian I ' ngre , had earlier examined the " Starfaring " hyperdrive and reported that it had been gimmicked to simulate the damage reported by the Bothans . The Rogues were put on alert for a possible secret agenda on the part of Girov Dza ' tey , the Bothan leader . The expedition found a temple in the woods , guarded by Irrukiine , and were driven off by its defenders . I ' ngre was wounded in the battle , and Klivian began to carry the wounded Bith to safety . He was struck in the right knee by an Irrukiine blaster shot , however , and the group of Rogues aiding I ' ngre and Klivian was surrounded . They were rescued by Antilles , who had escaped from the custody of Cartariun , a former Imperial technician who was using the power of the Sith temple to control the Irrukiine . With his cover , the Rogues and Bothans were able to retreat safely . It was only after doing so that they realized Nep had been left behind . On returning to the " Starfaring " , Klivian was put in a bacta tank . In it , he spent the entirety of the subsequent battle , in which the Rogues defeated Cartariun ' s Irrukiine - piloted TIEs , and Dza ' tey killed Cartariun and usurped the temple ' s power in an attempt to secure the Sith magics for his own aggrandizement . However , when the Rogues returned to base , Klivian was sufficiently healed to insist on returning to combat for the subsequent battle , which would see the Rogues , united with the rest of the Bothan contingent , attempt to destroy Dza ' tey and rescue Nep . The Rogues were confronted by TIE interceptors , guided by the tactically - trained Dza ' tey , in a far more intense challenge than previously . They were reinforced by the surprise arrival of an Eiattuan squadron commanded by Estillo , and when Nep and I ' ngre sacrificed themselves to destroy the temple , Dza ' tey was killed and the Irrukiine defeated . The Battle of Brentaal IV . Nine months after the Battle of Endor , the New Republic was pushing into the Core and assigned Rogue Squadron to scout Brentaal IV , a critically - positioned and wealthy Core World just Coreward along the Perlemian Trade Route from Klivian ' s own homeworld of Ralltiir . The scouting mission was successful despite a skirmish with defending Imperial TIEs , and Vakil ' s reconnaissance X - wing provided the high command with valuable information on Brentaal IV ' s defenses . On returning to base , the Rogues gained four new pilots , and one of them , Avan Beruss , was assigned to room with Klivian . Based on Rogue Squadron ' s data , the New Republic decided to seize Brentaal IV . The first strike was at the defensive base on the planet ' s moon . The Rogues provided fighter cover for its capture . During the battle , Klivian faced elements of the elite 181st Imperial Fighter Wing . He was unable to shake a TIE interceptor and was shot down over the moon . He ejected after his fighter had already struck the lunar surface , narrowly escaping death . Klivian ' s fellow pilots defeated the enemy fighters and took the moon , allowing Klivian to be safely recovered . He was put in a bacta tank yet again . Klivian soon left the tank , and was playing sabacc in the squadron ' s recreation room when the news arrived that his old instructor , Soontir Fel , was leading the rest of the 181st to Brentaal IV ' s defense . Fel had been transferred out of teaching as a result of Klivian and Darklighter ' s defection , but had become the Empire ' s most elite pilot by rebuilding the 181st into a feared unit . Klivian and Celchu were pressed for information on Fel by the squadron ' s newer members , who were dubious of Fel ' s reputation ; the two former Imperials assured them that Fel lived up to his legend . The Rogues were assigned to engage the 181st over Brentaal ' s capital , Vuultin , while the New Republic took the city of Oradin as a staging point . While elements of the 181st were present , New Republic spotters had been fooled , and most of the group was at Oradin . The Rogues had only light opposition , but were recalled to orbit to protect the fleet when Fel left the field at Oradin . Thanks to tactically questionable decisions by Brentaal IV ' s commanding officer , the widely ridiculed Admiral Lon Isoto , the New Republic was able to take Oradin . One night , the Rogues were awoken to respond to the arrival of a convoy to evacuate the planet ' s wealthy Imperials . The New Republic intended to oppose the evacuation , and the Rogues were assigned to fend off Fel ' s 181st . During the dogfight , Klivian was saved from being shot down by an undetected pursuer when fellow Rogue Xarcce Huwla destroyed the TIE . Many of the evacuation craft were disabled , and while the 181st fled with the Imperial forces , Fel was captured after his craft was disabled by an ion cannon shot . He decided to defect to the New Republic , and joined Rogue Squadron . The revelation caused great dissension , but Klivian supported giving his old instructor a chance . Kidnapping on Corellia . Immediately after introducing Fel to the squadron , Antilles pulled Klivian , Janson , and Estillo aside and issued them a covert mission : to travel to Corellia , speak with Fel ' s relatives , and attempt to bring them back to safety in the New Republic . Of special interest was Fel ' s wife , actress Wynssa Starflare , whom Antilles revealed to be his long - lost sister Syal Antilles , operating under a stage name . The group traveled to Corellia , which , while under Imperial control , had largely avoided the conflict of the Galactic Civil War . What Klivian hoped to be a peaceful vacation was quickly spoiled by a bug bite which left a swollen sore on his face . The mission took an even worse turn when , upon arriving at the Fel estate , they learned that Fel ' s nephew , Fyric Fel , had been kidnapped that morning . They were turned away from the estate by Corellian Security Force investigators Corran Horn and Iella Wessiri , but not before giving their docking bay number to Todr Fel , Fyric ' s father , and hinting that they had been sent by Antilles . They waited aboard their ship most of the day before they were approached by Fyric ' s mother , Ajai . Ajai informed them that the family suspected Fyric had been seized by agents of Imperial Intelligence in an attempt to force the Fels to reveal the location of Starflare , who had gone into hiding . The Fels , however , refused to give in to the kidnappers ' demands , and so Ajai urged the New Republic pilots to rescue Fyric , in exchange for which she would give up Starflare ' s location . To that end , she gave them a meeting location the kidnappers had supplied to the Fel family . Klivian was surprised at Ajai ' s willingness to give up her sister - in - law , but the rendezvous went forward . They met the kidnappers in an alley , where Ilir Post , their leader , attempted to double - cross and kill them . They were captured , but assisted by the arrival of Horn and Wessiri , Klivian broke free and , with the others , fought off the kidnappers , though Post fled . The pilots agreed to work together with the CorSec agents to bring down Post . They did not bring the pair fully into their confidence , keeping their motivations vague and not giving their names ; Horn and Wessiri referred to Klivian simply as " Bugbite " in conversation . The CorSec agents were able to locate the estate Post was using as a hideout , and together the group raided it . They defeated the guards , but Post appeared on a balcony , holding Fyric and threatening to kill the child if the would - be rescuers did not leave . An unexpected sniper shot killed Post , and Estillo made a diving catch of Fyric as he fell from the balcony . The mystery of the shot ' s origin was solved when they found Todr Fel in the woods . He had had his wife lie to get the New Republic pilots involved , then used them to track down Post . He had taken the shot gambling that it was the only way to save Fyric . Janson was able to persuade Todr to take Ajai and Fyric to safety in the New Republic . As their ship departed Corellia , however , it came under attack by TYE - wing Ugly fighters . Their ship was underarmed for dealing with the attackers , but Horn intervened in his X - wing , shooting down the Uglies . Klivian was able to safely take the ship into hyperspace . Impressed by Horn ' s piloting , he suggested that the young man would make a good Rogue , though the other pilots dismissed Horn ' s personality as unsuitable . Pirates and Pestage . Approximately a month later , the Rogues were out on a training run when they came across a pirate ship attacking a civilian transport . Klivian , in Two Flight , was assigned to tackle the cruiser while the other Rogues screened the fighters , but he picked up a persistent TYE - wing pursuer . Unable to shake the tail , he was hard - pressed and lost his astromech droid to a well - placed shot . He was only saved when Fel swept in and destroyed the Ugly . Despite Klivian ' s difficulty , the pirates were driven off . Estillo , Celchu , and Fel were assigned to a diplomatic reception on Eiattu while the rest of the Rogues undertook a secret mission to Axxila , where they provided security for Leia Organa as she attempted to negotiate the defection of Sate Pestage , ruler of the Empire after Palpatine ' s death but besieged by political foes seeking to oust him . While Antilles and Organa met with Pestage , Klivian found a cantina in which the other Rogues could relax , though the music proved anything but relaxing and provoked annoyance at Klivian ' s choice . While there , Janson spotted a pair of toughs wearing the mark of Kavil ' s Corsairs , the pirates they had earlier defeated . He and Klivian collected fellow Rogues Avan Beruss and Feylis Ardele before following them outside . They trailed the pirates to their hangar , but on entering it , Klivian and Janson were seized . A guns - blazing rescue by Beruss let them retreat . They met up with Organa and Antilles and reported in the sighting of Kavil ' s Corsairs . The negotiators in turn reported that Pestage had offered to surrender Coruscant in exchange for protection and a few worlds of his own to rule . The Rogues maintained a watch on the cantina for more pirate activity , and several of them had a run - in with several Corsairs . At the same time that was reported , they detected a transmission from Celchu , on Axxila , requesting assistance . The Rogues launched , and found Celchu and Winter in a Y - wing , escaping from Kavil ' s Corsairs . They had been captured on Eiattu , with Winter masquerading as Organa , and just escaped the pirates . Just as surprising was the arrival of Han Solo and Fel aboard the " Millennium Falcon " , having trailed the prisoners from Eiattu . After driving off the Corsairs , Klivian and his wingmate Janson were assigned to provide cover and patrol the trail to their base , making sure they had not been traced . However , while doing so , the Star Destroyer " Reckoning " , under Admiral Delak Krennel , arrived over Axxila and launched TIE fighters , demanding the handover of the New Republic agents . Klivian and Janson quickly went to ground , parking their X - wings inside a furniture boutique . Fel was able to convince the Imperial to allow their departure , however , by presenting himself as an Imperial spy whose mission was threatened by Krennel ' s intervention . Extracting the Emperor . A full year after the Battle of Endor , Klivian ' s downtime , spent attempting to pick up women at the base pool with Janson , was interrupted when the squadron was issued a mission to evacuate Pestage from Ciutric IV . Pestage had fled the manipulations of Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard on Coruscant and been imprisoned while seeking sanctuary on Ciutric . The Rogues were scrambled in the middle of the night to rescue him . Captain Kapp Dendo ' s Commando Team One secured Pestage while the Rogues and Colonel Horton Salm ' s Aggressor Wing provided cover . However , before they could attempt an escape , Krennel once more appeared with " Reckoning " , accompanied by the Interdictor " Binder " . Unable to escape , the Rogues instead went to ground on Ciutric IV with the commandos while Aggressor Wing , in a position to depart , did so . While encamped , Klivian and Janson detected an incoming squadron , patrolling the skies on Krennel ' s orders . Klivian arranged for the Rogues to launch and sneak behind the enemies before attacking , thereby hiding the camp ' s position . While they defeated the squadron , popular Rogue Ibtisam was killed in action . Krennel launched a wave of TIEs in retaliation , and the Rogues scrambled to meet them in space . There , Klivian helped cover the arrival of Mirax Terrik in her " Pulsar Skate " . She had been summoned by Antilles to extract Pestage , and with her jumped Aggressor Wing , which had waited in the outer reaches of the system to provide aid rather than fleeing . With the help of the Y - wing unit , the Rogues and the " Pulsar Skate " safely returned to the ground to refuel . Antilles proposed that they fly the " Pulsar Skate " out with the fighters and destroy " Binder " in a proton torpedo barrage , convincing Krennel that Pestage had fled with them . That would clear the way for Dendo ' s commandos to depart with Pestage when the coast was clear . Klivian helped screen the fighters as they made their proton torpedo run against " Reckoning " , damaging it . By the time for the bombardment of " Binder " , the TIEs were all destroyed , and Klivian joined the barrage that crippled " Binder " and caused it to retreat . The New Republic forces were able to slip away , but at the last moment Pestage slipped away from Dendo , attempting to find sanctuary with Krennel . Instead , the admiral killed him , rendering the mission for nought . Carnage at Mindor . As the depredations of the warlord Shadowspawn spread , making pirate attacks on New Republic and civilian vessels , the New Republic found itself frustrated with its inability to find Shadowspawn ' s base or capture any of his pilots alive . The Rogues became part of a trap masterminded by their superior in New Republic Special Operations , General Calrissian . The Rogues , along with several other units , were secreted inside a mockup of the legendarily extravagant luxury liner " Corellian Queen " and its itinerary leaked . When Shadowspawn ' s TIE Defenders struck , the Rogues sprang their ambush . Klivian immediately found himself outnumbered , and blaster fire quickly tore into his X - wing ' s dorsal starboard stabilizer . Klivian ' s legendarily bad luck saw circumstances conspire to send his ship tumbling out of control . He still managed to shoot down several enemies , but tumbled toward a set of TIE Defenders destroyed by a spread of flechette torpedo es fired by his wingmate Janson — designed specifically for the mission , they consisted of a mixture of trackers that would lead the New Republic to Shadowspawn ' s base of operations and shrapnel sufficient to shred a starfighter . Klivian attempted to maneuver his crippled starfighter away from the hard radiation and shrapnel concentrated in the explosion zone , but it was not up to the task . As he reached to eject , the fuselage was punctured by debris which took his artificial left hand and the ejection control with it . As Klivian ' s environment suit was not retaining atmosphere , the unfortunate pilot was forced to seal the breaches in the cockpit with his artificial left arm and leg . As his astromech R4 - G7 had been severely damaged and Klivian was out of position to operate his damaged craft , he was forced to drift , waiting for pickup and desperately hoping against hope that Janson , ever eager for ammunition for his pranks and mockery , would not be the one to tow his craft . He was awoken from fantasies about a rescue by Starflare by Janson taking holographic images of him while preparing to tow him back to base . While the tracking devices led the New Republic to pinpoint Mindor as Shadowspawn ' s base , the chaotic nature of the debris - laden system led responsibility for the attack to be passed on to newly - promoted General Skywalker ' s Rapid Response Task Force . Klivian was able to recover and have his hand replaced . The Rogues continued to serve with Calrissian , assisting him in bringing Mandalore Fenn Shysa to negotiations with a band of Mandalorian Supercommando s who , having been in Imperial employ , were holding a system hostage . Shortly after arriving , Klivian and the rest of the Rogues were summoned by Celchu to prepare for an unsanctioned rescue mission to Mindor ; Organa had sensed that Skywalker was in deadly danger . When the Rogues arrived in the Taspan system , cluttered with asteroids and debris from the destruction of Taspan II , they swept to the rescue of Solo and Chewbacca in the " Millennium Falcon " , who had taken off on a rescue mission of their own . Skywalker ' s fleet had been devastated , with several of its ships left isolated in orbit , interdicted by a series of hundreds of gravity mines . Skywalker himself had crash - landed the remnants of his flagship " Justice " on Mindor . Organa transferred to the " Millennium Falcon " , for which the Rogues provided cover during a series of microjumps to Mindor , fighting through stiff resistance from swarms of TIE Interceptors along the way . After it landed , the Rogues fought their way back , attempting to clear an escape lane free of gravity mines with the assistance of the Rapid Response Task Force ' s remaining ships . Meanwhile , the destabilized space debris began moving toward Taspan . Large amounts of debris plunging into the system ' s sun would release massive flares of radiation , sterilizing the system in a matter of hours . Antilles and Celchu worked with Captain Tirossk , the senior remaining naval officer , to devise a plan that would allow the gravitic generators of Skywalker ' s five CC - 7700 / E interdiction cruiser s to clear safe lanes through the debris and put it into action . The Rogues were forced to guard the ships against the seemingly endless swarms of TIEs , but were aided by the arrival of Calrissian ' s flagship , the cruiser " Remember Alderaan " , having followed on a rescue mission of his own after resolving the standoff by hiring the Mandalorians himself . As the escape lanes would not form before Taspan began emitting sufficient radiation to destroy the task force , Calrissian decided to take the task force into the shelter of Mindor ' s umbra . The Rogues flew cover for the move , and then for the efforts of the New Republic Marine s and Mandalorian Supercommandos who attempted to take control of Shadowspawn ' s anti - orbital emplacements before the planet rotated sufficiently to allow them to target the fleet . During the battle , the " Millennium Falcon " , seized by a group of Mindorese fighters , clipped Klivian ' s craft , downing him once more . Before the facilities could be secured , however , the entire dormant volcano in which the base was housed launched into space , driven by intense gravitic explosions designed by Shadowspawn to do exactly that . Suddenly , Skywalker issued orders to the Imperial forces in the system to surrender , and ordered the New Republic forces to begin evacuating the slaves from Shadowspawn ' s base . The Imperial forces , conditioned to obey Skywalker as part of the plan Cronal — the mastermind behind the Shadowspawn persona — had devised to transfer his mind to Skywalker ' s body , immediately complied . Before evacuation operations were complete , Cronal was able to reassert control over his forces , driving them into a murderous frenzy . Skywalker was able to withdraw Cronal ' s power from the soldiers , leading to the deaths of the entire Imperial complement but opening the opportunity for the New Republic forces to escape Cronal ' s deathtrap in the Taspan system . Klivian , safely recovered , survived the encounter . Training officer . Approximately five months after the Battle of Mindor , Rogue Squadron was disbanded . Klivian and Janson were reassigned as training officers , instructing pilots and putting their veteran expertise to use building new squadrons . He and Janson successfully trained Corsair , Gauntlet , and Talon Squadrons to commissioning , in that order . By 7 ABY , Antilles had rebuilt Rogue Squadron with a new roster . However , when they were denied the opportunity to strike at Isard , who had just been ousted from Coruscant when the New Republic took the world , they resigned to carry out the campaign themselves . For morale purposes , the New Republic leadership felt it necessary to have an official Rogue Squadron , and commissioned Klivian , with a temporary promotion to captain , to lead a replacement unit made up of himself , Janson , several other former Rogues , and pilots recruited from his former training squadrons . Klivian agreed with the understanding that when and if the Rogues returned , he be allowed to remain in the unit . While he had been willing to put his skills to use training pilots , his heart was with the Rogues , fighting on the front lines . Antilles did succeed in overthrowing Isard ' s rule of Thyferra , and with his success the resigned Rogues were invited to return to the New Republic . Their return was made a public event , and Klivian ' s squadron was assigned to escort the victorious squadrons into the welcoming ceremony on Coruscant . The units good - naturedly challenged each other ' s flying capabilities during the descent , resulting in a competitive display of precision flying that thrilled the onlooking crowd . At the ceremony , Klivian warmly greeted his former and once - again commander . They discussed their activities , and Antilles brought up the fact that he intended to form a new squadron , asking Klivian to turn over the personnel records of his replacement Rogues . Return to the Rogues . Antilles gained permission to form Wraith Squadron , a unit of commando pilots , and temporarily turned control of Rogue Squadron over to Celchu , who had remained his right - hand man in the recommissioned squadron . Klivian became Rogue Squadron ' s second - in - command , returning to his longtime unit while Janson helped Antilles build the Wraiths . While explaining the situation to them , Antilles dealt Klivian and Janson devastating news : their last training squadron , Talon Squadron , had been destroyed in an ambush . Only its commander , Lieutenant Myn Donos , survived . Klivian was thunderstruck at the news , but Antilles assured him that the ambush was successful due to faulty intelligence and not the fault of their training . It was poor comfort . To address the situation , Antilles assigned Klivian to work up a simulation of the ambush for Rogue and Wraith Squadrons so that they could find ways to beat the trap . Klivian also wrote a report summarizing the findings of a probe of Donos ' s conduct in the ambush , which cleared him of misconduct . Klivian and the Rogues were assigned to join General Han Solo ' s Solo Fleet in its campaign against Warlord Zsinj , seeking to hunt down the elusive warlord and destroy his military capacity . They followed up any report of his activity , keeping them busy investigating his strikes . The Rogues were present and ready for the Battle of Talasea , a trap for the forces of Zsinj ' s subordinate Admiral Apwar Trigit , but the Wraiths eliminated Trigit ' s forces on their own before the other forces were needed . However , Klivian did take the chance to meet up with Janson and catch each other up on squadron news . The Rogues were also deployed with Wraith Squadron at the Battle of Ession , decimating Trigit ' s fighter complement before his Star Destroyer , " Implacable " , was destroyed . When the Wraiths transferred aboard the " Mon Remonda " , General Han Solo ' s flagship and the Rogues ' base of operations , they began working with the Rogues in striking at Zsinj ' s facilities . When the Solo Fleet became aware of the possibility that the leads it had been chasing down may have been planted by Zsinj so that Solo would eliminate Zsinj ' s opponents , Klivian drew up a plan to investigate a lead without letting Zsinj know they were on to him or doing his work for him . He proposed that at Lavisar , their special forces deliberately use a dud bomb in a failed attempt to disable Lavisar ' s sensors . The Wraiths would apparently try to make a covert insertion , knowing that Lavisar control would detect and repel them , allowing them to run . Klivian ' s plan was put into action , with the Rogues providing backup for the Wraiths . While Lavisar ' s defenders sprung an unexpected trap , the Wraiths were able to escape it without Rogue intervention . When it was determined that Zsinj would attempt to hijack the Super Star Destroyer " Razor ' s Kiss " , being completed at Kuat , the Rogues were part of the force that intercepted his flight from the planet . A Wraith pilot had been able to sabotage the shields on the " Razor ' s Kiss " , causing Antilles to order all squadrons to focus their attack on it ; the ship was destroyed in a barrage of torpedo strikes . The Rogues then engaged " Iron Fist " fighter screen , coming up against the dangerous fighters of Zsinj ' s impostor 181st Imperial Fighter Group . The battle was hard - fought , but eventually the Imperial fighters fled as " Iron Fist " blasted its way through Solo ' s blockade . The " Mon Remonda " returned to Coruscant for repairs , and Antilles returned to Rogue Squadron , as both the Rogues and Wraiths were now operating closely together . While on Coruscant , Klivian and Janson heard that Antilles had a date , and eagerly harassed their commander , who had long gone without romance , about his feelings for Iella Wessiri — the former Corellian Security officer Klivian had once worked with , now an agent of New Republic Intelligence . Antilles shook them by dodging out of a turbolift as it took the two junior officers to the roof of their building . Defeating Zsinj . When the fleet was back in full fighting form , it returned to action . At Levian Two , investigating a Zsinj raid , the Solo Fleet fell into an ambush by a much - superior Zsinj force . The Rogues made an attack on " Iron Fist " stern , reducing its maneuverability , before eliminating one of the Carracks in Zsinj ' s flotilla , allowing the Solo Fleet enough room to escape . Afterward , Klivian commiserated with his fellow pilots on the elusive nature of Zsinj and the thin intelligence on him . The discussion quickly evolved into a planning session in which several pilots brainstormed a plot to lure Zsinj out by using a false " Millennium Falcon " to make him strike against his archenemy , Solo . When Wraith Squadron infiltrated Saffalore in order to find out more about a scientific endeavor with links to Zsinj , Rogue Squadron infiltrated as well to provide backup . They landed under cover of a meteor shower and set up a base camp outside Lurark . When the Wraiths struck the Binring Biomedical Product facility , they were trapped by Zsinj ' s forces , having been expected . Klivian received their signal requesting air support and immediately scrambled the Rogues . TIE fighters had been called out to suppress the Wraiths , which the Rogues engaged and eliminated . They then attacked the local military base in order to divert attention from the Wraiths ' escape . The " Mon Remonda " next responded to a Zsinj strike in the Jussafet system . While deploying from the cruiser , however , Rogue pilot Tal ' dira opened fire on Antilles . Corran Horn , who had become one of the new Rogues — as Klivian had years ago suggested — was forced to kill Tal ' dira when he would not stand down . While Antilles took his damaged fighter back to the " Mon Remonda " , Klivian and the other Rogues continued flying against Zsinj ' s TIEs and a corvette in the system ' s asteroid belt . Later investigation showed that Tal ' dira , in his last moments , had committed suicide , lowering his forward shields so that Horn would kill him easily . In the aftermath , Antilles called one of the Wraiths ' infamously free - wheeling brainstorming sessions , which Klivian , Horn , and Celchu attended . They were able to determine that assassination attempts and terrorist attacks being carried out by nonhumans across the New Republic were linked to Zsinj , and Horn suspected them to be an attempt to drive a wedge of species - based dissension into the New Republic . It was correctly theorized that the agents , including Tal ' dira , were being forcibly brainwashed , and the group attempted to predict where Zsinj ' s brainwashed agents would strike next . They were successful in predicting that the next attacks would be a Sullustan - created ship accident and a Bothan - created slicing accident , and by passing their theories on to New Republic Intelligence , were able to avert the attacks and restore faith that there was not an alien conspiracy ongoing . In order to relieve the stress being felt by the highly - active pilots and crew , Antilles organized a day of recreation in which the officers ' mess was turned into a zone in which the use of rank was forbidden and everyone was able to join in card games , astromech races , and other relaxation . The next day , Antilles and Chewbacca flew the " Millennium Falsehood " , a refurbished YT - 1300 light freighter designed to pose as the " Millennium Falcon " for the decoy plan the earlier brainstorming session had suggested , to Kidriff 5 . When they were detected , they left . Klivian and the other Rogues and Wraiths provided cover as the " Falsehood " fled , establishing what Zsinj would interpret as a sighting of Solo on a covert mission . Near the end of the mission , Wraith Lara Notsil was revealed as Gara Petothel , a former agent for Zsinj who had planted the false information that lured Talon Squadron into the trap that had destroyed it . While she insisted she was loyal to the Wraiths , she fled when fired on by Donos . The Rogues continued a relentless mission schedule , harassing Zsinj - controlled sites and escorting the " Millennium Falsehood " on missions to build up a pattern of activity . When Solo was able to arrange an ambush of Zsinj at Vahaba by using an Interdictor cruiser to pin Zsinj in place , the Solo Fleet ' s entire starfighter complement was deployed against Zsinj ' s small flotilla . With Zsinj not having deployed his fighters due to his hope to run , Horn and all the others were able to line up and bombard " Iron Fist " before splitting up by squadron for further attack runs . Klivian was struck by ion cannon fire and his ship was disabled , though he was safe . Meanwhile , the Star Destroyer " Serpent ' s Smile " was able to force the Interdictor off - course , allowing " Iron Fist " to escape . Just as they had accepted the failure of the ambush , the Solo Fleet received a message from Notsil , who had gained a position in Zsinj ' s fleet ; she had orchestrated a sabotage of the " Iron Fist " hyperdrive and stranded it in the Selaggis system . The task force followed , with the Rogues and other squadrons searching for the " Iron Fist " in the system ' s asteroid belt . Klivian was among them , his fighter reactivated in time for the battle . When Zsinj ' s flagship was spotted , they attacked . Antilles observed several squadrons departing " Iron Fist " and heading towards the location of a colony Zsinj had previously bombarded . Suspicious , he took the Rogues and Wraiths in pursuit . When Zsinj ' s impostor 181st Imperial Fighter Group , which had faced the Rogues in previous battles , began strafing the ruins , Klivian and his wingmate Pedna Scotian engaged the TIEs . Voort saBinring of the Wraiths was able to determine that half the fighters were droid - piloted bombs designed to detonate in combat , a trap for Antilles and the Rogues . While Antilles exposed the " Soontir Fel " leading the unit as an impostor , actor Tetran Cowall , the New Republic pilots jammed the area , cutting off the enemy fighters ' remote coordination and making them easy prey . The fighters and their TIE Raptor reinforcements were destroyed , and " Iron Fist " was believed destroyed in the battle . The campaign against Zsinj was over , and Rogue Squadron was rotated into a less stressful assignment to let them recover . The threat of Thrawn . In 9 ABY , the Empire began escalating its strikes against the New Republic . When Bpfassh was struck , Han and Leia Organa Solo were sent there to view the damage and reassure the population . Rogue Squadron was assigned to their guard detail . When the Solos were threatened by an Imperial kidnap attempt , Solo was able to signal the Rogues with a plume of korfaise gas from the mockup " Millennium Falcon " used by the would - be kidnappers and the attempt was foiled . The Rogues were later assigned to protect the escort frigate " Larkhess " , converted to cargo - hauling duty due to a sharp lack of transport in the New Republic , from Coruscant to Sluis Van and then from Sluis Van to Bpfassh . While waiting to depart at Sluis Van , Antilles noticed a suspicious freighter , one which claimed to be empty but handled as if loaded . Antilles scrambled the squadron and set out to investigate it , but as soon as Klivian and the others launched , it exploded , spewing TIE Fighters and mole miners from its cloaked cargo bay . Immediately thereafter , a fleet of five Star Destroyers under the resurgent Empire ' s new leader , Grand Admiral Thrawn , arrived at the edge of the shipyards and began attacking . With the assistance of Solo and Skywalker , present at the shipyard in the " Millennium Falcon " , Antilles was able to determine that the mole miners were being used to burn through the hulls of the understaffed cargo - transporting capital ships and hijack them . The mole miners had been stolen from Lando Calrissian , also aboard the " Falcon " , and he used his command signals to have the mole miners burn entirely through the bridges of the craft they had attached to , foiling Thrawn ' s scheme . The Rogues continued harassing the TIEs as Thrawn withdrew . When the New Republic received information on the location of the legendary lost Katana fleet , Borsk Fey ' lya blocked it from taking action swiftly . Leia Organa Solo and Talon Karrde , the source of the information , were convinced that any delay could put the fleet in the hands of the Empire , which had also found the location . Organa Solo dispatched a task force in the middle of the night under the command of Solo , Calrissian , and Skywalker to investigate the Katana fleet ; Rogue Squadron was part of it . Fey ' lya ' s task force , having set off the next morning , arrived with orders to arrest the prior group . Solo , aboard the " Katana " , refused to give in but ordered the Rogues to comply with Fey ' lya rather than risk a court - martial . As they did so , however , an Imperial Star Destroyer arrived . The Rogues immediately turned to fly cover for Solo ' s team as they attempted to leave the vulnerable " Katana " . Fey ' lya made to withdraw , but Organa Solo and Karrde were present aboard his ship and were able to expose his views of the military as being pawns to be disposed of for his purposes . The task force deserted him and moved to support the Rogues , who tried to hold off the drop ships attempting to board the Katana fleet Dreadnaughts . One got through , however , boarding the " Katana " and trapping Solo ' s group aboard . A group of ships from Karrde ' s smuggler organization also arrived , helping even the odds , as did a task force under Garm Bel Iblis . Though another Star Destroyer arrived , Solo was able to ram it with one of the Katana Dreadnaughts under slave rig , leading the other Star Destroyer to withdraw . In the aftermath , however , it was found that the Empire had already taken off all but fifteen of the Dreadnaughts . Klivian continued battling Thrawn ' s encroaching campaign with the Rogues , fighting at the Battle of Filve and covering the retreat there , as well as serving as the front - runner in Bel Iblis ' s invention of the A - wing Slash at the Battle of Qat Chrystac , a battle which was also lost . When Thrawn deployed several cloaked asteroids in orbit over Coruscant , the planet was closed to traffic due to fears of collisions and asteroid strikes on the planet itself if the shields were opened . The New Republic leadership decided it was vital to acquire a crystal gravfield trap array to detect the asteroids by their gravitic signature and decided to strike at the shipyards of Bilbringi to do so . However , they attempted to mislead the Imperials into thinking they would strike at Tangrene , resulting in the Rogues being deployed nearby to draw Imperial attention . Klivian and the other Rogues deliberately spent time out on the town , hoping their presence would attract the notice of Imperial spies . On their last night before deploying to Bilbringi , Klivian , Antilles , and Janson visited the Mumbri Storve cantina . As they made to leave , an apparent drunk stumbled into them . Janson and Antilles made to help carry him out , but the interloper revealed himself as sober and ordered them to leave the cantina slowly , causing the Rogues to fear they had been caught by Imperial agents . However , he identified himself as Aves , a lieutenant in Talon Karrde ' s smuggling ring , and hustled the group into an alley as his men knocked out the Imperial spy who had been tailing the Rogues . Aves clearly thought he had done the Rogues a favor , not knowing they had intended their presence to be recorded . When Aves asked about the Tangrene operation , asking to know its timing so that he could pull off a simultaneous attack , Antilles was able to drop hints . Klivian hoped that Aves would sell the information to the Imperials ; otherwise , the night would have been a waste . That night , the Rogues were pulled out to participate in the Battle of Bilbringi . Upon arriving , however , they were pulled from hyperspace early ; Thrawn had anticipated their strike at Bilbringi and was waiting with a large fleet . Celchu suggested the Rogues strike at the shipyards to force the Empire to split its forces , and Antilles was contacted by Aves , who had intended to stage a simultaneous attempt at the crystal gravfield trap while the New Republic would be at Tangrene . Antilles arranged to cover their insertion into the shipyards while he and the Rogues attacked one of the Golan II defense stations ringing the shipyards . The Rogues attacked the station , softening it up for two Assault Frigates to destroy . As they penetrated the shipyards , however , the Rogues became aware that Thrawn ' s fleet was breaking up and retreating . It was only after the battle that Klivian learned that Thrawn was dead , assassinated by his bodyguard Rukh . The liberation of Ciutric . On returning to their base on Coruscant , the Rogues were greeted with a welcome - back party at which Urlor Sette , a former companion of Horn ' s when he had been captured by Isard , appeared and died as the result of a poison capsule implanted in him . A message had been delivered to Rogue Squadron , and investigation of the poison capsule led to the Xenovet facility on Commenor . Klivian — promoted to major after Antilles accepted a promotion to general — and the rest of the Rogues were inserted on Commenor to provide air cover for a commando raid on the facility . As the Rogues came up on the supposedly abandoned veterinary complex , Klivian drew fire as Two Flight targeted the enemy positions revealed by their attacks . Dendo ' s commandos secured the premises , discovering several former inmates from Isard ' s notorious Lusankya prison ; while the New Republic had captured the Super Star Destroyer " Lusankya " , which housed the prison , the prisoners had been scattered previously . Disturbingly , they testified that Isard was still alive . While those leads were investigated , the Rogues turned to their assignment as part of the task force assigned to overthrow Delak Krennel , who had set himself up as the Prince - Admiral of the Ciutric Hegemony after Pestage ' s death . Their first target was the world of Liinade III , a world of middling importance in the Hegemony . While a small New Republic fleet struck at the Star Destroyer " Direption " guarding Liinade III , the Rogues attacked its fighter screen . After destroying that , they were assigned to secure ground locations for the New Republic invasion . Klivian and the rest of One Flight were assigned to secure the spaceport at Valleyport , a strategic location in which to bring down troops . Its defenses were easily dispatched , but Klivian came under fire from a quartet of All Terrain Armored Transports within a hangar . He and his wingmate , Lyyr Zatoq , attacked one , with Klivian quickly dispatching it with a shot to the fuel tank . While Antilles and Celchu handled the other pair , Klivian brought down one more with a point - blank shot to the operator ' s compartment , securing the area . Meanwhile , Horn found what appeared to be a laboratory working on refining the Death Star plans for Krennel . Investigation suggested that Krennel was working on plans to build an anti - fleet superweapon based on Death Star technology , code - named Pulsar Station . In order to find its construction site , the Rogues were assigned to escort a T - 65R reconnaissance X - wing through the Corvis Minor system to gain readings on a moon , Distna , into which the station could be built . To Klivian ' s great pleasure , the reconnaissance fighter would be piloted by his old comrade Nrin Vakil , who had left the squadron after Ibtisam ' s death at Ciutric IV . When they went in for a closer look at Distna , they were ambushed by six squadrons of TIEs . The odds were overwhelming , and only a rescue from without saved them . Two squadrons of TIE Defenders arrived on the scene , cutting through the enemy TIEs and compelling the Rogues to return to their base with them . Left behind were four Rogues believed dead — among them Janson and Zatoq . At the Defenders ' secret base , it was revealed that the commander of their rescuers was Isard herself , having survived Rogue Squadron ' s attack on Thyferra . Isard alleged that the Lusankya prisoners were under the charge of a clone of herself who was working with Krennel . She wished the Rogues to bring down Krennel and her clone . In exchange for providing them that opportunity , she hoped to gain clemency from the New Republic . The Rogues , operating as a unit of TIE Defender pilots offering their services to Krennel , would infiltrate Ciutric IV and help free the Lusankya prisoners while disabling the planet ' s shields and calling in a New Republic naval assault . They were trained on the TIE Defender until the pilots had mastered the craft , and then traveled to Ciutric IV . There , flying as Requiem Two in Requiem Squadron , Klivian was welcomed by Krennel along with the rest of the Rogues , all of whom were disguised . They spent a week as part of Ciutric ' s defense force , mingling with the other pilots . Hours before the New Republic was supposed to strike , Klivian was awoken by the call to scramble . Krennel was preparing an attack on Coruscant . By the time the assault was ready , the New Republic fleet arrived , and the Rogues launched their part of the operation . One Flight , including Klivian , struck the shield generators . Klivian demolished two of the defense towers while Antilles destroyed the facility itself , leaving Krennel ' s capital open to New Republic invasion . One Flight then joined Two Flight in holding off the TIEs attempting to contest Horn ' s control of the prison at which the Lusankya prisoners were kept . An assault shuttle launched , apparently piloted by Isard ' s clone . Klivian performed a scan that helped confirm that it was being piloted by one of Krennel ' s men while Isard ' s clone transmitted from the shuttle via relay — the real Isard had used the same trick at Thyferra . Antilles had the shuttle destroyed and killed the clone , tracing the communications link . Meanwhile , Krennel was killed in the orbital battle and the real Isard was shot while attempting to steal the refurbished " Lusankya " at Bilbringi . The successful conclusion of the campaign was feted at a party aboard the " Lusankya " , which was attended by Janson — Klivian ' s longtime friend had survived the Battle of Distna and been recovered by the New Republic . From war to peace . When the reborn Palpatine launched his massive counterattack against the New Republic days later , Celchu and the Rogues battled relentlessly as the New Republic was driven back , participating in the defense of Mon Calamari against Palpatine ' s World Devastator s . The Rogues were expanded vastly , turned into a multi - fighter unit based around E - wings and B - wings , and based on " Lusankya " , which Antilles departed the squadron to command , leaving Celchu as Rogue Leader . This unit first saw combat conquering Phaeda . , Shortly after that campaign the last leaders of the unified Empire were defeated , and the former galactic power dissolved into warlordism . Klivian stayed and weathered these changes , which were only temporary , as the squadron was back in X - wings and at regular strength within the year . In 11 ABY , the Rogues were assigned to hunt the Invids , pirates under the command of ex - moff Leonia Tavira . Tavira ' s flagship , " Invidious " , was extremely elusive , and she seemed to have warning of any ambush attempt . The campaign was frustrating , with the New Republic scoring few victories . Eventually , the Rogues set up an ambush over Alakatha based on a tip that some of the Invid gang would strike at the luxury liner " Glitterstar " over the world . When the pirate ship " Booty Full " made its attack , Klivian , flying as Celchu ' s wingman , helped disable the " Booty Full " with several strafing runs . The Rogues captured the pirates , making the mission a rare success against the Invids . When the New Republic raided Xa Fel , the Rogues were part of the task force . During that battle , the " Invidious " attacked , unaware that there was a battle ongoing . The Rogues were sent against the pirate fighters , eliminating many of the " Invidious " elite pilots . Later , they were summoned by Horn , who had departed the squadron to train as a Jedi and rescue his wife , to deal with the remnants of the Invid pirates at Courkrus . Horn had driven most of them off , and the Rogues removed the Khuiumin Survivors gang and helped them settle on Susevfi , as Horn felt the Survivors were the best of a bad lot . Horn had broken Tavira ' s pirate network and removed her power base , rendering her only a minor threat . Around the same time , fellow Rogue Gavin Darklighter — Biggs ' s cousin — was married ; at the reception , Klivian and Janson abused the champagne fountain . In 12 ABY , the Rogues , contacted by Skywalker , helped drive Desann , a fallen Jedi , from the powerful Force nexus known as the Valley of the Jedi . Desann then proceeded to attack the Jedi Praxeum at Yavin 4 with the troop ship " Doomgiver " and ground forces that included the Reborn Dark Jedi . Summoned by Kyle Katarn , the Rogues destroyed " Doomgiver " and provided cover for New Republic ground troops as they fought off Desann ' s assault . Embassy to Adumar . In 13 ABY , a New Republic expedition encountered the world Adumar , colonized by exiles from the Old Republic . The New Republic sought to bring Adumar ' s significant explosives - manufacturing capacity into its membership , and consequently sent an embassy . As Adumari society embraced hero - worship of fighter pilots , Antilles was sent as the diplomatic point man , and chose Klivian , Celchu , and Janson as his fellow pilot - diplomats . Flying as Red Flight , with Klivian ' s callsign Red Four , they traveled to Adumar aboard the Star Destroyer " Allegiance " . They received no briefing on the world before they took their fighters down to it . While traveling to the capital of Cartann City , they were attacked by four Adumari pilots . They quickly shot down the interlopers , but Cartannese air control did not explain the interruption . They descended to a rapturous welcome in a Cartann plaza , where they also met their New Republic Diplomatic Corps liaison , Tomer Darpen . That night , they went to meet the perator of Cartann at his palace . They chose to wear native dress , and Klivian made a point to select the most garish combination of colors he could so that the outfit would offend those looking at him as much as it annoyed him to wear it . The perator presented them with a local guide , Cheriss ke Hanadi , the champion blastsword duelist . At the reception , Antilles accidentally stumbled upon General Turr Phennir of the Imperial Remnant , the current leader of the 181st . The New Republic pilots quickly realized that Adumar was testing the waters with both major galactic powers before committing to either side . Klivian was deeply disappointed that what had seemed an easy diplomatic assignment had turned into a vital struggle . When Antilles spotted Iella Wessiri at the party , he had Klivian and Celchu watch for onlookers as Janson covertly made contact with her . Janson learned that she had been inserted by New Republic Intelligence as a spy . Meanwhile , Klivian mingled and attempted to learn more about Adumar , asking questions . He learned that , counter to what Darpen had led them to believe , Adumar had no world government . Cartann was one of many nations on a disunited planet , though it controlled approximately half the world . With their trust of Darpen and New Republic Intelligence dampened , Antilles assigned Klivian to sweep their quarters for NRI listening devices . He found two , but was unsure that he had cleared the rooms ; Red Flight would be unable to be guaranteed privacy . The next day , the four pilots took the local Blade - 32 fighters for a test flight . Klivian appreciated the ships ' heavy armament and rear - facing lasers , and felt that with an upgrade of their low - output missile load to proton torpedoes , they could bring considerable force to bear against capital ships . After discussing their opinions of the fighter , the four took the opportunity to speak by the only private means guaranteed to them : encrypted low - range comm headsets , at which Klivian pointed out that he had detected maneuvers nearby suggesting Phennir and his pilots were also familiarizing themselves with the Blade . While returning from dinner with the Adumari Minister of Trade that night , the four were beset by attackers . Klivian worked with Celchu to bring one down , then knocked a man ke Hanadi had disarmed out of the fight . With the fight over , Klivian attempted to retrieve the Reds ' weapons from the security post of the building they were in , while inspection of their leader revealed that the men were paid assassins . Informed by the security detail that Adumari custom allowed them to take the money and personal possessions of those they had defeated , the Reds armed themselves with the blastswords their opponents had carried . The next day they took the Blades out for another flight , equipped with simulated weapons . They dueled each other first , with Klivian achieving victory over Celchu , a normally superior pilot ; Celchu was used to far more maneuverable fighters than the Blades . They then engaged in simulated duels with members of an Adumari flightknife , or squadron . Concerned with accumulating honor , they concentrated on Antilles , and Klivian and the others were able to pick them off easily . Their days on Adumar continued in much the same fashion , engaging in simulated battles with Adumari pilots , both in Blades and in their X - wings . One day , Darpen entered their quarters and , infuriated , demanded that they stop performing simulated duels ; he felt that to change from the Cartannese method of live - fire dueling demonstrated a lack of respect for Cartann ' s culture and hurt their chances of bringing Adumar over to their side . Antilles was equally enraged by the suggestion they do so , and ordered Darpen out before asking the others whether Adumar , with its culture of honor killing , was worth bringing in at all . Klivian , disgusted at the casual attitude toward death , shared his doubt . The next morning , Klivian was awoken by Darpen ' s entrance to their quarters . The diplomat announced that the perator of Cartann was about to make an announcement concerning the formation of a world government and their presence was requested at the palace . Wearing their New Republic dress uniforms rather than continue to emulate the Adumari , they attended . There , the perator announced that he would unilaterally take control of Adumar ' s government . Any nation that resisted unification would meet Cartann in war . Meanwhile , ke Hanadi accepted a series of blastsword challenges , despondent after finding that Antilles was romancing Wessiri and her own feelings for him were not reciprocated . She was injured in a duel , causing the general to assign Klivian to rush to their fighters , relay a message to " Allegiance " to send down a medical team , and then help escort Celchu , who was carrying ke Hanadi , to the plaza where the shuttle would put down . They reunited afterward and attempted to make contact with Admiral Teren Rogriss , the commander of the Imperial Star Destroyer " Agonizer " — " Allegiance " counterpart . Antilles had run into Rogriss earlier and determined that the admiral was suffering a crisis of conscience due to his orders to attack the planet if it sided with the New Republic , contrary to the word he had given to the Adumari . Antilles offered him a safe place in the New Republic if he refused to carry out the attack and defected . War on Adumar . The next evening , they again traveled to the perator ' s palace for an announcement on the world unification . With war declared against the resisting nations , the perator asked the New Republic and Imperial pilots to lead his forces in a display of loyalty and skill that could help him gauge their merits . Antilles , disgusted at the war of conquest , refused . In response , the perator declared them enemies of the state and required them to run the gauntlet in order to return to the " Allegiance " — they would be targets for any member of the public throughout their escape , and their X - wings were impounded . Instead , four Blades awaited them . When " Allegiance " would not come in , the four pilots dashed across the palace ' s courtyard to a repulsor transport as they came under fire from a crowd of shooters . Concentrated blaster fire burned through the transport , with one glancing shot striking Klivian across the hip . They were able to enter a building , obtain disguises , and leave covertly . In order to enter the air base where the Blades waited , Klivian filmed the other three pilots before succumbing to a simulated attack by them in an area clearly near the air base . They then changed into women ' s clothing and broadcast the recording , which was shown across the city . Much of the crowd waiting near the air base departed in a rush to kill the offworlders , allowing the four pilots to slip inside the air base safely . They then took to their fighters , shooting their way out of the back of their hangar rather than fly into an ambush . They faced over thirty fighters , and Klivian , Celchu , and Antilles all took damage that prevented them from reaching space ; Janson was shot down . He ejected , but still came under attack from an Adumari pilot ; enraged , Klivian destroyed the attacker . Antilles ordered him to protect Janson , put down , and rendezvous at Wessiri ' s quarters . There , he had the several minor wounds he had gained during his escape treated , and Antilles and Celchu , able to put down themselves , later joined them , as did ke Hanadi and the mission documentarian , Hallis Saper . Saper shared a recording she had surreptitiously made of Darpen speaking with the perator before they were banished , in which Darpen persuaded the ruler that Antilles had only refused because he was under orders , and wished the perator to arrange a situation in which he would die to erase his shame . The pilots were furious at Darpen ' s attempts at damage control . They were able to make contact with agents of the Yedagon Confederacy , one of the nations on which Cartann had declared war , who smuggled the New Republic entourage out of Cartann . Antilles was offered , and accepted , command of the united military forces of all nations opposing Cartann . While the general rested , Klivian worked with the others to examine intelligence and data and build a battle plan . They plotted a surprise attack on Cartann early the next morning , preempting an expected noontime attack on Yedagon . When Antilles proposed adding a squadron waiting in ambush , Klivian eagerly volunteered . Fed up with the posturing and honor - centric rituals of the Cartannese pilots , he wanted to simply fight determinedly and effectively . He gained his wish and was given command of the advance unit , with Janson coming along as his wingman . Overnight , Klivian led Blastpike Flightknife into Cartann , flying under sensor range . They set up in advance of the anticipated front of the battle and waited for Antilles ' s armada to arrive . Just before the battle was joined , the squadron launched multiple barrages of missiles , thinning the close - packed fighters of the advancing Cartannese lines . They took heavy return fire , and many in the unit were killed , but Klivian and Janson both escaped into the main dogfight unharmed . They joined Antilles and Celchu and prepared to go after Phennir ' s TIE interceptors . One was destroyed , but the other three pursued Red Flight . Celchu was shot down , but a craft followed him down and commed Klivian to confirm that the New Republic flier had survived . They could not compete with the TIEs in Blades , but ke Hanadi , working with a commando team , located their impounded X - wings in Cartann City . Red Flight set out to retrieve them . They flew into the city , dealing with anti - aircraft defenses , and reached the bunker in which their fighters were stored . Taking the superior fighters into battle was a pleasure , cutting through Cartannese blades to reach the TIEs . One more was destroyed , but Klivian took damage in a head - to - head match that destroyed two of his lasers . Antilles destroyed the second - to - last tie , forcing Phennir to retreat , while Janson shepherded Klivian away . The pair helped screen the surviving " Meteor " - class gunship , with Klivian still able to out - fly his Cartannese opponents . When the enemy began surrendering , Antilles and Celchu went to the palace to deal with the situation while Klivian and Janson accepted battlefield surrenders on the general ' s behalf . The perator abdicated in favor of his son , Balass ke Teldan — a pilot who had learned from Red Flight during its simulator runs . Cartann joined the Adumari Union as an equal partner , and Rogriss defected to the New Republic , sending " Agonizer " away without a fight . Darpen was arrested . Adumar joined the New Republic and was allocated a defensive force . When the Imperial Remnant struck days later in an attempt to deny Adumar to the New Republic , Klivian covered Antilles in the dogfight as the Imperial attackers were driven off . The end of an era . Klivian continued his career with the Rogues for several more years . In 18 ABY , Saper interviewed Klivian and the other pilots of the Adumar delegation for their perspective on the events . Klivian ' s assessment of the Blade - 32 fighter was among the bits that made it into Saper ' s award - winning documentary " " . In that same year , the Rogues evacuated Thanta Zilbra ahead of Centerpoint Station ' s use of the starbuster superweapon against that system ' s sun , a crisis that was resolved without further destruction of worlds . In 19 ABY , the Rogues were attached to General Bel Iblis . They were on Morishim when an Imperial corvette , followed by an Imperial Star Destroyer , entered the system . The Rogues were scrambled , but the Star Destroyer captured the corvette and departed before they could get near . The odd incident was chalked up as an attempted defection , and audio records of the fragmentary transmission that came through the Star Destroyer ' s jamming were forwarded for analysis . At around that same time , news broke that a partial copy of the Caamas Document had been discovered , implicating several Bothans in the sabotage that allowed the Empire to destroy Caamas . Without a full copy , the names of the culprits were not known , but that revelation stirred up animosity against the Bothans as a people and created a public outcry . Klivian again scrambled one night to respond to a panicked call from Sif ' kric . Bel Iblis took his task force to the world , where the annual pommwomm shipment , central to the Sif ' krie s ' economy and highly time - sensitive , was being held up by a Frezh lix force blockading the system . The Sif ' kries ' traditional rivals , the Frezhlix clearly desired to destroy Sif ' kric ' s economy , but had not made any actual hostile moves . As the call had not come from anyone actually in the Sif ' krie government , Bel Iblis had no legal basis for interceding . On the pretext of searching a freighter for contraband , the Rogues cut through the Frezhlix fleet to reach it , causing the Frezhlix to believe they were under attack . When they opened fire , the New Republic task force easily defeated the Frezhlix and allowed the pommwomm shipment to continue . When the Mengjini comm relay went down nearby due to capture by dissident elements , Bel Iblis took his force to investigate and retake the relay . They did so , and then moved on to Di ' tai ' ni by request . There , Bel Iblis anticipated trouble and had the pilots sleep in their cockpits . He was proven right when a call came from Bothawui in the middle of the night requesting assistance . The Leresai had sent an attack force . The Rogues were sent ahead of the rest of the fleet , and arrived to find a major Leresen force . When Antilles , returned to command of the unit , contacted them , they explained that they wished to take vengeance for the death of two Leresai in a riot on Bothawui earlier . Leresen concepts of justice demanded the lives of the guilty in return , or ten innocent for each victim . They intended to destroy a space station with a crew of twenty , and so the Rogues moved to oppose them . Their fighters had been sabotaged so that their weapons would fail , however , and they could do nothing but watch in anger as the space station was destroyed , killing twenty - one innocent Bothans . Shortly afterward , Ackbar assigned Bel Iblis to prepare for an attack at the Imperial Remnant ' s Ubiqtorate base at Yaga Minor in order to seek a complete copy of the Caamas Document , the one thing that could end the crisis . At Yaga Minor , the Rogues were part of the New Republic task force that pretended to chase the " Errant Venture " , disguised as the " Tyrannic " , into the base and then engaged the perimeter defenses . They kept up the distraction , but the " Errant Venture " was captured , pinned by tractor beams within the base ' s perimeter by Grand Admiral Thrawn himself , who had returned in the last weeks to much New Republic consternation . The New Republic fleet plunged into the perimeter , hoping to free Bel Iblis . As the Rogues prepared to attack , they were contacted by Talon Karrde , who claimed he could resolve the situation if they escorted him to the base . They did so , and Karrde delivered Imperial Supreme Commander Gilad Pellaeon to the station , where he exposed " Thrawn " as a con man involved in a power play by Moff Vilim Disra . Pellaeon ended the battle and announced his intention to open peace negotiations with the New Republic , resulting in the end of the Galactic Civil War . At the same time , Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade became engaged . Klivian was disappointed that another of his friends was abandoning bachelor life ; Janson , with whom he shared quarters , was the only other senior Rogue to remain unmarried . Klivian was invited to Skywalker ' s bachelor party at the Red Rancor cantina , which dissolved into a brawl with a swoop gang . When it came time for the wedding , Klivian and Janson arrived late , as Klivian had worried they would . As they approached the building , they were met by Antilles . The general had been warned of a plot by disgruntled Imperials to disrupt the wedding , and he ordered the two Rogues to defend the annex , in which the children were being watched . Unarmed , they faced the same swoop gang , hired to stage a distraction . Before blows were exchanged , however , Booster Terrik , a renowned smuggler and friend of Antilles , emerged from the annex and ordered the thugs to disperse , which they did . The other attacks were averted , and the ceremony was carried out . With the peace with the Empire , Derek Klivian retired from Rogue Squadron after nearly twenty years of active service . With him went almost all the other senior Rogues . As of 25 ABY , he remained quietly retired on Coruscant . Klivian found a job serving as a spokesman for Zaltin Corporation on Coruscant , endorsing their bacta . In 43 ABY , Klivian was summoned out of his semi - retirement to aid Nien Nunb and Lando and Tendra Risant Calrissian , whose mining operation on Kessel had been threatened by strange groundquakes . When Han and Leia Organa Solo determined that the quakes were caused by the sequential destruction of an ancient information - processing facility in deep caverns beneath the surface , and that an upcoming simultaneous collapse of most of the caverns would split the world in half along the Great Kessel Fault , Klivian and several other top retired pilots were called in privately . Happily reunited with such old Rogue colleagues as Antilles , Inyri Forge , Rhysati Ynr , and Nrin Vakil , as well as Cheriss ke Hanadi , Klivian was among the pilots tasked to pilot his personal fighter through Kessel ' s caverns , launching thermal detonators at the destructive mechanisms in each cavern timed to bring down the caves in a sequence that would not overload the Great Kessel Fault . Despite the hazard of bogey s disabling his starfighter if they contacted it , Klivian was able to successfully complete his mission and escape the caverns safely before the detonations averted Kessel ' s destruction . With Kessel safe , Klivian happily celebrated with the rest of the large crew which had worked to save the planet . Personality and traits . Initially , Klivian sought little more from life than a career in the Imperial Navy , flying fast starfighters and attracting 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 became driven to fight against the Empire . Darklighter ' s death , however , made him even more cynical and cautious . Though he let no one know , Klivian was privately extremely worried for the safety of his fellow pilots during missions . Among the Rogues , Klivian was known as the skeptic of the squadron , a pessimist with a dour outlook and a mastery of all manner of profanity , obscenity , and vulgarity . He was not quick to embrace new ideas , but obeyed orders faithfully nevertheless . 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 ; his life experiences left prone to believing that his luck was of the rotten sort . Klivian was extremely humble and quiet , only speaking when he felt he had something of importance to impart . Klivian could be highly sarcastic , but maintained a good sense of humor ; he was a frequent partner in Janson ' s jokes and eagerly poked fun at his squadron - mates and himself . Janson ' s sense of humor could wear on him at times , however . As a young man , Klivian was highly interested in impressing women . While he became more dour , he remained highly interested in women , maintaining an attraction to actress Wynssa Starflare , frequently flirting with women he came across , and , while under the influence of Malrev IV ' s Sith magic , sleeping with a Bothan female . However , even under normal circumstances , Klivian did not object to the idea of relations with a Bothan . Klivian was not known to have a long - term girlfriend and , as of 13 ABY , considered himself to have had no successful relationships with women ; by 19 ABY he appeared committed to what he called " the solitary path . " Outside the bounds of romantic relationships , Klivian was willing to engage prostitutes . Behind the scenes . Derek Klivian was portrayed by Richard Oldfield in " " , in which the character originated , though he first appeared in the of the film , which was published before the film ' s release . Voice actor Corey Burton dubbed a line as Klivian during the Battle of Hoth sequence . In both the film and novel , Klivian appeared simply as " Hobbie " — it was not until the publication of " " that he was identified as Derek Klivian , with " Hobbie " serving as a nickname ; that source also retcon ned Klivian as the Academy friend Biggs Darklighter mentioned to Luke Skywalker in the of . In the video game " " , Klivian is voiced by Andrew Chaikin . In the novelization of the film , Klivian , dying , pilots his damaged snowspeeder into General Veers ' s AT - AT walker before he can destroy the shield generator , presumably killing both Klivian and Veers . This scene was based on one present in the original script , but absent in the final cut of the movie , in which Veers survives at least long enough to destroy the shield generator . Despite the scene ' s use in the novel , it was disregarded by " Galaxy Guide 3 : The Empire Strikes Back " , which established both Klivian and Veers as surviving and made no mention of the crash . Later sources , however , have reconciled both accounts by having Klivian crash his snowspeeder into the walker after Veers fires , but survive after copious bacta treatment . Veers survives but receives crippling injuries . " " offers a depiction of the " Rand Ecliptic " mutiny that conflicts with the story previously given in " Galaxy Guide 3 : The Empire Strikes Back " , though no details about Klivian come into outright opposition . Thus , this article presents a consolidated account in which both sources ' statements about Klivian are incorporated . In the " " comic series , Klivian ' s name is consistently spelled as " Klivan " due to a spelling mistake on the part of writer Michael A . Stackpole , also present in Stackpole ' s " " novel . Author Aaron Allston , going by the comics , used that spelling in " " . After that instance , Lucas Licensing detected the ongoing discrepancy and reaffirmed the " Klivian " spelling , which was used afterward . Allston jokingly referenced the affair in " " , in which Klivian states that his name is often misspelled . In 2007 , Hasbro released the " X - Wing Rogue Squadron : Baron Fel & Hobbie Klivian " Action Figure Comic Pack containing a reprint of " " by Dark Horse and an exclusive " Hobbie " Klivian 3 - 3 / 4 " action figure . In the original " Star Wars Encyclopedia " , an image of Klivian was incorrectly used to depict Dak Ralter .