Wedge Antilles Wedge Antilles , known as TIE SS - 2 - 5 during his time at Skystrike Academy , was a renowned human male starfighter pilot from Corellia who first served in the Imperial Navy as a TIE fighter pilot until defecting to join the rebellion . He would also serve in the Alliance to Restore the Republic and years later the New Republic during their fight against the Galactic Empire . He became a member of the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War and fought in several battles of the war . He fought in the Battle of Yavin , where he flew in Red Squadron alongside Luke Skywalker . After Skywalker destroyed the Death Star , he and Antilles were left as the only survivors of Red Squadron . In the years that followed , Antilles became a respected member of Rogue Squadron , flying as Rogue Three during the Battle of Hoth . Antilles and his gunner Wes Janson became the first duo to successfully destroy one of the All Terrain Armored Transport s that were attempting to destroy Echo Base , the Rebel outpost on the planet Hoth , while aboard an T - 47 airspeeder . Six months after the evacuation from Hoth , Antilles commanded Red Squadron during the Battle of Endor , and he and General Lando Calrissian destroyed the second Death Star during the battle . The decisive battle led to the death of the Emperor , Darth Sidious , and left the Empire shattered in their defeat . The Rebel Alliance soon reorganized into the New Republic , and Antilles continued to serve in their war against the Empire . Antilles undertook a lone reconnaissance mission to the planet Akiva , where he was captured while observing a gathering of Imperial forces that were preparing for a counterattack against the Republic . Following the rebellion on Akiva , Antilles formed Phantom Squadron and took part in the liberation of Kashyyyk . While Phantom Squadron was disbanded by the New Republic authorities for launching an unauthorized strike on Kashyyyk , Wedge was able to reform the squadron in time for the Battle of Jakku . Following the signing of the Galactic Concordance , Antilles retired to Hosnian Prime to work as a flight instructor . Biography . Early life . Wedge Antilles hailed from the planet Corellia , where he grew up getting his hands dirty at a fuel depot and working local farm s in his spare time , and where he became a pilot and a mechanic . At a time when Antilles was flying cargo ships , the Galactic Empire recruited him and he accepted as it seemed more exciting than hauling spare parts around the galaxy . Antilles enrolled in Skystrike Academy , located on the planet Montross , to train as an elite TIE fighter pilot . During his attendance , he met fellow cadets Derek " Hobbie " Klivian and Rake Gahree . He became aware of the Empire ' s cruelty , partly because it hurt people close to him — his family , friends , a girl he once loved . In time , his desire to defect to the rebellion attracted the attention of " Fulcrum " , who recruited him . The Rebellion . Skystrike Academy . In 2 BBY , after Imperial forces massacred the surrendering crew of a rebel transport near Teralov , Antilles contacted Fulcrum to defect alongside Gahree and Klivian ; Fulcrum in turn relayed his message to the leaders of the Phoenix Cell . They dispatched the former Imperial cadet and Mandalorian explosives expert Sabine Wren on an undercover mission to rescue the cadets . Sabine infiltrated the Academy as a cadet under the name " Ria Talla " . Antilles met " Talla " during a TIE fighter simulator exercise , in which they destroyed several rebel Y - wings but hesitated at shooting an unarmed transport . As a result , their fighters were destroyed by a simulated version of the " Ghost " , flown by Captain Vult Skerris , who lectured Antilles and Wren that the consequence of insubordination was death in combat . Following the exercise , Antilles warned Wren that people at the Academy did not usually care about ethics . After Governor Arihnda Pryce and Agent Kallus arrived to investigate rumors of defectors , Gahree argued that they were undertaking risky action , but Antilles told him and Klivian to relax . Later , Antilles met with Wren at a hangar bay where he confided his unease with the recent simulator exercise . He voiced that he had not signed up to kill indiscriminately , and finally expressed a desire to leave , to which Wren revealed her true name and reassured Antilles that the rebels had gotten his message . She then told Antilles and his friends to be ready to leave at a moment ' s notice , but when he asked Wren about her plan , she responded that she would think it up , much to Antilles ' surprise . An opportunity to escape arose when Pryce had Commandant Goran order the cadets to engage in a mock combat exercise in space . When Wren ' s support CR90 corvette arrived , Antilles , Gahree and Klivian followed at her direction towards the rebel corvette . However , Governor Pryce disabled their solar collector s , leaving them stranded in space . Under her orders , Captain Skerris destroyed Gahree ' s fighter as a warning to the rebels and drove away the rebel vessel . Antilles , Klivian and Wren were brought before Pryce , who demanded to know which one of them was the rebel agent and threatened to fasten Antilles to a torture device . To protect him , Wren identified herself as the agent . The trio was then separated , as Kallus escorted Antilles and Klivian to their holding cell . Inside , the two pilots argued about the merits of escaping without a plan , when they were freed by Wren after she had escaped from Pryce . Being pursued by stormtrooper s , the trio fled down a corridor only to run into Agent Kallus , who due to his encounter with Wren ' s comrade Garazeb Orrelios , helped them to escape by telling them to head to Hangar 24 . Once there , the fugitives commandeered a TIE / sa bomber . Antilles piloted the slow - moving craft which was pursued by Skerris ' TIE Interceptor . Despite taking several hits , the trio managed to escape when Wren ' s rebel comrades arrived in their CR90 corvette , they made the jump into hyperspace together . Upon their arrival at Chopper Base on Atollon , they were greeted by Commander Jun Sato , who welcomed Antilles and Klivian into the rebellion . Chopper Base . Shortly after the Ghost team ' s mission to Geonosis , Antilles and Klivian were sent by Captain Hera Syndulla on a training exercise away from Chopper Base , along with several other Phoenix Group personnel . During his absence , an E - XD infiltrator droid designated EXD - 9 found the base and attempted to broadcast its location to the Imperial Navy , only for Garazeb Orrelios , AP - 5 , and C1 - 10P to send it back to its Star Destroyer with its self - destruct mechanism activated . Although the rebellion was able to keep the location of its Atollon base secret for the time being , Grand Admiral Thrawn was able to use the incident to narrow down the possibilities for the base ' s location . Alliance to Restore the Republic . Killun 71 . Following the reorganization of the rebellion into the Alliance to Restore the Republic , Lieutenant Antilles undertook a mission on behalf of Phoenix Leader Hera Syndulla to steal a set of clearance codes for the Lothal strike mission from the Imperial Security Bureau station on Killun 71 . For the mission , Wedge was disguised as a TIE fighter pilot and was accompanied by the rebel droids AP - 5 and Chopper . The rebels traveled to the base in a stolen " Sentinel " - class landing craft . Wedge found AP - 5 and Chopper to be petty and quarrelsome . Antilles was irked by AP - 5 ' s fastidiousness but remained focused on the mission . Using stolen clearance codes and posing as a TIE fighter pilot , Antilles managed to land the " Sentinel " shuttle without incident at Killun Station under the pretext of delivering two new droids to the base . While Antilles waited aboard the shuttle , AP - 5 and Chopper infiltrated the base . AP - 5 managed to obtain the clearance codes from the central computer . However , Chopper was hijacked by a team of Imperial slicer s while accessing a terminal network . During the return journey , Antilles did not suspect anything suspicious about Chopper . The Imperial - controlled Chopper curried favor with Antilles by offering him blue milk . AP - 5 tried to warn Wedge but the young pilot thought that the RA - 7 protocol droid was being paranoid . Wedge was irked when AP - 5 followed him into the refresher and accused the protocol droid of dabbling in conspiracy theories . Unknown to AP - 5 and Wedge , their movements and conversations were being watched by the Imperial slicers , whose controller was determined to find the location of Chopper Base . After returning to the " Ghost " , Antilles told Hera , Ezra , and Zeb that AP - 5 and Chopper were playing a sort of spy game . While Zeb and Ezra shared Wedge ' s sentiments , AP - 5 insisted that something was wrong and managed to warn Hera . While Hera stopped Chopper from downloading the ship ' s hyperspace logs , Wedge related his encounter with AP - 5 in the refresher . After Hera returned to the common area and reaffirmed AP - 5 ' s warnings , Antilles joined the Spectres in searching for Chopper , who had headed to the engine room . Chopper managed to trap the rebels in the cargo bay and seal the entrances . Under the control of his Imperial handlers , Chopper then exposed the cargo bay to zero gravity space in an attempt to kill the rebels . Hera managed to seal the hatch manually but the rebels were unable to return to the cockpit . Since AP - 5 did not need a spacesuit and had a magnetic body , the protocol droid was dispatched to open the cargo bay from outside . This enabled Wedge and the other rebels to enter the cockpit , stun Chopper , and remove the data spike which the Imperials were using to download data from the " Ghost " navigation computer . Hera then removed the Imperial programming from Chopper and retaliated against the Imperials by transmitting a large amount of data back to the IGV - 55 surveillance vessel that the slicers were operating from . This data overload caused the " Gozanti " cruiser to explode , eliminating the Imperial threat to the rebellion . After returning Chopper to his prior state , the rebels rescued AP - 5 , who was stranded in space . Antilles was present at the cargo bay when AP - 5 reunited with the other rebels . When AP - 5 insulted Chopper for apologizing , Chopper waved his appendages . One of them struck Antilles , who expressed his frustration with the droids and insisted on flying solo . Battle of Atollon . Antilles and Hobbie later flew A - wing starfighters during the Battle of Atollon . Wedge told Hobbie to follow him as they tried to attack Thrawn ' s AT - AT walkers . However , they came under attack from TIE fighters . Wedge and Hobbie managed to escape with the remnants of Phoenix Squadron and General Jan Dodonna ' s Massassi Group to Yavin 4 . Supply mission . Antilles was stationed at Base One on Yavin 4 under the command of Syndulla , Antilles later flew a Y - wing starfighter on a supply mission . Since the Empire had been monitoring their movements through a relay station at Jalindi , the squadron was ambushed and suffered damaged . Wedge and his squadron managed to return to Yavin 4 . While descending , Antilles dumped fuel at the advice of Hera . Wedge and his starfighter survived the landing . Comradeship . During one of his first missions as a pilot for the Alliance , Antilles crashed an A - wing at the lip of a volcano , allegedly at the urging of Fulcrum . The crash broke one of his legs in three places , almost cutting short his career as a Rebel pilot , but he convinced the Alliance leadership to let him work aboard a freighter , where he manned the laser cannon s and occasionally worked as a navigator . While in the service of the Rebellion , he became friends with fellow pilots such as Biggs Darklighter and Jek Tono Porkins . Galactic Civil War . Battle of Scarif . When a squad of Rebel soldiers under the name " Rogue One " took it upon themselves to steal the plans of the Death Star . When Alliance High Command learned that they had engaged in a battle on Scarif ( which marked the beginning of the Galactic Civil War ) , they decided to deploy support ; Antilles was tasked to announce to flight personnel to report in and redirect to Scarif , although he himself stayed on Yavin . Battle of Yavin . While the Rebel forces suffered heavy losses during the battle , Prince ss Leia Organa and her companions on the " Millennium Falcon " eventually brought the plans to Yavin . Antilles was tasked to oversee a simulation test for a new recruit , Luke Skywalker . He explained the test to the newcomer , and noting that Skywalker had lasted over 30 seconds on his first try , Antilles advised him to listen , and encouraged not to give up . In his second try , Skywalker surpassed Antilles ' highest score , and Antilles joked that should Skywalker write an autobiography , he should write ' I owe everything to Wedge Antilles ' , when Skywalker told it was only because he had helped him . With the Death Star approaching , its readouts were analyzed , and Antilles attended a briefing by Dodonna in which Dodonna over - viewed the plan of attack . It involved starfighter s assaulting the Death Star and firing a proton torpedo into a two - meter - wide thermal exhaust port . As a member of Red Squadron , Antilles flew a T - 65B X - wing starfighter under the callsign " Red Two " when the Alliance launched the Battle of Yavin . With only fifteen minutes to spare , Antilles destroyed a number of enemy targets but , in the process , lost his friend Porkins to enemy fire . When Skywalker was unable to shake a TIE fighter that pursued him , Antilles destroyed the TIE fighter and saved the rookie pilot . As Red Leader Garven Dreis failed in his attempt to fire a torpedo into the reactor shaft and was killed by Darth Vader on his TIE Advanced x1 , Antilles joined Skywalker and Darklighter in a trench run , covering Skywalker on the lead . A hit from Vader ' s TIE damaged hydraulic lines on Antilles ' X - wing ( which had been hastily repaired following the Battle of Scarif ) , forcing him to pull out of the trench shortly before Darklighter was killed by Vader . Antilles attempted to re - enter the trench with a group of TIE fighters trailing him , but backed off after Skywalker was able to fire proton torpedoes at the exhaust port , with help from the timely arrival of the " Millennium Falcon " , piloted by Skywalker ' s friends Han Solo and Chewbacca . Antilles ' X - wing was one of only four ships to return to Yavin 4 , and of the twelve members of Red Squadron , he and Skywalker were the only survivors of the battle . After the battle ended , the Alliance began evacuating the planet , as the Empire knew of their location and were sure to retaliate as a result of the Death Star ' s destruction . During the evacuation , Princess Organa joined with Rebel pilot Evaan Verlaine and Skywalker ' s astromech droid , R2 - D2 , to undertake a mission to rescue and unite the Alderaanian s who survived the destruction of Alderaan . The trio stole a shuttle from the Rebel base , leaving on their mission in defiance of General Dodonna ' s orders . Antilles and Skywalker were sent to intercept the shuttle and return the escaping Rebels to the Great Temple , but Verlaine , who piloted the shuttle , outmaneuvered the two X - wing pilots and the shuttle jumped into hyperspace . Organa went on to successfully complete her mission . Mission to Giju . Newly - appointed Red Leader Commander Narra asked Antilles and Skywalker to continue to fly with Red Squadron , while making it clear that neither of them should expect special treatment for surviving an encounter with the Death Star , even if they did destroy it , and the two accepted . After numerous missions alongside Skywalker and earning each other ' s complete trust , Antilles assisted on a mission for Red Squadron above Giju , under the designation " Red Three " . Antilles , Skywalker and Narra escorted a transport carrying underground rebel leaders being evacuated from the planet . Once the package was clear and calculating its jump into hyperspace , the three followed the scatter protocol to meet at the rendezvous point , Devaron , at 2300 hours . As he arrived , he attached his X - wing to a freighter at a refueling station . Antilles soon met with Skywalker , who was then sent with his two faithful droid s , C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , and the Y 4 on a mission for Chancellor Mon Mothma ; Antilles wished him good luck before parting ways . The " Harbinger " . Sometime later , in order to break the blockade of Tureen VII , Antilles was part of an operation to hijack the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Harbinger " , along with the rest of Red Squadron , the " Millennium Falcon " and Rebel - allied smuggler Sana Starros . During the proceedings , Antilles engaged the hoard of TIE fighters deployed by the " Harbinger " , as did all members of Red Squadron , so as to cover the " Falcon " while Solo made his run to open a breach in the Star Destroyer ' s hull near the main engine reactor with proton bomb s . Once they successfully did so , Antilles used his chance and fired proton torpedoes to overload the reactor ; although they hit the mark , it did not overload as expected and Skywalker was forced to make a run into the breach and overloaded the reactor at close - range . Upon the " Harbinger " imminent self - destruction , its admiral ordered all personnel to evacuate , leaving Antilles and Red Squadron to intercept all Imperial vessels , while the " Falcon " entered the Star Destroyer . When Antilles lost communication with them , he was momentarily worried , but the mission was a success — the infiltration team jettisoned " Harbinger " main reactor into space and avoided the explosion , while leading Imperial evacuees to inform Imperial Command that they had lost the ship . After the operation , Blue Squadron and Red Squadron were tasked to defend the " Harbinger " . The Storms of Crait . Antilles later joined the mission to Crait to see if it could be used as a rebel base . Mission to Oulanne . Eighteen months after the Battle of Yavin , Antilles as a Lieutenant Commander led a mercy mission to Oulanne . Alongside other Rebel pilots , they delivered a substantial haul of medical supplies and emergency rations after a massive earthquake had devastated part of its megacontinent a month before . Upon learning that the " Mighty Oak Apocalypse " on behalf of off - world Oulannists had come to their aid as well , Antilles and his fellow pilots helped them distribute the supplies after a megahurricane . Impressed by the " Moa " ’ s pilot Thane Kyrell , Antilles asked Kyrell if he had done other mercy runs ( which he had ) and asked him to speak with him in private after they had finished unloading the crates . During their conversation , although Kyrell revealed he was an ex - Imperial pilot , Antilles asked him to join the Rebellion . Kyrell initially refused , but after a few hours , some Corellian ale and a talk with his employer Lohgarra , he accepted Antilles ' invitation . Battle of Hoth . In 3 ABY , Antilles was assigned to Echo Base on the ice planet Hoth , where he served alongside Skywalker as a veteran member of Rogue Squadron , which he fought with in a number of battles during the war . The base was discovered by an Imperial probe droid and assaulted by Imperial forces , prompting the entire Rogue Squadron to engage the All Terrain Armored Transports , which approached the base in order to destroy its energy shield and allow Imperial forces to land . Led by Skywalker , the squadron flew T - 47 airspeeder s and Antilles , as Rogue Three , and his gunner , Wes Janson , attempted to destroy the walkers using conventional laser weaponry , but the AT - AT armor proved too strong for blasters . Skywalker ordered his squadron to begin using tow cables to bring them crashing down , and Antilles and Janson were assigned to the first attempt . Janson shot the tow cable onto one of the AT - ATs while Antilles piloted the snowfighter around the walker , tangling its legs in the cables until the giant vehicle fell onto the snowy battlefield . The crash left its neck exposed , and Antilles fired the shot that hit the weak point and destroyed the AT - AT , becoming the first pilot in the battle to destroy one of the walkers . The efforts of the Rogue Squadron were ultimately unsuccessful — the AT - ATs destroyed the shield generator , and Imperial forces led by Darth Vader overran Echo Base . As they did so , Antilles and the remaining Rebels escaped the ice world ; aboard an X - wing fighter , Antilles , along with Janson and Klivian , helped the last Rebel transport , the " Bright Hope " , escape Hoth and regroup with the Alliance Fleet at a rendezvous point onboard the MC80 star cruiser " Liberty " . There , Antilles informed Thane Kyrell of Dak Ralter ' s death during the Battle of Hoth , after congratulating each other on the walkers they each had taken down . Afterwards , as several vital personnel were missing , General Carlist Rieekan called an emergency conference of the senior officer s attached to their portion of the fleet , which Antilles got pulled into . Zastiga . After becoming the wing commander of Red Squadron , Antilles went to Zastiga , where he met with Skywalker while the Alliance High Command held a top - clearance meeting . He reunited with Nien Nunb and Skywalker for a discussion of " reconnaissance tactics " about Antilles ' refusal to pay the Sullustan a drink after saving him at Hagar Secundus , which he had eluded several times . In addition to the command of the Red Squadron , Antilles achieved the rank of Commander . Battle of Endor . After the Battle of Hoth , Antilles was present at a briefing aboard the Rebel command ship , " Home One " , in which High Command introduced the plan to destroy the shield generator protecting the Empire ' s second Death Star and revealed that Emperor Palpatine himself was aboard the Death Star to oversee the final stages of the station ' s construction . His squadron ( as well as Gold and Green Squadrons ) was assigned to be part of General Lando Calrissian ' s strike force to enter the Death Star and destroy it from the inside . For the assault , Antilles appointed Norra Wexley . Along with the rest of the Alliance Fleet , Antilles and his squadron arrived to the Endor system , only to discover that the deflector shield was still operational . Lured into the Emperor ' s trap , the Rebel fleet found itself under attack by the Imperial fleet ' s TIE fighters . After a heads - up from Calrissian , Antilles ordered Red Two and Red Three Sila Kott to pull in , when another two TIEs came in ; Antilles then ordered his accompanying fighters to cut to the left , while he took out the TIE leader . At the same time that the " Millennium Falcon " destroyed two other TIEs , Antilles noticed the remaining three of the group headed for EF76 Nebulon - B escort frigate " Redemption " . Antilles then knocked out the leader , but not before two X - wings were shot down and the " Falcon " took a brutal hit to its forward deflectors , and still more TIE fighters bombarded the frigate until the hull started to crack . It was then that Calrissian ordered all fighter squadrons to accelerate to attack speed and follow him to the encounter of the Super Star Destroyer " Executor " , in order to draw Imperial fire off their cruiser s . Antilles , along with the remainder of the Alliance Starfighter Corps , engaged then a horde of TIE fighters that rushed to meet their attack . However , General Solo and his Endor strike team managed to destroy the shield generator on the moon below , allowing Antilles , Calrissian and Nunb on the " Millennium Falcon " , and the remainder of Red and Gold Squadron to enter the superstructure , making their way through a maze in order to reach the reactor core . As Antilles destroyed the power regulators on the north tower , the " Falcon " destroyed the core itself , setting off a chain reaction that left the two pilots in a race against time . Antilles escaped first , followed closely thereafter by the " Millennium Falcon " , before the Death Star was consumed by a massive explosion . After the battle , the Alliance forces headed for the surface of Endor , where they joined Solo , Organa , and their team in Bright Tree Village , the home of the Ewok s who had helped them destroy the shield generator . Rebels and Ewoks alike held a celebration honoring their decisive victory over the Empire , and Antilles was in attendance . He shook hands with Chewbacca and shared a hug with his friend Skywalker , as all of the Rebel forces rejoiced in their victory before setting out on the difficult task to restore the Galactic Republic . For his part , Antilles looked forward to further service with Rogue Squadron . Mission to Malastare . Some time following the Battle of Endor , Antilles scouted an Imperial communications hub on Malastare which would later be targeted in a mission spearheaded by Blade Squadron . New Republic . Imperial Future Council . Months later , now a pilot ( and having obtained the rank of Captain ) of the New Republic , Antilles believed the Imperial forces had moved to the Outer Rim and told Ackbar and Mothma he had devised a run to find the supply lines that were bolstering the Imperials . On the HH - 87 Starhopper " Rover " , under the alias " Gev Hessan " , Antilles set out on a reconnaissance mission that took him to Florrum , Ryloth , Hinari , Abafar , Raydonia and Akiva , where he finally found signs of the Imperial remnant . His false identity was discovered by the Star Destroyer " Vigilance " , which captured the " Rover " with a tractor beam . Antilles destroyed his ship once inside the " Vigilance " , avoiding capture by clambering through ventilation ducts and making his way to the communications room to send a message through the local channel traffic , hoping to find a sympathizer in the world below . Admiral Rae Sloane found Antilles and had him arrested ; she also provided medical attention for him while they descended to the planet below , keeping him sedated during the Imperial Future Council ' s first meeting . After intermittent torture by Yupe Tashu , Sloane appeared in his cell and asked why Antilles had joined the Empire before leaving him alone . After another confrontation with Tashu , Antilles escaped after Sloane had destroyed part of the palace with one of the turbolaser cannons set up across Myrra , to stop Norra Wexley ' s assault . Though Antilles discovered a secret passage to escape , he decided to stay ; he fought Adea Rite over her holoscreen and sent a summons to war to the Republic channels , before passing out and falling in Sloane ' s hands again . Strapped down to a hovering table ushered forward by a pair of stormtroopers and a 2 - 1B medical droid , the badly - injured Antilles was later transported to the " Golden Harp " , when he saluted Norra Wexley — who had been trying to rescue him . Kept in a separate room from everyone else , he was rescued by her son , Temmin , once the ship crash - landed on the " Vigilance " and brought onto a " Lambda " - class shuttle to be piloted by Jas Emari . Thanks to them , was brought to Hanna City in Chandrila , where he received medical treatment . After a week , he met with Ackbar , and together they awarded Norra Wexley a medal , but also informed her of the battle ' s outcome , and assigned her and her team from Akiva a new mission — to hunt Imperial war criminals . Friend of the Wexleys . Due to Tashu ' s torture , he was forced to remain on Chandrila until he was fully recovered . Meanwhile , he worked as a liaison for Wexley ' s team , and trained Temmin ( whom he nicknamed " Snap " for habit ) as an X - wing pilot . Antilles let the boy run training exercises out in his personal X - wing over the Silver Sea . He also developed feelings for Norra , but did not act on them openly . At the same time , he decided to create Phantom Squadron . After a few months , Leia Organa asked Antilles to help her find her missing husband , Han Solo . Antilles accepted and , as per her request , summoned Norra Wexley to her as soon as she and her team arrived from their mission to capture Perwin Gedde . Once she accepted the mission to find Solo , Antilles told Kyrsta Agate about the mission before accompanying Wexley on her MK - 4 freighter " Moth " to Solo ' s last known location , near Warrin Station , and invited her to a drink before arriving at the coordinates . Though they found no trace of the " Millennium Falcon " , they found wreckage and a still - functioning Prowler probe droid , which alerted their presence to the Star Destroyer " Scythe " . The " Concord " , under Agate ' s command , and the " Sunspire " soon came to their rescue , destroying the Imperial ships . Hailed by the " Concord " , Wexley kissed Antilles . Upon their return to Chandrila , Antilles and Agate met with Ackbar and Organa ( who was reprimanded for her request ) , and was later present when Ackbar ordered Wexley and her team to stop the manhunt for Solo . Wexley , however , refused and resigned her commission to go look for Solo with her team . Their search eventually meant the liberation of prisoner s from Ashmead ' s Lock on Kashyyyk , who traveled to Chandrila on the " Falcon " . Alongside Organa , Antilles went to greet Wexley upon her arrival ; however , they were both disappointed : Solo had remained behind to liberate Kashyyyk and Wexley had found her missing husband , Brentin . Liberation of Kashyyyk . In the following month , as his leg was almost fully healed , he was assigned to the special security detail for the upcoming Liberation Day celebrations and the Imperial - Republic peace talks . That day , Antilles was overlooking the day ' s events from a balcony when he received a recorded message from Organa , telling him she had gone to the Kashyyyk system alone with Evaan Verlaine on the " Falcon " , and invited him to intervene . At once , Antilles notified Mon Mothma of this but promptly left Chandrila alongside Phantom Squadron . Captain Antilles ' Phantom Squadron and Princess Leia battled the three Imperial Star Destroyers " Dominion " , " Vitiator " and " Neutralizer " above Kashyyyk . Their meager forces were soon reinforced by Admiral Ackbar ' s flagship " Home One " . Han Solo managed to hijack the " Dominion " and turned the ship ' s guns on the " Vitiator " and " Neutralizer " ; destroying the former and forcing the latter to surrender . Though they were successful , and Organa was reunited with Solo , the Republic had received a blow during the concurrent attack on Chandrila and the scattered Imperial Fleet gathered on Jakku . Following the liberation of Kashyyyk , Wedge watched his friend Temmin crash an X - wing during a computer simulator exercise . When Temmin demanded to fly a real X - wing , Wedge responded that the New Republic military authorities had tightened access to X - wings . He also promised the boy that if he improved his simulator scores , he could arrange for Temmin to have a ship before the next moon alignment . When Temmin remarked that his own father Brentin , who had been implanted with an inorganic biochip , had tried to assassinate Chancellor Mothma , Wedge asked if things with Norra were better . Temmin then complimented Wedge for his flying during the liberation of Kashyyyk . Wedge responded that the full credit should go to Leia . Wedge also added that he had done what Leia had needed him to do and also warned Snap to watch his language . Temmin addressed Wedge as " Dad " and promised to do as he said . Temmin then asked if he could go for another round on the simulator but changed his mind after receiving a message from his mother Norra . Before Snap left , Wedge told the boy that he was welcome to try the simulator again . Battle of Jakku . Despite being given a medal and publicly praised for his actions during the liberation of Kashyyyk , disciplinary action was taken against Wedge and his fellow Phantom Squadron pilots for embarking on an unsanctioned mission outside the New Republic command structure . Phantom Squadron was dissolved and Wedge was reassigned to managing the New Republic military base on Chandrila . Wedge ' s fellow Phantom pilots Koko , Jethpur , and Yarra were also reassigned to support duties . Following the discovery of Imperial remnants forces on the Inner Rim planet Jakku , Temmin visited Wedge and sought his help in rescuing his mother Norra , who had infiltrated Jakku in order to hunt down Grand Admiral Sloane , the purported architect behind the attack on Chandrila . Lacking the necessary flight clearances , Wedge told Temmin he was unable to help and counseled the boy to wait until the New Republic sent its military forces to Jakku . Angered , Temmin stormed out of the hangar bay . After the Galactic Senate sanctioned the deployment of military forces to Jakku , Temmin visited Wedge again in order to enlist for the battle . Wedge responded that Phantom Squadron had been shut down . Temmin managed to convince Wedge to change his mind by pointing out that his mom Norra and droid Mister Bones were on Jakku . He also reminded Antilles of his heroic actions against the Empire and the Death Stars . Wedge realized that the boy was right and told Temmin to meet him at Hangar Forty - Seven in two hours ' time . He added that Phantom Squadron was housed in that hangar . Wedge and his fellow Phantom Squadron pilots including Temmin entered the Battle of Jakku after the main New Republic fleet had arrived . Since the space above Jakku was crowded , Wedge heeded Temmin ' s advice that the squadron attack the Imperial air - to - space defenses so that New Republic ground forces could land on the planet . Under Wedge ' s orders , Phantom Squadron attacked any TIE fighters , troop carriers , and Imperial walkers they encountered . The battle turned in the New Republic ' s favor when Commodore Agate succeeded in downing the Imperial Super Star Destroyer " Ravager " , which served as the enemy command ship . While pursuing TIE fighters , Wedge and his fellow pilots received word from Admiral Ackbar that the " Ravager " had been brought down and to beware of falling debris . Wedge managed to avoid the falling debris but Temmin ' s X - wing was hit . Wedge and his fellow Phantom pilots survived the Battle of Jakku . Following the signing of the Galactic Concordance , Wedge was made the head instructor of a new flight academy on the planet Hosnian Prime . He was accompanied by Temmin , who had become a student , and Norra , who had also found work as an instructor there . In the wake of Temmin ' s father Brentin ' s death , Temmin believed that Wedge and Norra had developed romantic feelings for each other . Legacy . Wedge Antilles would later serve as the inspiration for the Antilles Intercept , a training basic for pilots within the Resistance ' s Starfighter Corps thirty years following the Battle of Endor . Personality and traits . Wedge Antilles was a human male with brown hair , brown eye s , and light skin . While Antilles had earned a place at the prestigious Skystrike Academy , he became disillusioned with the Empire for shooting unarmed transports . This led him and Derek Klivian to desert the Empire and join the rebellion . In his youth , Antilles could be carefree at times and was once had to reminded by Hera to remain alert for an upcoming training exercise . Antilles also found the droids AP - 5 and Chopper petty and argumentative . Still , he was a good team player and joined forces with his fellow rebels to steal Imperial clearance codes and to prevent an Imperial - hijacked Chopper from transmitting the coordinates of Chopper Base to the Empire . Through his service to the Rebel Alliance , he garnered the respect of his fellow Rebel fighters . Focused and calm during his flights , he firmly believed that the only way to improve as a pilot was to constantly come up against the impossible and push oneself to the limit ; during battles , he would concentrate on keeping his cool and trusting his instincts . Antilles disliked being away from a cockpit for too long , and though he did not mind commanding , Norra Wexley once noticed that his whole body seemed to hunger for being behind a flight stick . Despite his talent and standing among his fellow pilots , Antilles remained approachable and friendly to those around him . Bitter at the Empire for what it had done to the people he loved , Antilles had an unwavering strength of belief in the Alliance , and although courageous and full of resolve , he once resorted to bravado at the prospect of being tortured to death . He was also unaccustomed to not being taken at his word — if he believed someone was good and told them so , he really meant it as he was not one to flatter others in his own interest , and was not capable of telling others easy lies . Antilles was known to be fond of giving everyone lectures about trigger discipline , which meant not putting one ' s finger on the trigger until they were ready to pull it . Wedge ' s loyalty to Princess Leia led him and his Phantom Squadron pilots to take part in an unsanctioned mission to liberate Kashyyyk . While the New Republic military leadership publicly praised Wedge and his fellow pilots , they were transferred to support duties as punishment for acting outside the official chain of command . Due to this disciplinary action , Wedge was despondent and unwilling to take risks . However , his friend Temmin managed to convince him to change his mind by reminding Wedge of his past heroism during the Galactic War . Wedge was a competent commander who led his squadron in attacking Imperial ground forces on Jakku in order to aid the New Republic ground assault . Skills and abilities . Antilles was a renowned pilot in the Rebel Alliance . He fought in numerous battles during the Galactic Civil War , earning him recognition from his fellow Rebels for his bravery and ace piloting abilities , being famed as legendary by some . During the first time he tried a flight simulator , he lasted less than ten seconds , prompting him to practice and listen to advice from more experienced pilots . He would eventually obtain the highest scores , only surpassed by Luke Skywalker . Due to his training as a TIE fighter pilot , Antilles was familiar with Imperial military protocol which helped him during an undercover mission to steal Imperial clearance codes . As a skilled starfighter pilot , Wedge shot down several Imperial fighters , transports , and walkers during the Battle of Jakku . In recognition of his efforts , Antilles was made the head flight instructor of a New Republic flight academy on Hosnian Prime following the Galactic Civil War . Behind the scenes . Wedge Antilles first appeared as a supporting character in the 1977 film , where he was credited as " Red Two ( Wedge ) " . His surname is never mentioned in any of the films , but appears in the script for " A New Hope " . The character ' s origins can be traced to early drafts of " Star Wars " , which depicted a young pilot named Chewie . That nickname was later given to Chewbacca , so the character that had been known as Chewie took on the name of Wedge . Antilles was portrayed by two actors in " A New Hope " . During the Rebel briefing , he was played by actor Colin Higgins , but he was replaced with Denis Lawson for the scenes depicting the Battle of Yavin — both actors were overdubbed by David Ankrum for the film . Higgins was used to the rehearsal periods in television acting and had not memorized his lines for the film , leading to him becoming nervous and dispirited while shooting the scenes in the Rebel briefing . After only one day in which he struggled to film the character ' s scenes , he was fired from the production . Lawson was brought in to film the remaining scenes for the character , despite having been initially passed over in favor of Higgins . Higgins ' brief appearance led some fans to dub him as the " Fake Wedge " . In 2017 , the short story collection " From a Certain Point of View " established " Fake Wedge " as a different character named Col Takbright . Lawson continued to play the character in and . He was surprised to return for " The Empire Strikes Back " , having assumed that Antilles died in " A New Hope " . The initial drafts of " Return of the Jedi " depicted Antilles in an earlier scene in the film , where he would have infiltrated an Imperial fleet . During the sequence , he would have flown and ultimately crashed a TIE fighter , necessitating his rescue at the hands of Princess Leia . Lawson declined an offer to reprise the role for , though he later appeared at Celebration Orlando . For the third season of the animated TV series " Star Wars Rebels " , Antilles appeared as a defecting Imperial TIE Fighter pilot and was voiced by Nathan Kress . Kress also voiced Antilles in the 2016 " " video game . For the 2016 film " " , David Ankrum reprised his role as Antilles ' voice , credited as " Red Two " , during which he announced flight personnel to redirect to Scarif ; due to his " " Look at the size of that thing ! " " line in " A New Hope " , he was deliberately excluded from the Battle of Scarif so that the Battle of Yavin would still be the first time he had actually seen the Death Star .