Corona Squadron Corona Squadron was a starfighter squadron that served the Alliance to Restore the Republic and later the New Republic . It was designated for reconnaissance duty but also served in the Battle of Hoth and the Battle of Endor . The squadron flew X - wing starfighter s . History . During the early years of the Galactic Civil War , Corona Squadron included Corona Leader ( The Contessa ) , Corona Two ( Yendor ) , Corona Three ( Smikes ) , Corona Four ( Thane Kyrell ) , and Corona Five ( Kendy Idele ) . They were a ragtag group that came together from across the galaxy with vastly different backgrounds . Battle of Hoth . Corona Squadron was stationed on the ice planet of Hoth when the Galactic Empire discovered the location of the hidden rebel base there . When the Imperial fleet arrived on Hoth sooner than was expected , the job of Corona Squadron was to delay the oncoming army until the rebel transports could escape the planet . Two members of Corona Squadron , Thane Kyrell and Yendor , piloted a snowspeeder together and managed to take down an Imperial AT - AT on their own by shooting at its joints , where walkers were most vulnerable . Once the transports had taken off , the squadron took their X - wings into space , where they rendezvoused with the rest of the rebel fleet . Reconnaissance . After the Battle of Hoth , they were personally thanked for their service by Mon Mothma , the leader of the Rebel Alliance . She then gave them a special mission — to do reconnaissance for the Rebel Alliance — in which they were to be based on the " Liberty " . In the coming months , they did many intelligence missions , including one on D ' Qar , where they found nothing noteworthy , but decided that it could be a possible future location for a rebel base . Many reports from their spies were received of the Imperial fleet moving large quantities of raw material , though they couldn ' t discern its destination . They were later informed of a large gathering of ships in the Hudalla system , and were sent to investigate . While there , they found a large fleet of Imperial ships and learned of the construction of the Second Death Star . Despite hiding in the rings of the planet in low power mode , they were detected by the Imperial fleet and a squadron of four TIE fighters was sent to root them out . In the battle , Corona Three ( Smikes ) was shot down before the X - wings could escape . Battle of Endor . After the discovery of the Second Death Star , Corona Squadron was assigned to cover the starfighters of the Gold , Red , Green , and Gray squadrons , as they penetrated the Death Star . Due to Endor ' s shields being up when they pulled out of hyperspace , they were forced to face off with a large number of TIE fighters and Imperial Star Destroyers . On orders from Gold Leader in the " Millennium Falcon " , they moved in close to the Star Destroyers , working as a team and successfully disabling the engines of the " Subjugator " . When the shields surrounding the Second Death Star fell , they protected the other squadrons , as they made their entry into the Death Star . By the conclusion of the battle , the squadron had suffered no casualties . Post - Endor . After surviving starfighters landed on " Home One " , a rebel was asking about the squadron ' s status . Corona Squadron went on to serve the New Republic after the Battle of Endor , but their composition had changed . The Contessa had left the squadron to run for presidency on her homeworld , resulting in Yendor becoming the new Corona Leader . They also acquired two new members , one from Coruscant and the other from Nea Dajanam . As the Empire sought to regain control of Naboo , the squadron fought on the planet in several separate battles . Two decades later , Yendor had become the ambassador from his homeworld of Ryloth to the Republic , and Senator Leia Organa mentioned meeting the squadron to him during her investigation on the planet .