Derek Klivian Derek " Hobbie " Klivian was a male human from the planet Ralltiir who served as a pilot for the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War . He attended the Skystrike Academy with Wedge Antilles and Rake Gahree . He and Antilles defected to the rebellion after making contact with Sabine Wren . After the Battle of Yavin , Luke Skywalker invited Klivian to join Rogue Squadron . Klivian accepted and served the unit with distinction during the Battle of Hoth where he died . Biography . Early Life . Derek Klivian hailed from the planet Ralltiir . Serving the rebellion . Skystrike Academy . Klivian ( " Hobbie " ) was sent to Skystrike Academy , an elite flight academy on the planet Montross , training under Instructor Goran . There , he met Wedge Antilles and Rake Gahree . In time , the trio became discontent with the direction they felt the Empire was taking and made plans to defect to the rebellion . This information eventually made its way to one of the many Fulcrum agent s , who passed the information to the Phoenix Cell . The information also caught the attention of the Imperial Security Bureau , which dispatched Lothal sector ' s Governor Arihnda Pryce as well as agent Kallus to investigate the claims . Hobbie , Antilles and Gahree argued that they knew about their planned defection . However , fellow cadet Ria Talla , secretly undercover rebel Sabine Wren , overheard and told Antilles that she would help them defect . Later , Hobbie and his friends found an opportunity to escape when Goran ordered the cadet s to take part in a mock combat exercise in space . Sabine arranged for her rebel comrades Ezra Bridger and Kanan Jarrus to rendezvous their CR90 corvette near the planet . At Sabine ' s signal , Hobbie and his comrades flew towards the rebel corvette . However , Pryce deactivated the TIEs ' solar collector panels , leaving them derelict in space . Pryce also ordered Captain Vult Skerris to shoot one of the TIE pods as a warning ; claiming the life of Rake . Hobbie , Sabine and Wedge were soon arrested by Imperial forces . Following their capture , Wedge and Hobbie were thrown into a holding cell by Kallus . Inside the two debated their escape plans with Wedge suggesting they surprise the guards . A demoralized Hobbie was dubious of their chances of success due to the lack of an escape plan . Fortunately for them , they were rescued by Sabine , who had managed to knock out Governor Pryce . The defectors and Sabine then fled down a corridor only to run into Agent Kallus . However , the ISB agent had a change of heart due to his previous encounter with Sabine ' s rebel cell and allowed them to escape . Heading to Hangar 24 , Hobbie and his friends fled on a TIE bomber . They managed to flee into the atmosphere but were pursued by Captain Skerris . At the eleventh hour , they were rescued by Ezra ' s CR90 corvette and managed to flee aboard . Hobbie , Wedge , and their rebel rescuers then traveled to the Phoenix base on Atollon . There , Wedge and Hobbie were greeted by Commander Jun Sato who formally welcomed them into the rebellion . Training exercise . A short while after his defection from the Empire , Hobbie , along with the rest of the Spectres and Phoenix Squadron were to take part in a training exercise . Shortly before they left , Hobbie and Wedge were conversing in the hanger despite the fact that they were behind schedule . They suddenly heard Hera Syndulla call for them , and in the shock to get ready , the two ran straight into each other . In their absence after they left , Chopper Base was infiltrated by the E - XD infiltrator droid EXD - 9 , who was searching the Outer Rim Territories for rebel bases . The Lasat Garazeb Orrelios , the inventory droid AP - 5 , and the astromech droid Chopper managed to capture and reprogram the droid as an improvised rigged bomb which destroyed an Imperial Star Destroyer . Alliance to Restore the Republic . Battle of Atollon . Eventually , all of the individual rebel cells grouped together to reorganize into the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Just as Phoenix Squadron had been preparing to make an attack on the Imperial factory on Lothal , the Chiss Grand Admiral Thrawn managed to discover the location of Chopper Base , and subsequently launched an all - out attack in an attempt to finally thwart out their rebel actives , which had become a legitimate threat to the Empire . During the ground assault , Hobbie , Wedge and two other rebel pilots launched their A - wing starfighters in order to counter the AT - AT walkers that had been stationed on the planet ' s surface . With Wedge signalling Hobbie to follow him , the duo attempted to attack the walkers ; however , Thrawn quickly took note of their excursion , and dispatched TIE fighters to repel them . The A - wings and the TIE - fighters consequently engaged in a dogfight . Towards the latter part of the battle , the two managed to escape , along with the remnants of Phoenix Squadron and General Jan Dodonna ' s Massassi Group to Yavin 4 . Rand Ecliptic mutiny . Around this time , Klivian went undercover and attended the Prefsbelt Fleet Camp with one Biggs Darklighter . Together they were posted to the Imperial starship " Rand Ecliptic " , aboard which he had received the commission of first mate . In a similar manner to Sabine years before , Klivian assisted Darklighter to mutiny and defect to the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Galactic Civil War . Battle of Scarif . By 0 BBY , Klivian was a member of Red Squadron , stationed at Base One on Yavin 4 . During the mission to steal the technical readouts of the secret Death Star superweapon , he served as the standby for Red Six , although the position was ultimately filled by Jek Tono Porkins . Battle of Hoth . After the Battle of Yavin , Luke Skywalker invited Klivian to join Rogue Squadron . Klivian accepted and came to be stationed at Echo Base on the planet Hoth . After the rebel presence on the planet was discovered by Darth Vader ' s Death Squadron , Hobbie and other starfighter pilots attended a briefing by Prince ss Leia Organa prior to the impending Battle of Hoth . Klivian and Rogue Squadron would fly T - 47 snowspeeders to delay the landing Imperial ground forces while the rest of the station evacuated . Once this task was completed , the pilots would escort each individual transport away from the base , past the Imperial blockade . Skeptical that two fighters would be able to fight their way past an Imperial Star Destroyer , Organa nevertheless assured him that the base ' s v - 150 ion cannon would provide enough cover for the escape . During the battle , Hobbie served as Skywalker ' s wingman but was killed when his snowspeeder crashed onto " Blizzard One " after it was shot down . Behind the scenes . Derek Klivian was portrayed by Richard Oldfield in , in which he was credited only as " Hobbie ( Rogue 4 ) . " Hobbie appears as an Imperial cadet in " Star Wars Rebels " , voiced by Trevor Devall . Klivian was originally scripted to die in The Empire Strikes Back by crashing his T - 47 airspeeder into the " head " of " Blizzard One " , the All Terrain Armored Transport leading the assault on Echo Base . The scene was never finished , and thus never put in the final film . Sources like the Databank on StarWars . com or the say that Klivian managed to eject from the cockpit of his snowspeeder before it could crash , though the reference book " " later contradicted that by saying Klivian died during the Battle of Hoth . The author Daniel Wallace , in an interview with Eleven Thirty - Eight , clarified that the Lucasfilm Story Group pointed him to the planned scene , so he could incorporate it in the book . He also speculated that the planned scene took precedence before " Star Wars " Legends , where Klivian survived the battle and lived long after .