Kirst ( pilot ) Kirst was a Human female starfighter pilot who flew in the Rebel Alliance ' s Rogue Squadron in the year 4 ABY . She was close with her fellow Rogue , Wister . When the Alliance Fleet struck at the Galactic Empire ' s unfinished Death Star II battlestation in orbit of the moon of Endor , Kirst and the Rogues — temporarily rechristened Red Squadron by Rogue Leader Wedge Antilles — flew their X - wing fighters in the attack . The Empire had anticipated their strike , however , and the Battle of Endor saw the Alliance Fleet fight off an onslaught from the Imperial Navy until Antilles and several other pilots were able to enter the Death Star ' s superstructure and destroy the entire station . The Alliance remained at Endor for some time , and Rogue Squadron participated in post - battle cleanup operations . During one such operation , Kirst , Wister , and Antilles clashed with remaining Imperial starfighters and pursued a TIE Advanced x1 into Endor ' s atmosphere . The TIE led them to a clearing that housed the remains of the downed Super Star Destroyer " Executor " , which fired its still - active turbolasers and destroyed Wister ' s X - wing . Kirst and Antilles then fired on a nearby canyon cliff , which created an avalanche that finished off the massive ship , and returned to the Rebel Star Cruiser " Home One " . Kirst , severely shaken by Wister ' s death , was comforted by Antilles . Biography . Kirst was a Human female who served the Rebel Alliance in 4 ABY as a member of Rogue Squadron , an elite group of twelve starfighter pilots . In that year , as the Alliance ' s war with the Galactic Empire raged , the Alliance Fleet massed near the planet Sullust in preparation for a major attack on the Empire ' s unfinished Death Star II battlestation , which was orbiting the forested moon of Endor . Rogue Leader Wedge Antilles temporarily rechristened the Rogues Red Squadron prior to the battle , in honor of a squadron in which he had once served . Red Squadron was attached directly to the MC80 Star Cruiser " Home One " , the flagship of the entire fleet . The fleet was not scheduled to arrive in the Endor system until a strike team on Endor ' s surface disabled the shield generator that protected the Death Star , and before the battle , Red Squadron met in a briefing room , where Antilles told them that they would be entering the Death Star ' s superstructure and firing on its reactor core . Kirst and her squadron , flying T - 65 X - wing starfighter s , were with the fleet as it flew through hyperspace to Endor , and upon reaching their target , they discovered that the deflector shield was still operational . Additionally , the Empire had anticipated their arrival , and the Rebels were forced to fend off attacking Imperial starfighters as they waited for the strike team to succeed . Although several Alliance squadrons were devastated by the onslaught , Red Squadron scored a large number of kills and remained mostly intact . The Death Star itself joined in the Battle of Endor when its superlaser began taking out Rebel capital ships , and the Alliance Fleet consequently began to attack Imperial Star Destroyers at point - blank range in order to avoid the battlestation ' s powerful laser . Several of the Imperial warships were destroyed , among them the Super Star Destroyer " Executor " . When the strike team finally destroyed the shield generator , Antilles and several other pilots entered the unfinished Death Star and knocked out the reactor core , which set off a chain reaction that ultimately destroyed the entire station . Galactic Emperor Palpatine was one of the Imperials killed aboard the Death Star , but the Imperial Navy fought on for nearly four more hours before retreating , and the Rebels celebrated their victory on the surface of the forest moon . The Alliance maintained a presence at Endor for some time , and Kirst flew with Rogue Squadron during post - battle cleanup operations . Kirst had grown close with fellow Rogue Wister during their time together in the squadron , and during one cleanup operation , the two of them flew as Antilles ' s wingmates , respectively holding the call sign s of Rogue Three and Rogue Two . The three Rogues pursued several Imperial fighters that remained in the system , and after Antilles destroyed a TIE Fighter , the trio pursued a TIE Advanced x1 toward Endor ' s surface . Although Kirst had a clean shot at their last enemy , Antilles told her to hold her fire , as he wanted to see where the fighter was going . After they entered the moon ' s atmosphere , the TIE led the trio through a series of rocky canyons and into a clearing , where the remains of the downed " Executor " laid . The massive vessel ' s turbolasers were still operational , and their sudden fire destroyed Wister ' s X - wing . Antilles told a stunned Kirst to hold together and transmitted attack coordinates to her fighter ; the two then fired proton torpedoes at a canyon cliff , and the resulting avalanche finished off the " Executor " . When their sensors detected no further hostiles , they returned to the " Home One " , where a tearful Kirst hugged Antilles before leaving the hangar with no words spoken . Personality and traits . Kirst was a member of Rogue Squadron , one of the Rebel Alliance ' s most elite starfighter squadrons . Rogue Leader Wedge Antilles felt that the Rogues who fought at the Battle of Endor had the same fire and determination as the original Red Squadron , and during the battle , they scored many kills . Kirst was horrified to come across the still - operational remains of the " Executor " after the battle and was devastated when its guns killed her wingmate , Wister . She held her emotions in check after Antilles prompted her to do so , but after landing aboard the " Home One " , she let her tears flow and wrapped her squadron leader in a wordless hug . Kirst had blonde hair , brown eyes , and light skin . She wore a Rebel flight suit while in her X - wing . Behind the scenes . Kirst first appeared in " A Day in the Life " , a short comic story that was included in " Star Wars Tales 12 " , a 2002 issue of Dark Horse Comics ' s anthology - style " Star Wars Tales " series . Written by Brett Matthews , penciled by Adrian Sibar , and colored by Guy Major , the comic depicts Kirst as a member of Rogue Squadron in the days after the Battle of Endor . In 2006 , Keeper of the Holocron continuity database Leland Chee stated that every story from the first twenty issues of " Tales " that was not " completely outrageous or intentionally comic " should be considered ambiguously canon ical , with its status upgraded to fully canonical if it were referenced in a later , non - " Tales " source . Both Kirst and her wingmate Wister received entries in 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , which cemented their places in " Star Wars " canon . The entries also added new continuity by establishing that both pilots actually served in Rogue Squadron during the Battle of Endor . Although the squadron ' s Endor roster is briefed by Wedge Antilles in the 1990 short story " The Briefing of Red Group , " this article endeavors to avoid the conjecture involved in definitively stating that Kirst appears in said story . The canon status of " A Day in the Life " presents several continuity issues . The story dates itself at three days after the Battle of Endor , but a different post - Endor timeline is given for Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron in the 1993 novel " The Truce at Bakura " — the book has them leave Endor two days after the battle and spend three days in hyperspace before arriving at the planet Bakura . This article therefore treats the three - day date given in " A Day in the Life " as erroneous and assumes that the story takes place at some other point shortly after the battle . Another continuity error concerns the " Executor " , the largely intact wreckage of which Kirst , Wister , and Antilles stumble across in " A Day in the Life " . According to the 1991 novel " Heir to the Empire " , the " Executor " completely disintegrated after crashing into the Death Star during the Battle of Endor .