Blue Wing Blue Wing was the call sign of a male Rebel Alliance starfighter pilot who served in Blue Squadron as Blue Leader Merrick Simms ' s second - in - command . Blue Wing served with the squadron during the Battle of Endor , coordinating several Rebel units and engaging in combat against Imperial forces above the Forest Moon of Endor . Following Simms ' s death , Blue Wing and Blue Squadron participated in General Lando Calrissian ' s attack on the second Death Star . On Calrissian ' s orders , Blue Squadron broke off their run to lure some of the Imperials ' TIE fighters away while Calrissian and the others destroyed the Death Star ' s reactor core . Biography . Though the term " Blue Wing " could refer to the Rebel Alliance ' s Blue Squadron , the designation was also the call sign of an individual male pilot in the squadron who served as Blue Leader Merrick Simms ' s second - in - command . The fighter pilot designated Blue Wing was tasked with directing multiple battle groups . In 4 ABY , the Rebel Alliance learned that the Galactic Empire was constructing a second Death Star in the Endor system , and that the battlestation was protected by a deflector shield projected from the Forest Moon of Endor . A commando team was dispatched to destroy the shield generator before the bulk of the Alliance Fleet , led by the Mon Calamari Admiral Ackbar , arrived in the system to destroy the Death Star . Unbeknownst to the Alliance , they were falling into a trap orchestrated by Emperor Palpatine . When the Alliance Fleet arrived , they found the shield active and an Imperial fleet blocking their escape . The opposing armadas engaged one another in combat while the strike team struggled to accomplish their objective on Endor . As the space battle progressed , Commander Simms was killed following a Rebel attack on the Imperial main communications ship . One of Blue Wing ' s battle groups , Blue Squad , utilized A - wing fighters to great effect in combating and defeating the Imperial Fleet during the battle . Eventually , the strike team succeeded in destroying the shield generator , leaving the Death Star vulnerable to Rebel assault . General Lando Calrissian , flying the freighter " Millennium Falcon " as Gold Leader , led several starfighter squadrons — including Blue Squadron , under Blue Wing — in an attack on the Death Star . Scores of Rebel starfighters , followed closely by Imperial TIE fighters , skimmed low over the surface of the Death Star , looking for an entrance into its superstructure so they could find and destroy the station ' s reactor core . Attempting to alleviate his allies , Calrissian ordered Blue Wing to take Blue Squadron and draw away the pursuing TIEs . Blue Wing acknowledged as Calrissian and the remaining fighters flew into the Death Star . The Rebels succeeded in their endeavor , destroying the battlestation ' s reactor core and , in turn , the Death Star itself , scoring a major victory for the Alliance . Personality and traits . A Rebel pilot , Blue Wing served as Blue Leader Merrick Simms ' s second - in - command and was tasked with leadership of more than one battle group during the Battle of Endor . In the midst of the engagement , Blue Wing followed General Lando Calrissian in his attack run on the Death Star ' s superstructure , only to break off when Calrissian tasked him with luring away some of the pursuing TIE fighters . Behind the scenes . Blue Wing briefly appeared in the 1983 of , receiving one line of dialogue . Blue Wing is unique to the novel , as his scene does not appear in the actual film . The pilot later received entries in all three editions of " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " , the " Star Wars Encyclopedia " , and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . Though his gender was originally left unspecified , Blue Wing was confirmed to be male in " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " , Third Edition . For the " Star Wars Encyclopedia " and the three " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " entries on Blue Wing , " RJ " ( short for " Return of the Jedi " ) is listed as the information source code , which would imply that Blue Wing appears in the film . It should be noted that the " RJN " code exists for entries from the film ' s novelization .