Blount / Legends Blount was a Human male who fought in the Galactic Civil War . Originally a member of the Galactic Empire ' s Imperial Security Bureau , he defected to the Rebel Alliance before 4 ABY and joined Alliance Intelligence . As a lieutenant , he also served the Rebels as a pilot , spy , and scout , and by 4 ABY , he was considered a seasoned combat veteran . When the Alliance launched an assault on the Empire ' s unfinished Death Star II battlestation in that year , Blount joined the crew of the YT - 1300 light freighter " Millennium Falcon " , whose pilot , Lando Calrissian , led the Alliance Fleet ' s starfighter contingent during the attack . The Empire anticipated the strike , however , and when the Rebel fleet arrived at their target in the Endor system , they found the station protected by a deflector shield . As they fended off attacking Imperial fighters , Blount served in a post aboard the " Millennium Falcon " . The freighter squared off against Imperial Star Destroyers during the battle , and eventually entered the incomplete Death Star when a Rebel strike team on the Forest Moon of Endor below was able to blow up the station ' s shield generator . Calrissian destroyed the Death Star ' s reactor core ; the station soon after exploded and the Rebels won the day . Biography . The Human male Blount served the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War as a member of the Imperial Security Bureau . Prior to 4 ABY , he defected to the Rebel Alliance , wherein he lent his skills to Alliance Intelligence and achieved the rank of lieutenant . Blount also served as a spy and a scout , and occasionally piloted a modified Z - 95t Headhunter designated " Tala 2 " . The reconnaissance starfighter was used to monitor Imperial activity during Rebel commando operations . When piloting " Tala 2 " , Blount was the wingman of Colonel Airen Cracken , who flew in " Tala 1 " . Cracken ' s fighter was operationally assigned to support Rebel commandos serving under General Crix Madine . At some point during his career , Blount visited Cloud City , a tibanna gas mining colony that floated above the gas giant Bespin . By 4 ABY , he had been involved in enough combat situations to be considered a seasoned veteran . In that year , he was with the Alliance Fleet in the Sullust system while an assault was planned on the Empire ' s Death Star II battlestation , a superweapon under construction in orbit above the Forest Moon of Endor . General Lando Calrissian was selected to lead the starfighter contingent of the naval strike on the station from the YT - 1300 light freighter " Millennium Falcon " , and Blount joined the freighter ' s crew as preparations were made throughout the fleet . He stood in the cockpit with Calrissian , co - pilot Nien Nunb , Airen Cracken , and a navigator as the fleet entered hyperspace en route to Endor . The Rebels expected the deflector shield protecting the Death Star to be deactivated due to the efforts of a strike team that had been dispatched to the moon and tasked with destroying the groundside deflector shield generator , but upon the fleet ' s arrival in the Endor system , Calrissian discovered that the shield was still functional . The Empire had anticipated their arrival , and the fleet could do little save fend off attacking Imperial starfighters . Although Blount left the " Millennium Falcon " cockpit before the dogfighting began , he continued to actively crew the freighter during the space battle . When the Death Star ' s superlaser — thought by the Alliance to be not yet operational — began to destroy Rebel capital ships , the " Millennium Falcon " led the Rebels toward a nearby fleet of Imperial Star Destroyers to avoid the battlestation ' s powerful weapon . The Alliance ships attacked the Destroyer s at point - blank range , and Calrissian at one point took the " Millennium Falcon " into an enemy vessel ' s hangar bay in an effort to dodge its turbolasers . Explosions resulting from concussion missiles fired by Nunb eventually covered the freighter ' s escape from the Destroyer ' s guns . The " Millennium Falcon " also aided in the destruction of the Empire ' s main communications ship , which neutralized the Empire ' s jamming of the Alliance fleet . As a result , the Alliance was able to detect when the Rebel strike team finally destroyed the shield generator . Immediately thereafter , the " Millennium Falcon " and several other Rebel fighters entered the incomplete battlestation and made their way to its reactor core . Blount was aboard the freighter when its guns destroyed the core ; Red Leader Wedge Antilles also took out the station ' s power regulator from his X - wing starfighter , and the two ships were able to escape from the Death Star mere seconds before it was destroyed in a powerful explosion . The Alliance won the battle and delivered a crippling blow to the Empire . Personality and traits . During the Galactic Civil War , Blount defected from the Galactic Empire and joined the Rebel Alliance . He worked as an Intelligence agent in both organizations , and also served as a pilot , spy , and scout in the Alliance . He was skilled at flying and was considered to be a seasoned combat veteran . Blount had green eyes , fair skin , and dark - blond hair . During the Battle of Endor , he wore standard - issue Alliance battledress , which included a protective helmet , a thornproof jerkin , and an identity panel . Behind the scenes . Lieutenant Blount first appeared in Richard Marquand ' s 1983 film , , as a nameless background character standing in the " Millennium Falcon " cockpit during a single scene immediately prior to the Battle of Endor . He was played by Trevor Butterfield , who also played numerous other roles in both " Return of the Jedi " and in 1980 ' s " " . Additional footage was shot of both Blount and Airen Cracken rushing through the " Millennium Falcon " corridors alongside other Rebel crewmembers , and of the two of them manning the freighter ' s quad laser cannons . These scenes went unused in the film ' s final cut , but the rough , unedited footage was later included in the 2011 " " release . The presence of two gunners in the quad turrets during the battle was nevertheless canonized by " Gambler ' s Run " , a short story originally published in the 1990 sourcebook " " , and Cracken has since been confirmed to be one of them . Although " Star Wars " author Tim Veekhoven surmised that Blount was likely the second gunner in a 2006 blog , the maintenance droid MK - 09 had in fact been named the other gunner in 1999 . Therefore , Blount ' s specific role during the battle in " Star Wars " Legends continuity remains unknown . Photos of Blount were used to represent a generic Rebel trooper in both 1997 ' s " Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook , Special Edition " and the 1998 " " CD - ROM , but the character was neither named nor given a backstory until 2000 , when the Death Star II Limited expansion set of the " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game included a card called " Lieutenant Blount . " A promotional photo of Blount and Cracken was later included in Issue 30 of " The Official Star Wars Fact File " , in an article discussing Rebel troopers present on Endor ' s surface during the Battle of Endor ; however , Blount ' s presence aboard the " Millennium Falcon " during the battle has been confirmed by 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . Neither Blount , Cracken , nor the Rebel navigator are present in the " Millennium Falcon " cockpit in Marvel Comics ' of the film , in Dark Horse Comics ' , or in LucasArts ' non - canon " " . Additionally , neither James Kahn ' s of the film nor Ryder Windham ' s mention anyone as being present in the cockpit save for Calrissian and Nunb . An alternate version of the battle occurs in the comic book miniseries " " , in which the " Millennium Falcon " is crewed only by Calrissian , General Han Solo , and the Wookiee Chewbacca .