Blue Squadron ( Rebel Alliance ) Blue Squadron was an airspeeder and starfighter squadron that served as part of the Rebel Alliance ' s starfighter corps during the Galactic Civil War . The squadron most notably participated in battles such as the Battle of Scarif , Siege on Tureen VII , the Battle of Hoth and the Battle of Endor . History . Battle on Scarif . Blue Squadron , under the command of General Antoc Merrick as Blue Leader , took part in the Battle of Scarif along with Red Squadron , Green Squadron , and Gold Squadron . Blue Squadron was expanded into a unit well beyond the usual 12 ships of the same design . It was a mix of X - wings , assigned to escort UT - 60D U - wings into combat zones and , a small number of Y - wings reallocated from squadrons in neighboring sectors . Heff Tobber ( Blue Eight ) , Calum Gram ( Blue Nine ) , and Laren Joma ( Blue Eleven with Taslet Colb as copilot and Bistan as gunner ) all flew U - wings while Paril Ritta ( Blue Twelve ) served as a Y - wing pilot . Blue Squadron X - wings accompanied the rest of the Alliance Fleet to the aid of Rogue One on Scarif below . Blue Squadron was tasked with penetrating the shield gate and providing air support and infantry reinforcements to Rogue One . On the approach to the shield gate , Merrick , at least six other Blue Group X - wings and Laren Joma ' s U - wing managed to bypass the Imperial defences and travel down toward the surface . However , the gate was shut , forcing Vangos Grek ( Blue Six ) and another X - wing pilot to pull up . Both were destroyed on impact with the planetary shield , but Barion Raner ( Blue Four ) , Jaldine Gerams ( Blue Three ) and at least 2 other X - wings managed to avoid impact and went to assist the Rebel fleet in space above . In the air around the Citadel , U - wings and X - wings were able to provide air support to and reinforce the troop s on the ground , destroying the AT - ACTs and engaging Imperial TIE / sk x1 experimental air superiority fighter s in the air . During the battle , the upper starboard engine of Merrick ' s T - 65B was damaged by a TIE striker , causing his ship to spiral toward the ground , killing him on impact . Most , if not all , of Blue Squadron ' s craft were destroyed at Scarif . The squadron ' s decimation at Scarif and the loss of its commanding officer meant that Blue Squadron would not be present at the following climactic battle at Yavin , leaving Red , Gold and Green Squadrons to take on that engagement . Vrogas Vas . Later on in the war , a new version of Blue Squadron , equipped with X - wings , was stationed at the refueling base on Vrogas Vas , along with several other Starfighter squadron s when Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire attacked the planet . During the battle the entire squadron , along with Yellow Squadron , was killed by the Sith Lord . Red Squadron would have joined their fate if Red Five , Luke Skywalker , did not crash his X - wing into Vader ' s TIE Advanced x1 , sending them falling towards the surface of Vrogas Vas . Tureen VII . After the incident on Vrogas Vas , Blue Squadron was deployed to the stolen " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Harbinger " , where they were launched during the Siege on Tureen VII to defend the Star Destroyer until the moon bases were destroyed and several X - Wings of the squadron were destroyed . Battle of Hoth . Blue Squadron was also part of the Rebel force stationed on Hoth when the Empire discovered the base , launching an invasion that signaled the commencement of the Battle of Hoth . Using T - 47 airspeeder s , the pilots of Blue Squadron helped to defend Echo Base from All Terrain Armored Transport s ( AT - ATs ) and All Terrain Scout Transport s ( AT - STs ) . They destroyed the AT - STs with the speeder ' s primary blasters and used their harpoon and tow cables to defeat the AT - ATs . This allowed three transports to escape the base . Battle of Endor . Blue Squadron participated in the Battle of Endor above the forest moon . During the battle , Ten Numb , a male Sullustan starfighter pilot , flew a B - wing starfighter under the callsign Blue Five . Behind the scenes . Blue Squadron appears in the of the non - Canon " " animated series . The squadron appeared in four of the five promotional short films designed to promote the series . Blue Squadron is led by Lieutenant Valeria , who leads the squadron into combat against the Galactic Empire in several skirmishes . In the series , Blue Squadron act as supporting characters to the Freemakers , a family of scavengers who join the Rebel Alliance .