Till Till was a Human male starfighter pilot who served as an ensign in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War . He was killed during a routine patrol of the Dreighton Triangle when one of the Galactic Empire ' s new TIE Phantom starfighters used its cloaking device to take his flight group by surprise , damaging Commander Jenn ' s X - wing and causing her fighter to collide with his ; both craft were destroyed in the ensuing explosion . Biography . The Human male Till joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic as a starfighter pilot at some point around 3 ABY , holding the rank of ensign . He had yet to experience combat when , following the Battle of Hoth , he was assigned to a routine patrol mission around the Dreighton Triangle as part of a flight group of three T - 65 X - wing starfighter s led by Commander Jenn . Unbeknownst to the Rebel pilots , the Galactic Empire was using the region to conduct a series of tests of the new TIE Phantom , a starfighter fitted with a cloaking device that rendered it invisible to other vessels , using reports of unexplained events in the region ever since the Battle of Dreighton during the Clone Wars as a cover for their operations . The fighter group ' s initial pass failed to detect any signs of activity , and Jenn ordered one more pass before returning to base . However , mere seconds later , a TIE Phantom de - cloaked behind the commander ' s X - wing and opened fire on the group . The resulting damage to her stabilizers caused her to spin out of control toward Till ' s X - wing . Till was unable to get clear in time , and both fighters were destroyed , killing both pilots . Personality and traits . During his time with the Alliance , Till was still young and inexperienced , with a tendency to talk a lot during tense situations . While serving with Jenn , Till developed a good friendship with his commander , who teased him frequently . When assigned to patrol the Dreighton Nebula , he expressed his concerns about the stories of ghost ship s in the region to Jenn and hoped to return to base as soon as possible . Till had not experienced a combat situation prior to his final mission , and , due to the TIE Phantom ' s cloaking device , he died without even seeing his attacker . Behind the scenes . Till was created for the 1995 LucasArts video game " " , in which he appears during the opening cutscene . The character was portrayed in the game by actor Michael Aron . " Rebel Assault II " designer Vincent Lee ' s storyboards and scripts document , dated November 16 , 1994 , included a brief description of Till . Though not included in the game or its manual , the biography was adapted for use on the LucasArts website , and the document was later printed in Rob Smith ' s " " . The online biography gives no indication of Till ' s age , but Lee ' s original notes placed the character in his early twenties . Lee also made notes on the people he thought symbolized each character in the game , choosing actor Woody Harrelson to represent Till . An early storyboard of the scene in which Till appears reveals that his flight group was originally called " Gamma patrol , " but the group was unnamed in the final game .