Rebel Honor Guard / Legends The Rebel Honor Guard was the ceremonial guard of the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War . It comprised former Blue Guards of the defunct Old Republic ' s Senate , and several survivors of the destruction of Alderaan by the Galactic Empire . History . The Rebel Honor Guard served as the ceremonial guard of the Alliance to Restore the Republic — better known as the Rebel Alliance — a resistance movement opposed to Palpatine ' s Galactic Empire . Initially , many Honor Guards had been former members of the Blue Guard , the duty of which was to protect the Supreme Chancellor and the Senators in the time of the Old Republic . When the then Chancellor Palpatine turned the Republic into his Galactic Empire , some of the Blue Guards refused to join the new Emperor ' s red - clad Royal Guard . . They may have had relations with the Alliance Elite Guard , who were tasked with nearly the same duties . Following the destruction of the planet Alderaan by the Empire ' s Death Star battlestation in 0 BBY , the Rebel Honor Guard comprised survivors from that once ceremonious planet . While many Rebel officers lacked proper dress uniform s , the survivors of Alderaan had retained theirs , thereby conferring the Honor Guard a more solemn aura . Shortly after that same year , a group of Alliance starfighters attacked and destroyed the Death Star over the gas giant Yavin Prime . In celebration of their victory , the Rebels held an award ceremony in the Throne Room of the Massassi Station — an ancient temple located on the fourth moon of Yavin . The members of the Honor Guards who were Alderaanian survivors were selected to stand in front of the Throne Room ' s main doors during the ceremony , which honored Luke Skywalker , Han Solo and Chewbacca for their efforts in destroying the Death Star . After the Alliance finally got the upper hand against the Empire and evolved into a New Republic , the Rebel Honor Guards were reorganized into the New Republic Honor Guard . Equipment . The Rebel Honor Guards wore dark green , button down jackets with pockets , matching pants and black boots . They wore helmets similar to that of the Rebel Vanguard troopers and wielded an electropole . Behind the scenes . The Rebel Honor Guards first appeared during the ending segment of the 1977 movie , the first installment of the " Star Wars " saga . An action figure of the Rebel Honor Guard was released by the Hasbro toy company in 2007 , as part of their " " set . The background of all the Honor Guard sentries present during the award ceremony was expanded on the action figure ' s accompanying card . In 2008 , a 34 mm scale model of the Rebel Honor Guard was released for the " Star Wars Miniatures " , an RPG - style game by Wizards of the Coast . While the 2007 Hasbro figure established that the Honor Guards were surviving officers from Alderaan , the 2008 miniature stated that " many Rebel Honor Guards [ were ] former members of the Senate Guard who refused to join Emperor Palpatine ' s Royal Guard . " The present article assumes both assertions are true . Inconsistencies . The Honor Guards sentries did appear in the 1987 comic " " , although with a significantly different uniform than what was shown in " A New Hope " . The sentries ' design in " According to the Droids " was likely based on a piece of early concept art drawn by John Mollo for the movie . That conceptual drawing was later published in " . "