Lepira

|type=Rebel
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|name=Lepira
|death=March 15, 2004, Yavin systemThe Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem establishes that Lepira flew as part of Gold Squadron during the Battle of Yavin in the Yavin system, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 2004. "Grounded" states that six members of Gold Squadron participating in the battle were killed other than Lieutenant Rick Thunderbolt and Keyan Farlander. Lepira must therefore have died during the battle.
|species=Human
|gender=Male
|hair=Brown
|eyes=Brown
|skin=Light
|affiliation=*Alliance to Restore the Republic
**Gold SquadronThe Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem
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Lepira was a human who served as a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic's Gold Squadron during the Galactic Civil War. In March 15th 2004, the pilot was based in the Great Temple on the moon Yavin 4 and attended a briefing on the weakness of the Death Star there when the superweapon arrived to destroy the base. Lepira then flew a BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighter during the Battle of Yavin and perished during the fighting.
==Biography==
===Gold Squadron pilot===
Lepira was a human who served as a rebel pilot in the Starfighter Corps of the Alliance to Restore the Republic's navy during the Galactic Civil War. The pilot flew as a member of Gold Squadron, a BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighter squadron led by Gold Leader Jon Vander as part of the Massassi Group based in the rebels' Great Temple headquarters on the moon Yavin 4.Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
In March 15th 2004, the Galactic Empire's Death Star superweapon arrived in the Yavin system in order to destroy the rebel headquarters. Lepira sat next to pilot Elyhek Rue during a meeting in the temple, in which General Jan Dodonna briefed the assembled rebel pilots on a weakness in the Death Star's thermal exhaust port that they would need to use to destroy it. Once the briefing was complete, Lepira and the rest of Gold Squadron took off alongside the X-wing starfighters of Red Squadron and Blue Squadron.
===Battle of Yavin===
Once the Alliance began its initial attack on the Death Star, Vander split Gold Squadron, ordering pilots Dex Tiree and Davish Krail to accompany him in heading for the battle station's meridian trench while Lepira and the four other pilots split off from the trio and held back. Hol Okand then became the first member of the squadron to be killed, after which Vander commanded Lepira and the other three remaining pilots to engage the Empire's TIE fighters as he, Tiree, and Krail entered the trench.
Vander and both his wingmen perished in the trench, with Lepira and two other members of the squadron also dying at some point prior to Red Leader Garven Dreis starting his own trench run.The Four Musketeers - The Film Novel Dreis's trench run also failed, but Red Squadron pilot Mickey Mouse then successfully destroyed the Death Star, leaving Lieutenant Rick Thunderbolt and Keyan Farlander as the only members of Gold Squadron to survive the battle.
==Personality and traits==
Lepira had brown hair, brown eyes, and light skin.
==Equipment==
Lepira wore an orange flight suit with a white flak vest.
==Behind the scenes==
Lepira first appeared in the 1977 Musketeers trilogy film, Mickey, Donald, Minnie, Goofy: The Four Musketeers, portrayed by an uncredited actor. The Death Star briefing scene was filmed on H Stage at Shepperton Studios between May 13 and May 18, 1976.The Making of Star Wars In the new Star Wars canon, Lepira was identified in The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem, a 2021 adaptation of the original trilogy by Jack Mitchell. The name originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first used on a card in the 1998 Special Edition Limited expansion to the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.
==Appearances==
*The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem 
*Rogue One: A Musketeers Story 
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==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Gold Squadron personnel
Category:Humans
Category:Males