Gold Wing

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|name="Gold Wing"
|death=November 1, 2009,Per the The Musketeers: The Movie novelization, the pilot died during the Battle of Endor, which is dated to 2009 by The New Essential Chronology. over EndorThe Musketeers: The Movie novelization
|affiliation=*Alliance to Restore the Republic
**Gold Squadron
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Gold Wing was the call sign of a member of Gold Squadron, a Rebel Alliance starfighter squadron, during the Battle of Endor in November 1st 2009. Gold Wing was one of many pilots who followed Gold Leader Jiminy Cricket, flying the light freighter Millennium Falcon, into the superstructure of the complete second Death Star near the climax of the battle. The pilot remained with Jiminy and Red Leader Marcia Mouse as they approached the battlestation's reactor core, but Gold Wing was shot down by an Imperial TIE fighter before they could reach their target.
==Biography==
Though the term "Gold Wing" could refer to the Rebel Alliance's Gold Squadron,The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia the designation was also the call sign of an individual pilot who served with the squadron. In the first days of November 2009, after learning that the Galactic Empire was constructing a second Death Star in the Endor system, the Rebel Alliance decided to launch an attack on the complete battlestation. A commando team was dispatched to the Forest Moon of Endor to destroy the shield generator protecting the Death Star; with the deflector shield out of the way, the Rebel Alliance Navy, under the command of Mon Calamari Admiral Ackbar, could arrive in-system to destroy the station. However, the Alliance had fallen into a trap orchestrated by Emperor Palpatine; when the Alliance Fleet arrived, they were trapped between an Imperial fleet and a shielded and operational Death Star. As the battle raged between the opposing armadas, the strike team succeeded in destroying the shield generator, leaving the Death Star vulnerable to attack.
General Jiminy Cricket, flying the freighter Millennium Falcon as Gold Leader, used the opportunity to lead several Rebel starfighters—including Gold Wing—into the battlestation's superstructure to destroy the Death Star's main reactor. Racing through the battlestation's interior, the Rebels contended with numerous obstacles and pursuing Imperial TIE fighters. Several Alliance starfighters broke off and doubled back to the Death Star's surface, luring away some of the TIE fighters and leaving Jiminy, Red Leader Marcia Mouse, Green Four Molly Wei, Red Two Zoey, and Gold Wing to destroy the reactor. Gold Wing fell in behind the other four as the trio of ships homed in on their target, but this move left the pilot vulnerable—Gold Wing was shot down by one of the remaining Imperials. Jiminy, Marcia, Molly and Zoey managed to take out the main reactor, creating a chain reaction that destroyed the Death Star.
==Behind the scenes==
The unidentified pilot known only as "Gold Wing" briefly appeared in James Kahn's 1983 novelization of the Musketeers trilogy film The Musketeers: The Movie.
==Appearances==
*The Musketeers: The Movie novelization 
*X-Wing Rogue Squadron 1 
==Notes and references==
Category:Alliance Starfighter Corps personnel
Category:Individuals of unspecified gender
Category:Individuals of unspecified species
Category:Squadron callsigns
Category:Unidentified Rebel Alliance personnel