Minutes later, all Rogue One members are killed by the Death Star. Unable to leave the planet, team Rogue One beams the plans to Leia's ship. The anthology film Rogue One, set shortly before A New Hope, features many of the pilots who fought on the Death Star fighting on the battle of Scarif, where Jyn Erso leads a group of Rebels called Rogue One, in an on-foot mission to steal the plans of the original Death Star. Luke is busy helping on the ground as a Jedi, and Wedge destroys the second Death Star with the aid of Lando Calrissian and Nien Nunb, who pilot the Millennium Falcon. Antilles often commanded the squadron when Luke had important off-flight missions.ĭuring the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi, Rogue Squadron was dissolved and absorbed into the general fleet and Antilles took the role of Red Leader, in memory of the Battle of Yavin. After the events of The Empire Strikes Back, Skywalker and Antilles formed a squadron of twelve units around the core group and the Rogue Squadron was formed. After the evacuation of Hoth, Antilles took command during the absence of Skywalker while he trained with Yoda at Dagobah. During the Battle of Hoth, the twelve snowspeeders of the Rogues gave the Rebels enough time to evacuate Echo Base and were destroyed later in the battle. Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles are the only members of Red Squadron to survive the assault.ĭuring The Empire Strikes Back, the Rogue Squadron on the ice planet Hoth has the burden of defending Echo Base with new pilots added to their roster, like Derek Klivian and Tycho Celchu. Luke would have died, had he not been saved by Han Solo and Chewbacca piloting the Millennium Falcon, and giving Luke time to deliver the shot that destroyed the Death Star. Jek Porkins, Biggs Darklighter, and most of the Squadron dies.

They use X-wing starfighters for the assault. In the films' plot, Red Squadron is essential to the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin, where they engaged in a dogfight against Darth Vader. The squadron was never a prominent feature of these films, and was rarely referred to as 'Rogue Squadron' (rather, the 'Red Squadron' designation is used). The squadron went on to appear in The Empire Strikes Back at the Battle of Hoth and in Return of the Jedi during the attack on the second Death Star. This appearance features many notable pilots, including Biggs Darklighter ('Red Three'), Jek Porkins ('Red Six'), Wedge Antilles ('Red Two'), and Luke Skywalker ('Red Five').

Red Squadron, the forerunner of Rogue Squadron, is first featured as a Rebel Alliance division in A New Hope (1977) during the attack on the Galactic Empire's first Death Star.

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