Verlaine was the only Y-wing pilot of Gold Squadron to survive the assault, and returned to the Rebellion's headquarters on Yavin 4 with the other survivors. Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, Wedge Antilles, R2-A3, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Verlaine were the only rebel survivors of the starfighter assault.
The Alliance's desperate assault on the Death Star was successful, but costly. Of the twelve members of Red Squadron, only two—Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles—survived the assault. All members of Gold Squadron except Keyan Farlander reportedly died as well.
Sources published in the many years following the game's release would identify Farlander as the pilot of the Y-wing seen flying away from the exploding Death Star alongside the Millennium Falcon and Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles' X-wings in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
With the aid of the Force, the torpedoes shot along the trench and entered the shaft perfectly, as the two surviving X-wings, the lone surviving Y-wing and the aging freighter made for Yavin 4. The surviving rebel pilots included Skywalker, Antilles, and Gold Three (Evaan Verlaine).
Which pilot flew as Red Three during the Battle of Yavin?
Luke Skywalker's best friend from Tatooine, Biggs Darklighter flew as Red 3 at the Battle of Yavin. He was gunned down by Darth Vader as Luke neared the end of his race down the Death Star trench.
Who is the Y-Wing Pilot that Survived the Battle of Yavin - Star Wars Canon vs Legends
Who is the only Rebel pilot to fly in and survive all three major battles Yavin Hoth and Endor )?
Antilles is notable for having participated in more starfighter battles ending with decisive victories than any other character: he led the allied assault during the Battle of Exegol; he piloted a snowspeeder in the defense of Echo Base on Hoth; and is the only Rebel starfighter pilot to have survived both attack runs ...
The only survivor is Darth Vader, who participated in the battle; his TIE Advanced X1 fighter was damaged by Han Solo. On the rebel side, the losses are heavy. In addition to the Millennium Falcon, only three ships from the "Red" and "Gold" squadrons return, including those piloted by Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles.
Famous Y-wing pilots included Jon Vander, who led Gold Squadron during the Battle of Yavin; Keyan Farlander, the only surviving member from Gold Squadron in the attack; Davish Krail, who had flown them for five years; and Horton Salm, one of the New Republic's foremost Y-wing pilots.
During the Galactic Civil War, Yavin 4 was a location of one of the Rebel Alliance's principal bases. The Ghost crew and other rebel cells from across the galaxy joined together there in the early days of the Rebellion.
If the Empire destroyed the Rebellion - including Luke and Leia - at Yavin IV then the war would be basically over before it even began. Yes, Mom Mothma would still be alive but without Alderaan and its resources, Leia, Luke, all those people on Yavin 4 and the Death Star's plans she would've no chance to resist.
Y-wing made their theatrical appearance in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and have featured in movies, television shows, and the Star Wars expanded universe's books, comics, and games.
The two billion people living on the planet were killed, including Viceroy Bail Organa and his wife Breha. Bail and Breha were both in the Royal Palace in the capital of Aldera at the time, and saw the Death Star eclipse the sun beforehand.
In the original Star Tours, a Death Star III is seen and destroyed during the ride sequence by the New Republic. Leland Chee originally created the third Death Star to explain why a Death Star is present on the Star Tours ride when both of the stations in the movies were destroyed.
Rey Palpatine was born on Hyperkarn in 15 ABY during the rise of the New Republic. Her father, Dathan, was a bioengineered Strand-Cast cloned from the genetic template of Darth Sidious, the Sith Lord who ruled the Galactic Empire as Emperor Palpatine until his death and resurrection following the Battle of Endor.
He and Luke were reunited at Yavin 4's Rebel base, and flew together against the Death Star. Luke returned from that mission as a hero, but Biggs did not survive.
Yavin 4, the moon on which the Rebel base was located in the 1977 film Star Wars, was established as Poe's homeworld in the comic series Star Wars: Shattered Empire (2015) after the Guatemalan-born Isaac learned that the shooting location for Yavin 4 had been Tikal, Guatemala.
The Battle of Yavin sequence in Star Wars marked the first time that Luke Skywalker successfully utilized the power of the Force for a defined purpose, in this case, the destruction of the Death Star battle station.
The Y-Wing is generally better than its Imperial counterpart, the TIE Bomber. Its ion cannons are capable of disabling an enemy vessel's shields and weapons for a short window, allowing the bomber to complete its attack run unimpeded. In addition, its ion cannon makes it less vulnerable to corvettes than the TIE.
By the Galactic Civil War, many Y-wings were stripped of their hull plating and engine nacelles, shortening their length to 16.24 meters, for ease of maintenance, as their older parts often broke down, and models that eliminated the gunner's turret had been introduced.
Shadow Squadron, a unit of clone trooper pilots, flew Y-wing bombers in the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula under the command of Skywalker. At that time, Y-wings were still being tested. Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano flew as the gunner in Skywalker's Y-wing, and Jedi General Plo Koon served as a fighter escort.
Ahsoka Tano was born on Shili in 36 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin), but her exact birthdate is not provided in the official canon. However, based on available information, she was supposedly around 17 at the time.
Rey : Luke. Maz Kanata : The belonging you seek is not behind you... it is ahead. I am no Jedi, but I know the Force. It moves through and surrounds every living thing.
