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.
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.
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.
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.
Brad Burnie of Starships.com did a painstakingly detailed analysis and determined that, according to official Star Wars lore, 1,565,231 people died on Death Star 1.0, split between Stormtroopers, Imperial garrisons, and passengers.
Out of the 2 billion inhabitants on Alderaan - with the modern-day populations of China and India having about 2.8 billion people combined - about 60,000 survived the destruction of the planet due to being outside of its star system at the time.
In Rogue One (2016), the original "Red Five" (Pedrin Gaul) was killed when his X-wing was destroyed by TIE fighters during the Battle of Scarif, leaving the callsign to be used by Luke Skywalker during the Battle of Yavin and ultimately destroying the Death Star.
Who does Luke reunite with at the Battle of Yavin?
With his home planet behind him, Darklighter relocated to the Rebel base on Yavin 4. He reunited with Skywalker, who had helped rescue Princess Leia Organa, a leader in the Alliance, from the Death Star with stolen plans for the planet-destroying space station.
Where was the ghost crew during the Battle of Yavin?
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.
An unknown clone trooper pilot went by the call sign of Red Five. He was killed during a mission to Tythe in 19 BBY. Luke Skywalker flying as Red Five during the Battle of Yavin.
I know that they are born in 16:5 and the battle of Yavin occurs in 35:3:7 in the Expanded Universe so we can say that they are "almost" 19 (2 months until their nineteenth birthday).
Most, if not all, of Blue Squadron's craft were destroyed at Scarif. The squadron's decimation at Scarif and the loss of its commanding officer meant that Blue Squadron would not be present at the following climactic battle at Yavin, leaving Red, Gold and Green Squadrons to take on that engagement.
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.
The Battle of Yavin, also known as the Battle of the Death Star or the Miracle of Yavin, was a major and decisive battle of the Galactic Civil War, in which the Rebel Alliance was able to destroy the Death Star and was seen as one of the first major victories over the Galactic Empire.
Some time after this quest Cal was rifted into the Multiverse Merged universe where he met Luke Skywalker and formed a New Jedi Order with him. Although recent hardships have strained their relationship, Cal and Luke are still trying to restore the Order, now much better than it was before.
Luke Became Palpatine's Apprentice in the Original Follow-Up Comics. Of course, while fans are only now seeing Luke as a Sith in new canon, the same can't be said for his Legends adventures.
Pedrin Gaul was a human male who flew as a Rebel pilot in the Alliance to Restore the Republic, operating under the callsign Red Five. He was a transport pilot before helping fugitives who were hunted by the Galactic Empire escape from Denon, for which he was branded a traitor of the Empire.
Red Seven was the callsign of the seventh member of Red Squadron. There were a number of starfighter squadrons with this name, and several beings went by the name Red Seven. Rebel Alliance pilot Elyhek Rue used the callsign during the Battle of Yavin. Keir Santage flew as Red Seven during the Battle of Endor.
Jek Porkins was a pilot and trader who abandoned his homeworld when the Empire moved in and developed a new military base there. The burly rebel pilot flew an X-wing at the Battle of Yavin under the call sign Red 6. His X-wing developed a mechanical problem early in the battle, leaving him struggling to maneuver.
The added risk Darth Vader takes in allowing children to live in a situation where he could have killed them proves that he regrets killing Younglings and will avoid harming any more children for the rest of his days, though intense intimidation is a dark strategy to avoid repeating his Youngling massacre.
