Wedge Antilles is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.
26 Facts About Wedge Antilles
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Wedge Antilles is featured in the Star Wars expanded universe, most notably as the lead character in most of the X-Wing novels.
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Wedge Antilles's superior piloting skills, in-depth knowledge of Imperial military doctrine, and tactical leadership quickly propelled him through the ranks to become Marshal of the Alliance Starfighter Corps.
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Wedge 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 on the Death Stars at the battles of Yavin and Endor.
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Wedge Antilles was first seen in the 1977 film A New Hope in the Rebels' Death Star attack briefing.
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Wedge Antilles appears towards the end of Star Wars as "Red Two", an X-wing pilot and a member of Red Squadron.
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Wedge Antilles appears in The Empire Strikes Back as a member of the newly formed Rogue Squadron.
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Wedge Antilles appears towards the end of Return of the Jedi as the leader of Red Squadron in the Battle of Endor.
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When he and Calrissian reach the Death Star's core, Wedge Antilles destroys the power regulator on the core's north tower, while Calrissian destroys the core itself.
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Wedge Antilles later appears at the victory celebration at the Ewok village on Endor.
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Wedge Antilles appears, played by Denis Lawson, in the final installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker.
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Wedge Antilles is seen manning a gun turret on the Millennium Falcon during the battle between the Resistance and the Sith Eternal, shortly after the death of his stepson Snap.
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Wedge Antilles is not seen on screen in the spinoff film Rogue One, but his voice is briefly heard over the intercom in the Rebel base on Yavin 4.
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Wedge Antilles was intentionally omitted from the film's climactic battle in order to avoid a continuity error with the first Star Wars film, which takes place immediately after Rogue One.
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Wedge Antilles first appeared in the episode The Antilles Extraction, the fourth episode of the third season.
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Wedge Antilles later appeared in the episode "Double Agent Droid," the nineteenth episode of the third season, and again in both parts of the third season finale Zero Hour, the twenty-first and twenty-second episodes, respectively.
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Wedge Antilles is featured in the Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy by Chuck Wendig, consisting of the novels Aftermath, Life Debt, and Empire's End.
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Wedge Antilles makes a brief appearance in Claudia Gray's 2015 novel Star Wars: Lost Stars, in which he recruits Thane Kyrell, one of the novel's protagonists, into the Rebel Alliance.
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Wedge Antilles is the stepfather of Resistance fighter pilot Snap Wexley, played in the sequel trilogy by Greg Grunberg.
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Janson was eventually killed by scavengers; Wedge Antilles then stole one of their ships to escape the planet and contact the Rebellion.
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Wedge Antilles suddenly appears outside one of the windows, after working on the ship from space.
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Leia states that he and Luke grew up together on Tatooine, which Wedge Antilles seems to confirm in his log by mentioning a girlfriend he had there.
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Star Wars Legends literature explains that Wedge Antilles' parents were killed when their starship-refueling depot exploded.
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Wedge Antilles piloted a freighter before joining the Rebel Alliance as a starfighter pilot.
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Wedge Antilles is one of two main player characters in the Rogue Squadron video game series, and Wedge Antilles appears as a minor character in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, helping the player during one mission.
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Wedge Antilles is a playable character in Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.