Who is the Y-Wing Pilot that Survived the Battle of Yavin - Star Wars Canon vs Legends

[@dugroz]

While I do love delving into minor characters, sometimes I wish there were more "regular Joes" in the Star Wars universe that ended up having 10 seconds on screen. The lone Y-wing pilot who survived the battle of Yavin was Bob Smith. He didn't come from a well connected background, he didn't have force powers, and none of his family was killed by the Empire. He just joined the Rebellion because he wanted to and was a good enough (or lucky enough) pilot to survive. Bob became a life insurance salesman and is now retired, and has 3 grandchildren.

[@steel.9714]

And his grandchildren are now Pilots too! Of T16 sky hoppers tho...

[@synthonaplinth5980]

'Bob Smith'..they probably thought that he had a funny name, or something. Nothing like John Vander, Davish Krall, Wedge Antilles, etc.

[@skybot7091]

Nah mate this is star wars, there ain't no such thing as normal Joe.

[@america2793]

*good ending*

[@Powerarmorgameing]

*legends* YOU GET FORCE POWERS! YOU GET FORCE POWERS! YOU GET FORCE POWERS! YOU GET FORCE POWERS! YOU ALL GET FORCE POWERS!

[@thePollum]

TheFallenSteel yeah :D I never read any of the old eu stories but every time I hear about a character from there they'll eventually have force powers :D kind of an oversaturation in my opinion

[@jazzy9185]

Too true.....

[@_MaZTeR_]

The droid which motivator was blown up in Episode 4 apparently had Force powers in Legends. A droid. What the hell?

[@Aphi_Yor]

_MaZ_ maybe that was the droid they were looking for

[@Kj16V]

lol: "The Force" needs to changed to "The Deus Ex Machina!"

[@Spacedock]

Totally slipped me by that we had a canon replacement for Farlander in that Y-Wing. I need to read the Leia comics. :)

[@StarWarsExplained]

Evaan is probably the best part of that series. Overall it was just okay.

[@pietropietro5466]

+Star Wars Explained You both have amazing channels, thank you so much for all your work guys!

[@RockRedGenesis]

It is uncanny how much Evaan looks like Juno Eclipse though. One canon, one legends, both looking very similar looking.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

+Edward Hahm Well BLT-S3 Y wings are two seaters that look a lot like BLT-A4s so there's no reason they couldn't both be in it.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

+Edward Hahm Fair enough... Wait is one of them a midget? there's an A4s do have Astromech ports.

[@SirCraigius]

You know what bugs me. Why the heck didn't Wedge and that Y-Wing pilot also get medals at the end of New Hope? They took part in the whole battle. They deserve equal recognition.

[@FireheartSamurai]

@@GarthanSaal444Alex already did a video on it. But here’s a tldr. Chewie did get one but didn’t accept it with a formal ceremony. Wookiees are honorable people. He gave that medal to someone who he thought was more deserving of it. Maz did give him the medal in TROS though.

[@legionarybooks13]

@@FireheartSamuraimore likely, the props department didn't make enough medals back in 1977, and 40+ years later they're trying to retcon it. 😄

[@bladeriders]

It's like Oprah was in charge of who had or didn't have force abilities in Legends. "You get the Force, and you get the force, and you, and you!"

[@Tracer_Krieg]

Probably because they were too lazy to just create new characters who have Force Abilities, so instead everybody cool gets the Force even though they were cool without them.

[@sebastiantiainen2749]

Krazy Skittlez there's even a force sensitive droid in legends

[@Tracer_Krieg]

Sebastian Tiainen Ah, Skippy. I'll just skip you, thank you very much.

[@GAdmThrawn]

A bit exaggerating, don't you think?

[@Tracer_Krieg]

***** Nope, not really.

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

Funny, I was just thinking about this two days ago.

[@kyrakranenburg6686]

RedTeamReview Go back to game of thrones Jk

[@carlingas666]

Google and Facebook is tapping into your head.

[@RenegadeRouser]

I know Star Wars since I was a child, yet I find out something new about the saga almost everyday by just watching videos like this one.

[@Lanosrep]

Canon: The lone pilot was a fellow Alderanian who was close to Leia Legends: The lone pilot was a jedi in disguise and part Bobble head, having featured prominently in his own 50 issue comic series in which he discusses how space is big

[@Mal-sg6zc]

I mean tbh.... they are both kinda strange tho. this fellow alderanian literally becomes princess of alderaan. this other guy discovers he is good with the force and joins Luke's order later in life.

[@AlsayidHaddosh]

He wasn't a jedi He was force sensitive and trained in Luke's jedi order to become a jedi

[@DiggitySlice]

Canon: strong wahmin trained by strong wahmin friends with strong wahmin yas queen slay Legends: *actual lore*

[@Brutallav]

Thanks mate for always showing both sides of the story, I actually love having cannon and legends cause it just means there is more Star Wars content for me obsess over haha. Love your channel mate

[@RAFMnBgaming]

is that a turbolaser cannon? ion cannon? concussion missile cannon?

[@josephyml]

lol "hey people really like that character!" "you know what they also like? JEDI. make them a JEDI." "wait but.....ah whatever sure"

[@adamantu]

Yeah sure. Let's make a list of not force sensitive characters. Mon Mothma, Admiral Ackbar, Han, Wedge, General Dodonna, Talon Karrde, Booster Terrik, Lando… I bet you the list of liked characters in Legends is way longer than the one of liked force sensitive ones

[@gavinoonoo]

It's awesome to know all of these little things about Star Wars, thanks for uploading these! :D

[@mrrevan813]

That's why I love the SW universe. It's limiltlessly expansive

[@WinterIsComing25]

Does every minuscule thing in Star Wars need such an extravagant backstory, whats wrong with just having Steve from Alderaan that joined the rebels because they pay for his college tuition or something like that lol

[@StarWarsExplained]

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[@RAFMnBgaming]

quite frankly i'd be surprised if it didn't have a story for every joe, bob and dib foundway, they've been making a killing on books and comics since 1977 so why would they ever stop?

[@vimovies5727]

Edward Hahm they fight fore the galaxys freedom, so I don’t think they are bad guys

[@a.morphous66]

Is it freedom though? Or do they want to replace order with chaos, stability with imbalance, and peace with violence? Would the average person really be affected at all by the Empire’s ruthlessness? No. You may have noticed that most people joining the Rebels have a backstory of the Empire wronging them somehow. That’s because most people don’t have any other reason. After the Clone Wars and the horror surrounding it, a stable and orderly government was what the galaxy truly needed. And all those quadrillions of beings believed as much as I do that the Empire was entirely necessary.

[@EbonyManta]

That depends on how you define "average person." If you were nonhuman, you got shafted, for instance. Palpatine's Empire was also just as corrupt as the Republic before it, just in different ways - so there was a lot of people who got shafted because they were on the wrong side of politics. And if you protested, even peacefully, you'd find yourself in trouble. There's a reason there were so many people with personal grudges against the Empire. Also, people only like authoritarian governments during a crisis and immediately afterward. For example, the whole thing of "The galaxy needs stability after the Clone Wars" only matters to people who _lived_ through the Clone wars and remember it - which, as of Ep IV, are people over 29 (assuming human growth patterns). Anyone younger than that just sees a totalitarian government that restricts personal freedom, for no real benefit. Even among the elders, there are people like Senators Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and Garm Bel Iblis (founders of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, which became the Rebel Alliance) who lived through the crisis, saw Palpatine rise to power... and proceeded to watch as he refused to give up power even after bring "peace" to the galaxy. As the Empire grew more and more strict even in the absence of real crises, It became apparent to such people that it was really just about Palpatine's personal power.

[@StanWilks]

It's the little things in Star Wars that make it such an awesome universe. I love EG-86 from Rebels because he's a Gonk Droid and it's a long way to Alderaan. 'Nuff said.

[@N0_1.]

Remember this one guard standing in the conference room at the death star? He did nothing important but he was force sensitive too and feeled that the death star will be destroyed. Love it how just everyone is force sensitive in legends :D

[@xXxxXx-yr1dd]

how does darth maul use the toilet?

[@darkblades1201]

his lower half having been removed, he needed a way to get rid of waste since his ass was gone. So his prosthetic has a waste breakdown thing that just breaks down his poop and urine.

[@xXxxXx-yr1dd]

Dark Blades where can I find that info?

[@darkblades1201]

xXx xXx it's really just implied honestly. But if you go to the Wookiepedia page and search darth maul you should find all the info you need

[@RAFMnBgaming]

I would imagine that his digestive system has been grafted to his spiderlegs and probably provides fuel to it, in other words we're breathing his pewp.

[@ILuvSmexyShowgirls]

You DON'T WANNA KNOW!

[@shortcut0015]

You should do a what if video about if Biggs had survived the battle of yavin.

[@vimovies5727]

ShortCut 001 I think it is impossible that Biggs would have survived. His ship was literally blown to dust

[@hippymad1]

While is are some questionable things about the New Cannon I'm glad they've done away with Legends Oprah approach to force users You get forces power, and you get force powers, and you get force powers!

[@wolfpredator1000]

Nah.

[@juri5624]

hippymad1 stolen joke.

[@Alex-ji6ob]

Lol yeah

[@LordErebusBloodmoon]

but i like my jedi and sith to be plentiful, that way jedi can be expendable again like pre-galactic civil war era

[@DragonHeart53]

Lord Erebus they werent expendable. compared to an entire galaxy, they were the 0.0000000000001% or something along the lines of that. its why the jedi go to such lengths to obtain children that are force sensitive at an early age given how uncommon they are. the larger the sample size of a population you have, then it is a given that youll have more candidates for jedi. but they were still extremely rare, and expensice and time intensive to train.

[@brainplay8060]

Geez both stories are bad. Either they had to go overboard and make the pilot an Alderanean and later a princess or its another jedi wannabe. Why can't they just be some regular person that has a regular life? This is why Wedge Antilles is so liked. He's a normal person that's just good at his job and got better over time.

[@Deviax28]

Believing in the Force and all of them being force sensitive, which explains why they were so good, are two very different things. I do not recall Wedge ever being labeled as force sensitive in any of the books. So, Wedge was just a regular guy with some above average piloting skills that became an even better pilot over time with all the battles he flew in. That is what people relate to him being a regular guy with average skills and his constant use of those skills improved over time to make him a legendary hero in the Rebel Alliance and his fans.

[@watershipfalls5520]

I like Evann.

[@theendsyndicate8270]

Plz order 66 canon vs legends

[@Alex-ji6ob]

The End syndicate Literally what's the difference?

[@tulimartin1]

the inhibitor chip

[@lcm361]

we are still to see how many survived in canon, it is early to do this video, maybe

[@pout6038]

Legends- "What I remember about the rise of the Empire is... is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Clone Wars, the 501st Legion was discreetly transferred back to Coruscant. It was a silent trip. We all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts? Any private traitorous thoughts? Perhaps, but no one said a word. Not on the flight back to Coruscant, not when Order 66 came down, and not when we marched into the Jedi Temple. Not a word..." Canon- clones have inhibitor chips which make them always follow the order without a doubt, like droids

[@sparrowlt]

Well.. George Lucas films make clones look like robots.. just expendable clones. Clone Wars series made clones more than human beings.. gave them soul, personality, character, traits and despite all being based on the same CGI and voiced by the same guy , made all of them distinct.. So Clone Wars had to make something to justify ALL clones turn against their allied Jedis without doubt or asking ..or adeciding to arrest instead the Jedi for trial.. the clones we see for years in the series werent as mechanical or droid like as in the movies... Rex would never turn against Anakin or Ashoka .. no matter what they ordered or told him.. or Wolf or Trebot or Fives.. it wasnt as easy to believe anymore.. so the modified "brain hidden trap" made sense

[@RoderickR07]

I like Keyan and Evaan so much I even started shipping those two together. I still haven't named their ship though.

[@OptmiusPrime114]

roderickuw How about Kevaan?

[@lcm361]

Keyan?

[@samuelrussell5760]

Y-wing's can carry two pilots. Maybe they both survived the battle of Yavin in Gold 37.

[@Thebluedud]

Their ship is called a Y-Wing. >_> For all you people who will take that comment seriously, that was sarcastic.

[@enailililiane]

Samuel Russell the y wings used had 1 pilot but he could’ve been grounded

[@nicholasramsey5331]

I've also always wondered who the surviving Y-Wing pilot was ever since I was a little kid. My guess was that it was probably a Mon-Calamari pilot, since I think he came with they Y-Wing toy that I got for Christmas when I was 8.

[@tuscan9617]

I think i prefer the cannon option this time. I think that the battle being so personal probably gave the pilot enough 'will' to survive the battle, and Leia passing on her title of princess to her mothers protege definitely seems like a good idea as Leia really became a full time alliance General.

[@Victor-056]

Did you NOT hear the part where it said that the Pilot from Legends manifested his Force powers _Later_ in life? That means that during the Battle of Yavin 4, The Pilot didn't _HAVE_ force powers until Post-ROTJ. What happened was basically what happened in Legend of Korra after Korra fused with Ravva, where previously non-benders became benders to bring balance to the world. This is likely a Similar case, where previously Non-Force Users became Force Users after ROTJ... Which likely made the name more fitting. It would have been Ironic had Han Solo become a Force User, and only found out by accident.

[@weschaffin]

FINALLY SOMEONE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION!!!!!!

[@cr128]

Seriously, was a every legends character who was even minorly important to the story secretly force sensitive?

[@tristanskywalker1998]

CR12 Skippy the force sensitive droid.

[@shadekerensky3691]

When the Disney fanboys are apparently too dense or too stupid to tell the difference between true canon and PARODY.

[@giornojoestar4411]

No. But all the braindead haters will be sure to point out anybody they can so they can attempt to justify the terrible choice by Disney.

[@Victor-056]

It's not "Secret", it's more that their Force Powers Manifested later on, likely by the Force itself to compensate for the low number of Force users. Remember that in Legends, only the Sith and a Very small handful of Light/Grey aligned Force Users remained, thanks in part to the Sith committing acts of Genocide on many Force Users that wouldn't submit to Sith Teachings. Think of it like how Legend of Korra had the awakening of New Airbenders from those who weren't previously Natural Benders, such as Bumi among others. It was described in LoK as "A Means to bring Balance to the World", as there was a Huge abundance of Earth, Water and Firebenders, but only a Small Handful of Airbenders that barely even hit the Double Digits. The same applies for Legends. In Star Wars Legends, The Sith didn't end with Sidious, but instead, had a secret Order of Sith that had been working in the Shadows alongside Sidious... Though Sidious was admitted to have damaged their plans quite a bit with his actions. Each of these strange "Non-Force Users becoming Force-Users" was basically a way of telling us that the Force is more than a Medium for it's users, but alive, and possibly sapient. It created more Force Users to bring Balance, as in Legends, there was a lot more Sith than there were Non-Sith, said Sith having retained their Order unlike the Non-Sith, who were basically disorganized Users simply winging it.

[@DiggitySlice]

Is there any competent character in Disney SW that isn't female?

[@t3nchy]

Actually, I think I prefer the canon version.

[@thomaslardinois6383]

Yeah, Keyan! When attacking, you may remove 1 stress token to change all of your (focus) results to (hit) results!

[@juno4127]

Too bad hes no longer a B wing pilot anymore

[@Sonic9505]

I was literally wondering this about a week ago, phenomenal timing!

[@ResidentEddy]

It would be funny if, based on her looks, Evaan makes a reference by saying at any point: "Heroes never die!!"

[@ParanoidAlaskan]

Can't say I like the new Y-Wing pilot's story. I just feel that Farlander is more fleshed out as a character though I do like the fact that she doesn't have force abilities. It's kinda a cliche in Star Wars that every badass has to have force abilities which makes them less relatable as a character. Also, I don't understand all these comments praising/getting triggered with the new female character. I just don't understand why it matters.

[@JOSHSTER]

My question for next week is how come only a few Ti fighters defended the death star in a new hope? Shouldn't there have been thousands?

[@ArmouredProductions]

There were thousands but the commanders like Tarkin were very over confident and saw no threat from the fighters. Only Vader thought there might be a danger so he sent out his personal Ace TIE squadron. The ultimate downfall of the Empire is infighting, and over confidence.

[@maxbrandt6]

Well, that little mystery has finally been cleared up, I wondered who that Y-wing pilot was for a long time and most people I asked really didn't know.

[@matthewwilliam1180]

The three Star Wars universes in a nutshell: THE FILMS: Hey, we came up with this cool design for a Rebel bomber for the Death Star battle! But, y'know, it would be kinda sad if we destroyed ALL of them, even though nobody we care about is gonna be flying one. So let's have one survive at the end - y'know, just because it feels right... THE E-U: Hey, what's this? The films don't explain who's flying that lone Y-wing at the end of Ep. IV? Well pfft, we can do that! But y'know, keep it simple - I mean come on, it's just some random pilot who happened to survive, nothing special... DISNEY-CANNON: We want to tell this story about this interesting character! But y'know, we have to shoehorn them into the original films somehow, since that's the IP we spent so much money on. Oh, I know! Remember that lone Y-wing at the end of Ep.IV? We can make our character its pilot! Perfect! Eh, what's that? You mean the Expanded *COUGH* Legends cannon already fleshed that pilot out? Hmm you don't say...

[@RAFMnBgaming]

THE EU: And then make them one of the people who stole the death star plans and give them force powers, like pretty much everyone else.

[@tristanskywalker1998]

HASEnoncorperated One of the things I really disliked about Legends. so many people had force powers, it was rarer for a great character to NOT have force powers.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

+Tristan Pearson Indeed, takes away the specialness of force powers *and* when it comes down to it people doing impressive things because they have the force is a lot less interesting to watch than people barely managing to do impressive things based on skill or wit alone.

[@tristanskywalker1998]

HASEnoncorperated It reached the point where they started giving droids force powers too.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

+Tristan Pearson [dissaproving beeping sounds]

[@obscenelobotomy2644]

I was so stoked to find out there was a star wars character with the same name as me

[@donovanbradford8231]

I always figured in the old cannon/legends that the pilot who survied in the Y-wing was Janson, because part of his backstory in Rogue Squadron 64 was that he was most happy either as the gunner of a Speeder or using a Y-wing. Because he survived with Luke and Wedge and that's why he became part of Rogue Squadron.

[@rosspinkerton4827]

Thanks for doing my suggestion Star Wars explained

[@btly-wing6531]

Oh yeah, staying alive!

[@jeffreygrant3383]

Hey Star Wars minute. Remember two years ago when you said you'd do a Legends video on Quinlan Vos? I'm still waiting

[@redsky4317]

Could you maybe put your sources into the description or mention them in every video? Would be very nice to read the source material especially about these two pilots

[@84gssteve]

Huh, I always liked to assume he was also Red 2 in ROTJ. He seemed a good pilot, assisting Wedge and then entering, exiting and presumably surviving the destruction of the second Death Star after he and the A-wings peel off from Wedge and Lando.

[@happyears21694]

I definitely go with Legends because you see that it's a guy from Gold 3 putting on his helmet and that was Ryle Torsyn.

[@bullrun2772]

Nope

[@CaptainM792]

Do a video about the New republic Starfleet.

[@PaladinGuy]

M Lau I don't think there's really that much canon info yet, but there is plenty of legends stuff to cover. I think the "every rebel fighter" video covers some of the New Republic fighters at least (they still used lots of the Rebel fleet craft, like Xs, As, Bs, etc.).

[@starflame34]

I don't suppose there's a "behind-the-scenes" or movie reason why that Y-Wing was there in the first place? Like did George Lucas say "We gotta have at least ONE Y-Wing survive the battle."

[@sollabe]

Do you believe those four ships were the only Rebel survivors of the attack on the Death Star? I assumed that was only one escape vector we saw as there are clearly other pilots at Yavin Base upon landing... or at least that's when I assumed. Anyway great video as usual!

[@Nighthawk6827]

I actually have a little story that might connect the two. While Evaan took part in the Battle of Scariff, Keyan took part in protecting Polis Massa while the rebels in the outpost beam the bits of the Death Star plans to the fleet. During the battle of Scariff, Evaan took a bad hit, but was able to survive the battle. Upon returning to Yavin IV, she was hold up in the medical ward where she met Keyan. The two pilots struck up a friendship, but all of a sudden, Keyan started feeling a great disturbance in the force, he doesn’t know it, but he felt the destruction of Alderaan through The Force albeit untrained. When Evaan heard about Alderaan, she broke down, but Keyan was there to comfort her. After the Millennium Falcon arrived with the Princess and the plans, all pilots were getting ready to attack the Death Star, but Evaan was still recovering from the injuries she sustained at Scariff, so she recommended that Keyan take her place on the mission. Before he set off, Evaan told him to come back alive which he did. Keyan and Evaan would later be in attendance as Princess Leia would present the medals to Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. (Both are interesting characters and this merges a story for both Canon and Legends characters.)

[@geolighthouse9618]

I think BOTH are the Y-wing's crew. After all they were both in Gold squadron and Y-wing were capable of carrying a crew of 2. so It would be possible for both to be in the Y-wing

[@Volcanoran3]

Without watching the video: The pilot was Keyan Farlander, who later became a B-Wing pilot. After video: Oh come on!!!

[@Willy2537]

Holy shit, I think we might have actually seen Evaan Verlaine in Rogue One. During the space battle above Scarif, a female Y-Wing pilot led the charge to disable a Star Destroyer (she's the one who said "Ion torpedoes away!").

[@Race353]

There is only ONE side of the story and it isn't Disney Princess Wars. - That female pilot story is SO MarySue. All hail - Pilot Keyan "Gold 7" Farlander

[@brokeneyes6615]

Woot Xwing graphics! Man that brings me back... had to go through DOS to play that game back then.

[@DustyBaker1970]

At the end of Episode IV when Luke lands in the hangar at Yavin, there are three other pilots walking around. I am fairly sure none of them are Wedge. There are two dark haired guys, but their helmets are wrong. Were there four or possibly five survivors? Could the Y-wing have had a pilot and co-pilot? Were there just guys in flight suits walking around? Any comments?

[@CABRALFAN27]

I believe at the Battle of Yavin, the Rebels had too many pilots and not enough ships, so they were likely those who got suited up before the battle, but ultimately didn't get picked.

[@Edmar_Fecler]

its the unsung heros like this y-wing pilot that i love in stories.

[@andrewfoster3989]

with a more recent episode of star wars rebels, I would like to give an alternative theory, if you remember when Phoenix squad met good squad, on pilot only identified as gold 2 was injured before she could get to her Starfighter, afterwards we know she survived the attack and continued to work for gold squadron​, and we do not know what happened to her afterwards, so what if she was the anonymous pilot?

[@aerospherology2001]

Do the "How Did Poe Dameron Get off Jakku" video again because Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens goes more in-depth with a DLC level.

[@user-bo1rx5ji1d]

"ha, like shooting Y wings do ya? here's a little message from Gold Squadron!" - Possibly Freelander on Rogue Squadron

[@wraith2939]

yeaaaaaah!

[@uniquegecko114]

mabey it's a 2 man ywing?

[@omarbaba9892]

No it doesn’t have the bubble turret

[@helmethead7406]

@@omarbaba9892 in some media there is shown to be a second cockpit similar to the snow speeders in the esb

[@galadato7425]

@@omarbaba9892 the bubble turret is only on the republic y wing, even in the 2 seats rebel y wing it dosent have bubble turret

[@somethingmoredecent]

@@galadato7425 I've read somewhere that there are several different models of Y-wings used by Republic and later the Rebellion, and bubble turret variants were typically reserved for atmospheric or defensive operations, while the faster and lighter variants were used in OMGs (Operational Maneuver Groups) for offensive operations, like we see in Ep. 4 and 6

[@somethingmoredecent]

@@galadato7425 Supposedly they kept fleets of 170's for defensive planetary operations too bc of their usefulness as ground-attack craft and their strong defensive armament vis a vis the rear turret

[@kjflores2010]

I'd make it simple and say they both were the pilots of the Y-Wing. As it's a two seater. One could have flown the other was the gunner. Done, both are now cannon.

[@hiki9911]

I like the cannon one better. I love all this info.

[@keyanrahimi73]

Bro I'm just glad my star wars character is getting some recognition, ya know?

[@mars4ever]

The second X-wing can't be Wedge because he escaped from the battle 5 minutes earlier so it would had made no sense to stay there till the end if he was damaged. So you have to find out who that pilot is as well.

[@asomewhatdecentperson9190]

Marco Cardin No, Wedge had to pull out. And it clearly showed that Luke and Wedge were the only surviving members of Red Squadron.

[@mars4ever]

A Somewhat Decent Person Exactly, if he had to pull out, he couldn't be still around the Death Star at the end! ;) It's not clear because they talked about 30 ships but we see only a dozen of them onscreen during the action.

[@mars4ever]

***** He said "I'm hit, I can't stay with you". In english it means "I can't stay with you", and not "I'll stay around here"! ;) In fact, both Biggs and Luke needed help later but he didn't come back. It's so obvious that he run back to the base asap.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

not ALL avaliable pilots particapeted in the battle of Yavin, a few of them remained on the ground.

[@lcm361]

thansk A LOT for this video, I always wondered that.

[@johnnygyro2295]

For once, I'm going with the Disney Timeline. A surviving Aleraanian other than Leia, who becomes the leader of other survivors sounds pretty cool.

[@watershipfalls5520]

You can read all about in the 2017 Princess Leia comics.

[@curranegan5512]

Great video! I think this is a really cool tidbit, and I've got to say I like the canon version better.

[@SynthVoice]

I actually wrote a short story about six years ago for school about my own take on the pilot's story.

[@MathMasterism]

Legends: "You get force powers! You get force powers! You all get force powers!"

[@Spawn674]

Maybe you can answer a couple questions I have had of Star Wars for awhile now. 1. Yavin was orbiting a Gas Giant(Jupiterish) why didn't the empire just destroy it instead of the whole entering orbit and waiting 10 -15 min I know its the script but was there a reason? 2. Endor was a moon but of what planet? How big was the planet another Gas Giant? How big was Endor as Death Star II was supposed to be larger than the original Death Star? Or the subject of the DSII why was it using the full power of the Superlaser to destroy the rebel ships? And why would the laser only destroy one ship at a time would/shouldn't the laser have just blown through the ship and outward?

[@Spawn674]

Time passage in Star Wars is never really addressed. From Alderans destruction to Yavin how much time elapsed? Always thought when the center laser fired the DS was using full power. Although as time passes and new movies come out they explain things but the original movies will never catch up with reality unless they reboot the whole trilogy to reflect the changes.

[@manwiththemachinegun]

Forget that jobber, we need to know the new canon identify of RED TWO. The Y-Wing ace who managed to take a BOMBER and shoot down three TIE Interceptors at Endor and live. Yeah, not even Wedge did that.

[@maguirebentz797]

You should have votes of which version we prefer.

[@hudsonball4702]

I'm pretty sure that it was Gold 5 that survived. You hear the last pilot that is shot shown say "Gold leader to Gold 5, Lost Starky and Lost Hutch. They at us from behind!" then he gets shot down. So Gold 5 was the one to survive.

[@naksachaisaejane1982]

Sorry about being late, but that last Y-wing was gold 5. His final words are: Gold 5 to red leader. We lost Tyree. We lost Dutch. They came from behind.

[@Sasai_kudasa1]

Also it may be Herra Syndulla from star wars rebels. She took part in the mission to stole the plan of death star. In rogue one when jyn erso go with a pilot we can hear voice "captain herra syndulla go to the 2-nd corner" and in battle in rogue one we can see her spaceship called "Ghost" P.S. sorry for English. I am not Englishman but i hope you understand me

[@davidphilbrick5240]

if you had owned the old computer flight simulator X-Wing for IBM PC. Through the guide book you are told the story of Farlander from his perspective, battle by battle I believe. I have since lost my copy of the game and guide book so I can not confirm this but I recall it clearly for being an excellent game and an excellent read for a video game guide book.

[@JediAcolyte94]

Give me Keyan Farlander any day. When are you going to do the Twin Suns Foundation vid? Or are you going to do one?

[@ccody-long6915]

In the Elite Squadron game X2 fought in the Battle of Yavin. Soooooo there are technically THREE different people!

[@voryndagothDL]

I definitely prefer Canon in this case (though I think her becoming Princess was a bit silly) Like a few other comments said, more regular people being heroes in Star Wars is needed. In this case, the Legends guy being a guy who lost his whole family to the empire and turned out to be Force Sensitive is even worse lmao

[@bullrun2772]

Eh it’s not really that silly but yeah

[@Misile91]

My dad was on that Y-Wing

[@davidbroughton8444]

Technically according to the original novel, "several x-wings, y-wings, and one battered looking freighter accelerated away from the battle station, racing toward the distant curve of Yavin." Several certainly means more than one. Which "one" was in the Y-wing in the movie, it could be anyone of the "several" survivors. The camera doesn't pan or zoom out so don't assume that the movie showed all the surviving pilots.

[@starwarstoremportugues1028]

Omg, I had no Idea. This is great!

[@MLitey]

Out of all the times I have watched new hope growing up I never noticed this until now. Very interesting nonetheless, god I miss the originals. I just turned 30 but I respect my pop for taking me to see these in theaters when they remastered them in the mid 90s. I can’t wait to watch these with my son or daughter one day.

[@OptimusWombat]

You forgot to mention that Keyan Farlander originated in the X-Wing video game!

[@AudioAndroid]

Hearing about the Y-Wing pilots family being killed and wife badly hurt it reminds me how much of a good job STAR WARS has done story wise without having to use a lot of bad language and adult themes so I was wondering how many curse words have been used in the STAR WARS franchise?

[@rudysmith1445]

Well, if you watch the new trilogy...quite a few. >.>

[@elisgibbard5215]

its nice to know some history behind the pilots I field in the x wing miniatures game. I do have a soft spot for keyan in a b wing

[@RPDSurvivor]

I'm glad I'm not the only one here who thought Legends was over-saturated with Force sensitive individuals. My personal favorite was Kyle Katarn but that's as far as I'll stretch it.

[@ethanpan2335]

I kinda wanted to know how they survived; but great video!

[@jasonhatt4295]

Perhaps both are true- maybe two people were crammed in there- I know that on Battlefront II (Ps2) Two people can operate a Y Wing

[@RolfHartmann]

George Lucas stated that many more ships than just those four surived the battle, it was just one small cluster who flew away alongside Luke and the Falcon. I don't even assume that's Wedge with them since he withdrew some minutes before and thus was probably already a good distance off; therefore, who was in the Y-Wing really does not matter since plenty of other pilots got away (though not nearly so many as joined the battle).

[@docnathan3959]

He could be the guy in the Y wing who was the second to be shot. Notice that only the cockpit was hit, everywhere else was intact. Maybe he somehow left the trench offscreen and the other pilot didn’t notice

[@UraiFen44444444]

Nice Video :)

[@AmberOcean]

I like the canon version better. There are so many force-sensitives in Legends that force-sensitivity just isn't as special. I love how, in the new canon, there are a lot of strong, totally awesome characters without the force (such as Sabine, Jyn, Casian, Bodhi, Hera, etc) and they're unique and different.

[@FinBrickz]

YES FINALLY I GET TO KNOW WHO THE PILOT WAS THANK YOU STAR WARS EXPLAINED

[@Shadx27]

So, legends is the pilot we play in the X-Wing pc game. I do wish they make Maarek Stele into canon somehow.

[@luwucian4497]

this pilot can be adult omega acording to dave filoni... oh no

[@arcticafrostbite617]

I love how legends is always like "hey remember this kind neat character? yea? he's a jedi too"

[@bullrun2772]

Yeah

[@starhawck]

Cute blondie, i've made my choice.

[@ARC9652]

Alex Yanakiev Same here bro 😍

[@nuclearius3820]

yay i'm not the only one

[@fallenknight8326]

yep same definitely

[@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2]

Kinda have to agree

[@L30NHART]

I can't help but recall the Rogue Squadron games everytime I see a space battle in the Star Wars movies. And it just seemed odd to me that a Y wing was a able to catch up with the other X wings and it wasn't a very good fighter. Was that lone pilot camping in some corner of battle space?

[@chrishughes378]

We always see the Death Star destroy rock based planets with ease. Could the Death Star destroy a gas giant like Jupiter, Neptune or Bespin? What would be the effect of using a super laser on a gas based planet? Would the laser simply cut through the planet or destroy it? Great videos and keep them coming. Thanks, C.

[@babysinclairfan]

Yvonne (or however her name is spelled) sounds badass. What stories feature her?

[@shatiquego9876]

babysinclairfan the princess leia comic series printed by marvel, it's only 5 issues

[@35linkmaster]

Adding to Shatique's comment, she also appears in the novel Aftermath: Life Debt.

[@lcm361]

Eevan*... Evaan Verlaine

[@starwarsrules4826]

babysinclairfan Just so you know, it's Evaan. she's in the Leia comic and Life Debt

[@conradojavier]

Boba Fett Jyn's Death in Rouge One is proof not every Female in the SWDC are an SJW's wet fantasy.

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

Thank you for answering a 25 year old question I had.

[@seanimusprime9849]

"Attack on Death Star was personal for Evaan" yet did nothing in the battle to contribute lol.

[@Pynaegan]

Warpathimus: "Attack on Death Star was personal for Evaan" yet did nothing in the battle to contribute lol." Proof it was the "chick pilot".

[@fynii9478]

We don't know that. Maybe she took down artillery towers or stuff. Just because the movie does not show it does not mean it does not happen.

[@xdduallemur6017]

Can u do a video on all the ship's and if it's possible pilots that survived the Battle of Scarif

[@DangItshere]

i would like to see ivonne in the rebels tv show

[@Lazarus1095]

I think it's unfortunate that Verlain got killed offscreen at the end of Alien: Isolation. Still, at least this sets the stage for a crossover...