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It was also favoured by one of the squadron's early commanders, Garven Dreis, who wouldn't fly anything else. The squadron's preferred starfighter however, was the T-65B X-wing starfighter, as it could take on TIEs and Star Destroyers and everything in between. This included the Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighter, flown by Garven Dreis at least on one occassion, BTL-A4 Y-wing assault starfighter/bombers, RZ-1 A-wing interceptors, and V-4X-D ski speeders. The squadron consisted of a mix of starfighters, and occassionaly airspeeders. Over the years, the Squadron had various commanders, that included Commander Garven Dreis, Commander Arhul Narra,, Commander Wedge Antilles, and Commander Luke Skywalker

On occasion, however, the Squadron could be expanded to include as many as fifteen.

Īs with most Rebel starfighter squadrons, Red Squadron typically consisted of twelve ships. Red Squadron was a starfighter squadron that served under the Massassi Group and the Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps as part of the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War, and then later the New Republic.

2.18 Attack on an asteroid mining station.

2.17 Rebuilding the squadron after Hoth.

2.13 Breaking the blockade of Tureen VII.

The battle is arguably one of the best and coolest on-screen space battles in Star Wars history. The rebel fleet was fighting a superior foe and time itself to gain access through Scarif’s planetary shield and retrieve the Death Star plans before everything is lost. The battle was also integral for Alliance to Restore the Republic in its epic struggle against the Galactic Empire. So, while nobody aboard the Hammerhead was a major Rogue One character – nor apparently hurt – the ship itself was integral to the battle. It’s my story that the Hammerhead crew got into the lifeboats and made it out.” “The last shot you see of the Star Destroyers crashing down through the gate - it’s a very subtle thing, and it would probably be hard to tell this - but the lifeboats are all gone on the Hammerhead. During an interview with EW, Rogue One producer John Knoll discussed the thought that went into determining whether the crew of the Hammerhead would make it out alive, specifically by getting off the ship on life on escape pods.