Wedge Antilles

Wedge Antilles is a fictional character of the franchise Star Wars . He is a secondary character played by Denis Lawson in the original trilogy of Star Wars . It also appears in the expanded universe of Star Wars , especially as the main character in most novels of x-wing. Wedge also appeared in the sequel to the trilogy The Rise of Skywalker (2019), with Lawson retaking his role, and in the 2014 animated series Star Wars Rebels , with the voice of Nathan Kress.

Before deserting the Rebel Alliance, Antilles was an imperial cadet (indicative: Tie SS25) of the Skystrike Academy. Antilles founded Rogue Squadron with his friend Luke Skywalker. His superior pilot skills, his deep knowledge of the imperial military doctrine and his tactical leadership rapidly promoted him through the ranks to become a marshal of the body of stellar fighters of the alliance. Wedge stands out for having participated in more sterling battles that ended with decisive victories than any other character; He led the allied assault during the battle of Exegol, piloted a snow slider in the defense of the base in Hoth and is the only rebel star hunting pilot who has survived the two attacks on the stars of death in the battles of Yavin and Endor.

Representation

Wedge Antilles was first seen in the 1977 film a new hope in the report of the death star of the rebels. In this scene, Wedge was played by Colin Higgins and with the voice of David Ankrum, who doubled the character throughout the film. For the remaining scenes filmed in the X-Wing cabin, the character was played by Denis Lawson. Higgins was originally chosen for the role of Wedge Antilles but, according to the reports, he had difficulty remembering his lines and, consequently, was replaced by Lawson for later scenes, but Higgins's scene remained in the final cut of the film. The discrepancy became a popular theme in the fandom of Star Wars , and Higgins acquired the nickname of " Fake Wedge ", an nickname that caused some shame.

Lawson repeated the role of Wedge Antilles in The Empire Strikes Back , Return of the Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker . Lawson used his own voice in these films, masking his natural scottish accent with an imitation of the American accent. Ankrum repeated his role as Wedge's voice in Rogue One. of Star Wars .

APPEARANCES

Movies

Wedge appears towards the end of Star Wars as " Red Two ", an X-Wing pilot and member of the Red Squadron. The considerable skill of him in the dog fights is shown in the battle of Yavin when he saves Luke Skywalker knocking down a hunt Tie that Luke had not been able to shake with a frontal shot with a high angle of deviation. Together with Luke and Biggs Darklight, he is one of the only three-wing pilots that survive until the final attack takes place along the trench of the death star. However, its x-wing is damaged and is forced to retire before the death star is destroyed. He and Luke are the only two Ala-X pilots who survived the battle, along with an Ala-Y and the Millennial Halcón .

Wedge appears in The Empire Strikes Back as a member of the newly formed Rogue Squadron. Fly a snow slider under the " Rogue Three " Against the At-Ath terrestrial assault with Wes Janson as gunner. Its snow slider inflicts the first casualty against the At-At attack group when firing an harpoon that drags a tow cable towards one of the walker's legs and surrounds the walker several times, which makes it stumble and fall and allow it to fall The rebel forces destroy the walker. After the battle, Wedge is seen and heard wishing Luke a good trip.

Wedge appears towards the end of Return of the Jedi as leader of the Red Squadron in the Battle of Endor. Together with Lando Calrissian, who pilot the millenary falcon with Nien Nunb, he leads the attack of the fighters to the second death star. His skill in dog fights is shown again in this battle, since Wedge personally demolishes several imperial ties and seems to easily navigate through the narrow and betrayal of flight spaces inside the death star that lead to their nucleus. When he and Lando reach the nucleus of the death star, Wedge destroys the energy regulator in the north tower of the nucleus, while Lando destroys the nucleus itself. Later he appears in the celebration of the victory in the Endor Ewok village.

Wedge appears, once again interpreted by Denis Lawson, in the final delivery of the sequel trilogy of Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker . He is seen handling a turret in the millenary falcon during the battle between eternal resistance and the Sith, shortly after the death of his stepdaughter Snap. Lawson had previously been asked to appear as Wedge in The Force Awakens , in the narrative role for which the character of Poe Dameron was finally created, but refused due to programming conflicts.

Wedge is not seen on the screen in the derived film rogue one , but his voice is briefly heard by the intercom in the rebel base in Yavin 4. He was intentionally omitted from the culminating battle of the film to avoid an error of continuity with the first film of Star Wars , which takes place immediately after rogue one .

Television

In the television series Star Wars Rebels, Wedge is played by Nathan Kress. He first appeared in the episode The Antilles Extraction , the fourth of the third season. The episode establishes the background history of Wedge's canon as an imperial combat pilot Tie who, with the help of Sabine Wren, deserted the empire and joined the Rebel Alliance. Wedge later appeared in the episode " Double Agent Droid ", the nineteenth episode of the third season, and again in both parts of the end of the third season Zero Hour , the twentieth episodes First and twenty -second, respectively. Wedge's last appearance in rebels was in the first part of " in the name of the rebellion ", the third episode of the fourth season.

novels

Wedge appears in the trilogy Star Wars: Aftermat of Chuck Wendig, which consists of the novels Aftermath (2015), Life Debt (2016) and Empire ' S end (2017). In this series, Wedge establishes a new unit called Phantom Squadron, which comes into action on the planets Kashyyyk and Jakku. After the battle of Jakku, which ends the Galactic Civil War, Wedge moves to Hosnian Prime, where he serves as a flight instructor.

Wedge makes a brief appearance in the novel Star Wars: Lost Stars of Claudia Gray of 2015, in which he recruits Thane Kyrell, one of the protagonists of the novel, for the Rebel Alliance.

Wedge then moves to the planet Akiva where he retires with Norra Wexley. The two appear in the 2019 Star Wars novel: Resistance Reborn , where they join a resistance mission to save some political prisoners in Corellia. He is the stepfather of the Combat Pilot of the Resistance Wexley resistance, played in the sequel trilogy by Greg Grunberg.

Legends

In April 2014, most of the novels and comics of Star Wars licensed from the original 1977 film Star Wars were renamed by Lucasfilm as Star Wars Legends and declared non -canonical for the franchise.

Wedge appears in the Marvel comic Star Wars of 1983 " Hoth Stuff! ", which reveals that it disappeared during the battle of Hoth. On board his ship, Luke and Leia listen to the registration tape that tells how he survived the imperial invasion hiding with Janson in the AT-AT that Luke knocked down. They were prevented from contacting the rebellion from the tes in orbit and had to face Wampas and other dangers. Janson was finally killed by scavengers; Wedge then stole one of his ships to escape the planet and contact the rebellion. Suddenly appears outside one of the windows, after working in the ship from space. Leia also states that Wedge and Luke grew together in Tatooine, that Wedge seems to confirm in her record by mentioning a girlfriend she had there.

The literature of Star Wars Legends explains that Wedge's parents died when the fuel replenishment of their stellar ship exploded. He piloted a freighter before joining the rebel alliance as a star hunting pilot.

Wedge is the main character in most of the novels of Star Wars: X-Wing by Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston, set in the expanded universe of Star Wars . Several series of Dark Horse Comics focus on Wedge and Rogue Squadron, and the character also appears in other works of the expanded universe, including the novels The New Jedi Order and Legacy of the Force. /I> Wedge is one of the two main characters in the video game series Rogue Squadron (Luke Skywalker is the other), and Wedge appears as a secondary character in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. , helping the player during a mission. He is also a playable character in Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars .