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was preferable to
honesty, and that the deaths of innocents was an acceptable price to
pay for covering one's mistakes. Shortly after, they made plans to
jump ship in an outlying system and join the Alliance. During a
brief furlough when Biggs returned to Tatooine, he revealed this
plan to Luke.
Darklighter and Klivian were members of different rebel cells on the
Rand Ecliptic. They mistakenly turned on each other and started a
mutiny. Darklighter's group temporarily fled the ship in TIE
fighters and Klivian's group combined with other rebels to take over
the ship. Afterwards they would take Rand Ecliptic to the Massassi
base on Yavin 4 and join the Rebellion.
(story: Darklighter)
After officially
becoming part of the Rebel Alliance, Biggs participated in mission
to steal X-wings from Incom. Later he went with a team to Commenor
to escort a shipment of R2 astromechs carried by smuggler Captain
Nera Dantels on her spaceship Starduster. Biggs became romantically
involved with Dantels. (story: Rogue
Squadron 1/2)
Shortly thereafter, Luke
would also join the Alliance after rescuing Princess Leia Organa.
The two old friends had a brief reunion on Yavin 4 shortly before
the attack on the Death Star. Biggs told Red Squadron's leader,
Garven Dreis, that Luke was the "best bush pilot in the Outer
Rim territories," convincing him that the untrained young pilot
would easily be able to fly a starfighter in the upcoming battle. He
assured Luke just before they parted for their starfighters that it
would "be like old times". During the final attack run on
the Death Star, Biggs and Wedge Antilles flew as Luke's wingmen.
Biggs was killed when Darth Vader fired upon him while he was
flanking Luke down the Death Star trench.
(story: A New Hope)
biography details taken from Wookieepedia
Books & Stories featuring Biggs Darklighter
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