The return of a hero from the unique Star Wars film fixes a sequel trilogy mistake. 38 years after the franchise’s first movie was launched in 1977, the story continued in 2015 with the discharge of The Drive Awakens. The primary installment of the sequel trilogy introduces older variations of Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) round 30 years after Return of the Jedi within the Star Wars canon timeline.
Most evaluations for The Drive Awakens had been overwhelmingly optimistic, with the movie managing to please each longtime and newer audiences. The 2 sequels, The Final Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, proved to be much more divisive, although. This has created an advanced legacy for the sequel trilogy and there’s nonetheless dialogue of missed story alternatives. Thankfully, one such alternative is now being amended.
Wedge Antilles Is Returning In Star Wars: Star Pilots
One of many all-time greatest Star Wars pilots, Wedge Antilles, is confirmed to be returning in an upcoming ebook. Performed by Denis Lawson, Wedge is a Insurgent Alliance X-Wing pilot who first seems in the course of the unique Star Wars movie and is likely one of the few who survives the assault in opposition to the primary Dying Star in the course of the Battle of Yavin.
He returns to fly within the Battle of Hoth throughout The Empire Strikes Again and the Battle of Endor throughout Return of the Jedi. Wedge additionally has a quick cameo in the course of the Battle of Exegol in The Rise of Skywalker, the place he mans a gun turret within the Millennium Falcon as a substitute of flying an X-Wing.
Whereas talking with Alex Damon on the YouTube channel Star Wars Defined, writer Chris Kempshall shared that he’s writing Star Wars: Star Pilots, a ebook which options Wedge as the primary viewpoint character. Set after the occasions of The Rise of Skywalker, Wedge can be trying again on the historical past of Insurgent Alliance and Imperial pilots in the course of the Galactic Civil Struggle, together with Biggs Darklighter (Garrick Hagon).
Kempshall beforehand wrote Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, which was written as an in-universe historical past from the angle of Beaumont Kin (Dominic Monaghan). Star Pilots will observe the same format, this time from Wedge’s viewpoint, basically making him the primary character of the ebook.
The Sequel Trilogy Failed To Do Wedge Justice
Wedge’s outstanding function in Star Pilots could make up for a way the sequel trilogy did not do him justice. As a Insurgent Alliance hero who survived the unique trilogy, Wedge ought to have had a much bigger function within the sequels as a substitute of being relegated to a fleeting cameo in The Rise of Skywalker. It is comprehensible that he would not get as a lot focus as the enduring trio of Han, Leia, and Luke, however he might have been an lively presence within the Resistance as Admiral Ackbar (Tim Rose) has in The Drive Awakens and The Final Jedi.
It did not assist that the 2019 novel Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse, which is ready between The Final Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, reveals the place Wedge is within the sequel trilogy. Wedge performs a significant half within the ebook and is a viewpoint character who helps the Resistance rebuild following Luke’s sacrifice in the course of the Battle of Crait. After seeing Wedge work alongside Leia, Poe Dameron, and different key sequel trilogy characters, it felt as if he was being arrange for a considerable return as a substitute of only a cameo in The Rise of Skywalker.
Since he’s the one pilot to outlive the assault runs in opposition to each Dying Stars, and having lived and fought by the Galactic Civil Struggle and the struggle between the Resistance and First Order, Wedge is the right Star Wars character to information readers by Star Pilots. As somebody who bravely defected from the Empire and joined the Insurgent Alliance, he additionally has a novel understanding of each side, which the ebook is benefiting from in a manner the sequel trilogy films didn’t.
Star Wars: Star Pilots releases on October 6, 2026.
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George Lucas
- First Movie
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Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
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Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGregor, Rosario Dawson, Lars Mikkelsen, Rupert Pal, Moses Ingram, Frank Oz, Pedro Pascal
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The Mandalorian, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The E-book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, The Acolyte, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Lando, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Dangerous Batch, Star Wars: Resistance, Star Wars: Younger Jedi Adventures, Star Wars: Visions
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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Again, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Drive Awakens, Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Final Jedi, Star Wars: Episode IX- The Rise of Skywalker, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Daybreak of the Jedi, Star Wars: New Jedi Order
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Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Rey Skywalker, Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grand Inquisitor, Reva (The Third Sister), The Fifth Brother, The Seventh Sister, The Eighth Brother, Yoda, Din Djarin, Grogu, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Leia Organa, Ben Solo/Kylo Ren
Star Wars is a multimedia franchise that began in 1977 by creator George Lucas. After the discharge of Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope (initially simply titled Star Wars), the franchise shortly exploded, spawning a number of sequels, prequels, TV exhibits, video video games, comics, and far more. After Disney acquired the rights to the franchise, they shortly expanded the universe on Disney+, beginning with The Mandalorian.