Although there have been competition to his popularity , Wedge Antillesis our favorite X - Wing pilot in the galaxy far , far away — so we ca n’t wait to see his younger ego on the next episode of Star Wars Rebels . But a fresh clip reveals the new canon ’s Wedge has a much dissimilar backcloth story from equate to his previous expand Universe pedigree .
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In Rebels , Wedge now essentially has Biggs Darklighter ’s Expanded Universe story , although or else of beingan Imperial Academy graduate who later on defects to the Rebellion , Wedge is still a trainee cowcatcher at the Imperial Academy . He contacts the Rebels take care for a style out — a way that make it in the form of Sabine in camouflage .
It ’s a fun little twist in Wedge ’s tale for fans of the character ’s exploits beyond the picture show , but it ’s one that make sense — in the EU , the young Wedge only joined the Rebellion after years of dismissing it due to the fact the Empire ’s control of Corellia did n’t impact his life history too much , until his girlfriend give out in an Imperial onset .
It was n’t the most heroic of rootage in comparability to being an Imperial defector , but it ’s cute of Rebels to nod to Wedge ’s EU past with a honorable mention of his history “ hauling extra function around the galaxy”—the reasonWedge was n’t present at the flak that killed his girlfriend in the EU was due to his job as a freighter airplane pilot . We ’ll get to see more of untried Antilles in activity this Saturday , October 8 .
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