Rogue One Let's talk about our Rebel Pilots

They have the mustaches !

They laugh while dodging enemy fire !

They scream yeeeeaahhh when faced with certain death !

They have colors and numbers !

In this thread, let's discuss our beloved Rebel Pilots in Rogue One !

 

Pull up!
Pull up!

 

"Stick close, Red Five, where you going?" - Red Leader

"They're all over me! Trying to lose them!" --- "This is Red Five, I need help!"

 

That was a nice touch that fans loved. We all know who will take the vacant Red Five callsign !

 

"Copy that Admiral; Blue Squadron on me. We won't have long." - Blue Leader

No, you won't, blue leader...you won't...

 

Poor old Green Squadron seems to have been forgotten....

 

Those mustaches were Biggles-worthy! I LOVED them.. and how cool to see them on their sorties .. blowing up Eadu only to then have the politicians in the base criticizing the mission..

 

The chubby pilots always die.

 

It's because they can't get them out of the cockpits afterwards.

 

The blue leader general seemed kinda cool. Too bad he died off. Got killed by a lame atmospheric fighter.

I do have to say I like the blue squadron flight suits a lot. Much more subdued than the normal orange ones which are a bit of an eyesore even if they are iconic.

 

I would have liked to have seen Porkins again. Alas, no Porkins.

Still, at least there were a couple of pilots here in Rogue One that later return for the assault on the Death Star in "A New Hope".

 

The Porkins of Rogue One... I think that's why we didn't get a Porkins cameo.

 

Now this is what I'm happy to see. A guy freaking excited to be in a Star Wars movie.

 

How many fighters got through the shield gate? Because Blue Squadron really took the fight to the Empire despite having limited numbers and no reinforcements.

Those are my kind of pilots.

 

Five X-wings didn't make it into the shield gate. 2 Crashed into the shield and 3 pulled up.

7 X-wings and a Troop Transport made it in I believe. All from Blue Squadron.

 

I had no idea that the filmmakers were going to make use of old ANH outtakes in R1. Amazing work.

 

I loved it too. But their shots were definitely a little off quality wise. Must have the older model dash mounted GoPros compared to Blue Leader. The General gets the new tech.

 

General Merrick was freaking awesome, He was in command of not only blue squadron but the entire Starfighter Command according the visual guide.

 

Can you elaborate?

 

http://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-how-rogue-one-got-its-hands-on-unseen-star-wars-f-1790250545

 

Now that I look at it, I only ever see 6 X-wings and 1 Troop Transport at the same time. Right after they hit the first AT-ACT walker.

That makes 12 ships including the 5 that didn't make it in. Was a 12th X-wing replaced by the Troop Transport to fill the squadron? Hmm.

 

What happened to admiral Raddus? The flag ship was disabled, does it mean that he escaped on the board of Tantive? Or he is dead - the bridge was destroyed by Vader's cruiser? Or he is still there and didn't manage to escape?

 

RIP

 

They got references in the Ultimate Visual Guide for Rogue One.