Who's Who of Echo Base
A guide to Who's Who of Echo Base.
Echo Base personnel
Lt. Cal Alder
Homeworld: Kal'Shebbol
Status: Alive
Actor: Jack McKenzie
Extra: Expert scout. Responsible for patrolling Echo Base's outer perimeter under Major Derlin's command.
Jess Allashane (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA?
Actor: Arve Juritzen
Extra: Alliance Special Forces soldier. Defended Echo Base during the Battle of Hoth.
Cpl. Vildar Blin (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Alliance Special Forces scout. He was killed while storming a downed Imperial AT-AT that exploded from snowspeeder fire.
SGM Trey Callum
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA (Legends)
Actor: Bob Anderson
Extra: former Imperial officer who defected. Commanded a squad of Alliance Special Forces at Outpost Beta during the Battle of Hoth. He was first to report incoming Imperial AT-ATs.
Cmdr. Beryl Chiffonage
Homeworld: unknown
Status: Alive
Actor: unknown (uncredited extra)
Extra: operated in the command center. In Legends, he was a tactician that developed a series of tactics for the T-47 airspeeder/snowspeeder.
Maj. Bren Derlin
Homeworld: Tiisheraan
Status: Alive
Actor: John Ratzenberger
Extra: Operations and security chief. He was seen in Echo Base ordering the deck lieutenant to close the doors to the hangar bay. Later participated in the ground portion of the Battle of Endor.
Toryn Farr
Homeworld: Chandrila
Status: Alive
Actor: Brigitte Kahn
Extra: Communications officer. Monitored anomalies in Hoth's atmosphere. She commanded Echo Base's ion cannon during the Battle of Hoth. Later evacuated aboard the Bright Hope transport.
Col. Ledick Firest
Homeworld: unknown
Status: Alive
Actor: unknown (uncredited extra)
Extra: Field commander of the Rebel Alliance Army. He was seen in the trenches giving orders during the Battle of Hoth.
SGT Reyé Hollis
Homeworld: Naboo
Status: Alive
Actor: unknown (uncredited extra)
Extra: Alliance Special Forces soldier. In Legends, he was a son of a Clone Wars veteran. Was wounded during battle. Hollis received a promotion and the Kenobi Medallion for heroism during the Battle of Hoth.*
*Legends
Lt. Tigran Jamiro
Homeworld: Onderon (Legends)
Status: Alive
Actor: Ray Hassett
Extra: Senior logistics officer. Unsuccessfully attempted to dissuade Han from leaving the base to search for his missing friend. In Legends, he served prior on Dantooine and Yavin 4.
Lt. Romas "Lock" Navander
Homeworld: Corellia (Legends)
Status: Alive
Actor: Burnell Tucker
Extra: Tech communications officer. Defected from the Empire*. He detected the arrival of Vader's Death Squadron in the Hoth system.
*Legends
Gen. Pharl McQuarrie
Homeworld: Ralltiir
Status: Alive
Actor: Ralph McQuarrie (concept artist, matte artist)
Extra: Second in command at Echo Base, where he was instrumental in its construction. Served as a military advisor in the Clone Wars.
Cpl. Corman Quien (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Scout. Captured and trained Tauntauns as mounts. Was killed in the evacuation of Echo Base.
Cmdr. Tamizander Rey (Legends)
Homeworld: Esseles
Status: Alive
Actor: Norman Chancer
Extra: Senior deck officer. Oversaw Echo Base's docking bay operations and coordinated the evacuation of the base.
Gen. Carlist Rieekan
Homeworld: Alderaan
Status: Alive
Actor: Bruce Boa
Extra: In command of Echo Base. Served in the Clone Wars. Years later served in the New Republic military.
Cpt. Wyron Serper
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA (Legends)
Actor: Burnell Tucker
Extra: Senior controller of the command center at Echo Base. Sensor specialist. Tasked with scanning Hoth's asteroid field for approaching Imperial vessels.
Maj. Palo Torshan (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: Alive
Actor: Richard Bonehill
Extra: Intelligence officer. Coordinated security for Echo Base. Formerly served under General Dodonna on Yavin 4.
Cpt. Shawn Valdez (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: Alive
Actor: Joe Johnston (art director)
Extra: Alliance SpecForce evacuation officer. Owned the astromech droid R5-M2.
Character named after a Jacksonville, Florida, boy of the same name who died from leukemia at the age of thirteen after a near eight-year struggle. The boy was an avid fan of Star Wars and the Star Wars Customizable card game (CCG).
Jeroen Webb (Legends)
Homeworld: Ralltiir
Status: Alive
Actor: Norwich Duff
Extra: Rebel spy. Worked as one of the tauntaun handlers at Echo base.
Chase Wilsorr
Homeworld: Takodana
Status: Alive
Actor: unknown
Extra: joined the Rebel Alliance Corps of Engineers after failing basic training. Wilsorr helped with construction before being demoted and later found work as a cook and delivery runner. During the Battle of Hoth, he would escape the planet on the Bright Hope transport.
Unnamed Personnel
Unnamed Alliance Major
Homeworld: unknown
Status: unknown
Actor: Jerry Harte
Extra: Echo Base controller. One of two final controllers present during the evacuation of Echo Base.
Extra
Cpt. Micha "Howl" Evon
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: N/A
Extra: Commanded the 61st Mobile Infantry (Twilight Company). Was killed during the evacuation of Echo Base.
Rogue Squadron
Cmdr. Luke Skywalker
Callsign: Rouge Leader
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Tatooine
Actor: Mark Hamill
Dak Ralter
Callsign: Rouge Leader's gunner
Status: KIA
Homeworld: Kalist VI
Actor: John Morton
Extra: In Legends, he was born to political prisoners in an Imperial labor colony on Kalist VI. Later escaped imprisonment and joined the rebellion.
Zev Senesca
Callsign: Rouge Two
Status: KIA
Homeworld: Kestic Station
Actor: Christopher Malcolm
Extra: a founding member of Rogue Squadron. Located the missing Han Solo and Luke on Hoth. His snowspeeder was later shot down during battle.
Kit Valent
Callsign: Rouge Two's gunner
Status: KIA
Homeworld: Huulia
Actor: unknown
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Antilles
Callsign: Rouge Three
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Corellia
Actor: Denis Lawson
Extra: helped the last Rebel transport Bright Hope, along with Janson, escape Hoth.
Lt. Wes Janson
Callsign: Rouge Three's gunner
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Taanab
Actor: Ian Liston
Extra: first member of Rogue Squadron to take down a AT-AT with a harpoon and tow cable.
Derek "Hobbie" Klivian
Callsign: Rouge Four
Status: KIA
Homeworld: Ralltiir
Actor: Richard Oldfield
Extra: defected from the Empire two years before the Battle of Yavin with Wedge Antilles. His snowspeeder was hit during the Battle of Hoth, and instead of ejecting, crashed it into the head of the AT-AT Blizzard One.
*Image not available*
Kesin Ommis
Callsign: Rouge Four's gunner
Status: KIA
Homeworld: Coruscant (Legends)
Actor: N/A (not shown onscreen)
Extra: In Legends, Kesin along with "Hobbie", survived the Battle of Hoth.
*Rogue 5 pilots are unknown in Canon*
Tycho Celchu (Legends)
Callsign: Rouge Five
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Alderaan
Actor: N/A
Extra: defected from the Empire after the destruction of Alderaan. Later participated in the Battle of Endor.
Lt. Tarn Mison (Legends)
Callsign: Rouge Five's gunner
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Las Lagon
Actor: Michael Pangrazio (matte artist)
Extra: helped escort the Rebel transport Bright Hope during the evacuation of Echo Base.
*Image not available*
Samoc Farr
Callsign: Rouge Six
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Chandrila
Actor: N/A (not shown onscreen)
Extra: younger sister of communications officer Toryn Farr. Although her snowspeeder was shot down during battle, she was only injured.
*Rogue 6's gunner is unknown in Canon*
Vigrat Pomoner flew as Rogue Six's gunner in Legends*
*not shown onscreen
*Rogue 7 pilots are unknown in Canon*
Nala Hetsime (Legends)
Callsign: Rouge Seven
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Pha Tho
Actor: unknown
Extra: wears a pilot helmet similar to Luke Skywalker's.
Cinda Tarheel (Legends/Canon)
Callsign: Rouge Seven's gunner (Legends)
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Socorro
Actor: N/A
Extra: In Legends, Tarheel was stationed at Haven Base after the Battle of Hoth.
In canon, she was grounded by General Rieekan during the Battle of Hoth due to her temper. Later recruited into the rebuilt Red Squadron.
*Rogue 8 pilots are unknown in Canon*
Vekozev "Zev" Kabir (Legends)
Callsign: Rouge Eight
Status: KIA
Homeworld: Ahakista
Actor: unknown
Extra: worked with Ahakistan resistance groups before joining the rebellion. His snowspeeder was shot down during the Battle of Hoth.
*Rogue 9 pilots are unknown in Canon*
Stevan "Mak" Makintay (Legends)
Callsign: Rouge Nine
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Hargeeva
Actor: N/A (not shown onscreen)
Extra: learned how to pilot starfighters at the Imperial Academy. Later defected. Joined the Rebel Alliance and was stationed at Echo Base. Later commanded Green Squadron at Eyrie Base after the Battle of Hoth.
Barlon Hightower (Legends/Canon)
Callsign: Rouge Nine's gunner (Legends)
Status: survived battle, later killed
Homeworld: Lantillies
Actor: N/A (not shown onscreen)
Extra: In Legends, Hightower was a former transport pilot for various guilds in the Lantillian sector. Later joined the Rebel Alliance and was assigned to the Starfighter Corps. Was reassigned to Haven Base after the Battle of Hoth, where he was tasked in locating lost or separated ships and personnel that retreated Hoth.
In Canon, he was recruited into the rebuilt Red Squadron by Wedge Antilles after the Battle of Hoth. Hightower flew an X-wing, with the callsign of Red 10, as Lt. Janson's wingman. He was killed in an attack on a nearby pirate base.
*Rogue 10 pilots are unknown in Canon*
Tarrin Datch
Callsign: Rouge Ten (Legends)
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Duro (Legends)
Actor: unknown
Extra: In Legends, his family owned a floating space city that serviced large freighters. His snowspeeder was shot down during the Battle of Hoth, where he survived and was rescued by Luke Skywalker.
In canon, he flew an X-wing, escorting the rebel transport Bright Hope away from Hoth.
*Rogue 11 pilots are unknown in Canon*
Tenk Lenso (Legends)
Callsign: Rouge Eleven
Status: KIA
Homeworld: Glova
Actor: unknown
Extra: served prior in a mixed starfighter squadron called the Deretta Destroyers. Later assigned to Echo Base, where his snowspeeder was shot down during the Battle of Hoth. Has a helmet design similar to John D. at the Battle of Yavin.
Jek Pugilio (Legends)
Callsign: Rouge Eleven's gunner
Status: KIA
Homeworld: Glova
Actor: unknown
Extra: born on the same planet as Tenk Lenso, he was killed when his snowspeeder was shot down during the Battle of Hoth.
*Rogue 12 pilots are unknown in Canon*
Dash Rendar (Legends)
Callsign: Rouge Twelve
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Corellia
Actor: N/A
Extra: smuggler, pilot, and mercenary. Helped delay the Imperial advance while the Rebels evacuated Echo Base on Hoth. He flew without a gunner during the battle.
Other Pilots
Nichos Panib (Legends)
Callsign: Green 4
Status: unknown
Homeworld: Virujansi
Actor: unknown
Extra: painted his helmet to match that of pilot Garven Dreis.
Beryann Raleg (Legends)
Callsign: Blue 8
Status: unknown
Homeworld: Tiisheraan
Actor: unknown
Extra: joined the Rebel Alliance after the assassination of Tiisheraan's senator.
Will Scotian
Callsign: Blue 3, later Rogue Two (Legends)
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Brentaal IV (Legends)
Actor: David Stone
Extra: In Legends, he learned to pilot cargo skiffs for a local freight hauler, and later bulk freighters, before joining the rebellion. Joined Rogue Squadron after the Battle of Hoth. Served in the New Republic years later.
In canon, Scotian flew an X-wing, Red 8, after the Battle of Hoth for a mission under Commander Wedge Antilles against pirates.
Gemmer Sojan (Legends)
Callsign: Blue 4
Status: survived battle
Homeworld: Mimban
Actor: Anthony Guilding
Extra: In Legends, he joined Rogue Squadron after the Battle of Hoth. Stationed at a temporary base on Golrath, before scouting a new one on Arbra, which became the location of Haven Base. Flew under the callsign Green 2 at the Battle of Endor.
Adam Swiftgale (Legends)
Callsign: Green 3
Status: unknown
Homeworld: Manda
Actor: unknown
Extra: was a Rockhopper jockey prior to joining the rebellion.
Kulbart Zamoon (Legends)
Callsign: Blue 12
Status: unknown
Homeworld: Erilnar
Actor: unknown
Extra: joined the rebellion due to the lack of Imperial intervention against terrorism on his homeworld.
Habeer Zignean (Legends)
Callsign: Green 5
Status: unknown
Homeworld: Ord Mirit
Actor: John Mogridge
Extra: joined the rebellion to avenge the death of his father. His helmet design was similar to Tiree at the Battle of Yavin.
Sources
Battlefront: Twilight Company (novel, 2015)
Echo Base Personnel and Echo Base Pilots (starwars.com articles, links now defunct)
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"Who's Who in Echo Base" — Star Wars Insider 74 (Legends, 2004)
Wookieepedia (info)
Last modified: 11/2023 (minor info update, new entries, new sources)