10 Most Competent Rebels Officers 

Lucky guy

Wedge Antilles is THE best X-Wing pilot ever. Hands down. Sorry, Luke.

@@wylde007 yea luke relies on the force wedge relies on pure skill

Oh, I'm not saying Luke can't fly. And the force does amplify his natural abilities (remember what Obi-Wan said about Anakin, before the prequels ruined the mythos) but Wedge Antilles. That's all. Wedge. Antilles. And I really think it would have been somewhat of a nice easter egg to have Poe Dameron (who is nowhere near the pilot Wedge Antilles is) be the offspring of Biggs Darklighter or something. If you wanted a backstory for a sequels character, that's where it should have been rooted. A real lost opportunity if you ask me. The Mouse botched Star Wars in ways that even Lucas could never have imagined.

Po is a great pilot in his own right he actually was trained by Wedge after the death stars were destroyed Also Luke destroyed the first one Wedge destroyed the 2nd one

Roast. Haha

Rebels after few Vader encounters have developed entire anti-Vader -protocol which included copious use of flamers and explosives

@@ewok40k And sand

Lol

@@ewok40k so it didn't work?

i still laugh at that meme when i see it

Good leadership in war inspires excellent soldiers.

I like the call those two specifically opti and mega (Optimus prime and megatron) two brothers who joined the rebellion while wanting to do something greater together

When do we learn this? Edit: or where?

Thrawn book series: he tried to politically remove akbar

@@gmailquinn oh I guess I missed that part, I read all 3 and the ascendancy series as well but dont recall ackbar

@@chad_the_chief9759 yep. That part indeed is there

If Thrawn considered Ackbar of all beings to be his chief rival an perhaps only possible superior gotta know he's ALSO keeping a close eye on anyone in command associated with him just in case. As is typical for those of Thrawn's type. It's the only way he could be sure the giant Admiral Shrimp is the ONLY other being at his level. An probably would require battle to beat him is my guess if he worries the Chiss so much

You're damn right!

That was actually Tag Greenley, he let Calrissian take credit so he'd be able to escape the wrath of Tag's sister for ditching a date.

*Taanab

@@kirillzakharov7336 Also Lando was primary in the destruction of the 2nd Death Star.

@@alancarey9098 That and keeping the Rebel Fleet alive; his suggestion to push the fleet into the Imperial Fleet negated the ability of the Death Star to freely target them.

Dang that's a pilot to be reckoned with I could see Han and Leia laughing as she failed every time to beat wedge Leia: well you almost won that time Han: seriously you can't beat an old pilot from the war with the empire? Leia: well he was trained by the imperial academy and later General Hera Syndulla Han: oh yeah forgot about that

Wedge Antilles: the Peter “Maverick” Mitchell of space.

@@SamaritanPrime Except without all the emotional hang ups.

Well, Legends says the force gets used as a sort of precognition in fights, which is why Jedi and Sith are so fast. Imagine playing chess against the world champ when you know what his next move will be for certain; sure, you can do better, but once he knows that you know, he can set traps for that. Same concept here but in flying.

He also effectively did the same with the Force-user Corran Horn, but since Horn was the protagonist of the series, Stackpole wrote the scene as a draw.

And when he’s in the bucket

"RoGuE SqUAdROn wHeEre's oUR CoVEr?!" Jeez, Crix, I gotta tell ya....I just don't care....

That is such a cool book

yes he even inspired them well past his death as they followed his example well after he died.

He also argued against Ackbar's gut reaction to flee when the MC80 got vaporized.

Mine too. He’s the only person to survive two Death Star raids. He’s just that good. Part of the reason I love x wing book series

He created his own plot armor; he was to popular that by RotJ to be be killed. Can you imagine the hatred Disney would get if they had killed Wedge in Rise of Skywalker? The sequel hatred would easily be 100 times worse.

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he has been one of my favourites for years now the only reason i rewatched the rise of skywalker was is return on the millennium falcon he was better than luke in my opinion as he took out an atat two deathstars and then later the battle of exogol surviving with skill not the force

And when the empire saw him coming the best way to survive him was to run away if there were 4 TIEs he'd get 3

I think that in the case of the Rebel Alliance, instead of incompetent one could speak of short-lived. In the case of the rebels, there wasn't much chance of failing a mission and getting out alive.

1. Sarkli So bad, he turned traitor

#1 Admiral Holdo. Don’t need much explaining on that one

Saw Gerrera. I know that might be controversial given that he is on this competency list, but hear me out. Saw was charismatic, which won people to his cause, but his grasp of strategy was basically just attack the nearest Imperial target regardless of its importance or collateral damage, which ended up costing him troops and social capital. Because of this, people who might have otherwise been sympathetic to the Rebellion saw it as little more than a terrorist organization. He's a great example of how someone can be moderately successful, skillful in combat, but still be incompetent as a strategist or long-term planner.

I would actually put Luke as not being a particularly good Rebel officer. Accomplished pilot, sure, but canon Luke makes some very questionable decisions that almost get him killed.

Poe "not the best starfighter pilot in the galaxy" Dameron comes to mind in the first category. Wedge "That Poe nobody is not fit to shine my boots" Antilles is a shining example of the latter

Rahm unfortunately doesn't count since it's not canon.

@@jacobrobinson787 HE IS REAL TO ME!

Also captain Rex was there on endor as well

@@jacobrobinson787 Who cares lol EU canon is superior anyway

​@@stephen8805 it was of varying quality, but it should still count.

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I’d love to see it as well, at least we have rebel rising to see a bit of Saw and his partisans

... no

@@TJDious why not? there would be an entire other squadron of experienced pilots, which could have allowed for better tactics and a speedier victory.

If only Blue Screens weren't an issue back in the 70s. :P

@@minicle426 I remember reading about that. Red squadron was originally Blue squadron behind the scenes but the blue stripe caused the issue mentioned above.

@@MrShop-fg2on You could have any amount of pilots and they still wouldn't have been able to win without Luke. All it would do is just get more lives lost.

Yes and was a vital part of liberating coruscant, capturing the production hub of all bacta, bringing at least two major warlords to justice as a pilot and probably accomplished a lot more even after becoming a general. But it’s too bad because none of that’s canon.

If memory serves, Luke formed Rogue squadron, but designated Wedge as his successor when he went off to do the jedi thing.

@@calebs6872 in my mind it is cannon, he took down Zinj and Issard. I think he was also there for the battle of Billbringi

@@steffanyschwartz7801 I’ve only read the x-wing series, IJedi, tales of the empire, halve of young Jedi knights, tales of bounty hunters, and crucible. So I only talked on what I’ve read.

@@calebs6872 it includes KOTOR, KOTOR 2, and 2003 clone wars. Far better than what Disney has put out

I still don't know why they did that. It would have been so much cooler to see Wedge leading the squadrons in a T-70.

@@VALI4NTY0UTH Honestly would have been cool to see wedge in his old T-65…maybe even in the old rebel alliance muted red and cream white color scheme

@@stuglife5514 Yeah but it would ruin the charm of Rey flying Red 5.

Maybe, but Holdo had good reason to dislike Poe Dameron. In the beginning of the film, he disobeyed orders and led the entirety of the resistance's heavy bomber corps to their death for an objective that was not strategic in any way. Those people were Holdo's personal command before and she is the kind of commander that cares deeply for her men.

@@carlost856 wrong 1. Holdo as supreme comander should be above personal emotions. It is the burdon of command to loose people under you. 2. No favoritisme alowed from a high officer, this ain't field command. 3. Sacrificing bad designed plot-bombers for a dreathnaught's destruction is a great trade, unless it was your capital ship. 4. She is a narcicist that cares for Holdo... Summary, only woke writers with zero insight in how militart actualy works could put her in the seat of command. In the end, she can personaly dislike him, but she cannot deny his ability to get the job done inspite of the sacrefices needed to be made. And that demotion was just salty, the judgement of a 5 year old that droped it's ice cream and needed to put the blame on someone else.

@@hendrikmoons8218 She was only supreme commander because everyone died, before that, she was only bomber commander, small command, small crew. That Dreadnought trade absolutely wasn't worth it, it only was a threat to the now empty base and it wasn't the only resource the first order had. Regardless, that wasn't Poe's decision to make.

Ze Twi'Leki faux Francais' Accent you mean ?

Someone knew what they were doing when they gave one of the most attractive species in the galaxy French accents. :P

@@minicle426 . The Murderous Togruta should have had that Lilting Irish accent . Sounds sincere , friendly and Sexy AF , as they cut your heart out . And Eat it .

and in Legends, as of the book Isard's Revenge when Admiral Ackbar pointed out that his refusing promotions was keeping his pilots from accepting promotions to positions where their skills could be best used

X-wings and tie fighters do, they just rarely ever fight in atmosphere so the pilots probably train never using them

@@brockgundich I don't think they train much for ejector seats while flying as is. Ignoring that most fights ive seen in atmosphere have been cas operations and there probably isn't enough height for parachuting.

they have ejection seats, at least according to X-wing and Tie-Fighter game series. Though probably more optimised for space ops than atmospheric flight... in-movie we dont seem to ever see one in action, "for the drama"

She is no officer she is a politician.

@@Pausi10_00 and many people dislike pacifists because they contradictory to what star wars was

I heard she was actually a GRAND Moffma. Not to be confused with the leader of the Rebel Kaiju Alliance, Mon Mothra.

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While I do love Ackbar, the credit for all of that belongs to Ackbar’s predecessor: Admiral Raddus. Raddus was the leader of the Alliance Navy and established the core of alliance naval doctrine from their early beginnings. Ackbar replaced Raddus as leader of the Alliance Fleet after Raddus’ death at Scarif, and was responsible for many amazing feats of his own, but the title of “father of the alliance navy” definitely has to go to Raddus.

Yeah some did try to escape but at that time the Death Star and Darth Vader both arrived essentially and almost wiped out the entire Rebel fleet.

It never actually was destroyed. The gate didn't actually power the sheild it simply offered a way to acces the surface without dropping the whole sheild and their was a surface station that powered the actual sheild. When the star gate was destroyed it produced more of a ripple but if it was actually the generator the sheild would have disputed instantly. Also you can still see the sheild when the Death star shows up

@@toptiergaming6900 after the DS1 fired a low tier blast don’t tell me that shield was not down.

@@mikewaterfield3599 when that happened the planet shield coulda been at OVERCHARGE an it STILL probably wouldn't have mattered. Something designed to one shot entire planets an make them violently explode at full strength and totally devestate the local area an totally nuke the target at low then a planetary shield won't even have an noticable attempt at slowing it down

@@robertagu5533 that was kinda my point, with the proton shielding down any surviving craft could escape

Kills are count by craft not crew. You don’t get multiple kills for shooting down a transport.

Rebels would have been screwed.

Dude the blue elephant musician in Jabba's palace has more character development than Rey.

Everyone has more character development than Mary Sue Rey.

​@@MataNuiXIII marey sue

Ok gimli

I see it

He feels the need.. The need for lightspeed 😉

in my humble opinion I would say the Empires entire collection of pilots.