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Red Leader
The biggest round of applause during the London press screening of Rogue One came for Garven Dreis, better known to fans as Red Leader. The X-Wing pilot went on to fly in the Battle of Yavin, seen in A New Hope, and attempted his own run at the Death Star’s thermal exhaust port after watching his fellow pilots die at the hands of Darth Vader. Drewe Henley, who starred in the 1977 film and whose appearance is used in Rogue One, died in Feb. 2016.
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The biggest round of applause during the London press screening of Rogue One came for Garven Dreis, better known to fans as Red Leader. The X-Wing pilot went on to fly in the Battle of Yavin, seen in A New Hope, and attempted his own run at the Death Star’s thermal exhaust port after watching his fellow pilots die at the hands of Darth Vader. Drewe Henley, who starred in the 1977 film and whose appearance is used in Rogue One, died in Feb. 2016.
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