Gray Leader/Legends

Gray Leader, or Gray One, was the call sign used by the commander of Gray Squadron or Gray Flight. Both Rebel Alliance and New Republic starfighter squadrons used these designations, and several pilots used the call sign of Gray Leader.

History

Commander Wedge Antilles used the same call sign during the early training period of his new commando/pilot squadron; which was later named as Wraith Squadron. When the Wraiths managed to capture the Warlord Zsinj aligned ship Night Caller, they flew its complement TIE Fighters in their covert operations under the designation Gray Flight. As "Gray One", Antilles flew regular TIE Fighter missions which included the Mission to Storinal and the Battle of Talasea. He was replaced by Atril Tabanne from Night Caller's bridge crew before the Battle of Ession.^[2]

According to A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Gray Leader was killed during the Battle of Endor.^[9] This was contradicted by the Death Star II Limited expansion of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game, which established Gray Leader to be Colonel Horton Salm,^[5] a character introduced after the Battle of Endor.^[10]