Jon "Dutch" Vander was a human ace pilot from Onderon who flew for the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the early Galactic Civil War. After refusing an Imperial Navy order to bomb pro-rebel areas of his homeworld, he defected to the rebellion and rose to lead Gold Squadron, a unit of BTL Y-wing light bombers.
As Gold Leader he flew combat missions at the Battle of Scarif, where his squadron's attack runs helped disable the Shield Gate, and later at the Battle of Yavin, where he led the first group of Y-wings down the Death Star's meridian trench. He was shot down and killed there by Darth Vader. A disciplined tactician known for tight bomber formations, Vander also mentored the young pilot Ezra Bridger.
Vander was portrayed by Angus MacInnes in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in Star Wars Rebels. This summary draws on Wookieepedia under CC BY-SA; see the Timeline for his chronology of appearances and battles.
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