Riffing on Star Wars: #31 – The Tragedy of Biggs Darklighter
In the climatic moments of A New Hope, Luke Skywalker speeds down the Death Star trench, nimbly avoiding blaster fire from turrets stationed along its length and guarded against attacks from behind by his two wingmen, Red 2 and Red 3. Those two pilots are better known, respectively, as Wedge Antilles and Biggs Darklighter. Neither…