Everybody knows the names of Star Wars heroes like Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, but one forgotten hero was more tragic than anyone realized.
The opening scenes of the first Star Wars film feature a rebel hero who is more tragic than most viewers realize, Raymus Antilles. The heroes of the Rebel Alliance are the stuff of legend; the likes of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Leia Organa, people whose heroism inspired an entire galaxy to rise up against the Empire.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY The first Star Wars movie opened with the Tantive IV, on the run from Darth Vader himself because Princess Leia had successfully acquired the Death Star plans. Most of the rebels were killed when stormtroopers boarded, although a couple were executed personally by Darth Vader - including Captain Raymus Antilles . Antilles' seniority meant the Empire initially thought he would know where the Death Star plans were, but only Leia knew they had been secreted in R2-D2.
"Raymus" implies Antilles' children were relatively young, born towards the end of the Dark Times of the Empire's reign. He barely knew his daughters, because he spent so much time offworld on the diplomatic missions Leia conducted as cover for her rebellion. Antilles had captained the Tantive IV through countless Imperial blockades, slipping through the net on so many different occasions.
Captain Antilles' Wife & Children Would Have Died At Alderaan Raymus Antilles never managed to write a farewell to his wife and daughter. Tragically, though, none of them would have ever lived to receive those last messages in any case; they lived on Raymus' homeworld, Alderaan. Alderaan was destroyed by the Empire just a day or so after Raymus' own death. He had fought for his wife and daughters to know freedom, but they never did.
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