So I feel like a common thought on the Xwing Forum is wondering who the next wedge is in the new trilogy

A bunch of us assumed that it would be Snap or Pava because of their piloting but neither of our two new pilots made appearances in this movie and are even possibly dead.

But Wedge never had to be a pilot. What made Wedge special was the being the Everyman, a character who was not protected by plot armor but who we could recongnize and attach to, and care about in the major battles our main heroes weren’t in.

As of now that character in the new trillogy is the one played by Carries daughter Lt. Cossix

and honestly I would love to see Cossix either pilot or command in the next episode. She started off as one of the people in the command room in the first one

to now where she’s organizing and managing the retreat of the resistance

We’ve seen her grow and develop in minor ways and I can’t wait to see what happens next in her story.

If there is a character who has the room to fill wedges shoes it’s her

but what do you guys think

who do you think will Be Wedge 2

Wasn't poe chatting to esty most of the movie (the long faced fish looking guy)?

Presumably in this paradigm, Poe is NewHan rather than NewWedge.

Finn maybe to a limited extent as well- someone who starts out with a lack of devotion to the Resistance, but who learns to support it, and isn't just "there for Rey/Rose" the way Han was "there for Luke/Leia" in the first two OT movies.

16 minutes ago, Ralgon said:

Wasn't poe chatting to esty most of the movie (the long faced fish looking guy)?

Ello Etsy died in the last movie

this was another of his race whose name I forget but it was another beastie boys song

Some minor TLJ spoilers in this post.

Lt. Cossix is really cool. I wouldn't mind seeing her do more stuff in this game. I'm not sure she knows how to pilot fighters though, so she'd either be the pilot of a large ship or a crew upgrade. Probably some sort of stress-removing ability given that she's the best diplomat in the movie (because she convinces both the mutineers and the rightful leaders of the Raddus to trust her). For thematic reasons, she might also have an ability similar to Leia (turning red moves white).

As for the Wedge question, I think Poe is definitely new-canon Han, but he's also got all the piloting abilities of Luke (whereas Rey has Han's piloting style/abilities). So the characters are a little mixed up, but the new canon Wedge is probably Poe's friend. Not sure who that would be, but I think you can make a strong case for Rymin An'steelin or Nosleep Til'bruk'lin or whatever that alien dude's name is.

5 hours ago, Tailsgod said:

this was another of his race whose name I forget but it was another beastie boys song

This guy?

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/C'ai_Threnalli

Haven't listened to Beastie Boys, so don't know what song might be being referenced.