Blount

Blount was a male human who served as a lieutenant^[2] in the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. During the Battle of Endor, in which the Alliance attacked the Galactic Empire's DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station battle station,^[1] Blount served alongside General Airen Cracken as a gunner in the quad laser turrets of the Millennium Falcon. With Blount onboard,^[2] General Lando Calrissian fired the shots from the pilot's seat that destroyed the Death Star's reactor core and triggered the battle station's destruction.^[1]

Behind the scenes

Blount appeared in the 1983 film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, standing in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon just prior to the Battle of Endor.^[1] He was portrayed by Trevor Butterfield, who played a wide variety of roles in both Return of the Jedi and in 1980's The Empire Strike Back.^[3] Butterfield filmed additional scenes as Blount, running through the Falcon's corridors and manning the ship's quad turrets alongside General Cracken,^[4] but they ultimately went unused in the film's final cut.^[1] The rough, unedited footage was later included in the 2011 Blu-ray Disc release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga,^[4] and both Blount and Cracken were confirmed as being the ship's gunners during the Battle of Endor in the 2015 book Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know.^[2]

The name "Blount" originates in Star Wars Legends continuity, as Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game christened Butterfield's Rebel character in its 2000 expansion set "Death Star II Limited."^[5] The name was brought into current Star Wars canon with the release of Absolutely Everything You Need to Know.^[2]