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Theron Nett was a human who served the Alliance to Restore the Republic as a rebel pilot in Red Squadron during the Galactic Civil War against the Galactic Empire. Stationed in the Great Temple on the moon Yavin 4, he and the pilot Ralo Surrel often flew as wingmates to Red Leader Garven Dreis. In 0 BBY, Nett witnessed fellow pilot Puck Naeco teasing their squad mate Col Takbright in the squadron's ready room after a briefing on the approaching Death Star superweapon. Dreis then informed the squad of who would be flying against the Death Star and assigned Nett and his astromech droid R2-X2 the callsign Red Ten.
During the ensuing battle, Nett and Naeco flew as wingmen to Dreis in first flight. Early in the fight, TIE/ln space superiority starfighters targeted Nett and fellow pilot John D. Branon, killing the latter. After a failed attempt by the rebel Gold Squadron to hit the Death Star's vulnerable thermal exhaust port, Nett, Dreis, and Naeco then began their own attempt and entered the battle station's meridian trench. During the trench run, Nett was shot down by "Backstabber," a wingmate of the Sith Lord Darth Vader. (Read more…)
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