Keyser Salm

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"And I say Keyser Salm. He's Horton's little brother. I've flown recon with him. Green but teachable."
"Done."
―Wes Janson and Wedge Antilles[2]

Keyser Salm was a male pilot in the Alliance to Restore the Republic who was the younger brother to Horton Salm, who also served as a pilot. After the evacuation of Hoth[2] in 3 ABY,[3] Keyser Salm was recruited by Commander Wedge Antilles and Lieutenant Wes Janson into the reformed Red Squadron. Janson had previously flown recon with Salm, and Janson considered him to be green, but teachable. He was assigned the callsign Red Two and flew a T-65B X-wing starfighter as Wes Janson's wingman in an attack on nearby pirates that threatened the safety of their rendezvous point. The battle got three other members of the Red Squadron killed, but they were successful in driving away the pirates.[2] In 4 ABY,[4] he participated at the Battle of Endor[5] and flew a Y-wing under the callsign Red Two.[1][6] He successfully shot down at least three TIE Interceptors, the first of which was responsible for the death of fellow squadron member Sila Kott (Red Three).[1]

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Behind the scenes

The character first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, and is addressed as "Red Two" by Wedge Antilles during the Battle of Endor. He appears to be played by the same actor as Gray Leader, a character identified as Horton Salm in other material.[1] The 2020 short story Rendezvous Point, written by Jason Fry and included in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back, introduced the character Keyser Salm, the younger brother of Horton Salm.[2] Fry intended for this character to be same "Red Two" seen in the film.[7] This was later confirmed in the story "When Fire Marked the Sky" in the 2023 anthology From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi.[5]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Rendezvous Point" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
  3. ↑ "Rendezvous Point" is set in the aftermath of the Battle of Hoth, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 3 ABY. As such, the events in "Rendezvous Point" must have taken place around that year.
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "When Fire Marked the Sky" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (and audiobook)
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
  7. ↑ From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (post by jasonfry) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (December 22, 2020): "Someone in this very thread got it shortly after the book came out. Red Two at Endor is apparently portrayed by the same guy who plays Gray Leader. So I made them brothers. A geeky little lore thing, but there was a way to address it that helped the story I wanted to tell, so why not?" (backup link) (Responding to "@jasonfry so Mr. Fry, now that the book has been out over a month, care to tell us the story of one Mr. Keyser Salm?" regarding "Rendezvous Point")