Ryle Torsyn

Ryle Torsyn was a Human male who served in the Rebel Alliance during their campaign against the Galactic Empire. Using the call sign Gold Three, Torsyn piloted a Y-wing during the Battle of Yavin.

Biography

Recruited into the Rebel Alliance by Garven Dreis, Ryle Torsyn was stationed at the Rebel base on Dantooine, where he served as a pilot in a squadron led by veteran Rebel pilot Davish "Pops" Krail. While there, Torsyn discovered a hidden Imperial homing beacon, forcing the base's evacuation, which he led, flying a BTL Y-wing starfighter.^[3]^[4]

By 0 BBY, Torsyn had been transferred to the Alliance's Massassi Base on Yavin 4, and was a member of Gold Squadron under the command of Gold Leader Jon "Dutch" Vander. Flying a Y-wing as Gold Three, he was killed during the Battle of Yavin in the attack on the Death Star, along with most of his squadron.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Behind the scenes

Torsyn was an unnamed character in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope^[2] until the Star Wars Customizable Card Game gave him a name and call sign.^[3] According to the website Aveleyman, He was portrayed by John Ketteringham,^[5] an actor listed as a Death Star Controller during the film's production.^[6]

Gold Three would later be identified in canon as Evaan Verlaine, who replaced both Torsyn and Keyan Farlander. Unlike Torsyn, Verlaine survived the Battle of Yavin. Torsyn is later confirmed in canon to also have participated and perished as a Gold Squadron member during the Battle of Yavin, though his new callsign has not been identified.