Corran Horn

He’s a pilot, a detective, and, *spoiler alert*, a Jedi!

But even more than that, of course, we all know that he’s the favorite character of Youtini founder Corey Helton!

Though he may fly an X-Wing and wield a lightsaber, Corran Horn is cut from quite a different cloth than his slightly more famous predecessor, Luke Skywalker.

Like Han Solo, Corran comes from Corellia and never wants you to tell him the odds! He doesn’t take well to being told what to do and often clashes with authority figures like Wedge Antilles, Tycho Celchu, and even Skywalker himself. From the early days of Legends, Corran’s story slowly unfolded throughout the 90s, and his legacy continues well into the New Jedi Order and beyond.

Throughout his history, Corran’s far from perfect attitude helped set him apart from the Skywalkers and the Solos. In the Legends timeline, Luke Skywalker becomes a larger-than-life Grand Master of the Jedi Order, seemingly incapable of misstepping. Corran Horn, on the other hand, is a less-than-perfect Jedi who almost dies four times in his debut novel, X-Wing: Rogue Squadron! He is incapable of performing Force telekinesis, and he is extremely hard-headed and self-absorbed despite his rich family lineage and history with the Jedi of old. However, this history serves as his anchor point and his drive to discover more about his past as he propels forward into Jedi training, even after he’s found a home within Rogue Squadron.

And that’s only scratching the surface. Love him or hate him, Corran’s character arc is one of the most well-developed in the early days of the EU, if the legends are to be believed, he may even be a stand-in for his original author, Michael Stackpole. For more on this historic character’s journey, check out these books!