
Prior to that, he tells Luke to forget him because he lost his starboard engine and to go for his run in the trench, after which Vader shoots his upper engines and he crashes. The Leader: Of Red Squadron until Vader shoots him down.Luke offers to bring his flight group to cover him, but Garven refuses their aid, pointing out his fighter was already damaged and ordered them to begin their trench run instead of trying to save him. I Will Only Slow You Down: After he pulls out of the trench, Darth Vader is right behind him.Hope Spot: For a moment it appears as though he may have destroyed the Death Star, but ultimately his torpedoes miss and only explode on the surface outside the shaft, causing the battle to continue with more Rebel casualties, including Garven when Vader continues to chase him and eventually nails his top engines, sending him into a final freefall that he dies in, yelling with a smile.Fake Shemp: He appears in Rogue One through archive footage (with the movie coming out the same year his actor died).He is later shot down by Darth Vader, the man Luke's father became.

Death by Irony: In the full version of the scene in the hangar, Garven says he knew Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker.

Danger Deadpan: He remains mostly calm throughout the attack on the Death Star, although he gets slightly excited when he fires his torpedoes and later goes screaming to his death.

