Quite right. There was no Vicks in Star Wars. Biggs Darklighter was Luke's childhood friend form Tatoonie, whom Luke envied (not idlolized) because he left home well before Luke's Uncle Owen was going to allow him to leave. I believe that the plan was for them both to join the Imperial Academy, learn what the could from the mightiest military in the galaxy, then defect to the Rebellion. That's the route Biggs took. Luke never had the chance.
Wedge Antiles, was a minor character in the first movie, though he becomes more important in the Expanded Universe novels. He was Luke's wingman in the run on the Death Star, got hit and had to pull out. As such, he is one of three Alliance members to survive the attack. (Luke, Wedge, and a third unnamed Y-wing pilot who's name would only be reveled later in the X-Wings series of novels). Han doesn't count since he was not an Alliance member at the time.
All this geeky Star Wars knowledge, and I'm still getting some every night! You see boys and girls, you CAN have it both ways!
