7. Wedge Antilles
The workingman hero of the Rebellion and New Republic, he participated in essentially every important Battle and campaign in the Galactic Civil War, leading the legendary Rogue Squadron and becoming arguably the most feared fighter pilot in the galaxy. He later became a general in the New Republic although he still led Rogue Squadron from time to time, and he played an essential role in the Yuuzhan Vong War. Antilles endeared himself to Star Wars fans by surviving all three movies without getting star treatment from the script since he wasn't a major character, becoming a fan favorite and setting a standard for creating memorable minor characters in genre films. In the Expanded universe he is fleshed out much more and we find out that he has TWO death Stars painted on his X-wing, which must look outstanding on his resume. He led the most hard core squadron in the galaxy during the peak years of the Galactic Civil War and he's the second greatest minor character in any movie as far as I'm concerned behind, one of the other people on this list that appears later.