Chedgar was a male pilot within the New Republic Starfighter Corps. With his career in jeopardy, Chedgar agreed to try out for the starfighter/commando squadron that Commander Wedge Antilles was putting together. He was eliminated from the roster during the initial training and culling process that the candidates went through. Kell Tainer, another one of the candidates for the new squadron, believed that Chedgar was a victim of his own paranoia of officer conspiracies against him.