Quote Originally Posted by Conradus View Post
It's not just a Star Wars reference, it's Final Fantasy lore. Biggs and Wedge first showed up in Final Fantasy VI (They were the Imperial soldiers escorting the brainwashed Terra in the very beginning) and have been in VII, VIII, X, XII (sorta; they were called Gibbs and Deweg--pressure from Lucasfilm, maybe?), and XIII (who do you think the "B&W" in "B&W Outfitters" are?).
I think it was probably originally a star wars reference lol.