MaverickSawyer
Acolyte of the Probe
Yes, Rogue Squadron did get stood up later. Michael Stackpole did a fantastic series of novels in the Expanded Universe (Disney, you shall pry that material from my cold, dead fingers and over the bodies of your entire creative team, thank you very much) dealing exclusively with Rogue Squadron.
It was stood up in the aftermath of Endor and the Bakura incident to provide a squadron capable of pulling off missions no other unit could, both in space supremacy and in dirt-side infiltrations and spec ops. Wedge was indeed their commander for some time, before being tasked to lead another, more shadowy unit aimed at more covert missions, deeper in hostile space (Wraith Squadron). After the successful launch of both units, Ackbar chained Wedge to a desk for a while before giving him a starship command.
Wedge never forgave Ackbar for that, btw, and would sneak off to run cargo missions to Luke's academy on Yavin IV whenever he could get away for a few days.
It was stood up in the aftermath of Endor and the Bakura incident to provide a squadron capable of pulling off missions no other unit could, both in space supremacy and in dirt-side infiltrations and spec ops. Wedge was indeed their commander for some time, before being tasked to lead another, more shadowy unit aimed at more covert missions, deeper in hostile space (Wraith Squadron). After the successful launch of both units, Ackbar chained Wedge to a desk for a while before giving him a starship command.
Wedge never forgave Ackbar for that, btw, and would sneak off to run cargo missions to Luke's academy on Yavin IV whenever he could get away for a few days.