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"Signal intelligence just finished decryption on a batch of Imperial transmissions broadcast before what was left of their fleet turned and ran. The good news is that they're in total chaos. The bad news is that we've got an Imperial holdout on the far side of the moon and they're dug in, waiting for any opportunity to counterattack. Seems no one told them they lost."
―General Han Solo, to the Pathfinders[1]

The morning after the Galactic Civil War's Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, a Rebel Alliance strike team—the Pathfinders—carried out an assault on an Imperial outpost on the moon Endor. The strike team's target was a base operated by Imperial holdouts looking for an opportunity to counterattack after the Empire had suffered a defeat during the previous day's engagement. Not wanting to leave remaining Imperial forces behind on the moon, General Han Solo led his Pathfinders and some of the moon's native Ewoks in an assault on the outpost.

The Pathfinders arrived on a transport piloted by Lieutenant Shara Bey and took out the base's defenses with the transport's weapons before capturing the base itself. Once inside, they gathered Imperial intelligence revealing the Empire's future plans, indicating that their war with the Empire was not yet over. Afterward, Solo debriefed about the endeavor with other Alliance generals.

Prelude[]

"The Emperor has made a critical error, and the time for our attack has come."
Chancellor Mon Mothma of the Rebel Alliance, before the Battle of Endor[5]
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The Rebel Alliance launched the Battle of Endor to deliver a devastating blow against the Galactic Empire.

During the Galactic Civil War, in 4 ABY,[3] the Alliance to Restore the Republic launched a massive attack against its wartime enemy, the Galactic Empire, over the forest moon of Endor. The rebels' objective was to destroy the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station, an Imperial battle station capable of destroying entire worlds, and kill Emperor Sheev Palpatine. The Alliance Fleet assaulted the Death Star and the Imperial fleet over Endor while rebel General Han Solo led a strike team[5] of Pathfinders[1] onto the surface of Endor to destroy the generator powering the Death Star's shields. The strike team was assisted by the planet's native species, the primitive Ewoks, along with whom they were able to overwhelm the Imperial troops on the moon and destroy the generator. The battle in orbit led to the apparent death of the Emperor and his chief enforcer, Darth Vader, as well as the battle station's destruction.[5]

The battle's end saw the retreat of most Imperial forces from Endor,[1] but some were left abandoned on the moon. While some of those stranded surrendered to the rebels, others dug in and waged a guerrilla campaign against the Alliance, including some of the surviving Imperial troops from the main ground battle, who gathered at hidden bases across the moon.[6] The last of these outposts[7] remained on the far side of the moon from where the rebels were located. The rebels themselves regrouped on the surface to celebrate in Bright Tree Village, the home of the Ewoks who helped them defeat the Empire. Many rebels celebrated their victory, including rebel pilot Shara Bey and her husband, Pathfinder Kes Dameron.[1]

The assault[]

"The Ewoks did us a good turn, and General Madine feels—and I agree—that it would be rude to leave a company of bucketheads in their backyard. So we're going to finish this, once and for all."
―General Han Solo, to the Pathfinders[1]

The morning after the Battle of Endor, Solo reassembled the Pathfinders and told them that, while the Empire was in complete chaos after its loss, the rebels had discovered the Imperial outpost on the far side of the moon. Knowing that the Imperial holdouts were looking for an opportunity to counterattack against the Rebel Alliance and not wanting to leave Imperials on the moon for the Ewoks to contend with alone, Solo and Alliance General Crix Madine determined that the Pathfinders would attack the outpost. Solo outlined the plan for the Pathfinders, which was to hit the base as hard as they could with limited air cover, and Bey volunteered to be the pilot that provided air support.[1]

Endor base assault begins

The transport fires on the base, beginning the assault against the Imperial holdouts.

Bey piloted the rebel soldiers and the Bright Tree tribe Ewok warriors who accompanied them to the base,[1] including the scout Wicket Wystri Warrick,[4] bringing the transport in hot in order to mask their approach. Once the ship was above the base, the rebels opened fire on the company of Imperial troops on the ground, which included stormtroopers, an All Terrain Scout Transport, and scout troopers riding 74-Z speeder bikes. The Imperial troops were quickly overwhelmed, and the Pathfinders disembarked from the transport in order to fight the Imperials head-on. They fought their way toward the base while Bey continued firing on the outpost with the ship, taking out its defenses. While Bey kept the ship parked outside, the Pathfinders entered the base and found a great deal of data in the Imperial computers. They returned to the transport once they were finished analyzing it, bringing with them information about Imperial communications traffic and even plans that the Empire had for after the Battle of Endor.[1]

Aftermath[]

"You guys were in there a while."
"Yeah, there was a lot of data in their computers. Lot of comms traffic. Lot of plans. It's not over yet."
―Shara Bey and Han Solo[1]
Raid at the Wretch of Tayron

After the outpost assault, the Pathfinders were sent on other missions, such as the raid at the Wretch of Tayron (pictured).

After the assault's discoveries, Solo came to believe that the war was not yet over[1] and relayed this sentiment to his Pathfinders. He attended a debriefing with other Alliance generals about the Imperial outpost mission, telling his peers about the orders being sent throughout the galaxy under Palpatine's name, despite the Emperor's death days before. Not long after the assault's completion, Solo was granted a brief respite from wartime efforts to enjoy his honeymoon aboard the Halcyon star cruiser with his newly wedded wife, Princess Leia Organa.[2]

The Pathfinders later undertook numerous missions to locate and destroy the other remaining Imperial holdouts on Endor and had dealt with most of them within a few weeks, although rumors of surviving Imperials hiding out in the forests and refusing to surrender circulated for years.[6] The war continued for some time after the rebels left Endor. The Pathfinders engaged in multiple assaults after the battle,[8] including a raid on an Imperial Security Bureau black site at the Wretch of Tayron. This allowed the rebels to gain critical intelligence needed to combat Operation: Cinder,[9] the Empire's post-Endor operation designed to destroy multiple worlds in retaliation for the Emperor's death.[8]

Behind the scenes[]

The assault on an Imperial outpost first appeared first issue of the Star Wars: Shattered Empire comic miniseries. The issue was written by Greg Rucka, illustrated by Marco Checchetto, and published by Marvel Comics[1] on September 9, 2015.[10]

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Galactic Civil War
(4 BBY5 ABY)
Galactic timeline

Previous: Early rebellion against the Galactic Empire

Concurrent: Campaigns of Saw Gerrera's Partisans · Great Jedi Purge · Jedha insurgency · Mandalorian Civil War · Ryloth Insurgency · Virgillian civil war · Border skirmishes with the New Separatist Union

Next: Quest to find Ezra Bridger · Search for the Phylanx Redux Transmitter

Battles of the Galactic Civil War
4 BBY Mustafar (I) · Arkanis (I) · Quila · Imperial shield generators
Siege of Lothal (Lothal (I) · Phoenix Squadron (I)) · Seelos · Absanz · Ibaar · Thrad · Imvur · Garel (I) · Interdictor
3 BBY Phoenix Squadron (II) · Calderos Station · Onoam · Christophsis · Paucris Major · Garel (II) · Lothal Depot · Concord Dawn (I) · Concord Dawn (II) · Lira San · Ryloth (I) · Geonosis (I) · Horizon Base · Phoenix Squadron (III)
2 BBY Naraka · Lothal campaign (Yarma · Ryloth (II) · Mykapo · Imperial Armory Complex · Chopper Base · Chimaera · Archeon Nebula · Atollon) · Teralov · Montross · Agamar · Concord Dawn (III) · Konkiv · Geonosis (II) · Krownest · Killun Station
c. 2 BBY to 1 BBY Cianap
1 BBY Mustafar (II) · Jalindi · Faos Station · Lothal campaign (Lothal (II) · Lothal (III)Lothal (IV)Lothal (V)Lothal (VI)) · Crucival · Ring of Kafrene · Wobani · Operation Fracture (Jedha (I) · Eadu) · Scarif
0 BBY Tatooine (I) · The Disaster · Fostar Haven · Death Star · Yavin · Operation Mad Rush (Vir Aphshire)
0 ABY Taanab · Yavin 4 (II) · Operation Mad Rush (Vir Aphshire) · Alderaan survivors · Cyrkon · Andelm IV · Llanic · Rodia · Denon · Daalang system · Giju · Tertiary Usaita system · Devaron · Hradreek · Tatooine (III) · Operations on Tatooine (Atom Edge · Imperial Listening Station · Tatooine (IV) · Empire Shuttle Yard · Secret Base · Reinforcement Facility · Imperial Garrison · Fort Ironhead) · Dandoran · Kuat (I) · Imdaar · Cymoon 1 · Tatooine (II) · Skorii-Lei (II) · Monsua Nebula · Nar Shaddaa · Vrogas Vas · Grumwall · Sunspot Prison · Harbinger · Ghost Moon · Tureen VII · Ocean planet · Coruscant (I)
1 ABY
(Mid Rim Offensive)
Tibrin · Prison transport vessel · Akiva (I) · Star Destroyer · Ord Tiddell · Horox III · Jedha (III) · Mon Cala (I) (Mon Cala (II)) · Mako-Ta · Lucrehulk Prime · Hivebase-1 · Nebulon-B frigate · Pirate station · Accresker Jail
2 ABY
(Mid Rim Offensive)
Hubin (Approximate date) · Novka (Approximate date) · Shu-Torun (Approximate date) · K43 (Approximate date) · Lanz Carpo (Approximate date) · Sergia (Approximate date)
3 ABY
(Mid Rim Retreat)
Haidoral Prime · Kontahr sector · Coyerti (Imperial scout post · Imperial fort · Distillery · Imperial garrison) · Bestine IV · Metatessu sector · Enrivi system · Chonsetta system · Redhurne system · Trumpet's Call · Rebel flotilla · Hoth (I) · Cloud City (I) · Cloud City (II) · Malastare (I) · Rendezvous Point Delta-Three · Sixth Division · Cloud City (III) · Tempes · Elessia · Operation Starlight (Imperial Museum · Felucia · Ab Dalis) · Operation Ringbreaker (Mardona III · Najan-Rovi · Obumubo · Nakadia (I) · Naator · Xagobah (I) · Kuliquo belt · Inyusu Tor) · Blacktar Cyst · Mek'tradi · Trenchenovu · Rebel cell · Jekara system · Plot to assassinate Darth Vader
4 ABY Kudo system · Rebel convoy · Hudalla · Operation Yellow Moon · Platform M36 · Invincible Faith · Mordal · Endor (I) · Hosnian system · Sullust · Durkteel · Coruscant (III) · Endor (III) · Cawa City · Operation: Cinder (Fondor (I) · Naboo (I) · Nacronis · Abednedo (I)) · Tayron · Iron Blockade (Anoat (I) · The Crypt · Mataou (I) · Hoth (II) · Anoat (II) · Mataou (II) · Anoat (III)) · Malastare (II) · Jendorn · Jiruus · Oridol Cluster · Harrikos system · Abednedo (II) · Haldeen sector · Hunt for Shadow Wing (Pandem Nai) · Akiva (II) · Naalol · Geonosis (III) · Uyter · Sevarcos · Akiva (III) · Vetine · Var-Shaa · Bormea · Yavin Prime · Victorum · Hosnian Prime · Desevro · Esseles · Zavian Abyss · Remitik · Mon Cala (III) · Gorse · Onderon · Nadiri (I) · Ringali Nebula · Nadiri (II) · Galitan
5 ABY Iron Blockade (Cloud City (IV)) · Jarbanov · Edict · Parozha VII · Cerberon system (Verzan · Troithe (I) · Catadra · Cerberon · Troithe (II)) · Takodana · Hyborean Moon · Vorlag · Wild Space · Nag Ubdur (Govneh Ridge · Binjai-Tin) · Arkanis (II) · Kuat (II) · Kashyyyk · Chandrila (I) · Chinook Station · Sullust (II) · Naboo (II) · Fondor (II)
Nythlide Array · Xagobah (II) · Operation: Cinder (Dybbron III · Kortatka · Chadawa) · Hunt for Shadow Wing (Deliverance · Ciaox Verith
Red Yars · Yadeez (I) · Yadeez (II) · Ghonoath · G'Tep'Noi · Chadawa · Netalych)

Nevarro · Coruscant (IV) · Jakku
Other Allst Prime · Bamayar · Bar'leth · Beroq 4 · Bogano · Candor · Castilon · Chargona · Cilpar system · Crait · Criigo · Coruscant (II) · Deep Space · Derra · Distilon · Garel (III) · Garel (IV) · Garel (V) · Gorma · Heist · Iakar (II) · Kuat (III) · Kudo · Mennar-Daye · Corellian Sector · Nakadia (II) · New Valis · Ord Biniir · Outer Rim · Phorsa Gedd · Polis Massa · Operation Starlight (Panisia) · Perimako Major · Polaar · Primtara · Rand Ecliptic · Rebel Alliance · Rebel base · Rebel fleet · Red Planet · Rekkana · Skorii-Lei (I) · Taris · Turkana · Valo system · Vulpter · Mission to reveal the Death Star II · Wecacoe · Xorrn
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