Battle of Datar

The title of this article is conjectural.

Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

Battle of Nar Shaddaa^[1]

Battle of Datar

Conflict

Galactic Civil War^[1]

Date

1 BBY^[2]

Place

Datar^[1]

Outcome

Alliance defeat^[1]
Imperial failure to obtain prisoners^[1]

Combatants
Galactic Empire^[1]	Alliance to Restore the Republic^[1]
Commanders
Vice Admiral Slenn †^[1]
Strength
1 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer^[3] Vengeance^[1]
Casualties
	Total (none taken prisoner)^[1]

[Source]

"The incident on Datar was unfortunate, sir. The Rebels fought us to the last man."

―The captain of Vengeance, to Darth Vader^[src]

In 1 BBY during the Galactic Civil War,^[2] a battle was fought on the^[1] Inner Rim^[4] planet Datar.^[1]

1 Prelude
2 The battle
3 Aftermath
4 Behind the scenes
5 Appearances
6 Sources
7 Notes and references
- 7.1 In other languages

PreludeEdit

In 1 BBY, Vice Admiral Slenn was part of an Imperial task force assigned to hunt down Rebel bases. The Empire's objectives were to expose the Rebel's supply network, obtain prisoners for interrogation, and discover where they had been shipping weapons.

The battleEdit

When Slenn's forces led from the Star Destroyer Vengeance attacked a Rebel outpost on Datar, the Rebels had advance warning of the attack. Without the element of surprise, the Imperials were unable to quickly move in and take prisoners. Instead, the Rebels fought to the last man.

AftermathEdit

Slenn was executed by Darth Vader afterward for incompetence. The Imperial forces headed to Nar Shaddaa under Vader's command. In the attack on Nar Shaddaa's Rebels, the Imperial forces attempted to correct Slenn's mistake by disguising their Gamma-class assault shuttles as civilian light freighters.