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First Battle of Coruscant (Galactic Civil War)

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Second Battle of Yag'Dhul^[2]

First Battle of Coruscant

Conflict

Galactic Civil War^[3]

Date

6 ABY (42:2:17)^[3]

Place

Imperial Center (Coruscant)^[1]

Outcome

New Republic victory^[2]
- Coruscant is taken from Ysanne Isard^[2]
- The New Republic sets up a government on the planet^[2]

Combatants
New Republic^[1]	Galactic Empire^[1]
Commanders
Admiral Ackbar^[1] General Tyr Taskeen^[4] General Brenn Tantor^[4] General Rand Talor^[5] General Han Solo^[5] Commander Wedge Antilles^[1] Luke Skywalker^[5]	Director Ysanne Isard^[1] Grand General Malcor Brashin^[4] General Tal Ashen†^[5] Kirtan Loor^[1]
Strength
16 Black Sun leaders^[1] Alien Combine^[1] New Republic trooper^[5]^[4] Mortar troopers^[5] New Republic Special Forces^[6] Medical droids^[5] 47-B-series droids Rebel combat speeders^[5] T1-B hovertanks^[4] Rebel attack tanks^[5] T3-B heavy attack tanks^[5]^[4] Hover Transport TC9s^[4] Mobile Proton Torpedo Launchers Blaster cannons^[5] One Tracked Mobile Base Scanner Jammers T-47 airspeeders New Republic artillery: Anti-vehicle Anti-air Anti-infantry Localized deflector shield generators 5 Z-95 Headhunters Rogue Squadron^[1] T-65 X-wing starfighters^[5] BTL Y-wing starfighters^[5] A-wing interceptors^[7] B-wing starfighters^[5] Lancer Squadron^[5] Millennium Falcon^[5] Action VI transports CR90 corvettes^[7] DP20 frigates EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates^[7] 1 Immobilizer 418 cruiser^[1] Corusca Rainbow^[1] MC80 Liberty type Star Cruisers^[5] MC80B Star Cruisers^[1] Mon Remonda^[1] 2 Imperial-class Star Destroyers^[1] Emancipator^[1] Liberator^[1] MC80 Home One type Star Cruisers^[1]^[5] Home One^[1]	Stormtroopers^[1]^[5]^[4] Missile Launcher Troopers^[5] Coruscant Guards Royal Guards^[5] Phase II dark troopers^[5] Bounty hunters^[5] Troop Carriers^[4] AT-PT walkers^[4] AT-ST walkers^[5]^[4] AT-AA walkers^[5]^[4] AT-AT walkers^[5] Mobile artillery^[5] Tracked Shield Disablers^[4] Coruscant artillery: Anti-vehicle^[5] Anti-air^[5] Anti-infantry^[5] Deflector shield generators^[1] TIE fighters^[1]^[4] TIE Bombers^[4] TIE Interceptors TIE Defenders^[5] TIE Advanced x1^[5] 2 Victory-class Star Destroyers^[1] Monarch^[1] Triumph^[1] Golan space defense platforms^[1] Golan III Space Defense NovaGuns^[1] Orbital Solar Energy Transfer Satellites^[1] OSETS 2711^[1]
Casualties
Heavy	Majority of forces

[Source]

"I'll let history decide my role in this battle. Like a friend of mine once said, whether I'm a traitor or hero will ultimately be decided by who wins this war. And quite frankly, General, your side isn't looking too good."

―New Republic General Brenn Tantor to Imperial Grand General Malcor Brashin^[src]

The First Battle of Coruscant also known as the Liberation of Coruscant and the Siege of Coruscant, was a conflict during the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the fledgling New Republic.

1 The background
2 Sabotage
3 The siege
4 Taking the palace
5 Aftermath
6 Participants
- 6.1 New Republic
- 6.2 Galactic Empire
7 Behind the scenes
8 Appearances
9 Sources
10 Notes and references
- 10.1 In other languages

The backgroundEdit

Upon hearing of the death of Palpatine, citizens on Coruscant—then Imperial Center—staged an uprising, attacking Imperial forces in the streets, setting off fireworks, toppling statues of Palpatine, and desecrating other symbols of the Empire. Many citizens died in the resulting Imperial crackdown, and the planet remained in Imperial hands.

Despite Emperor Palpatine's death in 4 ABY at the Battle of Endor, the squabbling Imperial warlords still ruled most of the galaxy. Coruscant was in the hands of Ysanne Isard, Director of Imperial Intelligence, and with the New Republic realizing the importance of the galactic capital, it was decided that the planet would be captured in order to eliminate the Empire more quickly.^[1]

To start off the invasion, the New Republic began capturing strategic worlds near the Coruscant system, including Borleias. In 6.5 ABY the Provisional Council made the decision to have a covert mission sent to Coruscant to gauge the Imperial presence on that world in preparation for an invasion.^[1]

SabotageEdit

Main article: Second Mission to Coruscant (Galactic Civil War)

"It looks as if Rogue Squadron has done it—they've taken down the planetary shields."

―Beri Tulon to Tyr Taskeen and Brenn Tantor^[src]

However, Coruscant was protected by a powerful energy shield. Before the attack could begin, the shields would have to fall. Therefore, Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron were sent undercover into Imperial City to sabotage the shield generator.^[1]

Sixteen of the galaxy's worst criminals were also freed from the prison colony of Kessel and loosed on the Imperial City so that they could create a diversion to distract the Empire. The Rebels would later regret this; these criminals would go on to resurrect the Black Sun organization.^[1]

As the criminal riot continued, Rogue Squadron decided that if they could condense a large amount of water and create a super storm, they could destroy the energy shield protecting Coruscant with lightning strikes.^[1]

To do so, the Rogue operatives hijacked a Construction droid to take them to the command building. There, they took remote control of one of the orbiting solar mirrors. The tightly focused light beam from the solar mirror rapidly boiled one of the planet's reservoirs. This caused a huge electrical storm which interrupted the power supply to the shield station and the shields soon collapsed.^[1]

The siegeEdit

"We've analyzed Coruscant's defenses, and we've found a weakness."

―General Tyr Taskeen to General Brenn Tantor^[src]

With the shields down, a New Republic force led by Admiral Ackbar entered the system. This task force easily overwhelmed the Imperial force, since Ysanne Isard only kept a few Star Destroyers to defend the capital world.^[1]

Since any large ground invasion force would be detected by the Imperial sensor net, General Brenn Tantor landed a very small initial ground force near Coruscant's north pole, which proceeded to capture Imperial command centers and disable sensor nodes. This allowed Tantor to bring down a larger force undetected, which he used to pound away at the defenses between himself and the Imperial Palace. However, the city planet would not be taken easily, as forces under Grand General Malcor Brashin continued to resist the Republic invasion force, leading to intense building-to-building warfare.

One of many obstacles the army faced was the heavily fortified walls barring off the most important parts of Imperial City from the outside world. After a prolonged battle, the New Republic succeeded in breaching Imperial defenses and capturing several important maintenance and command facilities. Then began the extensive cleaning out of the inner defenses, as Republic troops went further and further into the city, getting closer to the Imperial Palace.

Taking the palaceEdit

"OK, troops. This is the final battle. Our goal is the Imperial Palace. We need to destroy or capture every unit that stands in our way. Attack!"

―General Brenn Tantor^[src]

Nearing the end of the battle, the Imperial Palace was heavily shelled by New Republic forces. After its defenses were weakened, Luke Skywalker, with the help of Rand Talor and the Millennium Falcon, passed through General Tal Ashen's Elite Force and approached the Palace.^[5]

Ashen himself rode in an AT-AT, and his Elite Force troops included the finest stormtroopers in the Imperial military. Still, they were defeated. Ashen's AT-AT was brought down, but the general survived the crash. Ashen crawled out of the wreckage, pistol in hand, and began to fire on Republic troops alongside his stormtroopers. Shortly afterwards, Ashen was shot and killed. Not long after this, his remaining troops were either killed or captured.^[5]

After fighting with Imperial Guards, the New Republic task force captured the Palace and rescued Rand's wife, Kath, who was imprisoned there. Brenn Tantor also found his brother, Dellis Tantor, whom he had long thought dead.^[5] Aside from the few rescued prisoners, many Imperial officials and functionaries that were found were lynched by the New Republic soldiers.^[8]

AftermathEdit

"Welcome to the next chapter in the history of the galaxy."

―General Tyr Taskeen to Brenn and Dellis Tantor^[src]

Very soon, Coruscant was in the hands of the New Republic. It was stated that Coruscant's space defenses were very weak for a planet of that importance, and that the battles on the planet itself were limited for the scale of the planet. However, Director Isard was not to be found in the Imperial Palace. Worse still, the planet's alien population was being killed by an artificial virus called the Krytos virus. Thus the Battle of Yag'Dhul for the Bacta to cure the Non-human population, and stop the spreading of the virus on the planet would begin. While the New Republic was absent, the Imperials on Coruscant had licked their wounds and so the Galactic Empire was still the dominance in the galaxy.^[2]

Following their loss of Coruscant, the Imperial Ruling Council under Ars Dangor relocated to Orinda, which would serve as the technical Imperial capital until the Empire recaptured Coruscant in 10 ABY.^[9]

ParticipantsEdit

New RepublicEdit

Galactic EmpireEdit

Behind the scenesEdit

Prior to the X-wing series, the capture of Coruscant was established as having taken place in 8 ABY, just shortly before the Thrawn campaign.

The picture of the New Republic Soldiers hoisting up the New Republic flag bears striking resemblance to the victorious American Marines hoisting the American flag on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi during World War II.

The killing of the Imperial officers and functionaries following the taking of the Imperial Palace bears resemblance to the reign of terror during the French Revolution, when anyone having anything to do with the Aristocracy was executed.

The battle was also included in the expansion pack for Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, Clone Campaigns, although it was treated as an Old Republic mission instead of a Rebel Alliance/New Republic mission.

During the mission in Galactic Battlegrounds, players can find Jar Jar Binks by exploring the whole map. Since his appearance is most likely an easter egg, it is not known if it should be treated as canon.