Previous Battle of Eriadu[1] Concurrent Battle of Woostri[1] Next Battle of Qat Chrystac[1] Second Battle of Nomad City[1] Second Battle of Ord Mantell[1] Mission to Poderis Conflict Galactic Civil War (Thrawn campaign) Date 9 ABY (44:7:31 Grs) Place Poderis Outcome Luke Skywalker escape Combatants New Republic Galactic Empire Commanders Luke Skywalker Grand Admiral Thrawn Strength Luke Skywalker R2-D2 1 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Chimaera Stormtroopers Imperial Intelligence Agents Unidentified Imperial Intelligence Agent Ysalamiri Casualties 1 freighter Stormtroopers [Source]

The Mission to Poderis took place during the Thrawn campaign. Luke Skywalker was trying to find out whether Poderis was a transfer point for the Empire's clone traffic.

PreludeEdit

Grand Admiral Thrawn used Poderis as a red herring to throw Luke Skywalker off in his search for the Empire's clone traffic. So Luke infiltrated the Imperial planet.

The MissionEdit

On Poderis, Luke Skywalker was trapped on a roof connecting to the shield-barrier, trying to escape certain capture. Luke used his fantastic sensing abilities to see if Imperials were nearby. In addition to an intelligence agent who was shadowing him, Luke detected blank spots in which his powers could not detect anything, which could only mean ysalamiri. He then knew it was a trap and jumped up to the roof, only to find he could not go anywhere.

The Jedi fashioned a protective wrapping for his hand out of a torn piece of the left sleeve of his tunic. He then made a groove in the outside of the wall which he stuck his hand into and began his descent by holding the lightsaber in front of him, digging out a slanted path for his hand to follow in. After he went about 100 meters across the wall, he cut a hole in the shield-barrier and went back inside the city.

Understanding than the Stormtroopers couldn't capture Skywalker, Grand Admiral Thrawn let the Jedi left the planet in order to capure him in space. The Chimaera tried to intercept Skywalker's freighter in the Poderis system but the Jedi managed to escape using a Covert Shroud Maneuver.

AftermathEdit

On the Chimaera, Ensign Mithel who was the officer in charge of one of the Star Destroyer's tractor beams did his best to thwart Skywalker's trick, switching tractor beam modes. Rejlii was promoted to lieutenant by Grand Admiral Thrawn for his ingenuity and assigned to formulate an effective countermeasure to the covert shroud.

AppearancesEdit

• The Last Command (First appearance)
• The Last Command comic adaptation
• Specter of the Past (Mentioned only)

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