However, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin ignored the warning and refused to evacuate. Some time into the battle, Imperial officer Jude Edivon aboard the Death Star identified the threat of the Rebels' attack strategy, and attempted to warn her superiors of the danger. She tallied the Rebel starfighter losses as they occurred during the battle. Rebel X-wings and Y-wings approach the Death Star.ĭuring the battle, Rebels in the temple, including pilots who were left behind watched the battle from the command center, along with Fighter Boss Nera Kase. Branon) was the first to be shot down by the incoming TIEs. The deployment of Imperial TIE fighters, including one piloted by Lieutenant Iden Versio, devastated the Rebel attackers, destroying them far faster and more efficiently than the station's weapon emplacements had been able to. Red Six ( Jek Tono Porkins) was the first to be destroyed in the volley of turret fire. The starfighters weaved through the turret emplacements, destroying many as they passed. A total of 30 ships were deployed in the assault on the Death Star: 8 Y-wings from Gold Squadron as well as 22 X-wings, 12 from Red Squadron and the rest from Green Squadron. With the Death Star approaching, Y-wings from Gold Squadron and X-wings from Red Squadron and Green Squadron were dispatched to carry out the attack plan. " Lock S-foils in attack position." ―Red Leader Garven Dreis A proton torpedo fired into the port would cause a chain reaction that would destroy the battle station. An analysis of the plans identified a weakness in the battle station, placed there by Imperial scientist Galen Erso: a small thermal exhaust port leading to the main reactor. By using small, one-man starfighters, the Rebels would slip through the Death Star's main defenses, maneuver down a narrow trench leading to the exhaust port, and fire proton torpedoes into the exhaust port. The Death Star's defenses were designed for a direct, large-scale assault. General Jan Dodonna briefed the rebel pilots on the plan. General Dodonna gives a briefing on the battle plan. During her time away, she composed a contingency plan: surrender to Emperor Palpatine. īefore Organa arrived, Chancellor Mon Mothma was evacuated aboard a shuttle, as General Dodonna considered her the core of the rebellion. The group, which also included Rebel Alliance droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, in possession of the Death Star plans, fled to the Rebel base on Yavin 4-closely pursued by the battle station. The Princess was rescued from captivity by an unlikely alliance of the smuggler Han Solo, former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, a young farmboy from Tatooine named Luke Skywalker, and Solo's First Mate, the Wookiee named Chewbacca. Princess Leia was taken prisoner aboard the Death Star by Lord Vader. Imperial forces under the command of the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, soon captured Princess Leia and the crew of the Tantive IV. " He put a fuse in the middle of your machine, and I've just told the entire galaxy how to light it." ―Jyn Erso, to Imperial Director Krennic ĭuring the Battle of Scarif, Jyn Erso managed to steal detailed plans and design specifications for the Imperial battle station known as the Death Star and transmit them to the Alliance Fleet above these plans soon made their way to Princess Leia Organa.
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