Blockade of Ibaar

Several years before the Battle of Yavin, during the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire, Imperial forces blockaded the planet Ibaar, cutting the Ibaarian people off from vital supplies. The rebellion, through the Phoenix rebel cell and the Lothal rebels, launched operations to deliver supplies to an underground network of Ibaarian resistance forces. The first attempt to deliver supplies failed, as the rebellion was outgunned, leading Captain Hera Syndulla to acquire a prototype B-wing starfighter known as the Blade Wing. The Blade Wing gave the rebellion enough firepower to succeed in their second run at the blockade, allowing them to deliver the supplies to the Ibaarians.