Skirmish over Naboo (Galactic Civil War)

During the early stages of the Galactic Civil War, a skirmish occurred between Imperial-owned Lucrehulk-class battleships and Rebel-owned N1 starfighters above Naboo's orbit. A Star Tours-owned StarSpeeder 1000, having escaped from an Imperial-conducted raid at the Star Tours space station, eventually got involved in the conflict while attempting to safely deliver a Rebel spy to his allies.

Prelude
In 2 BBY, the Treaty of Corellia was signed, marking the formal declaration and founding of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, also known as the Rebel Alliance, which the Galactic Empire had also unwittingly also formed.

The skirmish
At some point, several Imperials sent several Lucrehulk-class battleships to Naboo, which resulted in various Rebel-affiliated Nabooians deciding to attack them in space with N1 starfighters. The Luchrehulk-class ships then unleashed several Vulture droid starfighters to attack the N1 squadrons. Shortly thereafter, a Star Tours-owned StarSpeeder 1000 carrying a Rebel spy had arrived at the battleground via hyperspace. Some of the fighters then broke off from the battle to escort the ship down to the hangar, but they were pursued by Vulture droids, with the escort soon shot down. The StarSpeeder 1000, however, ended up going into the water to evade capture, eventually arriving at the Naboo Rebel Hangar after traversing the Naboo core, although not without making a forced crash landing that resulted in a N1 starfighter tail piercing the cockpit.

Behind the scenes
The mission is based on a scenario from the ride Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, which featured the use of the StarSpeeder 1000 ST-1401. Because of the nature of the ride, the skirmish over Naboo is issued randomly, although it is always the last portion of the ride. In large part because of the random nature of the ride, the StarSpeeder 1000 flight number is not given in the article.

The battle is similar to the Naboo Space Battle nearing the end of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and was likely developed as an homage to it.

Appearances

 * Star Tours: The Adventures Continue