Battle of Belderone (Galactic Civil War)

The Battle of Belderone occurred after Darth Vader's Star Destroyer came in orbit of Belderone to investigate the Rebel unrest in the neighboring system of Kulthis.

Battle
The Rebels landed on Belderone to prepare for an impending attack on Kulthis, under the ruse to trade with the planet. Their arrival caused the citizens to gather around their ship the Millennium Falcon, two citizens Flint and Barney saw Luke Skywalker's lightsaber clipped to his belt and deduced he was a Jedi. They finally asked if he was a Jedi Knight, not wanting to blow his cover, Luke said it was given to him by a friend of his father's. The group was later given a place to stay at a tavern. An unknown Spy of General Andrid revealed their location to him, and three agents were sent to capture Skywalker. The Rebels dodged the blaster fire while moving Zana away from the crossfire. They eventually defeated the Imperials. When Vader learned that Andrid knew Skywalker's location and had kept it secret from him, he killed Andrid using Force Choke. Vader Due to Andrid's ego, He rushed his plan to capture Skywalker, and defeat the Rebels by deploying a squad of AT-ATs Walkers fresh from the factory's assembly line to Destroy the nighboring village in a test run, and then have Bulk Cruiser's pick them up and attack Kulthis. Luke alerted the Rebels on Kulthis about the Empire's pressense on Belderone, as a result the rebel leaders sent a wing of X-wings and Snowspeeders to take down the walkers before they Destroy the village and the Rebel base. Luke's X-wing was shot down and forced to land on a walker, then suddenly a second walker was preparing to shoot the downed fighter but the walker was intercepted by another walker captured by Lando and Leia. Most of the AT-ATs  were captured of desroyed, unfortunately one walker made it to the village and trampled over Zana's Diner with Zana inside.

Aftermath
The battle was a Rebel victory, but Flint, grieving over his mother's death joined the Empire.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Annual 3: The Apprentice
 * Star Wars 92: The Dream