Crackdown on Pipada

The crackdown on Pipada was the response of the Galactic Empire to the Drabatans of the planet Pipada after they protested the establishment of the Empire, including the young and popular singer Sa'Kalla. The Empire blockaded Pipada and deployed garrisons of swamptroopers to the surface, and what began as protests, turned into massacres. During the crackdown, Sa'Kalla was captured, and a movement was created on her name.

After believing that they had tortured Sa'Kalla into submission, the governor of Pipada brought her out in front of an audience of half a million Drabatans in the Pipada Auditorium, ordering her to convince the people to submit. Sa'Kalla instead shouted for the people to resist Imperial rule and was quickly executed.

The whole stadium erupted, leading to uprisings on Pipada that tore Imperial security forces to pieces, and briefly reclaimed their world before the Empire later arrived with reinforcements and imposed martial law.