Battle of Slotern

"The sky was full of them as they descended upon us. I wondered if our men on the ground would think us brave fools, or just fools."

- Excerpt from the Eyewitness Report of Lieutenant Blair

The Battle of Slotern was a short skirmish in the Slotern system between Imperial TIE fighters and resistance fighter starships that resulted in a victory for the Galactic Empire. Imperial TIE Fighters engaged the resistance fighters and destroyed all but two craft in the first pass. The TIEs formed up and made another sweep to finish off the enemy forces in a second pass. The TIEs destroyed one of the two last remaining starships and damaged the other one, piloted by Lieutenant Blair. Blair dove for the ground, but the starship's automatic ejection activated, making Blair the sole suvivor of the resistance fighers. Blair stated that the battle lasted only two minutes.

Behind the scenes
The Battle of Slotern was first mentioned in the databank entry for the TIE fighter in the LucasArts video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, which was released on October 26, 2010.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II