Skirmish over Llanic

Several weeks after the Battle of Yavin, Luke Skywalker attacked Imperial forces above the planet Llanic.

The skirmish
Luke emerged from hyperspace in the Llanic System with the intent to find a smuggler on Llanic who could smuggle him and R2-D2 off of Rodia if their mission was successful. But he soon saw one of Moff Abran Balfour's Star Destroyers in the distance. The destroyer was too far to cause harm to the Desert Jewel but it had launched several TIE fighters. The TIEs were firing on an unidentified starship, the ship's deflector shields were still raised but the ship would soon be destroyed. Luke was not going to help the ship until he realized it was of Kupohan manufacture&mdash;the Kupohans had helped the Rebel Alliance in the past, and Luke saw this the time to repay the debt. Luke commanded R2-D2 to plot a course out of the area and told hold onto something, and then he engaged the Jewel's sole laser cannon and shot down the first TIE with the assistance of a targeting computer. The remaining TIE retreated until it got orders from the Star Destroyer to resume attacking the Kupohan ship. Luke didn't believe the TIE would be so foolish, but he soon destroyed that TIE fighter as well. Luke then tried to hail the Kupohan ship. But before he could establish a signal the Kupohan ship fled into hyperspace. Luke was disappointed but soon fled as well&mdash;not wanting the Desert Jewel to be on any Imperial wanted lists, for he was on a secret mission to Rodia.

Appearances

 * Heir to the Jedi