Mission to Mos Eisley (Galactic Civil War)

The Skirmish on Tatooine occured when the Rebel Alliance discovered that a group of rebel prisoners that had been captured by Boba Fett had been sold to the Hutt Cartel on Tatooine. The alliance then sent Renegade Squadron, under the command of Han Solo to free them from captivity.

Prelude
On a scouting mission for the Alliance, Admiral Ackbar was captured by the infamous bounty hunter, Boba Fett. Although Fett sold Ackbar to the Galactic Empire, he sold the rest of the crew that had been with Ackbar to the Hutt slaver market on Mos Eisley, Tatooine. When the Alliance recaptured the Admiral in the Battle over Kessel they discovered what had happened to the crew. They then dispatched the rebel's new fitting unit, Renegade Squadron to Tatooine in hopes of recapturing the prisoners of war. They didn't know, however, that it was actually a trap set up by the Empire.

Finding the prisoners
The rebels landed on Tatooine in the Millennium Falcon and deployed Renegade Squadron. Renegade Squadorn's second in command, Col Serra, ordered the renegades to the local cantina to see if there would be anyone there who would talk for the price of a few drinks. While traveling to the catina, they were attacked by the local Imperial garrison. After fitting through the stormtroopers Renegade Squadron was finally able to capture the catina and meet a local Rodian rebel sympathizer who would take them to where the prisoners were held.

Renegade Squadron escorted the Rodian across the street, fitting off the assualting Imperials, to where the Hutts were keeping the Alliance prisoners. The prisoners were being held in a hangar that was protected by a force field. Solo then ordered Renegade Squadron to find the three force field generators scatered around Mos Eisly. After blowing up the generators, the rebels were finally able to make it into the hangar. Renegade Squadorn was able to capture the sail barge hangar.

Freeing the captives
Han Solo rushed into the hangar while Renegade Squadorn held off the local garrison. Solo had to use a fusion cutter to brake the jail cell the prisoners were being held in. Right as it seemed that the rebels were about to loose the hangar to the Imperials, Solo finally was able to brake the cell door. The rebel captives ran out of the jail cell and were about to run to the hangar that held the Falcon in it, when two AT-STs came charging down the street, pinning the Renegade Squadorn and the newly freed prisoners in the Hutt hangar.

Renegade Squadron used missile launchers and grenades to destroy the two AT-STs while the rebel prisoners made it to the Millennium Falcon. When all the prisoners were abord, General Solo began to prep the Falcon for take off while commander Serra ordered Renegade Squadron to defend the hangar. After everything was ready, Solo ordered everyone abord the Falcon and took off, leaving Tatooine for good.

Aftermath
Although the Alliance thought the battle was a great success, it would later turn out that it was a trap. Before the battle, Imperial spys planted a traking device on an R5 unit that went with the rebels during the battle. The Imperials were able to track the Rebels to their new base on Boz Pity. A few hours after the Renegade Squadorn got back to their new base, the a giant Imperial fleet jumped out of hyperspace over Boz Pity. This would result into the Battle of Boz Pity.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron