Destruction of the Death Star

The destruction of the Death Star 1 was a important battle in the Galactic Civil War. After Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, C-3P0, and R2-D2 made their escape after Obi-Wan-Kenobi was struck down by Darth Vader they fled to Yavin 4 and alerted the rebel command.

The rebels quickly came up with a plan. With the data provided by R2-D2 the rebel scientists found a weakness to the battle station. It was obvious the empire didnt consider a one-man fighter to be much of a threat but if a fighter could make its way into a service trench that lead to an exhaust port they could fire a proton torpedo (because it was ray shielded) into the port it could trigger a immensely powerful chain reaction that could destroy the station. The pilots of red group and gold group set off in their Y-Wings and X-Wings. Luke was among them after his friend Biggs Darklighter told red leader that he was an excellent pilot. By the time the rebels were ready for their attack the Death Star was within 15 minutes of the station. After all wings reported in the rebels dived in to dray their fire and accelerate to attack speed. Red 6 was the first of 27 rebel ships that would not make it back. After the Death Stars gunners found the anti-air defenses innefective Darth Vader ordered the crews to their fighters. The rebels managed to shoot down some TIE fighters and hold off their attack but some rebels were lost and Darth Vaders amazing flying skill proved too much for the somewhat inexperienced rebel pilots. 3 X-Wings were the first to go in and 2 were shot down in the trench by Darth Vader but red leader managed to fire a torpedo but it missed. Red leader was soon shot down by Darth Vader. Next 3 Y-wings went in and they were all shot down by Vader without getting to the exhaust port. Then 3