Tempest Force

"It was I who allowed the alliance to know the location of the shield generator. It is quite safe from your pitiful little band. An entire legion of my best troops await them. Oh...I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive."

- Palpatine to Luke Skywalker, regarding the vulnerability of the Endor shield generator.

Tempest Force was an Imperial Army and Navy unit stationed on Endor's forest moon during 3–4 ABY.

Battle of Endor
Tempest Force's mission was to defend the Imperial installation on the moon.

During the Battle of Endor, they were supplemented by additional legions of stormtroopers. Tempest Force was known to consist of at least one AT-AT, at least 39 AT-STs, stormtroopers, Navy troopers, and many scout trooper patrols. The Galactic Emperor Palpatine also implied, when revealing to Luke Skywalker onboard the Second Death Star that the Rebel forces were walking into a trap, that Tempest Force's overall size was comparable to that of a legion.

Leaders

 * Commander Igar&mdash;commanding officer of Tempest 1
 * Colonel Dyer&mdash;leader of ground troops

Tempest Scouts

 * Lieutenant Arnet&mdash;Imperial Army pilot of Tempest Scout 1
 * Major Marquand&mdash;Imperial Army pilot of Tempest Scout 2
 * Lieutenant Watts&mdash;gunner of Tempest Scout 2

Navy troopers

 * Major Hewex&mdash;leader of Navy troopers assigned to bunker
 * Imperial Navy trooper Fenson
 * Imperial Navy trooper Vesden

Ground troops

 * Lieutenant Renz&mdash; assumed command of ground troops upon the incapacitation of Colonel Dyer
 * Sergeant Hume Tarl
 * Sergeant Wallen
 * Corporal Drazin

Scout troopers

 * Lieutenant Grond&mdash;coordinator of scout trooper actions
 * Sergeant Barich
 * Sergeant Elsek
 * Sergeant Irol
 * Corporal Avarik
 * Corporal Drelosyn
 * Corporal Misik
 * Corporal Oberk

Vehicles

 * At least 1 All Terrain Armored Transport
 * Tempest 1
 * At least 39 All Terrain Scout Transports
 * Tempest Scout 1
 * Tempest Scout 2
 * Tempest Scout 3
 * Tempest Scout 4
 * Tempest Scout 5
 * Tempest Scout 6
 * At least nine 74-Z speeder bikes

Behind the scenes
Although not named in Return of the Jedi, the Endor expansion of the CCG goes into detail regarding Tempest Force. Many of the cards also reference to the subjugation of Kashyyyk. It is possible that an earlier version of Tempest Force was present there.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novel