Liberation of Coruscant (Galactic Civil War)

The First Battle of Coruscant or Liberation of Coruscant, was a conflict during the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the fledgling New Republic.

The Battle
Despite the death of Emperor Palpatine in 4 ABY at the Battle of Endor, the squabbling Imperial warlords still ruled most of the Galaxy.

Coruscant was in the hands of Ysanne Isard, Director of Imperial Intelligence, and with the New Republic realizing the importance of the galactic capital, it was decided that the planet would be captured in order to eliminate the Empire more quickly. To start off the invasion, the New Republic began capturing strategic worlds near the Coruscant system, including Borleias.

However, Coruscant was protected by a powerful energy shield. Before the attack could begin, the shields would have to fall. Therefore, Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron were sent undercover into Imperial City to sabotage the shield generator. Sixteen of the galaxy's worst criminals were also freed from the prison colony of Kessel and loosed on Imperial City so that they could create trouble. The government would later regret this, since these criminals would go on to resurrect the Black Sun organization.

As the criminals created a diversion, Rogue Squadron decided that if they could condense a large amount of water and create a super storm, they could destroy the energy shield protecting Coruscant with lightning strikes. So, the Rogue operatives hijacked a Construction droid to take them to the command building. There, they took remote control of one of the orbiting solar mirrors. The tightly focused light beam from the solar mirror rapidly boiled one of the planet's reservoirs. This caused a huge storm and the shields soon collapsed.



With the shields down, a New Republic force led by Admiral Ackbar entered the system. This task force easily overwhelmed the Imperial force, since Ysanne Isard kept only a few Imperial-class Star Destroyers to defend the capital world.

Brenn Tantor helped land the initial ground force.

Luke Skywalker, with the help of Rand Talor and the Millennium Falcon, passed through Tal Ashen's Elite Force and approached the Imperial Palace. After fighting with the Imperial Guards, they liberated it and rescued Rand's wife, Kath, who was imprisoned there. Brenn also found his brother, Dellis Tantor, in the palace, and killed Brashin.

Very soon, Coruscant was in the hands of the New Republic. However, Isard was not to be found in the Imperial Palace. Worse still, the planet's alien population was being killed by an artificial virus called the Krytos virus.

During the battle, the Imperial Palace was shelled by New Republic forces. New Republic loyalists broke into the Palace, looting it and murdering any of the officals and functionaries they could find, regardless of age, sex, position, or innocence.

New Republic

 * Y'ull Acib
 * Ackbar
 * Wedge Antilles
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Han Solo
 * Rand Talor
 * Brenn Tantor
 * Tyr Taskeen
 * Beri Tulon
 * Fliry Vorru
 * Onoma
 * Uwlla Iillor
 * Crix Madine

Galactic Empire

 * Tal Ashen
 * Malcor Brashin
 * Karreio
 * Ysanne Isard
 * Virar Needa

Appearances

 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * ''Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars: Force Commander
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Children of the Jedi