Battle of Kolaador

A skirmish on the planet Kolaador occurred between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.

The circumstances under which the battle begun are unknown, but considering that the crystaline landscapes of the planet were used for flight evaluation for Rebel rookies, it's possible that the Imperial Star Destroyers entered orbit around the planet during a training course and launched TIEs that attacked the fighters.

Rookie One, probably as a tutor, was flying an X-wing during the conflict.

Behind the scenes
The box art for Rebel Assault by Greg Winters depicted a battle against Imperial forces on Kolaador from the point of view of one of the pilots. The game itself featured a training mission on Kolaador as well as the depicted craft types and therefore the general behind-the-cockpit 'feeling' of the game is effectively captured in the illustration; however in the game scenario there is no indication of any Imperial presence and no opportunity for the battle to fit between missions as the pilots are called to Tatooine immediately after Kolaador.

However, Winters's artwork reappeared in the Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 3 trading cards with the image stated to show Rookie One fighting Imperial forces on Kolaador. It is therefore assumed that this event takes place at some point after the first game.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Rebel Assault
 * Star Wars Galaxy Series 3