Rescue on Kessel

The Second Battle of Kessel was a battle during the Galactic Civil War.

During the Battle of Kile II, Wedge Antilles's Y-wing starfighter had been disabled by Imperial forces. He was smuggled into an evacuation shuttle and shipped to the prisons of Kessel.

Luke Skywalker led a raid on the prisons using modified X-wing starfighters, equipped with ion cannons. He and Rogue Squadron disabled the Armored Hover Train carrying Wedge using their ion cannons. Days after the rescue of Wedge Antilles, Crix Madine and Rogue Squadron returned with a commando team and freed the remaining prisoners using Wedge's knowledge of the prison.

They disabled the shield generator protecting the prison centers, evacuated the rebel prisoners, and proceeded to rendezvous with the Rebel fleet.