Battle of Jakku

The Battle of Jakku took place during the Galactic Civil War a year after the Battle of Endor between the fledgling New Republic and the Galactic Empire.

Prelude
During the Battle of Endor, the Galactic Empire was drastically weakened when the Alliance to Restore the Republic destroyed the Death Star II. Before it was destroyed, Luke Skywalker&mdash;the last Jedi Knight in the galaxy&mdash;turned his father, the Sith Lord Darth Vader, from the dark side of the Force. Vader&mdash;now once again the Jedi Anakin Skywalker&mdash;threw his former Sith Master, and the Emperor of the Empire, Darth Sidious down the second Death Star's reactor core where he died. The Rebels celebrated their victory on the Endor moon.

The battle
The New Republic attacked the Imperial holdouts and destroyed at least one Star Destroyer. On the other hand, the Imperials destroyed at least one T-65 X-wing starfighter before the fighting ended.

Aftermath
After the battle, Jakku's desert landscape was littered with the wreckage of the battle, where 29 years later, the fallen Star Destroyer and at least one X-wing fighter remained. Rey, a female human scavenger, drove through the old battlefront on her speeder bike. Sometime later, the Millennium Falcon and First Order TIE fighters were involved in a skirmish over the wreckage.

Behind the scenes
The Battle of Jakku will be seen in Star Wars: Battlefront in a free downloadable level set to be released on December 8, 2015, two weeks before Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens releases in theaters. Anyone that pre-orders the game will receive DLC one week early on December 1, 2015.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Battlefront