Skirmish over Tatooine

"Warning! Incoming fighters!"

- The Falcon's sensors

The Battle of Tatooine was an important battle of Han Solo and Chewbacca's life. However, in route to Jabba's Palace, Solo was discovered by Imperial forces. The Empire sent in two Star Destroyers, three Imperial Shuttles, and several squads of TIE Fighters to counterattack Solo.

Prelude
"Destroy the fighters before landing at Mos Eiseley spaceport!"

- The Falcon's sensors

After Han Solo was forced to dump contraband as the Empire boarded his ship, Jabba the Hutt, a notorious criminal and leader of a large criminal empire, called Solo back to Tatooine, his throneworld. On his way back to Tatooine in the Millenium Falcon, his heavily modified YT-1300 light freighter, two Imperial-I class Star Destroyers scanned and discovered the Falcon with Solo and his Wookiee partner, Chewbacca.

The Galactic Empire recognized Solo as a popular bounty and immediateley sent TIE Fighters and Imperial shuttles to assault Solo. Solo, realizing the only way to get through was to fly through the blockade, prepared himself for a long battle with the Empire.

Battle
As the Falcon entered the Tatoo system, they armed their AG-2G quad laser cannons and Concussion missile tubes for the TIE Fighter attack. The Empire immediateley sent the TIE Fighters, sending squads of four or five at a time. The Falcon managed to shoot several of them, using his 4 Concussion missiles wiseley whenever he absoluteley needed to. However, as the first Star Destroyer attacked Solo, Solo realized this wasn't going to be an easy fight.

Solo attacked the Star Destroyer, destroying it. The Falcon's sensors told Solo to hit at certain spots of the Star Destroyer to destroy it. After the Star Destroyer, two Lambda-class T-4a shuttles arrived. Solo destroyed these as well. After more TIE Fighters, another Star Destroyer arrived. Solo destroyed this one the same way. Another shuttle arrived, and Solo destroyed this one. After this, the Falcon finally exited the blockade and went down to meet Jabba the Hutt in Mos Eiseley.

Aftermath
When the Falcon landed in Docking Bay 94, Han Solo went to Chalmun's Cantina, a popular cantina establishment in Mos Eisley. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker then arrived to ask for a lift to the Alderaan system. Han Solo agreed, but was then found by Greedo, a bounty hunter that worked for Jabba the Hutt. Han shot Greedo and left to go to the Falcon and take off. After evading more stormtroopers, they finally blasted their way out of Mos Eisley.

After evading two more Star Destroyers, possibly the same two they ran into earlier, they jumped into hyperspace and arrived at Alderaan seconds after it was destroyed by the Galactic Empire. The Falcon arrived in what was left of Alderaan, making them think they were in an asteroid field.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon