Mission to Dantooine

The Mission to Dantooine was an event during Luke Skywalker's absence from Yavin IV. The Imperial officer Tycho Celchu, in an effort to escape the Empire, decided to defect to the Rebellion on the far away, peaceful planet of Dantooine.

This was detected by his own commando force, who took advantage of his sanctuary by staging a huge invasion of the Outer Rim planet.

At about this time, Luke Skywalker, Captain Sarkli and a strike team arrived, shocked by the amount of Imperial forces on the planet. Lt. Commander Skywalker landed the team in a thunderstorm inside a small canyon. Sarkli killed two nearbyScout troopers, but was told by Luke to stay behind. They should communicate over their comlinks. Luke used a stolen speeder bike to reach the Imperial landing zone, to find Tycho being loaded onto an Imperial APC. Using E-web blasters, Luke brought down the APC and he and Tycho fled on some speeder bikes.

However, they were heavily pursued while returning to the others, who were also under attack. By the time they arrived, the team had been wiped out, all except Sarkli, who was holding off some Imperial Storm Commandos. This is where Luke Skywalker first learned of these shock troops. What forces were left, escaped.

The Empire later made use of this sector by building construction and testing facilities in the Dubrillion system. During the escape, Tycho warned of a massive bombardment on the planet Ralltiir.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike