Battle of Endor/Legends

"An explosion bright as a star. A forest world, intrepid defenders, escaping ships, and&hellip;you, I think, somehow at the center of it all. Skywalker, it won't matter if you find them. It won't matter if you find and kill every Jedi who survived Order Sixty-Six. I understand now&hellip;the Force will never die."

- Roan Shryne's vision of the battle of Endor in 19 BBY

The Battle of Endor, fought between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire in 4 ABY, was one of the largest and most important engagements of the Galactic Civil War. It would signify the decline of the Empire with the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and Dath Vader, as well as many major Imperial leaders, and the destruction of the Death Star II. The battle began when the Rebels learned that the Empire was building a new Death Star above the forest moon of Endor and also that the Emperor himself would be overseeing the superweapon's construction. Seeing an opportunity to strike, the Alliance planned an attack. Part of the Rebels would fight on the moon's surface, while another group would fight in space, assaulting the battle station in Endor's orbit. Unbeknownst to the Rebels, however, Palpatine was leading them into a trap.

On the ground, a group of Rebels lead by General Han Solo fought the Imperial stormtroopers stationed on the moon, and with the help of the native Ewoks, were able to destroy the shield generator protecting the Death Star. Meanwhile, in space, the Alliance Fleet, led by Admiral Ackbar and aided by Lando Calrissian in the Millennium Falcon, battled the Empire's naval forces and attacked the battle station. Soon enough, though, the Rebels realized that they had been tricked, as the Death Star's weapon systems were already operational, and the battle became a desparate fight for survival for them. At the same time, Darth Vader brought Luke Skywalker to the Emperor in order to turn his son to the dark side of the Force.

When Skywalker refused to give in to Palpatine's demands, the Sith Lord attempted to kill the young Jedi. Unable to see his son die, Vader killed his master. He had redeemed himself, becoming Anakin Skywalker once again, though he died in the act. Soon after, the Rebels were able to destroy the Death Star and escape its destruction. On Endor, Skywalker and the others celebrated, as did the inhabitants of many other worlds. With its two main leaders dead, the Empire began its long decline, and the New Republic was formed shortly thereafter. While the actions of the battle did not the end of the war, they marked the beginning of the Empire's decline and the rise of the New Republic, and restored balance to the Force.

Prelude
"The Emperor has made a critical error and the time for our attack has come."

- Mon Mothma

Shortly after the rise of the Galactic Empire, Jedi Master Roan Shryne experienced visions of the Battle of Endor after learning of the true identity of Darth Vader, and being subsequently defeated by Vader. Just before his death at Vader's hands, he related the details of his vision to the Sith Lord.

Many years later, the Rebel Alliance learned that the Empire was constructing a second version of the Death Star space station (under supervision by Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod). The Alliance leadership soon discovered that this version had corrected the design flaws in the original Death Star that the Alliance had exploited in the Battle of Yavin. It was decided that the station would have to be destroyed before it became operational, because if completed it would be impossible for them to stop.

In operations that cost the lives of many Bothan spies, the Alliance learned that the space station was orbiting the forest moon of Endor. In addition, the rebels learned that, although the station was protected by a powerful deflector shield projected from a base on the moon, the station's weapons were not yet ready for service. Furthermore, they also learned from the Emperor's datapad itself, stolen in the Battle of Korriban, that the Emperor was personally supervising the final construction of the station. Destroying the station while he was still aboard would deliver a crushing blow to the Galactic Empire, perhaps the blow that would free the galaxy.

With a golden opportunity too good to miss, the Alliance planned a two-pronged attack. A commando squad, led by appointed General Han Solo and coordinated by General Brenn Tantor, a former Imperial general who had set up the shield generator, would land on the moon in a stolen Imperial shuttle and disable the Imperial base's deflector shield projector. This would allow a Rebel fleet to attack the station and destroy it.

Meanwhile, Rebel ships launched an attack on Imperial forces near the planet of Sullust in an attempt to lure Imperial ships away from Endor. While the Rebels were successful in their objectives, it was a miscalculation made by them, as Palpatine had devised a strategy to maintain the fleet close to Endor. The fleet would provide security and support for the second Death Star, instead of engaging the Rebel Fleet, a strategy not revealed until the battle above Endor's forest moon.

The Rebels were unwittingly falling into a grand trap devised by the Emperor himself. In an attempt to effectively eliminate the Rebellion, Palpatine planned on drawing the Alliance to Endor using simple disinformation: he hid the fact that the station's primary defense systems were already operational (and had dispatched Darth Vader earlier on to ensure that the systems were ready on time). With a large naval force hidden on the far side of the moon and an elite legion of Imperial troops standing by on the moon's surface near the shield generator, he was ready to crush the Rebels once and for all. The Emperor also predicted that the young Rebel Luke Skywalker would surrender to Imperial troops in an attempt to bring his father Anakin Skywalker back from the dark side. Knowing this, Palpatine planned to turn the young Jedi to the dark side, installing the youth as his new apprentice, in much the same manner as Anakin had supplanted Count Dooku at his side 23 years before.

The ground assault
"An entire legion of my best troops await them."

- Emperor Palpatine

The Rebels took the Emperor's bait and a squad headed to Endor on board the captured shuttle Tydirium, stolen by Wedge Antilles on Prefsbelt IV. At the same time, Renegade Squadron also slipped past the planetary shield. Solo's team landed, with Renegade Squadron landing some way from Solo.

After landing on the planet, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa piloted speeder bikes in Endor's forests. They were involved in a deadly chase with Imperial scout troopers. After Leia was injured and disappeared, Skywalker, along with Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2, tried to find her. They were captured by the native Ewoks and taken to Bright Tree Village. The Rebel heroes would have met their end had Skywalker not convinced the Ewoks to help them. That night, Luke Skywalker revealed to Leia Organa that she was his sister and that Darth Vader was their father, information that shocked the Princess. Following that,Luke sensed the presence of Darth Vader, who had come loooking for him. Not wanting to endanger his friends, Luke left the Ewok village in order to surrender to Vader The rest of the Rebels attacked the base with the Ewoks, now their allies, behind them. They captured the Imperial officers in charge, only to be ambushed minutes later and led out into a clearing. There stood hundreds of stormtroopers, as well as AT-STs. At that moment, the Alliance appeared doomed. Suddenly, hundreds of Ewoks leapt out of the trees, stunning the Imperials, who had already dismissed them as primitive natives. Meanwhile, Renegade Squadron heard over their comlinks that Solo was surrounded, and they rushed to his rescue. First, they liberated an Ewok village captured by stormtroopers. Finally, Renegade Squadron prevented the repairs from being finished, some Imperials were trying to repair an AT-AT that had been crippled by Solo's strike team earlier.

Although initially surprised by the ambush, Tempest Force regained the upper hand and squads of stormtroopers pursued the Ewoks into the forest. Despite being outnumbered by the natives, the stormtroopers forced the Ewoks back, and Imperial AT-ST scout walkers decimated Ewok holdouts. The Ewoks tried a number of unsuccessful tactics, such as using gliders to drop stones on top of the walkers, and trying to trip them with ropes. This tactic might have worked, had the ropes had been tied down instead of being hand-held. Hoping to take the upper hand, a pair of Ewoks, led by the Wookiee Chewbacca, successfully captured Tempest Scout 2, one of the AT-ST walkers, throwing Lieutenant Watts out of the scout walker in the process. Renegade Squadron also sent at least one of their men into the walker. The tide of the battle began to turn as Chewbacca used this AT-ST to take out isolated Imperial units as well as another Imperial walker. The sight of this rallied the remaining Ewoks, who had been retreating into the woods, and they doubled their efforts behind the stolen AT-ST.

This allowed the Ewoks to spring a number of traps that had been set up with hopes of toppling any Imperial walkers. The tactic worked, and together the traps and the commandeered walker defeated the remaining scout walkers. With the Imperials in disarray, General Han Solo posed as an AT-ST pilot, informing the Imperials within the bunker that the battle was over and reinforcements were needed to continue the pursuit. Three squads of reinforcements were sent to help search for the Rebels. The Rebels, however, were waiting and the Imperial reinforcements, sorely outnumbered and under the guns of an AT-ST, surrendered to the combined force of Rebels and Ewoks. The Rebels proceeded to infiltrate the Imperial facility and destroyed the bunker with several proton charges, killing several notable officers. Renegade Squadron prevented any stormtroopers from entering the bunker while they did this. Storm commando captain Sarkli attempted to intercept Solo and stop him from escaping the burning bunker, but failed and was shot dead. The destruction of the facility brought down the deflector shield surrounding the forest moon and the Death Star. At the same time, X2, a former elite clone trooper who turned against the Empire, also participated in the battle. He met up with Col Serra of Renegade Squadron on the surface of the moon. There, he fought a group of Imperial troopers and freed several Ewoks before shutting down the Imperial communications network. The space station was now vulnerable to attack, and the next phase of the battle began.

The space battle
"Admiral! We have enemy ships in sector 3-7!''" "''It's a trap!"

- Captain Verrack and Admiral Ackbar

At the same time the commandos were captured by the Imperials, the Alliance fleet jumped out of hyperspace and moved to attack the apparently unshielded Death Star. General Calrissian noticed that sensors were not detecting the residue of a deactivated shield, which meant that the Empire was jamming the Alliance and the shield was likely still up. As they pulled up to avoid crashing into the shield, the Alliance fleet spotted a group of Star Destroyers moving toward them. The Empire, being informed of an attack earlier, staged a trap to capture and crush the Rebellion, trapping the Alliance Fleet between the Imperial Sector Fleet and the Death Star II.

TIE fighters were deployed from the Imperial Fleet to engage the Rebel fighters and capital ships. Some of the smaller warships were destroyed by the TIEs, and the Rebel and Imperial fleets engaged from a distance. Soon, the Death Star II fired its main superlaser on Liberty, destroying it. The Rebels were shocked and surprised by this act, having believed that the systems were not yet operational. General Lando Calrissian suggested to Admiral Ackbar that the Rebel fleet battle the Imperial Navy at point-blank range, hoping that the Death Star would hold fire to prevent destroying Imperial ships. Soon, the two sides were engaging each other at ranges little more than a few hundred meters, and the Death Star did limit its fire, though it still destroyed Bulk Cruiser Urjani and the MC80 Maria. Even with the Death Star's decreased rate of fire, the Imperial fleet still outnumbered and outgunned the Alliance. Retreat was not an option because the Imperial Fleet blocked the exit physically, and also since interdictor fields generated by Immobilizer-418s in the outer system prevented an escape. In addition, the rest of the Sector Fleet provided another layer of containment. As an add-on, there would not be another chance for the Rebels to destroy the Death Star II, as once it was fully completed and mobile it would be sent to destroy every Rebel world in the galaxy unless the Rebels surrendered.

As the enemy TIE fighters were launched, they began to swarm against Admiral Ackbar's flagship Home One. As a result, Ackbar needed to bring in X2 for aid. After destroying the enemy fighters, X2 was called to Home One, as it had been boarded by Imperial troopers. He and Ackbar defended the ship's reactor core from a group of stormtroopers, and X2 eliminated the invading troopers. Once the cruiser was secured, X2 proceeded to Endor's surface.

Eventually, the Rebel commando team on the ground managed to destroy the Death Star's shield generator. In response, Admiral Ackbar ordered the fighters to commence the attack run on the main reactor. Taking advantage of the new tactical situation, General Calrissian led all of the remaining fighters of Red and Gold Squadrons into the Death Star's superstructure. Several TIE Fighters and TIE Interceptors went after the Rebels. This attack drove some of the Rebel Fighters away from the battle station, luring some of the Imperial fighters away from their primary mission: protecting the main reactor.

In order to dissuade more Imperials from swarming the Rebel fighters within the Death Star's superstructure, Ackbar ordered a concentrated assault on the Imperial flagship, the Executor, in order to buy Calrissian more time. Green Squadron A-wings provided support for the Home One by disabling the ion cannons on three Star Destroyers. One frigate was severely damaged by a kamikaze attack from a CR90 corvette. With a combined effort of the entire Rebel flotilla of capital ships, the bridge shields were temporarily brought down.

Several fighter squadrons began to target the Executor's main sensors. After A-wing squadrons destroyed one of the giant sensor spheres, Green Leader Arvel Crynyd, whose fighter had taken critical damage, steered his fighter into the bridge. This resulted in the cataclysmic destruction of much of the command bridge, killing all of the bridge command staff. Before the secondary command center could regain control of the ship, the Executor was caught by the second Death Star's gravity well, and was consequently pulled toward the battle station. It then crashed into the surface of the Death Star, exploding into a ball of fire and killing every remaining officer and crewman on board.

Moff Jerjerrod, remembering his orders from the Emperor to destroy the moon if the shield was brought down, began to rotate the Death Star toward Endor. The Rebel fighters, led by the Millennium Falcon, sped to the space station's reactor at its center. Jerjerrod responded by flooding the area with interference to hinder the Rebel's progress, and presumably issued an evacuation order to the battle station's non-essential crew. After this, Ackbar ordered that all ships be moved away from the Death Star, sensing that soon it would be destroyed.

While the Imperials had successfully led the Rebels into a trap, they were unaware of who truly controlled the Death Star. In the years beforehand, the droid IG-88, a feared assassin and bounty hunter, had prepared to launch a droid revolution. The last surviving model, IG-88A, built a duplicate of the Death Star's computer core and switched its fake one for the real system, transferring his consciousness into the computer itself. When the Imperials installed the core, IG-88A literally became the Death Star, with complete access and control to all systems. None of the Imperial personnel knew, although Palpatine suspected a foreign presence when a series of doors in his throne room opened and closed mysteriously. When the Rebels arrived, IG-88A fired the superlaser at the Rebel fleet when the Death Star gunners sent the signal to do so, letting the Imperials believe they were in control, while he prepared to transmit his master control signal that would cause all droids to turn on their masters. Many times, the aiming points and the firing coordinates of the gunners were slightly off and would have missed their intended targets completely had IG-88 not been in command to guarantee accuracy.

Demise of the Sith
"You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister... you were right."

- The redeemed Anakin Skywalker to his son, Luke

Meanwhile, Darth Vader brought Luke Skywalker to the Emperor's tower inside the Death Star. There, the Palpatine attempted to turn Luke to the dark side of the Force. The Sith Lord wanted to replace his weak apprentice with his younger and more powerful son. Taunting him, he instigated a lightsaber duel between Vader and Luke. The father and son began a vicious battle, each attacking and parrying the other's strikes. Luek resorted to anger, govIn the end, Luke won by resorting to anger, in the same way that Anakin had won his duel against Count Dooku, another duel set up by Palpatine. Yet when Palpatine ordered him to kill Vader, thus cementing his place as a Sith, he refused. Furious that he had failed to turn Luke, just as Galen Marek, Palpatine unleashed deadly Force lightning on Luke, nearly killing him.

Darth Vader was unable to witness this, being caught between his loyalty to his master and his love for his son. Vader remembered how he had Vader refused to let his son diet Padmé Amidala Finally, Vader shed his dark identity, and Anakin Skywalker rebelled against his former Sith Master in order to save his son. As Palpatine continued to attack Luke with a barrage of Force lightning, Vader hurled the Emperor into the Death Star's reactor shaft, ending his reign of terror. With its Dark Lord dead and his apprentice redeemed, the Order of the Sith Lords was no more. Ultimately, though, Anakin's final act was one of self-sacrifice, as his life-support system was short-circuited. A dying Anakin told his son that he had always been right with the conviction that evil could be redeemed. Anakin died in the arms of his son before he could board his shuttle. He was finally now free from the evil that had consumed him from the end of the Clone Wars throughout the Galactic Civil War, having fulfilled his role as the Chosen One, who would bring balance to the Force.

Final actions
"This is one victory that'll go down in history, for sure."

- Col Serra

All the while, Wedge Antilles and Lando Calrissian were approaching the main reactor. Using concussion missiles and proton torpedoes, they detonated the Death Star's power regulator, and the main reactor itself, causing a massive explosion. This ignited a chain reaction that ultimately destroyed the station. Luke was able to escape in Vader's shuttle just before the explosion reached the equatorial docking bays, while Wedge and Lando narrowly made it out of the superstructure as the fireball ripped through the doomed space station.

With the Death Star's destruction and the cessation of fleet combat, there was only cleaning up to do for the Rebels. They landed a force of tanks and other weapons. These were placed under the command of Brenn Tantor, who successfully mopped up the last of the Imperial presence on the moon with a direct assault on their base. X2 captured the ion cannon command bunker and fired the weapon against several Star Destroyers. He and Col Serra then destroyed two AT-ATs heading toward the Ewok village. Finally, Renegade Squadron's soldiers captured three command posts on the surface, ending the Empire's control of the world.

Having seen the destruction of the Empire's two most powerful weapons, the Imperial Fleet lost the stomach to fight and fled. After the destruction of the Executor, command was supposed to pass from Fleet Admiral Piett to Admiral Harrsk or the commander of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Chimaera, which was serving as the secondary command ship. It was Gilad Pellaeon, acting captain of the Chimaera, who ordered a retreat from Endor andd to Annaj, the capital of the Moddell Sector. He did this without the consent of Admiral Harrsk, a higher-ranking officer than Pellaeon, which would later lead to the Admiral's defection. Pellaeon also abandoned Grand Admiral Osvald Teshik, who escaped the destruction of the Death Star and instead of fleeing as his colleagues Takel and Afsheen Makati did, unsuccessfully tried to rally the fleet and fought on alone for three more hours. Finally, his flagship, Eleemosynary, succumbed to barrages of ion cannon fire and was captured. He was later executed for war crimes by Rebel authorities.

Had the Rebels failed to destroy the station, the end result would have been worse than anticipated, but surprisingly, it would have been an ill turn of events for the Empire as well. IG-88A was still planning to launch his droid revolution against the Empire. When the Death Star core exploded, all power was lost and the destruction of the station wiped out IG-88A for good.

The battle was thus sealed for the Rebellion. It has been theorized by Grand Admiral Thrawn that with the death of Emperor Palpatine, the subtle influence he exercised on his troops through the Force disappeared with his death, drastically reducing the Imperial Navy's fighting ability. It is known, however, that Grand Admiral Nial Declann perished with Palpatine aboard the Death Star, and that he had been using the rare Force power of battle meditation to aid the Imperial Fleet.

The Rebels were overjoyed, hit with a major boost in morale, while the Imperials were drained and confused. The reason for this was the death of Palpatine and the shock and death shortly thereafter of Grand Admiral Declann. Demoralized by the loss of the Emperor and the Death Star, the remaining Imperials retreated deeper into Imperial space, believing that the Rebels would not press the attack. As for Rebel losses, they were quite severe nevertheless. One-fifth of the Alliance fleet was destroyed, along with several Mon Calamari cruisers and many smaller ships.

Aftermath
"Wesa free!"

- Shouting from the Theed celebration following the Battle of Endor

The Imperial Fleet regrouped and repaired near Annaj following the battle; several days after the defeat, Admiral Prittick notified the rest of the Empire of the crushing defeat. Presumably by that point, Prittick assumed command of the Fleet, however temporarily.

The Rebels and Ewoks celebrated during the night, an event occurring on thousands of planets across the galaxy, as they had accomplished their main goals. The Emperor was dead, and the Empire had been dealt a massive blow. The remains of the Rebel Fleet screened the space directly above Bright Tree Village to avoid any debris from the Death Star blast from harming that area. In this glorious celebration, Leia revealed to Han that Luke was her brother. During this, Luke Skywalker saw the ghost of his father, along with the ghosts of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda.

Upon hearing of the Emperor's death, citizens on many worlds, such as Naboo and Tatooine, staged various uprisings celebrating the death of the Emperor and Lord Vader and the defeat of the Imperial Fleet at Endor. At least the Naboo and the Tatooine uprisings were successful in galvanizing anti-Imperial sentiment,, even though some of them were crushed. Bespin was liberated by Lando Calrissian several days after the battle; its inhabitants also celebrated the major Rebel victory.

The celebrations, and the violence that came with them, spread to Coruscant, then called Imperial Center, citizens staged an uprising upon hearing of the Emperor's death. They set off fireworks, attacked Imperial forces in the streets, toppled statues of Palpatine, and desecrated other symbols of the Empire. However, the Empire cracked down on the celebrations, killing citizens and covert Rebels before order was restored. The New Republic was finally able to invade Coruscant and liberate its people from Imperial rule a little over two years later.

As for the Alliance to Restore the Republic, they would go on to form the Alliance of Free Planets and, soon thereafter, the New Republic. During the years immediately following the Battle of Endor, heroes of the Rebellion like Wedge Antilles traveled around the galaxy to drum up support for the burgeoning Republic. Luke Skywalker would fulfill his destiny by creating the New Jedi Order, eventually becoming its Grand Master and training many students in the Jedi ways, including many heroes of Endor and their offspring.

What started as a trap to eliminate the Rebellion once and for all became the start of the Empire's downfall and demise. The disintegration and collapse of the Galactic Empire began shortly after the Battle of Endor as news of the Emperor's death became widespread. As Palpatine deliberately did not plan for succession of rule, numerous Imperial leaders began carving out personal fiefdoms. This decay and collapse accelerated approximately six years after Endor during the events surrounding the clone Palpatine and his eventual defeat. Years later, the small and mostly ignored Imperial Remnant signed a peace treaty.

Though Rebel Alliance and its successor governments extolled their victory during the Battle of Endor, they were not the only ones to utilize the Battle of Endor for propaganda purposes. Although the battle dealt a devastating blow to the Empire, efforts were made to provide it with a pro-Imperial spin. In one case, Imperial agents stated that the Ewoks had been annihilated following the battle. Also, a Galactic Museum exhibit presented the Second Death Star as a weapon of the Rebel Alliance, rather than the Empire, and portrayed Palpatine and Darth Vader as heroes who sacrificed themselves to destroy the battle station after attempts at peaceful negotiations failed. Although it presented a far stretch from the truth, even Wedge Antilles, who visited the exhibit while undercover on Coruscant, felt it was as compelling as the true history.

As late as 41 ABY, the aging Luke Skywalker and his allies were fighting a new Sith Order led by Darth Caedus, Darth Vader's grandson. After escaping from Coruscant, the Jedi used the former Imperial outpost from the Battle of Endor. In a costly mistake, Caedus refused to search for Luke Skywalker on places such as Hoth or Endor that reminded the Jedi Master of his Rebel years. Eventually, though, Caedus's fate was like that of his Sith predecessors, as he was killed and later redeemed, and peace was restored to the galaxy once again.

Imperials

 * Councilor Sim Aloo
 * Lieutenant Arnet
 * Corporal Avarik
 * Councilor Kren Blista-Vanee
 * Captain Brandei
 * Admiral Chiraneau
 * Lieutenant Creb
 * Grand Admiral Nial Declann
 * Captain Dorja
 * Corporal Drazin
 * Colonel Dyer
 * Sergeant Elsek
 * Baron-Colonel Soontir Fel
 * Imperial Navy Trooper Fenson
 * Commander Gherant
 * Councilor Janus Greejatus
 * Lieutenant Grond
 * Admiral Blitzer Harrsk
 * Lieutenant Hebsly
 * Major Hewex
 * IG-88A (inside Death Star II computer core)
 * Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod
 * Controller Jhoff
 * Lieutenant Kiviett
 * Myn Kyneugh
 * Grand Admiral Afsheen Makati
 * Major Marquand
 * Major Mianda
 * Lieutenant Oxixo
 * Emperor Palpatine
 * Captain Gilad Pellaeon
 * Major Turr Phennir
 * Fleet Admiral Firmus Piett
 * Admiral Prittick
 * Lieutenant Renz
 * Major Rhymer
 * Captain Sarkli
 * Grand Admiral Miltin Takel
 * Sergeant Tarl
 * Grand Admiral Osvald Teshik
 * Darth Vader
 * Major General Maximilian Veers
 * Lieutenant Watts

Rebels and Ewoks

 * Admiral Ackbar
 * Commander Wedge Antilles
 * Ace Azzameen
 * Corporal Beezer
 * Lieutenant Blount
 * Blue Wing
 * Dorovio Bold
 * Sergeant Bruckman
 * C-3PO
 * General Lando Calrissian
 * Sergeant Brooks Carlson
 * Tycho Celchu
 * Chewbacca
 * Chief Chirpa
 * Colonel Airen Cracken
 * Arvel Crynyd
 * Lieutenant Delckiss
 * Corporal Delevar
 * Major Bren Derlin
 * Keyan Farlander
 * Jake Farrell
 * Gold Wing
 * Grizz Frix
 * Graak
 * Green Wing
 * Lieutenant Greeve
 * Major Haash'n
 * Ibtisam
 * Wes Janson
 * Sergeant Junkin
 * Kazak
 * Erron Kell
 * Corporal Kensaric
 * Keoulkeech
 * Kin Kian
 * Kirst
 * Derek Klivian
 * Sila Kott
 * Leektar
 * Logray
 * Lumat
 * General Crix Madine
 * Captain Tessa Manchisco
 * Corporal Marmor
 * Corporal Midge
 * Karie Neth
 * Nien Nunb
 * Ten Numb
 * Orrimaarko
 * Commander Leia Organa
 * Lieutenant Judder Page
 * Paploo
 * Ton Phanan
 * R2-D2
 * Randi
 * Major Morgan Raventhorn
 * Red Two
 * Red Wing
 * Lieutenant Gayla Riemann
 * Romba
 * Colonel Horton Salm
 * Lieutenant Nik Sant
 * Keir Santage
 * Commander Col Serra
 * Captain Merrick Simms
 * Lak Sivrak
 * Anakin Skywalker (final stages)
 * Commander Luke Skywalker
 * Captain Syub Snunb
 * General Han Solo
 * Jennie Lee Taggar
 * General Brenn Tantor
 * General Tyr Taskeen
 * Lieutenant Telsij
 * Thaneespi
 * Palso Thern
 * Lieutenant s'Too Vees
 * Captain Verrack
 * Sarin Virgilio
 * Unidentified Green Squadron A-wing pilots
 * Warok
 * Wicket W. Warrick
 * Wister
 * X2
 * Ekelarc Yong

Different portrayals
The Battle of Endor, and the events immediately preceding and following it, form most of the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, from the rising action to the climactic final battle. The battle was introduced in the novelization, which caused slight discrepancies between the two versions, in addition to all the other spin-off materials released. Also, the re-releases of the original trilogy made some minor alterations to certain scenes, including those from the Battle of Endor. While most were trivial changes in color, sound effects, or music, very brief scenes of celebrations were added to the end, and Anakin Skywalker's Force ghost was changed from Sebastian Shaw's face to that of Hayden Christensen, who portrayed Anakin in the prequels. Lucasfilm Ltd. has stated that the 2004 DVD versions are the canonical depiction of the events in the trilogy, including the Battle of Endor.

The battle presnted in Return of the Jedi inspired many other spin-off materials, including television series and video games. Many characters who had only had very brief appearances in the movie were given names and backstories. The Ewoks received much attention, spawning a television series, as well as two TV movies, Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. The Ewoks have been popular among many viewers of both the film and the television series, but they have also generated some controversy. The Endor Holocaust theory, which states that Endor, along with the Ewoks on it, was inevitably destroyed by falling debris from the Death Star. Though this theory has been refuted by way of retcons and new explanations, it still remains a source of strong debate among fans.

The Battle of Endor was also shown in numerous video games, such as X-wing Alliance and Force Commander. Star Wars: Battlefront and Battlefront II allowed gamers to replay the battle as they wished, therefore making its portrayal non-canon. Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, released in 2007, and its 2009 sequel, Elite Squadron, both had Endor missions in their campaigns. These showed the battle from different viewpoints, the first from Col Serra's Renegade Squadron and the second from X2, with the objectives in both paralleling the events in Return of the Jedi. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy and its sequel, The Complete Saga, both had four missions related to the Battle of Endor; however, due to the humorous portrayal of the film's events, both games are considered non-canon.

The story after Endor
Because the events during the Battle of Endor conclude both the orignal Star Wars trilogy and the Star Wars movie saga, it was believed that the Star Wars story had ended with the death of Palpatine and the defeat of the Empire. However, it was later revealed the Galactic Civil War continued for many years after the Battle of Endor, and countless new Expanded Universe works told stories of what had happened to the Rebels and the Imperials in the following years. The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers, released in 1994, detailed the events in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor. Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy, beginning in 1991 and ending in 1993, showed the continuing war five years later (in the in-universe chronology), with the New Republic fighting the newly ignited force of the Empire. The later Dark Empire comics, from 1991 to 1995, showed Palpatine's resurrection as a clone, as well as his final demise. Many other works taking place after the Emperor's final death were released, telling stories such as Luke Skywalker's foundation of the New Jedi Order, the end of the Galactic Civil War fifteen years after the Battle of Endor, and many other galactic conflicts as far as 137 ABY, over a century later, with Luke Skywalker's descendant fighting a restored Empire and new Sith Order in order to fulfill his destiny.

While these post-Return of the Jedi publications has been very popular among many Expanded Universe fans, they are controversial to others. Fans known as "film purists" reject all Star Wars material outside the movies, and therefore view the Battle of Endor as the final plot point in the saga. George Lucas, who has constantly denied any possibility of any future movies, has affirmed his belief that the saga ends with the death of Anakin Skywalker, since he is the tragic hero. Despite these statements, the film continuity and the Expanded Universe material have been meshed together to form part of the whole Star Wars epic.

Non-canon appearances

 * Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition