Battle of Dac City

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Battle of Dac City
Conflict	Early rebellion against the Galactic Empire Invasion of Mon Cala
Date	18 BBY
Place	Dac City, Mon Cala
Outcome	The Mon Calamari destroy Dac City wiping out most of the Imperial ground forces
Combatants
Galactic Empire Inquisitorius Sith
Mon Calamari monarchy
Commanders
Darth Vader Governor Wilhuff Tarkin Major Rantu (assumed missing)
King Lee-Char Admiral Raddus Commander Gial Ackbar Ferren Barr
Strength
1 Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Sovereign 1 Zeta-class shuttle Infernum† 3 Inquisitors Sixth Brother Ninth Sister Tenth Brother Purge Troopers All Terrain Armored Transports All Terrain Defense Pods K79-S80 Imperial Troop Transports Low Altitude Assault Transport carriers TIE/ln space superiority starfighters
Mon Calamari Quarren 1 Jedi Ferren Barr
Casualties
All forces deployed to Dac City Infernum Major Rantu assumed missing 2 clone troopers
Numerous Mon Calamari Guard Numerous Quarren

"Inquisitors? I can deal with--"
"Yes--and another. Tall, armored, masked, black. All over black. Ackbar didn't get his name, but he said he was--"
"I know his name. Skywalker."

―Ferren Barr and King Lee-Char

The Battle of Dac City was a conflict that occurred one year after the rise of the Galactic Empire, when Darth Vader undertook a mission to the planet Mon Cala to determine if a Jedi was hiding there and advising the Mon Calamari king, Lee-Char, in negotiations with the Empire. Moff Wilhuff Tarkin aboard the Sovereign had previously sent down ambassador Telvar to make an trade deal with Lee-Char but the king continued to deny the man and he was forced to take leave for the time being.

At that moment, Vader arrived, along with three Inquisitors and a squad of elite Purge Troopers. They were confronted by the king's chief of security Gial Ackbar who denied the possibility of there being a threat on Mon Cala. However the Lambda-class T-4a shuttle carrying Telvar exploded, killing all on board. This prompted Tarkin to deploy his forces onto Mon Cala. Lee-Char informed the Jedi of this and the Jedi said he could handle the Inquisitors and that he knew the identify of the black armored individual Ackbar had failed to get the name of.

Behind the scenes

The Battle of Dac City was first mentioned in Darth Vader (2017) 13 and appeared in the subsequent comic, Darth Vader (2017) 14. Both canon comics were released in 2018, and were authored by Charles Soule and pencilled by Giuseppe Camuncoli.

Appearances

• Darth Vader (2017) 13 (First mentioned)
• Darth Vader (2017) 14 (First appearance) (First identified as Battle of Dac City)
• Darth Vader (2017) 15 (Mentioned only)
• Darth Vader (2017) 16 (Indirect mention only)

Sources

• "Walkers and Ground Vehicles of the Empire and First Order" – Star Wars Encyclopedia

Notes and references

Early rebellion against the Galactic Empire Galactic timeline Previous: Clone Wars Concurrent: Great Jedi Purge Ryloth Insurgency Campaigns of Saw Gerrera's Partisans Next: Galactic Civil War Battles of the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire 19 BBY Onderon insurgency (Onderon (I) · Onderon (II)) 18 BBY Invasion of Mon Cala (Dac City · Bergon's sky-base · Polar regions Bel City) · Raada 5 BBY Imperial interrogator droids · Imperial supply convoy Lothal airfield · Capital City · Kessel · Imperial weapons Kothal · Stygeon Prime · Imperial Academy (Lothal) Imperial convoy (Lothal) · Atrivis sector (Mantooine) 4 BBY Kaller · Lahn · Tseebo · Old Republic Senate Building Jalath · Comm tower Other Wecacoe · 5 BBY - 4 BBY (Imperial research crates · Mon Calamarian propaganda · Imperial corvette · Carrack-class light cruiser · Imperial base · Gand engineer · Rebel info disc · Maryx Minor · Imperial security codes) Related topics and articles Galactic Empire · Jedi · Massassi Group · Partisans Rebel Alliance · Phoenix Cell · Sith · Spectres
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