- "Dantooine! They're on Dantooine!"
- ―Leia Organa
This Rebel base was the first base used by the Alliance to Restore the Republic after the signing of the Corellian Treaty in 2 BBY and was located on the planet Dantooine. It was prefabricated and located near the Jedi Enclave, where it was intended only to be a temporary base for the Alliance.
History[]
- "An old Rebel base can be found in the northwest corner of Dantooine. It was supposedly abandoned when the traitors making up the Rebel Alliance opted for a new and, one would assume, better base of operations. My belief is that there are still Rebels making use of the base. Maybe not many, but some."
- ―Lieutenant Sabol, to a spacer
In 1 BBY, the Alliance planned to hold Darth Vader hostage here, after he had been captured on Kamino, unaware that Boba Fett was pursuing the Rebels and their valuable hostage in his ship.[5] Before long, in 0 BBY, the Alliance abandoned it when[6] Ryle Torsyn of Gold Squadron discovered an Imperial tracking device[7] in the cargo of a vessel docking there.[8] As a result, all personnel relocated to the Great Temple on the moon Yavin 4.[6] Just prior to the Battle of Yavin, Leia Organa revealed Dantooine base's existence to the Empire when she was captured, but a survey team soon found it and confirmed that it had been abandoned and was not the current Rebel base as she had claimed.[2]
Leia Organa, Mon Mothma, and Admiral Ackbar, would all secretly visit it again in 1 ABY, where they employed a spacer to fulfill a number of tasks.[9] In 1 ABY,[10] Imperial Lieutenant Sabol dispatched an agent to steal documents containing information about the location of a high-ranking Rebel officer that the Empire wanted assassinated.[4]
In 11 ABY, the base was used by the New Republic to relocate refugees from Eol Sha.[3] However, the colony was soon completely destroyed by Imperial Admiral Natasi Daala.[1]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II comic (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Journal: Captive to Evil (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope junior novelization (Mentioned only)
- Droids (1986) 7 (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy of Fear: Clones
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
- Scavenger Hunt (Mentioned only)
- The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader (Mentioned only)
- Jedi Search (Mentioned only)
- Dark Apprentice (First appearance)
- The Star Wars Intergalactic Passport
Non-canon appearances[]
- Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure: A New Hope (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dark Apprentice
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jedi Search
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Corellian Corvette Pre-Quest: "Lt. Sabol"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The New Essential Chronology
- ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Special Edition Limited (Card: Ryle Torsyn) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- ↑ According to its opening crawl, Star Wars Galaxies was set sometime after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The only precise time indication in the game was given by the character Ruwan Tokai, who referenced the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin as occurring one year earlier, placing the game sometime around 1 ABY. Later, multiple elements confirmed the placement of the game storyline in 1 ABY. First, The Essential Reader's Companion established that the tie-in novel Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine took place in 1 ABY. Furthermore, the game expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees was set during the Blockade of Kashyyyk, one year after the Battle of Yavin according to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Additionally, the main scenario of The Nightsister's Revenge from the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was set over a year before the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY), so around 1.5 ABY. Finally, the reference book Strongholds of Resistance placed the events of Star Wars Galaxies's Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" one year after the Battle of Yavin. Of note, Galaxies's Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" introduced the Battle of Hoth in the game. However, the developers were quite clear that this was only intended to be a completely isolated "Star Wars Moment" without any effect on continuity for the rest of the game.
External links[]
- Abandoned Rebel Base on the SWG Wiki