Mission to Bothawui

The title of this article is conjectural.

Although this article is based on official information from the Star Wars Legends continuity, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

Mission to Bothawui

Conflict

Galactic Civil War^[1]

Date

c. 0 BBY^[2]

Place

Bothawui^[1]

Outcome

Imperial victory^[1]

Combatants
Galactic Empire^[1]	Alliance to Restore the Republic^[1]

Commanders
Emperor Palpatine^[1]

Strength
Palpatine^[1] 2 Emperor's Royal Guards^[1] Corrupted Bothans^[1]	Bothans^[1]

Casualties
	Heavy^[1]

"Welcome to Bothawui your majesty! To what to we owe this great honor?"
"Your disloyalty to the Empire!"

―A Bothan and the Emperor^[1]

The Mission to Bothawui was a skirmish during the Galactic Civil War.

Prologue[]

"Moff Kalast was most forthcoming… just before the end. It seems, Tarkin, that the Bothans have chosen a side in this conflict."

―Emperor Palpatine^[1]

After learning that Bothan spies had supplied the traitorous Moff Kalast with the information about the Death Star he passed on to the Rebellion, Emperor Palpatine resolved to punish the Bothans for their treachery himself.^[1]

The skirmish[]

Bringyourbothanststheslaughter — The Bothans' punishment.

"I will take care of this personally..."

―Emperor Palpatine^[1]

Upon landing on Bothawui, Bothan officers greeted the Emperor, and were all slaughtered by the Dark Lord's Force lightning. The Sith and his Royal Guard unit proceeded into the city, where Palpatine brainwashed a number of Bothans with Force corrupt, and proceeded to destroy Bothan assets.^[1]

Aftermath[]

"You have earned the wrath of the Empire. Do not betray us again, or the cost will be even greater next time."

―Emperor Palpatine^[1]

In the end, all the corrupted Bothans were turned on and killed. The Bothans later informed Palpatine that the Death Star plans were going to be beamed to the corvette Tantive IV in the Tatoo system. Darth Vader gathered his forces and moved the fleet to Tatooine.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

This battle was the eleventh mission of the Imperial campaign in the 2006 video game Star Wars: Empire at War.^[1]

Appearances[]

Star Wars: Empire at War (First appearance)

Sources[]

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 Star Wars: Empire at War
↑ Star Wars: Empire at War places the Emperor's mission to Bothawui shortly before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 BBY.

Galactic Civil War
(2 BBY–19 ABY)

Destruction of the Death Star I and the Yavin blockade (0 BBY–0 ABY)

	Early Campaigns: 0 BBY
Operation Skyhook (1–0 BBY)	Star's End · Orron III · Cron Drift · Circarpous First Corellia · Vergesso Asteroids · First Corulag Second Death Star I · First Bothawui · Polis Massa Sidral II · Repair dock · Corellian system · Defiance Coruscant system · Kalla VII · Despayre Destruction of Despayre · Horuz system · Danuta Darkknell · First Ralltiir · Kattada · Toprawa Independence · Desolation Station Third Death Star I · Second Tatooine Destruction of Alderaan · Fourth Death Star I First Yavin 4 · Battle of Yavin
	Yavin blockade: 0 ABY

Related topics and articles

Galactic Empire · Rebel Alliance
Darth Vader · Wilhuff Tarkin · Leia Organa · Obi-Wan Kenobi
Luke Skywalker · Han Solo · Chewbacca · Jan Dodonna
Alderaan · Death Star I · Tantive IV

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In other languages

[EaW-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 Star Wars: Empire at War

[Date-2] Star Wars: Empire at War places the Emperor's mission to Bothawui shortly before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 BBY.

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