- "Well, well, if it isn't the Rebel Alliance! Seeing as how you're all about helping people, how about lending me a hand? I've got some unwanted Imperial attention..."
- ―Han Solo
The Raid above Corellia was a minor skirmish during the Galactic Civil War. Han Solo was rescued by the Alliance to Restore the Republic over Corellia.
Prelude[]
- "The captured pirate has divulged information he's gathered on this superweapon project. We know where Tarkin was conducting research, but we risk a frontal assault on a fortified Imperial station."
- ―Mon Mothma
After having captured a pirate informer over Atzerri, the Rebel Alliance had learnt that Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin was personally overseeing the Imperial superweapon project from a space station orbiting Corulag. But before attacking the station, the Rebels needed to find a way to disable the defenses of the station.
After hearing of Han Solo's success at rescuing Chewbacca and a number of Wookiees earlier on Kashyyyk, Mon Mothma strived to contact him to help the Rebellion's investigations. They eventually found him caught in a Star Destroyer's tractor beam over Corellia.
The raid[]
- "We will consider it payment for future services rendered."
"Payment? Well, I… okay, okay! Fine! Deal! Just get us out of here!" - ―Mon Mothma and Han Solo
Y-wings attacking the Star Destroyer
The rebels sent a small fleet in the system to rescue him. While the Rebel fleet attacked the Imperial-class Star Destroyers, the Y-wings moved in to disable the tractor beam of the command Star Destroyer. They eventually managed to destroy it before it could reach the Cardan-class space station. The Millennium Falcon escaped and hyperspaced out of the system.
Aftermath[]
- "We have a mission for you, Captain Solo. Something that I feel is perfectly suited for someone with your particular... skills. We have an errand for you to run to Vergesso."
- ―Mon Mothma to Han Solo
Mon Mothma later personally recruited Han Solo and Chewbacca, despite Solo's reluctance, to assist the Rebels in the raid on the Imperial research facility over Corulag. Solo was hired to plant a tracking device and EMP in one of the cargo containers bound for the research station.
Behind the scenes[]
This battle was the seventh mission of the Rebel campaign in the 2006 video game Star Wars: Empire at War.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Empire at War (First appearance)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
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 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 Star Wars: Empire at War
- ↑ According to Star Wars: Empire at War, the raid above Corellia occurs after the nationalization of the Incom Corporation, which The Essential Guide to Warfare dates to one year before the Battle of Yavin, or 1 BBY, and before the capture of Leia Organa. Organa's capture takes place on 35:3:3 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system according to The Essential Atlas, placing it at the beginning of 0 BBY according to the following explanation. Therefore, the raid takes place in the year 1 BBY.
