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Rescue on Kessel

Conflict

Galactic Civil War^[1]

Objective

Rescue Wedge Antilles from Imperial custody (Primary)^[1]
Help Crix Madine free other rebels from Kessel (Secondary)^[1]

Date

1 ABY^[1]

Place

Kessel^[1]

Outcome

Decisive Rebel Alliance victory^[1]
- Wedge Antilles is successfully rescued^[1]
Liberation of many political prisoners and POWs^[1]

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

Commanders
Commander Luke Skywalker^[1] General Crix Madine^[1]

Participants
Alliance Special Forces^[1] 20 Rebel commandos^[1] 1 Sentinel-class landing craft^[1] Rogue Squadron^[1] 7 T-65 X-wing starfighters^[1] Kessel inmates^[1]	Stormtroopers^[1] 16 AT-ST walkers^[1] 3 Armed transports^[1] 21 TIE fighters^[1] 16 TIE interceptors^[1] 23 Turbolasers^[1] Armored hovertrain^[1] 7 Missile turrets^[1]

Casualties
Unknown^[1]	Heavy^[1] Prison camps liberated^[1] Armored hovertrain disabled and captured^[1]

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"Kessel. It's a mining colony but the Imperials often keep political prisoners here too."

―Kasan Moor on Kessel^[src]

The Rescue on Kessel was an operation that took place around 1 ABY. During the Rebellion's assault on Kile II, Wedge Antilles's Y-wing starfighter had been disabled by Imperial forces. Antilles was smuggled into an evacuation shuttle and shipped to the prisons of Kessel. Rogue Squadron commander Luke Skywalker led a raid on the prisons using modified X-wing starfighters, equipped with ion cannons. He and Rogue Squadron disabled the Armored hovertrain carrying Wedge using their ion cannons.

Soon after the rescue of Antilles, Rogue group returned with a commando team commanded by General Crix Madine and freed the remaining prisoners using Wedge's knowledge of the prison. They disabled the shield generator protecting the prison centers, evacuated the Rebel prisoners, and proceeded to rendezvous with the Rebel fleet.

Prelude

Following the defection of Kasan Moor, the Imperial commander of the 128th TIE Interceptor Squadron, to the Alliance to Restore the Republic, the Alliance used her knowledge of Imperial bases and operations to their advantage, and won a string of battles striking against Imperial installations. During an assault on the Imperial spaceport in the canyons of Kile II, Wedge Antilles, of the elite Alliance starfighter unit Rogue Squadron, was shot down by Imperial forces, and was taken as a prisoner of war. Antilles was scheduled to be transferred to the prisons on the spice planet Kessel. Rogue Squadron, under the command of Luke Skywalker, refused to let this happen, and a rescue operation was initiated to safely extract Antilles from the hovertrain transferring him and other prisoners to the main prison facility.^[1]

The rescue

Rescue of Wedge Antilles

"There it is. Rogue group, use your ion cannons. We want to disable this train, not destroy it."

―Luke Skywalker^[src]

Using modified X-wing starfighters equipped with ion cannons, which shuts down the electric systems of whatever it impacts, Rogue Squadron deployed to disable the hovertrain carrying Wedge Antilles and other prisoners. The Imperials attempted to use a secondary convoy to mislead Rogue group's on-board lifesign scanners.^[1]

This section of the article assumes 100% game completion of Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Any alternate stories may be noted in the "Behind the scenes" section. The events in this section may or may not have been confirmed as canon within the Star Wars Legends continuity.

Kasan Moor, Rogue group member and a former Imperial pilot, recognized this tactic and persuaded Rogue group to ignore it. Skywalker destroyed the convoy before moving onto the hover train carrying the prisoners. Zev Senesca's long range scan confirmed Antilles to be on the train, and a barrage of ion cannon fire caused the train's systems to shut down, allowing Antilles and the train's passengers safe passage to escape.^[1]

Extraction of other prisoners

Based on advice given to him by Antilles, General Crix Madine organized an operation to free other Rebel prisoners of war held on the planet. The prison camp Antilles was to be taken to, situated in a series of canyons, had three main facilities protected by a main DSS-02 shield generator, turbolasers, and a missile turret. The battle plan called for Rogue Squadron to knock out the main power generator, allowing Madine to deploy his commandos via a landing craft into the prison facilities and free the prisoners. Skywalker and the Rogues protected the transport while it traveled to each of the three facilities and disembarked the Rebel commandos to free the prisoners.^[1]

This section of the article assumes 100% game completion of Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Any alternate stories may be noted in the "Behind the scenes" section. The events in this section may or may not have been confirmed as canon within the Star Wars Legends continuity.

While liberating the second facility, Rogue Squadron, after making sure any threats to the escape transport were neutralized, proceeded to destroy a bunker nearby, retrieving advanced seeker missiles in the process.

Assumption ends here.

The rescue mission succeeded, and the Rogues and the transport returned to the fleet.^[1]

Behind the scenes

The Rescue on Kessel appears in two consecutive missions in the 1998 video game Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. It was also mentioned in the game's strategy guide, Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 12, and Wedge Antilles' entry in The New Essential Guide to Characters.

During the first mission, there is a secondary convoy which the player may ignore or destroy. This article assumes the Rogues skipped it and went to the hovertrain.

It takes 129 enemy forces destroyed to win a gold medal. The player can optionally retrieve the advanced seeker missile tech upgrade. The guide likewise suggests doing so in order to ensure a Gold Medal win. This article assumes the player did so. The guide suggests the V-wing airspeeder would be necessary to win a gold medal in the mission. However, the article assumes the player did not use a V-wing due to it not being developed yet at the time of the mission.

Appearances

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (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 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 ^1.36 ^1.37 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

Galactic Civil War
(2 BBY–19 ABY)

Alliance on the Run (0 ABY–3 ABY)

	Dark Trooper campaign – (0-1 ABY)
1 ABY	First Chorax · Second Corellia · Second Gerrard V Jade Moon · First Balmorra · Kile II Second Kessel · Taloraan · Second Fest First Chandrila · First Sullust · Second Thyferra Elrood sector · Derilyn · Turak IV Brak sector · Second Esseles · Third Ralltiir Kessel · Third Kashyyyk · Fourth Kashyyyk · Raithal · First Talus · Tatooine Skip 52 · Second Talus · Corellia · Restuss Bestine · Keren · Dearic Rori · Naboo · Second Mustafar Ram's Head
	Alliance on the Run – 2 ABY

Related topics and articles

Galactic Empire · Rebel Alliance

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+{{Quote|Kessel. It's a mining colony but the Imperials often keep political prisoners here too.|Kasan Moor on Kessel|Star Wars: Rogue Squadron}}
+The '''Rescue on Kessel''' was an operation that took place around [[1 ABY/Legends|1 ABY]]. During the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebellion's]] [[Assault on Kile II|assault]] on [[Kile II]], [[Wedge Antilles/Legends|Wedge Antilles's]] [[BTL Y-wing starfighter/Legends|Y-wing]] starfighter had been disabled by [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] forces. Antilles was smuggled into an evacuation shuttle and shipped to the prisons of [[Kessel/Legends|Kessel]]. [[Rogue Squadron/Legends|Rogue Squadron]] commander [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] led a raid on the prisons using modified [[T-65 X-wing starfighter/Legends|X-wing]] starfighters, equipped with [[Ion cannon/Legends|ion cannons]]. He and Rogue Squadron disabled the [[Armored hovertrain]] carrying Wedge using their ion cannons.
+Soon after the rescue of Antilles, Rogue group returned with a commando team commanded by [[General/Legends|General]] [[Crix Madine/Legends|Crix Madine]] and freed the remaining prisoners using Wedge's knowledge of the prison. They disabled the shield generator protecting the prison centers, evacuated the Rebel prisoners, and proceeded to rendezvous with the Rebel fleet.
 ==Prelude==
-Following the [[defection]] of [[Kasan Moor]], the [[Galactic Empire|Imperial]] commander of the [[128th TIE Interceptor Squadron]], to the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic]], the Alliance used her knowledge of Imperial bases and operations to their advantage, and won a string of battles striking against Imperial installations. During an [[Assault on Kile II|assault]] on the Imperial spaceport in the canyons of [[Kile II]], [[Wedge Antilles]], of the elite Alliance starfighter unit [[Rogue Squadron]], was shot down by [[Galactic Empire|Imperial]] forces, and was taken as a prisoner of war. Antilles was scheduled to be transferred to the prisons on the [[spice]] planet [[Kessel]]. Rogue Squadron, under the command of [[Luke Skywalker]], refused to let this happen, and a rescue operation was initiated to safely extract Antilles from the [[hover train]] transferring him and other prisoners to the main prison facility.<ref name="rs" />
+Following the [[Liberation of Gerrard V|defection]] of [[Kasan Moor]], the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] commander of the [[128th TIE Interceptor Squadron]], to the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]], the Alliance used her knowledge of Imperial bases and operations to their advantage, and won a string of battles striking against Imperial installations. During an [[Assault on Kile II|assault]] on the Imperial spaceport in the canyons of [[Kile II]], [[Wedge Antilles/Legends|Wedge Antilles]], of the elite Alliance starfighter unit [[Rogue Squadron/Legends|Rogue Squadron]], was shot down by [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] forces, and was taken as a prisoner of war. Antilles was scheduled to be transferred to the prisons on the [[Spice/Legends|spice]] planet [[Kessel/Legends|Kessel]]. Rogue Squadron, under the command of [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], refused to let this happen, and a rescue operation was initiated to safely extract Antilles from the [[Armored hovertrain|hovertrain]] transferring him and other prisoners to the main prison facility.<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
 ==The rescue==
 ===Rescue of Wedge Antilles===
 {{Quote|There it is. Rogue group, use your ion cannons. We want to disable this train, not destroy it.|Luke Skywalker|Star Wars: Rogue Squadron}}
-Using modified [[X-wing starfighter]]s equipped with [[ion cannon]]s, which shuts down the electric systems of whatever it impacts, Rogue Squadron deployed to disable the [[hover train]] carrying Wedge Antilles and other prisoners. The Imperials attempted to use a convoy full of their men to mislead Rogue group's onboard lifesign scanners, but [[Kasan Moor]], Rogue group member and a former Imperial pilot, recognized this tactic and persuaded Rogue group to ignore it. Skywalker destroyed the convoy before moving onto the hover train carrying the prisoners. [[Zev Senesca]]'s long range scan confirmed Antilles to be on the train, and a barrage of ion cannon fire caused the train's systems to shut down, allowing Antilles and the train's passengers safe passage to escape.
+Using modified [[X-wing starfighter/Legends|X-wing starfighters]] equipped with [[Ion cannon/Legends|ion cannons]], which shuts down the electric systems of whatever it impacts, Rogue Squadron deployed to disable the hovertrain carrying Wedge Antilles and other prisoners. The Imperials attempted to use a secondary convoy to mislead Rogue group's on-board lifesign scanners.<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
+{{Gamemechanics|Star Wars: Rogue Squadron}}
+[[Kasan Moor]], Rogue group member and a former Imperial pilot, recognized this tactic and persuaded Rogue group to ignore it. Skywalker destroyed the convoy before moving onto the hover train carrying the prisoners. [[Zev Senesca/Legends|Zev Senesca's]] long range scan confirmed Antilles to be on the train, and a barrage of ion cannon fire caused the train's systems to shut down, allowing Antilles and the train's passengers safe passage to escape.<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
 ===Extraction of other prisoners===
-Based on advice given to him by Antilles, [[General]] [[Crix Madine]] organized an operation to free other rebel prisoners of war held on the planet. The prison camp Antilles was to be taken to, situated in a series of canyons, had three main facilities protected by a main [[shield generator]]. The battleplan called for Rogue Squadron to knock out the main power generator, allowing Madine to deploy his commandos via a modified landing craft into the prison facilities and free the prisoners. Essentially a swift hit and run operation, the battleplan was successful, and the rebel strike team made it off the planet in one piece.
+Based on advice given to him by Antilles, [[General/Legends|General]] [[Crix Madine/Legends|Crix Madine]] organized an operation to free other Rebel prisoners of war held on the planet. The prison camp Antilles was to be taken to, situated in a series of canyons, had three main facilities protected by a main [[DSS-02 shield generator|DSS-02]] [[Deflector shield generator/Legends|shield generator]], [[Turbolaser/Legends|turbolasers]], and a [[missile turret]]. The battle plan called for Rogue Squadron to knock out the main power generator, allowing Madine to deploy his commandos via a [[Sentinel-class landing craft/Legends|landing craft]] into the prison facilities and free the prisoners. Skywalker and the Rogues protected the transport while it traveled to each of the three facilities and disembarked the [[Alliance Special Forces/Legends|Rebel]] [[Commando/Legends|commandos]] to free the prisoners.<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
+{{Gamemechanics|Star Wars: Rogue Squadron}}
+While liberating the second facility, Rogue Squadron, after making sure any threats to the escape transport were neutralized, proceeded to destroy a bunker nearby, retrieving [[advanced seeker missile]]s in the process.
+{{Endgame}}
+The rescue mission succeeded, and the Rogues and the transport returned to the fleet.<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
+==Behind the scenes==
+The Rescue on Kessel appears in two consecutive missions in the [[1998]] [[video game]] ''[[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron]]''. It was also mentioned in the game's [[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide|strategy guide]], ''[[Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 12]]'', and Wedge Antilles' entry in ''[[The New Essential Guide to Characters]]''.
+During the first mission, there is a secondary convoy which the player may ignore or destroy. This article assumes the Rogues skipped it and went to the hovertrain.
+It takes 129 enemy forces destroyed to win a gold medal. The player can optionally retrieve the advanced seeker missile tech upgrade. The guide likewise suggests doing so in order to ensure a Gold Medal win. This article assumes the player did so. The guide suggests the [[V-wing airspeeder]] would be necessary to win a gold medal in the mission. However, the article assumes the player did not use a V-wing due to it not being developed yet at the time of the mission.
 ==Appearances==
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 ==Sources==
-*''[[Rogue Squadron: Official Nintendo Player's Guide]]
+*''[[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide]]''
-*''[[Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 12]]''
 *''[[The New Essential Guide to Characters]]''
+*''[[Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 12]]''
 ==Notes and references==
 {{Reflist}}
-{{GCW Rogue}}
+{{GCW_1_ABY}}
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 |de=Scharmützel von Kessel (0 NSY)
+|es=Rescate en Kessel
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