Chopper Base Chopper Base , also known as Home Base was a base located on the isolated planet Atollon . After an extensive search for a suitable planet to house their base , Phoenix Cell at first decided that the moon of Berzite was a suitable location . However , thanks to the rebel astromech droid named " Chopper " and his recent acquaintance AP - 5 , the rebels learned that the Empire had recently set up a blockade around Berzite . AP - 5 instead recommended the planet Atollon , where the rebels then built the base named in Chopper ' s honor . Chopper Base served as the headquarters of the Phoenix Squadron before being destroyed by Grand Admiral Thrawn ' s forces and the Bendu during the Battle of Atollon in 2 BBY . Description . Chopper Base was built on the Atollon Coral Mesa , a broad flat - topped elevation covered in huge coral line formations in 3 BBY . The northern perimeter was near a nest inhabited by Krykna , large spidery creatures that devoured sentient beings . To ward off the krykna , a perimeter fence consisting of sensor beacon s was constructed in the northern perimeter . The base hosted runways for landing ships and a command center that was equipped with hologram s for receiving and sending offworld transmissions . The base also held a supply depot that had their rations , explosives , and cargo . Most of the base ' s inhabitants appeared to reside in rebel ships like the Spectres ' VCX - 100 light freighter " Ghost " . History . In 3 BBY , the Phoenix Cell discovered the uncharted planet of Atollon after receiving coordinates for a safe world from AP - 5 , a former Imperial inventory droid that the rebel astromech droid Chopper had befriended . To honor Chopper for his part in discovering Atollon , the base was named Chopper Base . After the Krykna devoured Lieutenant Dicer and attacked the Spectres and the former Clone Captain Rex , the rebels constructed a fence consisting of sensor markers around Chopper Base ' s northern perimeter . Later , the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano rendezvoused with Kanan Jarrus , his apprentice Ezra Bridger , and Chopper for a mission to Malachor . Ahsoka was lost during the mission but Kanan , Ezra , and Chopper managed to return to Chopper base in the shuttle " Phantom " . There , they were received by Hera , the other crew of the " Ghost " , Rex , AP - 5 , and the Phoenix Cell ' s Commander Jun Sato . A year later , Chopper Base ' s command center hosted a visitor in the form of Hondo Ohnaka , a Weequay pirate whom Ezra had rescued from the Imperial prison on Naraka . During the briefing , Hondo informed the Spectres , Rex , and Commander Sato about an Imperial starship reclamation plant called Reklam Station in return for the rebels giving him a starship after the recon mission . After Ezra ' s recon mission went away , Kanan , Hera and the rest of Phoenix Squadron departed to rescue Ezra and his team . Later , the Spectres and Commander Sato attended a briefing at Chopper Base ' s command center where the rebels received a transmission from a Fulcrum informant that several cadets from the Imperial Skystrike Academy were wanting to defect . The Mandalorian weapons expert Sabine Wren was placed in charge of the mission . After escaping with the cadets Wedge Antilles and Derek Klivian , Sabine and the cadets were greeted by Commander Sato at Chopper Base ' s runway . He personally welcomed Wedge and Derek into the rebellion . During a recon mission to the third moon of Concord Dawn , Sabine and her former adversary Fenn Rau worked together to prevent Gar Saxon , the leader of the Imperial Super Commando s from taking the shuttle " Phantom II " and discovering the location of Chopper Base . Following a successful mission to evacuate rebel sympathizers on Mykapo , Commander Sato had an emotional reunion with his nephew Mart Mattin , the leader of the Iron Squadron , on Chopper Base ' s runway . During Ezra ' s undercover mission at the Lothal Imperial Armory Complex , Hera , Sabine , Zeb , and Commander Sato corresponded with Ezra , Kanan , and the Lothal ian rebel leader Ryder Azadi via hologram from the safety of the Chopper Base command center . As a result of Ezra and his team ' s mission , the Phoenix Squadron learned that Grand Admiral Thrawn was developing a new starfighter initiative and that the Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus had become a Fulcrum operative . Using Ezra and his team ' s information , Hera began planning a strike on the Lothal Imperial factory . During a briefing at the Chopper Base command room , Ezra began experiencing dark side visions of the former Sith Maul , whom he had previously encountered at Vizsla Keep 09 . Despite insisting that he was fit , Hera was forced to relieve Ezra of his duties after the young Jedi almost killed a rebel trooper , whom he had mistaken for Maul . At the advice of Kanan , Hera and the other rebels proceeded with the mission while Ezra , Kanan , and Sabine stayed behind to confront Maul . Ezra agreed to follow Maul to the planet Dathomir after the latter threatened to activate a homing beacon that would alert the Empire to Chopper Base should he die . Sabine managed to track Ezra using a tracker she had planted on his wrist comm . Kanan and Sabine followed Ezra on the shuttle " Phantom II " . Later , most of the Phoenix rebels and Spectres departed for a training exercise . Captain Zeb , Chopper , AP - 5 , a communications officer and some Rebel troops stayed behind to guard the base . During that time , an E - XD infiltrator droid designated EXD - 9 discovered the base but was knocked out by two krykna . Later , Zeb and Chopper found him and brought him back to the base to be repaired . After repairing him , AP - 5 set EXD - 9 to work as an assistant inventory droid . After receiving a warning from Fulcrum about the Infiltrator Droid , Zeb along with Chopper and AP - 5 joined forces to overpower EXD - 9 before he could alert the Empire . After reprogramming him , they sent him back as a rigged bomb to the Empire . EXD - 9 destroyed an Imperial Star Destroyer and managed to delay the Empire ' s efforts to locate Chopper Base . After Sabine reluctantly agreed to learn how to wield the Darksaber in order to lead the Mandalorian people , Kanan and Ezra took her to the wilderness to begin her training . Kanan regarded Chopper Base as providing too many unnecessary distractions . Hera stayed behind at Chopper Base and corresponded with Kanan via hologram . Later , Fenn Rau departed Chopper Base on a speeder bike to ferry the other rebels supplies . Chopper Base ' s location was almost exposed on two occasions . With the help of the rogue Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus , Chopper managed to delete the base ' s location from Thrawn ' s star chart . Later , a team of Imperial slicer s reprogrammed Chopper with the intention of finding the location of Chopper Base . Their plot was foiled by Hera and the Spectres following a mission to Killun Station . The former Imperial Senator Mon Mothma ' s speech announcing the formation of the Alliance to Restore the Republic was witnessed by several Phoenix rebels including Commander Sato , Rex , and AP - 5 at Chopper Base . After receiving messages from Kanan ' s Jedi holocron and the Malachor Sith holocron indicating that Master Kenobi was in danger , Ezra and Chopper managed to sneak off Chopper Base in a stolen RZ - 1T trainer . Hera had forbade Ezra from leaving since she needed him to train for the upcoming attack on Lothal . They later returned to Chopper Base after Kenobi defeated Maul in combat and sent them back to help the rebellion . Despite the rebels ' efforts to keep the base hidden , Thrawn discovered Chopper Base and send his Seventh Fleet to attack the Atollon system . Thrawn ' s forces inflicted heavy casualties on the Phoenix Squadron and General Jan Dodonna ' s Massassi Group , which had been massing for an attack on the Imperial TIE Defender factories on Lothal . Chopper Base was also destroyed by Imperial bombardment and the Bendu , who summoned a storm that terrorized both sides .