Battle of the Graveyard A space battle between the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the Galactic Empire occurred in the Graveyard , the remains of Alderaan after it was destroyed by the Death Star around 0 . 5 ABY during the Galactic Civil War . Shortly after the destruction of that Death Star in the Battle of Yavin , a Rebel fleet centered around Renegade Squadron — a recently established Alliance squadron made up of smugglers and criminals — attempted to secure a very valuable data holocron believed to have survived the destruction of Alderaan . The Alliance fleet , under the command of Han Solo , believed the holocron contained ideal locations for a new base for the Alliance . Likewise , the Empire wanted the holocron to suit their own ends . Upon arrival in the system , Solo ' s fleet found themselves opposed by an Imperial fleet , as well as by the bounty hunter Boba Fett , who had been hired by the Empire to capture the holocron . After a brief battle between the two forces , the Renegades were able to find and secure the data holocron . After they did so , Fett , aboard his personal starfighter " Slave I " , tried to steal the holocron by engaging the Rebels in a dogfight . The Rebels were able to defeat the bounty hunter , and destroyed the gravity well projectors on an Imperial Interdictor Star Destroyer which was keeping the Alliance fleet trapped in the system . The Alliance retreated from the system , and later used the holocron to find the graveyard planet of Boz Pity , where they built a new base . Prelude . Shortly after the Evacuation of Yavin in 0 . 5 ABY , Han Solo and Commander Col Serra , a pair of smugglers turned Rebel officers , were told by Mon Calamari Admiral Gial Ackbar about a data holocron that had been created by Viceroy Bail Organa of Alderaan . The holocron had been created before the first Death Star had destroyed Alderaan , and contained information regarding possible locations for a new base for the Alliance . After the Alliance was forced to retreat from Yavin 4 and the Rebel base that had been centered around it , the Rebellion was in dire need of a new central base . As such , the recovery of the holocron was given significant priority by the Alliance . The holocron was known to have been encased in a rare metallic compound known as phrik , one of the strongest substances in the galaxy , and because of this , Ackbar had reason to believe that the holocron might have survived the destruction of Alderaan . In response to this information , Ackbar ordered Solo to take a small fleet , along with Renegade Squadron , the Alliance ' s recently established fighting unit made up of smugglers and criminals , to the Graveyard , the asteroid remnants of Alderaan . Under Solo ' s command were a Mon Calamari Star Cruiser and two EF76 Nebulon - B escort frigates , several starfighter squadrons , and his own personal ship , the " Millennium Falcon " . Unbeknownst to the Rebels , the Empire had also discovered the existence and whereabouts of the holocron , and had sent a fleet to the Alderaan system as well . As a contingency plan , the Empire also hired the bounty hunter Boba Fett to find the holocron in case their forces failed . The battle . When the Alliance fleet arrived out of hyperspace , they discovered that there was an Imperial fleet made up of an Interdictor Star Destroyer and two " Victory II " - class frigates already in the system . The Interdictor launched half of a squadron of TIE fighters , and in response , Col Serra quickly ordered a member of Renegade Squadron to take out the six incoming TIE fighters using an X - wing starfighter . After a small dogfight , the six TIE fighters were destroyed . However , both sides continued to launch starfighters , escalating the battle . As the battle intensified , Solo and his Wookiee co - pilot , Chewbacca , launched the " Millennium Falcon " from the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser to locate and retrieve the holocron . Solo ordered his Renegades to keep fighting the Imperials , hoping to use the battle as a distraction . However , a trio of TIE interceptors followed the " Falcon " and managed to damage it . The Renegades were eventually able to destroy the interceptors , and Solo informed his men that he had found the location of the holocron , but that the " Falcon " was too badly damaged to pick it up . As a result , Solo instead ordered Renegade Squadron to retrieve the holocron from the Graveyard and they did so . After the Renegades picked up the holocron , Boba Fett arrived into the battle from hyperspace and gave chase in his personal starship , " Slave I " . Realizing that the Empire was about to lose its prize to the Rebels , Fett radioed the Renegades to inform them that he was after the holocron . Understanding that Fett posed a larger threat than the Imperials , Col Serra ordered Renegade Squadron not to allow the bounty hunter to retrieve the holocron . As such , the Renegades engaged Fett , eventually causing enough damage to " Slave I " that it forced Fett to leave the battle and jump to hyperspace . The Imperials were now forced to retrieve the holocron themselves . With Fett ' s retreat , the Renegades just had to destroy the Imperial Interdictor ' s gravity well projectors before they could jump back into hyperspace , so Serra ordered the Rebel forces to attack the battleship . The Renegades were able to eventually able to destroy the gravity well projectors , and with the way clear , Han Solo led his fleet away from the Graveyard and out of the system . Aftermath . After the damage sustained in the Alderaan system , Han Solo and Renegade Squadron were ordered to Ord Mantell for repairs . While on the planet , the Renegades were attacked by the droid bounty hunter IG - 88 and Imperial forces . After a brief battle , the Renegades defeated the Imperial forces and retreated from the system . With the holocron in Rebel hands , Ackbar decided to to personally examine one of the prospective planets on the holocron ' s list . Ackbar and a small scouting party traveled to the graveyard world of Boz Pity in the Outer Rim , and after scouting the planet , he decided it would make an ideal spot for a new base . Nonetheless , the Mon Calamari sought to examine other options and took a smaller scouting party with him to Saleucami , another planet on the list . However , when they exited hyperspace over Saleucami , they were ambushed by Boba Fett . Fett was able to defeat the Rebels and captured Ackbar and a number of other survivors . Fett then sold Ackbar to the Imperials and presented the other survivors to the Hutt Cartel on the planet Tatooine . Behind the scenes . The battle of the Graveyard made its first and only appearance in the video game " " , which recounts the various battles and exploits of Renegade Squadron during the Galactic Civil War . The battle itself makes up the second level in the game ' s campaign mode . Due to the fact that the battle takes place only a short time after the Battle of Yavin , the A - wing starfighters that served in this battle could possibly be the R - 22 Spearhead , the predecessor of the A - wing . However , an official explanation for this has not been presented yet .