Battle of Krant ( Galactic Civil War ) The Battle of Krant was the first battle of the Krantian Civil War , during the Galactic Civil War . Prelude . Early in the Galactic Civil War , Krant became a major rendezvous point for Bothan spies and Rebels . Moff Yittreas was installed as the ruler of the world . The Ghost Base was built in the forests of Krant to organize all those operations , and the native Krantian s started a resistance force . The Imperials established two military camps , Sagol and Kaxol , near the cities of Peche and Theenes . The Empire also established a research facility in the orbiting asteroid Geddes . The Empire also discovered the ancient and powerful Jedi artifact Vor ' Na ' Tu and shipped it to the Sith Temple on Geddes . Around 0 . 5 ABY , Bothan spy Utric Sandov arranged a meeting with Rebel leader Leia Organa to discuss information that could be vital to the Rebel Alliance — that the Vor ' Na ' Tu had been discovered . However , Organa ' s ship , the " Cretacian " , was intercepted by the Galactic Empire and crashed . The battle . Defense of the two cities . After her crash on Krant , Princess Leia gathered her surviving escort — eight Rebel troopers and the protocol droid C - 3PO , and headed away from the crash . They were ambushed by a squad of stormtroopers from Camp Sagol in a village . The Rebels were rescued by the Jedi Master Echuu Shen - Jon , who was hiding there since the Jedi Massacre . C - 3PO translated for the Krantians , who gave control of the village and its R2 - D5 labor droids to Leia Organa . The nearby towns of Pech and Theenes were threatened with extermination at the hands of the two Imperial camps , whose forces set out to destroy Rebel operations in the Krantian cities . Organa and Shen - Jon agreed to help the Krantians defend the three bridges that connected the cities against Imperial assaults . The Imperials forces abandoned the attack after the Rebels destroyed one of the camps . Afterward , Peche and Theenes agreed to join the Rebel Alliance . Capture of Ghost Base . Moff Yittreas launched a campaign against the Rebel presence on Krant . Strike force Alpha attacked Ghost Base , under command of Sandov , and managed to capture it . A Rebel recon officer was wounded trying to delay the Strike Force . Many Rebels were killed or captured but some of them , including Sandov , managed to escape to the nearby Le ' Roche island . Leia Organa and Shen - Jon gathered a small army — eight troopers and 4 Heavy Tauntaun Trooper s — and set out to find Ghost Base . The tree cover closely hid the base , making it difficult for them to find it . The strike force discovered the wounded officer , who recounted his story . After moving out , the Rebel strike force freed a group of captured labor droids and recruited additional forces to attack the defenses the Imperials had placed in Ghost Base . The strike force succeeded in eliminating the Imperial presence in Ghost Base . Afterward , Sandov contacted them , and the Krantian Leader sent two Transport Ships to bring Organa to the base . Sandov informed them that the Imperials had discovered the Vor ' Na ' Tu . Aftermath . Echuu Shen - Jon and the Princess resolved to recover the artifact . They and a crew of Rebels took a transport to Geddes . They succeeded in recovering the artifact , but Shen - Jon shattered it and sacrificed his life to allow Organa to escape . Behind the scenes . The Battle of Krant was first mentioned in the to the 2001 video game " . " It appeared during two consecutive Princess Leia campaign missions . The missions and thus the battle were also included in the game ' s 2002 expansion pack , " . " The player has the option of destroying either Sagol or Kaxol , and as the choice is a matter of gamemechanics , this article is neutral to that choice . The strategy guide suggests attacking Kaxol , the closer camp to the two cities . In both missions , the player has access to workers and can build any sized base and army .