Battle of Hanoon The Battle of Hanoon was a conflict between the Galactic Empire and the New Republic during the Krantian Civil War which resulted in the complete destruction of the ancient and powerful artifact Vor ' Na ' Tu and the liberation of the asteroid Hanoon . Prelude . Years after his shattering of the ancient and powerful artifact Vor ' Na ' Tu and his death on Geddes , the Jedi Echuu Shen - Jon contacted Leia Organa through the Force and warned her about the potential power of the shards . During those years , the asteroid had been terraformed and colonized as Hanoon , and the colonists had found the shards and held them as valuable relics in their cities . Moff Yittreas had also fled the Krantian Civil War to Geddes and fortified the asteroid . Organa and her brother , the future founder of the New Jedi Order , Luke Skywalker ventured to Hanoon to find the shards in 6 ABY . The battle . Recovering the shards . A New Republic task force led by Organa and Skywalker returned to the asteroid to retrieve the shards . The two led 9 troopers , one Mobile Proton Torpedo Launcher , and one Blaster Cannon . The force visited the two of Reticul first , where the inhabitants agreed to turn over their shard if the Imperial laser turrets surrounding the town were destroyed . The Republic forces deployed the Blaster Cannon to eliminate the turrets , and Reticul gratefully turned over their shard and several R2 - D5 labor droids , which the Republic army used to establish their own base , including a Jedi Temple to hold the shards . The strike force also eliminated the nearby Imperial base . The strike force also visited Libreck , where a leader of the Hanoon Imperial Resistance , Excellency Lathe Parthenian , was held . Libreck turned over its shard after Parthenian was freed and the stormtrooper garrison was eliminated . Magentic turned over their shard after the Rebublic strike force destroyed the Fortress guarding the town . Reeche demanded and received a tribute of 500 units of carbon and 500 units of nova crystals in exchange for their shard . Skywalker returned the four shards to the Temple for storage . Capturing the Terraform Processor . Skywalker and Organa then decided to stay and liberate the asteroid world , although it was considered a suicide mission . They gathered a Blaster Cannon , two Heavy Attack Tanks , a Heavy Torpedo Launcher , nine Repeater Troopers , and a Transport Ship filled with five labor droids . They advanced on New Geddes , the city which sprang up from the old research facility , intent on capturing the Terraform Processor . The Blaster Cannon advanced ahead of forces and eliminated four turrets to protect the Transport Ship , which was boxed in the canal . The forces of New Geddes , veterans who originally served on Krant , resisted ferociously , but the Republic strike force infiltrated the base . The labor droids took control of the Terraform Processor . The strike force built up their defenses to maintain control of the Processor and recruited additional forces for the push deeper into New Geddes . The army fought past the Imperial ' s defenses , including air defense tower s . They destroyed one Fortress , but Moff Yittreas escaped to another . They eventually cornered him and his forces in another Fortress , and defeated them . The survivors tried breaking into the Jedi Temple to take control of the shards . Skywalker , sensing the disturbance in the Force , returned to the Temple and obliterated the remains of the Vor ' Na ' Tu , scattering its dust into the solar winds . Aftermath . After the battle , Hanoon joined the New Republic . Shen - Jon ' s spirit never again contacted Organa . Behind the scenes . The Battle of Hanoon 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 , " . " This article assumes the players went to Reticul first during the first mission , as it is closest , and uses the Blaster Cannon to knock out the turrets , as the strategy guide suggests . The player may create any structure in the base , but must build a Jedi Temple to hold the four shards after recovering them from Reticul , Magentic , Libreck , and Reeche . The objectives may be completed in any order . The optional objective is to destroy the Imperial base in the mission . This article assumes the player did so . For the second mission , the player may build up any army forces as long as the Imperial base is destroyed and the Terraform Processor is protected . There is a discrepancy in the dates of the battle . Yittreas ' " Galactic Battlegrounds " DataBank entry states the Krantian Civil War lasted 10 years , but this was superseded by " The Essential Atlas " , which lists the battle as taking place in 6 ABY . This article follows the later source . The 2005 book " The New Essential Chronology " , furthermore , places the start of the Civil War around 0 ABY .