Mission to Crait During the Galactic Civil War , the Alliance to Restore the Republic sent Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa on a mission to the mineral planet Crait to scout it as a possible rebel base . Prelude . Following the destruction of the Death Star , the Rebel Alliance were on the run from the Galactic Empire and searched for new location for their base . Prince ss Leia Organa made it her personal mission to find a location for the Alliance with help from Luke Skywalker and Han Solo . After the Empire ' s attack on the Alliance Fleet , they retreated to Baraan - Fa . There , Organa spoke with Chancellor Mon Mothma about using Crait as a location for their new base . It had been abandoned by the Nupayuni Mining Consortium decades ago . However , Mothma did not like the idea of using a " dead " planet . Despite that fact , Organa told her that Trusk Berinato assured her father that Crait could be a potential location for a base . Despite her concerns , Mothma decided to let Organa take a survey team to Crait . The Mission . Organa , with Captain s Skywalker , Solo , Chewbacca and Wedge Antilles traveled to Crait with the " Millennium Falcon " and a GR - 75 medium transport loaded with equipment . Upon their landing , they were then met by Berinato and his mining droid s . Organa and the survey team went with Berinato to look at the mines using their V - 4X - D ski speeder s . During this time , Solo became suspicious of Berinato . Skywalker , along with Antilles then started to dig trenches outside the mine despite difficulty with several worm s . But during a trip with their speeder s , Antilles and Skywalker spotted a group of flash - dried corpses . Familiar with dead in similar conditions , Skywalker realized quickly that it was due to a salt storm , one so big and strong that would strand them on Crait for years . However , Organa told Berinato that they would not be staying Crait for long . Organa knew that he had signaled the Empire , which sent SCAR Squadron to their location . Despite this betrayal , Organa was willing to let Berinato help them escape , but he refused . Thus Organa , Skywalker , Solo , and Chewbacca boarded their ski speeders to attack SCAR Squadron head on while the first waves of the storm arrived . The two forces fought each other . SCAR Squadron ' s commander , Sergeant Kreel then drew his lightsaber and fought Skywalker . After the fight with the other SCAR troopers , Solo , Chewbacca and Organa returned to the " Falcon " . However , they were then confronted by Berinato and his droid s who refused to let them leave . Skywalker continued to fight Kreel until Skywalker destroyed his lightsaber . With help from Antilles , SCAR squadron was forced to limp away and retreat . Berinato then shot Solo to force her to come with him . However , Organa was able to use Solo ' s blaster to shoot Berinato ' s blaster out of his hand . Skywalker , and the rest of the survey team arrived and left Crait aboard the " Falcon " . Aftermath . Aboard the " Falcon " , Organa told Mothma that Crait was not ideal for base . Organa ' s survey team was also forced to leave several Spiezoc v - 120 , v - 232 artillery emplacement s , the ski speeders and an armory filled with blaster rifles and pistols . The Rebel Alliance did eventually build a Base on Hoth . Years after the Galactic Civil War , Crait had fallen off modern starcharts . In 34 ABY , Organa , now a General of the Resistance , led the surviving members to Crait ' s outpost when they were pursued by the First Order ' s forces . There , the Resistance used the abandoned Rebel Alliance gear against the First Order until the " Falcon " rescued the survivors and escaped .