Battle near the Maw Rogue Squadron was sent to patrol near The Maw for any signs of a rumored Imperial prison facility and became involved in a battle there . Prelude . In the aftermath of the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY , the Rebel Alliance was devastated , although the war continued . The Alliance leadership suspected that there was an Imperial installation hidden in an asteroid field near the Maw . Three Rogue Squadron members were sent into investigate , and as they approached the field , General Carlist Rieekan cautioned them to be attentive . Wedge Antilles , the Rogue Leader , used his craft ' s ion cannon to disable a mine in their path . The battle . Space battle . In their Y - wings , Wedge Antilles and and the other two pilots flew into the asteroid field . One of the pilots picked up a strange sensor reading , and Antilles cautioned them to stay alert , as the signals might have been Imperial . The Rogues then found a group of seven Imperial tanker s and a " Lambda " - class shuttle , and their presence was revealed . TIE / LN starfighter squadrons approached to intercept the Rebel starfighters and an Imperial demanded their surrender . The Imperials received no response from the Rebel pilots , who continued on towards their target : a shield projected around the asteroid which housed the facility . Antilles disabled three of the projectors and opened a hole in the shield , the and the Rogues descended towards the base on the surface of the asteroid , avoiding the mines spread around the facility . Engaging facility defense forces . Antilles reported their progress to Rieekan and then picked up a transmission from the surface . Rebel Karie Neth and a number of other prisoners captured after the Imperial assault on Hoth had managed to break out of the facility , but were desperate for support in order to escape safely . Neth sent out a message begging for someone to hear her . Neth identified herself to Antilles as the leader of the prisoners and asked Antilles and his wingmen to destroy the guard towers protecting the prison building . Neth transmitted targeting information to the Y - wings . Rebel prison escape . Antilles ordered his wingmen to attack while he destroyed the five towers protecting the prison so the armored hovertrain the escapees had commandeered could move in . A Rebel then reported they needed weapons , and transmitted more targeting information about the weapons storage building so Antilles could bomb the guard towers . Neth then told them to take out the comm relay before the Star Destroyer patrol arrived . Antilles then flew to the other side of the base at the hangars and destroyed the five guns there so the prisoners could hijack an escape craft . He also bombed Imperial walkers , adding to the general mayhem . Flying over the prison command buildings , he bombed them as well , and was able to recover technology useful to the Rebellion in an atmospheric dome . The surviving prisoners reached the landing platform and escaped in a " Sentinel " - class landing craft . Antilles engaged TIE Interceptors attacking the shuttle until it could enter hyperspace . Aftermath . Antilles reported to General Rieeken that their mission was accomplished , and he and his wingmen hyperspaced out to the fleet in the Outer Rim Territories . As the Rogues left , the facility was exploding behind them . Karie Neth eventually joined Rogue Squadron . Behind the scenes . The battle near the Maw appears during a mission in the 2001 video game " . " The mission is also included in the co - op campaign in " . " Picking up the upgrade will fulfill the mission ' s bonus objective . The player may order their wingman to attack targets , and this article assumes the player did so , rather than ordering them to retreat . During the race to the landing platforms , the guide suggests following the train or proceeding directly . The player does not have to take out all guns and AT - PTs , although the strategy guide suggests doing so .