Battle of Anoth ( Galactic Civil War ) The Battle of Anoth was a battle that took place on the remote , mountain world of Anoth in 11 ABY between the New Republic and the Galactic Empire . This battle was one of the several Imperial campaigns centered at the capture of the children of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo , in this case : Anakin Solo , the youngest child . Pre - battle . When the New Republic started to squabble amongst itself in the absence of Admiral Gial Ackbar and Chief of State Mon Mothma ' s leadership , the Imperial Ambassador Furgan of Carida began the second phase of his plan : the capture of the Force - sensitive Anakin Solo . About the only Force - sensitive people he was aware of were Luke Skywalker , his students , Leia Organa Solo , and her children . He knew that it would be difficult to influence Skywalker , his students , or Organa Solo , because all of them were adults . So he decided to focus on kidnapping Organa Solo ' s children , with the bulk of his efforts focused on Anakin Solo , who was still an infant at the time . Unlike his siblings , who were living on Coruscant , Anakin was still living on the planet Anoth , under the watchful eye of Organa Solo ' s childhood friend and aide , Winter . While he didn ' t know the location of Anoth , Furgan knew what kind of terrain his forces would encounter once the location of the hidden planet was found and a mission was launched to kidnap Anakin Solo . He had the spidery MT - AT developed and manufactured on Carida specifically for Anoth ' s mountainous terrain . When Ackbar left from Coruscant for his watery homeworld of Mon Calamari , Furgan launched his plans into action by making a side trip to the hidden planet . Unknown to Ackbar , Furgan ' s agent Terpfen had hidden a tracking device aboard Ackbar ' s ship and upon receiving Anoth ' s coordinates , relayed them to Ambassador Furgan . Furgan immediately loaded Carida ' s only capital ship , the " Dreadnaught " - class heavy cruiser " Vendetta " with MT - ATs and stormtroopers who had graduated from the Imperial Military Academy . His departure aboard the " Dreadnaught " was made all the more urgent when Kyp Durron , in command of the Sun Crusher superweapon , and under the influence of the spirit of the long - dead Sith Lord Exar Kun , fired a resonance torpedo into Carida ' s sun . The " Vendetta " set course for Anoth and entered hyperspace well before Carida ' s sun exploded . Battle . Upon the " Vendetta " ' s arrival in the orbit of Anoth , Furgan decided that he would personally oversee the kidnapping of Anakin Solo . He descended from orbit inside one of the MT - ATs , alongside a reluctant stormtrooper sergeant who silently suffered Furgan ' s screams of panic . Once on the ground , the eight MT - ATs emerged from their pods , searching for weak spots in the walls of the stronghold with their blaster cannons . They eventually found a pair of heavy blast doors and began making their way towards them . When they began to test the strength of the blast doors , one of the fortress ' s defense systems — the Foreign Intruder Defense Organism ( FIDO ) — destroyed four of the MT - ATs before succumbing to the fire of the rest of the spider walkers . The threat destroyed , the MT - ATs began a new assault upon the blast doors . A split eventually began to form and one of the MT - ATs used its front claws to rip open what remained of the blast doors . They walked into the indoor chamber . Several minutes and several stormtrooper deaths later , Furgan finally found Anakin Solo under the supervision of a modified TDL nanny droid that protested Furgan ' s decision to kidnap Anakin . Furgan scoffed at the droid and ordered the stormtrooper that accompanied him to fetch the baby for him . The stormtrooper was then summarily dispatched by the nanny droid ' s four hidden blaster cannons . Despite the fact that he was only an ambassador , Furgan ' s reflexes were good enough that he blasted the nanny droid before it could kill him . He then encountered a newly reinstated Ackbar , Organa Solo , and Terpfen , who had been freed from his mental slavery at the hands of Furgan . He held Anakin up in front of him , threatening to snap the baby ' s neck . Furgan eventually collided with a power droid , and then Terpfen himself , whom grabbed Anakin and returned him to Organa Solo . Furgan took this opportunity to make his escape and ran for the entrance where the MT - ATs were still sitting . Terpfen followed close behind , revenge on his mind . Furgan scrambled into one of the waiting MT - ATs and Terpfen took control of another as well . A running gunfight between the two MT - ATs ensued , and eventually turned into a physical fight between the two walkers , eventually ending with Furgan ' s walker taking a long dive over the cliff . This battle ended the life of Furgan , removing a threat to the New Republic .