Mission to Jedha A mission to the holy moon of Jedha was undertaken by a group of rebels led by Prince ss Leia Organa during the Galactic Civil War . They attempted to make contact with the surviving members of Saw Gerrera ' s Partisans . Prelude . Following the destruction of Jedha ' s Holy City and the Death Star , the surviving Partisans and some of the Holy City inhabitants regrouped . They followed Saw Gerrera ' s second in command , Benthic and continued to fight the Galactic Empire ' s remaining forces on Jedha . During this time , the Rebel Alliance was searching for a new base . The Empire had Commander Befa retrieve the remaining kyber crystal s from Jedha . Befa ' s troop s however were unable to retrieve no more than a box full due to the continued resistance and Jedha ' s climate change . The assault . Several Partisans under Ubin Des fought several snowtroopers who shot down their T - 47 airspeeder . They were rescued by Rebel Alliance Commander Luke Skywalker . Together , they made their escape and boarded the " Millennium Falcon " . Des met with Captain Han Solo and Prince ss Leia Organa after they made their way to NaJedha and spoke with Organa about re - establishing the ties between the Alliance and Partisans to stop the Empire . Des and Chulco Gi agreed to take them to the Partisans ' base . At the base , Benthic believed that they should kill Organa and her allies , but agreed to listen to her . He then agreed to accept her supplies and spoke with her about re - joining the Alliance . The Imperial forces then came under the command of Commander Kanchar and his civilian adviser , Queen Trios of Shu - Torun . After " relieving " Befa of his command , Kanchar and Trios made plans to retrieve the remaining kyber from Jedha . Together , they discovered that Gerrera and his partisans had horde of kyber stored at the Catacombs of Cadera that Trios ' s miner s had discovered . Kanchar then issued an edict stating that Jedha was now a prohibited moon . Trios prepared the drill citadel and allowed Kanchar to deploy it to Jedha . Attack in Ai - jed . Skywalker went with Gi and Des to Ai - jed . They saw that the stormtrooper s were incinerating people . Skywalker fought the stormtroopers killing them all . Skywalker , Gi and Des regrouped with Benthic and Solo . Together , they saw the drill citadel land and planned to destroy it . Attacking the Drill citadel . Skywalker attacked one of the miners as he and Benthic boarded the drill citadel . Benthic forced one of the technician s to lower the shields so that the Partisans and the " Falcon " could attack the citadel . As Des distracted the gunner s , Solo and Organa were then able to destroy the citadel mine . Despite the setback , Trios assured Kanchar that the " Leviathan " would finish the job . Luke went with Gi to learn more about the Jedi at the chasm . As they approached , they then came under attack by a sand slug . Skywalker was able to kill it and ran into two members of the Central Isopter . Skywalker then listened to the Central Isopters answers . Attacking the " Leviathan " . The Partisans then planned to attack the " Leviathan " . Solo , Organa and Benthic studied the " Leviathan " . as one of Partisans teams attacked . Des was able to plant an explosive on it , but it had no effect . Organa and Solo then flew one of the airspeeder s to save Des ' s team .