Operation Roundabout Operation Roundabout was a military assault on Corellia launched by the Galactic Alliance , which triggered the Second Galactic Civil War . The operation was motivated by intelligence indicating that the Corellian government were making military preparations to bolster their political moves towards independence : secretly constructing an assault fleet , and also attempting to render Centerpoint Station operational once again . More generally , the strike was conceived as a show of force , a means of eliminating the problem of Corellia ' s stridently anti - Coruscant government , and discouraging dissent and unrest within the Alliance . To this end , a major Fleet operation was mounted , deploying a sizable task force from the Second Fleet into Corellia ' s orbital space , commanded by Admiral Matric Klauskin . This was largely designed as a psychological move to overawe opponents of the Alliance , however , and in purely military terms , it was intended to serve as a feint and support mission . The main strike thrust of Operation Roundabout was provided by a series of Jedi commando teams , named after various foul - tempered beasts , and designed to cut the heart out of the Corellian government and military - industrial complex . The operation was a closely guarded secret prior to its launch , and it was apparently regarded as a rational move to the Senate and Defense Force leadership of the Alliance , but it was compromised from the outset on several levels , most fundamentally in attacking an entire member state for what were largely the actions of one political faction : the assault fleet was the private project of a caucus within the system government , led by Corellia ' s planetary Chief of State Thrackan Sal - Solo , and working behind the back of the Five Worlds Prime Minister , Aidel Saxan and the rest of the administration . Moreover , the show - of - force strategy also had the potential to cause counterproductive political ramifications throughout the Galaxy , and alienated no less than Han and Leia Organa Solo before it had even begun : in a move that some would consider treason , they met in secret with Prime Minister Saxan to warn her of the military preparations against her government . However , it seems that Thrackan Sal - Solo was already aware of the attack before this juncture , and had planned accordingly ; indeed , it was not impossible that he leaked information about the assault fleet to provoke the strike in the first place , in order to draw the Alliance and the Jedi into the trap that they encountered when they arrived at Corellia , and to propel himself to greater power . Strike teams . As mentioned above , the main offensive element of Operation Roundabout involved a series of Jedi strike missions , consisting of one two - man team deployed against Centerpoint Station , and a synchronized series of four teams sent against Corellia itself . Two commando snatch - teams and a spotter detail were deployed covertly on the surface around Coronet City , while an airborne support / extraction mission was launched from the Second Fleet during the main phase of the operation . Mynock . Team Mynock , comprising Jacen Solo and his padawan Ben Skywalker , was the most important part of Operation Roundabout , with the objective of destroying Centerpoint Station . While Jacen walked into an anti - Jedi trap laid by Thrackan , Ben reached the control room undetected , and found a droid which was programmed to think it was Anakin Solo . Because Centerpoint station was keyed to only respond to commands from Anakin Solo , Thrackan had created the droid to simulate his thought - patterns and biometrics , to fool the station ' s computers . When the young Skywalker made the droid realize that it was not the real Anakin , it destroyed itself , locking the station ' s controls indefinitely — but preventing the destruction of Centerpoint . Ben and Jacen subsequently escaped Centerpoint in the confusion of an evacuation alert initiated by the droid . Slashrat . Team Slashrat was a two - man reconnaissance mission , involving Jedi Master Corran Horn and an unknown Jedi . Their role was to monitor military starfighter activity at Coronet ' s main spaceport . However , Slashrat was rendered redundant as most of the Corellian Defense Force ' s starfighters were already in space , in order to ambush the Second Fleet . Purella . Team Purella , led by Jaina Solo and including Thann Mithric , Zekk , and Kolir Hu ' lya , was tasked with kidnapping Prime Minister Aidel Saxan . However , when they struck at her motorcade , they found themselves faced only with YVH 1 combat droids , having been led straight into a trap . Tauntaun . Team Tauntaun , led by Tahiri Veila with Tiu Zax and Doran Tainer , was given the mission of removing planetary Chief of State Thrackan Sal - Solo . As with Saxan , the Jedi walked into a trap , being ambushed by CorSec troops and probots like those used by Thrackan on Centerpoint , but they were able to score a minor victory when Zax opted not to return with the rest of the group , instead staying behind in hiding inside Sal - Solo ' s mansion to provide intelligence to the Alliance . Womp Rat . Team Womp Rat , led by Grand Master Luke Skywalker himself , consisted of the ten XJ6 X - wing starfighters of Hardpoint Squadron and the ground - assault shuttle " Chandrila Skies " . Assigned directly to the Second Fleet , their role was the retrieval of Purella and Tauntaun from the surface . They suffered the first Alliance combat losses of the Second Galactic Civil War , when a force of Corellian Attack Fighter s maneuvered them into the range of concealed flak emplacements outside Coronet , leading to the loss of " Chandrila Skies " and her crew , and one X - wing with its Jedi pilot , Toile Senn . The loss of " Chandrila Skies " forced Purella - Tauntaun to improvise their own extraction , but the nine surviving XJ6s continued to provide them with fighter cover until their successful escape . Fleet operation . The deployment of a sizable naval force from the Second Fleet was intended to overawe Corellia , and anyone else who might think of following her example , with the firepower and strength of the Alliance . It was believed that the battlegroup would sit unopposed in orbit , while the Jedi strike teams seized the Prime Minister and Chief of State and brought them into Alliance custody aboard the command ship " Dodonna " . In reality , the Defense Force ships found themselves backed against Corellia by a Corellian fleet , consisting of every combat - capable vessel the Five Worlds government could field , apparently interspersed with large numbers of hulks and incomplete hulls to confuse the Alliance as to their true numbers and deployment . As skirmishing between the two sides ' starfighters escalated , a Corellian escort frigate was destroyed by Alliance Eta - 5 interceptor s . Admiral Matric Klauskin , apparently through the machinations of Lumiya , suffered a mental breakdown during the operation , but in outline , his improvised strategy was sound — sounder , in military terms , than most people seem to have appreciated : realizing that his close - orbit deployment was untenable , he withdrew to the edge of the system to seize Tralus as a forward bridgehead for continuing operations against the Corellians . Understandably , the Defense Force were not prepared to withdraw from Tralus , but they were unable to make any rapid moves to reinforce their bridgehead , while negotiations to resolve the situation between the Alliance and the Five Worlds government were staged at Toryaz Station in the Kuat system . When these collapsed — due to Lumiya ' s intervention — the Corellian military subsequently mounted a counterattack before the occupation forces could be significantly strengthened . In this operation , known as Operation Noble Savage , a starfighter - led assault was successful in driving off the Second Fleet , and liberating Tralus .