Endor strike team / Legends With the discovery that the second Death Star was protected by an energy shield generated from the forest moon of Endor , Alliance High Command realized that they needed a highly skilled strike team to penetrate the Imperial defenses and neutralize the facility . General Crix Madine devised a plan to insert a commando force onto Endor using a stolen Imperial shuttle , " Tydirium " , and destroy the Imperial base on the surface . Organization and recruitment . Han Solo , who had recently signed on to the Alliance permanently and been given a commission as a General , volunteered to lead the strike team . Tasked with assembling the team , Solo turned to the survivors of Echo Base . Solo contacted Major Bren Derlin , and the strike team was assembled in virtually no time . Each member of the team was a volunteer , eager and willing to accept the dangerous assignment to strike a blow against the Empire . The team was created with flexibility in mind ; each commando brought something unique to the mix , with a diverse array of specialties . With the defeat at Hoth still fresh in their minds , these commandos were ready and eager for revenge . The commandos were to be aided in their mission by Imperial defector General Brenn Tantor , who would be coordinating their mission using a stolen Battlefield Holographic Control Interface onboard the " Tydirium " . Lastly , a command crew was required for the shuttle . During the briefing on " Home One " , Commander Luke Skywalker , Princess Leia Organa , and Chewbacca all volunteered for the strike team , with the former volunteering immediately upon his arrival to the briefing . Equipment . The commandos were issued with basic commando gear ; jungle fatigues and packs , standard comlinks , low - feedback scanners , sensor scramblers , and heavily muffled blasters ( BlasTech E - 11 blaster rifles with a cooling system to allow for a higher rate of fire and BlasTech A280 Sharpshooter rifles ) . Also carried were two artillery pieces ; an E - Web heavy repeating blaster , and a Caspel projectile launcher with dye , smoke , and CryoBan canisters . The commandos also carried a large amount of explosives with which to destroy the shield generator , mostly Merr - Sonn Munitions Class - A thermal detonators , and Merr - Sonn Munitions 7 - PrG proton grenade s sealed in ray - shielded cases and stored in thermal - resist packs to prevent them from being set off by stray shots during a firefight . Battle of Endor . After landing on Endor , the commandos were separated from General Solo when he took the command crew off to search for Princess Leia , who had become separated from the team . Major Derlin , the planet - level unit commander , had instructions to proceed directly to the shield generator and rendezvous with Solo and the others at 0300 . The team dodged Imperial patrols , then stopped to make camp as night fell . Shortly after starting their first sleeping shift , the camp sensors picked up an AT - ST moving in on their position . Derlin had Corporal Beezer jam its transmissions so it couldn ' t call for help , then Lieutenant Greeve took out both of the scout walker ' s searchlights . Finally , Corporal Delevar used the Caspel launcher to pop a smoke canister through one of the viewports in the head , forcing the crew to abandon the vehicle . Forcing the pilot to make check - in calls to explain its absence , the team was able to keep their rendezvous with General Solo without alerting Imperial forces . With the help of Ewok bravado , the commandos were able to penetrate the bunker , but fell into a trap devised by the Emperor himself . Surrounded by Imperial troops , the commandos were saved by the Ewok tribe from Bright Tree Village . Alongside their new allies , the commandos fought a savage battle in the forest until General Solo was able to secure the bunker , plant munitions , and destroy the shield generator . Capturing the " Accuser " . Following the destruction of the shield generator , the strike team assisted the Ewoks in mopping up the final pockets of Imperial resistance . Despite the battle continuing to rage overhead , the Alliance managed to send ground reinforcements to Endor to assist the commando team . Major Derlin took direct command of all forces landing on the planet , and command of the strike team was passed to Lieutenant Judder Page . While working on the " Tydirium " , Chewbacca commented to General Solo that they should get the shuttle back to the fleet . Solo agreed , but it occurred to him that Chewbacca hadn ' t specified which fleet . Using the " Tydirium " , General Solo and most of the commando team infiltrated the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Accuser " by posing as survivors of the recently destroyed second Death Star . General Solo was posing as an Imperial general , and promptly relieved the captain of the " Accuser " . The rest of the commando team secured the bridge crew while Solo rendered the captain unconscious . Then , Solo triggered the ship wide hull - breach alarm , forcing the crew to abandon ship , leaving the ship empty and in the hands of the Alliance . The Alliance was lucky ; the " Accuser " was mostly operational at the time of its capture . Although the Alliance gained a ship , Solo and Page , due to conducting the operation without consulting the Rebel high command beforehand , underwent a mandatory debriefing with Mon Mothma and Admiral Gial Ackbar in the aftermath of the battle . Ackbar was impressed that they managed to apparently fight the ship , before Page corrected him . Behind the scenes . In " " , Elscol Loro notes that her husband , Throm Loro , liberated the Wookiee slave Groznik from Imperial forces on Endor . Loro may have been part of the strike team , or part of the Alliance ground troops sent to the surface after the destruction of the shield generator .