Bannistar Station Bannistar Station was a major Imperial refueling station located within the Bannistar Station system in the Mid Rim ' s Hevvrol sector . In 0 ABY it was under the command of commander Arno D ' Vox and it was running at capacity , servicing both Imperial and civilian ships . Its location and importance allowed the Empire to expand further out to remote Imperial stations . Nine months after the Battle of Yavin the Rebels accidentally happened upon the station and sent infiltrators to take out the station . In the resulting battle a large section of the station was destroyed . Characteristics . Bannistar Station consisted of several fuel tank sections linked together by walkways high above an unidentified planet ' s surface . The command section was located on top of one of the fuel tanks . Refineries were located on the surface . The station serviced both Imperial and civilian ships . History . Nine months after the Battle of Yavin Bannistar Station was running at capacity and serviced 48 Star Destroyers , a Nebulon - B frigate and several civilian ships . After the battle between the Imperial and Rebel fleets the damaged " Rebel One " randomly jumped through hyperspace and ended up at Bannistar Station when its hyperdrive failed . Although the Rebels happened upon Bannistar Station by chance they quickly devised a plan to destroy it . When the Imperials became aware of the Rebel flagship present in orbit they sent a Nebulon - B frigate to inspect it . When it came close , however , the " Rebel One " overloaded its engines and exploded . A few Rebels had left the ship just before and , using jetpacks , made their way down to the station . Bannistar Station ' s commander , D ' Vox , saw through the plan and had the Rebels quickly rounded up and transported to his command section . Only two Rebels eluded capture , Deena Shan and Basso . While the Imperials interrogated the captured Rebels , the two others continued their sabotage mission . Basso captured a Imperial shuttle and Deena shut off the fire retardant systems . Not long after Rishyk , the station ' s head of security , found Deena behind a console . Instead of capturing her , however , he tried to torture and kill her . But Deena struggled and spat in his face . In anger , Rishyk threw her through a glass screen . When he tried to continue his torture Deena used one of the glass shards and stabbed him in the leg . Using one of the detonators from her bag she took out Rishyk ' s accompanying stormtroopers and fled the room . Meanwhile , commander D ' Vox had informed Emperor Palpatine of the capture of two other Rebels , Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa . He was unaware , however , that Able was preparing an escape attempt . On the walkways high above a refueling Star Destroyer Rishyk caught up with Deena Shan again . But instead of giving up , Deena threw her last detonator down the fuel lines . Trying to escape the upcoming explosion both Rishyk and Deena tried to get away , but Rishyk slipped of the walkway and barely managed to hang on . When Deena attempted to help him , however , he tried to pull her down . Deena struggled free and kicked him off the walkway . The exploding Star Destroyer took out an entire section of Bannistar Station . In the following confusion Able set his escape plan in motion and took out the stormtroopers in the command section . The Star Destroyers in orbit all quickly tried to move away from the explosion , but in doing so several Star Destroyers crashed into each other and fell down to the planet . Back in the command section , while Able and Leia argued whether to leave D ' Vox alive or not , the desperate Imperial tried to shoot at them . But Luke Skywalker intervened and cut off both of D ' Vox ' s hands with his lightsaber . Using Basso ' s captured shuttle they found Deena , hanging onto a tube above the Star Destroyer she had taken out . Even though the Rebels were still surrounded by many Star Destroyers they managed to flee back to the Rebel fleet with the help of Dagger Squadron , which cleared some TIE starfighters and gave the rebels enough time to jump into hyperspace and return to " Home One " . The station ' s commander swore to take revenge on Luke Skywalker for the loss of his hands .