Laakteen Depot Laakteen Depot , located just off the Giju Run hyperlane in the Colonies region , was a pirate base and later the Rebel Alliance ' s closest outpost to the planet Fondor early during the Galactic Civil War against the Galactic Empire . The Rebellion fought nearly a year to win Laakteen Depot , capturing the base through the efforts of ace starship mechanic Kufra Ahara and the Sanjin Green Hawks . Six months after the Battle of Yavin and the loss of the Empire ' s Death Star battlestation , the Super Star Destroyer " Executor " destroyed Laakteen Depot during the ship ' s maiden voyage as a deliberate show of Imperial military might . By annihilating the Rebel base with his newly completed warship , the Dark Lord Darth Vader intended to demonstrate to the galaxy the Empire ' s supremacy . Description . Laakteen Depot was an outpost located on the planetoid known as Laakteen , which sat near the Giju Run hyperlane in the Colonies region . The outpost consisted of a series of interconnected domed structures . By the era of the Galactic Civil War , while controlled by the Alliance to Restore the Republic , Laakteen Depot housed a defense shield and at least one large gun emplacement . History . Republic era . Laakteen Depot was constructed as early as circa 53 BBY , some twenty years before Palpatine ' s ascension to Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic . Around that time , Laakteen Depot played host to an incident in which the Bando Gora , a criminal cult of Force - worshipers , planned to kill the humanoid Iram Radique . One of the cultists , Artagan Truax , betrayed the Bando Gora and rescued Radique from them . Radique later established himself as a clandestine weapons dealer within the Cog Hive Seven prison , where he protected Truax from the Bando Gora ' s wrath . Galactic Civil War . By the beginnings of the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance , Laakteen Depot served as a pirate base . At some point before the Battle of Yavin , the Rebellion captured Laakteen Depot after nearly a year of fighting . Modifications performed by Murachaun ace starship mechanic Kufra Ahara helped the Sanjin Green Hawks to take the outpost , which became the Rebellion ' s closest military base to the planet Fondor , home to one of the galaxy ' s foremost shipyards . In 0 . 5 ABY , six months after the Battle of Yavin , the Fondor Shipyards completed construction of the Empire ' s new Super Star Destroyer and the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader ' s personal flagship , the " Executor " . On the warship ' s maiden voyage , Vader formally christened the " Executor " by annihilating the Rebellion ' s nearest installation , Laakteen Depot , in a tremendous show of force . Laakteen Depot ' s destruction was both political and military in nature . Vader intended to demonstrate to the Rebels and the galaxy that the Alliance ' s victory over the Empire ' s Death Star battlestation at the Battle of Yavin was pure chance and that the " Executor " was unstoppable . In their final moments , as the " Executor " attack shattered the base ' s defense shield , the Rebels of Laakteen Depot sent a frantic warning to the main Rebel base on the moon Yavin 4 that Vader ' s new warship was closing in , forcing the Rebellion to scramble to evacuate its Yavin headquarters . Behind the scenes . Laakteen Depot first appeared in the " Revenge of the Jedi " comic strip , written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Al Williamson . " Revenge of the Jedi " was originally published by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate as a newspaper serial comic from November 1982 to January 1983 . Its stories told the events that took place between the films and . In the comic , Laakteen Depot serves to introduce the operational status and might of the " Executor " , Darth Vader ' s newly completed Super Star Destroyer . Several continuity errors regarding Laakteen Depot arose in subsequent source material . The 2000 third edition of " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " mistakenly states that Laakteen Depot was a Rebel Alliance outpost around the time of the Battle of Endor , while the 2005 of the " " magazine states that Darth Vader destroyed Laakteen Depot prior to the Battle of Yavin . Additionally , " The Official Star Wars Fact File " 47 credits the " Executor " maiden voyage and destruction of Laakteen Depot to Admiral Amise Griff , an Imperial character who figures prominently in the storyline but who does not command the " Executor " during its maiden voyage in the " Revenge of the Jedi " comic strip . Finally , both the 2009 reference book " The Essential Atlas " and the 2014 novel " " misspell the subject as " Lakteen . "