Assault on an Imperial outpost The morning after the Battle of Endor , a Rebel Alliance strike team known as the Pathfinders carried out an assault on an Imperial outpost on Endor . The base was manned by Imperial holdouts who were looking for an opportunity to counterattack after the Galactic Empire was defeated during the Battle of Endor . Not wanting to leave any Imperial forces behind on the moon , General Han Solo led a strike team of Pathfinders and native Ewok s in an assault on the outpost . The Pathfinders arrived on a transport pilot ed by Lieutenant Shara Bey and took out the bases defenses with the transport ' s weapons , before moving on to capture the base itself . Once inside , they were able to gather Imperial intelligence stating that the Empire still had plans after the Battle of Endor , meaning that , despite what the Rebellion had hoped , the Galactic Civil War was not yet over . Prelude . In 4 ABY , during the later stages of the Galactic Civil War , the Alliance to Restore the Republic launched a massive attack against its wartime enemy , the Galactic Empire , over the forest moon of Endor . Their objective was to destroy the Death Star II , an Imperial battle station capable of destroying entire worlds , and kill the Emperor . The Alliance Fleet assaulted the Death Star and the Imperial fleet over Endor while General Han Solo of the Rebellion led a team known as the Pathfinders onto the surface of Endor to destroy the generator powering the Death Star ' s shields . The strike team was assisted by the planet ' s native species , the primitive Ewok s , along with whom they were able to overwhelm the Imperial troop s on the moon and destroy the generator . The battle in orbit led to the death of the Emperor and his chief enforcer , Darth Vader , as well as the battle station ' s destruction . The battle ' s end saw the retreat of most Imperial forces from Endor , however one outpost remained on the far side of the moon from where the Rebels were located . The Rebels themselves regrouped on the surface in order to celebrate in Bright Tree Village , the home of the Ewoks who helped them defeat the Empire . Many Rebels celebrated their victory , including Rebel pilot Shara Bey and her husband , Pathfinder Kes Dameron . The assault . The morning after the Battle of Endor , Solo reassembled the Pathfinders and told them that , while the Empire was in complete chaos after their loss , the Rebels had discovered an Imperial outpost on the far side of the moon . Knowing that the Imperial holdouts were looking for an opportunity to counterattack against the Rebel Alliance , and not wanting to leave Imperials on the moon for the Ewoks to contend with alone , Solo and Alliance General Crix Madine determined that the Pathfinders would attack the outpost . Solo outlined the plan for the Pathfinders , which was to hit the base as hard as they could with limited air cover , and Bey volunteered to be the pilot that provided air support . Bey piloted the Rebel soldiers and the Ewok warriors who accompanied them to the base , bringing the transport in hot in order to mask their approach . Once the ship was above the base , the Rebels opened fire on the company of Imperial troops on the ground , including stormtrooper s and an All Terrain Scout Transport . The Imperial troops were quickly overwhelmed , and the Pathfinders disembarked from the transport in order to fight the Imperials head - on . They fought their way toward the base while Bey continued firing on the outpost with the ship , taking out its defenses . While Bey kept the ship parked outside , the Pathfinders entered the base and found a great deal of data in the Imperial computer s . They returned to the transport once they were finished analyzing it , bringing with them information about Imperial communications traffic and even plans that the Empire had for after the Battle of Endor . This information led Solo to one conclusion : the war was not yet over . Aftermath . The war continued on for some time after the Rebels left Endor . The Pathfinders engaged in multiple assaults after the battle , including a raid on an Imperial Security Bureau black site at the Wretch of Tayron . This allowed the Rebels to gain critical intelligence needed to combat , the Empire ' s post - Endor operation designed to destroy multiple worlds in retaliation for the Emperor ' s death . Behind the scenes . The assault on the Imperial outpost on Endor was depicted in the 2015 comic book " Shattered Empire , Part I " by Greg Rucka , with art by Marco Checchetto . The comic tells the story of the events immediately following the film as part of the publishing series .