Bombing of Gepparin The Bombing of Gepparin was a four - way conflict between the forces of the Galactic Empire , the BloodScar pirates , Emperor ' s Hand Mara Jade , and the combination of members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the Hand of Judgment in 0 . 5 ABY taking place on Gepparin . Background . During her investigations about the BloodScar pirates , Emperor ' s Hand Mara Jade infiltred the pirate ship " Cavalcade " and eliminated its crew , excepting the pilot Tannis , during an attack on the freighter " Happer ' s Way " . She then called the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Reprisal " to help fix the ship , putting Captain Ozzel and ISB Colonel Somoril on edge , thinking that it was a trap to catch them after having an ISB major killed and a group of stormtroopers deserting . Mara planned to use the " Happer ' s Way " in order to infiltrate the BloodScar base on the planet Gepparin with Tannis and a couple of troopers provided by the " Reprisal " . Brock and Gilling were in fact two ISB agents assigned by Somoril to watch for the Emperor ' s Hand . Ozzel and Somoril intended to follow Jade and attack the pirate base with the Star Destroyer , conveniently killing Mara herself and covering the tracks of the offenses she didn ' t even realize they have committed . In the Purnham system , the " Millennium Falcon " and Hand of Judgment ' s " Melnor Spear " worked together to intercept a BloodScar ship . They used info from the interrogation of the prisoners to determine the BloodScars base location . The Hand of Judgment stormtroopers thinking that Luke Skywalker , given his lightsaber , might be the mysterious Emperor ‘ s Hand , the joined force continues on its way to Gepparin to hunt down the pirate base . The battle . Mara arrives at Gepparin with Tannis and her two ISB agents . Under the cover of having taken over Happer ‘ s Way for a group of pirates that wanted to link up with the BloodScars , she met the BloodScar leader , the Commodore , and his second , Caaldra . Mara was later betayed the ISB agents , who revealed that they were trying to kill her to silence her knowledge of the defecting stormtroopers from the " Reprisal " , and forced to kill them . She then faced off with the Commodore ‘ s men , with Tannis assisting her . Caaldra then tried to kill them both with a fire trap and Tannis was severely injured . The Commodore was escaping Mara when the entire base came under attack from the " Reprisal . " Moments later , the " Melnor Spear " with the damaged " Millennium Falcon " attached arrived at Gepparin . The Hand of Judgment freaked out , thinking that they have been discovered by the " Reprisal " . Using the " Falcon " to set up an escape with only Chewbacca aboard , they split up and evaded the tractor beam capture . When the " Millennium Falcon " leaped for the Alderaan system , the Star Destroyer followed it , leaving TIE fighters to finish up at the base . At the base , Mara found the Commodore dead in a control room , but discovered that he was trying to contact his patron on Shelkonwa , whom Mara believed to be Imperial Governor Choard . When the TIE fighter attacked her , she was forced to destroy them , using the laser turrets of the base . Mara and Tannis tred to use the " Happer ‘ s Way " to leave the planet , but Caaldra who had survived the attack stole it and escaped . Tannis eventually died in Mara ' s arms . Aftermath . Mara Jade found a Z - 10 Seeker in the base and headed for Shelkonwa , briefly stopping along the way to leave Tannis ' body in space as he had wished . When the Rebels and the stormtroopers arrived as the base , they discovered the same information about the contact with Shelkonwa , so they decided to go there together , especially since Luke had sensed Princess Leia was in danger there .