Raid at Coronet The Raid at Coronet took place two weeks after the Battle of Endor . Background . The Imperial forces under the command of General Weir that were stationed in the Corellian system found out that Emperor Palpatine had died at Endor . Weir decided that they had to attack the capital city of Corellia to show the populace that the Empire was still in control . By chance , Rogue Squadron now under the command of Commander Luke Skywalker , were stationed in Coronet City on a scouting mission . When the Imperials hit , the city was taken by complete surprise . The battle . The first wave of attack was two Storm commando s with missile launchers destroyed a cantina that the Rogues ' were eating at , almost killing Luke and Wedge Antilles . Skywalker drew his lightsaber and quickly dispatched the two commandos . As soon as Luke killed the first wave of commandos , the second wave of Imperials hit . This wave was much larger , with at least three AT - STs and dozens of scout and stormtroopers . Weir was commanding his forces from behind , directing them were to hit next . Many citizens were killed by the Imperials as they assaulted the city . Rogue Squadron took cover in the ruins of the former cantina , fighting off the Imperial advance . During the battle , Ten Numb found one of the missile launchers the Storm Commandos dropped earlier and shot an advancing AT - ST , killing the occupants and sending the vehicle toppling over . Luke Skywalker was able to catch the Imperial war - machine using the Force before it fell on a group of civilians . Tycho Celchu and Ten were able to get the people out of the way , just as Luke lost his grip on the AT - ST . At the rear of the Imperial line , one of Weir ' s officers spotted the Rebels and their Jedi leader and told the General about them . Weir concluded that the Rebel with the lightsaber must be Skywalker , so he ordered the remainder of his forces to kill the Jedi and his allies . The Imperials attacked the Rebel line en masse , pushing Rogue Squadron back . Wedge saw the officer leading the assault and captured him , pinning him down on the floor and pointing a blaster to his head . Weir saw that he had lost a large number of troops and decided that they had proved their point ; the Empire was still in control . Weir and his men fled , leaving a large part of Coronet in ruin . Ten saw the Imperial retreat and commandeered a speeder bike from a dead scout trooper and followed them . Meanwhile , Wedge and Luke interrogated the captured officer to discover why the Imperials attacked Coronet . Ten followed Weir back to the Imperial landing site , about a kilometer west of the city . As he watched the Imperials load up , Weir sneaked up on him . The General knocked him unconscious with the butt of his blaster rifle . Aftermath . As this was going on , Luke , Wes Janson , and Wedge were following Ten ' s homing beacon to the landing site , but didn ' t get there fast enough . The Imperials launched with their new prisoner , Ten . Luke ordered the Rogues to get into their starfighters and to follow Weir back to his hideout . Rogue Squadron would go on to follow the Imperials back to the planet Tralus , were Weir had his hideout .