Mission to Mos Eisley ( Galactic Civil War ) Around 0 . 5 ABY , the Mandalorian bounty hunter Boba Fett captured a group of Rebel Alliance members that included Admiral Gial Ackbar . Fett delivered Ackbar to the Galactic Empire and sold his remaining crew into slavery to the Hutt Cartel in the city of Mos Eisley on the planet Tatooine . The Alliance responded by assigning its new elite fighting force , Renegade Squadron , created by smugglers - turned - Rebels General Han Solo and Commander Col Serra , on a mission to rescue the prisoners . The local Imperial garrison on Tatooine attempted to stop the Rebels from freeing their comrades , but Renegade Squadron rescued the prisoners . The Rebels initially believed the mission to be a success and a miraculous rescue effort on the part of Renegade Squadron . However , Fett had placed a tracking device in an R5 - series astromech droid that had accompanied Renegade Squadron on the mission , leading the Imperials to the Rebels ' new base on Boz Pity . Years later , following the Empire ' s defeat and the formation of the New Republic , Serra recounted Renegade Squadron ' s Mos Eisley rescue mission to Jedi Knight Tionne Solusar for her archives . Prelude . During the height of the Galactic Civil War around 0 . 5 ABY , the Rebel Alliance sent Mon Calamari Admiral Gial Ackbar to Saleucami on a scouting mission to determine if the planet was fit to host a new Alliance base after the loss of their base on Yavin 4 . However , before he could reach Saleucami , Ackabar ' s transport was attacked by the Mandalorian bounty hunter Boba Fett , who was looking to collect the bounty on captured Rebels put up by the Galactic Empire . Fett disabled Ackbar ' s transport over the planet by firing laser cannons from his ship , the " Slave I " , upon the transport ' s engines , thereby destroying them . The attack killed some of Ackbar ' s crew , and Fett was able to capture the Mon Calamari admiral and his remaining comrades . Soon after , Fett sold Ackbar to the Galactic Empire , and when the Rebels liberated the Admiral in a battle at Kessel , he revealed that the crew had been sold into slavery to the Hutt Cartel in Mos Eisley , a spaceport city located on the planet Tatooine . Alliance High Command dispatched the Rebellion ' s new unit , Renegade Squadron — a group composed of spacers and pirates formed and led by former smugglers General Han Solo and Commander Col Serra — to Tatooine in hopes of rescuing the prisoners . They were unaware that the entire scenario was actually a trap orchestrated by the Empire . The mission . Renegade Squadron arrived at Mos Eisley aboard Solo ' s ship , the " Millennium Falcon " , and immediately deployed on the southern side of the city . The squadron ' s second - in - command , Col Serra , ordered the Renegades to go and capture the local cantina to see if anyone there would reveal information for the price of a few drinks , and to get a stronger foothold in the city . While en route to the cantina , they were ambushed by stormtroopers from the local Imperial garrison . After fighting their way through the stormtroopers , Renegade Squadron arrived at the cantina and fought off the stormtroopers stationed there . Once they had successfully captured the building , the squadron found a Rodian with Rebel sympathies , who agreed to take them to where the prisoners were being held . The Renegades followed the Rodian across the street to a force field protected hangar owned by the Hutts , fending off additional Imperials who were trying to stop the Rodian . The Rodian identified that the hangar was were the prisoners were being held , so Solo dispatched the squadron to find and destroy the three shield generators that powered the force field to the hangar . Although the generators were scattered around the city , Serra quickly discovered the generators ' locations and uploaded the information to the squadron ' s tactical maps . Two generators were located in the city ' s southern slums , and the last was in the bantha pens on the northern side of the city . After eliminating the stormtroopers defending the generators , the Renegades rendered the generators inoperative . With the shield generators disabled , Renegade Squadron was finally able to move inside the hangar . The stormtroopers guarding the prisoners attempted to fend off the Rebels , but after a brief fight , Renegade Squadron was able to defeat them and capture the hangar . The prisoners were locked in a small cell in the hangar , so Solo started use a fusioncutter to free them . The remainder of the Imperial garrison attempted to retake the Hutt hangar to stop Solo from freeing the slaves , but Renegade Squadron was able to hold back the Imperial assault for a few minutes while Solo finished his work . As soon as the prisoners were freed , the Imperials sent in two AT - STs to pin the group in the Hutt hangar . However , the Renegades destroyed the two walkers while the liberated Rebels made their way back to the southern slums where the " Falcon " was waiting for them . When all the prisoners were aboard , General Solo prepped the ship for takeoff while Commander Serra and the rest of the Squadron defended the landing site . Once the ship was ready to go , Solo ordered everyone aboard and took off , leaving Tatooine and the remaining Imperials behind . Aftermath . Although the Alliance considered the mission a success and a miracle rescue , it was later learned that the entire mission was a trap . Boba Fett knew the Rebels would attempt a rescue , so he planted a tracking device on an R5 - series astromech droid that had accompanied the Rebels during the mission . Fett tracked the Rebels to their new base on Boz Pity , and after a few hours , an Imperial fleet exited hyperspace over the planet , beginning an assault on the base . Years later , after the formation of the New Republic , Jedi Knight Tionne Solusar tracked down Col Serra to ask him about Renegade Squadron for her archives . He would tell her about many of their battles and missions , including their mission to Tatooine . Behind the scenes . The mission made its first and only appearance in the video game " " , which recounts the various battles and exploits of Renegade Squadron during the Galactic Civil War . The battle itself makes up the fifth level in the game ' s campaign mode .