Maw Imperial Prison The Galactic Empire had a prison installation on a planetoid near the Maw . The detention center was placed under complete secrecy , although rumors relating to its existence persisted . Description . The Imperial prison facility in the Maw contained various facilities within the compound , including the main prison buildings , a weapons storage building , communication relays to nearby Star Destroyers , and several two landing platforms , including one for tankers . Those facilities and more were also connected via a repulsorlift railway system that also held the facility together . The communication relays , placed at the far corner of the facility , consisted of seven towers . An environmental dome was placed in the installation between the weapons storage and the relays . Magma spots were also seen on the surface . It was heavily armed with various turbolaser turrets that acted as guard towers as well as various AT - PT walkers . Guard towers were placed near the prison building as well as the weapons storage facility . Another group was near a landing platform . Other than the turbolaser turrets , the facility also was constantly guarded by TIE Fighters and TIE Interceptors both inside and in the outside perimeter . In addition , a shield was placed in the outer perimeter of the facility , although it needed the generators to be fully functional , as otherwise , if three projectors were disabled , the hole will be large enough for a small fighter squadron to penetrate the field . History . After the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY , with the Rebel Alliance loss at the Battle of Hoth , several Rebel personnel on Hoth , including Karie Neth , had been found on the ice - covered planet and taken prisoner , and sent to the installation . Some time after the battle , Rebel general Carlist Rieekan , suspecting its presence in the Maw , sent Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron to investigate , and disable the shield projectors . Upon arrival in the asteroid field , they ended up discovered by a fleet of Imperial tankers , so they were forced to hold them off while also disabling a number of the shield projectors enough to sufficiently disable the shield and grant them entry . Approaching the prison , they were contacted by Karie Neth requesting their assistance in helping her and several of the prisoners escape from the facility . Neth transferred the target data to them . First , they needed to eliminate the guard towers guarding the prison building so she and a few of the other escaped prisoners could release all of the prisoners inside the building . After that was accomplished , they then requested that Rogue Squadron destroy the guard towers for the weapons storage building so they could raid its weapons stock . Antilles bombed one of the environmental domes and recovered advanced cluster missile technology . Upon accomplishing it , Rogue Squadron was then tasked with destroying the communications relays to prevent the SOS signal from being transferred to the Star Destroyers in the area . Afterwards , they destroyed the guard towers around the rail system to ensure that the repulsorlift train that the prisoners hijacked could make it to the platform . Finally , the prisoners hijacked a " Sentinel " - class shuttle and then entered hyperspace , also detonating explosives that they planted around the rail system , destroying the facility . Behind the scenes . The prison installation appears in the 2001 video game " . " The mission in which it appears is also included in the game ' s sequel , " " , in the co - op version of " Rogue Squadron II . " The base also houses a vehicular upgrade , and this article assumes the player collected it . The prison also serves as a location for a Versus Mode match in " Star Wars : Rogue Squadron III : Rebel Strike " .