Battle of Boz Pity ( Galactic Civil War ) The Battle of Boz Pity took place around 0 . 5 ABY on the planet Boz Pity during the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance . The battle occurred when the Empire discovered the Alliance ' s new main base on Boz Pity , through a tracking device the bounty hunter Boba Fett had planted in an R5 droid captured by the Alliance . With this information , the Empire launched a full - scale assault on the Boz Pity base , sending a large fleet to destroy the Alliance forces stationed there . Once the Imperial fleet emerged from hyperspace over Boz Pity , it landed several ground troops and walkers to assault the base . The Alliance ' s new elite fighting force , Renegade Squadron — led by the Commanders Han Solo and Col Serra — defended the base ' s main gate from the invading Imperial stormtroopers , while the rest of the Rebels stationed on Boz Pity were able to evacuate . Although the Renegades were able to destroy an All Terrain Armored Transport walker and several All Terrain Scout Transport walkers using particle cannon turret s and explosives , the advancing Imperial forces eventually overpowered Renegade Squadron , forcing Solo to order the squadron to fall back to the rear of the base . There , the Rebels held out against the Empire ' s superior numbers until they were able to evacuate Boz Pity via LAAT / i gunships . Prelude . Around 0 . 5 ABY — during the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic — the Alliance secretly set up a new main base on the planet Boz Pity in the Mid Rim , shortly after being forced to evacuate its previous base on Yavin 4 . Later that year , Renegade Squadron — the Alliance ' s new elite fighting force composed of spacers and pirates , formed and led by former smugglers , Commanders Han Solo and Col Serra — was able to free a number of Rebel prisoners being held by the Hutt Cartel on Tatooine . While the Renegades escaped Tatooine to the Alliance base on Boz Pity with their liberated comrades , the squadron also brought back an R5 - series droid it had captured . However , unbeknownst to Renegade Squadron , the bounty hunter Boba Fett , out to collect the Empire ' s bounty for information on the Rebel Alliance , had installed a homing beacon into the droid . With this information , the Empire launched a full scale invasion of the Rebels ' base . A few hours after Renegade Squadron arrived at Boz Pity , an Imperial fleet dropped out of hyperspace over the planet . The battle . With their base compromised , Alliance Admiral Gial Ackbar quickly ordered an evacuation of Boz Pity , with some Rebels using their tamed carrion spat pack animals as transports to easily traverse the base . However , the Imperials soon landed ground forces on the planet , hoping to halt the Alliance ' s escape . As the Imperial ground troops , speeder bikes , and walkers approached the Rebel base , Renegade Squadron was tasked with holding off the Imperial Army while the rest of the Alliance ' s personnel made it off the planet . Serra , realizing that the Renegades would not likely survive the battle , planned to slow the Empire ' s advance by any means necessary . Serra ordered his squadron to capture and hold the base ' s main gate , the only entrance into the base . With the gate secure , the Renegades were able to repel the first wave of Imperials , destroying an All Terrain Scout Transport walker and killing several Imperial stormtroopers . However , as the second wave of Imperials approached — which included many more stormtroopers and an All Terrain Armored Transport — Serra realized that the Rebels were not strong enough to defend the main gate and ordered Renegade Squadron to fall back deeper into the base . Solo placed a container of thermal explosives at the side of the gate house and told one of his men to place a detpack next to the container . As the Empire ' s AT - AT arrived at the main gate , the Rebels triggered the detpack and the thermal explosives . The resulting explosion blew out the AT - AT ' s forward two legs , causing the walker to crash down . With the walker destroyed , the Imperials were forced to fall back and regroup . The temporary Imperial retreat bought the Renegades some time , and Solo ordered his squadron to set up a pair of particle cannon turret s and several laser cannons as the Imperials launched their third attack wave , with two AT - STs in front of the assault . As the Imperials moved deeper into the Rebel base , however , they experienced heavy fire from Renegade Squadron ' s turrets and suffered several casualties , including the AT - STs . Though Renegade Squadron had destroyed the first few attack waves , more and more Imperial stormtroopers flooded into the base . During the resulting firefight , Ackbar was shot by an Imperial sniper and injured . Hearing the news , Solo ordered a member of Renegade Squadron to bring a bacta container to the injured admiral . After being partially healed , Ackbar was able to make his way to the evacuation zone . It soon became obvious to the Rebels that the Boz Pity base was lost , as the Imperials were now deploying more AT - ST walkers and pushing back the Renegades . The Empire managed to capture the Rebels ' particle turrets and laser cannons , using them against the retreating Alliance troops . Solo ordered Renegade Squadron to the evacuation zone , an ancient sacrificial circle at rear of the base , and to defend the area as he prepared several LAAT / i gunships for launch . Using T4 - B heavy tank s for support , the Renegades held off the enemy advance for a few minutes . Finally , Solo was able to get the gunships ready for liftoff , and Renegade Squadron escaped Boz Pity and the Imperial fleet . Aftermath . Although the Alliance lost Boz Pity to the Empire , Renegade Squadron and most of the Alliance ' s personnel there successfully made it off the planet and evaded the Empire . Soon after the battle , Rebel Commander Luke Skywalker discovered the remote ice planet of Hoth , which would serve as the Rebels ' new main base until 3 ABY . Renegade Squadron would continue to serve the Alliance , making several hit - and - run attacks against the Empire over the next few years . Years later , after the defeat of the Empire and the formation of the New Republic , Jedi Knight Tionne Solusar of the New Jedi Order tracked down Col Serra — who by then had retired from military service — to ask him about Renegade Squadron for her archives . Serra told Solusar about many of their battles and missions , including the Renegades ' defense of Boz Pity . Behind the scenes . The battle ' s first appearance to date is in the video game " " — released October 9 , 2007 — which tells the history and feats of Renegade Squadron . The battle itself makes up the game ' s sixth campaign level , in which the player , a member of Renegade Squadron , assists in the defense of the Boz Pity base . In the level , the player must help defend the main gate , destroy the AT - AT walker , heal Ackbar , and protect the evacuation zone as the Rebels retreat . The video game mistakenly states that Boz Pity is in the Outer Rim Territories , when in fact the planet is in the Mid Rim , according to the . Part 9 of " The Official Star Wars Fact File " second edition was the first to give the battle a canon name .