Battle of Tralus ( Second Galactic Civil War ) The Battle of Tralus was the opening battle of the Second Galactic Civil War . Formulated by Admiral Vara Karathas , head of the Corellian Defense Force , and Wedge Antilles under the name Operation Noble Savage , the raid was designed to destroy the Galactic Alliance ' s beachhead in the Corellian system while maintaining a minimal loss of lives . Prelude . With the failure of Operation Roundabout as a sufficient show of force in the Corellian system , Admiral Matric Klauskin chose to attack and occupy the Corellian world of Tralus to save face . This action occurred , however , under secret manipulations by the Sith , and amounted to a disproportionate response on the part of the Galactic Alliance . The incident served to enrage the citizens of Corellia and push the crisis towards an all - out war . With the assassination of Five World Prime Minister Aidel Saxan aboard Toryaz Station , diplomatic attempts to end the occupation of Tralus were halted . It then fell to Admirals Karathas and Antilles to dislodge the Galactic Alliance presence on Tralus . Conventional fighting on Tralus would have caused excessive civilian casualties , so Karathas ' original plan was to turn what would have been a public opinion disaster into an asset . Teams of commandos would be sent into Rellidir to disable the deflector shield surrounding the Navos Center for the Performing Arts , the GA ' s command post , although success on their part was not considered necessary for the plan . Then , YT - 5100 Shriek bomber s would assault the shielded region and , by extension , the command post . They would be closely followed by Galactic Alliance starfighters . These starfighters would actually be units of the Corellian Defense Force , serving to reinforce the bombers and blame the civilian deaths on the Galactic Alliance . Fortunately , Antilles devised a far less wanton battle plan which was eventually put forward . The battle ensues . " Panther Flight " — Wedge Antilles and a disguised Han Solo — streaked into Tralus ' s atmosphere , down a Rellidir street and blowing a hole into the underground hangar of the Terkury Housing Complex , a building encased within the shield . Blasting their way out of the hangar and into the shield , the two pilots were pursued by elements of the Second Fleet , under the command of Duros Admiral Tarla Limpan . The fighters in pursuit included Wedge ' s daughter , Syal Antilles , piloting one of the GA ' s new " Aleph " - class starfighters on an initial deployment . Meanwhile , a concerned Leia Organa Solo watched from the " Galactic " - class battle carrier " Dodonna " . Concerned for her husband and allies ' lives , she secretly communicated with Han via a secreted datapad affixed to his controls to ensure his survival . Ironically , her own daughter , Jaina Solo , had assumed command of Hardpoint Squadron , and was docked at the Rellidir beachhead . After a pitched battle where Syal Antilles nearly managed to shoot Han down , the two Shriek - bomber pilots successfully dropped a payload of spotter droid s , usually used for weapons training . The droids ' low - powered training lasers successfully opened a hole in the shields . Missiles launched from the orbiting Corellian fleet — of the order of hundreds — streaked over the land towards the Rellidir facility . The facility was almost completely destroyed , despite the best efforts of modern Alliance starfighters . The Alliance forces were hastily withdrawn as citizens of Tralus streamed out of their homes and started joining their countrymen in attacking Alliance forces with their own civilian blasters .