Mission to Dantooine The Rebel Alliance ' s Red Squadron conducted a mission to Dantooine . The squadron skirmished with the Galactic Empire over a defecting officer named Tycho Celchu , who had secretly contacted the Rebel Alliance regarding his planned defection , though this was quickly discovered by his superiors and he was arrested at his extraction site . Prelude . After the Galactic Empire obliterated his home planet of Alderaan , in 0 BBY , TIE pilot Tycho Celchu became disillusioned with his career and decided to jump ship . A few months later , he contacted the Rebel Alliance and agreed to meet on Dantooine to defect . The mission . The rescue mission . The Rebels sent Red Squadron , led by Commander Luke Skywalker , to Dantooine to meet up with Tycho Celchu and extract him . Six starfighters — three T - 65B X - wing starfighters and three BTL Y - wing starfighter s , went on the mission . Upon exit from hyperspace at Dantooine , Sarkli alerted the squadron that a large concentration of Imperial forces was in the area . Tycho Celchu then contacted Red Squadron , desperately telling them to abort the mission , as his defection had been discovered by the Imperials . His TIE interceptor was shot down by the time he attempted to warn them . Skywalker told his squadron they needed to get him out of there . Thus , Red Squadron revised its extraction mission into a rescue mission . The strike team landed on the planet , with Skywalker and Sarkli proceeding on foot and ambushing two scout troopers nearby . Sarkli took them out by causing a rockslide with his blaster , and squadron leader Luke Skywalker congratulated Sarkli before going off on his own on a 74 - Z speeder bike . Sarkli wanted to come with him , but Skywalker convinced him to guard the landing zone with the rest of the team while updating Skywalker via comlink . When he reached the destination , stormtroopers and storm commando s — threatening that any secrets that Celchu managed to uncover while spying for the Rebels would die with him — had already loaded Celchu onto an APC destined for one of the landed Imperial transport s . Skywalker dismounted and ran towards an E - web emplacement . Skywalker took control of several more E - webs as the APC moved out of their fields of fire . Heavy blaster fire from the cannons disabled the vehicle and allowed Celchu to escape . The escape . Celchu grabbed another speeder bike , and the two pilots raced toward the other side of the canyon , with Celchu guiding the way . TIE / sa bombers bombarded the route , killing several strike team members , and Sarkli reported that they were under attack . Upon reaching a fork in the path just as the bombardment was starting , Skywalker took the left fork in order to retrieve some advanced lasers / blasters . Skywalker and Celchu had to avoid more Imperials and the bombers , jumping their bikes over a chasm . During their escape , Sarkli contacted them , telling them that they were under attack and to hurry out of there . When they arrived at the encampment , they discovered the only survivor was Sarkli . The pilots left the planet in the three remaining X - wings and returned to the Rebellion . When Skywalker asked who was trying to arrest Celchu , Celchu explained that they were storm commandos , elite soldiers tasked with acquiring weapons for the Empire , and reported that he had information regarding a plan to capture scientists . Aftermath . Celchu supplied the Alliance with intelligence that several scientists on the planet Ralltiir wished to defect to the Alliance , but had been discovered . They were trapped in the main city , protected by only a force field . Celchu requested that the squadron help extract them before the Imperials got to them . Luke commented that he knew of a pilot who could rescue the researchers in time after deciding that they should alert the Alliance to send a rescue team to Ralltiir . In that same battle , another defection occurred : Rebel lieutenant Sarkli defected to the Empire . Darth Vader reported to Emperor Palpatine about Celchu ' s defection , but Palpatine believed that whatever information he gave to the Rebel Alliance about their plan to capture scientists on Ralltiir was of no consequence , as they already blockaded the planet . Celchu later became a successful member of the Rebel Alliance , flying for the successor to Red Squadron , Rogue Squadron . Behind the scenes . This article is based on a mission in the 2003 video game " " . The mission illustrates how Tycho Celchu became a member of the Rebel Alliance , albeit in a more dramatic fashion than had previously been alluded to . Chris Kroffer designed the level . His design kept new players to the series in mind , and he chose to make speeder bikes significant in the mission because they were the fastest ground - based craft , and likewise were popular with players .