Star Wars 65 : Golrath Never Forgets Star Wars 65 : Golrath Never Forgets is the sixty - fifth issue in the " Marvel Star Wars " series of comics . Plot summary . Luke Skywalker is placed on trial for the negligent death of Captain Shira Brie . A small judges panel , presided over by Princess Leia , General Rieekan and General Duron Veertag examine the evidence of the past several days and conclude that Skywalker is innocent of all charges . He is reinstated into the fleet at the rank of commander once again . Later , a pilot named Gemmer complains about the photoreceptive imagery from a souvenir piece of rock from the old Golrath base keeping him awake at night . Captain Thorben has Gemmer turn the piece over to the Rebel leaders who quickly examine it . They discover that the natural mineral deposits found on the volcanic world record light images of their surroundings and project them as holograms once the mineral cools . They know that the Imperials have recently taken control of Golrath , and are scared that this geological peculiarity might yield the location of their current base at Arbra . Leia decides to personally lead an expedition to Golrath to eradicate any trace elements that might aid the Galactic Empire in their search for the fleet . Golrath Station is currently presided over by the recently demoted Lieutenant Mils Giel . He soon learns about the bedrock ' s astounding properties when two stormtroopers report seeing images of a Rebel training exercise . Giel immediately sends a communiqué to Darth Vader and orders a squad of TIE fighters to defend the base should the Rebels return . Two flight groups of X - wing and BTL Y - wing starfighter s converge on Golrath . They engage with a squadron of Imperial TIE fighters and a vicious battle takes place . Princess Leia maneuvers her Y - wing through the morass of fighters and dives down into the clouds above Golrath . She flies down towards the old base using a parabelt rocket harness . Leia sneaks into the factory compound and heads directly towards the reactor core . Her intent is to overload the core causing the base to explode . Giel finds her and opens fire , causing Leia to seek cover behind some packing crates . Giel seals off all of the exits and primes the overload switches himself . As valuable a prize as this base may be to the Empire , the chance of killing the leader of the Rebel Alliance is of even greater value – even at the cost of his own life . Leia manages to distract Giel by activating her rocket harness and finds a way to escape from the reactor room . He chases her outside , but is unable to stop her . She radios Lando Calrissian in a Y - wing who meets her at a rendezvous point . Giel is enraged at his failure . Out of spite , he fires off a shot from his blaster at a passing X - wing fighter before boarding his own Imperial troop transport . Giel evacuates the base just before it explodes . As luck would have it , the ship he fired upon belongs to Luke Skywalker and the small blaster shot causes enough damage to Luke ' s engines that he is unable to regroup with the fleet . As the rest of the ships enter hyperspace , Luke is left behind with a fresh squad of TIE fighters bearing down on him . Behind the scenes . The Rebel Alliance abandoned Golrath station in " " . Capt . Shira Brie was allegedly killed by Luke Skywalker in " " . Lt . Mils Giel was demoted in rank in " " . In this issue , the Imperial troop transport pilot is dressed in the uniform of an Imperial gunner . In the Marvel Comics stories , it was common to find various non - commissioned personnel dressed in such a fashion , regardless of job function .