Subjugation of Jabiim The planet Jabiim was subjugated during the Galactic Civil War as the climax of a prolonged conflict on Jabiim between the Galactic Empire and the local Jabiimi rebels , taking place in the decades after the Clone Wars ended . Background . Following the Clone Wars , Jabiim was subjugated and used by the Empire as a mining world , with the result of its valuable ore supplies being exhausted . During the Imperial occupation , a Jabiimite rebel group had been opposing the Imperials for about 19 years without support from other rebel groups . They relied on stolen and obsolete Imperial equipment and rapid strikes to combat the Empire and their Jabiimi collaborators . Yet , Galactic Emperor Palpatine was not willing to pull the last of his stormtroopers off the planet . The harder the rebels fought , the tighter the Imperial grip became . Pre - battle . Potential help arrived in the form of the Rebel Alliance , which had hoped to convince the fiercely independent Jabiimi to join their galaxy - wide cause . They dispatched Luke Skywalker and several other Rebels to help the local rebels , though Skywalker didn ' t realize he stepped into his father ' s shadow — or that the name " Skywalker " could earn him a death sentence from his would - be allies . During the Clone Wars , as a Padawan serving the Galactic Republic , Anakin Skywalker had ' betrayed ' the Jabiimi , and the locals did neither forget nor forgive . Upon landing on Jabiim , they were greeted by a furious mob and were taken prisoner by the very people they had been sent to help . Luke tried to find out what exactly his father did many years ago . Meanwhile , the only people from whom they could expect any help — X - wing pilots Wedge Antilles and Derek Klivian — discovered an Imperial fleet approaching Jabiim with orders to kill or enslave its inhabitants . Among the Imperial fleet were " Acclamator " - class assault ships , being known for their use as slave ships . The Rebel Frigate took heavy damage and retreated . This told the two Rebel pilots that the Empire had come to enslave Jabiim . The battle . On - planet , Luke Skywalker and his captors joined forces to repel an Imperial assault force of stormtroopers and immense walker transports like AT - AT and AT - TE walkers . Luke had a hard time focusing his fledgling Jedi abilities , since he was haunted by the fact that his father , Anakin Skywalker , was not a hero to the people of Jabiim , but a traitor . After the disastrous Battle of Jabiim , Anakin had refused to evacuate the Jabiimi loyalists and as a result , the loyalists were subject to a Separatist rule of their homeworld . With superior technology , the Imperials won the battle and crushed the rebellion . However , the Empire also made a deal with a group of wealthy Jabiimi : in exchange for their own freedom , they would give the rest of the planet ' s population to the Imperials as slaves . Removing past mistakes . What would complicate things further was the fact that Darth Vader himself was present in orbit above the planet . Haunted by the memories of his former life , he ordered a full - scale razing of the planet , destroying all life on its surface with the excuse that the Alliance would thus be deprived of a potential ally . In the ensuing chaos , the rebel groups managed to escape and kill their Jabiimi captors , with the Jabiim rebels fleeing towards the nearest mines , now their only means of escaping the planetary bombardment . Days later , the last mine - turned - fortress would fall to an Imperial ground force led by Lieutenant Janek Sunber . All remaining survivors were reportedly led to an awaiting slave - transport .