Battle for Tatooine The Battle for Tatooine was a successful effort by Saponza ' s Gang of the Alliance to Restore the Republic to drive the Galactic Empire ' s military forces from Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War . Prelude . The conflict between Saponza ' s Gang and the Galactic Empire on Tatooine started with an attack on the " Atom Edge " , a freighter for the Alliance carrying supplies for Saponza ' s Gang . The freighter was destroyed and crashed in two separate sites , one secured by Imperial forces and the other by mercenaries . Saponza and his partner attacked the mercenaries to recover the supplies . The Rebellion retaliated with a bomber attack on an Imperial Listening Post using X - Wings and Y - Wings . Sometime afterwards , an Imperial Patrol attacked Saponza ' s homestead , but were warded off by Saponza ' s Gang . The Rebellion followed up with raids on three different supply posts . Another Imperial Patrol then attacked the Homestead , but to no avail . Jennica Pierce then ordered an attack on an Imperial Operative in order to steal intel . After a successful attack , a final patrol attempted to siege the homestead . Using the Intel , the rebellion destroyed an Imperial Base . They continued to attack the Imperials by freeing a small town , attacking an outpost , and raiding two alloy depots , and destroying another listening station . After these attacks , Jennica thought that they were ready to perform larger scale attacks on the Imperial forces residing on Tatooine . The battle . Alliance High Command then constructed a plan to secure Tatooine . Saponza ' s gang would attack a base on Dandoran , where one of Saponza ' s soldiers would " defect " and feed the Imperials information regarding coming attacks . To get the Imperials to trust the mole , he warned them of an attack on an Imperial Operative on Tatooine , but not early enough for reinforcements to be sent . After the attack on the Operative , the Imperials attacked the homestead . Han Solo helped drive the plan forward . He directed that a number of facilities on Dandoran should be attacked , so the Empire would spread their forces thin throughout the sub - sector . After the attacks on Dandoran , Imperial forces attempted to siege the Homestead . Solo revealed that they were going to trick the Empire into thinking they were going to attack the main base on Dandoran , when really they were going to attack a holding cell containing the rogue senator Johhar Kessen . To convince the Empire that an attack on the main Dandoran base was imminent , the gang attacked a staging area on Dandoran , then an Imperial Operative , and finally an Imperial Starport on Dandoran . The Rebellion was now ready to free Kessen . Solo , Chewbacca , and Leia Organa , along with some Rebel Marksmen and soldier s , infiltrated the Detention Center that housed Kessen and freed him from the Empire . To gain Kessen ' s loyalty , Saponza and his gang had to help Kessen on his hunts . After defeating various big game ( krayt dragon s , rancor s , etc ) , Kessen pledged his loyalty to the Alliance . With Kessen ' s help , many Imperial shipments were " lost in transit " . The Alliance attacked on Fort Sunfire , one of the largest Imperial bases on the planet . This infuriated Captain Kosh , the Imperial officer in charge of operations on Tatooine . He launched two separate attacks on the Homestead , one with the entire 68th Legion , and one with a squadron of mechanized forces , but he could not destroy the Homestead . The final stage of the battle started with an attack on a Starship Depot that housed a number of " Gozanti " - class cruisers that Kosh had stolen from the Empire to use in his black market smuggling operation . They continued with two assaults on contraband smuggling facilities operated by Kosh and his 68th Legion , with the objective of seizing Kosh ' s contraband shipments and appropriating them for Alliance use . Kosh , however , retaliated with an attack on Saponza ' s homestead , deploying a considerable detachment against the fortified homestead . They were defeated by the homestead ' s defenses that had been provided by the Alliance . With Kosh having exhausted his mobile forces , the Alliance again went on the offensive , destroying a reinforcement facility to prevent Kosh from reinforcing Fort Ironhand , the site of the vast majority of the 68th Legion ' s forces and the most significant base on Tatooine aside from Fort Sunfire . The Alliance executed the assault on Fort Ironhand in three stages . The first assault took down the western garrison , with the second on the eastern garrison . The final stage of the assault focused on Fort Ironhand itself , and a group of Jawa s participated in the assault alongside the regular forces . The combined Alliance forces , along with its allies , overpowered Fort Ironhand , ending the Imperial presence on Tatooine . Aftermath . Shortly after the conclusion of the final assault on Fort Ironhand , Organa contacted Saponza ' s gang and congratulated them on their victory , while also asking them to continue fighting the Empire in other locations throughout the galaxy . Behind the scenes . The Battle for Tatooine is the main conflict of Chapter 11 of the Rebel Alliance campaign in " " .