Culroon III campaign

Shortly before the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY, a campaign occurredStar Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide on Culroon III. The conflict involved the Galactic Empire and the Culroonians, the inhabitants of Culroon III, and occurred as a result of a revolt there. The human male Maximilian Veers participated in the campaign on behalf of the Empire, where he demonstrated his courage, cunning, and leadership and secured victory for the Empire through new tactics he had developed. Veers' actions led to his eventual promotion to the rank of general in the Imperial Army, and he was recognized by the Sith Lord Darth Vader, who requested Veers' assignment to his own Death Squadron. The campaign was acknowledged in Veers' profile in the Galactic Explorer's Guide authored by the pirate Hondo Ohnaka and his protocol droid DK-RA-43 after the Battle of Starkiller Base in 34 ABY.
==Behind the scenes==
The conflict on Culroon III was given an indirect mention in canon in Adam Gidwitz's 2015 children's book So You Want to Be a Jedi?, a retelling of the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. It was referred to as a campaign in Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide, a 2019 reference book by Jason Fry.
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Insurrection on Culroon III involved the Empire and the native Culroon of the planet Culroon III. It appeared in a short story called "The Promotion of Lieutenant Veers," published in The Star Wars Sourcebook by Bill Slavicsek and Curtis Smith in 1987. In the story, Maximilian Veers received a promotion from lieutenant to major after securing an Imperial victory. The event was identified as the insurrection on Culroon III in Veers' StarWars.com databank entry, published by 2001.
==Appearances==
*The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide
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==Notes and references==
Category:Battles of Culroon III
Category:Battles of the Imperial Era
Category:Unidentified campaigns