Rescue of Princess Leia

The Rescue of Princess Leia was a mission to rescue Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan and her handmaiden and best friend Katooni during the Galactic Civil War. The rescue followed a mission over Tatooine, after which the Millennium Falcon made it's way to Alderaan so Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padawans Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade, and R2-D2 could deliver the stolen Death Star plans to Leia’s father Viceroy Bail Organa to save the Alliance to Restore the Republic. En route to Alderaan however, the Galactic Empire destroyed the planet. The Millennium Falcon was captured by the Death Star while in the remains of Alderaan, leading the ship's crew, Captain Han Solo and Chewbacca, to hide the ship's passengers. 
In order to escape, Skywalker and Solo posed as stormtroopers, allowing the group to make their way to a hiding place within the Death Star. After Kenobi left the group to shut down the station's tractor beam, R2-D2 discovered that Princess Leia, who had provided the astromech droid with the Death Star plans, and Katooni were onboard the station, being held within Detention Block AA-23 and scheduled for termination. The group decided to rescue the Princess and former Jedi Initiate and made their way to the detention center, with Chewbacca and Jade in binders as their prisoners. They rescued Organa and Katooni, but were subsequently protected by the clearly capable Princess and her closest companion and fought their way throughout the station and back to the Millennium Falcon while Kenobi successfully disabled the tractor beam. 
Kenobi soon came face to face with Darth Vader, who had been his first apprentice and Luke's father Anakin Skywalker, before falling to the Dark Side of the Force and becoming a Sith Lord. The two faced off in one final lightsaber duel which was also their first encounter since their duel on Mustafar nineteen years prior. Kenobi sacrificed himself to give Skywalker and the others a chance to escape and achieved immortality after his death. The Millennium Falcon was able to flee the station and was pursued by a group of TIE/In space superiority starfighters, which the crew managed to destroy. The Empire was tracking the Falcon however, and followed it to Yavin 4, leading to the Battle of Yavin and the destruction of the Death Star.
== Appearances ==
* Galactic Civil War (first appearance)
Category:Events
Category:Imperial Era
Category:Galactic Civil War