Arrests on Christophsis

In 3 BBY, the Galactic Empire arrested many officials of the government of the Outer Rim planet of Christophsis after discovering that they had backed rebel activity. The Empire also "pacified" the planet by cracking down on the city of Tophen, which they determined was the hotspot of the planet's rebel activity, and orbitally bombarding the capital city of Chaleydonia.
==Prelude==
In 3 BBY, an Imperial medical frigate was stolen by the rebellion, with the assistance of the ship's captain and a squadron of rebel starfighters. The Empire, investigating the theft, discovered that the prime minister of Christophsis, along with many other government officials, including the planet's senators, were backing the Christophsian rebels, who had been involved in the incident.
==The crackdown==
The Empire moved swiftly to "pacify" Christophsis, with part of the operation seeing the arrest of the prime minister, senators, and territorial supervisors. The prime minister was executed for treason, and the senators and territorial supervisors were sent to Imperial work camps. Furthermore, the city of Tophen, which was the prime minister's hometown and would be determined to be the center of the planet's rebel activity, was "pacified," as was the planetary capital of Chaleydonia.Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia The crackdown on Chaleydonia saw three Imperial-class Star Destroyers enter orbit and bombard the city.
==Aftermath==
The Christophsis crackdown was painted as a "pacification" operation by the Empire. Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin gave a speech detailing the Empire's crackdown to the entire Imperial Senate as a warning about what would happen to other worlds that dared to defy the Empire. Historian Beaumont Kin touched on the "pacification" of Christophsis and the effect the Empire intended for it to leave on the galaxy in his book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, in which he disagreed with calling the event a "pacification" due to the ferocity displayed on the Empire's part.
==Appearances==
*Leia, Princess of Alderaan 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
==Notes and references==
Category:Battles of Christophsis
Category:Events in 3 BBY
Category:Events of the Galactic Civil War