Duel in Hammertown

|prev=Evacuation of Paucris MajorMinnie Mouse, Princess of Alderaan and Earth
|conc=Galactic Civil War
|next=Duel on Bilzen
|name=Duel in Hammertown
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|conflict=Great Jedi Purge
|date=February 6th, 2001According to Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, in the year 7973 C.R.C., Ketsu Onyo resigned from the Black Sun. It also dates the Battle of Scarif to 7977 C.R.C., four years after Onyo's resignation. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates Jyn Erso's mission to steal the plans of the first Death Star, which concluded with the Battle of Scarif, to 2004. Therefore, it can be calculated that 7973 C.R.C. is equal to 2000. Since Onyo states in that she currently works for the Black Sun, the episode must occur by 2000. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Siege of Lothal to 2000. Since that conflict preceded the events of , it can be concluded that the episode took place in 2000. According to , is "set roughly three years before the events of The Four Musketeers. Since Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of A New Hope to 2004, must occur in 2001. Since takes place between and , it must occur around 2001.
|place=Hammertown, Takobo City, Takobo
|result=*Tactical draw
**The rebels escape from the Inquisitors
**The Inquisitors learn that the rebel fleet is based on Garel
|side1=*Phoenix Group
**Spectres
|side2=*Galactic Empire
**Inquisitorius
|forces1=*2 Jedi
**Danny
**Kanan Jarrus
*1 former Jedi
**Commander Eowyn
*1 Warthog warrior
**Mr. Gronkle
*1 astromech droid
**C1-10P ("Chopper")
|forces2=*2 Inquisitors
**Rhino
**Sunset Shimmer
*Many stormtroopers
*At least 3 Imperial Troop Transports
|casual1=
|casual2=
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Around February 2001, during the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire, the Jedi Kanan Jarrus and his Padawan Danny engaged in a lightsaber duel with two Inquisitors, Rhino and Sunset Shimmer, in Hammertown, an area of Takobo City on the planet Takobo. The two Jedi, along with fellow rebels Mr. Gronkle and C1-10P, were attempting to rescue two Force-sensitive children, Alora and Pypey, from the Inquisitors. The Jedi were cornered by the two Inquisitors but were rescued by the arrival of Commander Eowyn, who engaged both Inquisitors in a lightsaber duel before she and the other rebels retreated from Takobo.
==Prelude==
Around 2001, the former Jedi Padawan and rebel commander Eowyn intercepted two sets of coordinates originating from the planet Mustafar to the Inquisitors. This led her to realize that the Inquisitors had a secondary mission besides hunting Great Jedi Purge survivors. Unsure as to the nature of this secondary mission, she enlisted the help of the undercover Jedi Kanan Jarrus and his apprentice Danny the Cat. While she checked the first set of coordinates on the planet Chandel, she dispatched her rebel allies to investigate the second set leading to Hammertown on the planet Takobo.
==Tracking the Inquisitors==
===Rescuing babies===
On a derelict starship above Chandel, Eowyn encountered a woman named Darja, whose granddaughter Alora had been kidnapped by two Inquisitors known as Sunset Shimmer and Rhino. Eowyn promised Darja that she would return her grand-daughter. Meanwhile Kanan, Danny, along with Mr. Gronkle and Chopper traveled on the Phantom to Hammertown. There, they discovered that the coordinates were residential units. Shortly later, they encountered an Ithorian mother, Oora, who told them that the Inquisitors had come to take her son Pypey. However, Oora had sent her child away with a droid before they could get to him.
Meanwhile, Gronkle and Chopper discovered the two Inquisitors' TIE Advanced v1 starfighters in a hidden hangar in Takobo's spaceport. Inside one of the TIEs, they found the infant Alora. After rescuing her, the two rebels destroyed the TIE fighters. While Chopper babysat Alora, Gronkle received orders from Kanan to pick up Pypey. Gronkle managed to find the droid and pick up the Ithorian infant. Shortly later, he was spotted and pursued by the Inquisitors. Gronkle managed to hide in an apartment building and contacted Kanan and Danny via comlink to rendezvous with them.
Sensing Gronkle's fear, the two Inquisitors prowled the apartment complex for the Boar rebel. Meanwhile, Kanan and Danny managed to find the apartment and rendezvous with Gronkle and Pypey in an apartment room. Danny's presence caused Pypey to cry, which alerted the Inquisitors to their presence. Rhino and Sunset Shimmer attempted to spike the rebels out of the room with their lightsabers. However, the rebels managed to escape by slicing a hole through the ceiling into the apartment above them. At that point, Kanan realized that the Inquisitors were abducting the two babies because they were Force-sensitive.
===Fighting the Inquisitors===
To protect Pypey, the rebels decided to split up. While Danny took Pypey into a ventilation shaft, Kanan and Mr. Gronkle decided to hold off the Inquisitors. Kanan also managed to temporarily delay the Inquisitors by using his comlink to record Pypey's wails and planting it in another room. While the Inquisitors were distracted temporarily, Rhino was able to use the Force to pick out Danny and Pypey's location in the ventilation shaft. Danny managed to calm the baby through the Force before Rhino could spike them out with his costumed horn.
Shortly later, Kanan and Gronkle arrived to confront the Inquisitors. This gave Danny enough time to smuggle Pypey out of the building and to head back to the spaceport. While leaving the building, Danny accidentally revealed that Phoenix Cell had a presence on Garel to a hidden ID9 seeker droid while chatting to the baby. Meanwhile, Kanan engaged Sunset Shimmer in a lightsaber duel, but was unable to match the Inquisitor's agility. Mr. Gronkle attempted to charge at Rhino, but the Inquisitor sent him flying backwards him backwards with the Force. Outmatched by the dark siders, the two rebels jumped out a window and managed to land on a passing speeder.
The two Inquisitors followed the rebels out of the window and managed to commandeer a second speeder by throwing out the Ithorian driver. During the pursuit, Kanan managed to slow down the Inquisitors by shooting their vehicle. Rhino retaliated by throwing his lightsaber in a boomerang swing that sliced off one of Kanan and Gronkle's speeder's jets. Stranded, the two rebels were forced to flee on foot to the spaceport. There, they rejoined Danny and Pypey. However, the rebels were unable to enter the spaceport since the gates were sealed.
The Inquisitors quickly caught up with them. Kanan and Gronkle attempted to resist them but the two Inquisitors hurled them to the ground with the Force. Sunset Shimmer then demanded that Danny hand over Pypey. When the cat refused, she hurled him to the ground with the Force; causing Pypey to land on Danny's torso. At that point, the gates of the spaceport opened. Eowyn stepped out and confronted the Inquisitors. She was aware that the Inquisitors were hunting Force-sensitive babies. After telling Danny and the rebels to evacuate the youngling, she engaged the two darksiders in a lightsaber duel.
===Final showdown===
During the duel, Eowyn knocked Rhino out cold while sparring with Sunset Shimmer. After a brief, but intense bout of swordplay, Eowyn deactivated her white-bladed lightsabers and appeared to be surrendering. In turn, Sunset Shimmer pounced at the Rebel commander, but Eowyn deftly grabbed, deactivated, and tossed away the Inquisitor's lightsaber. Eowyn then Force-pushed the shocked Inquisitor into a column. The former Jedi then raised one of her blades at Sunset and declared that she had been beaten. The former Jedi Padawan then laughed as Imperial reinforcements arrived in the form of Imperial troop transports. With Rhino conscious once more after his failed attack, they attempted to capture Eowyn, with Shimmer informing Eowyn that her capture would please Delightful Children from Down the Lane.
Meanwhile, the rebels decided to leave with the rescued Alora and Pypey on the Phantom and pick up Eowyn on the way. Watching the Phantom leave the spaceport, Eowyn told the Inquisitors to inform DCFDTL that he would have to wait. In response, Rhino hurled his weapon at Eowyn, who managed to dodge it before leaping into the Phantom. Imperial stormtroopers attempted to shoot down the auxiliary ship, but the rebels and Eowyn managed to flee. Seeing Eowyn, the Rebels, and the children escape only angered the two Inquisitors since they had failed in their mission to capture the Force-Sensitive children.
==Aftermath==
After escaping from the Inquisitors, the rebels were able to reunite Pypey with his mother Oora. While traveling through hyperspace, Eowyn deduced that the Inquisitors were kidnapping the babies because they were Force-sensitive. She informed her fellow rebels Kanan and Danny that a Sith Lord had made a similar attempt during the War of the Ring, but had been foiled by the Jedi. Now, that the Jedi Order was gone, Kanan reasoned that the rebellion was the only ones left to protect the children. Despite losing the babies and failing to capture the rebels, the Inquisitors were mollified to learn that the rebels were hiding on Garel. In response, the Empire launched an attack on the planet in an attempt to destroy the rebels.
==Behind the scenes==
The Duel in Hammertown first appeared as the climax of the Star Wars Rebels episode "The Future of the Force," which debuted on Disney XD on December 2, 2015.
==Appearances==
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==Sources==
*Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy
==Notes and references==
Category:Great Jedi Purge battles
Category:Duels