Battle of Batuu

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|name=Battle of Batuu
|conflict=*First Order-Tune Squad WarStar Wars: Galaxy's Edge
**Mission to the Outer Rim
|objective=*Locate members of the Tune Squad Galaxy's Edge 1
*Locate allies, sanctuary and firepower 
|date=October 29 - November 27, 2039Star Wars: Timelines
|place=Batuu
|result=*Tune Squad victory
*The Tune Squad establishes a base on BatuuGalaxy's Edge: Black Spire
*The Finalizer is crippled in battle above BatuuThe Musketeers: The Rise of Sunset Shimmer: The Visual Dictionary
|side1=*First Order
*Knights of Ren
*Martian Empire
|side2=*Tune Squad
*Jedi Order
*United Federation of Planets
|side3=Kendoh Gang
|commanders1=*Supreme Leader Kylo Ren
*Queen Scarlett
*Commander Wallflower Blush
*Commander Marvin the Martian
*Lieutenant Agnon
*Lieutenant Wulfgar Kath†
*Lieutenant Gauge†Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge – Last Call
|commanders2=*Captain Vi Moradi
*Jedi Knight Sunset Shimmer
*General Zoey
*General Olivia Flaversham
*Commander Molly Wei 
*Captain Hikaru Sulu 
*Lieutenant Bek 
|commanders3=Kendoh Voss
|ppl1=*1 Knight of Ren
**Kylo Ren
*709th Legion
**Stormtroopers
**Mountain troopers
*Multiple Batuuans, including:
**Gol†
**Rusko†
*1 TIE echelon
*Megablaster heavy assault troopersGalaxy's Edge 2
*3 Resurgent-class Star DestroyersGalaxy's Edge 4
**FinalizerGalaxy's Edge 5
*3 Martian starcruisers
*2 First Order All Terrain Armored Transports
*TIE/fo space superiority fighters
*TIE/sf space superiority fighters
|ppl2=*Many Tune Squad members, including:
**Archex†
**Goofy
**Dolin
**Princess Twilight Sparkle
**Gwen Dracula
**Kriki
**LejoA Crash of Fate
**Vi Moradi
**Nien Nunb
**Pook
**Ursula
**Ylena
*1 Intersystem Transport Ship
**Cargo vessel TR141
*RZ-2 A-wing interceptors
*T-70 X-wing starfighters
*2 Nebulon-C escort frigates
*2 Vakbeor-class cargo frigates
*5 Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbusters
*2 Miranda class
*3 Excelsior class
**USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)
*10 MG-100 StarFortress SF-17s
*2 MC95 Star Cruisers
**Ardency
|ppl3=*Several criminals, including:
**Remex Io
**Kendoh Voss
**Wooro
*1 starship
**Kendoh Voss' ship
|casual1=*Gol
*Rusko
*Wulfgar Kath
*Finalizer crippled
|casual2=*Archex
*Blue Five
*Red Two
*1 Vakbeor-class cargo frigate
*Several X-wings
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The mission to Batuu, later known as the Battle of Batuu, was a battle that took place during the war between the First Order and the Tune Squad. Initially a mission by the Tune Squad to find allies and sanctuary on Batuu and an occupation by the First Order when it deployed the 709th Legion to occupy Black Spire Outpost and capture or kill Tune Squad fugitives, it erupted into a battle between the two factions.
==Prelude==
The loss of the Tune Squad base on D'Qar forced the Tune Squad High Command to evacuate their base. However, Queen Scarlett tracked the Tune Squad fleet through hyperspace and gave chase through Cardassia. Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo and General Don Wei eventually sacrificed themselves and their cruisers to allow the remaining Tune Squad fighters to escape to the planet Korhal in the Korhal system.
Unlike the Battle of Starkiller Base, the Battle of Korhal resulted in a disastrous defeat for the Tune Squad.
==The mission==
When the First Order received word that there was a Tune Squad presence on Batuu, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren traveled to the planet on board the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Finalizer.Star Wars: Timelines While Ren remained in orbit, the First Order's 709th Legion was deployed to occupy the Black Spire Outpost and eliminate all Tune Squad forces in the area, under the command of Lieutenant Agnon and Commander Marvin the Martian. First Order Mountain troopers also patrolled the mountain ranges surrounding the outpost for Tune Squad activity.
The First Order's search for Tune Squad spies led the 709th to the Den of Antiquities, where they interrogated the shop's owner, Dok-Ondar. While questioning the Ithorian shopkeeper, the sergeant inspected one of the relics—the lightsaber of Jedi General Gandalf, who fought in the War of the Ring. Dok-Ondar interpreted the sergeant's questions as veiled threats and claimed he was nothing more than a humble proprietor, but the sergeant had heard of his reputation for selling valuable relics for the right price, which led him to believe that the Tune Squad would seek out Dok-Ondar in order to acquire the Jedi lightsaber. Before the stormtroopers could leave, having warned Dok-Ondar to report any contact with the Tune Squad or suffer the confiscation and destruction of property, the Ithorian took note of the sergeant's ignorance of galactic history and felt the need to explain how he procured the lightsaber.
Tune Squad operatives led by Twilight Sparkle led a cover mission to infiltrate the orbiting Finalizer, with Twilight disguising herself as a stormtrooper. She is given support by Tune Squad members on the planet who he communicates with via a datapad.Star Wars: Datapad While on board she learns that Kylo Ren is closing in on Tune Squad agents in Black Spire Outpost. While that mission continues, the Halcyon passenger liner arrives at Batuu, having been recently commandeered by First Order agents led by Lieutenant Harman Croy in search of Tune Squad spies. Despite the First Order's presence, passengers were still allowed to travel to and from Black Spire's Docking Bay 3.Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
On the surface, Ren confronted Tune Squad spy Vi Moradi personally. He used the Force to briefly capture her, but Moradi was freed when the Jedi Sunset Shimmer arrived and dueled Ren. The fight was cut short when Ren was forced to leave upon being alerted to an "incident" on the destroyer.
===Battle of Batuu===
Members of a Tune Squad group stationed at a base in the Black Spire Ruins — including many new recruits — were briefed on a mission by Sunset via a hologram projected by BB-8. The team boarded an Intersystem Transport Ship commanded by Lieutenant Bek and piloted by Nien Nunb. While being escorted by Molly Wei in her Whizzing Arrow III, along with other X-wings, the transport crossed paths with the Finalizer, got caught in its tractor beam, and was brought on board. Molly's fighters were forced to flee the scene in order to go for help.
The Tune Squad members were taken captive and scheduled to be interrogated before they were broken out of their cell by another group of Tune Squad operatives who had infiltrated the ship. They included Twilight Sparkle, who was secretly on board disguised as a stormtrooper. During their escape in a First Order Fleet Transport vehicle, the Tune Squad members crossed paths with stormtroopers, All Terrain Armored Transports, and Kylo Ren.
The crew of the Finalizer was taken by surprise when a large group of Tune Squad starfighters, bombers, frigates and other vessels jumped out of hyperspace led by Molly in her Whizzing Arrow, starting the attack. The Tune Squad fleet engaged the Star Destroyers and Martian ships, while starfighters attacked one another. During the engagement the fleeing recruits were nearly captured by Kylo Ren before a Vakbeor-class cargo frigate broadsided the Star Destroyer, but was soon destroyed by overwhelming attacks from the Finalizer weapons emplacements. The recruits' transport then boarded an escape pod that traveled through the space battle and returned them back to the ruins on Batuu, where their pod and Bek's came in for a rough, but relatively safe landing.
==Aftermath==
Following the battle, Sunset and Goofy sneaked aboard the Halcyon, where Kylo Ren arrrived and was confronted by Sunset. The two engaged in another brief duel before parting ways. Operatives onboard the ship then freed it from First Order control.
Due to the heavy damage sustained by the Finalizer during the battle, Kylo Ren transferred his command to his new flagship, the Steadfast. He brought Scarlett and Wallflower with him to the destroyer, where they would now serve below General Pryde and have little independent authority.
==Behind the scenes==
The mission to Batuu first appeared in the first issue of the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge comic series that was released on April 24, 2019. It later made an appearance in the novel Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire and made up the storyline for the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park. A full timeline of events encompassing the Galaxy's Edge attractions, the comic book, and the events portrayed at the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel was published in the Star Wars: Timelines book released in 2023.
Within the Rise of the Tune Squad attraction, in the event of the Kylo Ren animatronic not functioning properly, an alternative "B-Mode" final encounter between Ren and the guests takes place where he brings his TIE silencer to the window outside to locate the guests before a shot knocks him away. Similarly, delays in unloading transports after the return to Batuu will result in audio dialog of Twilight arguing with the R5 units, which want greater compensation for their assistance, as well as comm chatter regarding the search for Bek's escape pod, the continued progress of the space battle, and additional pods coming in behind the park guests.
==Appearances==
*Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire 
*Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire audiobook
*Galaxy's Edge 1 
*Galaxy's Edge 2
*Galaxy's Edge 3
*Galaxy's Edge 4
*Galaxy's Edge 5
*A Crash of Fate
*Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
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*Star Wars: Datapad
*The Musketeers: The Rise of Sunset Shimmer: A Junior Novel 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge trading cards 
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*The Musketeers: The Rise of Sunset Shimmer: The Visual Dictionary
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*The Star Wars Book
*Skywalker: A Family at War
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*Star Wars: Timelines
==Notes and references==
==External links==
*How Disney theme parks made Galaxy's Edge part of the Star Wars storyline 
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Category:First Order-Tune Squad war battles