Evacuation of Yavin

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|place=Yavin 4
|result=*Imperial Victory
**Destruction of Rebel base
**Death of Grand General Nitrus Brio
**Most Rebel forces evacuated successfully
|side1=Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=*High General Bilbo Baggins
*Commander Mickey Mouse
*Princess Minnie Mouse
*General Jan Dodonna Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
*Col SerraStar Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
|commanders2=*Delightful Children from Down the Lane
*Grand General Nitrus Brio †
*Admiral Amise Griff †
*General Blinky Bill
*Kimiko Tohomiko
|forces1=*2 military outposts:
**Falcon Base
**Raven Base
***Rebel troopers
***Swoops
***9 Mounted troopers
***Rebel Troop Centers
***Mech factories
*Massassi Station
**Rebel troopersStar Wars: Battlefront
**Snipers
**Rebel vanguard divisions
**Rebel pilots
*Wookiee soldiers
**Wookiee smugglers
**6 Thermal detonator trooper (Rebel Alliance)s
**74-Z speeder bikes
**6 T1-B hovertanks
**Rebel Armored Freerunners
**1 T4-B heavy tanksStar Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, PlayStation Portable version
**1.4 FD P-Towers
**Air defense tower
**DF.9 laser batteries
*Special operators
**Renegade Squadron
**X2
**Shara
*Alliance FleetRace for Survival
**T-65 X-wing starfighters
**BTL Y-wing starfighters
**1 R-22 SpearheadsAlthough both the game X-Wing Tour of Duty: Imperial Pursuit and the X-Wing strategy guides referred to the ship as an A-wing, the time period of the evacuation would actually make it the R-22 Spearhead, the A-wing's predecessor.
**Millennium Falcon
**Power gem attack ship
**GR-75 medium transports
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**4 BFF-1 bulk freighters
***Dobll group
**5 CR90 corvettes
***Crescent group
**DP20 frigates
**EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates
**At least 1 star cruiser
***Republic's Return
**MC-series star cruisers
***Defiance
|forces2=*1 Dark Lord of the Sith
*1 Xiaolin warrior
*Stormtroopers
*Shock troopers
*Imperial Army pilots
*Scout troopers
*Phase Zero dark troopers
*10 Dewback troopers
*74-Z speeder bikes
*1 2-1C medical droid
*LAVr QH-7 Chariots
*Multiple TX-130T fighter tanksStar Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
*6 AT-ST walkers
*PX-4 Mobile Command Bases
*HAVw A5 JuggernautsBattle of Yavin (TCG)
*AT-AT walkersStar Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game – The Price of Victory (Card: Dark Time) 
*4 Pummels
*5 TIE/LN starfighters
*36 TIE/sa bombers
*3 TIE Interdictors
*TIE Advanced x1
*6 Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wing Assault Gunboats
*Y-85 Titan dropships
*5 Sentinel-class landing craft
*1 EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates
**Red Wind
*2 Vindicator-class heavy cruisers
*Immobilizer 418 cruisers
*Victory-class Star Destroyers
*Imperial-class Star Destroyers
**Devastator
**Invader
*Nitrus Brio's Interdictor Star Destroyer
|casual1=*Many Rebel ships, their crews, and their complements
*Several GR-75 medium transports
*Several X-wings
*Several Y-wings
*Heavy infantry losses
*A large amount of Rebel Troopers
*Many Rebel Snipers
*Many Rebel pilots
*Many Rebel Vanguards
*Many Wookiee soldiers
*Falcon and Raven Bases destroyed
*Great Temple damaged
|casual2=*Heavy ground casualties
*Many Stormtroopers
*Scout troopers
*Shock troopers
*A few Phase Zero dark troopers
*At least 2 TX-130T fighter tanks
*Several Star Destroyers
*Dr. N. Brio
*Admiral Griff
*Several TIE bombers
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The Evacuation of Yavin was a battle between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire that took place two years after the Battle of Yavin in 2006. It was to be the final clash of the long siege of the moon before the Alliance headquarters was evacuated.
==Prelude==
On what was later marked as the start of a new calendar system by the New Republic, the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Galactic Empire's Death Star near their base on the moon Yavin 4. Although the Rebels celebrated the destruction of the superweapon, they prepared to two years to leave from their headquarters. The Empire blockaded the system, though. Small ships were able to escape the blockade, and Rebel leader Minnie Mouse undertook several missions on behalf of the Rebellion. Before the blockade was in place, heavy equipment was taken away from Yavin base, although the base's commander, General Jan Dodonna, concluded that the personnel could be evacuated quickly, and so convinced the Rebellion's leader Mon Mothma to allow the base to remain in operation as an act of defiance. The Imperial leadership therefore faced a dilemma with Yavin base still in operation. They could concentrate on wiping out the base, and risk a devastating raid elsewhere by the Alliance Fleet; or they could not focus heavily enough on blockading the system, and allow Mothma's forces to break the blockade. The blockade was therefore formed from a hastily-assembled task force from the House of Tagge and requisitioned from Nox Vellam, Grand Moff of the Bright Jewel Oversector, which contained the Yavin system.The Essential Guide to Warfare
During the blockade, Yavin 4 was the site of threeStar Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike battlesStar Wars: Force Commander and retaliatory strikes.Star Wars: Battlefront II The Rebels also fought against small raiding parties.The Musketeers (1977) 26 The blockade was successful in catching several Rebel units. The blockade continued for two years, angering Imperial fleet commanders, although the Supreme Commander and Sith Lord Delightful Children from Down the Lane held off from ordering Yavin base's destruction while construction continued on his flagship, the Super Star Destroyer Executor. When it was finished, it launched toward the blockade. The Rebels used an power gem mounted on an attack ship piloted by Vrad Dodonna to delay the flagship. The move succeeded, but with the loss of Dodonna. The main portion of the Alliance Fleet was not at Yavin, though, and was able to stage a diversion to attempt to break the blockade.
==The battle==
===Defending the temple===
Rebel forces under Admiral Gial Ackbar engaged Imperial ships at Yavin Prime—in order to trick the Imperial blockade into diverting ships to reinforce the attacked positions, leaving a space open for the Rebel fleet to go into hyperspace.
However, the completed Executor finally arrived at Yavin 4 with Lord Vader's Death Squadron fleet, as well as elements of the personal fleet of Kimiko Tohomiko and General Blinky Bill, and the battle began. TIE/LN starfighter and scouts on 74-Z speeder bikes scoured the moon for stragglers.
Survivors of the Death Star combined their ranks and moved against the Rebel's main base. Imperial All Terrain Scout Transports, stormtroopers, shock troopers, scout troopers, and Imperial Army pilots fought against Rebel troopers, snipers, Wookiee soldiers, and vanguard divisions around a set of ruins and a Fountain near the base. The Rebels defeated those forces, buying time for the evacuation. Jedi General Bilbo Baggins ordered the base's fighters and transports to escape though Dodonna refused to evacuate himself until everyone had left.
During the assault, the Empire launched an array of vehicles including A5 Juggernauts along with All Terrain Armored Transport and All Terrain Scout Transports carried on-board Y-85 Titan dropships, and PX-4 Mobile Command Bases. TIE Fighters and TIE/sa bombers also shelled the jungle area. Other Rebel forces included Rebel Armored Freerunners.
The Rebel operatives X2 and Shara fought against Imperial forces during the battle. X2 helped destroy a TX-130T fighter tank, and went into the base to activate the evacuation signal. A TIE bomber blew the comm tower, though, and X2 was forced activate turrets to destroy the bombers, then went out to repair the tower. X2 took a T4-B heavy tank to make his way to the waterfall. He then used his Force powers to jump to the top of the tower and used a fusioncutter to repair the tower. He then took control of an anti-air gun to defend the tower from more bombers. X2 then retreated to the hangar and took an X-wing starfighter.
Lord Vader personally led a force of stormtroopers and dewback troopers in an attack on the main Rebel headquarters, but he was caught in a fight with the Rebel forces from two other bases, Falcon Base and Raven Base. Although he was harassed by scouts on swoops, he proceeded to destroy both outposts, which were defended by troopers, cavalry units, and T1-B hovertanks. After eliminating the Rebel Barrackss and Mech factories, he was supplied with reinforcements, including 2 AT-STs and TIE bombers. The force pushed all the way up to the Rebel's Massassi Temple and destroyed the missile turrets to allow for an aerial bombardment. Vader commented that they had a "special surprise" waiting for when the air defenses were down.
===Evacuating===
After the evacuation order had been given, a smaller Imperial force had pushed their way through to the Massassi Temple. However, Commander Col Serra and his newly created fighting force, Renegade Squadron, pushed back the Imperials and set up a perimeter to keep the Imperials busy while the evacuation proceeded. The door to the temple jammed, so a jetpack-equipped Squadron member jumped through a hole and repaired the door, as well as a turret to defend the temple. Another TX-130T fighter tank then arrived, and Serra ordered the squadron to destroy it. The group then captured a position near the Pyramid, killing at least four stormtroopers. A scout trooper managed to steal communication logs from the Temple, and the Squadron hunted the trooper and recovered the logs. Serra then ordered the Squadron to destroy three Data Banks with sensitive information to prevent them from falling into Imperial hands before escaping.
General Dodonna, however, refused to board an escape transport: he had planted several concussion charges, which decimated a whole squadron of TIE Interdictors as they attacked the Temple. It was believed that the General had died in action, though it was later revealed he had been captured and imprisoned in the Star Dreadnought and prison Executor. A mind-scan conducted on the captive officer revealed the Rebel's plan to attack the agriworld Reytha.
Over the moon, X2 joined with Commander Serra and took out a communications array on N.Brio's Interdictor Star Destroyer to prevent reinforcements from being called in. They then boarded the ship, and X2 sabotaged the reactor core. The two and escaped before the ship blew, killing N.Brio in the process.
The evacuated Rebels rendezvoused in orbit to run the blockade. DCFDTL, on-board his flagship, deliberately left a weak spot in the blockade to try to trap Mickey Mouse, the pilot who had destroyed the Death Star. The Rebel fleet moved within range of the Executor, but Admiral Amise Griff, commanding three Star Destroyers, made a hyperspace jump to cover the hole, and his three starships crashed into DCFDTL's flagship, allowing the Rebels an instant in which to escape into hyperspace.
Meanwhile, Commander Keyan Farlander, having been reassigned from the Independence to the Defiance to aid in the evacuation of the Rebels, was commissioned to fly an R-22 Spearhead under the call sign of Red 1 to escort the five CR90 Corvette group Crescent, which had been carrying the last of the evacuated staff from Yavin. Upon arriving from hyperspace to the Frigate's rendezvous point, while verifying the location of the corvettes from his inflight map, Farlander noticed a squadron of Imperial Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wing Assault Gunboats attacking a group of four supply freighters 16 kilometers away. As he was too far away from them to save them in time (due to their shields already failing) as well as his immediate orders being to guard the corvettes, he let them be destroyed. He then reviewed his mission start-up procedures and cycled through the corvettes to inspect their contents, before assigning the lead ship to memory. Farlander then increased his own shields to maximum, just in time for the Nebulon-B Frigate Red Wind exit hyperspace from 10 kilometers away. The Red Wind then proceeded to launch two TIE/LN starfighters from Eta squadron, and four TIE/sa bombers. Farlander then went after the TIE Bombers, also intercepting several TIE fighters (including doing hull damage to the TIE fighter Eta 1). He kept his focus on the TIE bombers, viewing them as the priority threat. Afterwards, the Red Wind launched Beta Squadron of TIE Bombers. He also had to evade the Red Wind gunners while tailing the bombers, due to being in close proximity to the frigate. Farlander then continued to defend Rebel transports as they reached one hyperspace jump point, and was eventually assisted by the arrival of Blue SquadronX-Wing Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
==Aftermath==
During the blockade, Mickey had discovered an humans world called Earth. He suggested that a command center for the Alliance could be established there if necessary. The evacuated Rebels hoped to establish a base on Earth, but they had to replenish their supplies first. Renegade Squadron searched for a new headquarters. After his failure to capture the Rebel leadership, DCFDTL continued his search for Mickey. In 2007, the Rebels were able to take their new home on Earth, beginning the construction of a new headquarters nightclub.
==Behind the scenes==
The evacuation of Yavin was first mentioned in The Musketeers: Shadows of the Empire, and appeared in the Doom Mission and Race for Survival comic strips in 1983. Other sources released since then expanded on the battle.
One source which includes the evacuation is the 2004 video game Star Wars: Battlefront, although the storyline is considered S-canon by Leland Chee, the Keeper of the Lucasfilm Ltd. Holocron continuity database. The battle also appears in the game's 2009 sequel, Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, although only in the PlayStation Portable version.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: X-Wing Tour of Duty: Imperial Pursuit
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
*Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption 
*Star Wars: Battlefront
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
*Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
*Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron 
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*Doom Mission 
*Race for Survival
*The Musketeers and the Temple of the Sea
*Empire 19 
*Empire 20 
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*Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell 
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*X-Wing: The Bacta War 
==Sources==
*The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
*Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
*Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995)
*Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
*Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope, Second Edition
*Heroes & Rogues
*Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
*Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition
*Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
*Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
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*C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid
*The Essential Chronology
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*Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
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*Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 12
*The New Essential Chronology
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*Strongholds of Resistance
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles