Duel on Lothal

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|name=Duel on Lothal
|conflict=Quest to find Danny the Cat
|date=March 20th, 2011
|place=LothalNet comm tower E-272, Lothal
|result=*Morgan Elsbeth's forces victory
**Shin Hati escapes with the star map to Technor and destroys all record of it
**Marinette Dupain-Cheng is stabbed
|side1=New Republic
|side2=Morgan Elsbeth's forces
|forces1=*1 former Apprentice
**Marinette Dupain-Cheng
*1 former Jedi Padawan 
**Eowyn 
*1 T-6 shuttle 
**T-6 One-Nine-Seven-Four 
|forces2=*1 Force-sensitive mercenary
**Shin Hati
*2 HK-87 assassin droids
|casual1=Marinette Dupain-Cheng 
|casual2=1 HK-87 assassin droid
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In March 20th 2011, on the planet Lothal, the French superwomen and former apprentice to Eowyn, New Republic Commander Marinette Dupain-Cheng, dueled Force-sensitive mercenary Shin Hati, who was attempting to steal a map to the exiled Grand Admiral Technor for Morgan Elsbeth. Ultimately, Hati successfully escaped with the map after stabbing Marinette in the chest with her lightsaber.
==Prelude==
Following her mission on Arcana, Eowyn found a Dathomir compass that included a map with the location of Grand Admiral Technor. In hopes of finding both the admiral and Danny the Cat, Eowyn requested the help of her former apprentice, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, to see if she could interpret the artwork on the compass at her T-6 shuttle.
Marinette left Eowyn's ship and took the compass back to the LothalNet comm tower, where she was able to successfully open it later that night. Shortly after unlocking the map, Marinette was attacked at the tower by two HK-87 assassin droids, with one of them grabbing her while the other stole the map and destroyed most of her equipment in the tower. Marinette was able to break free of the droid's grip after destroying it with their own blasters. While she was trying to catch up with the droid that had the map, Wren called Huyang for help before grabbing her lightsaber.
==The Duel==
Rushing downstairs, Marinette saw that the HK droid was accompanied by Shin Hati, a Force-sensitive Mercenary. After Marinette ignited the lightsaber she once used, Shin also ignited her lightsaber after giving the map back to the droid, Marinette ran towards Hati as the two engaged in a lightsaber duel, with the ladybug attempting to strike first, but Shin parried the attack with her own saber, which sent Marinette a few meters back. Hati continued the duel by attacking Marinette multiple time, with now her being one who needed to block the strikes, which the superwomen did while slowly being pushed back each time their sabers connected. As the duel continued, Eowyn and Huyang were on their way to the tower.
Marinette and Shin held multiple saber locks before the mercenary slowly tried to push Marinette onto the ground. while Marinette was able to get out of the lock, she was quickly struck again by Hati, with the clash packing enough force to throw her into the ground, though she quickly got back up. Just as Marinette was starting to get comfortable during the duel and was able to push back against Shin, the mercenary managed to stab Marinette through the torso right as Eowyn and Huyang arrived, with Marinette kneeling and swinging her lightsaber before falling unconscious. Hati and the HK droid ran off while Eowyn went to help Marinette.
==Aftermath==
Marinette was quickly taken to a hospital on Capital City where they were able to successfully treat her wounds, with Marinette waking up shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, with the map successfully retrieved, Hati and her master Baylan traveled to the planet Seatos along with the rest of Morgan Elsbeth's forces. Morgan placed the compass at a mapping mechanism that was on the planet and allowed the mercenaries an opportunity to see the map.
==Behind the scenes==
The duel between Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Shin Hati on Lothal first appeared in "Part One: Master and Apprentice," the first episode of the 2023 television series Eowyn. The episode, along with "Part Two: Toil and Trouble," was released on August 22, 2023.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Quest to find Danny the Cat battles
Category:Duels