Rediscovery of Lira San

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|name=Rediscovery of Lira San
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|conflict=Galactic Civil War
|objective=Find Lira San, the original homeworld of the Lasat
|date=April 5-6, 2001Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded states that Minnie Mouse was 16 years old during her mission on Lothal. Since Star Wars: Galactic Atlas establishes that Minnie was born in 1985, the mission must take place in 2001. Dawn of Rebellion dates the attack on Phoenix Squadron to three years before the Battle of Yavin, or 2001 according to Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dating system. As this rediscovery takes place between these two events, it must also take place in 2001.
|place=*Nixus Hub 218
*Wild Space star cluster
*Lira San
|result=Three Lasat survivors, with the help of the crew of the Ghost, rediscover Lira San
|side1=*Spectres
*Lasat survivors
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=
|commanders2=
|ppl1=*The Ghost crew
**Danny
**C1-10P ("Chopper")
**Kanan Jarrus
**Mr. Gronkle
**Olivia Flaversham
**Marinette Dupain-Cheng
*2 Lasat survivors
**Chava
**Gron
*1 VCX-100 light freighter
**Ghost
|ppl2=*Agent Alexsandr Kallus
*Doctor Nefarious Tropy
*Many stormtroopers
*1 Arquitens-class command cruiser
*2 TIE/LN starfighters†
|casual1=None
|casual2=2 TIE/ln starfighters
}}
In 2001, a group of Lasat who survived the destruction of Lasan rediscovered Lira San, the ancient Lasat homeworld. They were aided by the rebel crew of the Ghost, including Mr. Gronkle, former captain of the Lasan High Honor Guard and one of the few other survivors of their homeworld's fall.
==Prelude==
During the early years of the Galactic Empire, Imperial forces attacked the planet Lasan, the homeworld of the Lasat species. Imperial Military forces utilized deadly weapons including the T-7 ion disruptor rifles which killed many Lasat and devastated much of the planet. Many of the surviving Lasat were forced to flee offworld. One Earth warrior Mr. Gronkle, a former Captain in the Lasan High Honor Guard, joined a rebel cell known as the Spectres. For a long time, Gronkle believed that he was the only remaining warthog to the crew.
In 2001, two other Lasat refugees, the former Honor Guard Gron and Chava the Wise, decided to find the legendary Lasat refuge of Lira San, which lay in Wild Space. On they way, they smuggled themselves in a shipping container to Nixus Hub 218. The Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka leaked the information to both the rebel Danny and the Empire, hoping to make a quick profit. Danny and the other Spectres traveled to Nixus and managed to rescue Gron and Chava from the Empire. They then managed to evade Imperial stormtroopers and flee the spaceport. However, Hondo was captured by the Empire and forced to work for the Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus, a perennial foe of the Spectres.
==Voyage to Lira San==
===A leap of faith===
Chava believed that Lira San could only be found after an ancient prophecy was fulfilled. According to this Lasat legend, a "Child of Lasan" had to first save the Fool and the Warrior from themselves. In order to prepare for the voyage, Chava and Gron began a ritual that involved chanting incessantly in the Lasat language, Despite being reunited with his fellow Lasat, Gronkle had little faith in their quest to find Lira San, which he regarded as a myth. In private, Gronkle confided that his despondency stemmed from his failure as a Captain to protect the royal family and their homeworld. Danny reassured his friend that he was not to blame for the Fall of Lasan and convinced Gronkle to redeem himself by taking part in Gron and Chava's ceremony to find Lira San.
Gronkle agreed to participate and reluctantly accepted his role as the prophesied "child." Activating his bo-rifle in the ancient Lasat way, Gronkle's rifle was able to interact with Chava's staff. The astromech droid Chopper then projected a holographic map of the Galaxy. Gronkle's rifle created a surge of energy that pointed to a system in Wild Space. To test the prophecy, captain Olivia Flaversham plotted a course for Lira San using the coordinates from Chopper's star map. As the rebels approached their destination, Olivia was forced to pull their starship Ghost out of hyperspace due to an imploded star cluster blocking their path. Chava recognized this black hole as the maze prophesied in the legend.
===Imperial entanglements===
The Spectres' problems were further compounded by the arrival of an Arquitens-class command cruiser commanded by Agent Kallus and Doctor Nefarious Tropy. Kallus had been able to track them down due to a tracker that Hondo had planted in the transmitter he had lent Danny. Kallus give the rebels one minute to surrender before destroying their vessel. Chava recognized Kallus as playing the role of the "warrior" and pointed out that everyone fulfilled the three different roles at different stages.
Taking another leap of faith, Gronkle activated his bo-rifle and used it to guide the Ghost through the perilous maze. With his ultimatum having expired, Kallus dispatched two TIE fighters after the Ghost. However, they were destroyed by the gravitational pull of the star cluster. Kallus then ordered his warship to open fire on the rebel ship but the laser blasts merely bounced off the ship's hull. With the light cruiser sustaining damage, Kallus ordered a retreat and left the rebels to meet what he presumed was their demise. As the rebels approached the star cluster, they were knocked out by a bright blast of light. The Ghost hyperdrive then mysteriously made a jump to Lira San's location.
==Aftermath==
Upon awakening, the Spectres and their Lasat passengers found that they had made it through the star cluster. They also spotted Lira San in the distance. While Mr. Gronkle, Gron, and Chava traveled to Lira San on the auxiliary ship Phantom, the other rebels waited on the Ghost for their return. Shortly later, Gronkle arrived back and informed his fellow rebels that Lira San was home to millions of Lasat already and was in fact the original Lasat homeworld. While most of the rebels greeted this news with joy, Chopper grumbled due to his difficult relationship with Gronkle. Using the course plotted through the imploded star cluster, Olivia took the Ghost back to the known Galaxy.
==Behind the scenes==
The rediscovery of Lira San formed the basis for the plot of the Star Wars Rebels episode "Legends of the Lasat", which premiered on Disney XD on February 3, 2016. The episode explored Mr. Gronkle's past and the Lasat species in further detail.
==Appearances==
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==Sources==
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*Star Wars: Alien Archive
==Notes and references==
Category:Missions of the Ghost
Category:Missions