Assault on Cymoon

The Assault on Cymoon, also referred to as the Raid on Cymoon 1 or as the attack on Cymoon 1, took place during the Galactic Civil War, and shortly after the Battle of Yavin when the Rebel Alliance carried out an attack on the Imperial Weapons Factory Alpha on Cymoon 1. The assault began as an infiltration, with Han Solo posing as an emissary for Jabba the Hutt in a weapons deal with the Empire; Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa posed as his bodyguards. Once inside the factory, the Rebels revealed themselves, attacked the Imperials, freed a number of slaves, and set the facility's power core to overload. Their plans changed, however, when Darth Vader arrived at the factory and ordered the facility into full alert. The Rebels hijacked an AT-AT to use in their escape, while Skywalker briefly confronted the Dark Lord of the Sith in lightsaber combat before the walker arrived.

Solo crashed the AT-AT through the factory's walls, giving the Rebels and the slaves an opening to escape from the facility. As they made their escape, the Rebels engaged in open combat with Vader and the Imperial forces, and the Dark Lord killed a number of the freed slaves. Skywalker took out some of the Imperial forces using the weapons on a speeder bike, while Solo used the AT-AT to fire on, but only slightly injure, the Dark Lord.

The assault ended with the destruction of Weapons Factory Alpha, and the Rebels were able to escape. Vader informed the Emperor, Darth Sidious, of what happened, and the Dark Lord was stripped of some power for allowing the Rebels to destroy the facility. Vader soon began investigating who Skywalker was, eventually leading him to learn that the boy was his son.

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