Battle of Oetchi

The Battle of Oetchi, also known as the retreat to Crait or the attack on the Resistance fleet, took place in 34 ABY when the First Order attacked the Resistance within the Oetchi system, intent on destroying the insurgents that opposed their conquest of the galaxy. Owing to technological innovations pioneered by General Armitage Hux under Supreme Leader Snoke direction, the First Order military had the ability to track the Resistance fleet through hyperspace. Possessing enough fuel for only one more jump to lightspeed, the Resistance searched for another way to escape from the First Order.

Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo took charge of the Resistance after an attack on the command ship Raddus incapacitated General Leia Organa. While Holdo planned to sacrifice the Resistance's starships in order to hide the survivors on Crait, Captain Poe Dameron took matters into his own hands by devising a plan to save the fleet. Finn and Rose Tico therefore traveled to Canto Bight on Cantonica, intent on recruiting the Master Codebreaker so that they could disable the First Order's active tracker. They were instead joined by DJ, a slicer who agreed to work for the Resistance in exchange for compensation.

Meanwhile, Rey boarded the Supremacy, flagship of the First Order Navy, and was taken prisoner by her rival Kylo Ren. Following her short and unconventional training under Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, Rey left the planet Ahch-To intent on confronting Ren in person. The bond between them in the Force had shown Rey that there was still light within the former Ben Solo, leading her to believe that the dark warrior was in fact the key to defeating the First Order.

Finn and Tico also made it to the dreadnought with DJ's assistance. However, they were caught and apprehended by Captain Phasma's stormtroopers, leading the slicer to betray his allies in order to save himself. Dameron, whose conflict with Holdo came to a head, staged a mutiny and took control of Raddus. Although he secured control of the bridge, Organa regained consciousness and subdued the Resistance pilot, thus ending the insurrection.

By then, Kylo Ren had taken Rey directly to his dark side master, Snoke, who tortured and interrogated Rey in order to learn the location of Skywalker's hermitage. Having gained the knowledge he sought, Snoke ordered Ren to execute Rey, but Ren instead saved her by killing his master. They stood together as allies against the late Snoke's Elite Praetorian Guards, all of whom fell in battle against both the Jedi and Master of the Knights of Ren. When Rey beseeched Ren to call off the First Order's attack on the Resistance, Ren revealed he had no intention of saving his mother's insurgents and invited Rey to rule the galaxy at his side. Disillusioned, Rey rejected Ren's entreaty and decided to save the Resistance on her own.

After the crew of the Raddus embarked to the Crait outpost via several transports, Holdo sacrificed her life by piloting the MC85 Star Cruiser directly through the Supremacy at lightspeed, cutting the Star Dreadnought in half. In the ensuing chaos, Kylo Ren stepped forth to claim the mysterious and enigmatic Snoke empty throne, although he had to intimidate General Armitage Hux into recognizing his ascension as the new Supreme Leader. After Ren secured Hux's allegiance, they personally oversaw the First Order Army's deployment to Crait. Vowing to forge a new galactic order, Ren invaded Crait with the intention of ending the war once and for all. As such, he instructed his army to give no quarter nor take any prisoners.

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