Battle of the Hungry Ghost

The battle of the Hungry Ghost was a minor battle in 0 ABY during the Galactic Civil War that took place aboard and around the Hungry Ghost, the flagship of the Huralok Redkihl Rokk and his pirates, above Yavin Prime. The destruction of the first Death Star, a planet-destroying superweapon, during the Battle of Yavin had left wreckage of the battle station. Redkihl Rokk and his pirates traveled to the wreckage to scavenge some of the Death Star's parts. However, Han Solo, the captain of one Rebel ship, the Millennium Falcon, discovered the pirate ship but was attacked by Rokkk's Red TIE Fighters. The pirates docked to the Millennium Falcon, intending to take the bombs the Falcon was carrying.

However, another Rebel, Luke Skywalker, arrived in his starfighter and confronted the pirates, but his fighter was damaged in the ensuing battle. He managed to make it into the Hungry Ghost hangar bay and ran through the ship, continually being chased by the pirates. Meanwhile, Rokk sent numerous spider droids to scavenge the cargo of the disabled Millennium Falcon, and the crew of the Falcon fought off the droids until the ship's power was restored. Solo threatened Rokk to detonate the bombs if the pirates didn't surrender. After engaging Rokk in combat and wounding the pirate, Skywalker escaped the ship through a hatch and fled to the ship. The Falcon broke free of the cables that held them to the ship and evaded laserfire from the Hungry Ghost. Solo triggered the detonator, destroying the Hungry Ghost.

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