Battle
Battle of Turkana
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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.
The Battle of Turkana was a conflict in 1 BBY during the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance. A fleet of Imperial-class Star Destroyers under the command of Captain Xamuel Lennox was dispatched to investigate reports of a Rebel task force massing above the Outer Rim planet Turkana. After confirming the Rebel presence, Lennox launched TIE squadrons to target the Rebel warships. Admiral Gial Ackbar, commanding the Rebel fleet from aboard the MC80 Star Cruiser Independence responded by launching Y-wing and X-wing squadrons to intercept.
The Alliance had only recently acquired the X-wing after members of the Incom Corporation design team defected upon learning that the Empire planned to nationalize the company. The presence of the advanced new starfighter took the Imperial forces by surprise. The X-wings overwhelmed the Imperial fighters before launching their proton torpedoes at the Star Destroyer fleet, causing severe damage to two ships. Lennox issued the order to retreat, leaving several Rebel capital ships damaged but none destroyed.
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Facts
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- Next
- Operation Strike Fear
- Conflict
- Galactic Civil War
- Date
- 1 BBY
- Place
- Above Turkana
- Result
- Rebel Alliance victory
- Side 1
- Galactic Empire
- Side 2
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Commanders (side 1)
- Captain Xamuel Lennox
- Captain Firmus Piett
- Commanders (side 2)
- Admiral Gial Ackbar
- Forces1
- 10 Imperial-class Star Destroyers
- Tyrant
- Accuser
- Ajax
- Flanchard
- Formidable
- TIE fighters
- TIE bombers
- TIE interceptors
- Forces2
- 7 Mon Calamari Star Cruisers
- Independence
- 2 Nebulon-B escort frigates
- 2 CR90 corvettes
- 4 GR-75 medium transports
- 1 Golan Ribbon tanker
- 3 squadrons of BTL Y-wing starfighters
- 2 squadrons of T-65 X-wing starfighters
- Red Squadron
- Casual1
- Ajax and Formidable severely damaged
- Heavy losses among TIE squadrons
- Casual2
- Several capital ships damaged
- 1 Calamari Cruiser's sublight engines damaged
- Many Y-wings
- Wedge Antilles's X-wing
Appearances
1 work, in story order
- Star Wars: X-Wing (first appearance)
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