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Cylo Hijacking

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The Cylo Hijacking was an incident that occurred shortly after the Battle of Yavin when Tarkin Initiative Dr. Cylo and his fleet attempted to hijack the Executor, an Executor-class Star Dreadnought, while it was still in construction in the shipyards of Kuat Drive Yards.

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Facts

Prev
Shu-Torun War
Conc
Capture of Chelli Lona Aphra
Date
0 ABY
Place
Kuat system
Result
Galactic Empire victory
Doctor Cylo is killed
Supreme Commander Cassio Tagge is executed and replaced by Darth Vader
Side 1
Galactic Empire
Side 2
Cylo Directive†
Commanders (side 1)
Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine
Grand General Cassio Tagge†
Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader
Commanders (side 2)
Cylo†
Forces1
TIE/ln space superiority starfighters
TIE bombers
Imperial I-class Star Destroyers
Stormtroopers
Forces2
Cylo's whale-ships
Cylo's marines
1 genetically engineered human
Morit Astarte†
Casual1
Cassio Tagge
Casual2
Cylo
Morit Astarte
Cylo's fleet

Appearances

9 works, in story order
  1. Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original
  2. Darth Vader (2015) 21 (first appearance)
  3. Darth Vader (2015) 22
  4. Darth Vader (2015) 23
  5. Darth Vader (2015) 24
  6. Darth Vader (2015) 25
  7. Doctor Aphra (2016) 1
  8. Doctor Aphra (2016) 2
  9. Doctor Aphra (2016) 4 (indirect mention)

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