Fondor shipyard assault

Shortly before the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance launched the Fondor shipyard assault against the Imperial Fondor Shipyards. The Rebels's plan, spearheaded by Rogue Squadron, to destroy a prototype Executor-class Star Dreadnought, was to utilize three previously stolen TIE Hunters and a reprogrammed GR-75 medium transport to infiltrate the shipyards. When their cover was blown, a Rebel fleet commanded by General Crix Madine came out of hyperspace and stormed the facility.

When the shipyard defenses were disabled, the attack on the Super Star Destroyer commenced. Three cloaking devices installed in the ship were targeted by the Rebel force, which caused a chain reaction of explosions which would compromise the entire starship. Though the Rebels emerged victorious, it was not as it seemed on the surface.

Like all the other events surrounding the Rebel's assault on the Death Star II, the events of the battle were manipulated by Galactic Emperor Palpatine. His decision to give the Alliance a major victory was based on giving the Alliance the courage it needed to mount their attack on Endor, which would have led to their destruction if Antilles and Lando Calrissian hadn't destroyed the Death Star II in time.

Text and facts from the “Fondor shipyard assault” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.