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Ground Battle on Kessel

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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

The Ground Battle on Kessel occurred early during the Galactic Civil War, when Urai Fen instigated an insurrection on the prison world of Kessel to free the crime lord Tyber Zann.

Text and facts from the “Ground Battle on Kessel” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Prev
Battle of Felucia
Conc
Galactic Civil War
Next
Skirmish on Honoghr
Date
Between 2 BBY and 0 BBY
Place
Kessel
Result
Galactic Empire victory
Tyber Zann escapes, resurrection of Zann Consortium
Side 1
Zann Consortium
Side 2
Hutt Cartel
Side3
Galactic Empire
Commanders (side 1)
Tyber Zann
Urai Fen
Commanders (side 2)
Jabba Desilijic Tiure (via hologram)
Forces1
Prisoners
At least one bribed squad of stormtroopers
Two smugglers
Han Solo
Chewbacca
1 YT-1300 light freighter
Millennium Falcon
Forces2
1 Mandalorian bounty hunter
1 Mustafarian bounty hunter†
1 MSE-6 series repair droid†
Forces3
Stormtroopers
2 Phase II dark troopers
10 AT-STs
Casual1
Several prisoners accompanying Tyber Zann
Casual2
The Mustafarian bounty hunter
The MSE-6 repair droid
Casual3
Minor casualties

Appearances

1 work, in story order
  1. Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption (first appearance)

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