Liberation of Lothal

The Liberation of Lothal, also known as the Battle of Lothal, was the final battle of the Lothal campaign between the Galactic Empire and the Lothal resistance group, the Spectres and a pack of native Loth-wolves shortly before the Battle of Scarif which resulted in the liberation of the Lothalites and their homeworld of Lothal. While Hera Syndulla and Rex traveled offworld to recruit allies for the liberation of Ezra Bridger's homeworld, Bridger, the other Spectres, and Ryder Azadi's resistance group lured Governor Arihnda Pryce into a trap at the Lothal cliff dwelling. With the help of Syndulla's reinforcements and a pack of loth-wolves, the rebels succeeded in defeating the Imperial forces and capturing Governor Pryce.

As part of the next stage of their plan, the Spectres and Lothal rebels used their captive Governor Pryce to gain entry to the "Dome," the center of Imperial power on Lothal. The rebels used a faux Protocol 13 to lure the entire Imperial garrison aboard the mobile Imperial Planetary Occupation Facility. Before they could disembark into space, Grand Admiral Thrawn returned aboard the Chimaera and bombarded Capital City. Seeking to end the bombardment, Bridger went to meet Thrawn aboard the Imperial Star Destroyer.

While Bridger parlayed with Thrawn, the Lothal rebels and Spectres reactivated the north and south deflector shield generators of the "Dome." Aboard the Chimaera, a holographic projection of the Emperor Palpatine tried to get Bridger to unlock the portal to the World Between Worlds by offering to reunite him with his parents. Bridger refused and instead destroyed the portion of the Lothal Jedi Temple aboard the Chimaera. Thrawn then ordered the Chimaera to bombard Capital City but the rebels had managed to raise the deflector shield.

Meanwhile, Wolffe, Cikatro Vizago, and Mart Mattin complied with Bridger's back-up plan and brought a large pod of purrgil, which devastated Thrawn's Seventh Fleet. Under Bridger's orders, the purrgil carried Thrawn and the Chimaera along with Bridger into uncharted space. Following Bridger's departure, the rebels fired up the "Dome" thrusters and brought the mobile occupation facility into Lothal's upper atmosphere. After detonating the explosives, the rebels escaped aboard the Ghost. Governor Pryce elected to stay aboard and perished with the Imperial garrison aboard the "Dome." The destruction of the "Dome" marked the end of Imperial rule on Lothal.

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