Mission to Ryloth

In 14 BBY, the Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine—secretly Darth Sidious—undertook a secret mission to quell the growing rebellion on Ryloth known as the Free Ryloth Movement and to root out a traitor within the Imperial ranks. Seeking to lure the Free Ryloth rebels out of hiding, Sidious and his Sith apprentice Darth Vader traveled to Ryloth aboard Vader's flagship, the Imperial Star Destroyer Perilous. Officially, their trip was a state visit by Ryloth's Senator Orn Free Taa, who had returned to shore up support for the Empire on his home world.

After learning of the Emperor and Lord Vader's visit, the Free Ryloth movement's leader Cham Syndulla decided to assassinate the Emperor and Lord Vader in order to overthrow the Empire. He was aided by the double agent Imperial Colonel Belkor Dray, who sought the opportunity to use the crisis to discredit his rival Moff Delian Mors. Using Clone Wars droid starfighters and space mines, the Free Ryloth rebels managed to destroy the Perilous. However, they failed to kill either the Emperor, Lord Vader, or Moff Mors. The Sith Lords crash-landed on Ryloth and managed to stay ahead of the Free Ryloth rebels.

Meanwhile, Moff Mors learned about Belkor's conspiracy and reasserted control over the Imperial forces on Ryloth. After killing an entire lylek horde, the two Sith Lords managed to reach a local Twi'lek village. Cham and Belkor closed in on the Sith Lords. In an attempt to hide his dealings with Cham, Belkor attempted to use his V-wing starfighters to bomb both the village and Cham's forces. However, Moff Mors took command of Belkor's fighters and used them to kill the renegade Imperial. Cham and his forces launched their attack on the village but were neutralized by Mors' forces. Despite his failed plot, Cham managed to escape and continue the Ryloth Insurgency.

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