Battle
Occupation of Bespin
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The occupation of Bespin was a battle in the Galactic Civil War between the Bespin Wing Guard under Lando Calrissian (who turned to the side of the Rebel Alliance) and the stormtrooper garrison under Darth Vader, which led to the Galactic Empire gaining control of the gas planet Bespin.
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Facts
- Prev
- Battle of Hoth
- Duel on Dagobah
- Conc
- Duel on Cloud City
- Ground Battle on Bespin
- Next
- Skirmish aboard a Rebel ship of the line
- Conflict
- Galactic Civil War
- Date
- 3 ABY
- Place
- Cloud City, Bespin
- Result
- Imperial victory
- Imperial control of Cloud City
- Side 1
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Cloud City Administration
- Bespin Wing Guard
- Lando's Commandos
- Side 2
- Galactic Empire
- Commanders (side 1)
- Commander Luke Skywalker
- Princess Leia Organa
- Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian
- Commanders (side 2)
- Supreme Commander Darth Vader
- Admiral Firmus Piett
- Captain Xamuel Lennox
- Lieutenant Sheckil
- Forces1
- Bespin Wing Guard
- Troopers
- Tauntaun troopers
- T3-B heavy attack tanks
- Combat speeders
- Heavy Pummels
- Artillery
- Attack tanks
- Cloud cars
- Millennium Falcon
- Members of the Rebel Alliance:
- Luke Skywalker
- Leia Organa
- Han Solo
- Chewbacca
- Wedge Antilles
- Rebel commandos
- Rachi Sitra
- Other Rebel Alliance forces
- T-47 airspeeders
- BTL Y-wing starfighters
- At least one Z-95 Headhunter
- Forces2
- Stormtroopers
- Gamma Squad
- Drazin
- At least 6 stormtroopers with repeaters
- Vader's Special Force Troopers
- Speeder Bike Assault Force
- Darth Vader's Security Force
- At least 4 Dewback troopers
- At least 4 Phase II dark troopers
- E-Web heavy repeating blasters
- At least 4 All Terrain Scout Transports
- At least 6 All Terrain Personal Transports
- At least 4 Imperial Thermal Detonator Troopers
- At least 2 Heavy Imperial Missile Launcher Troopers
- ASP-7 labor droids
- TIE fighters
- Obsidian Squadron
- 8 TIE Interdictors
- TIE defenders
- Lambda-class shuttles
- At least 7 Sentinel-class landing craft
- Other Imperial Army forces
- 1 Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
- Tyrant
- 1 Executor-class Star Dreadnought
- Executor
- Trandoshan mercenaries
- Gand mercenaries
- LOM-series protocol droids
- IG-series assassin droids
- Slave I
- Boba Fett
- 1 Sith Lord
- Casual1
- An unknown amount of security forces
- Heavy Rebel casualties
- Casual2
- Moderate number of stormtrooper squads
- Several TIE fighters were shot down
- Other material losses
Appearances
27 works, in story order
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (first appearance)
- The Empire Strikes Back: A Storybook
- Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- Dark Lord's Fury
- Gambler's Choice
- The Clash of Lightsabers
- Thank the Maker
- The Fall of Cloud City
- Star Wars (1977) 55 (mentioned only)
- Star Wars (1977) 56 (mentioned only)
- Wind Raiders of Taloraan (mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel (indirect mention)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire abridged audiobook (indirect mention)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire junior novelization (indirect mention)
- The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (indirect mention)
- The Truce at Bakura (mentioned only)
- Tatooine Ghost (indirect mention)
- Heir to the Empire (indirect mention)
- Jedi Search (mentioned only)
- Ambush at Corellia (mentioned only)
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