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Operation Skyhook

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Operation Skyhook was the codename given to the Rebel Alliance's operation to obtain the Death Star plans and ultimately destroy the Imperial battle station, the Death Star.

Operation Skyhook would become one of the most devastating series of battles of the war. The entire population of the Alliance-allied planet Alderaan would be wiped out by the superlaser of the Death Star. During the Battle of Yavin, the Death Star was destroyed by a "lucky shot" by the Rebel pilot Luke Skywalker, wiping out hundreds of thousands of Imperial personnel, including Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin.

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Conflict: Galactic Civil War
Begin: 2 BBY
End: 0 BBY
Place: Galaxy-wide
Result: Rebel Alliance victory; Destruction of the Death Star I
Battles: Rescue from Stars' End; Battle of Orron III; Ambush of the Phoenix; Ambush in the Cron Drift; Battle of the Circarpous system; Battle at Atzerri; Raid above Corellia; Battle of Toprawa; Destruction of Alderaan; Battle of Yavin
Side 1: Galactic Empire
Side 2: Alliance to Restore the Republic
Commanders (side 1): Emperor Palpatine; Supreme Commander Darth Vader; Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin†
Commanders (side 2): Advisor Ylenic It'kla†; Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi†; Chief of State Mon Mothma; Senator Bail Prestor Organa†; General Jan Dodonna; Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organa; Kyle Katarn; Captain Raymus Antilles†

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Non-canon appearances: 3

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