Battle
Rescue of Biggs Darklighter
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The Alliance to Restore the Republic dispatched forces to rescue Rebel pilot Biggs Darklighter after his T-65 X-wing starfighter broke down near the Cron Drift while carrying the plans to the Galactic Empire's Death Star battle station.
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Facts
- Prev
- Ambush in the Cron Drift
- Next
- Battle of the Circarpous system
- Conflict
- Galactic Civil War (Operation Skyhook)
- Date
- 1 BBY
- Place
- Near the Cron Drift
- Result
- Rebel victory
- Side 1
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Side 2
- Galactic Empire
- Commanders (side 1)
- Captain Keyan Farlander
- Forces1
- 1 T-65 X-wing starfighter
- Blue 1
- 3 R-22 Spearheads
- Red Squadron
- 2 Lambda-class T-4a shuttles
- Rescue 1
- Rescue 2
- 3 CR90 corvettes
- Tantive I
- Tantive II
- Tantive III
- Forces2
- 3 Lambda-class T-4a shuttles
- ATK 253
- ATK 592
- ATK 664
- 12 Assault Gunboats
- Mu Squadron
- Nu Squadron
- Tau Squadron
- Rho Squadron
- Casual1
- Red Three
Appearances
1 work, in story order
- Star Wars: X-Wing (first appearance)
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