Rescue of Hera Syndulla (Lothal)

In 1 BBY, the Spectres of the Alliance to Restore the Republic launched a mission to rescue General Hera Syndulla from the Imperial Complex on Lothal. Despite rescuing Syndulla, the Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus was killed when he sacrificed his life to protect his fellow rebels from being incinerated by the exploding Lothal City fuel depot. The death of Jarrus had a tremendous impact on the Spectres and Ryder Azadi's rebel cell. While Ezra Bridger underwent an encounter with loth-wolves in the wilderness, Sabine Wren and Garazeb Orrelios fought against the Noghri Rukh, who had been sent by Grand Admiral Thrawn to hunt them down. Despite the effect on rebel morale, Governor Arihnda Pryce's decision to fire on the fuel depot was quickly deemed a catastrophic mistake; the destruction of the sector's fuel supply, combined with damage to the factories, derailed the TIE Defender project, leading to the project being suspended and funding being redirected to Project Stardust.

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