Mapuzo checkpoint

The Galactic Empire operated a checkpoint on the planet Mapuzo by 9 BBY. That year, the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Alderaanian Princess Leia Organa traveled with the local resident Freck to the checkpoint. However, once they arrived there, Kenobi was recognized as a fugitive and the stormtroopers riding with them attacked the pair. After the Jedi Master had shot the troopers, he and Organa ran to the checkpoint gate and attempted to open it. When a lever did not open the gate, Kenobi shot at the control panel, which let them through. Shortly afterward, the Jedi and Organa fled the scene with the contact sent to help them off of Mapuzo, the Imperial captain Tala Durith, who was an undercover Hidden Path operative.

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