Battle on Mimban

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Heist on Vandor^[1]

Battle on Mimban

Combatants
Galactic Empire^[1]	Mimbanese Liberation Army^[4]	Beckett's gang^[1]

Commanders
Major Staz†^[1]		Tobias Beckett^[1]

Units
224th Imperial Armored Division^[1] Mimban detachment^[1]

Strength
Swamp troopers^[1] Stormtroopers^[1] Wet-weather gear stormtroopers^[1] All Terrain Defense Turrets^[1] Y-45 armored transport haulers^[1]	Mimbanese guerillas^[1]	4 smugglers^[1] Tobias Beckett^[1] Rio Durant^[1] Korso†^[2] Val^[1]

Casualties
Staz^[1] Several troopers^[1] Several AT-DTs^[1]	Several guerillias^[1]	Korso^[2]

"Hey, Beckett! You said we were here to pull a quick job!"
"Yeah?"
"Well, this ain't a quick job, it's a war!"

―Rio Durant and Tobias Beckett during a firefight with the Mimbanese^[1]

Thebattle on Mimban,^[5] also known as thebattle at Mimban,^[3] was one of the bloodiest battles^[6] of theImperial Military'sMimban Campaign. The engagement was also infiltrated byBeckett's gang in order to steal anY-45 armored transport hauler for their plannedheist on Vandor.^[1] One member of the gang,Korso, waskilled.^[2] Charging back toCamp Forward under "Captain"Tobias Beckett's "command," theCorporal Han Solo took notice of the fact that the gang were notImperial Army troopers.^[1] In his ensuingescape from Mimban,^[6] Solo teamed up with the imprisoned Wookiee Chewbacca to unite with the gang and escape the active warzone. Solo hoped to use his earnings from the heist with the gang to return to hishomeworld Corellia and reunite with his loverQi'ra, while Chewbacca hoped to find Wookiees from his tribe or family.^[1]

Aftermath[]

After escaping Mimban, Solo and Chewbacca traveled to the planetVandor, where Beckett enlisted their services in stealingcoaxium from an Imperialconveyx transport in order to pay his debts toDryden Vos, thecrime lord of theCrimson Dawn. Due to the interference ofEnfys Nest and herCloud-Riders, the heist failed and Val and Durant were killed in the process.^[1]

After he left the Empire on Mimban, Solo had set the stage for the rest of his life.

Solo and Beckett managed to convince Dryden Vos to give them a second chance with the help of the crime lord's lieutenantQi'ra, an old friend of Solo. After enlisting the services ofLando Calrissian and his ship theMillennium Falcon, Solo and his companions managed tosteal coaxium from thePyke Syndicate's mines on the planetKessel.^[1]

After making theKessel Run in 12parsecs, Han and his companions traveled to the planetSavareen to rendezvous with Dryden Vos. However, Enfys Nest and her Cloud-Riders convinced them not to give the coaxium to Vos. Despite Beckett's betrayal, Han and Qi'ra managed todefeat Vos and hisHylobon Enforcers. Beckett was later killed during a confrontation with Solo. Even though Qi'ra left him, Solo and Chewbacca left together,^[1] ultimately becomingsmugglers^[7] and winning theFalcon from Calrissian.^[1]