Mission to Crait
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Mission to Crait
Conflict
Place
Outcome
Alliance to Restore the Republic[1] Galactic Empire[1] SergeantKreel[1]
Prelude[]
Following thedestruction of theDeath Star, theRebel Alliance were on the run from theGalactic Empire and searched for new location for their base.PrincessLeia Organa made ither personal mission to find a location for the Alliance with help fromLuke Skywalker andHan Solo.
Leia Organa and Mon Mothma discuss Crait's attributes.
After the Empire'sattack on theAlliance Fleet, they retreated toBaraan-Fa. There, Organa spoke withChancellorMon Mothma about usingCrait as a location for their new base.[1] It had been abandoned by theNupayuni Mining Consortium decades ago.[4]
However, Mothma did not like the idea of using a "dead"planet. Despite that fact, Organa told her thatTrusk Berinato assured herfather that Crait could be a potential location for a base. Despite her concerns, Mothma decided to let Organa take a survey team to Crait.[1]
The Mission[]
Organa, withCaptains Skywalker, Solo,Chewbacca andWedge Antilles traveled to Crait with theMillennium Falcon and aGR-75 medium transport loaded with equipment. Upon their landing, they were then met by Berinato and hismining droids. Organa and the survey team went with Berinato to look at themines using theirV-4X-D ski speeders. During thistime, Solo became suspicious of Berinato. Skywalker, along with Antilles then started to dig trenches outside the mine despite difficulty with severalworms.[1]
But during a trip with theirspeeders, Antilles and Skywalker spotted a group of flash-dried corpses. Familiar with dead in similar conditions, Skywalker realized quickly that it was due to asalt storm, one so big and strong that would strand them on Crait foryears.[1]
Luke Skywalker battles Sergeant Kreel.
However, Organa told Berinato that they would not be staying Crait for long. Organa knew that he had signaled the Empire,[1] which sentSCAR Squadron to their location.[4] Despite this betrayal, Organa was willing to let Berinato help them escape, but he refused. Thus Organa, Skywalker, Solo, and Chewbacca boarded their ski speeders to attack SCARSquadron head on while the first waves of the storm arrived. The two forces fought each other. SCAR Squadron'scommander,SergeantKreel then drew hislightsaber andfought Skywalker. After the fight with the other SCAR troopers, Solo, Chewbacca and Organa returned to theFalcon. However, they were then confronted by Berinato and hisdroids who refused to let them leave.[1]
Skywalker continued to fight Kreel until Skywalker destroyed hislightsaber. With help from Antilles, SCAR squadron was forced to limp away and retreat. Berinato then shot Solo to force her to come with him. However, Organa was able to useSolo's blaster to shoot Berinato'sblaster out of his hand. Skywalker, and the rest of the survey team arrived and left Crait aboard theFalcon.[1]
Aftermath[]
TheMillennium Falcon departs Crait.
Aboard theFalcon, Organa told Mothma that Crait was not ideal for base.[1] Organa's survey team was also forced to leave severalSpiezoc v-120,v-232 artillery emplacements, the ski speeders and an armory filled withblaster rifles andpistols.[4] The Rebel Alliance did eventually build aBase onHoth.[5] Years after theGalactic Civil War, Crait had fallen off modern starcharts.[4]
In34 ABY,[6] Organa, now aGeneral of theResistance, led the surviving members toCrait's outpost when they were pursued by theFirst Order'sforces. There, the Resistance used the abandoned Alliance gearagainst the First Order until theFalcon rescued the survivors and escaped.[7]
Appearances[]
- The Last Jedi – The Storms of Crait 1(First appearance)
- Star Wars (2015) 59(Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition(andaudiobook)(Mentioned only)
Sources[]
Luke and Leia Star inStar Wars: The Last Jedi - Storms of Crait #1 - Exclusive onStarWars.com(backup link)- Star Wars: Storm Warning onMarvel Comics'official website(backup link)
- Star Wars: World of Wonders onMarvel Comics'official website(original link is obsolete)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary(First mentioned)(Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition(Indirect mention only)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- "The Saga of Rey" —Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- Star Wars: Timelines
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- Crait Rebel base in theDatabank(backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.001.011.021.031.041.051.061.071.081.091.101.111.121.131.141.151.161.171.181.191.201.211.221.231.241.251.261.271.281.291.301.311.321.331.341.351.361.37The Last Jedi – The Storms of Crait 1
- ↑
"A Certain Point of View" —Star Wars Insider 203 places the events ofThe Last Jedi – The Storms of Crait 1, oneyear after the events ofStar Wars: Episode IVA New Hope, which corresponds to1 ABY perStar Wars: Timelines. - ↑Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
- ↑4.04.14.24.3Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑Star Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back
- ↑Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the events ofStar Wars: Episode VIIThe Force Awakens in34 ABY.Star Wars: Episode VIIIThe Last Jedi takes place immediately after the end ofThe Force Awakens.
- ↑Star Wars: Episode VIIIThe Last Jedi