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The mission to free Wookiee | WookieeSentient Species |
prisoners was an operation undertaken by the rebels who were based on and around the planet Lothal | LothalPlanet |
in the year 5 BBY. The rebels learned what they believed was the location of the Wookiees, who had been enslaved by the Galactic Empire, and attempted to rescue the Wookiees aboard Transport 651, an Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser | Gozanti-class CruiserStarshipStarship Models |
. Unknown to the rebels, however, was that they had walked into a trap set by Agent Kallus | Kallus(Human)CharacterSupporting Characters |
of the Imperial Security Bureau | Imperial Security BureauOrganizationGalactic Empire |
. They soon realized the Wookiees were not aboard the vessel, and the rebels were forced to flee from Kallus and his forces. During the escape, one of the rebels, Ezra Bridger | Ezra Bridger(Human)CharacterMajor Characters |
, was captured, forcing the rest of the crew to later return and rescue him. While a prisoner, Bridger learned that the Wookiees were being taken to the spice mines of the planet Kessel | KesselPlanet |
.The rebels soon arrived at the spice mines of Kessel, where their ship, the Ghost.jpg) | Ghost(VCX-100 Light Freighter)StarshipNamed Starships |
, fired upon the Imperial stormtroopers | Stormtrooper CorpsOrganizationGalactic Empire Military |
guarding the slaves. The rebels were able to make it into the mine and attack the stormtroopers, during which time they freed the prisoners. They were confronted by Kallus and his troops, who opened fire on the rebels and the Wookiees. As the Ghost engaged in battle with TIE fighters | TIE FighterStarshipStarfighter Models |
, the rebel leader, Kanan Jarrus | Kanan Jarrus(Human)CharacterMajor Characters |
, ignited his lightsaber and revealed himself as a Jedi | Jedi OrderOrganizationGalaxy-Wide Organizations |
who had survived the destruction of the Jedi Order. While Jarrus and other members of his crew secured most of the Wookiees, Bridger went in pursuit of the Wookiee child Kitwarr, who was being chased by a stormtrooper. Jarrus saved them both from Agent Kallus, and the Ghost fled from Kessel with the Wookiees, freeing them from captivity.After the rebels' successful rescue of the Wookiees, Kallus contacted the Grand Inquisitor | Grand Inquisitor(Pau'an)CharacterMajor Characters |
, an Imperial Jedi hunter, to inform him that the rebels were led by a Jedi.Read more... |
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