Vader traveled aboard a Star Destroyer when he inspected the second Death Star, under construction above the remote forest moon of Endor. When the Emperor lured the Alliance into an all-out attack on the new battle station, the Executor and a task force of Imperial Star Destroyers was in position to prevent the rebel warships from escaping.

The Alliance had fallen into the Emperor’s trap: The Death Star’s superlaser was fully operational. Lando Calrissian knew the rebels had to buy time for Han Solo’s commandos to bring down the battle station’s protective shields on Endor. He proposed a desperate new attack plan – send the rebel capital ships to engage the Star Destroyers at point-blank range.

Admiral Ackbar knew the rebels had no alternative, and agreed to Calrissian’s plan. But as rebel cruisers and Imperial Star Destroyers traded destructive broadsides, the Mon Calamari leader found himself appalled by the loss of life on both sides.