The Rebellion’s hopes seemed to dim further when Alliance leaders learned the Empire was secretly constructing a new, more powerful Death Star to replace the one destroyed at Yavin. But they also learned that the Emperor was aboard this new battle station – and decided to risk everything in a raid on its construction site.

While the Alliance fleet prepared its attack, Han Solo led a commando team to the Forest Moon of Endor. The team’s mission: destroy the shield generator protecting the Death Star in orbit above.

Unfortunately, the Emperor himself had leaked word of his presence to the Alliance. The Death Star was operational, and the Alliance was rushing into a trap. While Solo’s commandos battled stormtroopers protecting the shield generator, the rebel fleet traded hammer blows with Imperial warships.

Han’s team destroyed the shield generator, allowing Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles to fly into the Death Star superstructure and destroy the battle station. The rebels and their Ewok allies celebrated the greatest victory of the rebel cause, while bracing themselves for a tough fight against the remnants of the Imperial war machine.