"Ambush at Mos Eisley": Rogue Squadron gets caught up in a battle between the Imperials and the natives. Main characters Luke Skywalker Ĭrix Madine is an Imperial defector who led commando forces on missions for the Rebellion alongside Rogue Squadron. Rogue Squadron assisted in disabling all three Devastators and destroying the Imperial presence.
On the planet of Dac, new Imperial weapons called World Devastators were destroying the planet. Six years after the Battle of Endor, Rogue Squadron, now under the command of Wedge Antilles, continued to fight the wounded Empire. With Seerdon in control of the planet's bacta and their own supply threatened, Rogue Squadron quickly reached Thyferra, killed Seerdon, and freed the planet from Seerdon's control. While on Sullust, however, General Carlist Rieekan informed Rogue Squadron that Moff Seerdon used their raid as a diversion and began his attack on Thyferra. Rogue Squadron and the Alliance struck back by initiating a Kasan Moor–engineered raid on an Imperial base located inside a volcano on Sullust. In retaliation, Seerdon blockaded a city on the planet of Chandrila. Rogue Squadron was ordered to disrupt his operation with hit-and-run missions against key targets on Taloraan and Fest. Seerdon was consolidating Imperial power in preparation for an attack aimed at capturing Thyferra, a planet producing the healing substance bacta.
With Wedge Antilles free and Rogue Squadron again at full strength, the Rebel Alliance turned its attention to a new Imperial threat- Moff Kohl Seerdon. Rogue Squadron organized a rescue on Kessel, liberating Wedge Antilles before he could be transferred to an Imperial prison. The Rebel Alliance tracked Antilles to an Imperial prison complex on the planet of Kessel. After an assault on the Imperial Enclave, a facility on Kile II supporting the Empire's Naval operations, Wedge Antilles was ambushed by a group of TIE fighters and was taken captive. With the help of Kasan Moor's intelligence, the Alliance launched three consecutive attacks on Imperial bases throughout the galaxy. When Rogue Squadron informed Moor that she has been taken prisoner, she offered to defect and provide the Rebel Alliance with intelligence on Imperial targets. Imperial pilot Kasan Moor's TIE fighter was disabled by Gold Squadron during the battle. While disabling Imperial yachts over Gerrard V, the Rebel force encountered the 128th TIE Interceptor Squadron. Soon after, Rogue Squadron is joined by Gold Squadron, a group of Y-wings now led by Crix Madine they are dispatched to the moon of Gerrard V to aid its quest for independence from the Empire. Rogue Squadron, with the help of Han Solo and Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon, fought off the Empire and escorted Madine safely off the planet. In response, the Empire launches an attack on Corellia, where Madine is hiding, to prevent his departure. Later, the Rebels learn that Imperial officer Crix Madine wishes to defect to the Rebel Alliance. Soon after, Rogue Squadron helps search for the Nonnah and extract its crew on Chorax. The team is then assigned to escort supplies on Barkhesh. Six months after the Battle of Yavin, Rogue Squadron briefly encounters the Empire at the Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine. Rogue Squadron, now under the command of Wedge Antilles, continues to fight the Empire to protect the newly formed Republic. After the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, the Galactic Empire collapsed, but was reborn under a mysterious new leader. Six years after the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance has established the New Republic, which now controls three quarters of the galaxy. As the Empire gathers strength for an all-out assault on the Rebel forces, Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles form Rogue Squadron, a group comprising twelve of the most skilled X-wing pilots from the Rebel Alliance.
Six months after the Battle of Yavin, the fliers of Rogue Squadron are engaged in a desperate battle for the survival of the Rebellion. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is set during the war between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.