| rdfs:comment | - The Rebel Alliance operated an efficient and widespread intelligence network of Bothan Bothan spies. Through this network, the Alliance learned of the construction of the Death Star, an extremely powerful space station capable of annihilating entire planets with its superlaser. Rebel prisoners aboard the Death Star managed to riot and got control of a technical readout while Imperial-turned-Rebel Kyle Katarn retrieved further plans. The final piece of the plans were recovered by Bria Tharen and the Red Hand Squadron during the Battle of Toprawa. From there they beamed it to Leia's ship, the Tantive IV, while the 501st Legion, under Darth Vader, tracked Rebels to Polis Massa, however this was only a set-up for the Empire. Even so, the Rebels, who fought with the defensive upper hand, were c
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| abstract | - The Rebel Alliance operated an efficient and widespread intelligence network of Bothan Bothan spies. Through this network, the Alliance learned of the construction of the Death Star, an extremely powerful space station capable of annihilating entire planets with its superlaser. Rebel prisoners aboard the Death Star managed to riot and got control of a technical readout while Imperial-turned-Rebel Kyle Katarn retrieved further plans. The final piece of the plans were recovered by Bria Tharen and the Red Hand Squadron during the Battle of Toprawa. From there they beamed it to Leia's ship, the Tantive IV, while the 501st Legion, under Darth Vader, tracked Rebels to Polis Massa, however this was only a set-up for the Empire. Even so, the Rebels, who fought with the defensive upper hand, were crushed. Imperial forces soon discovered the true plot and the Star Destroyer Devastator, under the command of Darth Vader himself, captured the Tantive IV in a space battle above Tatooine, the planet Leia had been trying to reach. There she hoped to enlist the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was a fugitive Jedi in hiding on the planet and was watching over the young Luke Skywalker. Stormtroopers of the 501st took control of the ship and Darth Vader] arrived to access the damage. Vader was outraged and questioned Captain Antilles, whom he eventually strangled and killed. Hiding on the ship, Leia is spotted by part of the 501st, and is shot with a stun blast. Before taking her prisoner, Vader questioned her as well. However, before being detained, Princess Leia was able to record a holographic message and give it to R2-D2 to take to Kenobi. Vader ordered a message be sent to the Imperial Senate on Coruscant that the ship was destroyed, with everyone on board killed. The droids R2-D2 and C-3PO used an escape pod which brought them to the planet Tatooine. R2-D2 and C-3PO are "recovered" by Jawas after being separated from each other.
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