Battle of Yavin

The Battle of Yavin was a conflict that occured during the Galactic Civil War that resulted in the destruction of the First Death Star. It was Luke Skywalker's first battle in the war and marked a turning point in the conflict which established the Rebel Alliance as less of a band of rebels and more of an army of revolutionaries.

The Rebels dispatched a fleet of X-Wings and Y-Wings to assault the Death Star directly, much to the amusement of Grand Moff Tarkin. However, after some heavy damage dealt to the surface of the Death Star, the Empire dispatched TIE Fighters, led by Darth Vader, to destroy the Rebel ships. After some severe Rebel casulties and the intervention of the Millenium Falcon, Luke was finally able to hit the weakspot of the Death Star, destroying the station and annihilating thousands of Imperial troops, including some of their best admirals and Grand Moff Tarkin. Darth Vader was sent spinning away in his TIE Fighter, and Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke, Wedge and the other surviving Rebel Pilots flew back to Yavin IV to a heroes welcome.