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- c. 5 BBYChewbacca's life debt to Han SoloA smuggler discharged from Imperial service runs into a Wookiee whom he saved from slavers and who now considers himself bound by a life debt. On Nar Shaddaa, the partners find work with a smuggler pilot and then enter the service of the Hutts Jabba and Jiliac.
- c. 2 BBYHan Solo wins the Millennium FalconAt a sabacc tournament in Cloud City, the smuggler beats the former owner of a YT-1300 light freighter in the final game and wins the ship. He then begins modifying the vessel for smuggling and, with his partner, stops at Kashyyyk, where the partner is getting married.
- 1 BBYVirus outbreak on the prison barge PurgeBecause of an engine failure, an Imperial prison barge docks with an abandoned Star Destroyer, and a boarding party brings an unknown contagion aboard. Almost the entire crew and the prisoners die and turn into aggressive undead; only a handful of people survive, including two smuggler prisoners.
- c. 1 BBYRescue of Princess LeiaThe prisoner was taken off the battle station along with the data that made it possible to find its weakness.
- c. 0 ABYDestruction of the first battle stationDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 0 ABYBattle for Poln MajorThe warlord Nuso Esva abducted the family of Candoras sector governor Bidor Ferrouz and forced him to offer the Alliance a base in order to lure Captain Thrawn into the Poln system and frame him. The Hand of Judgment squad repelled three attacks by Esva's forces, and Mara Jade freed the governor's wife and daughter and decided not to accuse him of treason.
- c. 0 ABYMarblewood estate heist on WukkarHan Solo assembled a crew of about a dozen people, including Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, and Winter, to crack the vault of Avrak Villachor, the Black Sun sector chief, at the Marblewood estate on the planet Wukkar. The job was commissioned by the bounty hunter Boba Fett, posing as a wronged businessman. The stolen sum turned out to be smaller than promised, and the Black Sun Vigo Qazadi was killed by Fett.
- c. 0 ABYSkirmish on Shelkonwa and the execution of Governor ChoardShelsha sector governor Barshnis Choard and his administrator Vilim Disra were preparing to take the sector out of the Empire with the help of pirates. Leia Organa, who had come for negotiations, was betrayed by Disra, and the Executor arrived at the capital, Makrin City, with the 501st Legion. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo got Leia out, and Mara Jade and the Hand of Judgment squad eliminated the traitor Choard.
- c. 3 ABYEvacuation of Echo BaseThe base on the ice planet, discovered by the Empire, was abandoned, but the Alliance's main forces escaped.
- c. 3 ABYTrap in Cloud CityDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 4 ABYFreeing of Han SoloFriends freed their frozen comrade from the hands of a crime clan on a desert planet.
- c. 4 ABYBattle of EndorDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 4 ABYBattle of Bakura and the truce with the EmpireShortly after Endor, the Alliance intercepted an Imperial probe carrying a call for help from Bakura's governor Wilek Nereus, whose planet was under attack by the reptilian Ssi-ruuk. The rebels and the Imperial garrison concluded a temporary truce and together repelled the invasion, after which Nereus broke the agreement and attacked his allies. His death, an uprising of the Bakurans, and the defection of commander Pter Thanas to the Alliance led to the surrender of the Imperial garrison.