Although Ozzel joyously remarked to Vader as the two watched on from the Executor's bridge that the end of the Rebellion seemed near if the Rebel Fleet was indeed jumping to their rendezvous point where the Empire awaited them, Vader offered his admiral no such congratulations. [33], The Executor had traversed the length of the asteroid field, emerging on the far end within the Anoat system with nothing to show for its efforts. [16], Because the Executor was Vader's flagship, a disproportionate fraction of the Imperial Navy's best young and mid-level officers and crewers manned the Super Star Destroyer. Operators kept it pointed at the target, and the Predictor then calculated the proper aim point automatically and displayed it as a pointer mounted on the gun. [15] They were soon joined by several other capital ships, including three CR90 corvettes and the bulk cruiser Fairfax. The device self-destructed upon Skywalker's tampering, which sent an immediate termination signal to the Executor, just as Vader had planned. Arkanoid. The Executor engages the Falleen's Fist over Coruscant. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Nonam was attached to General Rom Mohc, who was aboard the Executor to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Dark Trooper Project to Vader. In general, a fixed system can be identified, attacked and destroyed whereas a mobile system can show up in places where it is not expected. Solo, however, had lied about knowing about the corvette and had seen right through Ozzel's ruse—which he found less than clever. [88], One of the Executor's first assignments under Ozzel's command was to patrol the Black Widow Nebula, an immense field of impenetrable interstellar dust, in search of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Eradicator and an Imperial courier corvette commanded by one Captain Sodarra, an Imperial deserter. Smaller weapons, typically .50 calibre or even 8 mm rifle calibre guns have been used in the smallest mounts. With its flight systems gone[139] and damage-control crews failing to regain command of the ship from auxiliary control centers, the Executor was pulled into the Death Star's powerful gravity well and began one final, long descent toward the battlestation. Members of the bridge crew gaze fearfully at the passing Vader, whose tactic of motivation through fear proved detrimental during the Hoth campaign. [15], The Millennium Falcon had detected the Executor early enough during its departure from the planet to afford enough time, because of hyperdrive malfunction, to take refuge in a nearby asteroid field in parabolic orbit around Kothlis that hid the Rebel ship from the Executor's sensors. [139] All hands onboard died with the Executor. However, as stealth technology grows, so does anti-stealth technology. [144][205] Starship Battles effectively retconned the extensive length discrepancies by explaining that the Imperial Navy purposely incorrectly reported the Executor's length to the Imperial Senate to conceal its destructive power.[12]. The results were disappointing by any measure. "[7], Not until August 5, 2001 did the newly-created StarWars.com Databank officially update the Executor page with the new length figure of "12,800 meters. Stealth designs cut detection ranges so much that the aircraft is often never even seen, and when it is, it is often too late for an intercept. In the Soviet Union this was called Voyska PVO, and had both fighter aircraft, separate from the air force, and ground-based systems. Released in August 2009, Murder on the Executor is the first full-length RPG adventure to feature the Executor as the story's primary backdrop. [15] Okins positioned the Star Destroyers in a triangular attack formation, with the Avenger at the point position and the Super Star Destroyer occupying the rear, flanked by the Victory Destroyers. Navigation system Rather than intercepting the Rebels along their escape corridor at Feswe Prime, the Star Destroyers emerged from hyperspace directly on top of the Executor's shields, obliterating the three ships, killing Griff, and momentarily crippling the Executor long enough for the Rebel Fleet to escape. Vader considered a chance at capturing Skywalker worth delaying the attack on the Rebel base. Nevertheless, the Executor and the Avenger continued their assault, destroying the Kothlis II outpost and three GR-75 medium transports, and unleashing fire on the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser Liberty, before it too escaped into hyperspace. Many other nations also deploy an air-defence branch in the army. The first were formally formed in November 1914. Standard naval procedure called for the fleet to enter the system far enough away from the hostile planet so as not to be detected, but Ozzel completely failed to observe protocol. Other technicians and dockhands serviced the Executor's hangar bays. Vader encountered the Jedi Master Yoda, from whom he learned his son had died and that Princess Leia Organa was in fact his daughter. [13], Soon, a Rebel fleet consisting of EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates, CR90 corvettes, and GR-75 medium transports conducted a counterattack on the Executor and the Imperial fleet, but the Imperial Ace helped engage and defeat the Rebel offensive. Admiral Ledre Okins commanded the Executor briefly in 3.5 ABY. The alien warlord targeted Poln Major, at the edge of Wild Space and the Unknown Regions, as his next conquest into Imperial space by suborning its occupying Imperial governor, Bidor Ferrouz, into committing treason. Vader orders General Veers to take reinforcements to the Green Moon—an early name for Endor—and for the Executor and the Imperial Fleet to protect the Empire's twin Death Stars while he transports Skywalker to the Emperor. [58] In fact, Kuat would be simultaneously constructing a duplicate Super Star Destroyer for the Empire along with Fondor. [52], In the aftermath of Vader's duel with Luke Skywalker on Cloud City in 3 ABY, during which he suffered a minor lightsaber wound on his right arm, Vader trained with ASP-19 battle droids equipped with lightsabers to hone his own lightsaber dueling skills in an effort to recover from his injury in preparation for an eventual second encounter with his son. The Executor captures the smuggling vessel Faithless outside the Annamar asteroid field. [119] With Cloud City in chaos as residents rushed to escape the Imperial subjugation, the Millennium Falcon rescued Skywalker from the city as well. Galactic Empire[1] As he lay on the brink of death, Truminn informed the team that he knew who murdered Sorn. Luceno described the Executor as being "almost 12 times as long" as a "common Star Destroyer," suggesting a length around nineteen kilometers.[199]. Naruto Shippuden. Construction proceeds at the Starship Yards of Fondor. Shira Brie recovered from her grievous injuries in a secret medical lab aboard the Executor. This diagram shows the current canonical Executor length in relation to the Eclipse-class dreadnought and the standard Imperial Star Destroyer. During World War II, they were the primary gun armament on destroyer escorts, patrol frigates, submarine chasers, minesweepers, some fleet submarines, and other auxiliary vessels, and were used as a secondary dual-purpose battery on some other types of ships, including some older battleships. However, the shuttle's captain argues that Skywalker must be taken to the Emperor, but Veers, whose loyalty lies with Vader, refuses and takes Skywalker to the Executor as planned. [2] The Executor participated in the destruction of at least one such Rebel vessel, the medium transport Bright Hope, the final escape transport to leave the planet. [52], In the adventure's third and final battle encounter, the investigation team confronts Malkor Trel, the Rebel spy and murderer, aboard the Onderian Raptor as he is attempting to make his escape from the Executor. Accordingly enough, the fleet epitomized typical Imperial overkill and inefficiency, much like the Executor itself. Vader's inner sanctum was lined with a wide angular viewport. [225], In an earlier sequence of X-Wing, a cut scene shows a Super Star Destroyer leading a sizable Imperial force to the planet Tatooine in pursuit of Princess Leia and the Death Star plans, drawing upon the opening battle scene from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. By engaging the Star Destroyers in ship-to-ship combat, the Rebels succeeded in using the Imperial Fleet as a shield to all but negate the Death Star's destructive capabilities. However, the gun was suffering teething issues being prone to jamming. Only when Dodonna suddenly changed course to attack the Executor head on in a suicide maneuver as part of a change of heart did Vader realize he had indeed lost Skywalker. The book also provides a precise length of 1.6 kilometers for the Imperial-class Star Destroyer, meaning the Executor was approximately eight kilometers long. However, the program's Executor glossary entry repeated the old figure of "8,000 meters. The technician's chamber failed to net Vader Skywalker, however. [192] However, Star Wars: Behind the Magic names 30 AT-ATs and 40 AT-STs, unique figures never repeated before or since. Although Vader's plan to capture the Rebel spy failed when Skywalker sensed the Dark Lord's presence through the Force and escaped the scene, Vader's stormtroopers nevertheless rounded up the traitorous admirals, bringing their scheme to sabotage the Executor project to an end. The developments in the latest and relatively cheap short-range missiles have begun to replace autocannons in this role. Sorn, whose death prompted a detailed murder investigation aboard the Executor concurrent with the Hoth battle, gained the upper hand in one of their final contests before she was killed. [136], During the Shelkonwa situation of 0.5 ABY, a crisp-voiced controller was responsible for directing incoming traffic through the Executor's blockade of the planet. Owner(s) Pradeux also noted Piett assuming the Executor's admiralty and that Death Squadron was planning to deploy in search of the many fleeing Rebel ships from Hoth, though of course the truth was drastically different. [113] Together, Vader and the Emperor privately discussed the growing threat of Luke Skywalker to their Sith dominion of the galaxy. [5] With construction authorized by the Emperor,[17] the finished product, the first of a new generation of Super Star Destroyers, would serve as the personal flagship of the Lord Darth Vader. The G Cat was desperately ferrying Tarkin to safety away from Sollaine's forces on Corulag, and when the Executor emerged from hyperspace directly in the midst of the skirmish, the Super Star Destroyer's massive presence proved to be the perfect obstacle for the G Cat to evade the Devastator's tractor beams and escape into hyperspace. The Executor intercepts the shuttle Tydirium. The Executor model seen in the films sports thirteen engine banks,[183] although Star Wars reference material, beginning with The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels in 1996, incorrectly asserted that the Executor only had nine engine banks,[1] until the release of Star Wars: Behind the Magic in 1998, which included an interactive rotating model showing thirteen engines. London Rex. Although the firearms used by the infantry, particularly machine guns, can be used to engage low altitude air targets, on occasion with notable success, their effectiveness is generally limited and the muzzle flashes reveal infantry positions. Most Western and Commonwealth militaries integrate air defence purely with the traditional services of the military (i.e. After the Emperor's hologram faded, pleased with his servant's performance, Vader departed from the Executor with the still-living Tao to bring the boy to die on his homeworld of Shumari.[87][97]. 279,144[7][17]1,590 gunners[7]10,000 droids[18] The Millennium Falcon gone from sight, Vader ordered Piett to disperse Death Squadron along every possible hyperspace trajectory the ship may have taken to escape, before calmly yet sternly warning his admiral that further failure would not be tolerated. [14] The Executor also routinely hosted Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1. "[63], A discrepancy also exists concerning the precise location of the Scarl system, the Executor's original construction site. But, after a short chase, the Millennium Falcon had once again disappeared from the Imperial fleet, much to the vexation of Captain Lorth Needa. Rules of Engagement are critical to prevent air defences engaging friendly or neutral aircraft. Finally, virtually every modern warship will be fitted with small-calibre guns, including a CIWS, which is usually a radar-controlled Gatling gun of between 20mm and 30mm calibre capable of firing several thousand rounds per minute.[80]. Rocket-propelled grenades can be—and often are—used against hovering helicopters (e.g., by Somali militiamen during the Battle of Mogadishu (1993)). To Vader's great satisfaction, the two minutes expired with no word from Xizor, who believed Vader was bluffing, and the Executor opened up fire. "Allied Artillery of World War Two". The Browning 37 mm proved prone to jamming, and was eventually replaced in AA units by the Bofors 40 mm. London: War Office 26|Manuals|2494. The British Army adopted the 13-pounder quickly producing new mountings suitable for AA use, the 13-pdr QF 6 cwt Mk III was issued in 1915. [62] A 3"/50 MK 22 semiautomatic dual gun was produced but not employed before the end of the war and therefore beyond the scope of this article. However, the German Würzburg radar was capable of providing data suitable for controlling AA guns, and the British AA No 1 Mk 1 GL radar was designed to be used on AA gun positions. However, the Millennium Falcon moves close enough to the hull of the Executor to slip underneath the giant vessel. Potential targets, if they are military aircraft, will be identified as friend or foe before being engaged. … In Britain the interest was for anti-aircraft fire, it quickly became clear that guidance would be required for precision. Missile defence is an extension of air defence, as are initiatives to adapt air defence to the task of intercepting any projectile in flight. Still, Vader took Okins along anyway. [100] A year later, in early 3 ABY, Piett reported to Vader that a special probe droid, cybernetically linked with the Executor and installed on the planet Verdanth, had attracted a Rebel presence into its trap, which turned out to be Skywalker, although Vader lost his quarry. After checking a datapad recovered from Antilles, the team discovered a dossier file further confirming Trel was indeed the Rebel spy and the murderer they sought. However, the King Board had noted that the balance was shifting towards the larger guns used by the fleet. The British pom-poms had only contact-fused ammunition. However, the X-Wing canonical game storyline does not include Farlander being captured by the Empire, so the Executor's appearance is therefore non-canon. However, all ground-based air defence was removed from Royal Air Force (RAF) jurisdiction in 2004. Crynyd purposely steered his wayward A-wing fighter on a suicidal run directly toward the Executor's bridge. The Executor's scanners detected only the five lifeform signatures of the stormtroopers as their Suwantek freighter exited the system, leading Jade to later believe that Organa couldn't have possibly stowed away aboard the ship and that her purported presence on Shelkonwa was just a ruse Vilim Disra fabricated to attract Vader to Shelkonwa to eliminate Choard. [7] The probe droid relayed audio and visual sensory data of Echo Base's shield generator[17] and Rebel snowspeeders[58] via HoloNet transceiver to the Executor. In "The Man Upstairs"'s collection, there is an angle dedicated to Episode V space scenes, the Executor is a set (10221 Super Star Destroyer) with a space background. A number of jet interceptors such as the F-102 Delta Dagger, the F-106 Delta Dart, and the MiG-25 were built in the period starting after the end of World War II and ending in the late 1960s, when they became less important due to the shifting of the strategic bombing role to ICBMs. Fett knew that the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive was disabled, or Solo would have jumped into hyperspace as soon as possible. [60] As early as 1928 the US Navy saw the need to replace the .50 caliber machine gun with something heavier. Indeed, the Super Star Destroyer's presence alone upon initially arriving in the Kothlis system convinced the Rebels that the data they possessed was of utmost value to the Empire, as the Emperor had foreseen, and they scrambled to escape. Vader ordered the Executor head on into the asteroid maelstrom. Starter responded by using a stolen blaster to fire a shot into the command console of Vader's meditation sphere, forcing it closed, trapping the Dark Lord inside. Both France and UK introduced tachymetric devices to track targets and produce vertical and horizontal deflection angles. [52] Another area contained the Executor's troop quarters. [19], Under commanding officer Admiral Bentro, the Executor initiated a lockdown of Shelkonwa, disallowing any ships landing clearance at the palace of sector Governor Barshnis Choard within Makrin City, the planetary capital, while Vader's elite personal stormtrooper contingent, the 501st Legion, conducted a search for Organa. [52], The team tracked the four labor droids, their primary suspects, to the Executor's droid pool, where they found them scheduled to undergo a memory wipe. [36] Shortly before 4 ABY, a corporal boldly interrupted a conference Vader was holding with three Imperial officers aboard the bridge concerning the political situation in the Iskalon system, notifying him that circumstances in the area required his immediate attention. [51], As the Millennium Falcon raced away from Hoth, the Executor intercepted and captured the JumpMaster 5000 scout ship Punishing One, piloted by the rogue Imperial assassin Dengar, who had come to Hoth to capture Han Solo's bounty. The Executor visits Ord Mantell, early 3 ABY. Three Super Star Destroyers would enter service in the three years following, with several more under construction. [83] The Imperial treatment afforded Fondor during the Executor's construction—namely locking out all civilian traffic from the Fondor system and awarding subsequent Super Star Destroyer contracts to their Kuati competitors—would erode support for the Emperor at Fondor and eventually lead to the Empire losing the planet to the Rebellion, reportedly with inside help, in the years following. [224], The Executor in the non-canon Keyan Farlander capture scene, original shot (top) and redone Windows 95 version (bottom), The Executor appears in the 1993 original release of the PC game Star Wars: X-Wing, although its inclusion is not part of the central storyline. Soon the forces were adding various machine-gun based weapons mounted on poles. Rebel Alliance and, later, New Republic Intelligence had not known of the Lusankya's existence until its sudden emergence in Isard's hands. [15], On the other side of Coruscant, the Executor and a giant flotilla of warships[22] prevailed upon a battle between Xizor's navy of StarVipers and X-wing starfighters of the Rebellion's Rogue Squadron. However, in the years immediately after World War I, the prospect of another major war seemed remote, particularly in Europe, where the most militarily capable nations were, and little financing was available. [200] He explained that the process of changing the Executor's length involved a discussion of rationale, comparing previous Star Wars sources to what was seen in the film, and then waiting for an author to submit a draft of to-be published material that would officially change the Executor's length, with Lucasfilm's permission. Scottish perspective on news, sport, business, lifestyle, food and drink and more, from Scotland's national newspaper, The Scotsman. [88] Still, Ozzel found out the hard way that while he commanded the Executor in name, Vader was actually pulling the strings. Still, Vader's hunt had begun anew. Vader's obsession with Skywalker diverted Death Squadron in search of the Millennium Falcon, allowing much of the Alliance High Command core to safely evacuate and regroup. Instantly, Vader ordered a commander to change the Executor's course for the Dagobah system. [91] Almost simultaneously, Imperial Lieutenant Janek Sunber, a childhood friend of Skywalker who had recently learned of the latter's involvement in the Death Star's destruction, offered to Vader his information on his friend. The British also fitted tracers to their shells for use at night. [59] Still, the destroyed prototype would prove to be the forerunner to an even larger Imperial warship. Suspecting as much, Vader wasted no time returning with the Executor to Coruscant. [159] Another officer, stationed in one of the bridge's crew pits during the Battle of Endor, anxiously reported to Piett that the Executor had lost its bridge deflector shields, moments before Arvel Crynyd's A-wing smashed through the bridge's viewports.[37]. The Kothlis asteroid field looms in front of the Executor's viewports as Vader detects the presence of his son within. During the brief questioning, Solo alluded to knowing about Sodarra's corvette in the nebula, which prompted Ozzel to formulate a plan: he would allow the Millennium Falcon to escape from the Executor in the hope that it would lead him to Sodarra. [92], Nearly twelve standard months after the Battle of Yavin, Vader met with the notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett within a dark chamber aboard the Executor. benefit from being mounted on a fleet of vehicles. Also present were members of the Imperial Navy's general staff, including Admirals Tandres, Tavares, and Ozzel. World War I demonstrated that aircraft could be an important part of the battlefield, but in some nations it was the prospect of strategic air attack that was the main issue, presenting both a threat and an opportunity. A concentrated assault on the Executor at the climax of the battle brought down the massive Super Star Destroyer's bridge deflector shields, before a wayward A-wing starfighter, piloted by Arvel Crynyd, crashed into the Executor's command bridge. Dozens of dogfights erupted among the trapped Rebel Fleet's capital ships, which simply had nowhere to run. Affiliation However, like The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels, both sources also seemed to contradict themselves by stating in technical specifications charts that the Executor was still a hard "8,000 meters" in length. [40] Gherant died with Piett when the Executor was destroyed.[37]. They were unsuccessful, but internal politics led the United States Army's Balloon Corps to be disbanded mid-war. Nations such as Japan use their SAM-equipped vessels to create an outer air defence perimeter and radar picket in the defence of its Home islands, and the United States also uses its Aegis-equipped ships as part of its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System in the defence of the Continental United States. The decisive Battle of Endor was underway. Even systems that consist of many components (transporter/erector/launchers, radars, command posts etc.) [33] The Executor assumed a position in low Hoth orbit[33] as it began to deploy an assault force of AT-AT and AT-ST walkers to the surface via Y-85 Titan dropships—the elite Blizzard Force, under Veers's command. Invasion of Mygeeto and quelling Rebel convoy raids, Protecting the Death Star construction site, Death of a giant and Imperial Fleet fallout, Further contradictions and notes, Rise of the Empire era, Further contradictions and notes, Rebellion era, This article places the Tao incident aboard the. [82] A gunnery crew of 1,590 rounded out the onboard personnel. [108] Other applicants rejected by Vader's screening crew included the Chadra-Fan Tutti Snibit; the Wookiee Chenlambec, partnered with the Human female Tinian I'att, both of whom purposely arrived aboard the Executor too late to be considered for the hunt, only showing up on a private mission to foil Bossk's involvement;[53] a Bosph hunter; and another alien hunter. [50] While within the chamber, a series of high-bandwidth communications consoles[2] and a large visual display screen[48] allowed Vader to communicate directly with his commanders on the Executor's bridge. [52], Alternatively, the team may choose to deny Trel's offer and apprehend the Rebel murderer, which triggers the final shootout battle aboard the Rebel ship. [15] Xizor's death crippled Black Sun, throwing the criminal organization into a fragmented internal power struggle from which it would never fully recover.[133][134]. Having lost the Executor job, Kuat executives made sure that all future Super-class Star Destroyers would bear their logo,[60] which only further angered Fondor. Shielding [15] Xizor's efforts to kill Skywalker had driven Vader over the edge,[22] and, once the Emperor had left Coruscant on a personal matter, Vader challenged the Dark Prince directly. [22] Vader also reassigned Griff away from Fondor to take command of the blockade as the Executor project neared completion. He was responsible for preventing unauthorized access to the flagship's sensitive areas. The infirmary offered a level of cleanliness surpassing the rest of the ship to meet the needs and desires necessary for the Executor's medical staff to perform its duties well. [52], Truminn barely survived the encounter with the Rebels and was taken to the Executor's infirmary to recover. Fact File 47 also asserts that Griff commanded the Executor during its maiden voyage and the destruction of Laakteen Depot. While HAA and its associated target acquisition and fire control was the primary focus of AA efforts, low-level close-range targets remained and by the mid-1930s were becoming an issue. He was responsible for the physical safety of Imperial personnel against Rebel sabotage. Vader was eventually rescued by a veteran stormtrooper from the Hockaleg garrison below. Remaining Imperial forces in command of the Executor showered the three Rebel fighters with laser fire as soon as they entered the canyon, destroying Wister's X-wing, before Antilles and Kirst escaped. [15], To improve his standing with the Emperor, Xizor reported the presence of a large Rebel shipyard in the Vergesso Asteroids, in the Lybeya system of the Bajic sector, in the Outer Rim. Three years after the Battle of Endor, New Republic starfighter pilot Starter, a man regarded for telling overly embellished tales of his past, recounted to a group of friends one story of his adventures while fighting with the Rebellion during the Galactic Civil War in which he supposedly escaped from Darth Vader aboard the Executor. When the Rebels attacked the Imperial Fleet at point-blank range, the Executor was already beaten. Fixed AA defences, using HAA and LAA, were established by the Army in key overseas places, notably Malta, Suez Canal and Singapore. Further, the Emperor instructed Vader to collect the imprisoned Skywalker while he was at Kothlis. [128], Later, Vader ordered Giel to return to the Executor to deliver a report concerning intelligence gathered from an abandoned Rebel base on the planet Golrath. [34], Sometime shortly after the Battle of Hoth, Vader, from his holographic chamber aboard the Executor, discussed the continuing developments of the Imperial storm commando Sarkli with the Emperor. These armies, the Grand Army of the Republic and the … For three years after Yavin, under the command of Admiral Kendal Ozzel, the Executor led Vader's Star Destroyer fleet, the Imperial Death Squadron, in the Empire's hunt for the Rebellion's secret headquarters as part of Vader's personal mission to locate his son, Luke Skywalker. The 419th and 601st Anti-aircraft Gun Battalions of the US Army were first allocated to the Folkestone-Dover coast to defend London, and then moved to Belgium to become part of the "Antwerp X" project coordinated from the Le Grand Veneur [nl][64] in Keerbergen. An Anti-UAV Defence System (AUDS) is a system for defence against military unmanned aerial vehicles. The command tower had been erected almost in full, with the two shield/sensor globes intact, and the engines were operational. Realizing he had just missed his son, Vader hastened to return to the Executor in orbit, hoping there was still time to catch him. During the Battle of Endor, the Executor led a massive Star Destroyer armada in trapping the Rebel Fleet between itself and the Death Star battlestation. However, time was running out before TIEs entered the hangar after them. Various types of ammunition were proposed, high explosive, incendiary, bullet-chains, rod bullets and shrapnel. The player must destroy each of the Executor's two deflector shield domes in an allotted amount of time before the Super Star Destroyer is considered destroyed. [17] Ozzel served only as a figurehead as the fleet admiral, a mere puppet whose strings Vader pulled. Amidst the melee Antilles shot Truminn at point-blank range, critically wounding him. [7], To solve the problem, visual effects artist Lorne Peterson innovatively designed the Executor model's infrastructure out of lightweight honeycombed aluminum,[7] the first starship to be made in such a way. Vader allowed responsibility to subsequently fall upon the shoulders of Griff, in charge of the blockade, to stop the Rebels fleeing from Yavin 4 until the Executor could complete repairs. [51] Calrissian had helped Organa to escape the city after turning the tables on Vader's stormtroopers,[33] rather than delivering the Rebels to the Executor as the Dark Lord commanded. Still, he did not voice his disapproval to Vader directly, as Ozzel had done. 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