Assault on Strike Station Aurek

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At some point before the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance's Blue Squadron launched an assault on the Galactic Empire's Strike Station Aurek. Lieutenant Valeria devised a plan to destroy the battle station by dropping a proton bomb into the base's thermal exhaust port. Despite some unexpected delays, the rebels managed to destroy Strike Station Aurek with the help of Rowan Freemaker and the B1-series battle droid Roger.[4]

Prelude

After the Freemakers joined the Rebel Alliance, they found work as mechanics servicing the Alliance Fleet's starfighters.[5] Later, Lieutenant Valeria devised an operation to destroy the Imperial base Strike Station Aurek. Her plan involved dropping a proton bomb into the base's thermal exhaust port.[4] This tactic had first been used by Luke Skywalker during the Battle of Yavin to destroy the Death Star.[6]

The rebels experienced an unexpected delay when the B1-series battle droid Roger, who had been temporarily blinded by burning sweet-sand cookies, bumped into a stack of containers that Rowan had been standing on. The containers collapsed in a domino wave over Blue Squadron's starfighters, damaging them. While Rowan's older siblings Zander and Kordi Freemaker distracted Lieutenant Valeria and her squadron, Rowan and Roger rebuilt the starfighters with the former using the Force.[4]

Despite repairing the starfighters, Roger built himself into the astromech socket of Valeria's Y-wing. Rowan was unable to free him and the two became reluctant passengers as Valeria took the Y-wing into space. Valeria's co-pilot and astromech droid were left behind.[4]

The battle

Upon arriving at Strike Station Aurek, Blue Squadron had to dodge both turbolasers and TIE fighters. During the battle, Roger panicked and Rowan feigned enthusiasm in order to avoid arousing Valeria's suspicions. Valeria's Y-wing was pursued by two TIEs but Rowan managed to use the Y-wing's rear cannons to shoot them down. One collided with a pinnacle. As the Y-wing approached the thermal exhaust port, Roger fretted that he had not fixed the launch tube. Rowan instead used the Force to detach the bomb, which rolled into the exhaust port. Strike Station Aurek blew up, destroying the Imperial forces. Rowan likened the outcome to the destruction of the Death Star.[4]

Aftermath

After returning to Home One, Rowan used his lightsaber to cut himself and Roger free of the Y-wing. Zander and Kordi praised Rowan with Kordi telling her brother that the Force was with him. Valeria meanwhile thanked her bemused co-pilot and astromech droid, not realizing they had been left behind.[4]

Behind the scenes

The Assault on Strike Station Aurek serves as the main conflict of the LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Season Two animated short "Rowan's Secret Adventure," which was released on the LEGO Star Wars website on May 4, 2017.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ TheFreemakerAdventuresLogo-Dplus LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Thrown Into Battle"
  2. ↑ TheFreemakerAdventuresLogo-Dplus LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Zander Freemaker, Superstar Pilot Guy!"
  3. ↑ StarWars.com LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Animated Series Coming to Disney XD This Summer on StarWars.com (backup link) places LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures between Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 3 ABY and 4 ABY respectively. "Return of the Kyber Saber" takes place twenty-three years after the formation of the Galactic Empire, which occurred in 19 BBY according to Star Wars: Timelines, meaning that "Return of the Kyber Saber" and all subsequent episodes in Season Two take place in 4 ABY, while any previous episodes take place between 3 ABY and 4 ABY.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 TheFreemakerAdventuresLogo-Dplus LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Rowan's Secret Adventure"
  5. ↑ TheFreemakerAdventuresLogo-Dplus LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Home One"
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope