Battle of Starkiller Base
Warning: this entry reveals minor plot details.
The Resistance found the weak point of the weapon planet and destroyed it before it could fire again.
Description
The Resistance began the assault with twelve starfighters and one light freighter against a garrison, interceptor squadrons, and planetary turbolasers. The plan, laid out by Poe Dameron, consisted of three steps: take down the shield, breach the thermal oscillator, and destroy the main weapon before it finished charging. The Millennium Falcon passed through the shield at lightspeed and landed near a cliff. Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Finn captured Captain Phasma and forced her to disable the defenses, after which they planted charges. The squadrons' first run at the oscillator produced no result: ten minutes before the weapon was fully charged, the Resistance had lost half its fighters, among the dead Ello Asty and Sarah Bel-Sun. The detonation of the explosives, set off by Chewbacca, opened a breach, into which Dameron's strike went. The planet's core lost stability, and the base perished along with Ilum. Kylo Ren and General Armitage Hux managed to leave the world; Rey, who had discovered her Force sensitivity, left together with the survivors.
Source: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Participants
- Armitage HuxCharacter
- Captain PhasmaCharacter
- ChewbaccaCharacter
- FinnCharacter
- First OrderFaction
- Han SoloCharacter
- ResistanceFaction
- ReyCharacter
Source: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Locations
- Ilum
Source: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Works
- Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force AwakensFilmСобытие показано в этом произведении.
Source: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Causes
- Founding of the Resistance29 ABYContributed to this eventThe forces gathered by Alliance veterans were the ones that struck the First Order's weapon planet.
Source: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Consequences
- Evacuation of D'Qar and destruction of the Fulminatrix34 ABYThis event contributed to itAfter the loss of its superweapon, the First Order tracked down the Resistance base and forced a hasty evacuation.
Source: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Meanwhile
- Destruction of Starkiller Base34 ABYHappens in parallelExplanation hidden: it reveals the plot of the related event.
- Destruction of the Hosnian system34 ABYHappens in parallelExplanation hidden: it reveals the plot of the related event.
Source: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Other connections
- Interrogation of Rey on Starkiller Base34 ABYPart of this eventThe interrogation of the captive took place at the base during the Resistance operation against the weapon planet.
- Duel in the forest of Starkiller Base34 ABYPart of this eventThe duel in the snowy forest went on while the weapon planet itself was being destroyed.
Source: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
- Founding of the Resistance → Battle of Starkiller BaseFounding of the ResistanceContributed to this event. The forces gathered by Alliance veterans were the ones that struck the First Order's weapon planet.
- Battle of Starkiller Base → Evacuation of D'Qar and destruction of the FulminatrixEvacuation of D'Qar and destruction of the FulminatrixThis event contributed to it. After the loss of its superweapon, the First Order tracked down the Resistance base and forced a hasty evacuation.
Sources
The film The Force Awakens shows the assault on and destruction of Starkiller Base by the Resistance.
Primary work · Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · Checked: 23 October 2026
Source: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens