Star Wars: Rebel Assault (film)

Star Wars: Rebel Assault is a 1995 American computer-animated epic space opera film directed by Vince Lee. Based on the video game series of the same name, the story focuses on a young pilot called Rookie One as they are trained by, and subsequently fights for, the Rebel Alliance in the Galactic Civil War.

Plot
Star Wars: Rebel Assault follows the adventures of an unnamed young person known under the handle of Rookie One, who like Luke Skywalker, is a farmboy from Tatooine who decides to join the Rebel Alliance. The film happens during the events of A New Hope and begins with his flight training in the Beggar's Canyon, some hours before the Devastator captures Tantive IV above Tatooine.

Rookie then joins a squadron to intercept the Devastator and after the mission is over they descend back to the planet in order to stop an Imperial assault on Tatooine. The Rebel base is destroyed and Mos Eisley receives an attack with AT-ST's which he has to wipe out.

The film then leads to the ice planet Hoth, where Rookie has to stop the AT-AT walkers with a snowspeeder and then escape the Gamma Base (which resembles Echo Base) firing his way through the Stormtroopers in a sequence that reminds of the Battle of Hoth, escaping from the planet just before it is destroyed by the Death Star.

The film eventually guides Rookie through the training on Yavin 4 preparing the attack on the trench run prior to the Battle of Yavin. The final missions follow the actions of the Blue Squadron (Ironically Blue Squadron was the original script Red Squadron of ANH fame), simultaneously to the Red Squadron shown in the movie. They take place near and on the Death Star where Rookie One has to destroy turrets, stop a gigantic laser gun and finally destroy it in place of Luke Skywalker.

After the destruction of the Death Star, Darth Vader has begun developing a new secret weapon for the Galactic Empire. Meanwhile, in the Rebel Alliance, some rumors of "ghost ships" attacking Rebel patrols have spread among the ranks.

Rebel pilot Kirby with his wingman, Rookie One, receive a distress call from a Corellian Transport, while attacked by TIE Fighters. The pilot had crucial information about the Galactic Empire's new project. After the first wave of TIEs, laser shots come from nowhere and shoot Kirby down. Rookie One is left alone and lands on the planet Dreighton where he goes to rescue the captured transport and escape with it.

Back at Pinnacle Base, Admiral Gial Ackbar helps the pilots understand the message from the freighter. In the Corellian Transport's records, the Alliance learn about a secret Imperial mining facility in the asteroid Belt of Arah and a squadron of X-wings moves to destroy it. During that mission, the X-Wing squadron discovers that the Empire was not simply mining ore, but is instead supplying rare metals required to manufacture a stealth version of the TIE Fighter; the new V38 "Phantom" equipped with a cloaking device invented by Grand Admiral Sarn, allowing them to move through space neither spotted on sensors nor by any pilot until they were ready to strike. After destroying the facility, Maarek is killed along with Rookie One's wingman. Rookie One narrowly escapes into hyperspace. Back at Pinnacle Base, Admiral Ackbar comes up with a plan for 2 people to infiltrate the facility building the Phantom P-38s at Imdaar Alpha.

Rookie One takes a crash course in TIE piloting from Admiral Krane. Then, they head out to the jump point. Rookie One teams up with Ru Murleen on the planet Imdaar. They fly to an Imperial Landing Platform on the far side of the swamp on Swoop Bikes. Disguised as stormtroopers, they infiltrate the Super Star Destroyer Terror. Stealing a TIE Phantom, they manage to destroy both the Terror and the TIE Phantom manufacturing plant.

Though they were able to return the stolen TIE Phantom to a nearby base, the Rebellion was unable to take advantage of the stealth technology, after a self-destruct destroyed their stolen ship.

Voice cast

 * as Rookie One
 * Isla Wood as Ru Murleen
 * as
 * as General Dodonna
 * as Imperial Officer
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