Rebel forces were defeated, but the Death Star plans were transmitted to the fleet and later used to destroy the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin.—Alliance victory; Death Star plans retrieved—Rebel victory—Rebels successfully infiltrate and retrieve the plans—Rebels gain access to the Death Star plans—Defeat of the Imperial forces, transmission of the Death Star plans—Imperial victory—Alliance forces were intercepted and suffered significant losses—Rebel evacuation of the Death Star plans was temporarily halted—Rebel escape and Imperial victory—Rebel Alliance victory—Rebels successfully steal the Death Star plans—Rebels retrieve Death Star plans—Alliance victory—Rebellion gains access to Death Star plans—Three fighters brought down the bridge shield generators of the Persecutor and shot down at least one TIE fighter.—Rebels successfully retrieve the Death Star plans but at the cost of K-2SO's life.—Defeat of the Imperial forces, allowing the transmission of the Death Star plans
Other
Date
1 BBY—During the events of Rogue One—December 6, 2016—Not explicitly mentioned, but occurs during the events of Rogue One—not explicitly mentioned—not explicitly mentioned, but implied to be shortly before the events of A New Hope
Force abilities
alerted the Rebels to the presence of AT-ACTs, vaporize
Type
Galactic Civil War—space battle and ground assault—unsanctioned mission—Ground assault and space battle—Infiltration and sabotage—Space and ground battle—Space battle—battle—guerrilla assault
Casualties
All remaining Rebel ground forces were eradicated.—High—Multiple stormtroopers and Imperial personnel—Many stormtroopers and some Rebel soldiers—substantial—Not explicitly stated, but significant given the nature of the battle—Multiple Rebel starfighters and ships, including Red Five (Pedrin Gaul)—K-2SO and many stormtroopers—Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus, Rook—significant damage to rebel ships, including destruction of a GR-75 medium transport and damage to a Nebulon-B frigate—Heavy casualties on both sides, including the destruction of multiple Star Destroyers—All personnel at the base and Imperial security complex—Multiple ships and starfighters were destroyed, including a GR-75 transport and a Nebulon-B frigate—Entire group of Rebels was killed by Lord Vader—Many Rebel soldiers and Raddus—heavy losses—Many Imperial and Rebel casualties—heavily outnumbered Rebels—high, including Galen Erso and Orson Krennic—High casualties on both sides—Seven X-wings attempted to get through the shield but only three succeeded, with the rest either shot down, crashing into the shield, colliding with the gate station, or pulling up to rejoin the space battle.—Multiple Rebel starfighters and ships, including Red Five—K-2SO—Chirrut Îmwe, Baze Malbus, Rook—Heavy casualties on both sides, with the destruction of multiple Star Destroyers—All personnel at the base were destroyed—The entire Rebel group was killed by Lord Vader.—Many Imperial and Rebel soldiers—Not explicitly mentioned, but significant losses on both sides—not explicitly mentioned
Lightsaber
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Location
Scarif—Scarif Citadel Tower
Appearances
Where Battle of Scarif appears across works and media.