
He and his crew escaped as a fleet of Imperial Star Destroyers jumped into the area, and the Ghost provided enough of a diversion so the crew could board the rest of the fleet and jump into hyperspace. Once it was apparent that Phoenix Home was lost, Commander Sato changed his mind and ordered an evacuation. Vader's attack led to Phoenix Home suffering critical damage and, despite the suggestions of Hera-who, along with her crew had boarded the Ghost to engage Vader-Sato at first refused to abandon the command ship. Sato ordered Phoenix Squadron to engage the Dark Lord, but Vader was the superior pilot and destroyed most of the squadron. Their warning to Commander Sato came too late, however, as Darth Vader arrived alone in his TIE Advanced x1. Once there, they realized that the Empire had placed a tracking device on the shuttle. The rebels escaped Lothal aboard a stolen shuttle after the Empire assassinated Tua, implicating the rebels in the crime, and they returned to Phoenix Home. The rebels' return to their former world led to the Siege of Lothal, as Agent Kallus and Darth Vader, pursued the rebels on the Outer Rim planet. Commander Sato believed that the mission was worth the risk and allowed the Ghost crew to return to Lothal to help Minister Tua. The transmission was from Maketh Tua, who requested that the rebels help her defect from the Empire in exchange for valuable intelligence the secrets she was willing to share included the names of rebel sympathizers on Lothal and nearby worlds, as well as the true reason for the Empire's presence on Lothal. It was then that the crew's astromech droid Chopper, arrived in the Phoenix Home command center carrying a message from Lothal. Captain Hera Syndulla of the Ghost regretted being unable to secure the shield generators for the fleet, but they had secured additional fuel to maintain Phoenix operations.


After one such attack, in which the Ghost crew led the Phoenix cell's group of A-Wing Starfighters, known as Phoenix Squadron, in an attempt to steal Imperial shield generators, Sato commended the Ghost crew for their work. Following an encounter with Thrawn, Sato left his home in the Mykapo System.Īfter Maketh Tua contacts the rebels, Commander Sato authorizes a mission to assist her.Īfter the Ghost crew joined the Rebellion, they became part of Sato's Rebel Fleet, the Ghost crew, aboard their ship the Ghost, carried out a number of attacks against Imperial targets, securing fuel for Phoenix Home and the Alderaan Cruisers that it led. This left Sato's nephew Mart Mattin as his only living relative the two lost touch following the death of Mart's father.
