Battle of Coruscant

Also known as the Liberation of Coruscant, this was the first major engagement between Imperial and rebel forces following the major Imperial defeat at Endor.

Imperial resistance, while heavy, was overcome by Republic forces. Various factors, primarly the death of the Imperial high command at Endor and the so-called warlords who split from the Empire after the Emperor's death in an attempt to carve out their own small empires, led to the Imperial's defeat at Coruscant, and the eventual "liberation" of the galactic capital.

With the liberation of Coruscant, the New Republic was capable of projecting its power and convincing the galaxy that the end of the Empire had come. Some Imperial warlords such as Tagger tried to reclaim the capital in a series of confrontations. Tagger rallied a large portion of the Empire to his flag, forming the Emperor's Pride Fleet, and struck at Coruscant, in a battle known as the Second Battle of Coruscant.

It would not be until nine years after the Battle of Endor that Coruscant would once again be brought under Imperial control.