The Exegol landing team was led by Resistance General Finn during the Battle of Exegol. Their task was to destroy the navigation tower that was capable of making the Sith Eternal's fleet, the Final Order, leave the hidden Sith planet of Exegol.
The ground invasion force was transported by the Resistance's troop carrier the Fortitude. They were originally going to land of the surface of Exegol and take out the Sith Eternal's navigation tower so their fleet could not deploy. However, a First Order officer onboard Allegiant General Enric Pryde's Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Steadfast realized the Resistance's plan and informed Admiral Frantis Griss and Pryde. Pryde ordered the navigation signal to be switched over to his ship so they could guide out the fleet themselves.
Finn and Jannah charging across the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Steadfast.
As the tower shut down, Finn sensed through the Force that the navigation signal was coming from the command ship, and ordered the ground invasion to target the Steadfast. The troop carrier landed on the outside deck of the Destroyer, deploying Company 77, mounted on Orbaks. The cavalry charged towards the navigation tower, with General Finn, Jannah, and BB-8 at the front. Commander Rose Tico, Captain Beaumont Kin, and Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix lead the infantry behind them with Sidon Ithano. The team succeeded in their mission to take out the tower, but was attacked by Sith troopers. Connix was hit with a laser bolt to the leg, then Tico and Kin came to her aid. The overwhelming attack from Sith TIE fighters, Sith troopers, and Sith Jetpack Troopers killed many Resistance troopers, forcing the remaining infantry and cavalry to retreat back to the troop carrier. BB-8 joined the retreating infantry with Connix and Kin. Tico contacted Finn, urging him and Jannah to leave with the surviving troops, but Finn refused and ordered her to leave with the others. After the troop carrier departed, Finn and Jannah managed to take control of a cannon and use it to target the command deck, causing the Steadfast to plummet down to the surface, which resulted with the Sith fleet to be trapped and destroyed on Exegol. Finn and Jannah held onto the ship as it became vertical, until they were rescued by General Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca aboard the Millennium Falcon.
The Exegol landing team was created and developed for the 2019 Star Wars film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker. It was later given its name in the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary that was released on the same day.
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
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