Why did it take 6 months to evac Yavin?

Just curious, as I haven't come across any explanation to it, why did it take so long to evac Yavin after the balloon popped? That Dodonna had to stay back and sacrifice himself, that the Rebs had no other locales to relocate their HQ?

Was their base there so insurmountable that the Imp fleet couldn't send them running, and why would they stay?

 

Interesting. What sources can I read that from, to obtain more info? (books, guides, comics?) So the Rebs just sat there, fending off Imp harrassmant, for six whole months?!

Unrelated, Juhani is ugly to look at. Almost orcish. And I'm going to keep reloading that who-dun-it mystery till I get it right! Or are you suppose to lose it intentionally?

Ah well . . .

 

Excellence

"Interesting. What sources can I read that from, to obtain more info? (books, guides, comics?) So the Rebs just sat there, fending off Imp harrassmant, for six whole months?!"

Basically, yeah. In the Goodwin/Williamson strips they fended off the Executor, and in the Marvel books they came under almost daily TIE attacks.

 

You can also read more about it in the Essential Chronology.

 

The empire attacked with a ground assault around the first month, but it was a failure... As the rebels were alerted, and were able to leave the planet and hide for a short time...(Star Wars Kids comics)

However the rebels were not capable of getting past the blockade, and were forced to return to the planet...

Of course there was the handfull of attacks that occured during the marvel period...

 

The EC, eh? Okay. I was just wondering why it took so long to evac a compromised base. When were these marvel comics published?

 

Between ANH and ROTJ. From my understanding, all the heavy equipment was taken out soon after the DS died, but then the Empire slapped a blockade on the sector. At first the base waqs hammered by air attacks (Marvel) but then Darth V halted them, for he wanted to b%#@* slap the Rebels personally aboard the Executer, which was nearing completion.

 

Can you imagine how many pairs of shoes a princess carries around? they were lucky to evacuate within six months.

 

Not to mention giant hairdryers and Dot Matrix.

 

LMAO at the two above posts!!!!