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|objective=Steal [[Spice/Legends|spice]]<ref name="CSWE">{{CSWECite|I|323|Gargon}}</ref> from the [[spice vaults of Gargon]]<ref name="ROTJn">[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]]</ref>
|date=Before [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]]<ref name="Date">According to ''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'', the raid on the [[Spice/Legends|spice]] vaults of [[Gargon/Legends|Gargon]] occurred before [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] and [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] joined the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]]. As seen in [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], Solo and Chewbacca joined the Alliance at the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]], which ''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'' places in [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]].</ref>
|place=Spice vaults of Gargon,<ref name="ROTJn">[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]]</ref> [[Gargon/Legends|Gargon]]
|result=[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] and [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] steal the spice and receive double payment for that successful theft<ref name="CSWE" />
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|ppl1=*Han Solo<ref name="CSWE" />
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|ppl2=[[Unidentified gangster (Gargon)|Unidentified gangster]]<ref name="AGTSWU2">''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''</ref>
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{{Quote|Oh, come on, Chewie. We've gotten into more heavily guarded places than that—''"<br />"''Frowh rahgh rahrahraff vrawgh gr.''"<br />"''Well, the spice vaults of Gargon, for one.|Han Solo and Chewbacca|<ref name="ROTJn" />}}
The [[Corellian/Legends|Corellian]] [[Smuggler/Legends|smuggler]] [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] and his [[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]] co-[[Pilot/Legends|pilot]] [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] mounted a '''heist''' to steal valuable [[Spice/Legends|spice]]<ref name="CSWE" /> from the [[Spice vaults of Gargon|spice vaults]]<ref name="ROTJn" /> of the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Gargon/Legends|Gargon]] some [[Time/Legends|time]] prior to joining the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] in their [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|struggle]] against the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]].<ref name="CSWE" /> Although those vaults were owned by a notorious [[Unidentified gangster (Gargon)|gangster]]<ref name="AGTSWU2" /> and heavily guarded,<ref name="ROTJn" /> Solo and Chewbacca managed to break in, and they stole a hoard of spice stored there. As a result of their successful theft, the smugglers received double [[Currency/Legends|payment]].<ref name="CSWE" /> [[Standard year/Legends|Years]] later, Solo and Chewbacca were sent on a mission to the [[Endor/Legends|Forest Moon]] of [[Endor (planet)/Legends|Endor]] as members of the Rebel Alliance. They were part of a [[Endor strike team/Legends|strike team]] tasked with breaking into an [[Endor shield generator bunker|Imperial bunker]], which Solo likened to his past heist on Gargon.<ref name="ROTJn" />

==Appearances==
*[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]] {{1stm}}

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*{{GSWUCite|1|Gargon}}
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''

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[[Category:Battles of Gargon]]
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