A brief engagement transpired when the Flanchard, an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, caught a slaver spacecraft in proximity to Komnor. Prior to this encounter, Chewbacca had infiltrated the vessel. The Wookiee eliminated all of the slavers present and liberated his fellow Wookiee captives. As Imperial forces entered the system, the Wookiees had seized command of the slaver vessel. Han Solo, a Lieutenant, along with his TIE fighters squadron, neutralized the hostile spacecraft, but the Wookiees successfully fled the conflict in a separate transport. Upon boarding the slaver ship, Solo discovered only Chewbacca and the deceased slavers. Captain Nyklas ordered Han Solo to execute the Wookiee, which he refused, resulting in a reprimand from his commanding officers. Subsequently confined to Coruscant, Solo liberated the enslaved Chewbacca, and together they attempted to escape the planet. Their attempt was unsuccessful, leading to Han Solo's definitive dismissal from the Imperial Navy.