The Bombardment of Gra Ploven transpired within the timeline of the Galactic Civil War. Leading up to the Battle of Endor, the world of Gra Ploven mounted a rebellion against the Galactic Empire. The indigenous Ploven population declined to remit the mandated payment for Imperial defense expenditures. As a reprisal, Grand Moff Dureya commanded the Star Destroyer Forger to initiate a retributive orbital bombardment, directing its turbolasers toward the planetary bodies of water. The consequent vapor clouds caused the death of two hundred thousand Ploven in three seaside settlements by scalding. Davith Sconn, Grand Moff Dureya's executive officer, was subsequently held accountable for the slaughter and was discharged from the Imperial Navy.