During the twenty-third celebration of Empire Day, Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine received a report that the Rebel Alliance was gathering near the planet Mygeeto, Palpatine had his apprentice Darth Vader investigate to see if the report were true. Vader found the rebel fleet around Mygeeto. Before he could deal with them, Palpatine called him back to deal with Naare's attack on Coruscant.