The Amma protest constituted a non-violent civic expression of dissent by the residents of the city of Amma located on the planet Bacrana. This demonstration was a peaceful march toward Central Sector Square, with participants voicing their opposition to Imperial acts of brutality. However, their demonstration was met with a barricade of Imperial stormtroopers, supported by All Terrain Scout Transports, who initiated gunfire when the assembled crowd declined to scatter.
The initial reference to the Amma protest appeared within the Flashpoint! Brak Sector role-playing game sourcebook, published in 1995, functioning as a piece of historical context for several characters featured in the book. According to the book, the event took place a year before its primary narrative, which unfolded several weeks following the Battle of Yavin, thereby placing it in 1 BBY. Conversely, the article "Galaxywide NewsNets" found in Star Wars Adventure Journal 7 subsequently situated the Amma protest on 36:6:7 GrS (corresponding to 1 ABY), erroneously positioning the protest's occurrence after the main narrative of Flashpoint! Brak Sector.