The Battle of Janara III involved a New Republic assault on the Janara III installation, which was under the control of the Imperial Navy during the period of the Galactic Civil War.
After the events of the Liberation of Garos IV, Alexandra Winger, previously a resistance fighter, became a member of the New Republic Starfighter Corps. Guided by her dreams and Force Visions, she took on the role of a pilot flying an X-wing as Blue Four within Blue Squadron.
In the year 12 ABY, during a standard assignment, she and her squadron engaged two TIE starfighters. Suddenly, a Star Destroyer appeared and damaged her starfighter, leading to her capture. She was imprisoned for several days before being moved to a prison on Janara III. There, she learned that the Judicator, the destroyer commanded by Captain Brandei, was responsible for her capture. Brandei, an old acquaintance of her adoptive father Tork Winger, attempted to coerce her into providing information, claiming that her father and her "boyfriend" Dair Haslip had been apprehended for treason due to her discovery commanding a Republican ship. He then showed her images of the two men being tortured via holocomm.
However, Haslip, disguised as a stormtrooper and unharmed, arrived to liberate her, revealing that her father had passed away from a heart attack three months prior. He also informed her that New Republic reinforcements were en route to rescue her. She and her friend escaped the prison using an OP-5 landspeeder, pursued by scout troopers on speeder bikes, while X-wing starfighters attacked Imperial installations. During the chase, Alex was shot in the hand, losing several fingers, but they successfully escaped by commandeering a Lambda shuttle and jumping into hyperspace.