The Battle of Pinoora represents one of three diversionary assaults launched by the naval forces of the Rebel Alliance. These attacks were intended to provide support to the primary fleet as it carried out the evacuation of Yavin 4. In the six-month period following the Battle of Yavin, three separate fleets of Mon Calamari vessels engaged Imperial units stationed at three different points within the Blockade of Yavin: namely, Pinoora, Kli'aar, and the Vallusk Cluster. Admiral Amise Griff, the commander overseeing the blockade, recognized the nature of these attacks and declined to dispatch reinforcements to the embattled sectors. Subsequently, Griff moved to intercept the Alliance's escape path within the Tertiary Feswe system, but the Rebel forces ultimately succeeded in their withdrawal at Feswe Prime.