Danaan tactics represented a specific defensive strategy utilized in the context of space warfare. During the Battle of Atollon, which occurred in 2 BBY amidst the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire, Commander Jun Sato of the Alliance strategically implemented a Danaan tactic. He did this while commanding Phoenix Cell's fleet against the Empire's Seventh Fleet. Grand Admiral Thrawn of the Empire acknowledged Sato's deployment of this tactic. Despite labeling it audacious, Thrawn conceded that he anticipated such a maneuver from his adversary. Thrawn countered this defensive approach by bolstering the central section of his own fleet and launching starfighters.
The employment of Danaan tactics was showcased in the initial segment of "Zero Hour," which comprised the two-part conclusion of the third season of Star Wars Rebels, an animated television program. This episode initially aired on March 25, 2017. The designation "Danaan tactics" alludes to the Danaans, a term used to describe the ancient Greeks within both the Iliad and the Odyssey.