# What happened to the Imperials taken prisoner by Rebels in RotJ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149 "2017-06-05T01:05:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149/1 "2017-06-05T01:05:20Z")
Forced to pick up pieces of Death Star II? Handed over to the tender mercies of the Ewoks? Made to play Yug Yug??? (Shudder) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149/2 "2017-06-05T01:19:23Z")
No Imperial survivors of the Endor firestorm. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149/3 "2017-06-05T02:18:19Z")
The Ewoks got hungry. That’s not entirely facetious. Remember that they were planning on roasting Han, Chewie, and Luke for their dinner. I imagine the typical tribal custom was to eat the losing side in any internecine warfare on the forest moon. It’s not like the rebels would have have the inclination or the manpower to stop the slaughter. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149/4 "2017-06-05T02:50:05Z")
They signed up with Little Anthony? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149/5 "2017-06-05T03:02:32Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Forced to pick up pieces of Death Star II? Handed over to the tender mercies of the Ewoks? Made to play Yug Yug??? (Shudder) Don’t laugh until you’ve been Yug-Yugged by a coven of rutting Ewoks. Many of the captured storm troopers chose death over Yug Yug. (The rumors that it turned out to be “Death By Yug Yug” is listed as Unsubstantiated on Wookiepedia’s [Snoopes.com](http://Snoopes.com)…) ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149/6 "2017-06-05T03:26:50Z")
Sent to Guantanamos Eisley. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149/7 "2017-06-05T23:55:28Z")
Released after the death of the Emperor and the downfall of the Empire, I assume. The Rebel Alliance had succeeded; unless the Imperial troopers were dangerously-indoctrinated clones or the like, there would be no reason to keep them in captivity. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149/8 "2017-06-06T03:51:24Z")
> [@zbuzz](#): > > Sent to Guantanamos Eisley. “Guantooine. They’re on Guantooine.”