Final Ending Spoilers: The death star arrives in the Yavin 4 star system with the intent of destroying the Rebel base. The Rebel Alliance detects a weakness in the death star engineering schematics and launch X-Wing fighters to destroy the death star before the death star arrives in range of the Rebel base to fire the death star's super weapon. Han Solo and Chewbacca avoid the battle in order to enjoy the reward money for saving Princess Leia. The Rebel X-Wings are one by one destroyed by Imperial tie fighters as the X-Wings attempt to destroy the death star. Finally, Luke Skywalker makes a run at destroying the death star in his X-Wing.

However, it appears Darth Vader in his tie fighter will kill Luke. At the last possible second, Han Solo and Chewbacca appear out of nowhere in the Millennium Falcon and thwart Darth Vader before he can kill Luke. Vader's tie fighter is sent wildly into deep space. Vader retreats to fight another day. Obi-Wan guides Luke in successfully destroying the death star. The heroes arrive back at Yavin 4 and are rewarded for their valor with medals.