The Battle of Nar Shaddaa was a conflict between an Imperial task force and a collection of Confederates attempting to defend their homes on Nar Shaddaa. It was fought in orbit above the Smuggler's Moon, in the Y'Toub system in 1 ABY. Unknown to the confederates was that Admiral Greelanx had been ordered to lose the battle by Emperor Palpatine, who wished to discredit Moff Sarn Shild of the Hutt Sector. Concerned with Shild's growing desperation for power, the Emperor planned to deal Shild a major blow by causing him to lose his political support in the fallout from the calamitous loss.