Clone Wars
The Clone Wars is a conflict that features in Star Wars.
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History
The Clone Wars was an intergalactic conflict that erupted in the waning days of the Galactic Republic. It occurred in the years after the Battle of Naboo where the Trade Federation had attempted to illegal conquer the planet. This brought the matter to the Galactic Senate where tensions had arise among a number of worlds. Unknown to anyone, these tensions were secretly the machinations of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious who looked to bring about the downfall of the Jedi Order. Through his agent, Count Dooku these dissenting worlds resented Republic rule and came to gather them alongside a number of corporations at Geonosis in order to herald the rise of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Meanwhile, Darth Sidious's influence had led to an expansion of the Republic's military in the form of the Grand Army of the Republic. This force was bolstered by the creation of Clone Troopers born and bred from the planet Kamino. This force was dispatched to Geonosis to stop the nascent Separatists but its leaders managed to escape the planet leading to the start of the Clone Wars that ravaged the galaxy.
At the conflicts height, the Separatists would stage an assault on the galactic capital of Coruscant itself with this being headed by General Grievous. He would succeed in capturing Chancellor Palpatine and taking him hostage only for him to be rescued by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. By this point, the Republic forces had turned back the CIS fleet with the Chancellor being returned to Coruscant though Grievous had managed to escape. Clone Intelligence later came to place the Separatist leader on the world of Utapau with General Kenobi being sent to that front. Meanwhile, Grandmaster Yoda was dispatched to Kashyyyk to aid the Wookiees who were under attack from Separatist forces. Meanwhile, the Jedi Council had suspicions of Chancellor Palpatine and attempted to remove him from office. It was then revealed that Palpatine was actually the secret Sith Lord known as Darth Sidious. With the aid of Anakin Skywalker, he managed to kill off his attackers and turned the young Jedi to his cause where he made him a Sith Lord called Darth Vader. Palpatine then enacted Order 66 that was a hidden program amongst the Clone Troopers that declared all Jedi to be traitors to the Republic. This saw Jedi across the galaxy being turned on by their former allies with Anakin Skywalker leading Clone Troopers in a purge of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
With the Clone Wars over, Palpatine came to re-organise the Republic into the First Galactic Empire with himself as its ruling Emperor.
Overview
In appearance, the Clone Wars was a galactic conflict that was fought all across the galaxy.
Participants
- Anakin Skywalker :
- Obi-Wan Kenobi :
- Count Dooku :
- Nute Gunray :
- Wat Tambor :
- Commander Cody :
- Captain Rex :
- Yoda : Jedi Grandmaster who helped lead the order and served as a general in a number of engagements. He came to survive Order 66 on Kashyyyk where he went into exile to Dagobah following his failed attempt at stopping Chancellor Palpatine.
Notes
- The Clone Wars were first mentioned in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope but were depicted in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
In other media
Video games
- In Star Wars: Battlefront, the Clone Wars were depicted in the campaign mode of the video game.
- In Star Wars: Battlefront II, the Clone Wars were depicted in the campaign mode of the video game. Players took the role as members of the 501st Legion as they battled during the Clone Wars.
Appearances
- Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones:
- Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith:
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars:
- Star Wars: Clone Wars:
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