Clone Wars/Legends


 * ''For other meanings of Clone Wars, see Clone Wars (disambiguation).


 * "Like fire across the Galaxy, the Clone War(s) spread."&mdash;Jedi Master Yoda

The Clone Wars (22 BBY – 19 BBY) was a major galactic conflict fought between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Origins
The origins of the war went back as far as the Battle of Naboo, but the real tension began with the Separatist Crisis, which started around 24 BBY (two years before Battle of Geonosis) and mainly comprised of the Galactic Republic debating what to do about the Separatists. Throughout the two years, many star systems seceded from the Republic, increasing tensions until the war began.

It is interesting to note that this conflict was called both the "Clone War" and the "Clone Wars". Most likely this is due to the fact that it is indeed one large war across the galaxy while, at the same time, it is a series of smaller wars taking place on various planets and not always between the Separatists and the Republic.

Only one side actually used clones extensively in the war, but this is likely the case of historical records being passed down from the victors of the conflict, resulting in a bias towards the Republic.

Pre-Clone Wars

 * 32 BBY&mdash;Battle of Naboo, the Sith-controlled Trade Federation, one of the future members of the Confederacy of Independent Systems conquers Naboo but is driven from the planet by Republic Naboo Resistance and Jedi forces (The Phantom Menace); Darth Sidious arranges a clone army to be commissioned by Count Dooku, Sifo-Dyas, and Jango Fett on Kamino
 * 24 BBY&mdash;Count Dooku reappears on Raxus Prime and leads a schism in the Galactic Republic, forming the Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * 24.0 BBY&mdash;The Military Creation Act is proposed. Senator Amidala leads opposition to it.

Month Zero

 * Battle of Geonosis&mdash;Start of the Clone Wars (Attack of the Clones)
 * Hunt for Count Dooku&mdash;Boba Fett is brought to Count Dooku after his father is slain
 * Assignment: Corellia Aayla Secura is sent on a mission to Corellia.

Month 1

 * Hunt for the Decimator (Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns)
 * Battle of Raxus Prime (Star Wars:The Clone Wars, Boba Fett: Crossfire)
 * Mission to the wheel (Republic #49: Sacrifice)
 * Dark Reaper Project (Battle of Raxus Prime, Battle of Rhen Var, Battle of Alaris Prime, Battle of Thule) (The Clone Wars)

Month 2

 * Audition on Rattatak (Clone Wars Episodes 6,7)
 * Conspiracy on Aargau (Boba Fett: Maze of Deception)
 * Durge vs. Boba Fett (Boba Fett: Hunted)
 * Battle of Kamino (Republic #50: The Defence of Kamino)

Month 3

 * Defense of Naboo (Republic #51: The New Face of War)
 * Battle of Pengalan IV (Star Wars Insider #65)
 * Mission on Qiilura (Republic Commando: Hard Contact)
 * Mission to ruul (Jedi: Mace Windu)

Month 4

 * Mission on Coruscant (Insider #81)
 * The Mission to Queyta (Republic #53: Blast Radius)
 * Mission to Tarhassen (Insider #73)
 * Rogues Gallery (Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 3)
 * Battle of Muunilinst (Clone Wars micro-series)
 * Battle of Dac (Clone Wars micro-series)
 * Battle of Dantooine (Clone Wars micro-series)
 * Attack on Ilum (Clone Wars micro-series)
 * Battle of Hypori (Clone Wars micro-series)
 * Duel on Yavin IV- Anakin Skywalker bests Asajj Ventress in combat on Yavin IV
 * Battle of Axion

Month 5

 * Battle of Brentaal IV

Month 6

 * Haruun Kal Crisis (Shatterpoint)

Month 7

 * The Devaron Ruse (Jedi: Aayla Secura)

Month 8

 * The Mission to Kiffex (Jedi: Count Dooku)

Month 10

 * Rise of the Cortosis Battle Droids (The New Droid Army)

Month 12

 * Omega Squad on Coruscant (Republic Commando: Triple Zero)
 * The Spaarti Incident and the Battle of Cartao. (Insider #68-70)
 * The Bio-Droid Threat (The Cestus Deception)

Month 13

 * Mission to the Chykin Cluster (Republic Commando)

Month 15

 * Battle of Jabiim (Republic #54-59: Battle of Jabiim)

Month 16

 * Battle of Jabiim continues
 * Battle of Aargonar (Republic #59)
 * Battle of Parcellus Minor (Republic #61)&mdash;A Republic victory where ninety percent of their forces were lost and the planet was scorched.

Month 17

 * Escape from Rattatak (Republic #60)&mdash;Obi-Wan and Alpha-17 manage to escape from Asajj Ventress's palace, and learn about the reason why Asajj is on the dark side.
 * Rescue at Riflor (Republic #62)&mdash;Obi-Wan and Alpha are saved by Anakin Skywalker.
 * Battle of Thustra (Jedi: Yoda)
 * Assassination on Coruscant (Republic #63)&mdash;Quinlan Vos kills senator Viento, thinking the senator was Darth Sidious.
 * Battle of Merson (Republic #64)
 * Battle of Null (Republic #65)
 * Battle of New Holstice (Republic #65)
 * Mission to the Rig (Republic #65+66)

Month 18

 * Battle of Zaadja (Republic #67)

Month 24

 * Battle of Honoghr
 * Medstar I: Battle Surgeons
 * Mission to Dagro

Month 25

 * The Casualties of Drongar continued

Month 30

 * The Praesitlyn Conflict (Jedi Trial)
 * Mission to Vjun (Yoda: Dark Rendezvous)
 * Anakin's Knighting (Clone Wars Episode 21)

Month 31

 * Battle of Xagobah (Boba Fett, Boba Fett )
 * Dreadnaughts of Rendili (Republic #69-71)

Month 32

 * Mission to Trigalis (Obsession)
 * Mission to Norval II

Month 35

 * Battle of Belderone
 * Battle of Tythe
 * Battle of Toola

Month 36

 * Battle of Saleucami (Republic #74-77)
 * The Hunt for Darth Sidious Continued (Labyrinth of Evil (pages 172 – 339))
 * Battle of Tythe
 * Battle of Nelvaan
 * Battle of Coruscant (Clone Wars Episodes 23-25, Revenge of the Sith)
 * Battle of Kashyyyk (Revenge of the Sith, Republic 81-83, Republic Commando)
 * Outer Rim Sieges&mdash;Battle of Felucia, Second Battle of Cato Neimoidia, Battle of Mygeeto, and Battle of Saleucami
 * Battle of Toola continues
 * Battle of New Plympto
 * Battle of Utapau
 * Mission to Mustafar
 * End of the Clone Wars&mdash;Darth Sidious is revealed to be Supreme Chancellor Palpatine who declares himself Emperor and his Galactic Empire comes to power and launches the Great Jedi Purge&mdash;beginning of the Galactic Civil War. (Revenge of the Sith)

For a more detailed listing of the battles within the Clone Wars, see: List of battles

Behind the Scenes
The Clone Wars spanned the three years between Episodes II and III, and thus are, for the most part, "off-screen". The Expanded Universe was tasked with recounting events with an ambitious multimedia campaign.

The video game Clone Wars was released in 2002 for Playstation 2, GameCube, and Xbox live. It begins at where Attack of the Clones leaves off. It takes place on many worlds, among them Geonosis, Raxus Prime, Rhen Var, Kashyyyk, and Thule.

The Cartoon Microseries Star Wars: Clone Wars started airing in November, 2003 on Cartoon Network. It was a series of 20 3-to-5-minute-long episodes showing some of the battles of the War, mainly the Battle of Muunilinst, but also the Battle of Dantooine, a raid on the Jedi caves of Ilum, and fighting on Mon Calamari.

The comic series "Star Wars: Republic" has also shed light on this era of history, focusing in particular on the exploits of the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Quinlan Vos, and Aayla Secura.

There are also several novels in the process of being published that will also discuss the Clone Wars. These include The Cestus Deception, Shatterpoint, The Medstar Duology and Jedi Trial.

Films

 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
 * Director: George Lucas
 * Screenwriters: George Lucas and Jonathan Hales
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
 * Director: George Lucas
 * Screenwriter: George Lucas

Clone Wars novels

 * Attack of the Clones (2002)
 * Author: R.A. Salvatore
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact (2004)
 * Author: Karen Traviss
 * Shatterpoint (2003)
 * Author: Matthew Stover
 * The Cestus Deception (2004)
 * Author: Steven Barnes
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero (2006 -- forthcoming)
 * Author: Karen Traviss
 * Medstar I: Battle Surgeons (2004)
 * Authors: Michael Reaves and Steve Perry
 * Medstar II: Jedi Healer (2004)
 * Authors: Michael Reaves and Steve Perry
 * Jedi Trial (2004)
 * Authors: David Sherman and Dan Cragg
 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (2004)
 * Author: Sean Stewart
 * Labyrinth of Evil (2005)
 * Author: James Luceno
 * Revenge of the Sith (2005)
 * Author: Matthew Stover

Young adult books

 * Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive (2002)
 * Author: Terry Bisson
 * Boba Fett: Crossfire (2002)
 * Author: Terry Bisson
 * Boba Fett: Maze of Deception (2003)
 * Author: Elizabeth Hand
 * Boba Fett: Hunted (2003)
 * Author: Elizabeth Hand
 * Legacy of the Jedi (2003)
 * Author: Jude Watson
 * Secrets of the Jedi (2005)
 * Author: Jude Watson
 * Boba Fett: A New Threat (2004)
 * Author: Elizabeth Hand
 * Boba Fett: Pursuit (2004)
 * Author: Elizabeth Hand

Video games

 * Jedi Starfighter (2002)
 * Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns (2002)
 * Republic Commando (2005)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002)
 * The New Droid Army (2002)
 * Star Wars Battlefront (2004)
 * Star Wars Episode III Revenge Of The Sith (2005)
 * Star Wars Battlefront II (2005)

Tie-ins

 * The Hive (2004)
 * Hasbro Short Story Collection (2003)

Short stories

 * Attack on Raxus Prime (2002)
 * Elusion Illusion (2003)
 * Omega Squad: Targets (2005)
 * The Pengalan Tradeoff (2003)
 * League of Spies (2004)
 * Hero of Cartao, Episode 1: Hero's Call (2003)
 * Hero of Cartao, Episode 2: Hero's Rise (2003)
 * Hero of Cartao, Episode 3: Hero's End (2003)
 * Changing Seasons, Part 1: Guardian of the People (2004)
 * Changing Seasons, Part 2: People of the Guardian (2004)
 * MedStar: Intermezzo (2005)

Comics

 * Clone Wars: The Defense of Kamino and Other Tales (2003)
 * Clone Wars: Victories and Sacrifices (2003)
 * Clone Wars Adventures Volume 1 (2004)
 * Clone Wars Adventures Volume 2 (2004)
 * Clone Wars Adventures Volume 3 (2005)
 * Clone Wars Adventures Volume 4 (2005)
 * Clone Wars: Last Stand on Jabiim (2004)
 * Clone Wars: The Best Blades (2004)
 * Clone Wars: Light and Dark (2004)
 * Clone Wars: On the Fields of Battle (2005)
 * Clone Wars: When They Were Brothers (2005)

Television programs

 * Clone Wars (2003 - 2005)