Battle of Cavamina Minor

"Personal enjoyment isn't reason enough? What you Jedi don't understand is that your wars are pointless. And the longer they drag out--the longer I can drag them out--the richer I get. So why not have some fun, too?"

- Attuma Duum explaining the rationale behind the battle to Aayla Secura

This battle near the moon Cavamina Minor took place in the year 21 BBY against the backdrop of the Clone Wars.

Prelude
Skirmish in the Cavamina Minor cantina.

The ambush
"We have them! Keep pushing&mdash;keep driving them down!"

- The Skakoan commander Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I

Aftermath
"Yes, tragic the events were&mdash;but a failure your mission was not. Destroyed was Duum's operation. And sense a change in you I do, Aayla Secura.''" "Yes...maybe. Perhaps I found something within myself that was missing'' before."

- Yoda and Secura after her mission to Cavamina Minor Secura and the Republic fleet returned to Coruscant; she later met with Grand Master Yoda. Shon-Ju received prosthetic hands. Duum survived.

Behind the scenes
This battle appears in the 2010 graphic novella Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 5: Deadly Hands of Shon-Ju.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 5: Deadly Hands of Shon-Ju