Separatist holdouts/Legends

"Although the Clone Wars were over, some people didn't seem to get the message."

- Unknown 501st stormtrooper

The Confederate Remnants consisted of the various disparate fragments of the Confederacy of Independent Systems that remained after the execution of the Separatist leadership.

It consisted of various independent holdouts mostly in the Outer Rim Territories. Some notable locations were the planets Mustafar and Enarc.

The Empire would use the existence of such holdouts as an excuse to continue production of various warships for the Imperial Navy.

Acherin
"We didn't dare to hope that we'd beat them. We hoped we would be enough of a nuisance that they'd just go away."

- Toma

At the close of the Clone Wars, the Separatists on Acherin were in the process of negotiating a peace treaty with the Jedi General Garen Muln. After Muln survived an assassination attempt made by his own clone troopers when Order 66 was initiated, the Acherin Separatists retreated to their fortified cities, hid the Jedi until he could be evacuated off-world, and declared war on the emerging Galactic Empire.

For nearly a year, the Separatist resistance managed to keep the Empire at bay, in a war that inflicted great casualties on both sides. In the end, the forces of Admiral Riwwel proved too powerful, and, in retribution for his dead soldiers, he razed the remaining resistance stronghold&mdash;the capital city Eluthan.

Enarc
"Where is Gunray? Where is Haako? A third-tier flunky has no right to negotiate on the Trade Federation's behalf. We have our battleships. We have our droids. If Palpatine wants our wealth, let him come and take it."

- Marath Vooro

With most of the Separatist leaders killed by Darth Vader during the massacre, as well as the deactivation of the battle droid armies, most of the Confederacy ceased to exist. However, various remnants, for whatever reason, managed to survive.

Although acting Trade Federation Viceroy Sentepeth Findos had formally dissolved the Trade Federation, others refused to admit defeat. On Enarc, Customs Vizier Marath Vooro explicitly denied the authority of Findos and challenged the new Empire with a show of force.

New Plympto
"The future is unknown, and all one can do is to follow the Force&hellip; and one's feelings. This feels right."

- Dass Jennir

On New Plympto, the Nosaurian Separatist army fought on against the Empire, even as their chances of winning slimmed each day. They were led by the Jedi Dass Jennir, who had survived an assassination attempt on his life during the execution of Order 66 and had subsequently joined forces with the Nosaurians.

The fighting continued for a month, eventually leading to the 501st Legion being sent to assist the Imperial force in ending the uprising. At the Battle of Half-Axe Pass, the last fragment of the Nosaurian army was destroyed, with the surviving soldiers being slaughtered. Only Jennir and Bomo Greenbark survived the massacre.

Mustafar
"Once we arrived on the molten surface of Mustafar, it soon became apparent Dellso had been a busy little bug."

- Anonymous 501st stormtrooper

Another Separatist to resist after the Clone Wars was Gizor Dellso, having arrived on Mustafar some days after the murder of the Separatist Council. Dellso discovered the remains of his former master, Poggle the Lesser, and the others in the control room of the mining complex.

Dellso remained in denial that the Clone Wars were over, and, being the creator of the Separatist Droid Army signal beacon, reactivated numerous droid armies and navies that were stationed on the planet before the massacre.

Becoming the leader of at least one Confederate remnant, Dellso stayed on Mustafar for the next 8 years, plotting to overthrow the Galactic Empire.

Dellso's remnant grows
In the meantime, the Empire tracked down remaining Separatist strongholds and hideouts, either forcing their surrender or destroying them outright&mdash;sometimes even using their own hardware against them, such as reprogrammed DSD1 dwarf spider droids. The threat of Separatist holdouts was large enough for Emperor Palpatine to justify the continued expansion of the Imperial Navy.

On Mustafar, Dellso and his entourage of Geonosian officers activated a hidden droid factory in 11 BBY and began to create additional soldiers due to needed extra defense after stealing data from the Empire. On top of that, Dellso discovered old battle droid data stored in the data computers of the complex and began to manufacture the experimental droids. The next generation battle droid was to become a major addition to the Confederacy, but the government was dissolved before production began.

The Battle of Mustafar
After revealing themselves to the Galactic Empire, Darth Vader tracked Gizor's rebellion to Mustafar, where he dispatched the 501st Legion to put down the Remnant. The Empire established orbital positions, and continued to lay siege to Mustafar. The engineers of the 501st destroyed the experimental droid schematics and planted an orbital beacon in the droid factory while engaging the enemies they had thought they would never see again. Dellso and his Geonosian council attacked the Imperial forces desperately.

Dellso, the council, and the rest of his Separatist Remnant did not emerge from the conflict, and the factory was destroyed by an orbital bombardment.

The ultimate fate of other Separatist holdouts is unknown, but many were absorbed into the Alliance to Restore the Republic at its formation.

Geonosis
On Geonosis, a number of droids left behind from the Battle of Geonosis did not respond to the shut-down order. These droids managed to survive undiscovered in Geonosis's canyons into the Galactic Civil War, along with other relics from the war.

The droids opened fire on Imperial detachments that crashed into the trenches in escape pods during the Second Battle of Geonosis of the Galactic Civil War, killing most of the stormtroopers. Wedge Antilles, who was forced to crash-land on the planet after losing his stabilizers, then managed to wipe out the remaining stormtroopers and battle droids before escaping the world in a modified Delta-7 he found, making good use of its seismic charges against Imperial forces.

Military
The military of the various Separatist remnants usually&mdash;but not always&mdash;consisted of droid and ship models that had been used in the Separatist Droid Army and Confederate Navy, respectively. The ground units included B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, droidekas, and IG-100 MagnaGuards. Geonosian warriors were also a part of the military.

The navy consisted of primarily Providence-class carrier/destroyers, Lucrehulk-class battleships, and Munificent-class star frigates for support. The Remnant's navy retained most of the CIS's major starfighters, such as Vulture droids and droid tri-fighters.

Appearances

 * Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241 in Star Wars Insider 84
 * Star Wars Republic 80: Into the Unknown, Part 2
 * Star Wars Dark Times 1: The Path to Nowhere, Part 1
 * Star Wars Dark Times 2: The Path to Nowhere, Part 2
 * The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike