Battle of Kashyyyk/Legends

The Battle of Kashyyyk took place towards the end of the Clone Wars. It was fought on the planet Kashyyyk, the homeworld of the Wookiees.

Pre-battle
General Grievous, becoming impatient towards the Kashyyyk royal families regarding their decision to join the confederacy, decided to send droids to "persuade" them. Accidentally, the droids killed Prince Rikummee, and King Grakchawwaa decided to oppose the Separatists.

Later, the clone commandos of Delta Squad were dispatched to find Tarfful and unite the Wookiees against the Separatists. After rescuing Wookiee Chieftain Tarfful from Trandoshans and General Grievous, who had commanded the first part of the battle, the clone commandos of Delta Squad aided the Wookiee resistance in Kachirho against the Separatist forces, destroying the Commerce Guild destroyer in orbit. Sev was captured, and Delta Squad pulled out onto a gunship as the Separatist counterattack came. Later, they discovered they were an advance group for a Republic invasion force.

The Battle
Kashyyyk was considered too important to lose to the Separatists, so battalions of clone troopers from the 41st Elite Corps supplemented by units assigned to the 501st Legion were dispatched to the Wookiee homeworld to aid the Wookiee forces engaged in battle with a Separatist droid army.

Master Yoda held good relations with the Wookiees, and thus became the commanding officer for the Republic forces sent to the system. He was assisted in the direction of the combined forces by General Tarfful and Chewbacca, heads of the local Wookiee defense force. Jedi Masters Luminara Unduli and Quinlan Vos (having been reassigned from Boz Pity) was also present.

The Seperatists were already blockading the planet by the time Yoda's forces arrived. However, General Yoda's fleet was able to penetrate the blockade and land on the surface. The space battle continued, cutting the detachment of droids already landed off from the the rest of the CIS Fleet. The droid battalions established their command posts and attacked.

On the vehicle front, Wookiee flying catamarans were aided by Juggernauts, AT-AP and AT-RT walkers and other assault vehicles. They faced enormous opposition from Separatist droid tanks, OOM-9 spider droids and HMP droid gunships.

Despite the best efforts of the combined Wookiee/Republic defense, Kachirho soon became in danger of being overrun by the Separatists. Two things managed to save the Wookiees: the sudden deactivation of the droid army and the transmission of Order 66. Unfortunately, both of these actions would bring about a disaster that would be far worse for them.

Master Yoda sensed a grave disturbance in the Force as Order 66 was carried out throughout the Galaxy. Clone Commander CC-1004, nicknamed Gree, received a comlink-call on a frequency-locked channel reserved for the clone commander. The image of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine instructed him to execute Order 66 against General Yoda.

As the clones prepared to execute him, Yoda withdrew his lightsaber and with a few fell swoops, instantly decapitated his would-be assassins. Yoda then proceeded to escape into the nearby jungle along with Wookiee warriors Tarfful and Chewbacca.

Outside, the battle between Republic and Separatist forces appeared to be over: Wookiees stacked destroyed droids while clone troopers assessed the damage to their equipment and began preparing for a full-scale invasion of Kashyyyk. Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was talking with eight clone officers standing in a circle around her when they executed Order 66. Jedi Master Quinlan Vos was riding on top of a Kuat Drive Yards HAVw A6 Juggernaut; the main cannon of the nearby Juggernaut destroyed the tank, although he was able to survive.

As the Republic forces that came to defend the planet from the invaders executed their commanders, the Republic Fleet in space overtook the Separatist forces. This allowed the landing of further Republic troops, and the isolated droid invasion force was destroyed. As now-Imperial forces continued to suppress the Wookiees, Darth Vader arrived to coordinate the final assault, ending in the capture of Wookiee leader Tarrful. The Battle of Kashyyyk was over.

Galactic Republic

 * Commander 1004 (Gree)
 * Attichitcuk
 * Chewbacca
 * Lachichuk
 * Merumeru
 * RC-1138
 * RC-1140
 * RC-1207
 * RC-1262
 * Salporin
 * Tarfful
 * Luminara Unduli
 * Quinlan Vos
 * Yoda

Confederacy of Independent Systems

 * Grievous

Behind the Scenes
A climactic battle between the technologically advanced Empire and a race of primitive hairy aliens, the Wookiees, was present in George Lucas' original treatment for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. As the story changed and the trilogy structure was solidified in Lucas' mind, the battle was postponed until Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, where it developed into a battle featuring Ewoks on the forest moon of Endor. At the same time, the Wookiees developed into a more technologically savvy, though not less hairy, species. Lucas' original conception of the battle featured hundreds of Wookiees on screen. Due to costs, the original idea was scrapped and replaced by a battle featuring relatively few diminutive Ewoks, who did not play a very significant tactical role in the battle. A large scale battle with hundreds of characters was eventually realized in The Phantom Menace.

The battle scenes also marked the onscreen debut of the Clone Turbo Tank, the AT-RT, the AT-AP and the NR-N99 tank droid.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Star Wars Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader