Battle of Kashyyyk (Separatist Crisis)

"The Wookiees continue to resist our overtures. Take a legion to Kashyyyk and wipe them out!"

- Darth Sidious, ordering the destruction of the Wookiee Trade Guild.

The Battle of Kashyyyk took place in 28 BBY, at the start of the Separatist Crisis, when a variety of planets and corporations began to withdraw from the Republic. The battle occurred when the Wookiee Trade Guild, which controlled a large amount of commerce in the Kashyyyk system, attempted to oppose to a new taxation imposed by the Trade Federation.

As a result, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, an ally of the Federation, ordered a legion of the Federation's droid army, including the newly unveiled B2 super battle droids, to destroy the Wookiee Trade Guild. The battle droid army, led by Sidious's new apprentice, Count Dooku, attacked the Trade Guild's headquarters, a small island-village in the Wawaatt Archipelago on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk. The Trade Guild's private army tried to defend the island, but the entire village was eventually destroyed by the Federation's forces.

Prelude
Sometime between 28 BBY, four years after the Invasion of Naboo, and at the start of the Separatist Crisis&mdash;when several planets and corporations began to considering seceding from the Republic&mdash;the Trade Federation, one of the corporations about to leave the Republic, attempted to impose several new excises on the Wookiee Trade Guild. The Trade Guild, which controlled a large amount of commerce in the Kashyyyk system, tried to oppose these new taxes and refused to pay them, to the displeasure of the Trade Federation.

As a result, Darth Sidious, a Sith Lord and ally of the Federation, ordered a two-hundred strong legion of the the Federation's battle droid army to be dispatched to the Trade Guild's headquarters on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk. Under the command of Sidous's new apprentice Count Dooku, the battle droid legion, which included the Federation's new B2 super battle droids, were tasked with completely destroying the Guild's small island-village base in Kashyyyk's Wawaatt Archipelago.

The battle
When the Federation legion landed on the island, they immediately began to assault the Guild's headquarters, with Dooku leading the assault. Two-hundred members of the Guild's private army of Wookiees, armed with bowcasters and missile launchers, tried to defend the village, but the Federation forces flanked the village from the hills on the northeast and northwest sides of the island, as well as from a small landing site on the south side. The droid army also utilized at least two Vulture droid starfighters to strafe the village. Eventually the Guild's army was overwhelmed and the entire village was destroyed by Dooku and his forces.

Aftermath
The Federation left very few Guild members to survive the battle, effectively destroying the Wookiee Trade Guild. Years after the battle, the Federation and several other allies formed the Confederacy of Independent Systems, led by Count Dooku, which officially seceded form the Republic, resulting in the Clone Wars between the two factions.

Behind the scenes
The Battle of Kashyyyk made its first and only appearance in the video game Star Wars: Battlefront, where it made up the third level in the games historical campaign. In the level, the player fights in the Federation army and helps destroy the Wookiee Trade Guild.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Battlefront