Battle of Christophsis/Legends

The Battle of Christophsis took place in Crystal City on the planet Christophsis in the first year of the Clone Wars. Seeking to gain control of the rich world's resources, the Confederacy of Independent Systems's Droid Army, led by General Whorm Loathsom, invaded and seized Christophsis. Responding to a plea for help from the world's inhabitants, the Galactic Republic and the Jedi High Council dispatched Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in command of a clone trooper contingent from the Grand Army of the Republic to liberate Christophsis. After penetrating the Separatists' space defenses and landing on Christophsis, the Republic forces attempted to ambush the Confederate battle droid army from two towers in one of Crystal City's plazas. Acting on information from one of its spies, Clone Sergeant Slick, the Separatists foiled the Republic's plan. The Jedi and clones managed to escape the failed attack and retreated back to their base.

Alerted to the possibility of a spy amongst their men, Skywalker and Kenobi went to search for more information behind enemy lines while Clone Commander CC-2224 and Clone Captain CC-7567&mdash;nicknamed "Cody" and "Rex," respectively&mdash;stayed at the base to root out the agent. Upon arriving at the Confederacy base, Skywalker and Kenobi confronted Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress and discovered the presence of an invasion force in far greater strength than they had originally believed. Back at the Republic base, Slick was revealed to be the spy and sabotaged the Republic's weapons depot, destroying most of the Republic's supplies, before being apprehended by Rex and Cody. Raising the stakes with its full strength, the main body of Confederate troops launched an assault on the Republic forces. After several days, the Separatists were forced to retreat. When Loathsom mounted a second assault, his forces' advance was halted by the Republic's heavy cannons. Loathsom and his droids pulled back to their base and set up a deflector shield to counter the Republic's artillery.

Admiral Wullf Yularen and the Republic fleet were driven away from Christophsis by the Separatist blockade over the planet, but Skywalker's newly assigned Jedi Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, was able to land on the world. Loathsom and the Confederacy mounted yet another assault, this time advancing behind their shield, which effectively negated the clone artillery. While Kenobi, Captain Rex, and 501st Legion troops defended the heavy cannons, Skywalker and Tano proceeded to sabotage the Confederacy's shield generator. After Kenobi pretended to surrender to Loathsom to gain time for his comrades to complete their mission, Skywalker and Tano were able to eliminate the shield. Admiral Yularen returned to the Christoph system with Jedi Grand Master Yoda and a fortified fleet and broke through the Separatist blockade, driving the enemy armada away from Christophsis. The Republic's renewed artillery usage proved instrumental in annihilating the Separatists in Crystal City. Kenobi captured Loathsom, and the Republic emerged victorious and landed further reinforcements to secure the victory.

Prelude
"You be listening to the voice of the Confederacy o' Independent Systems. Yer planet, it belongs to us now."

- Whorm Loathsom, to the inhabitants of Christophsis

In 22 BBY, the first year of the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems invaded the Outer Rim world of Christophsis with the intention of gaining control of the rich world's resources and forcing the planet to join its cause. The Confederate General Whorm Loathsom led the Separatist Droid Army's attack with additional forces from the Retail Caucus, a conglomerate within the Confederacy. Several of the planet's native Christophsians attempted to defend themselves by mounting blaster attacks on the Separatist battle droids as they advanced through the planet's streets but were unable to hold out against the Confederacy. Via a massive planet-wide holotransmission, Loathsom told the inhabitants of Christophsis that they were under Separatist rule and that their planetary leadership had abandoned them. Loathsom additionally ordered the civilian populace to submit to the occupation before ending the transmission.

The besieged Christophsians appealed directly to the Jedi High Council at the Jedi Temple for help. In response, the Council dispatched High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker to help disrupt the Separatist invasion. Because the Separatists were reportedly small in number, Skywalker and Kenobi were only accompanied by a small team of clone troopers from the Grand Army of the Republic and expected to retake the planet with relative ease. However, the Confederacy was preparing a larger army to seize Christophsis. Additionally, among the Republic troops was Clone Sergeant Slick, who, unbeknownst to his comrades, had developed a grudge against the Jedi by equating the clones' service to them with enslavement. Infuriated with what he perceived to be corruption, Slick began to pass inside information to Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress on Christophsis, and in return, he was given payment for his assistance.

The Republic's arrival
After the Jedi, piloting their Aethersprite-class starfighters, won a "rare Republic victory" over the Separatist forces in the space above Christophsis, the Republic detachment established a networked base on the planet. Sergeant Slick and his clone platoon were sent to perform a reconnaissance of the planet in order to locate a strategical ambush site from which to attack the Separatist droid forces. Slick and his men found an ideal location: the adjacent North- and South-facing towers in the planet's Crystal City. As they returned to the Republic base, the clone troopers came across a squad of B1 battle droids that was attempting to clear one of the city's main boulevards of Christophsians. When the droids discovered a crippled refugee and discussed killing him, the clones intervened and eliminated the droids. However, once he and his men returned to the base, Slick secretly transmitted the Republic's intended strategy of attack to Ventress. With Slick's information, Ventress and Loathsom were able to devise a plan to thwart the Republic's trap, thus ensuring that they would stay a step ahead of the Jedi and clones.

Kenobi, Clone Commander CC-2224, and Slick stationed their men in the South tower, while Skywalker and Clone Captain CC-7567 became based in the parallel North tower. While Confederate B1 battle droids and Armored Assault Tanks passed through the plaza below, Kenobi's men set up several repeating blaster cannons, ready to ambush the advancing troops. As the clones observed the droids, the column of battle droids&mdash;unexpectedly to the Republic&mdash;split into two. B1 battle droids took a turbolift up to the level of the South tower where Kenobi's forces were based and ambushed them, surrounding and converging on the clones. The backfired ambush made it apparent to Kenobi that their original plan had been compromised. Watching the transpiring events from the North tower and confirming the situation over comlink with Kenobi, Skywalker contacted clone pilot Hawk and ordered an evacuation from the South tower. Skywalker then cut through the window overlooking the plaza with his lightsaber and used the Force to blast a hole through it, enabling his men to fire their blaster rifles' grappling hooks and attach them to the South tower. Skywalker and the clones crossed the divide and sustained minimal casualties from the numerous battle droids that opened fire on them from below in the plaza.

Skywalker, Captain CC-7567, and their troopers joined Kenobi in the South tower and cut off the droids that were attempting to attack Kenobi from behind. Kenobi threw a blaster cannon at the droids with the Force and temporarily halted their advance. The Jedi and clones entered a turbolift and proceeded to the roof of the tower for the evacuation. The Separatist droids pursued the Republic detachment to the roof in alternate turbolifts. As the clone troopers provided covering fire for their Jedi Generals to assault the droids at a closer proximity, the T-series tactical droid TJ-55 arrived on the roof with more droid troops. Presently, Hawk's LAAT/i gunship arrived and hovered near the roof of the tower. The Republic forces began to board the craft and backed into the gunship while continually focusing their blaster fire on the droids. In a last act before retreating, trooper Gus attacked TJ-55 and ripped the droid's head off, taking the severed cranial unit onto the gunship. The Republic forces returned to the base, where they contemplated their foiled ambush. CC-2224 and CC-7567&mdash;nicknamed "Cody" and "Rex," respectively&mdash;analyzed the tactical droid's head in the base's control center and accessed its memory banks. However, the droid only confirmed that the Confederacy had been aware of the Republic's plan and stopped processing before it could reveal any more information.

When the clone officers reported their findings to the Jedi, Skywalker suggested that a breach in security systems had been the source for the Confederacy's acquisition of the plans. Kenobi himself went so far as to suspect that there was a spy among the Republic forces and believed that action behind enemy lines was necessary to uncover information. Before leaving with Skywalker to investigate behind Separatist lines, Kenobi ordered Cody and Rex to keep the mission confidential and remain behind to find and apprehend the spy. Using a still-active comlink in the control center, Slick was able to eavesdrop on the entire conversation. Rex spotted Slick in the hallway and ordered the spy to stop, although Slick was too far away to be recognized. Slick fled, and Cody and Rex pursued him but lost his trail. However, because the spy's route through the base's labyrinthine hallways led to the mess hall, Cody and Rex deduced that the Separatist agent had definitely gone there and entered it themselves. The pair discovered that the only people there were their clone brothers. Deducing that the spy was one of their brethren, both officers returned to the base's communications center and continued their investigations. Through the astromech droid R2-D2, a number of external communications were discovered, taking place every few days in an irregular pattern. The wavelength was traced to a terminal in Slick's barracks. Cody and Rex decided to individually interrogate Slick's men under the belief that one of them was the spy.

Deceptions revealed
Under the cover of night, Skywalker and Kenobi approached the Confederacy base&mdash;where the main Separatist invasion force was landing and preparing to march on the city&mdash;on BARC speeders through the streets of the crumbled Crystal City. The two Jedi noticed an increasing number of battle droids observing them, but because the droids were not attempting to stop them, the pair deduced that they were heading into a trap. Upon arrival at the base, Skywalker and Kenobi were greeted by the hooded figure of Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress. All three adversaries ignited their lightsabers on sight of each other. Taunting her assailants with the knowledge of the spy, Ventress climbed nimbly to the top of the base's stairs. A lightsaber duel ensued when Skywalker slashed at Ventress, who drove him down to the foot of the stairs. Kenobi joined the fight and attacked Ventress as well. Ventress fought Skywalker and Kenobi simultaneously with her dual lightsabers and used the Force to telekinetically throw a piece of crystal rubble at the duo. Kenobi sliced the projectile in half, and he and Skywalker gradually drove Ventress back up the stairs.

Ventress fled into another room and was pursued there by the Jedi. Ventress summoned numerous books off their shelves and hurtled them at her pursuers; Kenobi stopped them with the Force, and Skywalker's added telekinetic assistance forced the books back at Ventress. As the Dark Acolyte assumed a submissive seated position, the two Jedi approached her with lightsabers ignited. However, Ventress suddenly activated her own lightsabers into the floor and opened up a hole, causing Skywalker and Kenobi to drop into the room below. Ventress mocked the two before fleeing, and the two Jedi jumped back up into the room above and followed Ventress as she broke a window and hurtled out of it. While Ventress landed on the head of a tri-droid attached to the side of the building, Skywalker and Kenobi walked onto the balcony and discovered the full scale of the Confederate invasion force: numerous C-9979 landing craft were landing, bringing more and more battle droids to the surface, and many troops had already been deployed and were marching in formation on the ground far below. Despite the appearance of the invasion force, Skywalker and Kenobi continued the duel and jumped onto the legs of the tri-droid, severing two of its legs and breaking its hold on the building. Ventress jumped off the droid's head and briefly engaged Skywalker upon one of the droid's remaining legs. As the droid plummeted to the ground, Skywalker Force-pushed Ventress away, and he and Kenobi each commandeered a Single Trooper Aerial Platform from the B1 battle droids piloting them.

Ventress landed on the ground just as the tri-droid slammed to the ground with a crash behind her. The Dark Acolyte relayed orders to General Loathsom through a tactical droid and told him to march on the city in order to keep the Jedi occupied while she departed to execute the next part of the plan devised by her Dark Jedi master, Count Dooku&mdash;a plan that involved turning Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure against the Jedi Order. Ventress then departed in her starship, the Trident, and left Loathsom in command of the Separatist occupation. Meanwhile, Cody and Rex began to interrogate Slick's men at the platoon's barracks despite protest from Slick, who claimed that the prospect of a traitor would undermine his men's morale. As investigations of troopers Jester, Sketch, Punch, and Gus proceeded without incident, trooper Chopper was forced to reveal that he had been making a necklace of droid fingers, an act forbidden by war protocols. Seeking to ensure that he himself was not framed, Slick put Chopper's credibility in question. However, while stating to Chopper his right to silence, Slick accidentally revealed that he was aware that the Jedi were absent from the base&mdash;knowledge that he would have only obtained if he had been listening on the Jedi's conversation earlier through the activated comlink. When Cody pressed him further on the matter, Slick struck out at Cody and Chopper and bolted for the exit, his allegiances revealed. Cody and Rex tracked Slick to the base's gunship landing pad, but instead of finding the spy, they discovered a primed thermal detonator.

Rex and Cody took cover moments before numerous explosives went off and completely destroyed the landing pad, the All Terrain Tactical Enforcers, and the weapon supply depot. Slick ran into the command center and hid in the vents above the room, and Cody and Rex pursued him there. The two officers engaged in a ploy to bait Slick out of the vents&mdash;while Cody left his DC-15S blaster on the table and secretly removed the ammunition from his weapon, Rex appeared to leave for the south exit to restart the generators. Slick forsook his hiding spot, stole Cody's blaster, and pointed the weapon at Cody, at which point the Commander revealed that it was empty. Rex re-entered the room, and the officers effectively surrounded Slick. The Sergeant stole Rex's blaster, and Cody lost his own blaster while disarming the Separatist agent. Cody knocked Slick down as the latter headed for the exit, and the two engaged in close combat before Rex pulled the clone traitor off Cody. Slick head-butted Rex and employed the "groin popper" maneuver to dislocate his leg. As Slick revealed the intentions behind his treason, he was knocked out by Cody and was locked in handcuffs. Once the Jedi returned to the base, the apprehended Slick accosted them on their "enslavement" of the clones before he was taken to lock-up.

Battle in Crystal City
Although the Republic forces were only able to salvage the AV-7 Antivehicle Cannons from the destroyed weapons depot, they regrouped and prepared for an attack. As the clone detachment became based near Crystal City's main street and established a makeshift medical station, Kenobi, Skywalker, and their men fought the first wave of battle droids under Loathsom's command. After several days, the Confederacy was forced to retreat. However, once the Republic cruiser Hunter had been dispatched for supplies and reinforcements, Loathsom launched another attack. B1 and B2 battle droids and a trio of tri-droids advanced in the front lines, with Armored Assault Tanks following close behind. While Kenobi and Cody led the main force of clones and All Terrain Recon Transports in a head-on charge against the droids, Skywalker, Rex, and a clone platoon proceeded through a route parallel to the main street and made their way behind the droid lines. Rex, Clone Sergeant Coric, and the rest of the men accompanied Skywalker through the desecrated streets to an energy sphere tower.

Leaving the majority of the troops at the tower to ambush the street-level droids, Rex took a small group of clones to accompany Skywalker to the roof. The group surprised the Separatists' three advancing tri-droids from above; the clones used JT-12 jetpacks to safely descend to the ground below, while Skywalker landed on one of the droids himself. The squad's combined efforts brought the three droids down, and the clones proceeded to attack the still-advancing droid lines from behind. Realizing that the Republic's heavy cannons were the main obstacle to his forces' advance, Loathsom once again pulled back to set up a deflector shield. An OOM command battle droid relayed Loathsom's order to retreat to the droids on the front lines, and the battle droids pulled back to regroup in the Separatist-controlled part of the city. However, the battle over Christophsis continued to rage on between the opposing Republic and Separatist armadas. With squadrons of Republic V-19 Torrent starfighters and Separatist Vulture droid starfighters waging dogfights across the space over the planet, Admiral Wullf Yularen quickly sent the young Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano to the surface aboard a Nu-class attack shuttle as a messenger from the Jedi High Council with important orders for the Jedi Generals. Tano landed in City Plaza and was greeted by a surprised Skywalker and Kenobi, who had expected reinforcements instead of her. Tano revealed to Skywalker that she had been apprenticed to him by Jedi Grand Master Yoda, much to Skywalker's surprise and alarm.

At some point during the fighting, the Separatists captured 25 technicians and other civilians, whom they planned to ship off-world. The Republic soon learned of the Separatists' plans and, with the Jedi occupied elsewhere, hastily arranged a rescue mission to save as many prisoners as possible before their transport arrived. A detachment of four 327th Star Corps troopers and other clones led by a clone commander infiltrated the Separatist prisoner compound from the outskirts. The clones battled their way through B2 super battle droids, OOM security battle droids, rocket battle droids, and other droid troops led by a B2 super battle droid commander to rescue the three groups of prisoners. Back in City Plaza, Skywalker, Tano, and Kenobi contacted Yoda at the Jedi Temple through the Venator-class Star Destroyer that had dropped off Tano&mdash;which was being pounded by intense turbolaser fire from several Munificent-class star frigates of the Separatist blockade&mdash;and, with all of their support ships already destroyed, requested reinforcements for the battle on Christophsis. Skywalker and Kenobi discovered that the Jedi Council had been unaware that the Republic forces had engaged the Confederacy but were able to get the request for assistance across to Yoda. Before the conversation could continue, increasing enemy fire caused Yularen's Star Destroyer to drop the transmission.

More Separatist ships arrived, and Yularen and his Star Destroyer were forced to retreat from the Christoph system to avoid further damage. Without the Republic armada to provide support or transportation away from the planet, the Jedi were left trapped on Christophsis with limited supplies against the large droid army. While the Republic kept watch on the Separatist forces by utilizing several towers throughout Crystal City as lookout stations, Loathsom finished setting up a deflector shield generator and launched yet another attack by advancing his forces in two groups from the south and east. In response, Kenobi led Alpha Squad to disrupt the advancement of the south force, while Bravo Squad was assigned to block the Separatists from the east. Kenobi and a rookie trooper charged the droids from two separate walkways and reached a tall Christophsian building. The trooper used a thermal detonator to topple the building and blocked the way of the Separatist troops. Bravo Squad, however, did not succeed in its mission, and the east Confederate force advanced behind its deflector shield, which negated the Republic's use of long-ranged artillery.

Confederacy counterattack
"Right behind you, sir! They worked out most of my unit. We had to pull out of there!''" "The shield has almost reached the heavy cannons." "We're not going to be able to stop them, sir." "''Move your troops back to the heavy cannons. Do everything you can to protect them. I'll delay the droids."

- Rex and Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Confederate battle droids and Armored Assault Tanks advanced through Crystal City and were followed by several lines of NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcers. Meeting at the Republic's comm station, Skywalker, Kenobi, Tano, and Rex devised a plan of attack: while Skywalker and Tano would infiltrate the Separatist-held ground and eliminate the shield generator, Kenobi and Rex would gain time for them by defending the base. With Kenobi and Rex marshaling their men in a defense of the Republic's position, Skywalker and Tano proceeded with multiple explosives to the advancing Separatist lines. The pair hid underneath a large box in order to sneak past the advance droid forces. Once the shield and the droid troops had passed over them, Skywalker and Tano made their way to the generator but bumped into a droideka along the way. Forced to abandon their cover, Skywalker and Tano drew their lightsabers and succeeded in cutting the enemy droid to pieces. They then reached the generator site, which, unbeknownst to them, was being guarded by numerous LR-57 combat droids. Meanwhile, Kenobi and Rex attempted to use the base's heavy cannons in defense but only verified that the weaponry was indeed useless against the droids' deflector shield.

Over an unencrypted comlink channel to make it appear more convincing, Rex ordered the clones to fall back before switching back to a secure channel. General Loathsom ordered his troops to target the heavy cannons, and Rex learned of the Separatists' new targets by eavesdropping on their voice traffic. As soon as the deflector shield passed over them, Kenobi led a charge on the battle droids and jumped straight into the fray. Rex and his men began to lure the Separatists into the buildings, where the clones had the advantage. The droids fired a missile at the Republic's comm post and inflicted losses. With his forces overwhelmed by the Separatists, Rex was forced to order his men to retreat. Kenobi met with Rex at the comm station and ordered the Captain to organize his troops in a defense of the heavy cannons while the Jedi General himself delayed the droids. Rex reluctantly agreed and retreated as Kenobi battled the droids alone. However, Kenobi was soon surrounded by a large squad of B2 super battle droids and DSD1 dwarf spider droids, as well as Loathsom and his own Armored Assault Tank. At the generator site, despite Skywalker's warning for caution, Tano accidentally alerted the pre-planted LR-57 combat droids to their presence. As the droids emerged from their guard position just below the surface, Skywalker engaged them in combat so that Tano could place the charges around the generator.

While evading one of the retail droids, Tano cut off her adversary's cranial unit and Force-pushed it away, inadvertently activating more droids in the process. As the outnumbered Skywalker was surrounded by the combat droids, Tano noticed a wall behind her Master with a hole in the middle. Tano carefully brought the wall down with the Force, crushing the droids around Skywalker without hurting him. Despite the fact that Tano had saved his life, Skywalker was infuriated with her recklessness and believed that he could have been killed. Meanwhile, in order to gain time for Skywalker and Tano to eliminate the shield, Kenobi pretended to surrender to Loathsom. Kenobi was brought to a crystal table and patiently discussed the "terms of surrender" with Loathsom over a cup of tea, to the Confederate General's increasing impatience. Continuing to defend the heavy cannons with his men from their cover behind some fallen rubble at the end of the city's main street, Rex discovered that Kenobi had been captured but rallied his men to continue fighting. Loathsom finally realized that Kenobi was stalling and angrily overturned the table. Loathsom ordered two super battle droids to seize Kenobi and demanded that the Jedi General immediately call off his troops under the threat of being eradicated. At that moment, Skywalker and Tano detonated their charges and destroyed the shield generator, and the shield began to recede. Sighting the disappearing shield, Kenobi grabbed Loathsom around the neck. As the battle droids took aim, Loathsom ordered his troops not to attack and surrendered to Kenobi.

Back at the heavy cannons, Rex also saw the shield begin to dissipate and shot a Separatist Kerkoiden tank commander out of sheer relief. Rex proceeded to order the heavy cannons to target the exposed battle droids, and the clone artillery opened fire on the enemy forces and and began to annihilate them. Admiral Yularen&mdash;accompanied by Master Yoda&mdash;returned to the system and dropped out of hyperspace with a fleet of Venator-class Star Destroyers and Acclamator I-class assault ships as reinforcements. With the cruisers protecting the transports, Yularen's battle group engaged the Confederate blockade, which consisted of several Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ships and Munificent-class frigates. Yularen was able to break through the Separatist defenses and forced the enemy armada to retreat from Christophsis. LAAT/i gunships were deployed from the Republic fleet and assisted the heavy cannons in bombarding the droid forces. An Acclamator-class transport landed in Crystal City and dispatched clone trooper units for further reinforcements on the planet, thus securing the Republic's victory over Loathsom and the Confederacy.

Aftermath
Rex took an LAAT/i gunship to retrieve Skywalker and Tano from the generator site and brought them back to the Republic's base. Meeting with Skywalker, Tano, and Kenobi, Yoda informed them that the son of crime lord Jabba the Hutt, Rotta, had been kidnapped by a group of renegades. Because rescuing Rotta was necessary to gaining Jabba's favor for granting the Grand Army access to hyperspace lanes running through Hutt-controlled space, Skywalker and Tano's mission would be to rescue the Huttlet, while Kenobi would enter into negotiations with Jabba on his home planet of Tatooine. Based on clone intelligence reports, Skywalker, Tano, and Rex ventured to the Wild Space planet of Teth to rescue Rotta with the 501st detachment Torrent Company. However, they were unaware that they were heading straight into a trap set by Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress, who were intent on claiming the hyperlanes for the Confederacy and had orchestrated Rotta's capture with help from Jabba's own uncle, Ziro Desilijic Tiure, in order to manipulate the Jedi and turn Jabba against them.

A holorecording was taken of the Battle of Christophsis and was later edited on the planet Alderaan to focus on the Jedi's victory. The recording was then broadcast by HoloNet News to the Republic to further promote the Jedi's valiant efforts. In actuality, the costly Republic victory on Christophsis reduced several key cities to rubble. Although many Republic citizens commended the defeat of a Separatist advance that had had the potential of cutting the Jedi and clone troopers off from the Galactic Core, some secretly cheered the damage that had been done to one of the richest and most arrogant worlds in the Outer Rim. Additionally, by the end of the battle, many Christophsians, both resisters and civilians, had been killed. Following his capture by Kenobi during the battle, Loathsom was taken to the galactic capital of Coruscant, where he was tried and swiftly found guilty of treason against the Republic for his continued service in his Republic-allied homeworld's planetary forces. After being interrogated by Republic Intelligence and having "all useful information" extracted from him, Loathsom was sent to solitary confinement on the prison world of Akrit'tar, his widespread reputation in the war shamed by his defeat.

Behind the scenes
The Battle of Christophsis first appeared in the 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars film and its accompanying novelization. As the film led into the 2008 television series of the same name, the battle was the first to be featured in the series. The battle introduced both the planet Christophsis and Skywalker's new Padawan, Ahsoka Tano and allowed Skywalker to assuage his hard-set beliefs against training an apprentice. Asajj Ventress's role in the battle was first alluded to in The Clone Wars: Wild Space, the second installment of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel series. The battle's preliminary stages were eventually elaborated upon in the series' January 2009 first season episode "The Hidden Enemy," which was created as a prequel to the film at Series Producer George Lucas's request for Christophsis's back story to be expanded. Sergeant Slick's and his men's reconnaissance of the planet appeared in the web comic Shadowed, which led into "The Hidden Enemy." The battle also appeared in multiple The Clone Wars young reader books. Since its central roles in The Clone Wars film and "The Hidden Enemy," the battle has been featured in the Nintendo DS version of the 2009 Republic Heroes video game and in the 25 to Rescue scenario for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, written by Sterling Hershey and published on Wizards.com. A canonical result for the scenario has not been specified.

The battle was originally to appear in a "flashback" episode in the television series' first season that was entitled "The New Padawan." After Series Producer George Lucas decided to merge several episodes together for a theatrical release of The Clone Wars, the episode was moved to its correct chronological placement with other episodes from the first season and became the film's opening act.

There are several discrepancies between the novelization of The Clone Wars film and the movie itself. A notable example is that the novel dictates that after the battle, Yoda gives Skywalker, Tano, and Kenobi their assignments to aid in the rescue of Rotta the Huttlet while aboard a Jedi cruiser, while the film features this scene on the surface of Christophsis. This article follows the latter's interpretation of events. However, there is another, more confusing inconsistency between the film's novelization and The Clone Wars: Wild Space. The novelization states that the Resolute was present at Christophsis, while Wild Space dictates that it was commissioned after the Battle of Christophsis. Until a cohesive timeline is established by Lucasfilm Ltd., this article assumes that the Resolute was not present.

One of the two missions depicting the Battle of Christophsis in the Nintendo DS version of Republic Heroes greatly contradicts The Clone Wars film and television series. The mission features Senator Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker arriving at Crystal City to investigate droid activity in the sector recently lost by the Republic. Skywalker and Amidala travel through the city until they face a force field blocking their way. Master Yoda then assists them by deactivating the field. The two continue their way and eventually confront Count Dooku inside a Christophsian building. After a duel with Skywalker&mdash;whom Amidala assists with her blaster&mdash;Dooku retreats. During the duel with Dooku, however, Skywalker informs the unaware Count that the Confederate General Grievous plans to obtain a superweapon from beneath an ocean of lava on the planet Mustafar. Skywalker finds out about Grievous's plans only during the Mission to Skytop Station, which takes place after the Battle of Christophsis has already been won by the Republic. Because of such a confusing storyline that would take too much speculation to implement into the pre-existing story, this article assumes that the video game's mission is non-canonical.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars novelization
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars junior novelization
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The New Padawan
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Operation: Huttlet
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Official Movie Storybook
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Meet Ahsoka Tano
 * The Clone Wars: Wild Space
 * The Clone Wars: Cold Snap
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth