Battle of Utapau/Legends

"There is no war here, unless you brought it with you."

- Tion Medon

The Battle of Utapau was one of the final battles of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, and the battle that ended the Outer Rim Sieges.

Kenobi makes contact
After a long and complex engagement, the Republic began to gain an advantage over the CIS, many of whose leaders were dead. Republic Clone Intelligence soon managed to discover the location of the enemy Head of State, General Grievous (Mission to Utapau).

General Obi-Wan Kenobi organized a fleet of Venator-class Star Destroyers carrying an army of clones large enough to capture three star systems, including some members of the elite 501st Legion. Kenobi went ahead to scout out the planet, and with the assistance of administrator Tion Medon located Grievous. Kenobi and Grievous began a deadly lightsaber duel as the rest of Obi-Wan's forces closed in.

Clone cavalry


Once his general had located Grievous, clone Commander Cody began deploying his forces. Two battalions attacked full force, with the third in reserve to provide reinforcements and cover escape routes. Hailfire droids attempted to repel the clones quickly, but they were destroyed by the clone flagship, Vigilance. Gun turrets fired upon incoming gunships, but they were disabled by the 501st.

Troopers of the 501st captured several security posts in the Utapaun cities themselves, linking up with Kenobi who had already bested four of Grievous's elite IG-100 MagnaGuard bodyguards. Using his mastery of the lightsaber form Soresu, Kenobi used a complex maneuver involving parrying the handle of a lightsaber instead of the blade to cut off two of Grievous's hands, forcing the General into retreat.

Grievous in retreat
"In our bones, we knew the war was over. The Galaxy held its breath, waiting to see which side would make the final, daring move. As luck would have it, the Republic moved first. After the Chancellor informed the Jedi Council that General Grievous was hiding on Utapau, General Kenobi gathered an army large enough to capture three star systems. When the orders reached the 501st, our morale soared. For better or worse, this would be the beginning of the end."

- Entry from the Journal of the 501st



Grievous attempted to retreat to a secret landing platform on his Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike, closely pursued by Kenobi on the varactyl which had transported him to Grievous in the first place, named Boga. Both combatants had by now dropped their lightsabers, and what fighting they had was fought over who would control Grievous's spare electrostaff.

Obi-Wan gained ground in the chase when his lizard took to the ceiling, meaning she could travel straight instead of having to evade battle droids and clone troopers. Boga destroyed Grievous's Neimoidian shuttle, and the final hand-to-hand combat between Grievous and Kenobi took place on the landing deck of Grievous's Belbullab-22 starfighter.

Grievous was the stronger duelist, tossing Kenobi around, but Kenobi pried open his damaged chest armor. Grievous tossed him to the edge, and grabbed his electrostaff, walking over to finish the Jedi off. Calling Grievous's blaster to his hand, Kenobi fired into Grievous's internal organs, killing the general, and thereafter expressed his mild distaste at having to rely on a "clumsy" blaster in his mission:

"So uncivilized."

The droid army continued fighting, but was hammered by persistent fire from LAAT gunships. The destruction of the CIS main ATX energy pillar assisted a rousing Republic victory.

Order 66


It was then Order 66 came in. An AT-TE walker fired its main cannon at Obi-Wan, who was on a cliff heading up to the Separatist headquarters. Boga sensed it and jumped on the shot, saving Kenobi, and they both fell down the sinkhole and into the lake at the bottom. Kenobi used stealth to make his way up to Grievous's starfighter to retreat.

Outcome
The clones, after a long period of fighting, eventually triumphed in Pau City. However, as the CIS presumably controlled other sinkhole cities on Utapau&mdash;as to control the entire planet&mdash;the fighting would continue until the deactivation of the droid army by Darth Vader on Mustafar a short period of time later.

Galactic Republic

 * Clone Commander Cody
 * General Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * N-6
 * N-10
 * Senin Vant

Confederacy of Independent Systems

 * General Grievous

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (novel)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (comics)
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II

Non-Cannonical

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (game)