Separatist Crisis

"This is a crisis!"

- Mas Amedda

The Secessionist Movement was the event in which thousands of star systems left the Galactic Republic and pledged loyalty to Count Dooku and the Separatist Alliance. During this time, while the Separatist movement gained power under the secret guidance of the Sith, the Galactic Senate debated the Military Creation Act to determine whether they should raise an army. They eventually did so after Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, secretly Darth Sidious and the mastermind of the crisis, was granted emergency powers. His first act was to adopt a clone trooper army from Kamino as the Grand Army of the Republic. Shortly thereafter, the Battle of Geonosis sparked the Clone Wars between the Republic and the Separatists.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
 * Tarkin