Battle of Hypori/Legends

"New droid general. He's unstoppable. Can't hold out for long. General [static] is hunting us. Must hurry."

- Master Daakman Barrek

The Battle of Hypori was a battle that took place four months after the Battle of Geonosis.

The Battle of Hypori was the result of intelligence gathered by Jedi Master Daakman Barrek and his Padawan Sha'a Gi, which indicated the presence of a large droid factory on Hypori. A Jedi task force, consisting of Barrek and his padawan along with Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura, Shaak Ti, K'Kruhk and Tarr Seirr. The Jedi were reinforced by an army of clone troopers. The group was then dispatched to Hypori to destroy the factory. They were to be led by Barrek, due to his superior knowledge of industrial matters.

The battle was doomed from the beginning. As the Republic ships emerged from hyperspace, orbital mines caused the majority of the transports to crash behind the Separatist's lines. The task force was quickly surrounded by the massive droid army that was stationed on the planet, and all the clone troopers present had been quickly slaughtered. The seven remaining Jedi retreated to an area of the planet were a large number of the Acclamator-class Assault Ships had crash landed. As they were retreating, Master Barrek attempted to send out a distress call to any nearby Jedi. As Barrek was doing this, he was suddenly attacked by the leader of the droid army, General Grievous. Barrek was able to make contact with General Obi-Wan Kenobi, on Muunilinst and requested an “immediate evac” from Hypori telling Kenobi that "[he] is hunting us", before he was slain by Grievous. The six remaining Jedi were left surrounded by the hordes of Super Battle Droids produced by the factory and battled Grievous before a rescue team of ARC troopers led by Fordo came to their aid. Ultimately, only three Jedi present were rescued by Fordo's team: Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura and Shaak Ti. Those killed included Daakman Barrek, Sha'a Gi and Tarr Seirr. K'Kruhk was thought dead and left behind, but survived.

The ARC Troopers, covering their withdrawal, activated small detonators that they dropped from their gunship, destroying some of the droids surrounding the crashed ship. But seeing as there were many more thousands--if not millions--of battle droids surrounding other wrecked transports, these casualties were relatively small.

Behind the scenes
Chapter 20, which is the episode of the Clone Wars micro series that this battle first appeared in, also marked the first appearance of General Grievous.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Chapter 20
 * Chapter 21
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization