User:Olsonman

Welcome users and/or visitors of Wookieepedia, the encyclopedia of Star Wars. Olsonman is a user of Wookieepedia who was here since mid-July 2007. It would be nice if you check my profile and likes. My user's name is Olsonman is because Olson is my last name and i'm mostly a man with my almost-completed moustache.

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Poll
Who's your favorite Jedi? Yoda Anakin Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi Kit Fisto Mace Windu Luke Skywalker other

Who's your favrite *CC Commander Cody Commander Bacara Commander Gree Commander Appo Commander Thire Commander Bly Commander Neyo


 * CC=Clone Commander

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Gallery
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Favorite Battles
Below is the Battle of Endor and the Second Battle of Coruscant.

Battle of Endor
"An explosion bright as a star. A forest world, intrepid defenders, escaping ships, and...you, I think, somehow at the center of it all. Skywalker, it won't matter if you find them. It won't matter if you find and kill every Jedi who survived Order Sixty-Six. I understand now...the Force will never die."

- Roan Shryne explains his vision of the battle to Darth Vader on Kashyyyk

The Battle of Endor was one of the largest and most important engagements of the Galactic Civil War fought by the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire. It would signify the decline of the Empire upon the death of Emperor Palpatine, and the destruction of Death Star II, as well as key Imperial personnel.

Background
Shortly after the rise of the Galactic Empire, Jedi Knight Roan Shryne experienced visions of the Battle of Endor after learning of the true identity of Darth Vader, and being subsequently defeated by Vader. Just before his death at Vader's hands he related the details of his vision to the Sith Lord.

"The Emperor has made a critical error and the time for our attack has come."

- Mon Mothma

Many years later the Rebel Alliance learned that the Galactic Empire was constructing a second version of the Death Star space station (under supervision by Moff Jerjerrod). The Alliance leadership soon discovered that this version had corrected the design flaws in the original Death Star that the Alliance had exploited in the Battle of Yavin. It was decided that the station would have to be destroyed before it became operational.

In operations that cost the lives of many Bothans, the space station was found to be orbiting the forest moon of Endor. In addition, the rebels learned that, although the station was protected by a powerful deflector shield projected from a base on the moon, the station's weapons were not yet ready for service. Furthermore, they also learned that the Emperor himself was personally overseeing the final construction of the station. Destroying the station while he was still aboard would deliver a crushing blow to the Galactic Empire, perhaps the blow that would free the galaxy.

With a golden opportunity too good to miss, the Alliance planned a two pronged attack. A commando squad, led by appointed General Han Solo and coordinated by General Brenn Tantor, a former Imperial general who had set up the shield generator, would land on the moon in a stolen Imperial Shuttle and disable the Imperial base's deflector shield projector. This would allow a Rebel fleet to attack the station and destroy it.

Meanwhile, Rebel ships launched an attack on Imperial forces near the planet of Sullust in an attempt to lure Imperial ships away from Endor. It was a miscalculation made by the rebels, as Palpatine had devised a strategy to maintain the fleet close to Endor, to provide security and support for the second Death Star, instead of engaging the Rebel Fleet. This was later revealed in the battle above Endor's forest moon.



The Rebels were unwittingly falling into a grand trap devised by the Emperor himself. In an attempt to effectively eliminate the Rebellion, Palpatine planned on drawing the Alliance to Endor using simple disinformation: he hid the fact that the station's primary systems were already operational (and had dispatched Darth Vader earlier on to ensure that the systems were ready on time).

With a large naval force hidden on the far side of the moon and an elite legion of Imperial troops standing by on the moon's surface, he was ready to crush the Rebels once and for all. The Emperor also predicted that the young Rebel Luke Skywalker would surrender to Imperial troops in an attempt to bring his father Anakin Skywalker back from the dark side. Knowing this, Palpatine planned to turn the young Jedi to the dark side, installing the youth as his new apprentice, in much the same manner as Anakin had supplanted Count Dooku at his side 23 years before.

The battle
"You Rebel scum."

- Lieutenant Renz to Han Solo

The ground assault
"An entire legion of my best troops awaits them."

- Emperor Palpatine



The Rebels took the Emperor's bait and a squad headed to Endor on board the captured shuttle Tydirium. They landed, and after a series of adventures in which Han Solo, Leia Organa, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, C-3PO and R2-D2 were captured by the native Ewoks, they headed to the generator (minus Luke Skywalker, who had surrendered to Darth Vader the night before after revealing to Leia that Vader was his father, and that the two were siblings) with the Ewoks, now their allies, behind them. The Rebels charged into the base, capturing the Imperial officers in charge, only to be ambushed minutes later and led out into a clearing. There stood hundreds of stormtroopers, as well as AT-STs. The Alliance appeared doomed. Suddenly, hundreds of Ewoks leapt out of the trees, stunning the Imperials, who had already dismissed them as primitive natives.



Although initially surprised by the ambush, Tempest Force regained the upper hand and squads of stormtroopers pursued the Ewoks into the forest. Despite being outnumbered by the natives, the stormtroopers were forcing the Ewoks back, and Imperial AT-ST scout walkers were decimating Ewok holdouts. The Ewoks tried a number of unsuccesful tactics, such as using gliders to drop stones on top of the walkers, and trying to trip them with ropes (a tactic which might have worked, if the ropes had been tied down instead of being hand-held).

Hoping to take the upper hand, a pair of Ewoks, led by the Wookiee Chewbacca, was able to capture Tempest Scout 3, one of the scout walkers. The tide of the battle began to turn as Chewbacca used this AT-ST to take out isolated Imperial units as well as other Imperial walkers. The sight of this rallied the remaining Ewoks, who had been retreating into the woods, and they doubled their efforts behind the stolen AT-ST.

This allowed the Ewoks to spring a number of traps that had been set up with hopes of toppling any Imperial walkers. The tactic worked and together the traps and the commandeered walker defeated the remaining scout walkers. With the Imperials in disarray, General Han Solo posed as an AT-ST pilot, informing the Imperials within the bunker that the battle was over and reinforcements were needed to continue the pursuit.



Three squads of reinforcements were sent to help search for the Rebels. The Rebels, however, were waiting and the Imperial reinforcements, sorely outnumbered and under the guns of an AT-ST, surrendered to the Rebel/Ewok force. The Rebels proceeded to infiltrate the Imperial facility and destroyed the bunker with several proton charges, killing several notable officers. Storm commando captain Sarkli attempted to intercept Solo and stop him from escaping the burning bunker, but failed and was shot dead. The destruction of the facility brought down the deflector shield surrounding the forest moon and the Death Star, leaving the space station vulnerable to attack.

The space battle
"Admiral! We have enemy ships in sector 47!" "It's a trap!"

- Captain Verrack and Admiral Ackbar



At the same time the commandos were captured by the Imperials, the fleet jumped out of hyperspace. Sensing no reading on the shield, Lando realized that the shield was still up. As they pulled up to avoid crashing into the shield, the Alliance fleet spotted a group of Star Destroyers moving towards them. The Empire had learned of their attack. They were trapped now, stuck between Star Destroyers and the Death Star.

As TIE Fighters were deployed, the Alliance was stunned by the sudden explosion of the Liberty. The Death Star had destroyed it. It was operational after all. General Lando Calrissian suggested to Admiral Ackbar that the fleet battle the Imperial Navy at point-blank range, in hope the Death Star would hold fire to prevent destroying Imperial ships. This tactic had never been used before, and soon the two sides were engaging each other at ranges little more than a few hundred meters. Still, the situation seemed hopeless. The Rebellion never knew that the station had the capacity to fire its main weapon system at all, let alone with as great frequency and accuracy as it did. Despite their hard attack, the Rebels came under limited fire from the Imperial Fleet, as Fleet Admiral Firmus Piett was under direct orders from the Emperor to not engage the Rebels. Still outgunned though, many Rebel frigates and corvettes were lost in the engagement, and Imperial TIE Fighter wings decimated the Rebel fighter force.

Just as the fight seemed hopeless, the rebels on the ground managed to destroy the Death Star's shield generator. In response, Admiral Ackbar ordered the fighters to commence the attack run on the main reactor. Taking advantage of the new tactical situation, General Calrissian led all of the remaining fighters of Red and Gold Groups into the Death Star's superstructure. Several TIE Fighters and TIE Interceptors went after the Rebels. This threat drove some of the Rebel Fighters to pull back to the surface of the station luring some of the Imperial fighters away from the primary mission; protecting the main reactor.



In order to dissuade more Imperials from swarming the Rebel fighters within the Death Star's superstructure, Ackbar ordered a concentrated assault on the Imperial flagship, the Executor to buy Calrissian more time. Green Squadron A-wings provided support for the Home One by disabling the ion cannons on three Star Destroyers. One frigate was severely damaged by a kamikaze CR90 corvette. With a combined effort of an entire Rebel flotilla of capital ships the bridge shields were temporarily brought down.

Several fighter squadrons began to target the Executor's main sensors. After A-wing squadrons destroyed one of the giant sensor spheres, Green Leader&mdash;after taking critical damage&mdash;steered his fighter into the bridge, which resulted in the cataclysmic destruction of much of the command bridge, killing all of the bridge command staff. Before the secondary command center could regain control of the ship, the Executor was caught by the second Death Star's gravity well projector, and was consequently pulled towards the battle station. It then crashed into the surface of the Death Star, exploding into a ball of fire and killing every remaining officer on board.

Meanwhile, Moff Jerjerrod, remembering his orders from the Emperor to destroy the moon if the shield was brought down, began to rotate the Death Star towards Endor. The Rebel fighters, led by the Millennium Falcon, sped to the space station's reactor at its center. Jerjerrod responded by flooding the area with interference to hinder the Rebel's progress, and (presumably) issued an evacuation order to non-essential crew. After this, Ackbar ordered that all ships be moved away from the Death Star, sensing that soon it would be destroyed. The Rebels were overjoyed, hit with a major boost in morale, while the Imperials were drained, and confused. The reason for this was the death of Palpatine.

Battle of Coruscant
"Now is the time to strike. Now is the time to launch our final operation."

- Darth Sidious

The Second Battle of Coruscant during the Clone Wars, usually referred to as the Battle of Coruscant, was an attempt by the Confederacy of Independent Systems to kidnap Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and cause damage to the Republic capital.

The battle was staged by Palpatine, who, knowing that the Jedi were close to discovering his dual identity as Darth Sidious, secretly arranged for his own kidnapping and the subsequent battle to remove himself from Coruscant. The Separatists, led by the fearsome General Grievous, provided a diversion with a full-scale invasion. Grievous, along with his elite, landed on the planet, and stormed off to find Palpatine, who had provided his coordinates in his alter ego as Sidious. Grievous captured the Chancellor, killing several Jedi and clone troopers along the way. After a failed first rescue attempt by a few Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker arrived from Nelvaan, and stormed the Invisible Hand. They succeeding in rescuing Palpatine, with Skywalker killing Count Dooku in the process. The Hand was mostly destroyed, along with many Separatist ships. General Grievous, however, managed to escape.

Skywalker and Kenobi's intervention
"This is where the fun begins!"

- Anakin Skywalker

Unable to escape Coruscant, the Invisible Hand had sustained heavy damage from the guns of the Republic Star Destroyers over the course of a full day of battle. A screen of Separatist battleships, destroyers, and frigates sheltered the flagship from further harm, but after hours of sustained fighting, the craft's deflector shields were failing.

At that instant Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker jumped out of hyperspace with a vanguard from the Fifth Fleet of the Open Circle Armada. They were unable to communicate with the Jedi high command due to heavy Separatist ECM scrambling, and were unsure if any other Jedi were out there fighting to rescue Palpatine. As they approached, they found hundreds of Vulture fighters and tri-fighters swarming protectively around the general's command ship, and the Jedi engaged the fighters with the help of Clone Fight Squad Seven. The clones took heavy casualties and Anakin found himself wanting to go back and help them, but Obi-Wan would not let him, as they had to stick to the mission. As the duo closed in on the destroyer, they were attacked by a swarm of Vulture droids. The droids fired missiles at them, but with the Slip-jaws maneuver Anakin was able to avoid them. Obi-Wan, however, could not lose them, and they finally exploded, releasing buzz droids. His astromech droid R4-P17 was destroyed, and the droids were rapidly disabling Kenobi's Jedi interceptor as well. Anakin desperately tried to save his wingman by smashing into his ship and crushing the droids, but he destroyed the starboard dorsal radiator in addition to the buzz droids.



As they hurtled toward Grievous's flagship, Anakin took advantage of the fact that the warship's main deflector shields had been partially compromised and shot out the atmospheric containment shield protecting the hangar bay entrance. With Obi-Wan's ship's engines failing, the two fighters breached the vessel's defenses and crash-landed in the hangar, quickly eliminating all security droid resistance. After R2-D2 located Palpatine's homing beacon, they headed towards the signal emanating from the upper observation deck.

As the two Jedi headed towards Palaptine, they were confronted by more droids in the hall along with wreckage and locked doors, but they were able to overcome these obstacles. After a brief misadventure when the lift they were using was stopped, Kenobi and Skywalker were assisted by R2-D2 in getting to the top of the Invisible Hand's conning tower&mdash;the location of the general's quarters&mdash;where Palpatine was being held captive.

The Duel on the Invisible Hand
"Get help. You're no match for him. He's a Sith Lord." "Chancellor Palpatine, Sith Lords are our speciality."

- Palpatine and Obi-Wan Kenobi

Before the Jedi could release him, however, Dooku arrived, flanked by two super battle droids. Leaping down from the balcony whence he came, he engaged the Jedi. The two Jedi started out utilizing Ataru and Shien as a deception for Dooku. At first, Dooku was able to easily counter their attacks with his mastery of Makashi. However, he was caught off guard when they switched to their more advanced and preferred forms of Soresu and Djem So. Dooku, unable to combat both at once, Force-pushed Kenobi out of the way so he could focus on Skywalker. Despite this, Dooku still began to tire as Anakin furiously drove him up the stairs to the balcony. Meanwhile, Kenobi brought down the two droids and headed over to attack Dooku from behind. However, Dooku kicked Anakin aside and quickly incapacitated Obi-Wan, slamming him into one of the walls with the Force. Debris toppled over Kenobi, leaving him unconscious. Left to face the Sith Lord alone, Skywalker viciously kicked Dooku off the balcony and attacked, using the dark side to fuel him and provide aggression. Dooku was barely able to lift his arms to defend against Anakin's powerful strikes, let alone fight back. With his superior strength and aggressive lightsaber technique, Anakin finally overpowered Dooku's defenses and cut off both his hands.

The shackled Palpatine applauded Anakin's victory and encouraged him to kill Dooku. Anakin initially hesitated, claiming that it was not the Jedi way to execute a defenseless enemy. Despite his misgivings, Skywalker gave in to his anger and sense of justice and sliced Dooku's head off, bringing an end to the Separatist firebrand's reign.

Continuing battle
As the confrontation between the Jedi and Sith ended, the Invisible Hand entered a direct engagement with the Venator-class Star Destroyer Guarlara, exchanging broadsides with the warship. Both sides used heavy cannons lined along the sides to demolish each other. The Republic destroyer managed to take out the Invisible Hand's primary systems. Sustaining crippling damage, the Separatist command ship temporarily fell toward Coruscant before regaining control. However, with artificial gravity, tensor fields, and inertial compensators failing, the ship had become a rapidly decaying space wreck. Escape was now Anakin's priority. He gathered up the unconscious Obi-Wan, despite Palpatine's demand to leave him and headed back for the bank of turbolifts.

Obi-Wan soon regained consciousness and the Jedi headed for the hangar with the Chancellor. As they headed back to the hangar, the Jedi were confronted by battle droids, which they dispatched. They then received word that a Republic crusier was being attacked by a Separatist cruiser, and its systems were failing fast. Anakin took control of a powerful laser turret nearby, and fired on the Separatist cruiser, eventually destroying it. After this, the Jedi continued on to the main hangar bay. Before they could reach it however, a ray shield dropped, trapping them in hallway 328 of the Invisible Hand. The Jedi, along with the Chancellor and R2-D2, were captured and taken to the Invisible Hand's bridge and brought before General Grievous.

"Wait a minute. How did this happen? We're smarter than this.''" "''Apparently not."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker



The droid general took Kenobi and Skywalker's lightsabers, boasting about adding them to his collection, but with a sudden lifting of the dark side's shroud, an inspired Obi-Wan managed to retrieve them as he freed Anakin and himself with the help of R2-D2 as a distraction. Grievous summoned his MagnaGuards to dispose of the troublesome duo. After a quick battle, the skilled Jedi defeated the droid warriors and closed in on Grievous, intent on capturing him. Grievous grabbed an overloaded electrostaff wielded by one of his MagnaGuards and threw it into the damaged bridge viewport, shattering it violently.

Grievous allowed himself to be sucked out into space, and later re-entered the ship through an escape pod hatch. In an attempt to foil the Jedi and Chancellor's escape, he launched every escape pod on his flagship and fled to a nearby Trade Federation battleship. Simultaneously, a communications error between Republic forces led to Home Fleet Strike Group Five savagely attacking Invisible Hand, this time dealing fatal damage to the ship's systems. The Separatist command ship began a meteoric plunge toward Coruscant.

Taking control of the helm, Anakin attempted to pilot the wreck to a safe landing on Coruscant. Losing structural integrity, the entire rear end of the Invisible Hand tore off due to atmospheric stresses. Despite this, Anakin successfully crash-landed the ship on a long runway in Galactic City. With the loss of their flagship, the failure of their main objective, and the recovery of their supreme commander, Grievous, the surviving elements of the depleted Separatist armada retreated in disgrace to the Outer Rim.

Battle of Geonosis
"This is just the beginning!"

- Count Dooku

The Battle of Geonosis was the first battle between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic in the conflict that would become known as the Clone Wars. It would be the first major combat of the Grand Army of the Republic, as well as the first major battle the Jedi would fight in years. It would spark a huge war that would devastate most of the galaxy.

Prelude
"More happening on Geonosis, I feel, than has been revealed."

- Yoda

The battle occurred after Separatist forces captured Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi on Geonosis and charged him with spying for the Republic. Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala attempted to rescue Kenobi, but were also captured and sentenced to death. They narrowly escaped their executions, which involved an acklay, a nexu, and a reek.

In response to Kenobi's report about the Separatists' conspiracy, the Galactic Senate, at the suggestion of Senator Jar Jar Binks, granted Supreme Chancellor Palpatine "emergency powers" to deal with the crisis.

Yoda brought the clone army into use, and sent them to Geonosis right behind a Jedi strike force. The rapid nature of the reployment left Cuy'val Dar sergeants such as Kal Skirata reeling at waking up to discover the commando squads they had trained gone.

Penetrating the defenses
"You call this a diplomatic solution?" "No, I call it aggressive negotiations."

- Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala

A group of about 212 Jedi, led by Jedi Masters Mace Windu, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Plo Koon, Shaak Ti, Luminara Unduli and Kit Fisto were sent to Geonosis by the Jedi Council to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi and investigate reports that Separatists were constructing an army on Geonosis.



Upon entering the system, the fleet of Jedi starfighters were fired upon by Anti-orbital cannons, taking several casualties. Mace Windu and Luminara Unduli slipped past the firing range of the cannons and commandeered TX-130S fighter tanks, and employed communications jamming to stop any CIS forces from calling for reinforcements. They set off to disable the orbital cannons. The droid defenses, consisting of GATs, Hailfire droids, and STAPs, attempted to hold them off, but were destroyed by the Jedi. The power nodes were destroyed, causing the cannons to explode.

The last cannon, however, was housed in an outpost. Mace set out on foot to disable the cannon. He penetrated the droid defenses and destroyed the last power nodes with his lightsaber. With the orbital defenses disabled, a landing zone had to be made. The Jedi strike team landed in a captured Confederate outpost and moved toward the arena in a convoy of RTTs. Mace and Luminara cleared the way in their tanks. They reached the perimeter of the arena, where they destroyed 6 tunnel catacombs deploying battle droids. The Jedi deployed into the arena quietly.

Arena battle
"This party's over."

- Mace Windu

The three captives, Anakin, Padmé and Obi-Wan managed to avoid the nexu, reek, and acklay beasts that had been set upon them long enough for Master Windu's 212-Jedi rescue mission team to arrive. However, Count Dooku revealed the Separatist's new secret battle droid army, and a heated battle took place. Though outnumbered 50 to 1, the Jedi fought to the end.

It was during the heated battle that followed that bounty hunter Jango Fett attempted to fight and kill the legendary Korun Jedi Master, Mace Windu. However, during the fight, a reek arena beast nearly trampled Jango and damaged his jet pack. After killing the reek, Mace Windu charged at Jango, who at the last second attempted to activate his jetpack, but failed. Mace Windu quickly beheaded the legendary bounty hunter.

"Master Windu, you have fought gallantly. Worthy of recognition in the archives of the Jedi Order. Now, it is finished. Surrender and your lives will be spared."

- Count Dooku

The Jedi suffered massive casualties; 179 Jedi Knights fell in battle before Master Yoda arrived with the newly-created clone army in several LAAT gunships to rescue the twenty or so Jedi who remained. The stadium was littered with droid parts.

The opening battle of the Clone Wars had begun.

Desert battle
After the rescue of the Jedi, the droid and clone armies engaged one another in a complex series of engagements on a number of different fronts. The Republic's army landed in twelve Acclamator I-class assault ships, offloading infantry, armored vehicles, artillery and air support. The Separatist army consisted of droid infantry of varying strength and larger droid-controlled vehicles. Crucially, the Republic conducted an aerial bombardment of the Separatists' fighter craft, allowing the Republic's gunships to have air superiority throughout much of the battle, giving the clone forces a crucial advantage.

Although the clone troopers were vastly outnumbered by droids, the droids were heavily exposed to attacks from the air by Republic gunships. The Republic's armored AT-TE walkers were strong against the lightly armored spider droids employed by the Separatists, but were vulnerable to the rockets on the Hailfire droids. The Republic gunships were instrumental in clearing away the Hailfire droids and allowing the AT-TEs to establish superiority on the battlefield, although the Hailfires were able to shoot down a number of LAATs.



Meanwhile, Mace Windu, who was fighting on the ground, made his way to a LAAT/i and used it to destroy several Hardcell-class interstellar transports before landing and defending SPHA guns bringing down core ships in a TX-130S fighter tank. In this way, three core ships were taken down, before Mace was informed that contact with Master Yoda had been lost.

"If Dooku escapes, rally more systems to his cause, he will."

- Yoda

Having beaten the droid army into retreat, Yoda took note of the fact that much of the Separatist starfleet was still grounded receiving shipments of droids when the Republic attacked. Lightly armored and vulnerable Techno Union starships attempted to withdraw immediately, but many were destroyed in the first wave of attacks from the Republic gunships. The Jedi Master now ordered the army's artillery to attempt to take down as many of the heavily armored Trade Federation Core Ships as possible, as they each held millions of deadly battle droids, while in space the Republic fleet intercepted and destroyed the Separatist ships (that carried scores of combat droids). The Republic was successful in this but despite taking control of the surface of the planet, they were unable to capture the Separatist leadership and stop the war before it began (Commando teams infiltrated the spires holding the Geonosian cities and managed to complete their objectives, however, they suffered heavy casualties).

Meanwhile, Echuu Shen-Jon and a team of other Jedi, including Plo Koon, destroyed several core-ships and Techno Union vessels, before setting off to pursue Count Dooku. However, they were delayed by Sev'Rance Tann, who killed Stam Reath, Echuu's apprentice, angering Echuu. Sev'Rance escaped, and the Jedi pursuit of Dooku was presumably lost.

Above a crevasse, the Republic Commando squad Theta Squad rappelled in and placed charges on a Geonosian door while Delta Squad held off OG-9 spider droids nearby. After the door was blown, Theta and Delta entered the Geonosian caverns and split up. Heading for a droid foundry, Theta squad leader RC-1133 ordered RC-1136 to stay behind and hold a position while the rest moved forward. 1136, or Darman, lost contact with his squad and pulled out. He was the only survivor of Theta.

Delta Squad managed to kill Geonosian Separatist General Sun Fac as he attempted to flee the planet in his personal Geonosian fighter. They also spotted General Grievous's Soulless One. Later, Delta Squad infiltrated and destroyed the underground droid factory that Theta had been aiming for and a Federation Coreship, stealing (under heavy fire) the escape coordinates for the CIS fleet, thus allowing the Republic artillery and fleet to take down the rest of the CIS fleet. Along the way, they also eliminated significant numbers of droids, Geonosian warriors, and an anti-aircraft turret.

Aftermath
"I have good news for you, my Lord. The war has begun." "Excellent. Everything is going as planned."

- Darth Tyranus and Darth Sidious

Count Dooku flew to Coruscant, to meet with his master, who was settled in an abandoned district not far from the Jedi Temple. During his meeting with Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord ordered Dooku; now Darth Tyranus, to retreat to Raxus Prime to prepare a second battlefront against the Republic. Meanwhile, the Grand Army of the Republic was mobilized throughout the galaxy as the Clone Wars began.



The main reason for the Separatist's defeat is derived from the fact that they were caught completely by surprise, working against their numerical superiority. Another reason for the Separatist's defeat is that despite the fact Sev'rance Tann and General Grievous, arguably the Droid Army's most brilliant commanders, were present, they were not given command of the army, and were instead placed in support positions. Grievous remained unknown to the Republic, for he killed off any of the Jedi or clones he encountered, while Sev'rance Tann escaped Geonosis after killing Echuu Shen-Jon's Padawan, Stam Reath.

In the months following the battle Mace Windu would regret his decision not to strike down Count Dooku when he had the chance, and killing Jango Fett without a second thought.

Depa Billaba would later state to Windu on Haruun Kal that by simply bombing the arena on Geonosis, the Republic could have prevented a war that destroyed billions of lives at the expense of only a few hundred Jedi.

Kal Skirata lost nine commandos that he trained in the battle, namely the casualties from Theta Squad, Prudii Squad, and Teroch Squad. He, Walon Vau, RC-1309, and RC-8015 would later reflect that this had been due to the Jedi's ill-advised usage of the commandos as infantry rather than special forces.

Duel on Mustafar
"I have failed you, Anakin. I have failed you." "I should've known the Jedi were plotting to take over!" "Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil!" "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil." "Well, then you are lost!"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader

The Duel on Mustafar was the event in the Great Jedi Purge in which Darth Vader was almost killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi on planet Mustafar, and would later be transformed into his cybernetic form. It would prove a decisive moment in galactic history; had Vader not suffered his injuries, he would have become twice as powerful as his master.

Prelude
"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!" "Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must." "You will try!"

- Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi

The duel occurred in the aftermath of the Mission to Mustafar, in which Darth Vader slaughtered the Separatist Council and ended the Clone Wars. He met up with his wife, Padmé Amidala, during the aftermath of the massacre. Obi-Wan Kenobi, hiding in the cargo hold of her Naboo Skiff, appeared to Vader, making it seem like it was a trap laid out by Padmé. In his rage, Vader strangled his wife to near death, knocking her unconscious. The former best friends were forced to confront each other in battle.

The Duel
"It's over, Anakin! I have the high ground!" "You underestimate my power!" "Don't try it!"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader

The two battled each other on the landing platform and made their way through the hallways of Klegger Corp Mining Facility. In the conference room, Vader and Kenobi each tried to kick the other multiple times, in which Anakin forced Kenobi's lightsaber handle into his throat, temporarily paralyzing him, and attempted to decapitate his former master. Kenobi held off as best he could. Kenobi managed to fling himself out of his former Padawan's grasp. Then, he knocked Anakin down and called his lightsaber to his hand, thinking he could put Anakin at blade-point, forcing a surrender. He failed and the two proceeded into the control room. The two forced each other into opposite ends of the room with a combined Force push. Attempting to kill Kenobi, Vader jumped at the Jedi and missed, accidentally destroying the controls for the facility's shields, allowing heat and flying lava to weaken the collection arm systems outside the complex.

As the two dueled on, Anakin forced Kenobi back in a furious attack. While this was going on the lava collection arms outside, the lack of shielding proved too much for the superstructure, bringing it down. It smashed into the river of lava, and both contestants barely held on for dear life. The lava river below dragged the collection arm down a lava-fall and nearly killed Vader. However, both he and Kenobi managed to leap off the arm, landing on a droid lava collector and a repulsorlift platform, respectively.

Fall of Vader
"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!" "I HATE YOU!" "You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader

As the two dueled their way to the shore, Obi-Wan leapt, gaining the high ground over Vader. In his rage and overconfidence, Vader made a blunder and risked his life jumping over Obi-Wan, losing half of his left arm and his two legs severed around the knees in a blink of an eye, leaving him with no full organic limbs, making him unable to use force lightning. He tumbled down to the shoreline, maimed and immobilized.

Kenobi took Anakin's blue lightsaber whilst sorrowfully expressing his regrets. Vader's clothing ignited from the nearby lava at Mustafar's hot shore, burning him horribly. Kenobi refused to kill the Sith Lord, believing that his ultimate fate would be decided by the Force, and left Vader for dead as the flames slowly calmed down from the graphic immolation he witnessed.

Aftermath
"Obi-Wan? Is Anakin all right?"

- Padmé Amidala



Palpatine, sensing that his new apprentice was in grave danger, left Coruscant after a duel with Jedi Grand Master Yoda, and, accompanied by a squad of shock troopers, journeyed to Mustafar in a Theta shuttle. They landed in the Klegger Corp Mining Facility and recovered the dying Sith apprentice. Darth Vader's maimed, crippled and burned body was taken to Coruscant and the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center for treatment in order to save his life. There, he was transformed into a cyborg. Darth Vader would wear a respirator and full body suit for the rest of his life.

Padmé Amidala's injuries on Mustafar, as well as the horror of seeing her husband consumed by the dark side, led to her death in childbirth&mdash;giving birth to Luke and Leia&mdash;on Polis Massa. Kenobi went into exile after helping to deliver Anakin's children on Polis Massa. He took Anakin's infant son Luke to Tatooine to be raised by Anakin's stepbrother and his wife, while his twin sister, Leia went to Alderaan to be raised by Bail Organa and Queen Breha. Kenobi hid on Tatooine, and waited for the day when Luke would be trained as a Jedi.

Obi-Wan, who had assumed Vader was dead for good, was shocked to learn that he was still alive after watching a HoloNet news report in a cantina on Tatooine about Vader's victory at Kashyyyk. Qui Gon's Force ghost, however, told Obi-Wan that Vader would never return to Tatooine, as that was where the last remnant of Anakin Skywalker was.

23 years later, Darth Vader confronted Luke Skywalker onboard the second Death Star. The young Skywalker tried to use high ground for his advantage. Apparently, Vader learned from his mistake at Mustafar and did not follow Skywalker, but used saber throw instead.

Duel on Death Star II
"You must confront Vader."

- Yoda to Luke Skywalker

The Duel on Death Star II was the final climactic lightsaber duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. It was the duel that redeemed and killed Anakin Skywalker, killed Palpatine and formally earned Luke Skywalker the title of Jedi Knight.

Prelude
"Welcome, young Skywalker. ... I'm looking forward to completing your training."

- Palpatine



On the forest moon of Endor, Luke Skywalker turned himself in to Imperial troops. When questioned, he denied the fact that he was part of a team of Rebel commandos. Vader took custody of Luke and dismissed the commander to search for the Rebel team. Luke tried to convince Vader to come with him and forsake the Dark Side. Vader refused, stating it was too late for him to turn from the pull of the Dark Side.

Vader transported Luke to the Death Star and led him into the Emperor's throne room. Palpatine immediately began tempting Luke, trying to seduce him to the dark side of the Force. Luke resolutely refused to give in. Palpatine revealed to Luke that the entire battle was a trap he had orchestrated to destroy the rebellion. Luke taunted the Emperor, telling him that his overconfidence was his weakness. The Emperor answered back that Luke's greatest weakness was his faith in his friends.

"Your overconfidence is your weakness." "Your faith in your friends is yours."

- Luke Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine

Luke witnessed the arrival of the Rebel fleet in the system and the start of the space battle. It was then that Palpatine revealed another secret, pushing to incite Luke's anger. Luke watched helplessly as the Death Star fired its superlaser, destroying a Mon Calamari Cruiser. Luke still refused to give in to his anger. The Emperor continued taunting him, telling Luke that all his friends and the entire rebellion would soon be destroyed.

The Duel


Palpatine could feel his anger and tempted Luke to strike him down and complete his journey to the dark side. Luke gave in to the anger and used Force pull to bring his lightsaber to his hand. He struck out to kill the Emperor, but Vader ignited his lightsaber and blocked the attack. Palpatine smiled in satisfaction. Vader and Luke battled on the dais before the Emperor's throne until Luke managed to kick his father down the steps. He then shut down his weapon stating he did not want to fight. Vader climbed the stairs and took advantage of Luke's powered-down lightsaber. Luke was able to ignite his saber just in time to block Vader's blow. Luke them jumped to a walkway out of Vader's reach and attempted to reason with his father. Luke stated he could feel the conflict in Vader. Vader locked his lightsaber blade on and telling Luke there was no conflict, hurled his lightsaber at the walkway, cutting through the support beams, causing Luke to fall.

"Your thoughts betray you, father. I feel the good in you...the conflict." "There is no conflict."

- Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader



Luke safely landed from his fall and hid in the darkness from Vader. Vader began to taunt Luke, telling him the only way to save his friends was to give in. Sensing Luke's thoughts, Vader learned that Luke had a twin sister. Vader then threated Luke, telling him if he would not turn to the dark side, perhaps Leia would. Outraged by the threat, Luke charged and viciously attacked Vader. Giving in and using his anger to fuel his attack, Luke drove Vader back, caused him to lose his footing and cut off the Sith Lord's right hand. Pleased, the Emperor approached Luke and ordered him to fulfill his destiny and replace Vader as his apprentice. Luke looked at his own artificial hand, then at the severed hand he had just taken from his father. Realizing his actions had been of the dark side, Luke disengaged his lightsaber and threw it away, telling Palpatine he was a Jedi, like his father, and he would never join the dark side.

Luke's torture


"I am a Jedi, like my father before me." "So be it, Jedi."

- Luke Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine

Palpatine, realizing that his attempt to corrupt him had failed, hurled Force lightning at Luke. The Emperor could have killed Luke easily, but chose instead to torture him. Vader dragged himself to his feet and watched his son being tortured. After several moments, the tiny part of Anakin Skywalker that remained in Vader broke through, being unable to allow Luke to die in agony at the hands of the Sith. He turned on the Emperor, picked him up and threw him down a shaft leading to the main reactor at the Death Star's core. Palpatine was dead.

Aftermath


Darth Vader had redeemed himself, though at the cost of his own life. Palpatine's Force lightning had shorted out Vader's life support system. Luke dragged his dying father to Vader's shuttle. Here, on the deck of the hangar bay, Vader told Luke to remove his mask. He wanted to look at his son face to face. Luke complied, and upon removing the mask, Darth Vader smiled at seeing his son's face with his own eyes. Darth Vader told Luke he had been right about there still being good in him, and asked him to tell Leia that he had been right. After that request, Darth Vader died. Luke mourned his father's death and flew with his body down to the surface of Endor. There, Luke built a traditional Jedi funeral pyre and burned the armor that his father had occupied. Anakin Skywalker's body however had disappeared upon his death.

Duel in the Senate
"You will not stop me. Darth Vader will become more powerful than either of us."

- Darth Sidious to Yoda

The Duel in the Senate was a battle between the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious and the Jedi Grand Master Yoda.

After Order 66, Yoda, the Jedi Grand Master, managed to enter the Chancellery Secretariat undetected, determined to kill the new Emperor, Palpatine, who was revealed to be the shadowy Sith Lord Darth Sidious. Inside the Chancellor's holding office of the Senate Building, the Jedi Grand Master came face to face with the Dark Lord of the Sith after making short work of his guards. Realizing that a battle between two masters of the Force was imminent, Mas Amedda promptly left the office.

The Battle
"Faith in your new apprentice, misplaced, may be, as is your faith in the dark side of the Force."

- Yoda



The Emperor struck Yoda with Force lightning, sending him flying across the chamber, though Yoda retaliated by throwing the Sith backwards with a powerful Force push. Palpatine attempted to flee, but Yoda blocked his way and ignited his lightsaber. Realizing he would have to fight the Jedi Master blade-to-blade, Palpatine ignited his hold-out lightsaber, and the two engaged in lightsaber combat.

Their battle wound through the office and moved on to the Chancellor's podium, rising through the retractable ceiling into the Grand Convocation Chamber itself. Neither combatant seemed to have an advantage over the other, so Sidious decided to change tactics. Laughing manically, Sidious took the higher ground within one of the Senate pods, forcing Yoda to jump on a lower Senate pod. In a powerful example of Dun Möch, Palpatine attempted to overpower Yoda with an avalanche of Senate pods while he himself levitated atop one, seeming to grow more amused as the battle progressed. Despite the massive amount of Force energy Sidious was commanding, Yoda was able to avoid being crushed by the improvised projectiles, using his own powers to dodge from one pod to another, unable to advance to lightsaber range against the Dark Lord.



It was at this very moment, during the clash between light and dark, Yoda finally saw the truth: He had lost the fight even before it had started. In the last millennium, the Sith had changed, grown, adapted, become new; while the Jedi Order, under Yoda's leadership, spent the same millennium merely training to refight the last war.

Yoda understood that this new Sith Order could not be destroyed by merely a slash of a lightsaber. With this new insight, Yoda understood that he could not fall right there, but instead, he had to share this discovery. The tiny Jedi held one pod with the Force and sent it back to Sidious, who avoided it and retaliated by hurling Force lightning so intense that it tore the lightsaber from Yoda's hand. Finding himself disarmed and attacked with great intensity, Yoda turned his enemy's weapon's against him. The Jedi Master reflected the Force lightning back to Sidious in a blast so powerful that it pushed the two masters apart. He fell down to the holding office while Palpatine held on to the pod they were on. Sensing troopers would soon arrive, Yoda was forced to flee, while the Emperor was cackling behind him. He crawled through the ventalation shafts and dropped into Senator Bail Organa's airspeeder.

Aftermath
"Into exile I must go. Failed, I have."

- Yoda to Bail Organa



Shock troopers led by Commander Thire were not able to recover Yoda's body, and Mas Amedda was convinced that the Jedi Grand Master had escaped. Emperor Palpatine had no choice but to assign Thire for the search, as he had to leave for Mustafar immediately&mdash;he sensed that his apprentice, Lord Vader, was in mortal danger.

The magnitude of damage in the Senate Rotunda caught the eyes of the Senators. Rumors circulated in the Senate that Jedi Grand Master Yoda had led an attack on Emperor Palpatine himself, and that the ancient Jedi Master had been killed. Through Wookiee Senator Yarua, the rumor found its way to Kashyyyk, including the ears of Chewbacca and Tarfful. Eventually the rumor reached Olee Starstone and her team of fugitive Jedi.