Battle of Haruun Kal/Legends

"We don't have to win, all we have to do is fight."

- Mace Windu

The Battle of Haruun Kal was a conflict during the Clone Wars.

While Haruun Kal was not much of a military target, the majority of the population had many Force-sensitive beings, which the Republic wanted to keep away from the Separatists. Depa Billaba was sent to train the people of the world to fight against the Separatists. This was successful in itself, but after a holo showing Depa Bilabba killing an innocent person, Mace Windu was sent to capture his former apprentice. Eventually, after a fight, Mace put his former apprentice under arrest, and called the Republic cruiser Halleck. At this time, tribes on the planet started warring with each other.

Halleck arrived in-system, and was immediately attacked by Vulture Droids. It started deploying gunships, which came under attack by the droid starfighters. Clone troopers with Repulsorpacks started spilling out of the Halleck, and put themselves in front of the droid starfighters to destroy them. Some of the landing craft made it to the surface, but many were picked off. CT-6/774, a bubble-gun turreter on a Republic Gunship, was blown off his gunship in space. With the help of an RP trooper, he was positioned, and destroyed the last droid starfighter.

On the surface, Mace Windu used the gunships to destroy the droid starfighters that followed them onto the surface, then ordered the clones to take out a nearby droid control station. Lorz Geptun was forced to surrender to the Republic, and Depa stayed in a coma. All Clone troopers were killed on the surface. A Republic force stayed on Haruun Kal to police the local tribes.

Behind the scenes
The image of the battle from The New Essential Chronology indicated that an Acclamator-class transport and Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptors in the battle; however, this is at odds with the novel.

Appearances

 * Shatterpoint
 * Equipment