Battle of Dantooine (Clone Wars)/Legends

"Master Windu still fights on Dantooine."

- Palpatine

The Battle of Dantooine was a battle which took place during the Clone Wars four months after the Battle of Geonosis.

Background
Attempting to strike back at the Republic incursion on Muunilinst, the Confederacy of Independent Systems used Dantooine as a staging point to launch an attack against the assault ship blockade around the Intergalactic Banking Clan headquarters. However, Jedi Master Mace Windu learned of the Confederate presence on Dantooine, and left with a force of clone troopers to halt the progress of the Separatists.



The battle
The battle erupted on Dantooine as clones and droids clashed in a vast, open plain. Clones used bazookas to destroy scores of droids, whereas the droids used their own missile launchers to shoot down many gunships and overwhelming numbers to cause many casualties in the clone ranks. However, with Master Windu at their side, the clones slowly gained the upper hand, despite being outnumbered nearly four to one by Confederate super battle droids. However, the battle was suddenly turned upside down with the arrival of a large siege weapon &mdash; the seismic tank.



This tank used its seismic driver &mdash; used for mining operations in peaceful days &mdash; to cut a swath through the clone trooper ranks, either crushing them outright or sending soldiers flying from the shockwave. In the confusion, Windu lost his lightsaber, and was forced to fight a number of droids unarmed. The ability with the Force that he showed in that battle has since become legendary. During the fight, he destroyed many droids by punching them and in one particular fight, Windu disassembled a super battle droid and used its pieces to destroy many droids that were trying to kill him.

Retrieving his lightsaber amid another seismic shockwave, Windu leaped towards the seismic tank. Windu cut his way in, disabled the seismic driver, destroyed the tank's droid crew by pushing the crew out the window, and knocked out the controls. Leaping clear, Windu watched on as the seismic tank smashed into the ground and exploded.

After he landed, a small boy gave him a bottle of water. The battle was won.

Trivia

 * It should be noted that there is little dialogue in this sequence, and the little that is spoken is by the droids controlling the seismic tank. Master Windu does not talk until Volume II.

Appearances



 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * "Chapter 1"
 * "Chapter 12"
 * "Chapter 13"
 * Labyrinth of Evil