Battle of Nelvaan

The Battle of Nelvaan took place on the Outer Rim world Nelvaan in 19 BBY, just before the Revenge of the Sith.

After enduring a painful Nelvaanian ceremony, Anakin Skywalker embarked on a quest to discover what was keeping Nelvaan in an eternal winter and to find the missing Nelvaanian warriors. Prior to this, all the Nelvaanian males in the village had embarked on the same quest and never returned.

By following the Force, he went into a cave that led him deep beneath the surface. There, the Earth Mother of the Nelvaanians of the Force revealed to Anakin in a vision that he would become Darth Vader. Then, he awoke and discovered a strange machine that kept Nelvaan in its wintry state. He also saw that there was a base above him and climbed up to investigate. There, he discovered a B-1 battle droid on guard duty, indicating a Separatist presence on Nelvaan. Continuing his investigation, he discovered a pair of Skakoan scientists in their protective suits conversing with each other. From their conversation, he learned that the Techno Union was creating mutant cyborgs from Nelvaanian captives for General Grievous and that there was only one unaltered Nelvaanian captive left.

Turning around, a horrified Anakin discovered a mutant Nelvaanian floating in a glass cylinder in green liquid. The unfortunate Nelvaanian had been chemically enlargened and one of his arms had been replace with a blaster arm. Continuing, he saw more Nelvaanian captives. At the end of the chamber, he discovered the unaltered Nelvaanian in a glass case being filled up with green liquid. Surrounding the cylinder, was a squad of B-1 battle droids. Above the chamber, were a few Skakoan scientists. One of them pressed a button on a remote that activated the transformation process of the captive Nelvaanian. Slowly, the transformation began.

An enraged Skywalker then intervened and disposed of the squad though the transformation still continued. The Skakoans then unleashed the mutant Nelvaanians. They were controlled by control collars though Anakin did not notice them. He tried to plead with the mutant Nelvaanians saying that they had been altered and had to regain control of themselves. However, they attacked him with their blaster arms and the young Jedi Knight was forced to defend himself. Suddenly, the captive Nelvaanian in the cylinder - who had been altered - succeeded in freeing himself and then destroyed the control collars on his fellow Nelvaanians. Seeing that he was a friend, Anakin intervened and helped him remove the control collars. After that, the same Nelvaanian spoke to his brethren and told them that they had been altered and that Anakin Skywalker was a friend and ally. After dispatching his fellow Nelvaanians, he spoke to Skywalker and told him to destroy the weather altering machine which kept the planet in an eternal winter.

The enraged Nelvaanians then descended on the Separatist. Because they had been chemically enlarged, they had a significant advantage in the battle. The Skakoan scientists at the base fled for the safety of their Hardcell-class Interstellar Transports which had been parked above the base on the surface. Meanwhile, Skywalker destroyed the weather-altering machine though at the cost of his prosthetic arm. The destruction of the machine caused an explosion which destroyed the base. Anakin was thrown onto the surface though left unharmed. As a result, the weather began to change dramatically and the snow began to melt. Meanwhile, the Nelvaanian warriors were finishing off the last of the battle droids. However, the Skakoans were fleeing onto their transports. Yet, Anakin Skywalker went after them. First, he blew up a ramp with Skakoans on it with the Force and then threw more down to the Nelvaanians who finished them off. However, one of the Skakoans survived and tried to shoot Anakin Skywalker. Unfortunately, the Jedi sensed him and used the Force to decompress him. Since Skakoans evolved on a high pressure world, without their protective suits they would decompress and die on a low pressure world.

Seeing this and the stump of his prosthetic arm, they tore of their blaster arms and called him Holt Kezed (Ghost Hand in their language). As a result, he was considered a hero by the Nelvaanians. Later, the liberated Nelvaanians travelled to their village. Though their wives and children were horrified at first, they eventually accepted them for who they were and welcomed them home. There would be celebrations in the Nelvaanian village. After that, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker returned to their Venator-class Star Destroyer'' and after hearing reports of a Separatist assault on Coruscant, depart back to the capital.

Appearances

 * Clone Wars Chapter 24
 * Clone Wars Chapter 25