Battle of Dorin

This battle took place around 22 BBY during the Clone Wars, when General Grievous of the Confederacy of Independent Systems attacked the Kel Dor homeworld of Dorin in retribution for the planet's loyalty to the Galactic Republic. The battle also served as a diversion for Republic forces that would otherwise be assaulting the Confederacy's new droid foundry on Geonosis, which the Republic had recently discovered. While Grievous continued to lay waste to Dorin and its populace with his battle droid troops, a large Republic fleet under the command of Jedi Generals Plo Koon and Anakin Skywalker and the latter's Padawan, Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano, was dispatched from Coruscant to aid and reinforce Dorin. Although Grievous was notified of the Republic reinforcements by Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress and prepared for Skywalker's arrival, his forces were ultimately routed. During the engagement, Skywalker's starfighter squadron achieved seventy-six enemy kills, while Tano's unit destroyed fifty-five.

Prelude
"Tactical coordinates for Count Dooku's new droid foundry&mdash;and Clovis and the Banking Clan are behind it. The Jedi Council has to see this evidence."

- Padmé Amidala discovers the existence of the foundry

Around 22 BBY, after the opening battle of the Clone Wars on the planet Geonosis, the Confederacy of Independent Systems built a series of battle droid foundries there to expand the lines of its Droid Army. However, while on a retreat with Senator Rush Clovis of the InterGalactic Banking Clan delegation at Trade Federation Senator Lott Dod's palace on Cato Neimoidia, Senator Padmé Amidala of the Galactic Republic discovered a disk containing tactical coordinates for the main droid foundry. Amidala passed on the information to the Jedi High Council, which began to plan an invasion of Geonosis to shut down the foundries. In order to keep the Jedi from attacking Geonosis and to divert the Republic's clone trooper forces, Confederate General Grievous resolved to launch an attack on the Republic-loyal planet Dorin, the homeworld of the Kel Dor species.

The battle
Leading his troops from the bridge of his frigate, Grievous launched an attack on Dorin and deployed his droid army to lay waste to the civilian Kel Dor population. During the fighting, Grievous ordered his battle droid commander to press the attack, refusing to let any of "the Kel Dor filth survive" for their allegiance to the Republic. The Commander replied that their BX-series droid commandos would hunt down any survivors of the initial assault. Presently, the Jedi Temple received word of the attack, and Jedi Grand Master Yoda dispatched Jedi Generals Plo Koon&mdash;a Kel Dor himself&mdash;and Anakin Skywalker along with the latter's Padawan, Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano, to lead a Republic fleet to reinforce Dorin, as Skywalker's piloting expertise would be invaluable in leading the forces because of Dorin's orientation between two black holes.

Separatist intelligence received word of the Republic task force's departure from the galactic capital of Coruscant, and Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress contacted Grievous to relay the warning. Although Grievous was confident that he would be able to defeat Skywalker, Ventress noted that failure to detain Skywalker could place Geonosis in jeopardy and taunted the General's prowess before ending the transmission. To get ready for Skywalker's arrival, Grievous recalled his troops from the surface and prepared his droid starfighters. Koon, Skywalker, and Tano arrived with their task force of command ships and fighter squadrons and engaged the Separatists near Dorin. Skywalker and Tano led separate squadrons against the Confederacy, and both Jedi's units achieved a number of enemy kills, totaling 131. The Separatists were eventually routed, and the Republic emerged victorious.

Aftermath
With their victory at Dorin, Skywalker and Tano joined the large Republic invasion force at Geonosis, under the overall command of Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ki-Adi-Mundi, and Luminara Unduli. Skywalker and Tano briefly made sport of their enemy kills by comparing them against each other, with Skywalker boasting his greater amount, seventy-six to Tano's fifty-five. After completing a briefing with their clone commanders and forming a three-pronged plan of attack on the Geonosian defenses on the planet's surface, the Jedi launched their massive invasion aimed at retaking Geonosis and shutting down its droid factories before they could continue to fortify the Separatist Droid Army.

Behind the scenes
The battle was created by Series Director Dave Filoni for the 2009 second season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. It was introduced at a script reading that was organized by Filoni and was performed by the main characters of The Clone Wars voice-acting cast at the October 2009 Star Wars Fan Days III convention. The battle itself served as a lead-in to the episode "Landing at Point Rain."

Notes and references
Schlacht von Dorin Batalla de Dorin