Separatist holdouts/Legends

"Although the Clone Wars were over, some people didn't seem to get the message."

- Unknown 501st stormtrooper

The Confederate Remnant was the fragments of the Confederacy of Independent Systems left after the Mission to Mustafar.

Most of the Separatist leaders were killed by Darth Vader during the massacre. One Separatist, however, arrived on the planet some days after the incident. Gizor Dellso discovered the remains of his former master, Poggle the Lesser, and the others in the control room of the mining complex.

Dellso remained in denial that the Clone Wars were over, and, being the creator of the Separatist Droid Army signal beacon, reactivated numerous droid armies that were stationed on the planet before the massacre. He also set up a space fleet with ships docked on the planet.

Becoming the leader of the Remnant, Dellso stayed on Mustafar for the next 8 years, plotting to overthrow the Galactic Empire. In the meantime, the Empire tracked down remaining Separatist strongholds and hideouts, either forcing their surrender or destroying them outright&mdash;sometimes even using their own hardware against them, such as reprogrammed DSD1 dwarf spider droids. The threat of Separatist holdouts was large enough for Emperor Palpatine to justify the continued expansion of the Imperial Navy.

On Mustafar, Dellso and his entourage of Geonosian officers activated a hidden droid factory in 11 BBY and began to create additional soldiers due to needed extra defense after stealing data from the Empire. On top of that, Dellso discovered old battle droid data stored in the data computers of the complex and began to manufacture the experimental droids. The next generation battle droid was to become a major addition to the Confederacy, but the government was dissolved before production began.

Darth Vader tracked this rebellion to Mustafar, where he dispatched the 501st Legion to put down the Remnant. The Empire established orbital positions, and continued to lay siege to Mustafar. The engineers of the 501sts destroyed the experimental droid schematics and planted an orbital beacon in the droid factory while engaging the enemies they had thought they would never see again. Dellso and his Geonosian council attacked the Imperial forces desperately.

Dellso, the council, and the rest of the Remnant did not emerge from the conflict, and the factory was destroyed by an orbital bombardment.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Battlefront II