Second Battle of Rhen Var

The Second Battle of Rhen Var was an early conflict during the Clone Wars. Although still a minor planet in terms of strategic strength, Rhen Var held the ruins of the temple of fallen Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma which was vital to the destruction of the Dark Reaper.

The battle
As a result, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker launched an assault on the planet. During the landing, an Acclamator-class assault ship carrying experimental walkers was shot down. Anakin and Obi-Wan gathered their forces and moved toward the crash site, defending the downed transport and giving time for the surviving AT-XTs to escape. The AT-XTs moved on towards the enemy fueling depot, and with volleys of mortars, destroyed the complex.

The sheer force of the attack overwhelmed the Confederate forces. Anakin's LAAT gunships destroyed the staging point for the Separatists, and moved on to secure the CIS command center. The LAAT squad destroyed the defensive gun turrets, allowing a platoon of transports to deploy troops into the command center.



As the squad moved on to the temple, they discovered a convoy of transports moving toward the monument. They quickly destroyed the escort AATs, leaving the bigger transports defenseless and ready to be finished off.

The planet's military citadel, which could be accessed through a land harbor, was the site of a CIS sensor station. Anakin ordered an AT-TE walker to penetrate the harbor. The CIS tried to defend their walls with battle droids and two old AAT tanks. Gun turrets built onto the barracks were quickly destroyed and clone troopers soon poured into the harbor from the frontal entrance as well as from a side tunnel hollowed out within a network of several icy caverns. The sensor station soon fell to the Republic.

In the air above, LAAT gunships destroyed the fleeing Hardcell-class interstellar transports while the SPHA-T artillery walkers destroyed the Trade Federation core ship. Platoons of AT-TEs moved in for support. The Techno Union frigate was brought down, heavily crippling the droid forces.

When Anakin penetrated the inner temple and reached the ancient tomb within, he learned how to withstand the effects of the Dark Reaper. With his new knowledge, Anakin declared the battle over and departed from the planet, leaving the CIS in defeat.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars game
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II