Battle of Kashyyyk/Legends

The Battle of Kashyyyk took place towards the end of the Clone Wars. It was fought on the planet Kashyyyk, the homeworld of the Wookiees.

After rescuing Wookiee Chieftain Tarfful from Trandoshans, the Clone commandos of Delta Squad aided the Wookiee Resistance in Kachirho against the Separatist forces, destroying the Commerce Guild destroyer above. Sev was captured, and Delta Squad pulled out onto a Gunship as the Separatist counterattack came. Later, they discovered they were an advance group for a Republic invasion force.

Considered too important to lose to the Separatists, a battalion of clone troopers from the 41st Elite Corps were sent to Kashyyyk to aid the Wookiee forces engaged in battle with a Separatist Droid Army.

General Yoda held good relations with the Wookiees, and thus became the commanding officer for the Republic forces sent to the system. He was assisted in the direction of the combined forces by General Tarfful and Chewbacca, heads of the local Wookiee defense force. Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was also present.

On the vehicle front, Wookiee fluttercraft were aided by Juggernaut tanks as well as AT-AP and AT-RT walkers. They faced enormous opposition from Separatist droid tanks, spider droids and droid gunships.

Sensing a grave disturbance in the Force, Grand Master of the Jedi Order Yoda drops his gimer stick to clutch his chest. He leans against a wall in the Wookiee meeting hall. Republic clone troopers continue to fight Separatist droids and Corporate Alliance NR-N99 Persuader-class tank droids. Clone Commander CC 1004, nicknamed Gree, leads his 41st Elite Corps troops when a silent buzzing vibration comes from a compartment concealed within the Clone Commander’s armor. The concealed compartment holds a secure comlink which is frequency-locked to a channel reserved for the Commander-in-Chief. Clone Commander Gree withdraws the comlink and triggers it. A holoscan appears on the palm of his gauntlet, and a hooded Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith, remarks that it is time to execute Order 66. Gree responds that it will be done. The holoscan vanishes and the Clone Commander snaps the comlink closed. Jedi Master Yoda watches the battle from the balcony as clones and Wookiees battle the droids. Wookiee warriors Tarfful and Chewbacca stand beside the Jedi Master. Clone Commander Gree and another clone officer walk out onto the balcony: when they are close enough, they reveal their weapons. But before they can fire, Yoda leaps into the air, ignites his lightsaber, and beheads both clone troopers. Tarfful and Chewbacca fire their weapons as more clones enter the hall. The Wookiees calls out to Yoda, telling the Jedi Master to follow them. Then, Chewbacca picks up Yoda and carries him away. They cross several bridges connecting the giant wroshyr trees. A short time later, the group escapes into the nearby jungle. Outside, the battle between Republic and Separatist forces appears to be over: Wookiees stack destroyed droids while clone troopers assess the damage to their equipment and begin to prepare for a full-scale invasion of Kashyyyk. Jedi Master Luminara Unduli talks with eight clone officers standing in a circle around her. Suddenly, they reveal their hidden weapons and blast her before she can react. Nearby, Jedi Master Quinlan Vos is riding on top of a Kuat Drive Yards HAVw A6-class heavy assault vehicle. The main cannon of a second clone turbo tank slowly swings to point right at him and a couple of clones. The cannon fires and Vos and the clones disappear in a huge explosion.

Appearances

 * Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Star Wars: Battlefront

Trivia
A climactic battle between the technologically advanced Empire and a race of primitive hairy aliens, the Wookiees, was present in George Lucas' original treatment for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. As the story changed and the trilogy structure was solidified in Lucas' mind, the battle was postponed until Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, where it developed into a battle featuring Ewoks on the forest moon of Endor. At the same time, the Wookiees developed into a more technologically savvy, though not less hairy, species.

Lucas' original conception of the battle featured hundreds of Wookiees on screen. Due to costs, the original idea was scrapped and replaced by a battle featuring relatively few diminutive Ewoks, who did not play a very significant tactical role in the battle. A large scale battle with hundreds of characters was eventually realized in The Phantom Menace.

Galactic Republic

 * Yoda
 * Luminara Unduli
 * Quinlan Vos
 * Tarfful
 * Chewbacca
 * Commander Gree
 * Merumeru
 * Attichitcuk
 * Lachichuk
 * RC-1138
 * RC-1140
 * RC-1207
 * RC-1262
 * Salporin

Confederacy of Independent Systems

 * Unknown