Capture of Cato Neimoidia

A battle on Cato Neimoidia was one of the final battles of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Following the Republic's victory, Jedi Master Plo Koon was conducting a patrol flight when his clone troopers assassinated him as part of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine's Order 66.

Order 66
"Execute Order 66.''" "''It will be done, my Lord."

- Darth Sidious, to a clone trooper pilot

Flying near a bridge-city, Plo Koon was unaware what was happening in the ARC-170 starfighter behind him. The Clone pilot was contacted by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine who ordered him to execute Order 66. Without hesitating, the pilot pulled back a little in his fighter from the Jedi General and fired his laser cannons. The Jedi Master's Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor was hit and exploded in mid-air, killing him. What remained of the fighter crashed into a building on the bridge-city.