Invasion of Tatooine

"Now that's what I call a victory, little brother! There'll be medals in this for both of us!"

- X1 to his brother X2.

The Battle of Tatooine, also known as the Invasion of Tatooine, was a battle which took place on Tatooine during the Clone Wars.

Prelude
"Welcome to Tatooine, X2. I am Ferroda, the Jedi General in charge of this Republic battalion. You'll be helping your brother, X1, train the latest batch of clones in the art of galactic warfare."

- Ferroda greets X2

By 19 BBY, late in the Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic had established special training grounds for its clone army on the planet Tatooine. The training grounds was overseen by Jedi Master Ferroda.

The battle
"Come in, X2! The CIS have hit us pretty hard. Our pilots are pinned down in the bunker. Give them some support."

- Ferroda

The conflict was during a late stage in the war between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Eventually, the war between the Grand Army of the Republic and the Droid Army reached the planet of Tatooine, which had, until then, remained mostly untouched by the war. Republic forces on the planet were ultimately hit by a heavy CIS assault which pinned their pilots down at a bunker. This necessitated the deployment of Clone troopers X1 and X2 who were, at first, assigned to destroy any battle droids at the hangar facility. However, further assaults were hampered by the CIS who had deployed a OG-9 Homing Spider droid and, due to the lack of any weapons, X2 was forced to divert to a nearby cantina in order to bypass the enemy vehicle. Once the position was secured, X2 was provided with a rocket launcher by a fellow clone and with the weapon he was able to destroy a Spider walker. As the battle continued to rage, the CIS began deploying more droids onto the field by way of their gunships. Eventually, all enemy walkers were destroyed, at which point the Separatists started sending in their droid fighters to bombard Republic positions. This required the clones, which included X2, to man the anti-aircraft guns in order to shoot the enemy ships down. Once this was accomplished, effort was placed into destroying a CIS cruiser by use of an Ion cannon in order to drop its shields. With the cruiser's shield down, X1 and X2 commissioned themselves a V-wing starfighter each at the liberated Republic hangar and used them in an attempt to board the enemy ship in order to destroy it from the inside. The two clones went into orbit, where they destroyed the enemy fighter escorts protecting the Separatist Providence-class carrier/destroyer. After landing in the ship, X2 had to clear the hangar bay of enemy droids and find the ship's reactor core which he was successful in sabotaging. This resulted in the ship's core reaching critical mass and exploding, as X2 escaped the ship in his fighter. The act secured the Republic's victory at the Battle of Tatooine.

Behind the scenes
This article currently describes the battle as depicted in the PSP version. In the Nintendo DS edition, X1 and X2 are assigned to oversee the construction of an outpost instead of training new troopers. The two are busy working on the outpost when the Separatist attack begins, and they are completely surprised by it. They make their way to an invaded Republic garrison and clear it from droids. The two then take BARC speeder to an outpost across the desert where they rendezvous with Ferroda. Alongside the Jedi, X1 and X2 make their way to the hangar and take ARC-170's into space. There, X2 infiltrates a Lucrehulk-class battleship instead of a Providence-class destroyer. Additionally, while the PSP version claims that Tatooine was an "early" victory for the Republic, the Nintendo DS version explicitly states that the battle takes place in 19 BBY.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron