Battle of Christophsis/Legends

The Battle of Christophsis was a battle in Crystal City on the crystalline planet of Christophsis during the Clone Wars.

The battle
The battle of Christophsis had raged for some time, with Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker having seemingly scored a victory against their opposite number, Confederacy General Whorm Loathsom.

But Loathsom's retreat was a ploy. Once the Republic Venator-class Star Destroyer Resolute had been dispatched for supplies, he launched an attack, battle droids advancing on the front while Tri-droids brought up the rear. He succeeded in catching Republic forces off guard.



Despite Loathsom's surprise attack, Kenobi and Skywalker were able to beat back the droids, using artillery barrages to halt their advances while Obi-Wan lead a charge and Anakin and Torrent Company took out the Tri-droids. Loathsom once again pulled back, and it was during this lull in the fighting that a shuttle from Coruscant landed in City Plaza, bearing young Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano, Anakin's new apprentice. From the shuttle, they contacted Admiral Wullf Yularen to ask for reinforcements.

Loathsom soon launched yet another attack, this time advancing his forces behind an expanding deflector shield, negating the Republic's artillery batteries. Whilst General Kenobi and Rex marshaled a defense of the Republic base, Anakin and Ahsoka infiltrated the Separatist positions by hiding under a box. Once the advance forces passed them by, the pair slowly made their way to the shield generator but ran into a destroyer droid. After defeating it, they arrived at the generator but Ahsoka accidentally alerted retail droids. As she set the charges to destroy the generator, Anakin held off the droids. But, seeing her master in trouble, Ahsoka brought down a wall with a convenient hole on the droid without hurting her master.

Meanwhile, Obi-Wan "surrendered" to Loathsom and was brought to a crystal table to discuss "terms of surrender". After having a few cups of tea, Obi-Wan requested to have his troops properly fed if taken prisoner. But Loathsom knew he was stalling and demanded he call off his troops. Just then, Anakin and Ahsoka destroyed the shield generator. The clone artillery then annihilated the droid armies, just as Republic reinforcements arrived and Loathsom was forced to surrender.

Aftermath
Following the battle, Grand Master Yoda arrived planetside to inform Obi-Wan and Anakin that Jabba the Hutt's son, Rotta, had been kidnapped by a group of renegades and they were called upon to rescue him.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars junior novel
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film

Schlacht von Christophsis