Battle of Malastare Narrows

This article is about the Battle of Malastare Narrows. You may be looking for the similarly named Battle of Malastare.

Prior to the Clone Wars^[2]

Admiral Trench is presumed dead^[1]

Combatants
Galactic Republic^[1] Jedi Order^[1]

Commanders
Jedi Master Kep-She^[3] Wullf Yularen^[1]	Admiral Trench^[1]

Strength
A Republic fleet^[1] Several starships^[1] Kep-She's task force^[1]	Corporate fleet^[1] Trench's flagship†^[1]

Casualties
Most of Yularen's forces^[1]	Trench's flagship^[1]

"If I remember my military history, wasn't he vaporized at the Battle of Malastare Narrows?"

―Anakin Skywalker, on Trench —

The Battle of Malastare Narrows was a battle^[1] that took place prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars.^[2] A corporate fleet, led by the Harch Admiral Trench, had formed a blockade around the planet Malastare. As a result, a Galactic Republic fleet of starships, with which the human Wullf Yularen served as an officer, attacked Trench's fleet at Malastare Narrows, but lost most of its strength as it was defeated.^[1] The victory made Trench a famous naval officer.^[4]

Eventually, the matter was resolved when a task force^[1] led by Jedi Master Kep-She^[3] arrived and moved in on the corporate fleet. With the arrival of the Jedi-led task force, Trench's flagship was destroyed, which led to the Harch's presumed death in the battle. However, Trench was discovered to have survived the battle as he led a Separatist blockade at the Battle of Christophsis during the Clone Wars^[1] in 22 BBY.^[5]

Behind the scenes[]

The Battle of Malastare Narrows was first mentioned in "Cat and Mouse,"^[1] the sixteenth episode of the second season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, which aired on March 26, 2010.^[6]