Battle on Ord Mantell

For other uses, see Battle of Ord Mantell (disambiguation).

Battle on Ord Mantell

Outcome

Shadow Collective victory^[3]
- Darth Maul and his Shadow Collective defeat the Separatist forces^[3]
- Count Dooku and General Grievous are captured^[3]

Combatants
Shadow Collective^[3] Nightbrothers^[3] Black Sun^[3] Death Watch^[3] Pyke Syndicate^[3]	Confederacy of Independent Systems^[3]

Commanders
Darth Maul^[3] Ziton Moj^[3] Brother Viscus^[3]	Count Dooku^[3] General Grievous^[3] Tey-Zuka†^[3]

Strength
Numerous Death Watch warriors^[3] Rook Kast^[3] Gar Saxon^[3] Black Sun forces^[3] Pyke Syndicate forces^[3] Fife^[3] Pyke guards^[3] Numerous Nightbrothers^[3] Death Watch warships^[3] Kom'rk-class fighters^[3] Nightbrother^[5]	Numerous battle droids^[3] B1 battle droids^[3] B2 super battle droid^[3] At least one B2 grapple droid^[3] At least two IG-100 MagnaGuards^[3] Separatist fleet^[3] Providence-class dreadnought^[3] Grievous's Providence-class dreadnought^[3] Multiple Munificent-class star frigates^[3] Multiple DH-Omni Support Vessels^[3] At least one Lucrehulk-class LH-3210 cargo freighter^[3] Multiple C-9979 landing craft^[3] 1 cyborg^[3] 1 Sith Lord^[3] 1 Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop^[3]

Casualties
Numerous Shadow Collective forces^[3] Many Nightbrothers^[3] Damage and destruction to fleet elements^[3] At least 3 Kom'rk-class fighters destroyed^[3]	All battle droids destroyed or disabled^[3] Damage and destruction to fleet elements^[3]

Civilian casualties
Many civilians^[2]

"A battle is coming, my brothers, a battle between the Sith and that which they fear the most—us."

―Darth Maul, to his Shadow Collective allies^[src]

The Battle on Ord Mantell was fought between the Shadow Collective of Darth Maul and the Confederacy of Independent Systems on and in orbit of Ord Mantell during the Clone Wars. The battle was devised by Darth Maul and Mother Talzin, who suspected that the Sith and Separatists were trying to draw Talzin out into the open to destroy her. The battle was designed to capture Count Dooku and General Grievous by luring them into a trap on Ord Mantell.^[3]

Maul planned the trap along with his Shadow Collective allies, including Death Watch, the Black Sun, and the Pyke Syndicate. Directly before the arrival of the Separatist forces, a group of Nightbrothers lead by Viscus arrived in a transport, which had been sent by Talzin as reinforcements. When the battle began, the Shadow Collective forces engaged the battle droid army on the surface, while Maul made his way into orbit and boarded Grievous' command ship Grievous disabled the battle droid army after Maul gave him the choice to do so or die, and the cyborg general was taken into custody. Dooku, meanwhile, had engaged and defeated the Nightbrothers in battle, before being captured by Shadow Collective forces.^[3]