- "If you're done hiding down there, I suggest you launch a counterattack. Another droid battalion's approaching."
- ―Clone Sergeant "Hunter," to Jedi General Depa Billaba
The Conquest of Kaller took place in the last days of the Clone Wars in the Clone Wars on the planet of Kaller between the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic and the Droid Army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Prelude[edit | edit source]
During the Clone Wars,[8] the poor insulated world of Kaller[9] became a target for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. While, prior to the Third Battle of Mygeeto, Count Dooku ordered General Kleeve to oversee their takeover of Kaller,[8] and Jedi General Depa Billaba's battalion was dispatched in response after the fighting at Mygeeto,[10] the conquest[8] would not be launched until the aftermath of the Battle of Coruscant. In response to major Separatist losses, General Grievous launched a counterstrategy that involved attacking multiple star systems with what remained of the Separatist Droid Army, leading to the besiegement of the Kaller system.[6]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
- "Captain Styles, have your men take the left flank."
"Yes, General!"
"Commander Grey, the right."
"Roger that."
"Time to end this. All forces attack!" - ―Jedi Master Depa Billaba leads her troops in Kanan 1
The depiction of the Conquest of Kaller in Kanan 1.
The Conquest of Kaller first appeared in the 2015 comic Kanan 1[11] and was first identified in Kanan 9.[8] The battle also later appeared in Star Wars: The Bad Batch premiere episode "Aftermath," but its depiction of events[6] heavily contradict the depiction of the conquest in the Kanan comic series.[11] The animated version of events had first appeared in the opening newsreel of the The Clone Wars: Season Seven episode "Old Friends Not Forgotten," although the planet was not identified and the footage was mirrored.[7]
While the comic depicts the Republic liberating the planet of Kaller, fighting up to the walls of the capital until General Kleeve retreats, and Order 66 occurring during the following night,[11] Aftermath depicts a skirmish involving Clone Force 99 that took place some distance from the capital. Additionally, Order 66 occurs directly after the skirmish against the battle droids, with Caleb Dume running from the Bad Batch[6] instead of his own unit of clones.[11] Dume also loses his cloak in Aftermath,[6] which he used in subsequent issues of Kanan to hide from the Galactic Empire.[12][13] This article assumes Dume somehow regained his cloak.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Kanan 7 (Indirect mention only)
- Kanan 9 (Mentioned only) (First identified as Conquest of Kaller)
- Kanan 11 (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Old Friends Not Forgotten" (In flashback(s))- Kanan 1 (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch – "Aftermath"
- Kanan 2 (Mentioned only)
- Kanan 4 (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Rebels webcomic (Mentioned only)
- Force Collector (Indirect mention only)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Kanan: The Last Padawan #1 – Exclusive 5-Page Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded (Indirect mention only)
- No Disintegrations
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Official Trailer | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Kanan 11
- ↑ Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shattered"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26
Star Wars: The Bad Batch – "Aftermath"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Old Friends Not Forgotten"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Kanan 9
- ↑ No Disintegrations
- ↑ Kanan 11
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Kanan 1
- ↑ Kanan 2
- ↑ Kanan 3
