Third Legion

This article is about the Grand Army of the Republic unit. You may be looking for the Third Legion of Light in the Star Wars Legends continuity or the canon Revan Legion, also designated as the 3rd.

"Anakin, you will leave immediately to command the Third Legion."

―High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Skywalker^[1]

The Third Legion was a legion of the Grand Army of the Republic that was active during the Clone Wars. In 21 BBY, the legion participated in the large-scale civil war on the planet Balith, and during that time, Jedi General and commanding officer of the 501st Legion Anakin Skywalker was dispatched to take immediate command of the Third Legion by High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Jedi High Council following the conclusion of his previous mission.

Description[]

The Third Legion^[1] was a clone trooper legion within the Grand Army of the Republic.^[2]

History[]

"To Balith you must go, Skywalker."
"There's a large-scale civil war on Balith. They've requested our assistance."

―Masters Yoda and Kenobi order Skywalker to Balith^[1]

AnakinSkywalkerJediGeneral-CGSWG — Jedi General Anakin Skywalker (pictured) was ordered to take command of the Third Legion.

The Third Legion was active during the Clone Wars—fought between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems—by 21 BBY and participated in Balith's Civil War,^[2] a large-scale conflict on^[1] the planet^[3] Balith. After completing a mission, Jedi General Anakin Skywalker^[1]—commanding officer of the 501st Legion^[2]—was dispatched by^[1] Grand Master^[2] Yoda and^[1] High Jedi General^[4] Obi-Wan Kenobi, during a meeting of the Jedi High Council to immediately take command of the Third Legion, as they had requested assistance. Skywalker's Padawan learner, Ahsoka Tano, was ordered to stay behind in the Jedi Grand Temple on^[1] the Republic capital planet^[2] Coruscant to complete her reports and studies.^[1]

Tano accompanied Skywalker to a Nu-class attack/transport shuttle, where Skywalker's^[1] first-in-command,^[5] Clone Captain Rex, and another trooper were waiting. Tano attempted to persuade her master to allow her to accompany him in^[1] his^[2] mission, but Skywalker refused and boarded the shuttle parked on a Temple landing pad. Shortly afterward, following Tano's successful thwarting of an assassination attempt on Republic Senator Padmé Amidala by bounty hunter Aurra Sing at the Alderaan Refugee Conference, Skywalker had already returned from Balith and waited for his Padawan at the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center on Coruscant to receive the arrested Sing.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

The Third Legion was first mentioned in "Assassin,"^[1] the seventh episode in the third season of the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which released on October 22, 2010.^[6]