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*[[Occupation of Karthakk]]
*[[Separatist Crisis/Legends|Separatist Crisis]]
|conc=*[[Summertime War]]
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*[[Virgillian Civil War]]
*[[Er'stacian clan war]]<ref name="Puzzle Piece">{{Tales|13|Puzzle Peace}}</ref>
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|result=*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] victory
**[[Declaration of a New Order|Reformation]] of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] into the Galactic Empire
**Ascension of [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] to [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]]
**Absorption of the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]] into the Galactic Empire
**[[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|Extermination]] of most [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] and the dissolution of the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]
**Transformation of [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] into [[Darth/Legends|Darth]] Vader
|battles=*[[First Battle of Geonosis/Legends|First Battle of Geonosis]]
*[[Battle of Krant]]
*[[Battle of Thule]]
*[[First Battle of Kamino]]
*[[Battle of Muunilinst/Legends|Battle of Muunilinst]]
*[[Battle of Hypori/Legends|Battle of Hypori]]
*[[Battle of Jabiim]]
*[[Battle of Christophsis/Legends|Battle of Christophsis]]
*[[Battle of Ryloth/Legends|Battle of Ryloth]]
*[[Battle of Malastare/Legends|Battle of Malastare]]
*[[Second Battle of Geonosis/Legends|Second Battle of Geonosis]]
*[[Battle of Umbara/Legends|Battle of Umbara]]
*[[Operation Durge's Lance]]
*[[Battle of Duro (Clone Wars)|Battle of Duro]]
*[[Battle of Anaxes (21 BBY)|Battle of Anaxes]]
*[[Battle of Rendili]]
*[[Battle of Boz Pity (Clone Wars)|Battle of Boz Pity]]
*[[Battle of Mygeeto]]
*[[Siege of Saleucami/Legends|Siege of Saleucami]]
*[[Battle of Coruscant/Legends|Battle of Coruscant]]
*[[Battle of Utapau/Legends|Battle of Utapau]]
*[[Battle of Kashyyyk/Legends|Battle of Kashyyyk]]
*[[Mission to Mustafar/Legends|Mission to Mustafar]]
|side1=*[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] {{C|re-organized into [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]}}
*[[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]&dagger;
*Order of the Sith Lords {{C|secretly}}
|side2=*[[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]&dagger;
*[[Order of the Sith Lords]] {{C|secretly}}
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|commanders1=*Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
*[[Republic High Command/Legends|Republic High Command]]&dagger; {{C|re-organized into [[Imperial High Command/Legends|Imperial High Command]]}}
*[[Jedi High Council/Legends|Jedi High Council]]&dagger;
**[[High Jedi General/Legends|High General]] [[Mace Windu/Legends|Mace Windu]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode II">{{Film|II}}</ref><ref name="Episode III">{{Film|III}}</ref>
**High General [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]]<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Episode III" />
**High General [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Episode III" />
**High General [[Kit Fisto/Legends|Kit Fisto]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode III" />
**High General [[Ki-Adi-Mundi/Legends|Ki-Adi-Mundi]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode III" />
**High General [[Saesee Tiin/Legends|Saesee Tiin]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode III" />
**High General [[Plo Koon/Legends|Plo Koon]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode III" />
*Other various [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Episode III" />
**[[Jedi General/Legends|General]] Anakin Skywalker {{C|later transformed into the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] Darth Vader}}<ref name="Episode III" />
***[[Jedi Commander/Legends|Commander]] [[Ahsoka Tano/Legends|Ahsoka Tano]] {{C|Early-Late Mid War}}
*Many [[Clone trooper commander|Clone Commanders]] and [[Clone trooper captain|Clone Captains]]
**[[Alpha-17]]
**Marshal Commander [[CC-1138/Legends|CC-1138 "Bacara"]] {{C|[[Galactic Marines|21st Nova Corps]]}}
**Marshal Commander [[CC-2224/Legends|CC-2224 "Cody"]] {{C|[[7th Sky Corps/Legends|7th Sky Corps]]}}
**Commander [[CC-1004/Legends|CC-1004 "Gree"]]&dagger; {{C|[[41st Stormtrooper Legion|41st Elite Corps]]}}
**Commander [[CC-5052/Legends|CC-5052 "Bly"]] {{C|[[327th Star Corps/Legends|327th Star Corps]]}}
**Commander [[CC-8826/Legends|CC-8826 "Neyo"]] {{C|[[91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps/Legends|91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps]]}}
**Commander [[CC-3636|CC-3636 "Wolffe"]] {{C|[[104th Battalion/Legends|104th Battalion]]}}
**Captain [[CT-7567/Legends|CT-7567 "Rex"]] {{C|[[501st Legion/Legends|501st Legion]]}}
|commanders2=*Darth Sidious {{C|secretly}}
*Separatist [[Head of State/Legends|Head of State]] [[Count of Serenno/Legends|Count]] [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku]]&dagger;
*[[Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies|General]] [[Grievous/Legends|Grievous]]&dagger;
*[[Separatist Council]]&dagger;
**[[Trade Federation Viceroy|Viceroy]] [[Nute Gunray/Legends|Nute Gunray]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Episode III" />
***[[Rune Haako/Legends|Rune Haako]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Episode III" />
**[[Archduke/Legends|Archduke]] [[Poggle the Lesser/Legends|Poggle the Lesser]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Episode III" />
**[[Foreman/Legends|Foreman]] and [[Emir (title)/Legends|Emir]] [[Wat Tambor/Legends|Wat Tambor]]&dagger;<ref name="Episode II" /><ref name="Episode III" />
**Other Separatist leaders&dagger;<ref name="Episode III" />
*[[Dark Acolyte/Legends|Dark Acolytes]]&dagger;
**[[Sora Bulq/Legends|Sora Bulq]]&dagger;
**[[Savage Opress/Legends|Savage Opress]] {{C|mid war}}
**[[Tol Skorr]]&dagger;
**[[Sev'rance Tann]]&dagger;
**[[Asajj Ventress/Legends|Asajj Ventress]] {{C|early to mid war}}
**Other Dark Acolytes&dagger;
*[[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Kirst (admiral)|Kirst]]&dagger;
*Admiral [[Pors Tonith/Legends|Pors Tonith]]
*Admiral [[Trench/Legends|Trench]]
*[[General/Legends|General]] [[Lok Durd/Legends|Lok Durd]]
*General [[Whorm Loathsom/Legends|Whorm Loathsom]]
*[[Commander/Legends|Commander]] [[Durge/Legends|Durge]]&dagger;
*[[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Mar Tuuk/Legends|Mar Tuuk]]
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{{Quote|It is possible that the war itself has been only one further move in some greater game.|[[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]]|<ref name="Episode III (novel)">[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'' novelization]]</ref>}}
The '''Clone Wars''' ([[22 BBY/Legends|22]]&ndash;[[19 BBY/Legends|19 BBY]]), also known as the '''Clone War''' and the '''Great Clone War''', was the name given to the major [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] conflict fought between the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]. The war was named after the [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone troopers]] utilized by the Republic against the [[Battle droid/Legends|battle droid]] forces of the Separatists. These armies, the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic]] and the [[Separatist Droid Army/Legends|Separatist Droid Army]], were two of the largest ever pitted against each other in galactic history, and the fighting between them rapidly spread to countless inhabited [[Planet/Legends|worlds]].

Beginning with the [[First Battle of Geonosis/Legends|First Battle of Geonosis]], both sides scored significant victories over the other, and at different times during the war either seemed likely to triumph. The first two years of the war saw both sides skirmish with and raid each other, while fighting a handful of significant battles and trying to gain allies while they built up their respective war industries. A series of Republic defeats in the war's second year culminated in [[Operation Durge's Lance]], a major strike into the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]] led by the [[Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies]], [[Grievous/Legends|General Grievous]]. After the defeat of Grievous' forces in the Core, however, the Republic gained traction when it mobilized its greater industrial base. Using superior numbers, the Republic drove Separatists from the Core and [[Colonies/Legends|Colonies]] and engaged them in their own territories, a series of attritional campaigns known as the [[Outer Rim Sieges/Legends|Outer Rim Sieges]]. In an effort to reverse the course of the war, Grievous launched a [[Battle of Coruscant/Legends|massive strike]] on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] through the [[Deep Core/Legends|Deep Core]]. Much of the [[Confederate Navy|Confederate fleet]] was lost and their [[Head of State/Legends|Head of State]] [[Count of Serenno/Legends|Count]] [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku]] was killed over Coruscant. General Grievous was subsequently killed at the [[Battle of Utapau/Legends|Battle of Utapau]]. The issuing of [[Order 66/Legends|Order 66]], [[Inhibitor chip|which forcibly turned the Grand Army of the Republic against the Jedi]], and the [[Mission to Mustafar/Legends|deactivation]] of the droid army, brought an end to the fighting. At the time, it was the largest galactic conflict to date.

Unbeknownst to most of those involved, the conflict was started, maintained, and eventually ended by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who was actually the [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]], whose ultimate goal was the transformation of the Republic into the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] with him as [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] as well as the eradication of the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]. Sidious used his double identity to control the war on both ends, and deceive both sides. He eventually eradicated the Jedi Order through the [[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|Great Jedi Purge]]. The conflict led to the [[Order of the Sith Lords]] controlling the dominant galactic government.

==Origins==
===Tensions in the Rim===
{{Quote|I will not let this Republic which has stood for a thousand years be split in two. My negotiations will not fail.''"<br />"''If they do, you must realize there aren't enough Jedi to protect the Republic. We are keepers of the peace, not soldiers.|[[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] and [[Mace Windu/Legends|Mace Windu]]|<ref name="Episode II" />}}
Although the Clone Wars officially began in [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]] at the [[First Battle of Geonosis/Legends|Battle of Geonosis]], their origins could be found over a century earlier. Though a fictive event controlled by [[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]], the war had its origins in the age-old divide between [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy's]] inner and outer systems. In [[124 BBY]], the [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Galactic Senate]] passed two critical pieces of legislation: the entire [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]] were declared a [[Free Trade Zone/Legends|Free Trade Zone]], repealing numerous [[Sector/Legends|sector]]-level taxes. Since the [[Ruusan Reformation]]s of [[1000 BBY]] and the abolition of a centralized [[Republic Navy]], the Outer Rim had been plagued by [[Pirate/Legends|piracy]] and [[Slaver/Legends|slavers]], breeding political isolation. The act hoped to jump-start legitimate commerce and so restore ties between the Core and the Rim. Additionally, the status of "[[Functional constituency|functional constituencies]]" was extended to include Senatorial representation of the galaxy's largest [[guild]]s and corporations.<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', p. 139</ref>

These twin acts benefited various mega-corporations, including the [[InterGalactic Banking Clan/Legends|InterGalactic Banking Clan]] and the [[Corporate Alliance/Legends|Corporate Alliance]], but none more so than the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]], a [[Neimoidian/Legends|Neimoidian]] trade cartel. The Trade Federation rapidly expanded into the Outer Rim, stifled competition, and enforced deals with its powerful [[Trade Defense Force]]. By [[67 BBY]] it enjoyed full voting privileges in the Galactic Senate, and within a decade commanded the votes of hundreds of systems.<ref name="Darth Plagueis">[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']]</ref> Many on Coruscant supported the Trade Federation, admiring the TDF's rapid extinction of piracy on the major [[hyperlane]]s. Others bemoaned Trade Federation corruption and the extinction of representation for the systems it controlled.<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', p. 139</ref>

The issue of the Outer Rim polarized the Senate. By [[52 BBY/Legends|52 BBY]], a faction known as the [[Militarists/Legends|Militarists]] had emerged on Coruscant, calling for the restoration of the centralized [[Republic Military/Legends|Republic Military]] to restore order on the Rim. Meanwhile, a terrorist group known as the [[Nebula Front/Legends|Nebula Front]] declared its intention to fight the Trade Federation by any means necessary. Amid this political storm began the career of one [[Senator/Legends|Senator]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] of [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]], representing the [[Chommell sector/Legends|Chommell sector]]. Unbeknownst to all at the time and unclear to the rest of the galaxy until many decades later, Palpatine was in fact Darth Sidious, [[Sith apprentice/Legends|apprentice]] to the [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] [[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]]. Over the next two decades, he would manipulate the tensions between the Core and the Rim and the government and the Trade Federation to finally fulfill [[Darth Bane/Legends|Darth Bane's]] [[Grand Plan/Legends|Grand Plan]], a thousand-year scheme by the [[Order of the Sith Lords]] to foment a war that would destroy the Republic.<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', p. 140</ref> Palpatine had been using his double identity to infiltrate, deceive and eventually destroy the [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] and [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]].

As Sidious, he fomented the [[Stark Hyperspace War/Legends|Stark Hyperspace War]] of [[46 BBY/Legends|46 BBY]], a ruse cooked up by him, the Federation, and [[Iaco Stark]] so that the Trade Federation could demand additional rights to increase protection on its ships. As Palpatine, he worked his way into [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Finis Valorum/Legends|Finis Valorum's]] confidence as an opponent of the Trade Federation. In [[33 BBY/Legends|33 BBY]], he encouraged Valorum to restore taxation on the Outer Rim trade routes in order to break the Trade Federation's power. In exchange, Valorum offered the Neimoidians the right to unlimited defense of their merchant ships. However, the attack on their finances through taxation drove the Trade Federation, the IG Banking Clan, and the Corporate Alliance together. After a [[Eriadu Trade Summit|disastrous summit]] on [[Eriadu/Legends|Eriadu]] that saw four Federation board members murdered at Sidious' behest, [[Nute Gunray/Legends|Nute Gunray]] was elevated to the position of [[Trade Federation Viceroy]]. With the Trade Federation radicalized and [[Baktoid Armor Workshop/Legends|Baktoid Armor Workshop]] and [[Haor Chall Engineering/Legends|Haor Chall Engineering]] filling its ever-larger orders for a new [[Trade Federation Droid Army/Legends|Droid Army]], Darth Sidious approached Gunray and encouraged him to make a stand that would force the Senate to back down over the taxation of trade routes.<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', p. 140-4</ref>

===Allies of the Confederacy===
[[File:Seps.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Asajj Ventress, General Grievous and Durge.]]
Count Dooku, prevented from openly taking his own apprentice by the [[Rule of Two/Legends|Rule of Two]], nonetheless sought out several [[Force-sensitive/Legends|Force-sensitives]] to act as [[Dark Acolyte/Legends|Dark Acolytes]]. These individuals included [[Asajj Ventress/Legends|Asajj Ventress]], [[Sev'rance Tann]], [[Sora Bulq/Legends|Sora Bulq]], [[Tol Skorr]], [[Kadrian Sey]], [[Artel Darc]], [[Karoc]], [[Vinoc]], [[Saato]], [[Trenox]], and even Jedi Master [[Quinlan Vos/Legends|Quinlan Vos]] for a time. All of them, with the exception of Ventress and Vos, were killed during the course of the war.

In addition to this group of [[Dark Jedi/Legends|Dark Jedi]], he recruited the [[Chistori]] warrior [[Cydon Prax]] and the [[Gen'Dai]] [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] [[Durge/Legends|Durge]]. Durge gladly joined the Confederacy, if for no other reason than to eliminate the Republic's army of clone troopers bred from the [[DNA/Legends|DNA]] of [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]] Jango Fett, as Durge hated Mandalorians.

The most important and the most famous ally recruited to the Confederate cause was the [[Kaleesh/Legends|Kaleesh]] warrior [[Grievous/Legends|Qymaen jai Sheelal]], whose body was horribly maimed in a shuttle crash arranged, though not known to Sheelal, by Dooku himself. His broken body was taken to Geonosis where he was offered a new life and the help of the InterGalactic Banking Clan for his people by the InterGalactic Banking Clan [[Chairman/Legends|Chairman]] [[San Hill/Legends|San Hill]]. All the Kaleesh had to do in exchange was lead the Confederacy Droid Army against the Republic who had wronged his people.<ref name="The Eyes of Revolution">''[[The Eyes of Revolution]]''</ref>

Sheelal took the opportunity afforded to him, merged with his new droid body and he became the feared [[General/Legends|General]] Grievous, [[Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies]].

===The road to war===
[[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] found itself the target of many terrorist attacks. As violence became an increasing part of the Separatist movement, the Galactic Senate debated passing a [[Military Creation Act/Legends|Military Creation Act]] that would allow the Supreme Chancellor to re-establish a centralized [[Republic Military/Legends|Republic Military]]. Not all were content to wait: the [[Judicial Forces/Legends|Judicial Forces]] [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Zozridor Slayke]] mutinied, and with his crew established a private army to combat Separatist forces in the [[Sluis sector/Legends|Sluis sector]]. Slayke's "[[Sons and Daughters of Freedom]]" won a series of victories, and embarrassed the Jedi Order after they [[Mission to Bpfassh (Separatist Crisis)|defeated]] the Jedi Knight [[Nejaa Halcyon]], sent to rein them in, and captured [[Plooriod Bodkin|his flagship]].<ref name="NEC" />

==History==
{{Quote|The chronology of the Clone Wars is confusing.|[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]|<ref name="Secrets from the Dark Side">''[[Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side]]''</ref>}}
===Year one (22&ndash;21 BBY)===
====Strategies====
[[File:Clone_wars_factions.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Republic and Separatist territories in the first year of the Clone Wars.]]
[[File:Clone_Wars_Sector_Armies.png|thumb|right|250px|Areas of operations of the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic's]] sector armies in the first year of the Clone Wars.]]
{{Quote|Like fire across the galaxy, the Clone Wars spread. In league with the wicked Count Dooku, more and more planets slip. Against this threat, upon the Jedi Knights falls the duty, to lead the newly-formed Army of the Republic.|Yoda|<ref name="CW1">{{CW|1}}</ref>}}
Although the Battle of Geonosis was a victory for the Republic, the prospect of a war between the Republic and the Confederacy was now inevitable. Millions of clone trooper units departed from Coruscant on missions to find and defeat the Confederacy. The clones were led in these missions by the [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knights]], the first time that the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]] had taken up arms en masse since the [[Seventh Battle of Ruusan]] a thousand years prior. Despite the scale of the opening battle of Geonosis, however, neither side yet had the resources or the strategy to fight a major galactic war.<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', p. 147</ref> The Republic in particular was bedeviled by the fact that at this early stage the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic]] numbered only 3 million troops (it would eventually be expanded many times over).<ref name="TEGtW">''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 97-101</ref>

To coordinate the strategy of the war, [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] ordered the establishment of the [[Sector Army/Legends|sector armies]], large military commands that operated within theaters known as [[Oversector/Legends|oversectors]] or priority sectors, areas of operations that overrode old sector boundaries. Each sector army initially numbered 150,000 [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone troopers]], numbers which expanded dramatically as the war went on. Under the command of the new [[Jedi General/Legends|Jedi Generals]], the sector armies served as rapid reaction forces while the Republic's disparate [[Planetary Security Forces]] operated in defensive deployments - a number of battles in the Clone Wars were fought entirely by Planetary Security Forces without a clone trooper or a battle droid in sight.<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 97-101</ref>

Each sector army was divided into four subordinate [[Corps/Legends|corps]], of which three were further divided into smaller components. Under the "[[1/4/16/64 Plan]]", one corps was maintained as a mobile reserve force while the others were divided into progressively smaller units so that one army could fulfill one corps operation, four [[Brigade/Legends|brigade]]-level operations, sixteen [[Regiment/Legends|regiment]]-level operations or sixty-four [[Battalion/Legends|battalion]]-level operations. In reality, sector army deployments were rarely so neat, and typically one corps in each army remained intact, but the others were divided into hundreds of small, fast-moving raiding companies.<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 97-101</ref> Known as the "[[Militia/Legends|militia]] model", this allowed small numbers of clone troopers to mobilize far larger numbers of local guerrillas and execute planetary coups, a strategy that was successful at the [[Battle of Malastare/Legends|Battle of Malastare]], the [[Battle of Haruun Kal/Legends|Battle of Haruun Kal]], and the [[Battle of Giju (Clone Wars)|Battle of Giju]].<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', pp. 147-52</ref>

Though it launched a few coordinated attacks in the first year of the war that were usually successful, for example, at [[Muunilinst/Legends|Muunilinst]] and [[Dac]], the Republic's war was typically a defensive one, with most offensive operations being small-scale raids. The few pockets of Separatist space in the Core, for example, [[Cato Neimoidia/Legends|Cato Neimoidia]], [[Scipio/Legends|Scipio]], [[Castell/Legends|Castell]], and [[Foerost/Legends|Foerost]], were blockaded. Until it could build up its armed forces to overwhelm the Confederacy, the Republic was vulnerable to the Confederacy's [[stateless strategy]].<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', pp. 147-52</ref>

The Separatists pursued a defensive strategy for the first few months of the war, seeking to blunt Republic drives into their dispersed territories. Its first offensive moves were combinations of surgical strikes and terror operations, a [[stateless strategy]] designed to deny the Republic key invasion corridors, undermine support for the war, and sever key fleets' supply lines.<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 85-6</ref>

Dooku rapidly moved to secure key hyperspace nodes to ease the future deployment of the [[Separatist Droid Army/Legends|Separatist Droid Army]], as well as for occupying whatever opportunistic pockets of space declared themselves. The Confederacy quickly secured the hyperspace crossroads of [[Yag'Dhul/Legends|Yag'Dhul]] on the Rimma Trade Route and the [[Corellian Trade Spine/Legends|Corellian Trade Spine]], as well as [[Sluis Van/Legends|Sluis Van]], solidifying their hold on the southern Rimma. Other early gains included the [[Abrion sector/Legends|Abrion sector]], which provided the Confederacy with some 200 agricultural [[Planet/Legends|worlds]], as well as a route to the [[Rishi Maze/Legends|Rishi Maze]] and [[Kamino/Legends|Kamino]]. Another gain was the [[Lahara sector]] which brought over [[Agamar/Legends|Agamar]], [[Oorn Tchis]] and the [[Mirgoshir hyperspace crossroads]], thus linking the Confederacy's territories from Muunilinst to the [[Hydian Way/Legends|Outer Hydian]]. Other disaffected alien homeworlds that came over included [[Ando/Legends|Ando]], [[Tynna/Legends|Tynna]], and [[Sy Myrth/Legends|Sy Myrth]] (though Ando joined the Confederacy, the [[Andoan Free Colonies/Legends|Andoan Free Colonies]] remained loyal to the Republic). Finally, a corridor of [[Mid Rim]] industrial worlds in the northern [[The Slice/Legends|Slice]] including [[Metalorn/Legends|Metalorn]], [[Saleucami/Legends|Saleucami]] and [[Quermia/Legends|Quermia]] declared for the Separatists, forming the core of the CIS' industry and becoming known as the "[[Foundry of the Confederacy/Legends|Foundry of the Confederacy]]".<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', pp. 147-52</ref>

To compensate for their disadvantage in resources, the Separatists also sought a technological advantage, manifested in a resort to [[Superweapon/Legends|superweapons]] and [[Bioweapon/Legends|bioweapons]]. Before they could build up their [[Confederacy military/Legends|armed forces]] for a strike at the Republic's core, however, much like the Republic's strategy, the CIS' war typically took the form of a large number of small-scale raids.<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', pp. 147-52</ref><ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 85-6</ref> Both sides also pursued a furious [[Propaganda/Legends|propaganda]] battle, the Republic through [[HoloNet News/Legends|HoloNet News]], and the Separatists through the [[CIS Shadowfeed]].<ref name="EGTWAC">{{SW|url=news/star-wars-the-essential-guide-to-warfare-authors-cut|text=''Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare'' Author's Cut, Part 8: Tales of the Clone Wars|int=Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut}}</ref>

====The Southern Campaign====
=====The defense of Kamino=====
{{Main|First Battle of Kamino}}
With a route to the [[Rishi Maze/Legends|Rishi Maze]] secured via the [[Abrion sector/Legends|Abrion sector]], the Separatists launched [[First Battle of Kamino|an assault]] on [[Kamino/Legends|Kamino]]. Separatist forces under the Corporate Alliance [[Magister]] [[Passel Argente/Legends|Passel Argente]] and the [[Mon Calamari/Legends|Mon Calamari]] [[Merai]] assaulted the ocean planet in an attempt to destroy the Republic's cloning facilities. However, the Jedi learned of their plans and sent a defense fleet of Jedi starfighters to defend Kamino. Although the Jedi pilots battled bravely above, they could not stop the droid forces from landing in [[Tipoca City/Legends|Tipoca City]]. The arrival of the newly-activated [[Advanced Recon Commando/Legends|ARC troopers]] and [[Clone jet trooper|Jet Commandos]] served to turn the tide, and Merai was forced to launch a desperate strike at the supposed location of the city's shield generator.

However, the Jedi proved too wily for the Mon Calamari tactician; the data gathered by the Corporate Alliance was false, and Merai's efforts were in vain. In a last-ditch attack, Merai flew into the Jedi [[Hyperdrive docking ring|hyperspace rings]], destroying his personal starfighter the [[Shark (starfighter)|''Shark'']] in the process, giving his battleships time to retreat. Though apparently a victory for the Republic, the battle was actually engineered by Darth Sidious and his apprentice Darth Tyranus to root out and destroy the traitors in the Confederacy. Following that, more clone troopers from Kamino were deployed, thus allowing the war to continue. The Republic also began research into other methods of [[Cloning/Legends|cloning]] such as [[Spaarti cloning cylinder]]s and conscription was introduced throughout the Republic.<ref name="Star Wars Republic 50: The Defense of Kamino">[[Republic 50|''Republic'' 50]]</ref>

=====Christophsis, Teth, and the Hutts=====
{{Main|Battle of Christophsis/Legends|Battle of Teth/Legends|Mission to Jabba's Palace (Clone Wars)/Legends}}
Within four weeks of the Battle of Geonosis,<ref name="ERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref> the Confederacy swiftly seized many major [[Hyperlane|hyperspace lanes]], denying the Republic access to them and preventing the Jedi from gaining a foothold in the Outer Rim.<ref name="TCWf" /> The Separatists soon set its sights on the Outer Rim's resource-rich planet [[Christophsis/Legends|Christophsis]]. Admiral [[Trench/Legends|Trench]], who had been presumed dead at the [[Battle of Malastare Narrows/Legends|Battle of Malastare Narrows]], [[Christophsis blockade/Legends|blockaded]] Christophsis with a large fleet, trapping Senator Bail Organa on the surface with his [[Bail Organa's Christophsis refugee camp/Legends|refugee camp]], as well as separating the Republic from several of its key armies. Skywalker,<ref name="Cat and Mouse">{{TCW|Cat and Mouse}}</ref> who had by this time been made a Jedi Knight,<ref name="SW Annual 2011">''[[Star Wars Annual 2011]]''</ref> set out with Admiral [[Wullf Yularen/Legends|Wullf Yularen]] to break Trench's blockade and rescue the trapped Organa. After Skywalker's [[Battle of Christophsis/Legends|initial assault]] on the Separatist blockade was repelled, Kenobi arrived with an experimental [[Stealth ship/Legends|stealth ship]] that was equipped with a [[Cloaking device/Legends|cloaking device]], which Skywalker used to great effect in destroying Trench's flagship, the [[Invincible/Legends|''Invincible'']], and delivering relief supplies to Organa's camp on the surface.<ref name="Cat and Mouse" /> After breaking through the remnants of Trench's blockade,<ref name="CWA: Starfighter">[[Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (video game)|''Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures'' video game]], "Starfighter" mini-game</ref> Kenobi landed on Christophsis with the main body of troops, and their forces prepared an assault on the Separatists. Although a clone traitor&mdash;Sergeant [[Slick/Legends|Slick]], who had betrayed his comrades to Asajj Ventress&mdash;hindered the Jedi in attempting to ambush the Separatists in [[Chaleydonia/Legends|Crystal City]], [[Clone trooper commander|Commander]] [[CC-2224/Legends|Cody]] and [[Clone trooper captain|Captain]] [[CT-7567/Legends|Rex]] discovered the [[Spy/Legends|spy's]] allegiances and apprehended him. Skywalker and Kenobi also dueled Ventress while searching for information behind enemy lines and discovered that the Separatists were landing hundreds of droid troops to secure Christophsis.<ref name="The Hidden Enemy">{{TCW|The Hidden Enemy}}</ref>

[[File:Christophsismeeting.png|thumb|left|250px|Yoda, Kenobi, Skywalker, and Tano&mdash;all of whom would go on to play important parts in the war&mdash;convene on the liberated Christophsis.]]
Skywalker, Kenobi, and the new addition of Padawan [[Ahsoka Tano/Legends|Ahsoka Tano]], who had been assigned to Skywalker, battled the Confederate General [[Whorm Loathsom/Legends|Whorm Loathsom's]] thousand-strong droid army on Christophsis and were eventually able to capture Loathsom and free the beleaguered world from the Separatist occupation, with help from reinforcements under the command of Yularen and Master Yoda. While all of this was going on, however, Count Dooku set his own plan into motion to sway the Hutt families to the Confederate side. He first had Ventress capture [[Rotta/Legends|Rotta]], the son of [[Crime lord/Legends|crime lord]] [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba Desilijic Tiure]], and when Skywalker and Tano went to [[Battle of Teth/Legends|rescue]] Rotta at the [[B'omarr Monastery (Teth)|B'omarr Order monastery]] on the jungle planet [[Teth/Legends|Teth]] where he was being held, Dooku deceived Jabba into believing that the Jedi and the Republic had in fact kidnapped his son. Furthermore, Ventress was sent to Teth to kill the Huttlet and blame the Jedi for the crime so that Jabba would take revenge on the Jedi, at which point Jabba's uncle, crime lord [[Ziro Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Ziro Desilijic Tiure]]&mdash;who had secretly assisted Dooku in capturing Rotta&mdash;would be able to take Jabba's place at the head of the Hutt families, as Jabba would be arrested by the Republic for avenging his son's death.<ref name="TCWf" />

However, while Rex and the 501st Legion's [[Torrent Company/Legends|Torrent Company]] battled Ventress's army, Skywalker and Tano were able to prevent Ventress from retrieving Rotta. As Skywalker and Tano [[Mission to Jabba's Palace (Clone Wars)/Legends|traveled]] to Tatooine to return Rotta to his father, Kenobi arrived to reinforce Rex's men on Teth and dueled Ventress in the monastery, ultimately forcing Ventress to retreat from Teth and defeating her droid army. Skywalker and Tano, meanwhile, were shot down over Tatooine by Dooku's forces, but after battling Dooku himself and a squad of MagnaGuards, respectively, Skywalker and Tano were able to reach [[Jabba's Palace]] and exposed the Separatists' plot. While Dooku escaped Jabba's wrath, the crime lord signed a treaty with the Republic that granted the Grand Army much-needed access to [[Hutt Space/Legends|Hutt Space's]] hyperlanes, and the Hutts became allied to the Republic. In addition, Senator Padmé Amidala spearheaded the [[Raid on Ziro the Hutt's Coruscant club|arrest]] of Ziro at his [[Ziro's Palace/Legends|palace]] on Coruscant.<ref name="TCWf" />

=====The Battle of Ryloth=====
{{Main|Battle of Ryloth/Legends}}
[[File:MargSablcloseup.png|thumb|left|250px|The Republic fleet cuts through the Separatist blockade of Ryloth.]]
[[Techno Union/Legends|Techno Union]] [[Foreman/Legends|Foreman]] [[Wat Tambor/Legends|Wat Tambor]] set out to conquer the planet [[Ryloth/Legends|Ryloth]]<ref name="Storm Over Ryloth">{{TCW|Storm Over Ryloth}}</ref> for the riches that rival Separatist [[Magistrate/Legends|Magistrate]] [[Passel Argente/Legends|Passel Argente]] had secretly stowed there.<ref name="Covetous">''[[The Clone Wars: Covetous]]''</ref> The Twi'leks on the world were subjected to a brutal droid occupation and were starved. While Jedi General [[Ima-Gun Di/Legends|Ima-Gun Di]] and Twi'lek [[Twi'lek freedom fighters|resistance]] leader [[Cham Syndulla/Legends|Cham Syndulla]] [[Battle of Ryloth/Legends|defended]] the planet from the Separatists, Senator Bail Organa and Representative Jar Jar Binks were able to [[The Matter of Using Toydarian Territory to Aide the Shipment of Relief Supplies to the Citizens of Ryloth/Legends|gain permission]] from [[King/Legends|King]] [[Katuunko/Legends|Katuunko]] of the neutral [[Toydaria/Legends|Toydaria]] to use his world as a staging ground for [[Pelta-class frigate/Legends|supply ships]] that would deliver rations to the starving Twi'leks. Though Di and his forces were ultimately defeated, Syndulla's resistance survived and used the Republic's delivered food and medical supplies to great effect. Having seen the good that the Republic did for the Twi'lek civilians, King Katuunko agreed to [[Mission to Rugosa|meet]] with Master Yoda<ref name="Supply Lines">{{TCW|Supply Lines}}</ref> on [[Rugosa/Legends|Rugosa]] to discuss bringing Toydaria into the Republic. However, Count Dooku caught wind of the planned meeting and sent Ventress to convince Katuunko that the Separatists represented more of the [[Toydarian/Legends|Toydarians]]' interests. After being shot down by a Confederate fleet on Rugosa, Yoda and his team of three clone troopers&mdash;Commander [[CC-4477/Legends|Thire]], [[Jek/Legends|Jek]], and [[Rys/Legends|Rys]]&mdash;bested Ventress's battle droid army in a contest of strength, winning Katuunko over to the Republic side. Ventress tried and failed to assassinate Katuunko for his new loyalties, and while she fled from Rugosa, Yoda and Katuunko began the process of discussing a treaty for Toydaria's new allegiances.<ref name="Ambush">{{TCW|Ambush}}</ref>

Following its successful defense of Kamino, the Republic's [[Fourteenth Army]] launched an attack of its own to free occupied [[Ryloth/Legends|Ryloth]].<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', p. 101</ref> Skywalker, Tano, and Yularen were sent with a Republic fleet to breach Separatist Captain [[Mar Tuuk/Legends|Mar Tuuk's]] [[Ryloth blockade/Legends|blockade]] of Ryloth so that Kenobi and Mace Windu could land with the main assault force. Although Tano's [[Blue Squadron (Galactic Republic)/Legends|Blue Squadron]] was unable to break the blockade in their initial assault and was forced to retreat with the rest of the fleet, Skywalker used the damaged cruiser [[Defender/Legends|''Defender'']] to return to the [[Ryloth system/Legends|Ryloth system]] and rammed it into [[Procurer|Tuuk's flagship]], forcing Tuuk to flee from the battlefield. Tano and Yularen then entered the system with Skywalker's flagship, the [[Resolute/Legends|''Resolute'']], and cut through the droid defenses, allowing Kenobi and Windu to safely approach the planet.<ref name="Storm Over Ryloth" /> However, the Republic invasion fleet was prevented from landing on Ryloth by a group of heavy [[J-1 semi-autonomous proton cannon|proton cannons]] that had been stationed in the city of [[Nabat/Legends|Nabat]] with [[T-series tactical droid]] commander [[TX-20/Legends|TX-20]]. Once Kenobi, Commander Cody, and [[Ghost Company/Legends|Ghost Company]] had infiltrated Nabat, taken out the cannons, and defeated TX-20 and his droid forces, Windu landed with the main body of troops and headed to retake the captured capital of [[Lessu/Legends|Lessu]].<ref name="Innocents of Ryloth">{{TCW|Innocents of Ryloth}}</ref>

While Skywalker finished securing the space around Ryloth and Kenobi took the [[Jixuan desert/Legends|Jixuan desert]], freeing most of the planet's southern hemisphere, Windu headed for Lessu with Commander [[CC-6454|Ponds]] and [[Lightning Squadron/Legends|Lightning Squadron]]. After suffering losses in a battle with the droids on the way to Lessu, Windu enlisted the help of Cham Syndulla, who despite holding a grudge against Ryloth's senator, [[Orn Free Taa/Legends|Orn Free Taa]], agreed to ally his forces with the Republic if it meant a free Ryloth, in exchange for a promise from Taa that Ryloth would not be occupied by the Clone Army after it was freed. Combining forces, Windu's Lightning Squadron and Syndulla's freedom fighters were able to retake the occupied Lessu and took Tambor into custody, and a parade was held in Lessu following their victory.<ref name="Liberty on Ryloth">{{TCW|Liberty on Ryloth}}</ref> However, the threat to Ryloth was not over, as many of the pockets of Separatist resistance continued to hold out against the clone forces. Skywalker and Tano were charged with mopping up the droid resistance on Ryloth, and did so to great effect. A new threat soon took the form of the Separatist [[Scientist/Legends|scientist]] [[Kul Teska]], who&mdash;after [[Battle of Juma 9|attacking]] Windu, Kenobi, and Plo Koon on the [[Space station/Legends|space station]] [[Juma 9]]&mdash;traveled to Ryloth in pursuit of the bounty hunter [[Cad Bane/Legends|Cad Bane]], who had stolen a [[Gravitic Core|part]] of his [[gravitic polarization beam]] weapon. While Skywalker and Tano fought with Teska, Jedi Generals Aayla Secura and Luminara Unduli [[Mission to Alzoc III|dueled]] Asajj Ventress on the ice world [[Alzoc III/Legends|Alzoc III]], where Bane had sabotaged a part of the gravitic polarization beam. Although both Teska and Ventress escaped from their respective combatants, Skywalker, Tano, Kenobi, and Windu were able to [[Battle of Behpour|destroy]] the gravity weapon at its [[Behpour facility|construction facility]] on [[Behpour/Legends|Behpour]] and also killed Teska.<ref name="Republic Heroes">''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes]]''</ref>

=====Raids in the south=====
One of the first truly costly battles fought by the Republic was the [[Battle of Teyr|defense of Teyr]] from a Separatist raid. The [[416th Star Corps]], under command of the [[Whiphid/Legends|Whiphid]] Jedi Master [[K'Kruhk]], were sent to destroy a downed [[Lucrehulk-class battleship|''Lucrehulk''-class battleship]] that the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]] was using as a base. K'Kruhk led his forces through the [[Great Canyon (Teyr)|Great Canyon]], only to have many of his men shredded to pieces by [[OG-9 homing spider droid/Legends|spider droids]]. K'Kruhk's battalion made it to the lip of the canyon, and made a final assault. K'Kruhk led his troops from the front, but knew the Separatists had the advantage in numbers. He ordered his clones to fall back, but they assured him they could achieve victory. K'Kruhk was unprepared to send so many men to their deaths, though the clones knew this is what they had been bred for; to fight and die in battle. With a weary heart, K'Kruhk pressed the attack, and though the battleship was destroyed, only the Jedi General, [[CRC-09/571]], and several clone troopers appeared to have survived the battle.

On Coruscant, a group of [[Korun/Legends|Korunnai]] terrorists took Senator [[Meena Tills/Legends|Meena Tills]] hostage as part of an attempt to turn the [[Corporate Sector/Legends|Corporate Sector]] against the Republic. However, their efforts were thwarted by [[Omega Squad]]. Around this time, the Separatists also finished creation of the [[Storm Fleet]], a secret fleet of powerful [[Storm Fleet destroyer|destroyers]] that was meant to conquer planets with their large amounts of firepower, and dispatched it to [[Cyphar/Legends|Cyphar]]. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi managed to [[Battle of the Llon Nebulae|stall]] the fleet at the [[Llon Nebulae]] so the Republic could send a fleet to [[Battle of Cyphar|defend the planet]].<ref>''[[Storm Fleet Warnings]]''</ref> They succeeded; more than half of the Storm Fleet was destroyed, and Cyphar remained in Republic hands.
[[File:Jedi_Trial_full.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[Battle of Praesitlyn]].]]
The [[Battle of Praesitlyn]] was a Confederate attempt to solidify its presence on the southern Rimma Trade Route by conquering [[Praesitlyn]]. Despite possessing an [[Intergalactic Communications Center|advanced communications center]] that linked data feeds throughout the galactic quadrant, the planet had few defenses. The Republic fleet was lured away from the planet by a [[Blockade/Legends|blockade]] of [[Sluis Van/Legends|Sluis Van]], and a fleet under the Banking Clan [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Pors Tonith/Legends|Pors Tonith]] conquered Praesitlyn with a massive invasion army. Their efforts were sped up thanks to a system-wide jamming field unleashed by Tonith's fleet. This prevented communication with the rest of the galaxy. Captain [[Zozridor Slayke]] of Freedom's Sons attempted to stop the Separatists, though his forces were nearly defeated. Luckily, Republic reinforcements under [[Nejaa Halcyon]] and Anakin Skywalker arrived just in time. This resulted in the [[Battle of Praesitlyn]]. During the battle, the Republic and the [[Sons and Daughters of Freedom]] were pitted against over one million battle droids and a large space fleet. The battle had the distinction of being the final trial for Skywalker before becoming a [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]].<ref name="Jedi Trial">''[[Jedi Trial]]''</ref>
[[File:Grievouscartoon.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Grievous on [[Hypori/Legends|Hypori]]]]
On [[Hypori/Legends|Hypori]], one of the greatest threats the Republic would face during the war made his dramatic debut. Jedi Master [[Daakman Barrek]] led a force to destroy a [[Hypori Droid Factory|droid factory]] thought to be on the planet. However, the [[Battle of Hypori/Legends|attack was a disaster]], with orbital mines shredding much of the force as it emerged from hyperspace, and General [[Grievous/Legends|Grievous]] led a massive droid army in the the obliteration of an entire Republic army and the deaths of several Jedi, including [[Tarr Seirr]], [[Daakman Barrek]] and [[Sha'a Gi]].<ref name="CW20">{{CW|20}}</ref> Only the timely intervention of ARC Captain [[ARC-77|Alpha-77]] and a squad of ARC Troopers sent from General Kenobi on [[Muunilinst/Legends|Muunilinst]] prevented the remaining Jedi from being killed as well.<ref name="CW21">{{CW|21}}</ref> Only [[Shaak Ti/Legends|Shaak Ti]], [[Ki-Adi-Mundi/Legends|Ki-Adi-Mundi]], [[Aayla Secura/Legends|Aayla Secura]], [[K'Kruhk]] and the ARC squad, survived the battle.<ref name="CW21" />

[[File:BattleofOrdPlutonia.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Captain CT-7567 during the battle on Orto Plutonia.]]
The Republic and CIS fought the [[Battle of Orto Plutonia/Legends|Battle of Orto Plutonia]] after Kenobi and Skywalker were called to [[Orto Plutonia/Legends|Orto Plutonia]] to ascertain why the Republic had lost contact with a clone outpost there. The Jedi and clones were accompanied by [[Chairman/Legends|Chairman]] [[Chi Cho/Legends|Chi Cho]] of [[Pantora/Legends|Pantora]] and Senator [[Riyo Chuchi/Legends|Riyo Chuchi]], who had been recalled to the Pantoran system by Cho so that he could use her Senatorial authority to command the Jedi. Orto Plutonia was technically under the control of the [[Pantoran Assembly/Legends|Pantoran Assembly]], and as such, Cho felt that he should be directly involved in the Jedis' investigation.<ref name="Trespass">{{TCW|Trespass}}</ref> With clone Captain CT-7567, General Kenobi found the Republic base to be devoid of life, all clones stationed there having been killed. Similarly, they found a nearby Separatist base to be likewise affected and found clues of a third party being involved in the demise of both forces. Skywalker and Kenobi then followed clues to a nearby canyon, where they spotted light reflections. Shortly afterward they met primitive, but sentient, inhabitants; the [[Talz/Legends|Talz]]. Despite the language barrier, Kenobi and Skywalker managed to make it clear that their mission was one of peace, and they arranged a diplomatic meeting between the Pantorans and the Talz.<ref name="Trespass" /> When they delivered the news, Chairman Chi Cho arrogantly refused to believe that the Talz could be considered a sentient race and called them trespassers and animals, stating that Pantora hadn't evidence of life on the planet in all their history. Riyo Chuchi tried to mediate, feeling that it was for the Senate to decide the matter, but to no avail.<ref name="Trespass" />

Upon arrival at the meeting place, the Talz leader, [[Thi-Sen/Legends|Thi-Sen]], politely asked that the Republic leave them in peace and withdraw their presence from Orto Plutonia. However, Chi Cho still refused to accept the Talz as sentients and arrogantly declared Plutonia as sovereign Pantoran property, deliberately provoking a war. In order to gain sanctity for his actions, he declared this to be an internal affair of Pantora; so as to remove the Jedi from the equation. Skywalker and Kenobi appealed to Riyo Chuchi, to find a way to resolve the political matter diplomatically. In response she contacted the Speaker of the Pantoran Assembly, who granted her the authority to negotiate peace and declared the Chairman out of order.<ref name="Trespass" /> However, this solution came too late: while returning to their base, Chi Cho and his escort were ambushed by a Talz war party, forcing them to fight back, and Chairman Cho was felled by a spear in his back. Skywalker, Kenobi and Senator Chuchi arrived in time to save Cho, CT-7567 and the remaining escort from being overrun, but even with his last breath, Cho insisted on killing the Talz for the 'good' of his people as his final command. Chuchi politely declined, informing him of the Assembly's decision. Dumbfounded that he was overruled and that his people preferred peace to war, Cho expired. Senator Chuchi pursued a peaceful approach and managed to cease hostilities, conceding sovereignty of Plutonia to the Talz. As she and the Jedi boarded a gunship off-world, Kenobi stated that to maintain peace, she should make it last.<ref name="Trespass" />
[[File:MalastareEPbombrun.png|thumb|The Battle of Malastare]]
The [[Battle of Malastare/Legends|Battle of Malastare]] began when the Droid Army attempted to seize the planet and its vital [[Dug/Legends|Dug]] fuel resources. Joining forces with the [[Malastarian council|Dug Council]], the Republic attempted to stop it with the use of a new [[Superweapon/Legends|superweapon]] the [[Electro-proton bomb/Legends|electro-proton bomb]] by orders of [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Chancellor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]]. Although it succeeded in depleting all the droid numbers, the bomb awoke a [[Unidentified Zillo Beast/Legends|Zillo Beast]] and it unleashed its reign of terror on Malastare. Eventually the [[Zillo Beast/Legends|beast]] was knocked out by the Republic's [[RX-200 Falchion-class assault tank/Legends|stun tanks]] and it was taken back to [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] for study to unlock the secret of its impenetrable scales. With the Dugs convinced that the beast was dead, they signed the [[Treaty of Malastare/Legends|treaty]] and Republic was able to use Malastare's [[Fuel/Legends|fuel]] reserves to power its expanded star fleet.<ref>{{TCW|The Zillo Beast}}</ref> Palpatine hoped that if the Beast was studied, [[Scientist/Legends|scientists]] would uncover the secret of its highly impenetrable scales, resistant to explosives, blasterfire and lightsaber strikes, creating thus a new generation of [[Clone trooper armor/Legends|clone trooper armor]]. During its stay on the Galactic Capital, the Beast [[Zillo Beast incident/Legends|escaped and wreaked havoc]] until it was [[Death/Legends|Killed]] using the Malastare fuel toxican. Soon after Chancellor Palpatine secretly ordered Dr. [[Sionver Boll/Legends|Sionver Boll]] to clone the extinct beast.<ref>{{TCW|The Zillo Beast Strikes Back}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the [[Malevolence/Legends|''Malevolence'']] chase, General Grievous once again set his sights on Kamino, home to the Republic's vital cloning facilities. In collaboration with Ventress as his agent on Kamino, Grievous advanced his invasion fleet through the [[Rishi system/Legends|Rishi system]] and sent a squad of [[BX-series droid commando/Legends|BX-series droid commandos]] to secure the [[Rishi Station/Legends|Republic base]] there and hot-wire its "all-clear" signal so that the Republic would not learn of his attack. Although the droid commandos were able to do so, several clones&mdash;[[CT-782/Legends|Hevy]], [[CT-5555/Legends|Fives]], [[CT-4040/Legends|Cutup]], and [[CT-21-0408|Echo]]&mdash;were able to escape from the droid assault. Though Cutup fell prey to a [[Rishi eel/Legends|Rishi eel]], Hevy, Fives, and Echo came under the command of Captain Rex and Commander Cody, who had stopped at Rishi Station during an inspection run of several of the Republic's listening posts and tracking stations. The clones were able to retake the base, and though droid reinforcements sent by Grievous threatened to recapture the station, Hevy sacrificed himself to destroy the station, cutting off the base's "all-clear" signal and warning the Jedi of the impending assault. Skywalker, Kenobi, and Yularen promptly arrived and drove Grievous's forces out of the system, thwarting his attempt to invade Kamino.<ref name="Rookies">{{TCW|Rookies}}</ref>

In the lead-up to the [[Battle of Bothawui/Legends|Battle of Bothawui]], General Grievous led Separatists forces to [[Battle of Anoth (Clone Wars)|fight]] on the planet [[Anoth/Legends|Anoth]] and [[Battle of Bakura (Clone Wars)|battle]] on the planet [[Bakura/Legends|Bakura]], engaging Skywalker and Kenobi both times. Concurrent to his victories in the north that endangered Dac and Kessel, Grievous also captured crucial [[hyperlane]]s running to [[Bespin/Legends|Bespin]]. The capture of the lanes jeopardized supplies of [[Tibanna/Legends|tibanna gas]], leading to civilian suffering. While Grievous set his sights on the planet [[Bothawui/Legends|Bothawui]], home to the crucial [[Bothan Spynet/Legends|Bothan Spynet]] that was a key affiliate of [[Republic Intelligence/Legends|Republic Intelligence]], members of the Jedi High Council personally and actively led several campaigns. Ki-Adi-Mundi undertook a [[Mission to Barab I|mission]] to [[Barab I/Legends|Barab I]], and Adi Gallia led clone forces in the [[Battle of Agomar]]. Meanwhile, Count Dooku had his forces [[Battle of Lanos|liberate]] the planet [[Lanos]] from the occupying Republic forces in a battle that was subjected to a high amount of anti-Republic Separatist propaganda, much to the Jedi Council's chagrin.<ref name="Wild Space" />

When Kenobi learned of Grievous's impending attack on Bothawui from his friend Dexter Jettster, the Jedi Council decided to take action, sending Skywalker, Tano, and Yularen with a fleet to protect Bothawui. Grievous [[Battle of Falleen/Legends|overwhelmed]] a Republic task force on [[Falleen (planet)/Legends|Falleen]] on his way to Bothawui but then fell into a trap that Skywalker had set for him. In the ensuring [[Battle of Bothawui/Legends|Battle of Bothawui]], Grievous's forces were defeated, but the [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech droid]] [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]]&mdash;whom Skywalker had never subjected to a [[Memory wipe/Legends|memory wipe]] and who thus had a multitude of Republic war operation intelligence&mdash;went missing in the battle. R2-D2 was found by the [[Scavenger/Legends|scavenger]] [[Gha Nachkt/Legends|Gha Nachkt]] and promised to Grievous. After conducting an [[Ambush on the Vulture's Claw/Legends|unsuccessful search]] for R2-D2, Skywalker returned his cruisers to the [[Allanteen Six shipyards]] where they had been manufactured to carry out some modifications.<ref name="Wild Space" /> R2-D2 was successfully [[Mission to Skytop Station/Legends|recovered]] from [[Skytop Station/Legends|Skytop Station]] over [[Ruusan 2/Legends|Ruusan 2]] by Skywalker, Kenobi, and Tano.<ref name="Downfall of a Droid">{{TCW|Downfall of a Droid}}</ref>

The Battle of Haruun Kal began six months after the battle of Geonosis with the dispatching of Senior Jedi Councilman Mace Windu to his home planet of [[Haruun Kal/Legends|Haruun Kal]]. A holovid recovered by the Republic had shown Master [[Depa Billaba/Legends|Depa Billaba]], who had been dispatched by the Council to train the [[Korun/Legends|Korunnai]] natives against the Separatist-backed [[Balawai]] settlers, in a state of what appeared to be bloodthirsty insanity. Billaba had been sent to the planet because although its location was of strategic importance for trade, the Republic was not yet ready to commit to a full offensive against the world. After surviving an assassination attempt orchestrated by a [[Treason/Legends|treasonous]] Republic agent and journeying upcountry to confront Billaba, Mace led the Korunnai troops, in concert with clone reinforcements under the command of [[CRC-09/571]] from the Republic transport ''[[Halleck]]'', against the Balawai militia. He moved against the capital city of [[Pelek Baw]] and using an ingenious strategy that combined sneaking in transports down the path of a waterfall, eventually managed to corner Balawai militia [[Colonel/Legends|Colonel]] [[Lorz Geptun]]. Despite a last-minute betrayal by a number of elite Korunnai soldiers led by the dark Korunnai [[Kar Vastor]], Windu forced Geptun to surrender the system and shut down attacking droids. This victory came at a heavy cost, however, as Billaba fell into a possibly self-induced coma at the end of the battle from which it was believed she never recovered.<ref name="Shatterpoint">[[Shatterpoint (novel)|''Shatterpoint'']]</ref>

===Year two (21&ndash;20 BBY)===
====The war in the Core====
=====The capture of Brentaal IV=====
{{Main|Battle of Brentaal IV (Clone Wars)}}
The second year of the war was characterized by Separatist gains and Republic embarrassments, bringing the war into the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]] itself. The Republic Loyalist world [[Kuat/Legends|Kuat]] and the Separatist world [[Neimoidia/Legends|Neimoidia]] seeded the hyperlanes between them with mines, effectively rendering the heart of the [[Hydian Way/Legends|Hydian Way]] impassable.<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', p. 152</ref>

[[Brentaal IV/Legends|Brentaal IV]] sat at the crossroads of the Hydian and the [[Perlemian Trade Route/Legends|Perlemian Trade Route]], the galaxy's two most vital [[Super-hyperroute/Legends|super-hyperroutes]], controlling access to the Core and the Rim and of incalculable importance to the Republic. However, outside the planet's noble houses and trade guilds, the people of Brentaal ached for a new life under the CIS. Brentaal clan leader [[Shogar Tok]] incited his people to riot against the Republic-friendly planetary government. Jedi Master [[Plo Koon/Legends|Plo Koon]] led the counterattack on the planet, overseeing a task force of three Jedi and a strong complement of clone troops and support vehicles. However, Tok's mercenaries had already taken control of Brentaal IV's defenses, forcing a chaotic battle that saw the capture of several Jedi by the Separatists until they were able to escape their imprisonment and destroy the planet's shield generator, allowing Plo Koon to land and secure Brentaal.<ref name="Jedi: Shaak Ti">''[[Jedi: Shaak Ti]]''</ref>

=====The Bassadro massacre=====
{{Main|Coruscant Insurrection|First Battle of Sarapin}}
A series of events at this time caused significant changes in wartime politics and led to an increase in security and propaganda on both sides of the conflict.

On [[Bassadro]], Jedi Knight [[Empatojayos Brand]] led his forces to the dormant volcanic ranges that were providing cover to Separatist droids. Brand ordered concussive missile strikes against the rock formations, creating a storm of shrapnel that sliced through the mining village of [[Agao-Nir]], destroying many droids and several hundred innocent miners. The public outcry from this incident impacted both sides&mdash;the Confederacy, in response, founded the [[Hyper-Communications Cartel/Legends|Hyper-Communications Cartel]] to broadcast anti-Republic propaganda, while the Republic formed the fanatic [[Humanocentrism|pro-Human]] [[Commission for the Protection of the Republic/Legends|COMPOR]] and [[Sub-Adult Group/Legends|SAGroup]] and instituted deportation of 'enemy' species from [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]].

During [[Coruscant Insurrection|an assault on Coruscant]], Count Dooku and his [[Dark Acolyte/Legends|dark acolyte]] [[Trenox]] infiltrated the capital world with a small force of [[C-B3 cortosis battle droid]]s and attempted to destroy the [[Jedi Archives/Legends|Jedi Archives]] in the [[Jedi Temple]], but fled after Anakin Skywalker arrived on the scene and defeated Trenox in a follow-up from a mission on Tatooine. This battle, coupled with the [[First Battle of Sarapin|blackout on Sarapin]], made many of Coruscant's citizens feel unsafe and security increased even further. Huge stretches of the cityscape were transformed into military staging areas and [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone troopers]] were on patrol everywhere. [[Jedi General/Legends|Jedi Generals]] [[Etain Tur-Mukan]] and [[Bardan Jusik]] led [[Omega Squad]], [[Delta Squad/Legends|Delta Squad]], and a unit of [[Null-class Advanced Recon Commando|Null ARC troopers]] in a purge of a Separatist terrorist group along the skylanes and underworld of the [[Ecumenopolis/Legends|ecumenopolis]].

Following increased threats to Coruscant in the wake of the [[Battle of Jabiim]], a special batch of clone troopers known as the [[clone shock trooper]]s were raised and trained on Coruscant itself, rather than Kamino, where they became a familiar sight, operating as martial police. Preying on citizen's fear, Palpatine founded the [[War Council Advisory Panel/Legends|War Council Advisory Panel]] and the [[Homeworld Security Command]].

====The Northern Campaign====
=====Continued raids=====
At the time of the Haruun Kal Crisis, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker were sent to [[Null/Legends|Null]] after they received information from [[Lorian Nod]] about a meeting arranged by Dooku with the rulers of [[Vicondor/Legends|Vicondor]], [[Delaluna]], [[Bezim]], and [[Junction V]]. Unfortunately, there was an assassination attempt on [[Samish Kash]], ruler of Delaluna. Kenobi and Skywalker took off after the assassin on [[Speeder bike/Legends|speeder bikes]] but were unable to stop it. Soon, after Dooku arrived they discovered that it was he who hired the assassin, a man named [[Robior Web]].<ref name="Legacy of the Jedi">''[[Legacy of the Jedi]]''</ref> During the meeting the rulers chose to support the Republic. Dooku was furious, and trapped the delegates by making the roof cave in on top of them. However, all survived with the help of the Jedi, save for Nod, who was killed by Dooku. Dooku then escaped.<ref name="Legacy of the Jedi" />

On [[Nadiem]], General Grievous attempted to [[Battle of Nadiem|invade]] a major city, but was forced to retreat after Jedi Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee herded his droid army into a [[Threadneedle Canyon|canyon]] and set off explosive charges that crushed the droids under the crumbled canyon walls.<ref name="Hiding in Plain Sight">{{CWACite|2|Hide in Plain Sight}}</ref>
[[File:Battle_of_Cartao.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The [[Battle of Cartao (Clone Wars)|Battle of]] [[Cartao/Legends|Cartao]].]]
[[Clone commando/Legends|Clone commandos]] were [[Mission to Ord Mantell (Clone Wars)|sent]] to [[Ord Mantell/Legends|Ord Mantell]] after [[Trandoshan/Legends|Trandoshan]] [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunters]] intercepted [[The Package (object)|an important package]] that had been sent to [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] from [[Malastare/Legends|Malastare]] [[Diplomat/Legends|diplomats]]. [[White Squad|Two]] [[Blue Squad|squads]] of [[Clone commando/Legends|Republic commandos]] were sent to [[Ord Mantell/Legends|Ord Mantell]] to retrieve it before the bounty hunters could sell it to the Separatists. On Ord Mantell, the clones located and engaged the bounty hunters, but Blue Squad was killed when the Trandoshans struck back with [[Thermal detonator/Legends|thermal detonators]]. White Squad tracked the bounty hunters as they attempted to flee, and destroyed a number of [[B1-Series battle droid|battle droids]] sent to retrieve the object, though one of the squad members fell to droid fire. When the squad finally confronted the Trandoshan bounty hunters, a firefight ensued in which two more commandos and all but the Trandoshan's leader were killed. White Squad's [[Sergeant/Legends|sergeant]] and only surviving member, [[RC-1013]], jumped onto the final bounty hunter as he attempted to flee, killing him, and recovering the package for the Republic.<ref name="TP">{{CWACite|3|The Package}}</ref>

When a Separatist fleet [[Blockade/Legends|blockaded]] [[Balamak/Legends|Balamak]], an important agricultural world, Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and [[Nanda-Ree Janoo]] led a Republic strike force of [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighters]], while [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] engaged a [[Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ship|Trade Federation Droid Control Ship]] carrying a [[HoloNet/Legends|HoloNet]] jamming device that had blacked out sector communications since the arrival of the fleet. The jamming vessel was destroyed and the Separatist fleet was routed in the [[Battle of Balamak/Legends|battle]]. Meanwhile, the new [[Katarn-class commando armor|''Katarn''-class commando armor]] had just been issued to the [[Clone commando/Legends|Commando]] squad [[Omega Squad|Omega]] to be used on a [[Mission to Fest (Clone Wars)|mission]] to eradicate a [[Phrik/Legends|phrik]] factory on [[Fest/Legends|Fest]].

Shortly after the Battle of Jabiim, Jedi Knights [[Darth Krayt|A'Sharad Hett]], [[Bhat Jul]], and Anakin Skywalker were sent to [[Aargonar/Legends|Aargonar]] to [[Battle of Aargonar (Clone Wars)|repel]] a Separatist presence. The battle was a disaster, and Jul and many clone troopers were slaughtered. Ki-Adi-Mundi gave the order to retreat, while [[Bultar Swan/Legends|Bultar Swan]] was tasked with destroying the Republic camp to keep supplies from falling into the hands of the enemy. Meanwhile, Anakin and Hett, who had gone into a cave to hide, found a disabled gunship and used it to lure a Gouka dragon into the Separatist forces, giving the Republic time to retreat. The Jedi then returned to [[New Holstice/Legends|New Holstice]].

Anakin Skywalker led a strike team to liberate the planet [[Virujansi/Legends|Virujansi]] and, after having done so, the grateful natives dubbed him their "warrior of the infinite". However, the Republic suffered another loss when [[Togoria/Legends|Togoria]] seceded, giving the Confederacy a route to the strategic hyperspace crossroads of [[Kashyyyk/Legends|Kashyyyk]].

=====Hunt for General Grievous=====
{{Main|Battle near the Arda system|Battle of Saleucami/Legends}}
[[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Eeth Koth/Legends|Eeth Koth's]] [[Venator-class Star Destroyer/Legends|Star Destroyer]] was assailed by a [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] of [[Warship/Legends|warships]] led by Grievous and was subsequently boarded by the general and his [[Battle droid/Legends|battle droid]] forces. While super battle droids engaged clone troopers commanded by Captain [[CC-4142|Lock]] on the cruiser's lower levels, Grievous made his way to the [[Bridge (starship)/Legends|bridge]] alongside a contingent of [[BX-series droid commando/Legends|droid commandos]] and [[IG-100 MagnaGuard/Legends|IG-100 MagnaGuards]].

[[File:Koth_torture.png|thumb|Koth defeated and subdued by Grievous]]
The [[Droid/Legends|droid]] [[Commando/Legends|commandos]] [[Death/Legends|killed]] all of the bridge's defenders with the exception of Master Koth, who was soon [[Battle near the Arda system|defeated and taken captive]] by Grievous and his MagnaGuards. Koth was later displayed as a hostage in a transmission sent by Grievous to the [[Jedi High Council/Legends|Jedi High Council]] in which he brutally tortured Koth to express his hatred for the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]. Koth used discreet hand signals to inform the Council of his location and Kenobi, [[Adi Gallia/Legends|Adi Gallia]] and Skywalker, organized an assault force to engage the Confederacy at Saleucami, rescue Koth, and capture General Grievous.

Kenobi was the first of the Jedi to arrive at Saleucami and engaged Grievous's forces with a [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] of Star Destroyers and nimble [[Consular-class cruiser (Charger c70 retrofit)/Legends|''Consular''-class frigates]] under the command of Admiral Yularen. Kenobi's [[Arquitens-class light cruiser/Legends|light cruiser]] was caught in a [[Tractor beam/Legends|tractor beam]] from [[Grievous's Recusant-class light destroyer/Legends|Grievous's Separatist destroyer]] and was boarded. While Grievous was [[Lightsaber duel/Legends|dueling]] Kenobi, Skywalker and Gallia infiltrated the General's [[Recusant-class light destroyer/Legends|destroyer]] to rescue Eeth Koth.

Meanwhile, Grievous, understanding that Kenobi had the upper hand in their duel, retreated to his [[Destroyer/Legends|destroyer]] and led his battle [[Droid/Legends|droids]] onto a [[C-9979 landing craft/Legends|landing craft]] bound for Saleucami's surface. During the descent, the craft collided with debris from the battle, forcing Grievous to flee the doomed vessel in an [[Escape pod/Legends|escape pod]].

While Skywalker continued the battle in orbit, Kenobi led a force of clones to the planet's surface to hunt down Grievous. The cyborg General evaded and fled from the Republic forces, hoping to call for an evacuation [[Transport/Legends|transport]]. Captain [[CT-7567/Legends|CT-7567]] was seriously injured, necessitating aid from local [[Farm/Legends|farmer]] [[Cut Lawquane/Legends|Cut Lawquane]], a clone who had deserted the Grand Army. Meanwhile, Kenobi caught up with and engaged Grievous, who fled the battle once a [[Sheathipede-class transport shuttle/Legends|''Sheathipede''-class shuttle]] arrived to ferry him away.

=====Mandalore and the Death Watch=====
{{Main|Skirmish at the Sundari docks/Legends|Mandalorian black market conspiracy/Legends}}
[[File:Clonewarsmandodooku.png|thumb|left|Vizsla conspires with Count Dooku from the Concordian base.]]
The [[Council of Neutral Systems/Legends|Council of Neutral Systems]] was formed as a reaction to the war, composed by systems who did not wish to join the conflict. The leader was [[Duke/Legends|Duchess]] [[Satine Kryze/Legends|Satine Kryze]] of [[Mandalore system/Legends|Mandalore]], head of the pacifist [[New Mandalorians/Legends|New Mandalorians]]. The Separatists offered help to the [[Death Watch/Legends|Death Watch]] in Governor [[Pre Vizsla/Legends|Pre Vizsla]] of [[Concordia/Legends|Concordia's]] fight against Kryze's reformation and at taking over the Mandalorian government. [[Mandalorian Supercommando]]s performed sabotage missions for the Separatists against Republic targets, such as when [[Unidentified Death Watch saboteur/Legends|a commando]] attempted to sabotage a Republic [[Cruiser/Legends|cruiser]] who then committed suicide. These events in addition to falsified rumors led to the Republic's belief that Kryze, was training a Mandalorian army for the Separatists.<ref name="TMP" />

The Republic's [[Tenth Army]] moved to guard against further Separatist diplomatic efforts in the region, while General Kenobi was sent to [[Mandalore/Legends|Mandalore]] to investigate when Kryze revealed the existence of the Death Watch. While he was there, Vizsla communicated with Dooku who revealed his strategy for the Republic to establish peacekeeping forces on Mandalore. Dooku hoped this would cause unrest and lead the Mandalorian populace to join the Death Watch.<ref name="TMP" />

On their way to Coruscant and on board the [[Starship/Legends|starship]] [[Coronet/Legends|''Coronet'']], Kryze, Kenobi and Skywalker were attacked by three [[assassin probe]]s programmed by New Mandalorian Senator [[Tal Merrik/Legends|Tal Merrik]] had programmed them to kill the Duchess. With [[Droch-class boarding ship/Legends|Droch-class boarding ships]], droid forces [[Skirmish aboard the Coronet/Legends|boarded the ship]] but were destroyed by Skywalker and his troops and Kryze was freed from Merrik's hold.<ref>{{TCW|Voyage of Temptation}}</ref>
[[File:Obi-Wan_Satine_VoT.png|thumb|Duchess Satine on Coruscant]]
On Coruscant, Palpatine quickly ruled that the Death Watch was a military threat to which Kryze objected. During her stay the Death Watch reoccupied their base on Concordia as a staging area for their impending invasion of Mandalore and Vizsla made his move to secure Mandalore's support to Dooku. A [[Unidentified Death Watch assassin/Legends|Death Watch assassin]] attempted an assassination against Kryze which was ruled out as an accident. She and Kenobi however deduced that it was also an attempt to start a war with Mandalore. The Senate had passed the [[Mandalore Defense Resolution/Legends|vote for occupation]] behind her back, based on a forged holorecord by [[Deputy Prime Minister]] [[Jerec (Deputy Minister)/Legends|Jerec]].

Later Kryze received the original message and let Kenobi deliver the unaltered holo to the Senate. Obi-Wan showed the message and the decision to invade Mandalore was scuttled which compelled Death Watch to cease its planned attack.<ref>{{TCW|Duchess of Mandalore}}</ref>

====The Southern Campaign====
=====The Eriadu Salient=====
With much of the Rimward end of the [[Rimma Trade Route/Legends|Rimma Trade Route]] in Separatist hands, [[Eriadu/Legends|Eriadu]] and [[Sullust/Legends|Sullust]] had served as significant Republic bastions against CIS forces moving from [[Sluis Van/Legends|Sluis Van]] and [[Clak'dor VII]]. Just over a year after the Battle of Geonosis, however, Sullust seceded from the Republic owing to its ties with the [[Commerce Guild/Legends|Commerce Guild]].<ref name="NEC" /> Additionally, Sullust had been worried by Eriaduan expansionism and militarism since the days of [[Ranulph Tarkin/Legends|Ranulph Tarkin]], nearly thirty years earlier, which had pushed it even closer towards the Confederacy.<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''</ref>

With Sullust in the Confederacy's fold, Republic Loyalist worlds along the [[Rimma Trade Route/Legends|Rimma Trade Route]], including [[Praesitlyn]] and the [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]] crossroads of [[Eriadu/Legends|Eriadu]] were left in a vulnerable salient in Confederate space.<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', p. 152</ref> In response, the Republic heavily-fortified the Eriadu base. [[Brigadier]] [[Gideon Tarkin]] and his brother, [[Wilhuff Tarkin/Legends|Wilhuff Tarkin]], who became one of the first [[Moff/Legends|Moffs]], organized the defense. Brigadier Tarkin merged various planetary navies into priority theaters and commanded them from Eriadu.<ref name="NEC" /> Besieged on all sides, the operations of the [[Seswenna sector/Legends|Seswenna sector's]] [[Eighteenth Army]] and [[Republic Outland Regions Security Force]] were heavily propagandised and made heroes out of Tarkin and his army.<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', p. 101</ref>

Ultimately, betrayal in the Republic ranks led to their defeat at the [[Battle of Sullust (Republic traitor)|Battle of Sullust]], but the overall campaign led to the Republic's recapture of part of the [[Sluis sector/Legends|Sluis sector]], assisted by the [[Sons and Daughters of Freedom]].<ref name="NEC" />

=====Continued raiding=====
Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker assisted in the [[Mission to Nivek|destruction]] of a droid factory at [[Nivek]] before going on to [[Battle of Terra Sool|retake]] [[Terra Sool]]. Simultaneously, Republic forces led by Jedi Masters Mace Windu and [[Saesee Tiin/Legends|Saesee Tiin]] liberated [[Iktotch/Legends|Iktotch]] at the [[Battle of Iktotch]].<ref name="Heavy Metal Jedi">{{CWACite|1|Heavy Metal Jedi}}</ref>

Raiders associated with the Separatists had been attacking Republic convoys on the [[Corellian Trade Spine/Legends|Corellian Trade Spine]] including five which hailed directly from Coruscant. The raiders' tactic was to use a [[Gravity well/Legends|gravity well]] to pull the ships from hyperspace and into an ambush for which the craft were unprepared. This led to [[Six Skirmishes on Corellian Trade Route|a series of skirmishes]]. The fates of the crews are uncertain but one known casualty was [[Elsah'sai'Moro]], who, having contacted the Jedi Council and told it of the loss, died shot down by the bounty hunter Aurra Sing. On [[Devaron/Legends|Devaron]], a Jedi task force consisting of Kit Fisto, Aayla Secura, the [[An'ya Kuro]], Tholme and [[T'ra Saa]] arrived to halt a smuggling operation that [[Aurra Sing/Legends|Aurra Sing]] and Senator [[Vien'sai'Malloc]] had started. Sing was captured and imprisoned at the [[Oovo IV/Legends|Oovo IV]] asteroid prison, though she would manage to escape.

On [[Antar 4/Legends|Antar 4]], Antarian Separatists backed by Count Dooku overthrew the Jedi-allied [[Antarian Rangers/Legends|Antarian Rangers]] that enforced law on the moon, while, on [[Nar Shaddaa/Legends|Nar Shaddaa]], [[Quinlan Vos/Legends|Quinlan Vos]] succeeded going deep behind enemy lines, convincing most of the Jedi Order that he had betrayed them and defected to the Separatists and joined [[Count/Legends|Count]] [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku's]] cadre of [[Dark Acolyte/Legends|dark acolytes]], but he was really on a top secret mission to gather intelligence for the [[Jedi High Council/Legends|Jedi High Council]].

During a [[Mission to the Chaykin Cluster|mission]] to the [[Chaykin Cluster]], Delta Squad liberated the ''Acclamator''-class assault ship ''[[Prosecutor]]'' from [[Trandoshan/Legends|Trandoshan]] mercenaries aligned with the Separatists.<ref name="Republic Commando" /> On [[Parcelus Minor/Legends|Parcelus Minor]], the Separatists routed Republic defenses at the cost of igniting the flammable native plants through a wave of orbital bombardment and starting a fire that spread to much of the surface, wiping out or injuring most of both the ground forces on both sides.

Following their capture at the [[Battle of Jabiim]], Obi-Wan Kenobi and the ARC trooper Alpha-17 were interrogated and tortured by Asajj Ventress on [[Rattatak/Legends|Rattatak]], though they managed to resist. In response, she fed Kenobi [[muscle maggot]]s that ate away his strength and also placed him in a Sith torture mask to stifle his Force presence. He overcame it, however, and though it took nearly a month, Kenobi managed to slowly bend the water pipes in his cell and free himself, Alpha, and the other prisoners. They repelled a final confrontation by Ventress and escaped. Obi-Wan alerted Anakin Skywalker to his survival through a Force message, which the latter received while battling pirates in Ki-Adi-Mundi's task force. Obi-Wan and Alpha meanwhile had arrived on nearby [[Riflor/Legends|Riflor]] where they fought through Ventress' pursuers before being reinforced by Ki-Adi-Mundi and Anakin.

The [[Blockade/Legends|Blockade]] [[Blockade of Pantora/Legends|of Pantora]] was set up by the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]] to force the [[Pantoran Assembly/Legends|Pantoran Assembly]] to join [[Count/Legends|Count]] [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku]] and the separatist's. To force [[Chairman/Legends|Chairman]] [[Notluwiski Papanoida/Legends|Notluwiski Papanoida]] to join the Trade Federation hired two [[Greedo/Legends|Bounty]] [[Unidentified Gotal bounty hunter/Legends|Hunters]] to kidnap [[Chi Eekway Papanoida/Legends|his]] [[Che Amanwe Papanoida/Legends|daughters]]. It ended when [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Padawan/Legends|Padawan]] [[Ahsoka Tano/Legends|Ahsoka Tano]] and [[Pantoran/Legends|Pantoran]] [[Senator/Legends|Senator]] [[Riyo Chuchi/Legends|Riyo Chuchi]] rescued one of them while Chairman Papanoida and his son [[Ion Papanoida/Legends|Ion]] rescued the other.<ref>{{TCW|Sphere of Influence}}</ref>

=====The Second Battle of Geonosis=====
{{Quote|Intelligence has reported a large Republic fleet leaving orbit around Coruscant. It seems the planet Dorin is finally going to receive reinforcements to counter your attack.''"<br />"''A meaningless gesture. The more forces they send here, the better the diversion will work, and there shall be even less forces to raid Geonosis.''"<br />"''I agree, except the General in charge of the reinforcements is Skywalker, and you can bet his brat went along with him.|Asajj Ventress and Grievous|<ref name="SW.com">{{SWArchive|url=theclonewars/news20091103fd/index.html|text=The Clone Wars News|nobackup=1}}</ref>}}
{{Main|Battle of Dorin|Second Battle of Geonosis/Legends|Skirmish aboard TB-73/Legends}}
Following a [[Mission to Cato Neimoidia/Legends|mission to Cato Neimoidia]], the Republic discovered a [[Geonosis primary droid foundry/Legends|new droid foundry]] on [[Geonosis/Legends|Geonosis]], which had been thought abandoned since the start of the war. To distract the Republic from a new attack on Geonosis, [[General/Legends|General]] [[Grievous/Legends|Grievous]] [[Battle of Dorin|struck]] at the [[Kel Dor/Legends|Kel Dor]] [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] of [[Dorin/Legends|Dorin]]. Although the Kel Dors suffered in the defense of their planet and initially began to be overwhelmed by Grievous's [[Battle droid/Legends|battle droid]] [[Troop/Legends|troops]], a large Republic [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] under the command of [[Jedi General/Legends|Jedi Generals]] [[Plo Koon/Legends|Plo Koon]] and [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]], [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Wullf Yularen/Legends|Wullf Yularen]], and Jedi Commander [[Ahsoka Tano/Legends|Ahsoka Tano]] arrived to reinforce Dorin. In the subsequent [[Navy/Legends|naval]] [[Space warfare|engagement]], the [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] and their [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone trooper]] [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighter]] [[Squadron/Legends|squadrons]] were able to turn the tide against the [[Confederate Navy|Separatist assault fleet]], forcing a Confederate retreat from Dorin. While his remaining forces were routed by the Republic, Grievous managed to escape from the battle in his [[Soulless One/Legends|personal starfighter]].

In the aftermath of Dorin, the Republic launched a full-scale [[Planet/Legends|planetary]] invasion of [[Geonosis/Legends|Geonosis]] to shut down the droid factories. The [[Second Battle of Geonosis/Legends|Second Battle of Geonosis]] proved to be a hard fight. Tasked with the challenge of landing on the planet and establishing a staging area, the Jedi mounted a three-pronged attack on the [[Geonosian/Legends|Geonosian]] defenses in what became known as the "Battle of Point Rain", with [[Jedi General/Legends|Jedi Generals]] [[Ki-Adi-Mundi/Legends|Ki-Adi-Mundi]], [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]], and [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] each leading an assault force. After establishing a landing zone at [[Point Rain/Legends|Point Rain]], the Republic [[Army/Legends|army]] regrouped and disabled the factories' [[Ray shield/Legends|ray shields]], making way for the rest of the [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone trooper]] forces to safely land. In order to eliminate the factory, [[General/Legends|Generals]] Skywalker and [[Luminara Unduli/Legends|Luminara Unduli]] battled the facility's droid defenses in open warfare while their respective [[Padawan/Legends|Padawans]], [[Ahsoka Tano/Legends|Ahsoka Tano]] and [[Barriss Offee/Legends|Barriss Offee]], sneaked into the facility via the [[Geonosian catacombs|catacombs]] beneath it. Tano and Offee used a [[Tank (vehicle)/Legends|super tank]] to blow up the facility's [[Reactor/Legends|reactor]] and collapse the factory from the inside. A hunt for [[Archduke/Legends|Archduke]] [[Poggle the Lesser/Legends|Poggle the Lesser]] and the Geonosian [[Queen/Legends|Queen]] [[Karina the Great/Legends|Karina the Great]] ensued in the aftermath of the battle. The Jedi and their troops destroyed much of the queen's lair during their escape, killing Karina the Great and burying her warriors beneath the temple, and the Republic's recapture of Geonosis was secured.

=====The Second Battle of Kamino=====
{{Main|Battle of Kamino/Legends}}
[[File:CloneTroopersDefendKamino-AT.png|thumb|right|250px|Clones defend their homeworld from Grievous's invasion.]]
Several months after the destruction of [[Rishi Station/Legends|Rishi Station]],<ref name="Defenders of the Republic">''[[The Clone Wars: Defenders of the Republic]]''</ref> Grievous and Ventress planned another assault on [[Kamino/Legends|Kamino]]. Skywalker and Kenobi caught wind of their plan when they had intercepted a coded message between Grievous and Ventress. They immediately rushed over to secure the clone planet. While Grievous arrived with a fleet to challenge the Republic's fortified blockade of Kamino, he secretly led [[Trident-class assault ship/Legends|Trident drills]] down to the surface by disguising them as debris from the space battle and having them crash into Kamino's oceans to join Ventress, who was already down there with her [[Trident (starship)/Legends|ship]]. Once the assault craft were assembled, they rose out of the oceans and deployed their forces to attack Tipoca City. While General Shaak Ti led the clone troopers to defend the city's Military Complex, Skywalker intercepted Ventress, who had stolen the clones' DNA template, while Kenobi dueled Grievous at the clone barracks. Both duels moved outside, and though Ventress and Grievous escaped, Skywalker managed to retrieve the DNA, and Ti was able to drive the droid forces away, thwarting the Separatists' invasion of Kamino and securing the key world.<ref name="ARC Troopers">{{TCW|ARC Troopers}}</ref>

===Year three (20&ndash;19 BBY)===
{{Quote|The CIS mutiny ends here!|Unidentified [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone trooper]]|<ref name="Elite Squadron">''[[Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron]]''</ref>}}
====The war in the Core====
=====Operation Durge's Lance=====
{{Main|Operation Durge's Lance|Battle of Duro (Clone Wars)|Battle of Humbarine|Brainrot Plague}}
[[File:75GeneralGrievousFinal.jpg|thumb|left|230px|General Grievous hoists the flag of the Confederacy over the conquered Duro.]]
The Republic's war effort reached its nadir when General Grievous launched [[Operation Durge's Lance]]. Driving from [[Yag'Dhul/Legends|Yag'Dhul]] and [[Thyferra/Legends|Thyferra]], two Confederate fleets advanced into the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]], and after several weeks of campaigning, had reached [[Duro/Legends|Duro]]. Separatist warships destroyed the defending Republic fleet and captured one of the planet's orbital cities in less than a week. This was followed by a wave of orbital bombardments and the landing of a massive droid army on a conquered Duro. Following the battle, the [[Senate Bureau of Intelligence/Legends|Senate Bureau of Intelligence]] investigated causes of the defeat. A month later, in a report issued by Agent [[Inglemenn Barezz]], it was revealed that the three [[Venator-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Venator''-class Star Destroyers]] that were to have been assigned to protect Duro had been reassigned to "shakedown cruises" by the [[Senate Action Subcommittee for Corellian Trade Spine Defense]].

Having conquered Duro, Grievous continued his rampage throughout the Core, wreaking havoc along the [[Corellian Trade Spine/Legends|Corellian Trade Spine]]. From the bridge of his flagship [[Invisible Hand/Legends|''Invisible Hand'']], he supervised attacks on 26 strategic Loyalist worlds. Among his atrocities, Grievous was responsible for an hour-long [[Orbital bombardment/Legends|orbital bombardment]] which depopulated and melted the crust of [[Humbarine/Legends|Humbarine]], an ancient city world and [[Core Founder/Legends|Core Founder]]. Another Core Founder, [[Kaikielius/Legends|Kaikielius]], was [[Kaikielius campaign|occupied]] by Confederate forces. At [[Loedorvia]], he unleashed the [[Brainrot Plague]] into the [[Weemell sector]], killing most of the Sector's Human inhabitants. On [[Vandos]] and [[Nadiem]], civilians and soldiers alike were massacred on his orders. Grievous also collected the lightsabers of Jedi fallen by his blade as trophies of war. Due to these acts of wanton destruction, Grievous soon became an avatar of terror in the eyes of the citizens of the Republic.

=====The Foerost Siege=====
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With Grievous raiding throughout the Core, Separatist forces besieged at [[Foerost/Legends|Foerost]] took this opportunity to break out. The [[Foerost Shipyards|ancient shipyards]] at Foerost in the [[Deep Core/Legends|Deep Core]] had been churning out warships for millennia. Toward the last centuries of the Republic, the Techno Union had purchased the Foerost shipyards. With the advent of the Clone Wars, Foerost was [[Foerost Siege|blockaded]] by the [[Republic Navy]] in the hopes that the starved shipyards would wither and decay. But the Republic was unaware that for two years after the Battle of Geonosis, the besieged Techno Union engineers had been designing the [[Bulwark Mark I]]&mdash;a 1,000 meter-long warship equipped with powerful weapons and enough armor for ramming smaller vessels. Under the command of the [[Sullustan/Legends|Sullustan]] Admiral [[Dua Ningo/Legends|Dua Ningo]], the [[Bulwark Fleet]] smashed through the Republic blockade at Foerost and proceeded to terrorize Republic worlds within [[Imperial Center Oversector|Sector Zero]].

In response to the Bulwark Fleet, the Republic launched its [[Victory I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Victory I''-class Star Destroyers]] six months early. The product of the [[Victor Initiative Project]] between [[Kuat Drive Yards/Legends|Kuat Drive Yards]] and [[Rendili StarDrive/Legends|Rendili StarDrive]], the ''Victory''-class warships formed the [[Victory Fleet]] and were divided into two task forces led by [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Terrinald Screed/Legends|Terrinald Screed]] and [[Jan Dodonna/Legends|Jan Dodonna]]. They saw action against the Bulwark Fleet at [[Ixtlar/Legends|Ixtlar]], [[Alsakan/Legends|Alsakan]] and [[Basilisk]]. At the [[Battle of Anaxes (21 BBY)|Battle of Anaxes]], Ningo was killed and his fleet finally defeated. Screed and Dodonna would return to Coruscant as heroes for the Republic.

=====The Dreadnaughts of Rendili=====
The Core World of [[Rendili/Legends|Rendili]], a major starship producer, voluntarily defected to the Separatists. Its defense fleet was composed of the then state-of-the-art [[Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser|''Dreadnaught''-class Heavy Cruisers]]. However, the fleet commander had not yet decided which side he was on. In response, a Republic fleet under Jedi Masters Saesee Tiin and Plo Koon arrived with orders to destroy the ''Dreadnaught'' cruisers if they refused to join the Republic.

However, during the negotiations, Plo Koon and Captain Jan Dodonna became the prisoners of a group of pro-Separatist officers in the ''Dreadnaught'' fleet led by [[Lieutenant/Legends|Lieutenant]] [[Mellor Yago]]. Yago hoped to break the Republic blockade with these hostages. However, Saesee Tiin refused to back down. Soon, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos arrived, having just escaped from Asajj Ventress. Since Quinlan Vos had failed to obtain the SIP from Honoghr, Count Dooku wanted him dead and his role as a double agent was over.

Both Jedi rescued the hostages from the ''Dreadnaught'' cruisers before engaging Separatist fighters. Meanwhile, Anakin sabotaged the ''Dreadnaught''s to prevent their escape into hyperspace. During the battle, Yago was slain by [[Jace Dallin]]. With the end of the battle, the captured ''Dreadnaught''s were modified into prisoner transports and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine made a new law that nationalized all similar, planetary-level defense fleets. Meanwhile, Quinlan Vos appeared before the Jedi Council and admitted he had joined the Dark Side during his time with Dooku and presented himself for sentencing. However, the Council agreed to allow him to rejoin the Order after he had endured a period of meditation and repentance. However, he was still secretly serving Count Dooku.

Meanwhile, a vengeful Asajj Ventress slipped into the galactic capital Coruscant and tried to kill Anakin Skywalker in retaliation for Kenobi escaping her at Rattatak. During that battle, which took place on an industrial catwalk high above the skyscrapers of Coruscant, she scarred Skywalker's face with her lightsaber. However, Skywalker won the fight and then used the Force to hold her high above the surrounding metropolis and then throw her down, presumably killing her. However, Ventress survived and managed to escape Coruscant.

====The Northern Campaign====
=====Drongar and Bota=====
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By this time, many on both sides of the conflict had died and many more were injured. In response, the Republic began deploying [[MedStar-class frigate/Legends|MedStar Frigates]] which escorted Republic fleets into combat and carried mobile field hospitals known as [[Republic Mobile Surgical Unit/Legends|Republic Mobile Surgical Units]] or RMSUs ("Rimsoos"). It was amid this medical crisis that [[Drongar/Legends|Drongar]], a primordial planet of tropical climates and monsoons, with the most advanced plant life being varieties of fungi, became significant,

One such Drongar growth was [[bota]], an "adaptogenic" which worked as an antibiotic, a painkiller, or even an intoxicant, depending upon the species. Having realized its importance, and that bota deteriorated quickly after picking, both sides maintained harvesting operations on Drongar and battles were fought over the bota fields. It was here that Jedi Padawan [[Barriss Offee/Legends|Barriss Offee]] arrived to practice her skills as a Jedi healer, and discovered that bota enhanced her Force powers.

Offee's co-workers at Rimsoo Seven were, among others, the protocol droid [[I-5YQ]], a young surgeon named [[Jos Vondar]], and a [[Sullustan/Legends|Sullustan]] HoloNet reporter named [[Den Dhur]]. She discovered that [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Tarnese Bleyd]], commander of the local MedStar, was profiting from a bota smuggling ring. Though he was stopped, the Republic operations on Drongar continued to be harassed by the Confederacy, which continually attacked their bota fields until the intervention of a [[Venator-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Venator''-class Star Destroyer]] ended the hostilities. Later, Offee returned to Coruscant and was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight.

=====The devastation of Honoghr=====
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Included among the many tragedies of year three was the devastation of the planet [[Honoghr/Legends|Honoghr]]. A Republic force under Aayla Secura's command engaged the Separatist Core Ship ''[[Gahenna]]'' in orbit of the planet, forcing it to crash land on the surface. Unfortunately, the ship still carried the deadly toxin [[Trihexalophine1138]], which spread across the entire planet and dramatically damaged its ecosystem, leaving little plant life except for plains of kholm grass.

It was also here that Aayla Secura and [[Commander/Legends|Commander]] [[CC-5052/Legends|CC-5052]] attempted to recapture the [[Scientific Instrument Package]] aboard the ''Gahenna'' which had been captured by the native [[Noghri/Legends|Noghri]] and kept in an ancient [[Rakata/Legends|Rakatan]] temple. Meanwhile, the traitor Quinlan Vos attempted to retrieve the SIP for Dooku. However, Quinlan failed when Aayla made him realize that his obsession with hunting the second Sith might not be worth the choices he had made earlier. Doubting himself ever since he had joined Dooku, he left Honoghr empty handed though it was changed forever.

=====Republic terrorism=====
During the conflict, the Republic had caused grief for many inhabitants of the galaxy on several occasions, including the devastation of [[Orleon]] by [[Stone mite/Legends|stone mites]]. Prior to this, the Separatist scientist [[Jenna Zan Arbor]] had created [[Stone mite/Legends|stone mites]]&mdash;bioengineered insects that could devour buildings&mdash;with the help of [[Arkanian/Legends|Arkanian]] geneticists. These insects had ruined countless worlds since their introduction. On one occasion during a trip to Coruscant's busy [[Westport]], the freighter ''[[Spinner]]'', which had been affected by stone mites, crash-landed on [[Kishi]].

The stone mites then ravaged Kishi until [[Jedi healer/Legends|Jedi healers]] proficient in the art of [[Morichro/Legends|Morichro]] destroyed them. [[Armand Isard/Legends|Armand Isard]], director of the [[Senate Bureau of Intelligence/Legends|Senate Bureau of Intelligence]] denounced the incident as a Separatist act of terror and his agents traced the ''Spinner'' to a small Mid Rim world Orleon. Believing the planet had bioweapons facilities, he unleashed Republic-altered stone mites on the planet. However, he was wrong, since Orleon had no bioweapons facilities and the stonemites destroyed much of the planet. Nothing could be done and the planet's 800 million inhabitants were forced to flee.

====The Southern Campaign====
=====Targeting Grievous=====
{{Main|Battle of Gentes}}
Grievous' atrocities in the Core prompted many Jedi to call for the cyborg General's assassination. However, Master Yoda opposed such extreme measures, fearing that the actions of the Jedi assassins would lead to their fall to the dark side. Despite this, some risked excommunication to carry out what they saw as justice. This included Padawan [[Flynn Kybo]], [[Coway]] Jedi Master [[B'dard Tone]] and a few others.<ref name="Star Wars: General Grievous">''[[Star Wars: General Grievous]]''</ref>

This group of Jedi tracked the infamous cyborg general in the [[Ison Corridor]]. On the [[Ugnaught/Legends|Ugnaught]] homeworld [[Gentes/Legends|Gentes]], Grievous's forces had [[Battle of Gentes|conquered]] the planet and enslaved its inhabitants. Strip-mining also took place on the planet. He also captured a group of Padawans on Gentes and intended to make them into cyborgs though his attempts were foiled by Kybo and Tone.<ref name="Star Wars: General Grievous" />

=====Uprising on Bpfassh=====
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The suppression of a [[Dark Jedi/Legends|Dark Jedi]] uprising on [[Bpfassh]] would later be considered to be one of the turning points of the war.<ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', p. 152</ref> The [[Sluis sector/Legends|Sluis sector]] was in a state of near-constant fighting as the [[Sons and Daughters of Freedom]] continued to attack Separatist forces in the region. The stress of the ongoing Sluis sector battles triggered an outbreak of fanatical militarism within [[Bpfassh]]'s [[Jedi Praxeum]], and, fully in the grip of the [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side]], the Jedi there joined the Separatist-aligned [[Jensaarai/Legends|Jensaarai]].<ref name="NEC" />

Bpfasshi Dark Jedi were responsible for a rampage of terror and destruction throughout the [[Sluis sector/Legends|Sluis sector]], setting themselves against the Sons and Daughters of Freedom before the insurrection was quelled by a [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] task force led by [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]]. Yoda's task force secured the sector, but the uprising was considered a fiasco by many veterans involved, and the [[Bpfasshi]] would harbor a strong dislike for the Jedi for many years afterwards.<ref>''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''</ref>

====The Republic gains momentum====
=====The Outer Rim Sieges=====
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{{Quote|The strategy is working perfectly, my lord. The Jedi and their forces are spread thinly across the Outer Rim territories in a vain attempt to contain our new offensive.|[[Grievous/Legends|Grievous]] to [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]]|<ref name="SW:CW" />}}
[[File:Clone_wars_ors.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Map of the progress of the [[Outer Rim Sieges/Legends|Outer Rim Sieges]] and the final months of the Clone Wars.]]
Despite the upset of [[Operation Durge's Lance]] and the terror spread by Grievous throughout the Core, the Republic was at last gaining traction and now had the momentum on its side. With the [[Bulwark Fleet]] destroyed and the Rendili Dreadnaughts secured, Duro was [[Second battle of Duro|liberated]]. Along with victories at [[Battle of Commenor (Clone Wars)|Commenor]], and [[Battle of Balmorra (Clone Wars)|Balmorra]], this battle was instrumental driving the Confederacy from its bases in the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]] and the [[Colonies/Legends|Colonies]] regions of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]]. Meanwhile, steady pressure by the [[Ninth Army]] had cleaved Separatist holdings in the [[New Territories/Legends|New Territories]] into two pieces, while the Separatist enclave on the Corellian Run Coreward of [[Ando/Legends|Ando]] had been reclaimed by the Republic. Separatist holdings on the [[Rimma Trade Route/Legends|Rimma Trade Route]] had also been reduced to a few enclaves around [[Xagobah/Legends|Xagobah]] and [[Yag'Dhul/Legends|Yag'Dhul]].<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 104-5</ref><ref>''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', p. 150</ref>

The Confederacy reinforced its Rim territories including its vast holdings on either side of [[The Slice/Legends|The Slice]]. Emboldened, the Republic deployed nearly every fleet element and troop transport to the Rim in an attempt to crush the Separatist fortresses. The Republic was now able to bring its vast industrial superiority to bear to crush the Confederacy with sheer weight of numbers. Thus began the [[Outer Rim Sieges/Legends|Outer Rim Sieges]], which marked the final phase of the conflict.<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 104-5</ref>

The Outer Rim Sieges were conducted in six theaters, named after the key Separatist worlds in each - [[Mygeeto/Legends|Mygeeto]], [[Serenno/Legends|Serenno]], [[Felucia/Legends|Felucia]], [[Siskeen/Legends|Siskeen]], [[Yag'Dhul/Legends|Yag'Dhul]] and [[Praesitlyn]].<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 104-5</ref> In the [[Praesitlyn theater]], the [[Nineteenth Army]] advanced against [[Bomis Koori IV]], where Corporate Alliance [[Koorivar/Legends|Koorivar]] [[General/Legends|General]] [[Oro Dassyne/Legends|Oro Dassyne]] commanded a Separatist fortress-city. Anticipating a massive Jedi force would storm his fortress, he had constructed a gigantic network of defensive guns that covered the side of the city facing the open plains, and he reinforced his position with a powerful [[Deflector shield/Legends|energy shield]].<ref name="CW22">{{CW|22}}</ref> Dassyne was disappointed when he learned that instead of the huge army he had envisioned two Jedi had infiltrated his fortress and deactivated the ray shields. These Jedi were the legendary Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, who then attacked with an army small and fast enough to avoid fire from the massive defense batteries of Dassyne's fortress. With the shield down, the base was decimated by orbital strikes and starfighter bombardment. During the ensuing firefight, Dassyne was killed.<ref name="CW22" />

In the same theater, troops from [[Eriadu/Legends|Eriadu]] under Wilhuff Tarkin broke out from the salient and besieged [[Triton/Legends|Triton]], [[Sluis Van/Legends|Sluis Van]] and [[Xagobah/Legends|Xagobah]].<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 104-5</ref> Around the same time, Jedi Master [[Nem Bees]] led [[CT-65/91-6210|Deviss]] and [[K Company]] to depose an illegal government on [[Orto/Legends|Orto]]. In the [[Serenno theater]], the Republic defeated the Confederacy at the [[Battle of New Bornalex]] and again at [[Ord Radama/Legends|Ord Radama]], hoping to clear the way to the hyperspace crossroads of [[Celanon/Legends|Celanon]] and Dooku's homeworld of [[Serenno/Legends|Serenno]].

In the [[New Territories/Legends|New Territories]], [[Plo Koon/Legends|Plo Koon]] defeated the Confederacy at the [[Ywllandr system]], clearing the way for [[Ki-Adi-Mundi/Legends|Ki-Adi-Mundi's]] forces, including the [[Galactic Marines]], to assault the key [[InterGalactic Banking Clan/Legends|InterGalactic Banking Clan]] stronghold of [[Mygeeto/Legends|Mygeeto]]. The [[Battle of Mygeeto]] would last weeks, carrying on to the very end of the war.<ref>''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'', pp. 104-5</ref>

=====The Felucia theater=====
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[[File:Epic_Battles.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Clone troopers on a field of battle]]
The fiercest fighting of the Outer Rim Sieges came in the [[Felucia theater]], which included the [[Foundry of the Confederacy/Legends|Foundry of the Confederacy]]. At the [[Battle of Murkhana (Clone Wars)|Battle of Murkhana]], the Republic scored a propaganda victory when it successfully closed down the CIS Shadowfeed.<ref name="EGTWAC" /> On [[Bal'demnic]], the Confederacy of Independent Systems discovered traces of [[Cortosis/Legends|cortosis]] in the sea cliffs and attempted to enslave the [[Kon'me]] and mine the cliffs for the lightsaber resistant substance. The Kon'me rebelled and started the [[Battle of Bal'demnic]]. Soon enough, a clone regiment led by [[Sha Koon]] and [[Halagad Ventor]] landed on the planet but were attacked by the natives, and soon the Separatists and Republic were expelled from the system.<ref name="Bal'demnic Databank">{{DB|location|baldemnic|Bal'demnic|archivedate=20110826223000}}</ref>

The [[Battle of Felucia (Outer Rim Sieges)/Legends|Battle of Felucia]] proved to be one of the most fiercely-contested battles of the Outer Rim Sieges, fought in what a veteran of the 501st Legion described as horrendous jungle conditions. Commerce Guild President [[Shu Mai/Legends|Shu Mai]] returned to her headquarters on the planet to make arrangements concerning the liquidation of her holdings. However, the newly Knighted Barriss Offee and the [[Selonian/Legends|Selonian]] Padawan [[Zonder]] went to Felucia and attempted to capture her, although they were captured. Later, [[Aayla Secura/Legends|Aayla Secura]] and Clone Commander [[CC-5052/Legends|CC-5052]] came to the rescue. Unfortunately for them, Shu Mai unleashed a deadly bioweapon into Felucia's water systems before escaping.<ref name="Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune">''[[Reversal of Fortune]]''</ref>

On [[Saleucami/Legends|Saleucami]], the fallen Jedi [[Sora Bulq/Legends|Sora Bulq]] established a Separatist base. He hired elite Anzati assassins to train the Confederacy's own clone army, which was grown from the genetic material of [[Nikto/Legends|Nikto]] [[Morgukai]] warriors. In response, Quinlan Vos and [[Oppo Rancisis/Legends|Oppo Rancisis]] led a huge Republic force that consisted of A'Sharad Hett, [[K'Kruhk]], [[Sian Jeisel]], Aayla Secura, and others, to lay siege to Saleucami, thus beginning the [[Siege of Saleucami/Legends|Siege of Saleucami]].

[[File:Battleofbozpity.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The Clone Wars spreads over the world of Boz Pity.]]
To prevent a relief of [[Saleucami/Legends|Saleucami]], Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, A'Sharad Hett, Adi Gallia, and several other Jedi agreed to launch a pre-emptive assault on [[Boz Pity/Legends|Boz Pity]]. The ''Intervention'' dropped out of hyperspace behind the Separatist fleet, but it was caught in the planet's gravity and was forced to crash-land on the surface. With the element of surprise on their side, the Jedi and their clone troopers were able to quickly secure the surface installations. In space, the rest of the Republic fleet arrived shortly and engaged in a fierce battle with the Confederacy ships. Meanwhile, the Jedi attacked the Confederacy headquarters, where Dooku, Grievous, and Ventress were waiting. [[Soon Bayts]] was killed by Grievous. Later on, Jedi Master Adi Gallia was also murdered by Grievous, held by the neck by Grievous's hand while he gutted her with a lightsaber. Kenobi confronted Ventress, managing to redeem her at the last moment, but Dooku and Grievous escaped. Ventress, trying to reach Dooku, was blasted down by a MagnaGuard, which was reacting upon orders from Dooku, who did not want Ventress to delay his escape. Critically injured, Ventress warned Kenobi about the upcoming attack on Coruscant, and apparently died. She later was revealed to be alive, thanks to her [[Force healing/Legends|healing]] techniques, as she hijacked a shuttle and took off into parts unknown.<ref name="Star Wars: Obsession">''[[Star Wars: Obsession]]''</ref>

=====Hunt for the Confederate leadership=====
In an attempt to precipitate the end of the war, the Jedi began actively hunting for the Separatist leadership, including Count Dooku, General Grievous, and the Council of Separatists. Many of the Confederacy's top commanders were killed or captured during the course of the Outer Rim Sieges, such as the bounty hunter Durge, who met his end thanks to Anakin Skywalker during the latter's [[mission to Maramere]], when his [[Escape pod/Legends|escape pod]] was driven into a star. On a temporary leave from the battlefront, Obi-Wan Kenobi took on a personal mission to find and neutralize the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress, whom he believed was still alive and dangerous. With the help of Skywalker, Kenobi followed the trail to [[Boz Pity/Legends|Boz Pity]], a major Confederacy base surrounded by a fleet of over a hundred warships. By chance, the two Jedi were found by Bail Organa, who was investigating the situation in the Outer Rim. Kenobi then called in a full Republic assault force to lay siege to Boz Pity.<ref name="Star Wars: Obsession" />

On different occasions, Wat Tambor, Nute Gunray, and Shu Mai were all nearly captured when they fled to their respective personal strongholds on [[Xagobah/Legends|Xagobah]], [[Cato Neimoidia/Legends|Cato Neimoidia]], and [[Felucia/Legends|Felucia]]. Eventually, General Grievous decided to take the entire Council under his personal protection.<ref name="LOE" />

=====Other theaters=====
Republic forces deployed from [[Rothana/Legends|Rothana]] and [[Excarga/Legends|Excarga]] sought to clear the outer [[Corellian Run/Legends|Corellian Run]] of Separatists in the [[Siskeen theater]], engaging at [[Ryloth/Legends|Ryloth]]. In the [[Trans-Hydian]], a Republic task force spearheaded by the [[Praetor-class battlecruiser|''Praetor''-class battlecruiser]] ''[[Quaestor]]'' [[Destruction of Pammant|attacked]] the Separatist shipbuilding world of [[Pammant/Legends|Pammant]] in [[Calamari sector/Legends|Mon Calamari Space]]. Aiming to destroy [[Pammant Docks/Legends|Pammant Docks]], tragedy struck when a [[Hyperdrive/Legends|hyperdrive]] mishap caused the ''Quaestor'' to collide with Pammant, fracturing the planet to the core and irradiating the atmosphere.<ref name="ICS">''[[Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections]]''</ref> Hundreds of other engagements throughout the Rim locked up millions of Separatist warships in battles with the Republic navy, which was now unable to break off its attack, should the Confederacy once again gain the advantage.

The Jedi Generals were spread thinly throughout the galaxy, and they had only their clone soldiers to accompany them. The Republic's heartland was now vulnerable to an attack by General Grievous' personal battle fleet, which was exactly what the Sith wanted: the [[Yag'Dhul theater]] was abruptly all-but abandoned by the Confederacy to supply warships for General Grievous' strike at Coruscant itself. Massing at [[Abregado-rae/Legends|Abregado-rae]], thousands of Confederate warships prepared for a jump through the [[Deep Core/Legends|Deep Core]] to make a final desperation strike at the Republic's capital.

====The end of the war====
=====The Battle of Kashyyyk=====
{{Quote|The droids have started up their main power generators.''"<br />"''Then now, the time is, Commander.|Clone Marshal Commander [[CC-1004/Legends|CC-1004]] and [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]]|<ref name="Episode III" />}}
[[File:BattlefrontKashyyyk.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The war [[Battle of Kashyyyk/Legends|arrives]] on [[Kashyyyk/Legends|Kashyyyk]].]]
As the Separatists were driven off Coruscant and the Outer Rim Sieges resumed, the end of the war was in sight, but Palpatine stressed that the Separatist threat would not end until General Grievous was destroyed. However, the Jedi soon had more pressing concerns.

On [[Kashyyyk/Legends|Kashyyyk]], a combined Republic/[[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]] force repelled a second [[Battle of Kashyyyk/Legends|Separatist invasion]]. Kashyyyk was a major navigation hub for the eastern quadrant of the galaxy, making it a strategically important system which had long been a target for the Separatist military. Confederate leaders requested the Wookiees join their rebellion, but the Kashyyyk royal families proved indecisive. General Grievous, having become impatient regarding their decision to join the Confederacy, decided to send battle droids to "persuade" them. The droids unintentionally killed Prince [[Rikummee]], and an enraged King [[Grakchawwaa/Legends|Grakchawwaa]] decided to oppose the Separatists in revenge.

After a number of probing attacks throughout the war the Separatists finally decided on a full scale invasion of the city of [[Kachirho/Legends|Kachirho]] in the [[Wawaatt Archipelago/Legends|Wawaatt Archipelago]]. This was to serve as a literal beach head into the rest of the forest covered planet. To this end the Separatists made particular use of the age old enmity between the native Wookiee and their system neighbors the Trandoshans to prepare for their attack. The Trandoshans did this in a number of ways, in particular by raiding the city and taking its leader, General [[Tarfful/Legends|Tarfful]] prisoner, using their slaving activities as a cover for the true objective. In secret the Separatists landed a large droid force and prepared for their attack. However, while the system was an important strategic location and both sides believed the battle to be straightforward, it was in fact little more than a diversion by Darth Sidious.

The clone commandos of Delta Squad were [[Mission to Kashyyyk (Clone Wars)|dispatched]] to find Tarfful and unite the Wookiees against the Separatists. After rescuing a Wookiee Chieftain, the commandos aided the Wookiee resistance in Kachirho against the Separatist forces, destroying a Commerce Guild destroyer in orbit. [[RC-1207/Legends|RC-1207]] was lost while fighting, and Delta Squad pulled out on a gunship as the Separatist counterattack came. During the aftermath, they discovered they were an advance group for a Republic invasion force.<ref name="Republic Commando" />
[[File:WookieeCharge-ROTS.png|thumb|left|250px|[[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiees]] defend their homeworld from invading Separatist [[Separatist Droid Army/Legends|forces]].]]
Kashyyyk was considered too important to lose to the Separatists, so battalions of clone troopers from the [[41st Stormtrooper Legion|41st Elite Corps]] supplemented by units assigned to the [[501st Legion/Legends|501st Legion]] were dispatched to the Wookiee homeworld to aid the Wookiee forces engaged in battle with a Separatist droid army.<ref name="Episode III" /> Yoda held good relations with the Wookiees, and thus became the commanding officer for the Republic forces sent to the system. He was assisted in the direction of the combined forces by General Tarfful and [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]], heads of the local Wookiee defense force. Jedi Masters Luminara Unduli and Quinlan Vos (having been reassigned from Boz Pity) were also present.

The Separatists were already blockading the planet by the time Yoda's forces arrived. However, General Yoda's fleet was able to penetrate the blockade and land on the surface. The space battle continued, cutting the detachment of droids already landed off from the rest of the Separatist Fleet. The droid battalions established their command posts and attacked.

On the vehicle front, Wookiee [[Oevvaor jet catamaran|flying catamarans]] were aided by [[HAVw A6 Juggernaut/Legends|Juggernauts]], [[All Terrain Attack Pod/Legends|AT-AP]] and [[All Terrain Recon Transport/Legends|AT-RT]] walkers and other assault vehicles. They faced enormous opposition from Separatist [[NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcer/Legends|droid tanks]], [[OG-9 homing spider droid/Legends|OG-9 homing spider droids]] and [[HMP droid gunship/Legends|HMP droid gunships]].

Despite the best efforts of the combined Wookiee/Republic defense, Kachirho soon became in danger of being overrun by the Separatists. Two things managed to save the Wookiees: the death of General Grievous at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Utapau, and the subsequent deactivation of the droid army. Unfortunately, both of these actions would bring about a disaster that would be far worse for them.
=====The Battle of Utapau=====
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{{Quote|I'll keep them distracted until you get there. Just don't take too long.''"<br />"''Come on, when have I ever let you down?|[[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and [[Clone marshal commander]] [[CC-2224/Legends|CC-2224]]|<ref name="Episode III" />}}
[[File:212th Battalion.png|thumb|left|250px|[[Clone trooper commander|Commander]] [[CC-2224/Legends|CC-2224]] leads the [[212th Attack Battalion/Legends|212th Attack Battalion]] against the Separatists on [[Utapau/Legends|Utapau]].]]
The turning point finally came when [[Clone Intelligence/Legends|Clone Intelligence]] located the Separatist stronghold on [[Utapau/Legends|Utapau]] and the Jedi Council assigned Kenobi the task of bringing the General to justice. Arriving on Utapau, he was greeted by [[Tion Medon/Legends|Tion Medon]], who informed him of the General's location. After selecting the services of a [[Varactyl/Legends|varactyl]] named [[Boga/Legends|Boga]], Kenobi made his way to the tenth level of [[Pau City/Legends|Pau City]], where he engaged in a brief duel with the General. Not long after, the [[212th Attack Battalion/Legends|212th Attack Battalion]], led by Commander CC-2224 arrived and engaged what little remained of the Separatist droid army.<ref name="Episode III" />The clones proceeded to destroy the Anti-Air Turrets so that LAAT reinforcements could be brought in.

Taking the opportunity to leave, Grievous boarded a [[Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike]] and fled the scene. Kenobi pursued the General throughout the battle until they reached the General's personal [[Belbullab-22 starfighter]], where they fought once more. Grievous appeared to have the upper hand on Kenobi until the Jedi Master called Grievous's [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]] to him using the Force. Then he shot him several times, destroying his organs.

General Grievous, one of the greatest threats to the Republic in its history, was dead at last.  Republic forces continued to push back the droid forces until they received [[Order 66/Legends|Order 66]].

=====Order 66=====
{{Quote|What I remember about the rise of the Empire is… is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Clone Wars, the 501st Legion was discreetly transferred back to Coruscant. It was a silent trip. We all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts? Any private traitorous thoughts? Perhaps, but no one said a word. Not on the flight back to Coruscant, not when Order 66 came down, and not when we marched into the Jedi Temple. Not a word.|Account of the siege of the Jedi Temple from an [[Retired clone trooper|unidentified clone trooper]]|<ref name="501st Journal">[[501st Journal]]</ref>}}
{{Main|Operation: Knightfall|set=Order 66|Battle of Felucia (Outer Rim Sieges)|Siege of Saleucami|Battle of Cato Neimoidia (Order 66)|Battle of Mygeeto}}
[[File:AnakinandtheChancellor.png|thumb|left|250px|[[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] further pushing Anakin Skywalker to the [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side]] of [[The Force/Legends|the Force]].]][[File:Mace's_Death.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Mace Windu/Legends|Mace Windu]] is killed by the devastating [[Force lightning/Legends|Force lightning]] of Darth Sidious.]]
During the events of the Clone Wars, Palpatine became a father figure to Anakin Skywalker. The young Jedi felt comfortable discussing events with the Chancellor that he hid from even Kenobi or Amidala. Palpatine used Skywalker's growing mistrust of the Jedi Council to his advantage, playing against his insecurities by saying that he could offer him much more than the Council ever could. He also revealed his secret identity as Darth Sidious to Skywalker, knowing that he would go to the Jedi Council and report this.

Skywalker did report this information to Mace Windu, who arrived at the Chancellor's Office with fellow Jedi Kit Fisto, Saesee Tiin, and [[Agen Kolar/Legends|Agen Kolar]], intent on bringing an end to the Chancellor's reign. Within moments, however, Windu was the only one alive facing off against the powerful Sith Lord. Skywalker, against Mace Windu's orders, arrived at the Chancellor's Office and witnessed Palpatine disarmed and cornered by Windu. Taking advantage of the scene, Palpatine succeeded in seducing Skywalker. As Windu was about to deliver the killing blow, Skywalker betrayed Windu by severing his lightsaber hand, allowing Palpatine to hurl Windu out the window to his death using Force Lightning. Having committed an act of betrayal against a fellow Jedi, Skywalker knew that his options were limited. Betraying the Jedi and pledging himself to Palpatine, he became a Sith and was given the name Darth Vader. His first task was to lead the 501st Legion to the Jedi Temple and eliminate every single Jedi inside. He was then ordered to go to [[Mustafar/Legends|Mustafar]] to eliminate the Separatist Council. The [[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|Great Jedi Purge]] had begun.<ref name="Episode III" />
[[File:FlamingTemple.png|thumb|left|250px|The [[Jedi Temple]] lies in ruins after the [[Operation: Knightfall|attack]] by [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]] and the [[501st Legion/Legends|501st Legion]].]]
[[Clone trooper/Legends|Clone troopers]] of the [[501st Legion/Legends|501st Legion]] whom were assumed to be under the influence of Sidious's secret protocol, order 66, were transported to Coruscant in several [[Venator-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Venator''-class Star Destroyers]] that stayed over the city throughout the operation. Marching silently to the gates of the Temple with the clones, Vader commenced [[Operation: Knightfall]], the destruction of the [[Jedi Temple]] and all within it, Masters, Padawans and Younglings alike. As Operation: Knightfall was nearing its conclusion, [[Senator/Legends|Senator]] [[Bail Prestor Organa/Legends|Bail Organa]] arrived to investigate and witnessed the execution of [[Padawan/Legends|Padawan]] [[Zett Jukassa/Legends|Zett Jukassa]]. The clones who executed Jukassa prepared to fire on Organa, but Clone Sergeant Fox ordered them to stand down, feeling that enough had been killed that night. Fox politely told Organa it was time for him to leave. Organa left, but decided to warn any surviving Jedi of what happened.

As Vader eliminated the Jedi at the Temple on Coruscant, Palpatine sent a message to the Clone Commanders stationed across the galaxy, telling them to execute Order 66. With this transmission, the Clone troopers' inhibitor chips activated and brainwashed them into viewing the Jedi as traitors of the Republic that needed to be eliminated immediately. On Utapau, troopers under the command of Cody opened fire on Kenobi and Boga. With the clones assuming Kenobi dead, the fight went on as normal until the battle droids were shut down.<ref name="Episode III" /> On other parts of the galaxy, the Clones gunned down their Jedi Commanders. The Jedi were caught of guard by the sudden betrayal of their Clone Troopers, but only a handful survivied. On Kashyyyk, Yoda sensed a grave disturbance in the Force as the battle was winding down. This was Order 66, which was being carried out throughout the galaxy. Clone Commander CC-1004 received a comlink-call on a frequency-locked channel reserved for the commanders. The image of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine instructed him to carry out the order to kill the Jedi Master, General Yoda. As the clones prepared to execute him, Yoda drew his lightsaber and in one fell swoop decapitated his would-be assassins. Yoda then proceeded to escape into the nearby jungle along with Wookiee warriors Tarfful and [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]].

Jedi that were killed during Order 66 included such well known Jedi Masters as Aayla Secura on Felucia, Stass Allie on Saleucami, Ki-Adi Mundi on Mygeeto, Plo Koon on Cato Neimoidia, and [[Cin Drallig/Legends|Cin Drallig]], along with hundreds of other Jedi of all ranks around the galaxy. Jedi that managed to survive the attack included Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, [[Shaak Ti/Legends|Shaak Ti]] (who would be killed by [[Galen Marek]] [[3 BBY/Legends|many years later]]), [[Kazdan Paratus]] (who would also be killed by Galen Marek years later), [[Rahm Kota]], and A'Sharad Hett, among [[Great Jedi Purge#Known survivors or unaccounted Jedi as of the end of the Purge.3B 1 BBY|a handful of others]].

=====The Mission to Mustafar=====
{{Main|Mission to Mustafar/Legends}}
After his mission to cleanse the Temple of Jedi, Vader took a [[Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor|Eta-2 ''Actis''-class interceptor]] (with R2-D2 in tandem) to Mustafar. The Separatist Council, having been informed by Sidious in a deceitful manner, that he would arrive soon, assumed that he was coming to give them a handsome reward. Instead, he viciously slaughtered every single one of them without remorse. Those killed were: Nute Gunray and [[Rune Haako/Legends|Rune Haako]], with their aide [[Aruteous Gunnay|Rute Gunnay]], San Hill, Wat Tambor, Poggle the Lesser, Shu Mai and her aide [[Cat Miin/Legends|Cat Miin]], [[Passel Argente/Legends|Passel Argente]] and his aide [[Denaria Kee/Legends|Denaria Kee]], and [[Po Nudo/Legends|Po Nudo]] and his [[Nank Tun/Legends|aide]]. Nute Gunray was the last to be killed &ndash; he begged for peace, but Vader still cut him down.

Palpatine then ordered Vader to send a deactivation signal, which was, ironically, originally developed by Geonosian engineer [[Gizor Dellso]] (who would attempt to rebuild the Separatist Droid Army on Mustafar many years later) to prevent anyone from using the Droid Army against them. Gizor Dellso himself was at one point on Mustafar, but managed to avoid being killed by Vader.

The signal was activated and the vast majority of the Confederacy's military strength (which was largely made up of droids) simply shut down, forcing over 99% of the Separatist forts and planets to surrender to the Republic, and bringing the Separatist movement to an quick end. With the extermination of their leadership and the prompt-shutdown of most of their forces, the Trade Federation, Techno Union, Commerce Guild, and Corporate Alliance surrendered or dissolved, and their assets were soon subsumed by the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]].<ref name="Episode III" />

==Aftermath==
With both the Separatists and Jedi effectively eliminated, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine spoke before the Senate, [[Declaration of a New Order|declaring]] an end to the Clone Wars and the reorganization of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] into the first [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], appointing himself as [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]], ruling with absolute powers for life. He also declared the Jedi to be traitors to the Republic, displaying tampered recordings of his [[Showdown on Coruscant|encounter]] with the Jedi, and that any remaining Jedi would soon be brought to justice. This declaration was met with thunderous applause by much of the Senate, though there were those that held reservations about what they had just heard.

Following Palpatine's declaration, major changes occurred in the fabric of the former Republic. Members of the [[Petition of 2000]], delivered to Palpatine in the days prior to the establishment of the Empire, were arrested and charged with treason. The Commission for the Protection of the Republic, formed during the Clone Wars, was merged with the [[Imperial Security Bureau/Legends|Imperial Security Bureau]] and renamed the [[Commission for the Preservation of the New Order/Legends|Commission for the Preservation of the New Order]].<ref>''[[Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241]]''</ref> The clone troopers were reorganized under the name Imperial [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]]. The war machines of the Republic (such as the [[Acclamator-class assault ship|''Acclamator''-class]] transport and AT-TE) were retired from active service on the front lines in favor of new weapons of war such as the [[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperial''-class Star Destroyer]] and AT-AT. The captains of the Republic ships that participated in major conflicts of the Clone Wars (such as the Siege of Saleucami and recovery of the Rendili ''Dreadnaught''-class cruisers) were given the credit for winning the battles, completely eliminating the Jedi's' involvement.

The assets of the Trade Federation, Commerce Guild, Corporate Alliance, Techno Union and InterGalactic Banking Clan were brought under the Empire's direct control and administration. With [[Nute Gunray/Legends|Nute Gunray]] dead, Acting Viceroy [[Sentepeth Findos]] signed [[Imperial–Trade Federation treaty|a treaty]] with the Empire at blasterpoint, surrendering control of all Federation assets and dissolving the Trade Federation. This treaty was opposed by Federation customs vizier [[Marath Vooro]], who led a [[Trade Federation resistance|resistance]] against the Empire until his defeat at the hands of [[Grand Moff/Legends|Grand Moff]] [[Octavian Grant]] in the [[Five Veils Campaign]].

Though Palpatine declared an end to the Clone Wars with his Inaugural Address, in truth a number of [[Separatist holdouts/Legends|Separatist holdouts]] remained that the Empire would have to deal with throughout the next decade. Some battle droid forces escaped the deactivation order or were reactivated by Separatist Senators like [[Toonbuck Toora/Legends|Toonbuck Toora]], who fought on against the Empire. Pockets of Separatist forces collected in the [[Ciutric sector]], the [[Western Reaches/Legends|Western Reaches]], and the old [[Foundry of the Confederacy/Legends|Foundry of the Confederacy]]. The majority of these holdouts would be dealt with by [[17 BBY/Legends|17 BBY]] with the Imperial [[Reconquest of the Rim]], though the surviving Geonosian engineer [[Gizor Dellso]] attempted to continue the Separatist cause possibly as late as [[12 BBY/Legends|12 BBY]]. As the last leader of the remaining Separatists, he attempted to churn out a droid army of his own on [[Mustafar/Legends|Mustafar]]. He was quickly destroyed, however, by the 501st Legion at the [[Battle of Mustafar (Imperial Period)|Battle of Mustafar]], and the last real influence of the Separatists was eliminated.

The Clone Wars, as the largest galactic conflict ever during its day, still had consequences that lasted through the ages. It resulted in a distrust of droids by many, in the devastation of many planets, and weakening the galaxy in preparation for Imperial rule. The Clone Wars had ended, the Jedi had been exterminated, the Galactic Republic had fallen, and in its place stood the Galactic Empire.<ref name="Episode III" />

==Behind the scenes==
The Clone Wars was first mentioned in [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''A New Hope'']] by Obi-Wan Kenobi and later Princess Leia Organa, although at the time no mention was made about what they actually were. Phrases such as 'during the Clone Wars' were often mentioned in works to give some evidence of depth in narration. Another early concept for the Clone Wars was a war between the Republic and the Mandalorians as mentioned in ''[[The Galactic Empire Scrapbook]]'', though this was published less than a year before the script to [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''The Phantom Menace'']] was written.

It was widely assumed that the Clone Wars ended long before the establishment of the Empire; ''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded|A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition]]'' listed the end of the Clone Wars as [[35 BBY/Legends|35 BBY]] (which was later [[retcon|retconned]] into being the [[Great ReSynchronization]]), and [[Mon Mothma/Legends|Mon Mothma]] in ''[[The Farlander Papers]]'' spoke of the "decades of peace" between the end of the Clone Wars and the rise of the Empire, with Palpatine being elected President during the war but not declaring himself Emperor and exterminating the Jedi until much later. However, in [[Star Wars (Marvel Comics 1977)|Marvel ''Star Wars ''comics]], the Clone Wars were said to be at a time late enough that [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] was a notable figure, a grown-up [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]] fought in the conflict, and "The Emperor" was already in power; these errors would be collectively retconned by having Leia be mistaken for her mother, Darth Sidious later becoming the Emperor, and "Boba" actually being a [[Spar|rogue clone]] who was rumored to be the offspring of Jango Fett.

During the [[Bantam Spectra|Bantam]] era of the [[Star Wars Legends|Expanded Universe]], authors were limited in how they could describe the events of the conflict. Prior to the release of Episode II, the general consensus among fans was that the "Clone" in "the Clone Wars" referred to clones being the antagonists in a war against the Republic and the Jedi. Most Expanded Universe material written prior to 2002 seemed to support this belief, with the canceled [[Kenner Products|Kenner]] toy line [[The Epic Continues]] involving one of the primary architects of the Clone Wars returning to subjugate the galaxy in the aftermath of Palpatine's death at Endor.

This changed in 2002, when [[Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones|''Star Wars'': Episode II ''Attack of the Clones'']] would tell the events that occurred during this time.

Since the release of ''Clones'' and ''Sith'', the Expanded Universe material set in the [[Rebellion era]] and the [[New Republic era]] or later in the timeline, has made an effort to include the newly revealed information. Such examples can be seen in the ''[[Star Wars: Empire]]'' comic series (where both ''Acclamator''-class warships and AT-TEs can be seen), the appearance of an unmasked [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]] in several comics and [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] recounting events from ''Revenge of the Sith'' (including [[Operation: Knightfall]] and the birth of Luke and Leia at [[Polis Massa/Legends|Polis Massa]]), during the [[Star Wars: The Dark Nest Trilogy|''Dark Nest Trilogy'']].

From 2002 to 2007, the Clone Wars era was one of the most completely and coherently documented in the Expanded Universe. While there was no date given for some events such as clone troopers adopting [[Phase II clone trooper armor/Legends|Phase II clone trooper armor]], most major events of the war were given a specific month on the 36-month timeline of the Clone Wars, such as Anakin Skywalker's knighting ceremony, which took place 30 months into the war. However, the 2008 ''The Clone Wars'' multimedia project [[retcon]]ned the entire timeline to make room for the new continuity, which would not have fit anywhere on the timeline otherwise. Changes include Anakin Skywalker having been knighted shortly after the Battle of Geonosis and the addition of his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano. A definitive timeline was never released prior to the declaration of most content released prior to [[April 25]], [[2014]] being part of a non-[[canon]] continuity known as "[[Star Wars Legends|''Star Wars'' Legends]]."

==Translations==
*In the Italian edition of ''A New Hope'', the Clone Wars ("Guerre dei Cloni", literally: "Wars of the Clones") are called for unknown reasons "Guerre dei Quoti" ("Wars of the [results of the mathematic division if with a rimanent part]").

==Appearances==
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*''[[The Paradise Snare]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|7|Passages}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Domain of Evil]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Two|story=Domain of Evil|stext=''Domain of Evil''}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Han Solo's Revenge]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Han Solo and the Lost Legacy]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Luke's Fate]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (radio)|''Star Wars'' radio drama]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novelization]] {{1stm}}
*{{Film|IV}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Super Star Wars]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Tatooine Manhunt]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Three|story=Tatooine Manhunt}} {{Mo}}
*[[Starfall (adventure)|''Starfall'']] {{Mo}}
*''[[Graveyard of Alderaan]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{WEGCite|story=Graveyard of Alderaan|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Two}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|5|Galaxywide NewsNets}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|8|Galaxywide NewsNets}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|9|Lumrunners}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 8|''Star Wars'' (1977) 8]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 28|''Star Wars'' (1977) 28]] {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|8|Uhl Eharl Khoehng (short story)|Uhl Eharl Khoehng}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars Missions 14: The Monsters of Dweem]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|12|Idol Intentions}} {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novelization]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 47|''Star Wars'' (1977) 47]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 53|''Star Wars'' (1977) 53]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 66|''Star Wars'' (1977) 66]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 68|''Star Wars'' (1977) 68]] {{Flash}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (novel)|''Shadows of the Empire'' novel]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 69|''Star Wars'' (1977) 69]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Mandalorian Armor]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Truce at Bakura]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Star Wars Gamemaster Screen|story=Prophet of Doom}} {{Mo}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Twin Stars of Kira (West End Games)|text=''Twin Stars of Kira''|story=Den of Spies}} {{Mo}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Twin Stars of Kira (West End Games)|text=''Twin Stars of Kira''|story=For a Few Kilotons More}} {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: Rogue Squadron]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: The Krytos Trap]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: The Bacta War]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|13|Conflict of Interest}} {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: Wraith Squadron]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Courtship of Princess Leia]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Heir to the Empire]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Dark Force Rising]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Last Command]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[I, Jedi]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Rebellion]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Specter of the Past]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Vision of the Future]]'' {{Mo}}
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===Non-canon appearances===
*''[[The Epic Continues]]'' {{C|Cancelled}} {{Mo}}

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*[[Star Wars: Droids (toy line)|''Star Wars: Droids'' toy line]]
*[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (first edition)|''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'']]
*''[[The Star Wars Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back]]''
*''[[Imperial Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters]]''
*''[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Death Star Technical Companion]]''
*[[Star Wars Miniatures Battles (first edition)|''Star Wars Miniatures Battles'']]
*''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Dark Force Rising Sourcebook]]''
*[[Wanted by Cracken (sourcebook)|''Wanted by Cracken'']]
*''[[Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts]]''
*''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''
*[[Twin Stars of Kira (West End Games)|''Twin Stars of Kira'']]
*''[[Super Empire Strikes Back Official Game Secrets]]''
*''[[The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
*[[Death Star Technical Companion (Second Edition)|''Death Star Technical Companion'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook]]''
*[[Star Wars Miniatures Battles (Second Edition)|''Star Wars Miniatures Battles'', Second Edition]]
*''[[The Last Command Sourcebook]]''
*"[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]"
*[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*[[Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters'', Second Edition]]
*[[Star Wars Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Star Wars Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Star Wars Screen Entertainment]]''
*[[Imperial Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Imperial Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Star Wars Technical Journal of the Rebel Forces]]''
*''[[The Star Wars Planets Collection]]''
*''[[Platt's Starport Guide]]''
*{{Journal|7|Into the Core Worlds}}
*[[Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin'', Second Edition]]
*[[Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope'', Second Edition]]
*[[Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi'', Second Edition]]
*{{GalaxyCite|1|Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor}}
*[[Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|''Star Wars: The Power of the Force'' (1995)]]
*''[[Heroes & Rogues]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''
*''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The Jedi Academy Sourcebook]]''
*{{Journal|10|Alliance Intelligence Report: TIE Fighters}}
*''[[The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]''
*''[[The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
*[[Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised]]''
*{{Journal|12|Imperial Garrisons}}
*{{StarWarsKidsCite|3|Star Wars Kids Answer Quest}}
*''[[Pirates & Privateers]]''
*''[[Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids]]''
*''[[Lords of the Expanse]]''
*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]''
*''[[Platt's Smugglers Guide]]''
*{{Journal|15|Special Military Unit Intelligence Update}}
*{{Journal|15|Tasariq: The Crystal Planet}}
*''[[The Far Orbit Project]]''
*''[[Alien Encounters]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]]''
*''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary]]''
*''[[The Art of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Chronicles]]''
*''[[The Official Star Wars 20th Anniversary Commemorative Magazine]]''
*''[[The Galactic Empire Scrapbook]]''
*''[[The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''
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|before-years=[[24 BBY/Legends|24]]&ndash;[[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]]
|after=[[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|Great Jedi Purge]]
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[[Category:Conflicts involving the Hutt Clan]]
[[Category:Conflicts involving the Jedi Order]]
[[Category:Conflicts of Hutt Space]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Colonies]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Core Worlds]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Expansion Region]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Greater Javin]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Inner Rim]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Mid Rim]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Outer Rim Territories]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Unknown Regions]]
[[Category:Conflicts of Wild Space]]
[[Category:Extragalactic conflicts]]