Clone Wars The Clone Wars ( 22 - 19 BBY ) , occasionally referred to as the Clone War or the Separatist War , was the name given to the three - year pan - galactic conflict that divided the galaxy in warfare between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The war ' s name is derived from the clone trooper s utilized by the Republic against that of the battle droid forces of the Confederacy . The respective armies that each composed , the Grand Army of the Republic and the Separatist Droid Army , were the two of the largest ever pitted against each other in galactic history , and fighting between them rapidly spread to countless inhabited worlds . Prior to the conflict , Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious amassed political power in his alter ego , the Republic ' s Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine , while his Sith apprentice , Count Dooku , sparked the Separatist Crisis that saw hundreds of Republic star system s flock to his nascent Confederacy . Dooku , a former Jedi Master , also secretly commissioned an army of clone trooper s from Kamino to serve as soldier s for the Jedi and the Republic in the coming war . Beginning with the First Battle of Geonosis , the conflict quickly spread throughout the galaxy with both sides scoring significant victories over the other . At different times during the war , it seemed that either side was likely to triumph over the other . During the initial phase of the war , both the Republic and the Confederacy vied for control of major hyperspace lanes to gain an advantage over one another , ending when Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , secured an alliance between the Republic and the Hutt Clan . The next two years of the war saw both sides skirmish with and raid each other , with worlds such as Ryloth , Felucia , Malastare , and even Kamino becoming flashpoints . During this time , the Separatists resorted to varied forms of warfare , developing super weapons like the twin ion cannon s of the battleship " Malevolence " and a weaponized variant of the Blue Shadow Virus , all in order to impair the Republic war machine . Meanwhile , the Republic launched several key offensives , including the Second Battle of Geonosis , which obliterated Geonosis ' s battle droid foundries ; as well as a futile Jedi - led operation to capture Supreme Commander of the Droid Army General Grievous at Saleucami . Amidst the escalating conflict , many planets — including Mandalore and other members of the Council of Neutral Systems — struggled to maintained their neutrality , but found it difficult to escape from the carnage . Over a year into the war , Republic Senator Padmé Amidala and Separatist Senator Mina Bonteri collaborated on an initiative to end the fighting , but Dooku and Grievous subverted their efforts by bombing the Republic capital of Coruscant . An ensuing peace conference on Mandalore similarly failed to gain traction . With no end in sight , the Jedi worked with local militaries like Mon Cala ' s military and Naboo ' s Gungan Grand Army , and even trained a rebel cell to retake Onderon to combat the Separatists . The Confederacy on their part , also relied on such factions such as the Umbaran Militia , which waged the Battle of Umbara ; and the Zygerrian Slave Empire , which enslaved the Togruta colony of Kiros to assist in undermining the Republic . Furthermore , a proxy war materialized when Mother Talzin and her son , Darth Maul , strove to exact their revenge on both the Sith and the Jedi . By the war ' s third and final year , the Republic drove the Separatists into redoubts within the Outer Rim Territories , initiating a campaign that was termed the Outer Rim Sieges . In an effort to reverse the course of the war , Grievous launched a massive strike on Coruscant through the Deep Core . Much of the Confederate fleet was lost in this assault along with , Head of State Count Dooku . The Confederacy would quickly lose its core leadership in quick succession , with Grevious subsequently falling in battle during the Battle of Utapau , and the Separatist Council being massacred on Mustafar . This , coupled with the issuing of Order 66 and the deactivation of the droid army , lead to the capitulation of the Confederacy and with it , an end to the war . Unbeknownst to most of those involved , the conflict was started , maintained , and eventually ended by Darth Sidious , whose ultimate goal was the transformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire , with him as Emperor as well as the eradication of the Jedi Order . After evading arrest by Mace Windu and a cadre of Jedi , Sidious would be successful in this endeavor . Seducing Anakin Skywalker to the dark side of the Force and molding him into his new apprentice , Darth Vader . Sidious publicly branded the Jedi as traitors and triggered Order 66 , which forced the Republic ' s clone troopers to execute their Jedi Generals , thereby starting a galaxy - wide Jedi Purge . Palpatine would then declare an end to the Clone Wars to an extraordinary session of the Galactic Senate and proclaim the transformation of the Republic into the first Galactic Empire . Prelude . A millennium - old vendetta . The origins of the Clone Wars dated back to the time of the Old Republic , which reigned a millennium before the war . That era marked a dark age in galactic history , as the Sith battled their ancient enemies , the Jedi , for control of the galaxy . The Sith suffered from infighting , which ultimately led to their defeat . Although the Jedi believed they had vanquished their foes , the Sith had merely retreated into hiding . Darth Bane , the last surviving Dark Lord of the Sith , founded a philosophy known as the Rule of Two , which dictated that the entire Sith Order would be comprised solely of a master and an apprentice . Operating in the shadows , the Sith accumulated power and influence in preparation for the endgame of their grand plan : galactic domination and revenge against the Jedi . From the remnants of the Old Republic , a modern Galactic Republic was formed . For the first time , a Galactic Senate afforded political representation to hundreds of worlds and star system s . The Old Republic ' s armed forces were disbanded , leading the Jedi Order to assume a peacekeeping role within the Republic , serving at the behest of the Senate and its Supreme Chancellor . Yet over time , the Senate incurred notoriety for its stagnant bureaucracy and corruption . Rifts emerged as the central Core Worlds — including the Republic ' s capital , Coruscant — became reputed for their willingness to exploit the resources of the outlying Outer Rim Territories . Adding to the morass of bureaucracy and inaction was the fact that corporate blocs such as the Trade Federation , the InterGalactic Banking Clan , and the Techno Union were granted Senate representation alongside the Republic ' s member worlds . Nearly a thousand years into the Republic ' s reign , Darth Sidious became the ruling Dark Lord of the Sith . Using his alter ego of Senator Sheev Palpatine of Naboo , he devised a complex scheme to unseat the incumbent Supreme Chancellor , Finis Valorum , and install himself as the Republic ' s next head of state . As the Republic became embroiled in a dispute over the taxation of trade routes , Sidious allied himself with Nute Gunray , the Viceroy of the Trade Federation . On Sidious ' s orders , the Trade Federation blockade d his homeworld of Naboo . When the Senate ' s characteristic stagnation proved too slow to overturn the Invasion of Naboo , Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo called for a Vote of No Confidence in Valorum ' s leadership . The Senate thereafter elected Palpatine as Valorum ' s successor . The Jedi Order aided the Royal Naboo Security Forces in ending the blockade of Naboo , though not before the Sith revealed themselves in the form of Darth Maul , Sidious ' s current apprentice . Maul was defeated and presumed dead , leading the Jedi High Council to suspect the existence of a second Sith Lord . The creation of the Clone Army . Sidious soon gained a replacement for Maul : Dooku , a Jedi Master who left the Order and became integral to the Sith ' s plan for galactic conquest . Sidious and Dooku , the latter of whom adopted the name Darth Tyranus , plotted to manipulate the Republic into a sham war with an opposing state . The Jedi would be forced to serve as general s for a Republic army of soldier s , who would eventually serve as their executioners . Furthermore , the conflict would destabilize the Republic and render it vulnerable to a Sith takeover . Prior to the Invasion of Naboo , the Jedi High Council dismissed one of its members , Master Sifo - Dyas , due to his unorthodox belief that the Republic would need to raise an army for a full - scale conflict that he had foreseen . Undeterred , Sifo - Dyas contacted the Kaminoan s , a species reputed for its cloning industry , to order the production of a clone army for the Republic . In doing so , Sifo - Dyas circumvented both the Senate and the High Council , purporting to have the support of the former . When the Sith learned of the clone army , they went to extreme lengths to hijack the project . At the time , then - Chancellor Valorum asked Sifo - Dyas to oversee confidential negotiations between the Republic and the Pyke Syndicate , a rising spice cartel that had begun to dominate the Coruscant underworld . Unaware of Valorum ' s request , the High Council separately dispatched Sifo - Dyas to resolve a tribal dispute on the planet Felucia . Sifo - Dyas never reached Felucia , and the resulting events became enmeshed in a web of subterfuge that would take the Jedi Order many years to unravel . Dooku , as Tyranus , hired the Pyke s to assassin ate Sifo - Dyas , and they shot down his T - 6 shuttle over the moon of their homeworld , Oba Diah . Sifo - Dyas died in the crash , but Valorum ' s personal attaché , Silman , had accompanied him on his mission and survived the attack . The Pykes delivered Sifo - Dyas ' s corpse to Tyranus , but they covertly kept Silman as a hostage , should they need leverage in the future . The Jedi Order , meanwhile , believed that Sifo - Dyas had died on Felucia after he failed to negotiate peace between the local tribes . After seizing control of the cloning project , the Sith selected the renowned bounty hunter Jango Fett as the genetic template for their army . Chief Medical Scientist Nala Se served as one of the project ' s main engineers . On the Kaminoan homeworld of Kamino , Fett provided both genetic samples and training for his so - called clone trooper s , who were subjected to growth acceleration and thereby aged at twice the normal rate of human s . As a result , the first generation of troop s was ready within a decade of Sifo - Dyas ' s original order . Implanted within each clone ' s brain was a structural inhibitor chip that was the key to the Sith ' s revenge against the Jedi . The Kaminoan scientists believed the chips were designed to preclude aggression within each subject , and that Sifo - Dyas had ordered the installation of the chips as a countermeasure against betrayal from rogue Jedi . In truth , the chips would force each clone to comply with Protocol 66 , a directive for the soldiers to execute their Jedi commander s . Thus , the Sith would be able to massacre the entire Jedi Order via its subordinate soldiers . Separatist Crisis . Eight years after the Invasion of Naboo , a pan - galactic Confederacy of Independent Systems began to take shape when Count Dooku commandeered a HoloNet relay station in the Raxus system and berated the Republic with condemning rhetoric . Over the next two years , a Separatist Crisis arose when thousands of star systems seceded from the Republic and flocked to the Confederacy . The Separatist Crisis sent the Republic into a frenzy , particularly as Dooku repeatedly spurned Palpatine ' s public requests for negotiation . The Republic Senate soon became divided over the passage of a Military Creation Act . Advocates of the bill argued that the Republic required a military force to defend itself from the Separatists , whereas others such as now - Senator Padmé Amidala believed that the measure would provoke full - scale civil war between the Republic and the Confederacy . Such a war became increasingly inevitable , with the Sith Lords poised to lead both sides of the approaching conflict that would tear the galaxy asunder . By twenty - two years before the Battle of Yavin , the Sith had nearly completed their preparations for open conflict between the Republic and the Confederacy . Nominally , the Confederacy functioned as a democracy , and delegates from its myriad of member worlds formed a Separatist Senate . At the same time , the galaxy ' s major corporations pledged their support and resources to the Confederacy , and their leaders thereby earned seats on Dooku ' s Separatist Council . Its members included Chairman San Hill of the InterGalactic Banking Clan , Foreman Wat Tambor of the Techno Union , Magistrate Passel Argente of the Corporate Alliance , Presidente Shu Mai of the Commerce Guild , and Archduke Poggle the Lesser of the Geonosian hive s , as well as Senators Po Nudo of Ando and Tikkes of Mon Cala . Nute Gunray ' s condition for joining the Separatist Council was that Amidala be killed in revenge for her humiliating defeat of him at the Battle of Naboo . Jango Fett and his associate , Zam Wesell , undertook the bounty that Gunray subsequently issued on Amidala . Just before the Senate ' s vote on the Military Creation Act , Wesell mounted an unsuccessful attempt on Amidala ' s life . As a result , the High Council designated Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi and his Padawan , Anakin Skywalker — both of whom had been instrumental in the Republic ' s victory at the Battle of Naboo — as Amidala ' s personal bodyguard s . Wesell ' s second attempt on Amidala ' s life similarly failed , and Fett used a Kamino saberdart to execute Wesell before Kenobi and Skywalker could extract any information from her . Nevertheless , Kenobi identified the saberdart ' s connection to Kamino , and was alarmed when his research revealed that the planet had been erased from the Jedi Archives . He managed to pinpoint Kamino ' s location above the galactic plane , just south of the Rishi Maze , and traveled there as part of his investigation into Amidala ' s assailant . When Kenobi arrived at Kamino ' s capital of Tipoca City , Prime Minister Lama Su greeted him and revealed the existence of the Clone Army . By this time , 200 , 000 trooper s were ready for deployment , with a million more soldiers nearing completion . A shocked Kenobi reported his discovery to the High Council , which ordered him to detain Fett and bring him to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant for questioning . Fett escaped from Tipoca City with his son , an unaltered clone whom he named Boba , and proceeded to the Confederate capital of Geonosis . Kenobi tracked the Fetts to Geonosis and , after engaging them in a starfighter dogfight that led them to believe he was dead , followed them to the planetary surface . There , he discovered that the Geonosian s were manufacturing millions of battle droid s in their droid foundries . He also witnessed a meeting between Dooku and the Separatist Council , discovering that they were preparing to merge their resources into a Separatist Droid Army . The Geonosians thereafter captured Kenobi , though not before he sent a message to Skywalker . Skywalker was with Amidala on the nearby world of Tatooine and relayed Kenobi ' s message to Coruscant , where Palpatine and the High Council heard the news that the commerce guilds had joined the Confederacy . Against the Council ' s orders , Amidala and Skywalker rushed to rescue Kenobi on Geonosis . While Kenobi was in his custody , Dooku claimed that the entire Republic was under the sway of a Dark Lord of the Sith named Darth Sidious , and tried to persuade Kenobi to help him destroy the Sith . Kenobi refused , and after Amidala and Skywalker were captured , the Geonosians sentenced all three of them to execution in the Petranaki arena . Despite Kenobi ' s report that the Confederacy was raising an army , Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan and other members of the Senate still believed that the Military Creation Act would not be passed in time to contend with the Separatists . Consequently , Junior Representative Jar Jar Binks of Naboo convinced the Senate to grant emergency powers to Palpatine , who used his newfound authority to formally approve the creation of a Grand Army of the Republic . Though Palpatine promised to relinquish his emergency powers once the crisis had passed , that would never be the case . While Jedi Grand Master Yoda traveled to Kamino to marshal the clone troopers for the Grand Army , Master Mace Windu assembled an assault team of 212 Jedi , drawn from the Masters of the High Council and the Order ' s ranks of Knights and Padawans , to save Kenobi from imprisonment Geonosis . The galaxy was left on the brink of civil war . The war . Year one ( 22 BBY – 21 BBY ) . First Battle of Geonosis . The Battle of Geonosis began when Windu and his Jedi strike team infiltrated the Petranaki arena and saved Amidala , Kenobi , and Skywalker from gladiatorial combat with three beasts : an acklay , a nexu , and a reek . While the Geonosian spectators fled from the arena , Dooku unleashed his massive infantry of B1 battle droid s , B2 super battle droid s , and droideka s against the Jedi . During the ensuing ground battle , Council member Coleman Trebor came within second s of ending the conflict when he nearly managed to kill Dooku , but Jango Fett gunned him down before he could do so . Windu thereafter beheaded Fett , an act that would earn him the ire of his son , Boba . It was not long before only Amidala , Kenobi , Skywalker , Windu , and a fraction of their Jedi allies were still standing . With his battle droids encircling the ring of survivors , Dooku demanded their surrender , but Windu refused to let himself and his comrades become hostages . Just as Windu and the other survivors were about to be executed , Yoda swept in with their much - needed reinforcements : the Grand Army of the Republic . 192 , 000 clone troopers arrived with Yoda aboard " Acclamator " - class transgalactic military assault ships , and LAAT / i gunships ferried them to the Petranaki arena to extract their comrades . Amidala , Kenobi , Skywalker , Windu , and the other Jedi survivors withdrew from the arena aboard Yoda ' s gunship s and rushed to Geonosis ' s red sand plains , where a ground campaign was taking shape . Jedi such as Aayla Secura , Kit Fisto , and many others immediately accepted command positions and led the clone troopers into battle against the Separatist Droid Army , working to decimate the enemy infantry and prevent the Techno Union ' s Hardcell transports from escaping . While Yoda proceeded to the Republic ' s forward command center , Windu oversaw an assembly area , where Clone Commander CT - 411 gave him command of five special commando units . Colonel Meebur Gascon and other top strategists from Republic Strategic Command advised the Grand Army on its battlefield tactics . A frenetic offensive ensued , as the Republic ' s All Terrain Tactical Enforcer s went head - to - head with the Separatists ' IG - 227 " Hailfire " - class droid tanks and OG - 9 homing spider droid s . Yoda ordered the Grand Army ' s Self - Propelled Heavy Artillery Turbolaser walker s to ground a number of Trade Federation core ship s before they could escape . On the ground , the Jedi and their clone troopers were forced to contend with the enemy battle droids and DSD1 dwarf spider droid s , but they slowly made headway against the Separatists . Overwhelmed by the Republic ' s assault , Dooku and the Separatist Council ordered their forces to retreat . Poggle the Lesser entrusted Dooku with the Geonosians ' plans to the Ultimate Weapon , and Dooku headed for a remote hangar where his " Punworcca 116 " - class interstellar sloop was docked . En route to the hangar , Dooku crossed paths with Amidala , Skywalker , and Kenobi , and they gave chase aboard their LAAT / i gunship . When Dooku ' s escort of " Nantex " - class territorial defense starfighters retaliated , Amidala was dislodged from the gunship , but she followed the Jedi after recovering from her fall . When Kenobi and Skywalker reached the hangar , Dooku defeated them in a lightsaber duel , injuring Kenobi and severing Skywalker ' s right forearm . The duel continued when Yoda , Dooku ' s former Master , arrived and proved more of a challenge for the Sith Lord . Dooku was only able to escape by collapsing a pillar on top of Kenobi and Skywalker , thus distracting Yoda and forcing him to save them . Amidala arrived at the hangar with another gunship , but she and her squad of clone troopers were unable to shoot down Dooku ' s solar sailer . Although Dooku and the Separatist Council had escaped with their forces , the Republic declared victory in the Battle of Geonosis . Dooku secretly traveled to Coruscant , where he met with Darth Sidious and reported that the intergalactic conflict which they had worked so hard to instigate was finally underway . Though Kenobi believed that the clone troopers had been instrumental to the Republic ' s victory on Geonosis , Yoda knew that it was not a victory : The Clone Wars had begun . From Coruscant , the Republic deployed tens of thousands of clone troopers and a fleet of warship s and assault craft , which formed the Republic Navy , as part of its war machine . The Confederacy , meanwhile , moved its capital from Geonosis to the planet Raxus , which served as the headquarters of the Separatist Senate . Conflict spreads . As the Clone Wars engulfed many worlds across the galaxy , the Jedi were forced to relinquish their traditional roles as peacekeepers , in favor of military commands within the Grand Army of the Republic . Knights and Masters accepted the new rank of Jedi General . Even Padawans contributed to the Republic ' s war effort , with some serving as battlefield commanders . Among the newly promoted Jedi Generals was Anakin Skywalker , whom the Jedi High Council elevated to Knighthood . Unbeknownst to his colleagues , Skywalker secretly married Padmé Amidala , a relationship that would have repercussions for the entire war . To satisfy the Republic ' s increased demand for troops , Kamino continued its production and training of clone troopers . In turn , the Republic Navy blockaded Kamino , and the Grand Army established a network of listening post s to monitor Separatist activity in the vicinity . Due to the death of Jango Fett , the Kaminoan scientists stretched the preexisting samples of his DNA in order to decant more clones . The Jedi High Council selected one of its members , Master Shaak Ti , to oversee the training of clone cadet s in Kamino ' s Tipoca City . In addition , the Republic contracted mercenaries such as Bric and El - Les to help Ti supervise the clones ' combat instruction . The Republic attracted both internal and external criticism for its use of the clone troopers , whom some viewed as slaves to the Jedi . One trooper deserted from the Grand Army after the Confederacy annihilated his unit ; he fled to the planet Saleucami , where he took the name Cut Lawquane and started a family . On the other hand , the Separatist citizenry took pride in the fact that the officer s of the Confederacy military were willing participants , while its armed forces mainly sacrificed expendable battle droids for their cause . One Confederate officer , the husband of Separatist Senator Mina Bonteri , was slain while defending a new base on the planet Aargonar from Republic forces . At the same time , the Confederate populace was insulated from reports of war crimes that were committed in its name . The primary cause of the carnage was General Grievous , a cyborg warlord from Kalee who oversaw the Droid Army . In addition to Grievous , Dooku recruited another agent as his lieutenant and emissary : Asajj Ventress , a slave - turned - Jedi from Dathomir who fell to the dark side of the Force and became Dooku ' s apprentice . Though Grievous and Ventress developed a long - standing rivalry , both were motivated by a deep - seated hatred for the Jedi Order . Grievous and Ventress made a habit of claiming the lightsaber s of their Jedi victims as trophies , and Dooku collected the pilfered weapons in his palace on Serenno . Ventress acquired one such lightsaber from Jedi Master Tholme , whom she bested in combat during a major campaign . She elected to slay Tholme rather than accept his surrender . The outbreak of the Clone Wars shifted the balance of power on numerous worlds . Since the Separatist Crisis , a schism had fractured the Gotal population of Antar 4 , with the Confederacy backing terrorist groups to combat the moon ' s Republic loyalists . The loyalists remained in power until shortly after the Battle of Geonosis , when the Confederacy conquered Antar 4 , and the moon briefly served as a headquarters for Dooku . While millions of Gotal refugee s fled to their colony world of Atzerri , an influx of Koorivar , Gossam s , and other Confederate - allied species immigrated to Antar 4 . The resulting political crisis on the moon gave rise to one of the Republic ' s first resistance cells . Gotal and Koorivar loyalists executed numerous acts of sabotage against the Separatist regime , with the Republic covertly sponsoring their guerrilla campaign . Despite their efforts , the Confederacy retained control of Antar 4 throughout the war . Early in the Clone Wars , the Confederacy seized the Outer Rim world of Lola Sayu , the site of the infamous Republic prison known as the Citadel . The Citadel had been constructed five centuries ago to hold Jedi who turned against the Republic . The Separatists now converted the facility into a prisoner - of - war camp , using it to house Republic captives . The Separatists also invaded Millius Prime , one of the thousand moons of the remote planet Iego , and drove away its inhabitants , the peaceful Angel s . The Separatists established military sites on both Iego and Millius Prime , but later decided to withdraw from the system . Before leaving , they seeded Iego ' s asteroid field with a security grid of laser emitters that trapped its residents on the surface . Other planets that became swept up in the Clone Wars included Akiva , where a Confederate droid factory led the planet to become the site of a battle between the Jedi and the Separatists ; and Sedratis , which hosted the Battle of Sedratis . During the latter campaign , Jedi ace pilot s Skywalker and Huulik proved instrumental in securing a Republic victory over the Confederacy ' s droid starfighter forces . Diversion at Christophsis . In the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Geonosis , Grievous and the Separatist Droid Army wrested control of the galaxy ' s major hyperspace lanes , isolating the Republic from the bulk of its Grand Army . Since their forces were spread thin , the Jedi Generals were unable to gain traction in the Outer Rim Territories , especially as worlds continued to flock to the Confederacy . As such , the Hutt Clan — which ruled Hutt Space and its network of supply routes that reached the Outer Rim — became a coveted ally for both the Republic and the Confederacy . In a bid to secure the Hutts ' supply routes for the Separatists , Dooku hatched a plot to kidnap Rotta , the son of Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure , and frame the Jedi Order for the crime . Dooku collaborated with Jabba ' s uncle , Ziro , who hoped to depose his nephew as the leader of the Hutt Clan . The first stage of Dooku ' s plan required that the Jedi ' s attention be diverted elsewhere . To that end , Dooku ordered his forces to conquer Christophsis , a crystal line Outer Rim world that was valued for its location and resources , and was also the site of a Republic relief effort that Senator Bail Organa was overseeing . The Confederate Admiral Trench blockaded Christophsis with a massive detachment from the Separatist navy , while Separatist ground forces subjugated the planet ' s inhabitants . After a number of native Christophsians mounted a futile attempt to defend their homeworld , they requested aid from the Jedi High Council . Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi , alongside Admiral Wullf Yularen , received a task force to rescue Organa and the besieged Christophsians . Although their fleet of " Venator " - class Star Destroyers was unable to penetrate Trench ' s immense blockade of warships , Skywalker and Yularen used an experimental stealth ship to outmaneuver Trench and obliterate his flagship , the " Invincible " . Trench , however , narrowly survived his dreadnought ' s vaporization and later returned to active duty . Having bypassed the blockade , Skywalker and Yularen delivered much - needed supplies to Organa ' s refugee camp on the surface of Christophsis . Kenobi , meanwhile , exploited the opening in the Confederate armada and managed to overwhelm the opposing fleet long enough for the Republic to land an invasion force on the planet . The Separatists likewise fortified their ground troops with reinforcements , concealing their true numbers from the Republic . By this time , Dooku had dispatched Asajj Ventress to Christophsis to further hamper the Republic ' s progress . As Kenobi and Skywalker planned to ambush the battle droid forces in a major city plaza , a spy within the Republic ranks , Clone Sergeant Slick , apprised the Separatists of the Jedi ' s plan of attack . Slick ' s actions transformed a potential Republic victory into a retreat , and Kenobi and Skywalker withdrew their men to the Republic ' s base . Suspecting the existence of an informant , Kenobi and Skywalker departed to gather information behind enemy lines , while Clone Commander CC - 2224 and Clone Captain CT - 7567 — nicknamed " Cody " and " Rex , " respectively — personally launched an investigation into the source of the intelligence leak . After they exposed Slick as the spy , he bombed the Republic ' s weapons depot , leading Rex and Cody to mobilize a swift manhunt for Slick . They arrested Slick and sent him to lock - up , though the damage was done . Slick had reduced most of the Republic ' s arsenal to wreckage , with only a quartet of AV - 7 Anti - vehicle Artillery Cannon s surviving his sabotage . At the Confederate headquarters , Kenobi and Skywalker encountered Ventress and engaged her in a lightsaber duel , a tactic that she used to buy time for Slick ' s sabotage . Both Jedi halted their attack once they witnessed the sheer size of the Separatists ' landing force . After Kenobi and Skywalker escaped back to their base , General Whorm Loathsom assumed command of the droid infantry and commenced an assault on the city , while Ventress left to execute the next phase of Dooku ' s plan : kidnapping Rotta the Huttlet . She traveled to Tatooine aboard her personal starship , the " Trident " , and spirited Rotta away from his homeworld . In addition to Slick ' s sabotage of their weapons depot , the Republic forces lost their naval support when the Separatists ' orbit al defenses ousted Yularen and his fleet from the Christoph system . Though they were severely outnumbered , Kenobi , Skywalker , and their clone soldiers managed to repel Loathsom ' s infantry from the city . Octuptarra tri - droid s lent their support to the Separatists ' second wave , but the AV - 7 Anti - vehicle Cannons halted the advance of Loathsom ' s rearguard of Armored Assault Tank s . Meanwhile , believing that renegades had kidnapped Rotta , Jabba contacted Sheev Palpatine to request the Republic ' s assistance in rescuing his son . Since Kenobi and Skywalker were the only Jedi who were available for such a task , Yoda dispatched a messenger to Christophsis to recall the two Jedi Generals from the battlefront . The messenger was Skywalker ' s new Padawan learner , Ahsoka Tano . Yularen briefly returned to Christophsis aboard his flagship , the " Resolute " , to send Tano to the planetary surface aboard a shuttle , then withdrew to rendezvous with reinforcements from the Republic Navy . Tano reached Kenobi and Skywalker just as they were preparing their defenses for the next droid attack . Due to the continued lack of support from the Republic Navy , Kenobi and Skywalker remained trapped on - world with their troops , unable to comply with Yoda ' s order to return to Coruscant . It was not long before Loathsom mounted another strike on the Republic forces , though this time he set up a deflector shield whose perimeter he kept just beyond his advancing droid troops . The shield rendered the AV - 7 Anti - vehicle Cannons useless , forcing the Jedi and clones to devise another method of attack . While Kenobi and Rex scrambled their men in a last - ditch defense of the city , Skywalker and Tano infiltrated the Separatist lines and destroyed the shield generator , exposing Loathsom ' s droids to renewed barrages from the AV - 7 Anti - Vehicle Cannons . Their victory coincided with the arrival of Republic naval reinforcements led by Yularen and Yoda , who defeated the Separatist blockade and drove it into retreat . Kenobi forced Loathsom to surrender , ensuring a Republic victory . Even as Yularen ' s fleet deployed infantry reinforcements to aid the invasion force in securing Christophsis , much of the planet remained in ruins . The Republic , meanwhile , imprisoned Loathsom on Coruscant for treason . Alliances with the Hutt Clan . Ventress brought the captive Rotta to an abandoned B ' omarr Order Monastery on the jungle planet Teth , located in Wild Space , and fortified the site with two full battalion s of battle droids . After a scout ing team of Republic Advanced Recon Force trooper s tracked Rotta to Teth , Skywalker and Tano proceeded there with Captain Rex and Torrent Company , Rex ' s command unit within the Grand Army ' s famed 501st Legion , to rescue the Huttlet . Kenobi , meanwhile , entered into negotiations with Jabba , who granted the Republic a single planetary rotation to save Rotta and return him safely to Tatooine . Because the monastery sat atop a cliff , Skywalker , Tano , and Torrent Company were forced to mount a vertical assault , relying on ascension cable s and a pair of AT - TE walkers to reach the fortress at the summit . Though they lost one of their AT - TE walkers and endured numerous casualties , the Jedi and clones quashed the Separatist droid defenses and retrieved Rotta from the monastery ' s detention level . However , Tano discovered that Rotta was ill , jeopardizing their chances of delivering him to Tatooine alive . Skywalker suspected Dooku ' s involvement in the matter , given that both the Republic and the Confederacy sought an alliance with the Hutt Clan . Unbeknownst to the Jedi , Ventress used the protocol droid 4 - A7 to record Skywalker and Tano as they retrieved Rotta . Ventress sent the holorecording to Dooku , who presented it to Jabba as evidence that the Jedi were responsible for Rotta ' s abduction . After convincing Jabba to consider joining the Confederacy , Dooku ordered Ventress to recover Rotta so that they could claim credit for his rescue . Marshaling her assault force of battle droids , Ventress mounted a counter - strike on the monastery , swiftly crushing the Republic ' s last AT - TE walker and remaining assault craft . With no means of escape , Rex , Skywalker , and Tano barricaded themselves inside the monastery ' s antechamber with Rotta and Torrent Company . While Rex remained behind with Torrent Company to hold off Ventress and her droid infantry , Skywalker and Tano departed with Rotta to find a secondary exit from the monastery . Despite their best efforts , Rex and his men were vastly outnumbered , and the battle droids slew all of them save for Rex and five other troopers . The droids held the clone survivors prisoner in the compound ' s eastern courtyard . Nonetheless , it was not long before Kenobi arrived at Teth with Commander Cody and a detachment of reinforcements . After punching through the Separatists ' aerial squadron s of vulture droid starfighters , Cody and his soldiers reached the monastery aboard LAAT / i gunships . They and Kenobi arrived just in time to provide support for Rex and the survivors of Torrent Company . While Kenobi and the clone soldiers shored up their defenses in the courtyard , Skywalker and Tano made their way to a secondary landing platform , narrowly evading Ventress . Once there , Skywalker and Tano commandeered an old spice freighter called the " Twilight " , which they used to ferry Rotta off the surface . When Kenobi entered the monastery in search for Skywalker , he instead crossed lightsabers with Ventress . Upon learning that Skywalker had escaped with Rotta , Ventress broke off from her duel with Kenobi and fled from the battlefield . Meanwhile , Skywalker and Tano piloted the " Twilight " into orbit of Teth , where Wullf Yularen and his " Venator " - class Star Destroyer were battling a Confederate armada of " Munificent " - class star frigates . As the Jedi tried to board Yularen ' s Star Destroyer , a trio of vulture droids firebombed the cruiser ' s main hangar . Unable to dock with Yularen ' s flagship , Skywalker and Tano headed directly to Tatooine aboard the " Twilight " . Dooku was not pleased to learn from Ventress that the Jedi had extracted Rotta from Teth , but he continued to manipulate Jabba and the Hutt Clan into joining the Confederacy . During a holographic report to Dooku , Ventress lied to Jabba , stating that Skywalker had murdered Rotta before leaving for Tatooine . Using this deception , Dooku convinced Jabba that the Jedi Order intended to eradicate the Hutt Clan . Dooku thus departed from Jabba ' s Palace to personally kill Rotta , which would ensure he was never reunited with his father . On Coruscant , Padmé Amidala received word of the Jedi ' s ongoing efforts to return Rotta to Tatooine . Consequently , she became determined to convince Jabba of the truth and broker the Republic ' s treaty with the Hutt Clan . Because Jabba was refusing all communication with the Republic , Amidala visited Ziro the Hutt , who lived in a palace on Coruscant . After Ziro rebuffed her attempt to reopen dialogue between the Hutts and the Republic , Amidala lingered around the palace and witnessed Ziro contact Dooku via hologram . Dooku informed Ziro that thanks to the Sith ' s web of deceit , Jabba would kill the Jedi when they arrived at his palace on Tatooine , after which the Republic would be forced to arrest Jabba . Accordingly , Ziro would be able to seize his nephew ' s control of the Hutt Clan . However , Ziro discovered Amidala eavesdropping on the conversation , and on Dooku ' s advice , he incarcerated Amidala within his palace . As Skywalker and Tano arrived over Tatooine with Rotta aboard the " Twilight " , a pair of Confederate " Rogue " - class starfighters assaulted their freighter , causing them to crash - land in the Dune Sea . While Skywalker diverted Dooku ' s attention by engaging him in a lightsaber duel , Tano proceeded with Rotta to Jabba ' s Palace , but a trio of IG - 100 MagnaGuard s intercepted her outside the compound . Skywalker abandoned his confrontation with Dooku to rescue Tano , but he incorrectly assumed that she was already at Jabba ' s Palace . Skywalker thus arrived there ahead of his Padawan — much to the ire of Jabba , who still believed that Skywalker had slaughtered his son . With help from Skywalker ' s astromech droid R2 - D2 , Tano defeated her MagnaGuard assailants and reunited Rotta with his father . In spite of the Jedi ' s efforts , Jabba remained determined to execute Skywalker and Tano , and he ordered his bounty hunters to do so . Back on Coruscant , Amidala was able to send word of her capture to the Republic via her protocol droid , C - 3PO . Clone Commander CC - 1010 , nicknamed " Fox , " immediately responded with a squad of clone shock trooper s from the Coruscant Guard , and they raided Ziro ' s Palace to rescue her . Once Fox and his soldiers had arrested Ziro , Amidala used Ziro ' s personal holoprojector to contact Jabba , who received her message just as he was about to have Skywalker and Tano killed . Jabba was incensed to learn of Dooku and Ziro ' s conspiracy to unseat him , but he agreed to end all hostilities with the Jedi . Jabba subsequently signed a treaty with the Republic and granted the Grand Army its exclusive , long - awaited access to Hutt Space ' s supply routes . At the same time , Kenobi finished securing the Republic ' s victory on Teth and headed to Tatooine with Yoda , so that they could formalize the treaty with Jabba . The Republic ' s alliance with the Hutt Clan resulted in a major setback for the Confederacy . Yet , Darth Sidious remained unconcerned , downplaying the impact of the Jedi ' s victory after Dooku apprised him of the news . The Republic incarcerated Ziro within the Judiciary Central Detention Center on Coruscant , and his lengthy sentence caused him to develop a deep resentment toward Amidala . The war reaches Ryloth . The Twi ' lek homeworld of Ryloth became the next major battlefront of the Clone Wars when the Techno Union invaded the planet , aiming to pillage its wealth and resources . The Separatist navy installed a blockade of battleship s in orbit of Ryloth , while the Separatist Droid Army subjected the civilian population to a brutal occupation . Besides losing a number of cities and transport hubs , the Twi ' leks were cut off from food and relief supplies and thus began to starve . In response , political activist Cham Syndulla founded a Twi ' lek Resistance to combat the Confederate occupation . Jedi General Ima - Gun Di , Clone Captain Keeli , and their unit of soldiers provided aid to Syndulla and his freedom fighters . As open warfare engulfed Ryloth , the Separatist blockade eliminated Admiral Dao ' s Republic fleet , severing the Republic ' s supply lines to Ryloth and trapping Di , Syndulla , and their men in a canyon alongside many Twi ' lek families . With Ryloth in dire need of aid , the Jedi High Council prepared a shipment of food and medical supplies for the Twi ' leks . Yet , because the Republic ' s " Pelta " - class frigates did not have enough range to reach Ryloth , the High Council selected the planet Toydaria as a suitable staging ground for the blockade runners . Complicating matters was the fact that Toydaria had declared neutrality in the war . As a result , the High Council asked Senator Bail Organa to oversee negotiations on Toydaria , alongside Jar Jar Binks . However , the Separatist navy intercepted the transmission between Organa and the High Council . Dooku thus dispatched Senator Lott Dod of the Trade Federation to thwart Organa ' s diplomatic efforts with King Katuunko , the monarch of the Toydarian s . Thanks to Dod ' s intervention , Katuunko publicly declined to have Toydaria sponsor the Republic ' s humanitarian shipment to Ryloth . However , Katuunko privately agreed to let Organa transfer his supplies from Toydaria to Ryloth . To prevent the Trade Federation from learning of the subterfuge , Binks distracted Dod and his staff at a formal banquet that night , while Organa oversaw the shipment ' s departure from Toydaria . By that time , the Separatist Droid Army had nearly overrun the Republic ' s defenses on Ryloth . Di , Keeli , and their men sacrificed their lives so that Syndulla and his comrades could escape from the canyon with their families . Shortly thereafter , the Republic ' s trio of " Pelta " - class frigate s penetrated the Confederate blockade and deployed their relief supplies to the Twi ' leks . Nevertheless , the Grand Army ' s inability to provide further military support to the Twi ' lek Resistance eroded Syndulla ' s faith in the Republic . Without reinforcements from the Republic , only Syndulla and his Twi ' lek Resistance stood against the Separatist occupation of Ryloth . The Twi ' leks suffered heavily in a confrontation with the Droid Army , and the Separatists forced the freedom fighters to surrender and disarm themselves . Still , the droid infantry continued to massacre the Twi ' lek fighters , leading them to carve out hideouts in the shells of downed Confederate C - 9979 landing craft . Syndulla and his rebels resorted to executing a guerrilla campaign , periodically eliminating battle droid patrols in the region . For the time being , the Twi ' leks were left to wage the ongoing Battle of Ryloth on their own . Organa and Binks ' s determination to help the Twi ' leks of Ryloth convinced Katuunko to consider bringing Toydaria into the Republic . Since the Jedi Order hoped to establish a supply base in the Toydaria system , Master Yoda sought a meeting with Katuunko on the coral moon of Rugosa . However , Dooku learned of the rendezvous and sent Asajj Ventress to negotiate with the Toydarian Royal Delegation on behalf of the Confederacy . After a pair of Confederate " Munificent " - class star frigates intercepted his Republic frigate , Yoda reached the surface of Rugosa in an escape pod alongside his three - man detail from the Coruscant Guard : Lieutenant Thire and troopers Jek and Rys . To circumvent a political debate with Yoda , Ventress proposed a contest . She would send her best troops to capture Yoda , who would face the challenge of evading apprehension . Katuunko , accordingly , would consider aligning Toydaria with the side of the victor . Although Katuunko was loath to subject Yoda to such a trial , Yoda accepted Ventress ' s terms and promised to arrive at their location by nightfall . Though they gravely lacked an advantage in numbers , Yoda and his troopers prevailed over Ventress ' s battalion of battle droids , even after she reneged on her agreement with Katuunko — first by ordering her droids to shoot to kill , and later by deploying droidekas as reinforcements . When Katuunko informed Dooku of his desire to join the Republic , Dooku commanded his apprentice to assassinate Katuunko . Yoda and his men arrived just in time to save Katuunko , with Yoda using the Force to halt Ventress ' s lightsabers in mid - air , just centimeter s from Katuunko ' s throat . Instead of surrendering , Ventress distracted Yoda by detonating pre - planted explosives near Katuunko ' s starship , the " Thief ' s Eye " . While Yoda ' s focus was consumed with telekinetically redirecting the incoming rubble , Ventress took the opportunity to escape aboard her solar sailer . In the wake of Yoda ' s victory , Katuunko formally pledged Toydaria ' s support to the Republic and agreed to host a base in his system . He and his delegation thereafter departed from Rugosa alongside Yoda and his soldiers . Rise of the " Malevolence " . The Confederacy military wasted no time in developing new projects for its war machine . One result was the " Malevolence " , a colossal " Subjugator " - class heavy cruiser that became the prized flagship of General Grievous . The " Malevolence " maiden voyage cut a swath through Republic territory , striking in a dozen star systems and annihilating all of the Republic task forces that it encountered . Key to the battleship ' s success were its dual ion cannon s , which disabled enemy starships ' deflector shields and the rest of their onboard systems , thereby leaving the targets vulnerable to heavy turbolaser fire . Because the " Malevolence " left behind no witnesses , the Republic citizenry dubbed the unidentified threat as Grievous ' s " mystery weapon , " sowing fear throughout the Republic . The Jedi High Council soon sent one of its members , General Plo Koon , to hunt down Grievous ' s weapon . Koon and his flotilla of three " Venator " - class Star Destroyers tracked the " Malevolence " to the Abregado system , where Dooku and Grievous were overseeing the heavy cruiser ' s testing . The result of the ensuing battle was identical to those of its predecessors : The " Malevolence " disabled Koon ' s cruisers with an ion wave , then tore apart the defenseless craft using its array of turbolasers . Most of the remaining personnel who fled aboard escape pods were killed when Grievous sent teams of B1 - series rocket battle droid s aboard " Droch " - class boarding ships after them . Both Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi Council were reluctant to spare resources on a search for survivors of Koon ' s fleet . However , Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano — whose fleet was stationed in the nearby Bith system — took it upon themselves to do so . When they reached the Abregado system aboard the " Twilight " , the only remaining survivors were Koon and Clone Commander CC - 3636 , nicknamed " Wolffe , " along with Sergeant Sinker and trooper Boost of the 104th Battalion ' s Wolfpack squad . Skywalker and Tano rescued Koon and the clones , and they escaped from the system aboard the " Twilight " , narrowly avoiding becoming the " Malevolence " next victims . Dooku was greatly displeased by Grievous ' s failure to prevent their escape . Wolffe , meanwhile , later encountered Asajj Ventress at the Battle of Khorm and received an eye injury , which forced him to wear a cybernetic replacement . With the veil over Grievous ' s mystery weapon lifted , the Senate commissioned Skywalker and the Republic Navy ' s Shadow Squadron of Y - wing starfighter pilots to eradicate the " Malevolence " . After the " Malevolence " attacked a Republic medical convoy in the Ryndellia system , Skywalker correctly deduced that Grievous ' s next target was the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center , a classified Outer Rim facility that was treating over 50 , 000 wounded clone troopers . Using a smuggler s ' shortcut known as the Balmorra Run , Skywalker , Tano , Koon , and Shadow Squadron barely beat the " Malevolence " to the Republic medcenter , which sat on the fringes of the Kaliida Nebula . While Shadow Squadron initiated its assault on the " Malevolence " , Doctor Nala Se and the rest of her staff began evacuating the medcenter with the help of the Naboo . Yet , they were unable to clear out all of the patients before the " Malevolence " completed its targeting cycle . Shadow Squadron ' s initial attack on the " Malevolence " claimed the lives of almost half of the unit ' s twelve - pilot roster . On account of those casualties , Skywalker heeded Tano and Koon ' s recommendation to abandon their original target of the " Malevolence " bridge . Instead , they concentrated their assault on the heavy cruiser ' s starboard ion cannon . Their proton torpedo es inflicted enough damage to cause the ion cannon to overload when Grievous tried to fire it upon the medcenter . Obi - Wan Kenobi and Wullf Yularen thereafter arrived with a three - cruiser fleet of Star Destroyers , and promptly opened fire on the " Malevolence " . With both the ion cannons and the hyperdrive disabled , Grievous was forced to order the " Malevolence " to retreat , setting course for Confederate space . The Separatists dispatched reinforcements to aid the beleaguered " Malevolence " , but Jedi General Luminara Unduli intercepted them before they could reach the Kaliida Nebula . Even without those reinforcements , the " Malevolence " was able to hold its own , since its enormous size enabled it to withstand the Republic fleet ' s barrage of cannonades . Nevertheless , Dooku and Darth Sidious arranged a trap for Padmé Amidala , sending her to the Kaliida Nebula under the premise of negotiating a treaty between the Republic and the InterGalactic Banking Clan . When Amidala arrived , Grievous pulled her H - type Nubian yacht aboard the " Malevolence " via a tractor beam , aiming to take the esteemed senator hostage so as to secure safe passage for the " Malevolence " . The tactic worked as Dooku had predicted , with Skywalker ordering the Republic fleet ' s gunner y teams to stand down in order to protect his wife . While Koon , Tano , and Yularen remained behind to command the fleet , Skywalker and Kenobi mounted a rescue mission to save Amidala . After using the " Twilight " to dock with the " Malevolence " , they rendezvoused with Amidala , who had destroyed her H - type Nubian yacht to delay Grievous . Amidala and Skywalker proceeded to the bridge , where they hot - wired the " Malevolence " navigation computer to secretly input a new destination . Kenobi attempted to sabotage the battleship ' s hyperdrive , but Grievous intercepted him and chased him to the ship ' s internal rail jet , where Kenobi broke off from their duel . He , Amidala , and Skywalker escaped from the " Malevolence " aboard the " Twilight " , but Grievous gave pursuit with a squadron of vulture droids . It was not long before Skywalker ' s sabotage came to light . Instead of jumping to hyperspace , the " Malevolence " collided with a nearby moon . Disgraced , Grievous fled from the battlefield aboard his personal starship , " Soulless One " . Thanks to that turn of events , the Republic claimed victory in the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula , bringing an end to the threat of the " Malevolence " . Battle over Rishi Station . Over the following weeks , the intelligence - gathering arms of the Republic and Confederate war machines became sources of contention . When Grievous targeted Kamino , he knew that the Grand Army ' s system of listening posts in the vicinity could impede his efforts . To that end , Grievous dispatched a stealth team of BX - series droid commando s to silence Rishi Station , a Republic outpost located on a barren moon in the Rishi system . Under the cover of a meteor shower , the droid commandos landed on the moon and raided Rishi Station , killing most of the facility ' s garrison . Sergeant O ' Niner , the station ' s lead officer , was among the casualties . The droids then hot - wired the station ' s all - clear signal , preventing the Republic Navy from learning that Grievous and his fleet were approaching Kamino by way of the Rishi system . In addition , Asajj Ventress infiltrated Kamino ' s defenses and served as a spy for Grievous , completing the preparations for his invasion . All of this occurred while the Mud - Jumpers of the Republic ' s 224th unit were involved in a separate campaign on the planet Mimban . In the aftermath of the Separatists ' takeover of Rishi Station , Commander Cody and Captain Rex arrived there on a scheduled inspection of the base . After the droid commandos destroyed their shuttle , the " Obex " , Cody and Rex fled from the outpost . They soon encountered the remaining survivors of the earlier attack : troopers CT - 1409 , CT - 782 , and CT - 5555 , respectively nicknamed " Echo , " " Fives , " and " Hevy . " Though the rookie soldiers had barely seen any combat action , Cody and Rex rallied them to retake Rishi Station , and they managed to overpower the squad of droid commandos . Yet , their victory was short - lived . Upon losing contact with the droid commandos , Grievous deployed troop reinforcements to ensure that Rishi Station remained under his control . With time running out , Rex decided that instead of trying to disable the all - clear signal , they should destroy Rishi Station . Though Rex ' s plan was the nuclear option , the cessation of the beacon would alert the Republic fleet to Grievous ' s invasion . To destroy Rishi Station , Echo suggested the idea of using the outpost ' s supply of liquid Tibanna , a highly explosive fuel that served as a heat source during the moon ' s long winter . While Cody , Fives , and Hevy defended the station ' s main entrance from the incoming battle droids , Rex and Echo linked a trio of PLNK - series power droid s , which contained the liquid Tibanna , to a detonation system . When Rex encountered problems with the detonator ' s handset , Hevy remained behind to repair it , while his comrades escaped to the crags beneath the station . However , Hevy was unable to repair the remote , so he chose to manually activate the explosives . Thanks to Hevy ' s sacrifice , the destruction of Rishi Station disabled the alert beacon . Anakin Skywalker , Obi - Wan Kenobi , and Wullf Yularen subsequently arrived in the Rishi system with a Republic fleet . Knowing his armada lacked the tactical advantage , Grievous conceded defeat and withdrew his forces from the system . After the battle , Kenobi and Skywalker honored Echo and Fives for their efforts , as well as the late Hevy for his sacrifice . Furthermore , Rex inducted Echo and Fives into the 501st Legion . Intelligence and counterintelligence . Eventually , the Separatists constructed Skytop Station , a core ship that they converted into a listening post in the Ruusan system . Skytop Station plagued the Republic ' s intelligence network by intercepting various transmissions and acquiring vital data for the Confederacy military . In the midst of this subterfuge , Grievous achieved a series of victories that jeopardized the Republic ' s foothold in the Outer Rim . He eliminated an entire Republic battle group at the planet Falleen on his way to conquer Bothawui , a strategic world in the Mid Rim . Rex , Skywalker , and Ahsoka Tano thereafter mobilized a Republic task force in defense of Bothawui . During the ensuing Battle of Bothawui , Rex outflanked Grievous ' s flotilla using a squad of AT - TE walkers that he had hidden within Bothawui ' s asteroid field . Skywalker and Gold Squadron , a unit of V - 19 Torrent starfighter s , quickly pressed their advantage and crippled Grievous ' s frigates , turning the tide of battle in the Republic ' s favor . However , when Skywalker attempted to prevent Grievous from escaping aboard " Soulless One " , Skywalker instead lost his personal astromech droid , R2 - D2 , after debris hit his Delta - 7B interceptor . In spite of Grievous ' s escape , the Republic forces nonetheless emerged victorious at Bothawui . The loss of R2 - D2 had potentially catastrophic consequences for the Republic . Since Skywalker had never wiped R2 - D2 ' s memory , the droid contained a trove of classified Republic military data . Unbeknownst to the Republic , the scavenger Gha Nachkt found R2 - D2 and promised the droid to Grievous . When Skywalker and Tano searched Nachkt ' s freighter , the " Vulture ' s Claw " , they failed to find R2 - D2 amidst Nachkt ' s wares . Adding to Skywalker ' s problems was the fact that his replacement astromech , R3 - S6 , was a spy droid for Grievous . Once the Republic ' s intelligence confirmed the existence of the Confederacy ' s new listening post , Skywalker received orders from Kenobi to find and eliminate the base . While his fleet scoured a targeted region of space , Skywalker elected to undertake a solo scouting mission to sweep the area ' s outer corridor . Yet , once Skywalker and R3 - S6 were alone in the former ' s Delta - 7B interceptor , R3 - S6 activated the starfighter ' s homing beacon , leading Grievous and a pair of warships directly to their location . It was only due to the timely intervention of Rex and Tano , who hurriedly assembled a squad of soldiers and arrived aboard the " Twilight " , that Skywalker narrowly escaped demise at Grievous ' s hands . As Nachkt brought R2 - D2 to Skytop Station , the " Twilight " intercepted a transmission from the missing droid . Rex tracked the signal to Skytop Station ' s location in the upper atmosphere of one of the planet Ruusan ' s three moons . Although Kenobi ordered him to eradicate Skytop Station without rescuing R2 - D2 , Skywalker made retrieving his droid one of the mission ' s top priorities . While Rex , Tano , and their strike team planted thermal detonator s at the facility ' s reactor , Skywalker recovered R2 - D2 before Grievous ' s IG - 100 MagnaGuards could abscond with the droid . However , R3 - S6 delayed Rex , Tano , and their squad of troopers at the reactor room long enough for Skytop Station ' s security patrols to confront them . Though Tano and her allies repelled the battle droids , their troubles were far from over . Grievous ambushed them , murdering most of the clone troopers in the process . Tano subsequently engaged Grievous in a lightsaber duel so that Rex and the other surviving soldier , Denal , could finish installing the explosives at the reactor . Once they had done so , Denal and Rex rendezvoused with Skywalker , R2 - D2 , and the " Twilight " in Skytop Station ' s main hangar . There , R3 - S6 revealed his true allegiances by sealing the exits and activating a trio of vulture droids , thus preventing Rex and Skywalker from aiding Tano in her confrontation with Grievous . At Skywalker ' s behest , Rex activated the explosives at the reactor , plunging Skytop Station on a descent into the moon ' s lower atmosphere . Once R2 - D2 opened the hangar door from an exterior terminal , Tano arrived — having broken off from her duel with Grievous — and escaped with Denal , Rex , and Skywalker aboard the " Twilight " . Before they left the Ruusan system , Skywalker personally retrieved R2 - D2 , who had eliminated R3 - S6 . Grievous also escaped , though the loss of Skytop Station became yet another blemish on his career . Separatist leadership targeted . As the Clone Wars entered a stalemate , several important members of the Confederacy found themselves in the Republic ' s crosshairs . One such leader was Nute Gunray , who entered into a brief alliance with Senator Onaconda Farr of Rodia . Although Rodia was part of the Republic , the Senate proved too slow to aid the Rodian population after pirate attacks demolished Rodia ' s inbound supply ships . Consequently , Farr lost faith in the Republic and accepted Gunray ' s offer to distribute relief supplies to Rodia . In return , Farr helped Gunray capture Padmé Amidala , against whom Gunray still held a grudge , when she came to Rodia on a diplomatic visit . Though Farr was conflicted about betraying Amidala , he incarcerated his old friend in a local detention tower until Gunray ' s arrival . However , when Gunray came to collect Amidala , Farr was shocked to learn that Gunray intended to execute her . Although Amidala escaped from the detention tower , complications arose when Gunray ' s battle droids targeted both her and Jar Jar Binks , who had accompanied her to Rodia . Binks enlisted the aid of a large Kwazel Maw , which demolished most of Gunray ' s droids and his " Sheathipede " - class transport shuttle . Moreover , Gunray ' s indifference to the Rodians ' suffering , as well as his brutal treatment of Amidala , convinced Farr that joining the Confederacy was a mistake . Farr aided Amidala in arresting Gunray on behalf of the Republic , concluding Rodia ' s dalliance with the Separatists . Sheev Palpatine thereafter sent the Rodians a convoy of much - needed supplies . Under the command of Clone Commander CC - 1004 , nicknamed " Gree , " the 41st Elite Corps arrived on Rodia to take Gunray into Republic custody . The Jedi High Council dispatched Jedi General Luminara Unduli , alongside Ahsoka Tano , to provide further security for Gunray ' s transfer to Coruscant , where the viceroy would stand trial . Since Darth Sidious believed that Gunray would not be able to withstand the Jedi ' s interrogation , Dooku tasked Asajj Ventress with rescuing Gunray . Dooku also paid off Captain Argyus , the leader of the Senate Commando detail that had been assigned to Gunray ' s transfer , to assist in the operation . Ventress launched her assault just as Argyus , Gree , Tano , and Unduli were leaving Rodia with Gunray aboard the Star Destroyer " Tranquility " . A trio of " Droch " - class boarding ships penetrated the " Tranquility " hull , then deployed a droid boarding party that eradicated much of the Elite Corps ' Green Company . Ventress proceeded to the " Tranquility " detention level , where she entered into a brief rematch with Tano , since the two had previously crossed blades during the Battle of Teth . Though Argyus , Gree , and Unduli came to Tano ' s aid and prevented Ventress from escaping with Gunray , Ventress used a cache of explosives that she had planted in the " Tranquility " engine room to disrupt all of the cruiser ' s on - board systems . When Unduli pursued Ventress to the engine room , Ventress nearly overwhelmed her , and it was only thanks to Tano ' s assistance that Unduli was able to continue their lightsaber duel . As Ventress continued to occupy the Jedi ' s attention , she signaled Argyus to make his move . Argyus gunned down two of his fellow Senate Commandos who were guarding Gunray , then liberated Gunray from his prison cell . Argyus and Gunray resisted Gree ' s attempts to stop them and commandeered the " Consular " - class frigate that had transferred Gunray to the " Tranquility " . Similarly , Ventress stole an escape pod and joined them aboard their frigate , though she executed Argyus when he insinuated that he would take full credit for the operation ' s success . Nevertheless , Unduli was able to transmit the tracking data for Gunray ' s frigate to fellow Jedi General Kit Fisto , whose fleet was close to Gunray ' s last known position . Since Fisto was leading the hunt to recapture Gunray , Dooku saw an opportunity to test one of his agents . Because Grievous ' s recent defeats had undermined Dooku ' s faith in him , Dooku arranged a test for his best general . Using the homing beacon from Gunray ' s frigate , Dooku lured Fisto and his forces to Grievous ' s personal fortress on the third moon of Vassek . The Republic ' s Outer Rim Command Center also monitored Clone Commander Fil and Jedi Knight Nahdar Vebb , Fisto ' s former Padawan , who led a team of troopers to assist in the search for Gunray . Grievous remained unaware of Dooku ' s plan to reevaluate his performance . Fisto , Vebb , and their soldiers infiltrated Grievous ' s fortress and eliminated a security detail of battle droids that they incorrectly assumed were protecting Gunray . In lieu of the viceroy , Dooku holographically contacted Fisto and Vebb and offered them an alternative prize . Once they realized that the fortress belonged to Grievous , Fisto and Vebb resolved to capture the elusive general , since Grievous ' s arrest would be pivotal for the Republic ' s war effort . Yet , when Grievous returned to his fortress , he proved to be far from easy prey . Grievous temporarily evaded the intruders in his lair , but he was forced to undergo repairs from his medical droid , EV - A4 - D . After having his IG - 100 MagnaGuards lock down the perimeter , Grievous set about reclaiming the upper hand over his would - be captors . He used his fortress ' s built - in countermeasures — including an incinerator pit and his pet roggwart , Gor — to assail Fisto , Vebb , and their soldiers . Fil and the rest of his men perished , but Fisto managed to slay the vicious roggwart . Throughout it all , Vebb displayed a growing willingness to use excessive force in response to Grievous ' s tactics . Matters came to a head when Fisto sneaked into Grievous ' s control room , and Vebb refused to follow his former Master inside . Instead , Vebb stayed behind to confront Grievous on his own . Unable to help his former Padawan , Fisto could only watch through the surveillance system as Grievous slaughtered Vebb . Before escaping from the moon aboard his Delta - 7B interceptor , Fisto dueled Grievous and managed to retrieve the late Vebb ' s lightsaber , which Grievous had claimed as a trophy . Though Grievous had bested Vebb and the clone troopers , Dooku had expected him to do so , and he was not pleased with Grievous ' s failure to defeat Fisto . Dooku ' s temporary capture . Dooku was the next Confederate official who became a target for the Republic . As part of a manhunt for the Sith Lord , Anakin Skywalker infiltrated Dooku ' s current flagship , a " Munificent " - class star frigate , as it was patrolling the Outer Rim . Skywalker allowed himself to be captured in order to lead his forces to the frigate ' s location . While Obi - Wan Kenobi liberated Skywalker and helped him detain Dooku , Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex besieged Dooku ' s frigate from aboard the " Resolute " . However , Dooku fled from the ongoing battle in his solar sailer , with Kenobi and Skywalker in close pursuit aboard a stolen " Sheathipede " - class transport shuttle . All three of them crash - landed on the planet Vanqor . Whereas Dooku gained safe passage from the Ohnaka Gang , a band of pirates , to the nearby world of Florrum , Kenobi and Skywalker were left stranded on Vanqor , and Tano had to retrieve them from the planet ' s surface . Nevertheless , Dooku had not yet reached safety . The Ohnaka Gang took Dooku hostage on Florrum , and the pirates ' leader , Hondo Ohnaka , offered him to the Republic in exchange for a hefty sum of one million credit s , paid in spice . Before Sheev Palpatine agreed to the deal , the Jedi High Council dispatched Kenobi and Skywalker to Florrum to confirm that Ohnaka and his men indeed had custody of Dooku . However , after the Jedi arrived , Ohnaka drugged them and also took them prisoner , intending to ransom them to the Republic for an even larger payday . Unaware of Kenobi and Skywalker ' s situation , Palpatine dispatched Senator Kharrus and an escort team from the Coruscant Guard to deliver the spice ransom to Florrum and secure custody of Dooku . Rogue elements within the Ohnaka Gang caused further trouble for the Republic . Ohnaka ' s lieutenant , Turk Falso , led a faction of pirates who shot down Kharrus ' s shuttle over Florrum , hoping to steal the ransom . Kharrus and the shuttle ' s crew died in the crash , leaving Jar Jar Binks , who was part of the delegation , as the ranking commander for Commander CC - 5869 , nicknamed " Stone , " and his soldiers . By the time Binks , Stone , and their squad reached Ohnaka ' s base of operations , Dooku had escaped . He made his getaway by killing Falso and stealing his " Flarestar " - class attack shuttle . Rather than arresting Ohnaka , Kenobi and Skywalker left Ohnaka and his pirates alone . The Jedi departed with Binks and the clones aboard the " Twilight " , aboard which the Jedi had traveled to Florrum . Whereas Ohnaka and the Jedi parted on good terms , Dooku harbored a grudge against Ohnaka . Crisis after crisis . The Quell system became the next flashpoint of the Clone Wars when a Confederate armada intercepted Jedi General Aayla Secura ' s fleet of warships . In the resulting Battle of Quell , the Separatist frigates pummeled Secura ' s cruisers with heavy bombardment . Soon , only Secura ' s flagship was maintaining altitude over the planet Quell . Skywalker , Tano , Captain Rex , and Wullf Yularen arrived aboard the " Resolute " to extract Secura ; Clone Commander CC - 5052 , nicknamed " Bly " ; and their crew from their doomed vessel . Rex , Skywalker , and Tano brought Secura , Bly , and a few of their troops aboard a " Consular " - class cruiser . Before they could reach the " Resolute " , a vulture droid attack inadvertently enabled their frigate ' s hyperdrive . The Jedi and clones found themselves on an unexpected detour , and they crash - landed on the remote planet Maridun . Yularen was left behind to oversee the Republic ' s campaign over Quell . Stranded on Maridun , Bly , Rex , Secura , and Tano sought out medical attention for Skywalker , who had suffered critical injuries during the escape from Secura ' s flagship . They brought Skywalker to a village of Lurmen pacifists , who treated his wounds . Just as Skywalker ' s condition was improving , the Separatist General Lok Durd selected Maridun as a test site for the Confederacy ' s newest weapon . Durd had developed the Defoliator , a cannon that exterminated organic matter while sparing inorganic subjects , such as battle droids . Durd decided to use the Lurmen colonists as test subjects for his Defoliator Deployment Tank . When Durd came to subjugate the Lurmen , the village ' s elder , Tee Watt Kaa , persuaded Bly , Rex , Secura , Skywalker , and Tano to leave in order to avoid a potential crossfire . However , the Jedi and clones returned once they realized that Durd was planning to test the Defoliator on the Lurmen village . In the skirmish that followed , the Jedi and clones used a pair of stolen Separatist shield generators to protect the Lurmen from the Defoliator ' s incendiary capsules . Yet , after Durd ' s droid infantry breached the Jedi and clones ' defenses , Wag Too — the village healer and Watt Kaa ' s son — convinced other young members of the colony to help defend their home . They succeeded , while Skywalker managed to impair the Defoliator and captured Durd . Nevertheless , Watt Kaa questioned whether it had been worth it for Too and his friends to sacrifice their pacifism for the victory . Shortly thereafter , a brief but bloody conflict erupted on the glacial world of Orto Plutonia . Both the Republic and the Confederacy maintained bases on Orto Plutonia , which attracted attention from a local settlement of Talz . In an effort to protect their solitude , the Talz obliterated both the Republic and Separatist outposts on their world . The Pantoran s , who inhabited Orto Plutonia ' s single moon of Pantora , claimed Orto Plutonia as a protectorate . Consequently , Pantoran Chairman Chi Cho and Senator Riyo Chuchi requested a detachment of soldiers to investigate the loss of contact with Glid Station , the Republic base on Orto Plutonia . Rex , Skywalker , and Obi - Wan Kenobi oversaw the platoon of cold assault troopers from the Grand Army . When Kenobi and Skywalker made contact with Chief tain Thi - Sen of the Talz , he communicated his desire to peacefully resolve the conflict . Yet , Cho dismissed the Talz as savages , declaring that the Convention of Civilized Systems did not apply to them . Despite efforts from Chuchi , Skywalker , and Kenobi to find a diplomatic solution , the headstrong Cho insisted on declaring war with the Talz in an effort to exterminate them . Open hostilities erupted when the Talz ambushed Cho , Rex , and their troops . Many Talz and clone troopers lost their lives until Chuchi received approval from the Pantoran Assembly to negotiate an end to the bloodshed . Despite her youth and inexperience , Chuchi mustered the courage to personally establish a peaceful settlement with Thi - Sen . While Cho succumbed to fatal wounds that he had sustained , Chuchi agreed to cede complete jurisdiction of Orto Plutonia to Thi - Sen and the Talz . Chuchi thereafter departed from Orto Plutonia with Kenobi , Rex , Skywalker , and their troops , leaving the Talz in peace . In light of Cho ' s death , the Pantorans eventually elected Baron Papanoida as their new chairman . The Battle of Ryloth comes to an end . The Techno Union continued to subjugate Ryloth , and Wat Tambor gained an appointment as the emir of the conquered world . The Republic Senate finally authorized an invasion force from the Grand Army to liberate the Twi ' lek homeworld , reopening Ryloth as a Republic battlefront . Skywalker , Tano , and Wullf Yularen received the task of eliminating Confederate Captain Mar Tuuk ' s orbital blockade of Ryloth . The Republic ' s first assault on the blockade failed , since Tuuk ' s fleet obliterated the Star Destroyer " Redeemer " and forced Skywalker ' s other warships , the " Defender " and the " Resolute " , to retreat from the Ryloth system . Tano also suffered a devastating blow to her morale when she lost an entire unit of clone pilots , Blue Squadron , as part of her first command position . Skywalker and Tano ' s next strategy had better results . Since the " Defender " had sustained heavy damages , Skywalker sacrificed the cruiser by personally ramming it into Tuuk ' s " Lucrehulk " - class Battleship . Tuuk fled from his command ship just prior to its demise , thereby ceding command of the blockade to the six frigates ' OOM command battle droid s . The ensuing chaos enabled the " Resolute " to return to the Ryloth system . Tano angled the " Resolute " ventral hull toward the enemy blockade in order to lure its droid commanders into a trap . Once the frigates moved in , Tano launched several squadrons of starfighters from the " Resolute " and bombarded the frigates , leaving the blockade in disarray . Thanks to Skywalker and Tano ' s efforts , Obi - Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu were able to safely enter Ryloth ' s atmosphere with a trio of " Acclamator " - class transgalactic military assault ship s containing the invasion force . However , a Separatist encampment in the city of Nabat precluded Kenobi and Windu from landing their forces on the surface . From Nabat , the T - series tactical droid TX - 20 targeted the Republic assault ships with aerial barrages from ground - based J - 1 proton cannon s . Windu withdrew the transport s to a higher altitude until Kenobi , Commander Cody , and the 212th Attack Battalion ' s Ghost Company could eliminate the proton cannons in Nabat . Once there , troopers Boil and Waxer befriended Numa , a young Twi ' lek orphan who had lost her parents when the Separatists stormed Nabat . With Numa ' s help , Kenobi and Ghost Company disabled the proton cannons and also rescued Nabat ' s Twi ' lek residents , whom TX - 20 had been using as living shields to protect his encampment from attack . Once freed , the Twi ' leks mobbed TX - 20 and destroyed him in retaliation for his subjugation of their home . Ghost Company ' s liberation of Nabat allowed Windu and his transports to use the city as a landing zone . While Skywalker and Tano defeated the remnants of the Confederate blockade and secured the space around Ryloth , Kenobi freed more Twi ' lek villages from the Techno Union ' s occupation . Kenobi soon retook the Jixuan desert , bringing Ryloth ' s southern hemisphere under Republic control . In response to the Republic ' s rising victories , Wat Tambor entrenched the majority of his droid infantry within the capital of Lessu . It fell to Windu and Commander Ponds to secure Lessu and apprehend Tambor . However , a unit of Armored Assault Tanks inflicted severe casualties to Windu ' s Lightning Squadron during an ambush at a canyon outside of Lessu . Because the Grand Army could not spare any reinforcements , Windu decided to enlist the help of Cham Syndulla and his Twi ' lek Resistance . When Windu sought him out , Syndulla still had reservations about working with the Republic , since the Grand Army had previously been unable to aid the Twi ' lek Resistance . Syndulla also lacked trust in Ryloth ' s senator , Orn Free Taa , due to their political rivalry before the war . Yet , Syndulla changed his mind when Dooku ordered Tambor to plunder what he could from the Twi ' lek villages , then exterminate everything else . In doing so , Dooku hoped to use Ryloth ' s demise as a political message about the ramifications of a Republic victory . Ponds and Lightning Squadron witnessed Tambor ' s firebombing campaign firsthand , as " Hyena " - class bombers targeted all villages within range of Lessu , even those that were filled with innocent civilians . Skywalker and Tano concentrated their efforts on eliminating the bombers , but there were too many for their squadrons to handle . Tambor ' s ruthlessness reminded Syndulla and Taa of their common desire : achieving liberty for Ryloth . Under Windu ' s mediation , Syndulla promised not to exploit the situation for political power . Taa , meanwhile , agreed to Syndulla ' s stipulation to preserve Ryloth ' s independence , by ensuring that the Grand Army refrained from a post - invasion occupation of Ryloth . With that , Syndulla merged his forces with those of Windu , and the new allies organized a joint assault on Lessu . Although Dooku ordered him to withdraw from Ryloth , Tambor delayed his departure to maximize the amount of plunder that he could seize from the Twi ' leks . As a result , Windu and Advanced Recon Force troopers Razor and Stak infiltrated one of Tambor ' s inbound Multi - Troop Transport s to gain passage across Lessu ' s plasma bridge , which was the only means of reaching the capital . Once Razor and Stak reactivated the bridge , Syndulla led his Twi ' lek freedom fighters and the Republic clone troopers — riding blurrg s and All Terrain Recon Transport s , respectively — as they charged into Lessu . While Syndulla oversaw the ground campaign , Windu arrested Tambor , who had lingered too long and was thus abandoned when his own tactical droid , TA - 175 , left aboard his shuttle . Despite Tambor ' s presence in Lessu , Dooku ordered TA - 175 to have their " Hyena " - class bombers lay waste to the capital . However , Skywalker and Tano intercepted the bombers in their Delta - 7B interceptors and wiped them out before they reached Lessu . Afterward , Tambor agreed to unconditionally surrender to Syndulla and Windu . The Battle of Lessu , as it became known , finally brought the lengthy Battle of Ryloth to an end . Now free once more , the Twi ' leks held a parade in Lessu to celebrate their victory , with Syndulla , Taa , and Windu in attendance . Syndulla and Windu ' s accomplishments at Lessu led them to become part of Twi ' lek folklore , with songs naming their attack the Hammer of Ryloth . Year Two ( 21 BBY – 20 BBY ) . The Blue Shadow Virus . In the Mid Rim , Naboo became the site of the Confederacy ' s foray into biological warfare . Operating out of a secret Trade Federation laboratory beneath Naboo ' s eastern swamps , Doctor Nuvo Vindi succeeded in weaponizing the Blue Shadow Virus , a lethal waterborne plague with no known cure , as an airborne strain . He also manufactured viral bomb s to release the plague to key Republic star systems . When the Royal Naboo Security Forces discovered a patrol of Vindi ' s battle droids , Padmé Amidala and Jar Jar Binks returned to help Queen Neeyutnee and Captain Gregar Typho investigate the potential incursion . Amidala and Binks traced the battle droids ' point of origin to the eastern swamps , where Vindi ' s forces captured them . In response , Kenobi , Skywalker , and Tano led a raid on Vindi ' s laboratory to rescue Amidala and Binks , as well as prevent Vindi from escaping with his cache of bombs . Captain Rex and the clone units Calm Tree , Snow Wolves , and Wildfire provided tactical support for the Jedi ' s operation . After saving Amidala and Binks , Skywalker aided Kenobi in apprehending Vindi . In addition , the Republic task force ' s cadre of clone ordnance specialist s managed to disarm Vindi ' s entire supply of viral bombs before he could release the plague to Naboo . Kenobi and Skywalker thereafter escorted Vindi to Naboo ' s capital , Theed , to stand trial for his crimes . However , the crisis was not over . Vindi ' s personal LEP servant droid had secretly absconded with one of the vials containing the Blue Shadow Virus . The droid used a viral bomb to release the plague within the laboratory . While Kenobi and Skywalker traveled to the distant planet Iego to retrieve a potential cure , Amidala and Binks worked with Rex , Tano , and their men to eliminate the laboratory ' s remaining battle droids . If the droids escaped from the sealed compound , they would spread the outbreak to the rest of Naboo . Although the Blue Shadow Virus infected everyone save for Binks , the Republic personnel managed to eradicate the battle droids . During their journey to Iego , Kenobi and Skywalker deactivated the Separatists ' laser web over the planet , liberating the inhabitants from their confinement to the planetary surface . The two Jedi also obtained a sample of reeksa root , which was used to cure Amidala , Rex , Tano , and their men from the Blue Shadow Virus , bringing the incident to a close . Victories and sacrifices . Felucia , a jungle world in the Outer Rim , became a frequent battlefront throughout the war . Early on , Felucia ' s strategic location on the Perlemian Trade Route led it to become the site of a campaign between the Confederacy and the Republic . Kenobi , Skywalker , and Tano attempted to repel a Separatist military presence from the world , but the battle droids overwhelmed their detachment of clone troopers , led by Commander Cody and Captain Rex . Once Commander Wolffe arrived with a fleet of Star Destroyers and breached the Confederacy ' s orbital blockade , Plo Koon and clone pilot Warthog rushed through the opening with a squadron of LAAT / i gunships . From their starfighters , Koon and Warthog escorted the gunships to the surface , where they extracted Cody , Kenobi , Rex , Skywalker , and their men from the Republic ' s main staging area . Before leaving Felucia , the gunships also picked up Tano and her patrol of soldiers from elsewhere in the jungle . Though Tano initially refused to retreat , she and her soldiers boarded the gunships right before droid reinforcements compromised their position . The Republic ' s defeat at Felucia disrupted the Grand Army ' s efforts in the surrounding sector of space . Tano also faced disciplinary action from the Jedi High Council for disobeying her orders to evacuate from Felucia . Devaron , another forested planet , soon became one of the war ' s next battlefields . Working for Darth Sidious , the bounty hunter Cad Bane collaborated with fellow mercenary Cato Parasitti to steal a holocron from the Jedi Archives ' Holocron Vault on Coruscant . Bane then targeted Jedi Master Bolla Ropal , the keeper of the Jedi Order ' s Kyber memory crystal , a device that documented all known Force - sensitive youngling s throughout the galaxy . At Sidious ' s request , Nute Gunray provided Bane with the Trade Federation ' s armada of " Munificent " - class star frigates , which Bane used to besiege Ropal ' s Republic outpost on Devaron . By the time Rex , Skywalker , Tano , and Wullf Yularen arrived in the Devaron system aboard the " Resolute " , Bane had already overrun the Republic base and had abducted Ropal , bringing him aboard his command ship . The " Resolute " tore through the majority of Bane ' s frigates and also disabled his command ship ' s hyperdrive , trapping Bane in - system . Yet , when Ropal refused to use the holocron to access the memory crystal , Bane had his crew of battle droids torture Ropal to death . Due to a lack of resources , Rex , Skywalker , and Tano repurposed a trio of AT - TE walkers as unorthodox boarding craft for their assault force , consisting of Execute Battalion and Carnivore Battalion . Once the Jedi and clones had infiltrated his command ship , Bane lured them into an ambush with his droid infantry on the frigate ' s gunnery deck . Bane further separated Tano from her allies and took her hostage , using her as leverage to force Skywalker to open the Kyber memory crystal . Because the frigate ' s self - destruct sequence was active , Rex , Skywalker , Tano , and their detachment commandeered a shuttle and fled from the doomed frigate . Bane , still in possession of the holocron and the memory crystal , stowed away on their shuttle by killing trooper Denal and stealing his armor . Once aboard the " Resolute " , Bane seized a V - 19 Torrent starfighter and jumped to hyperspace before Skywalker and Tano could apprehend him . Following his victory at Devaron , Bane continued his work for Sidious and set out to abduct four Force - sensitive children who were listed in the Kyber memory crystal . After kidnapping the Nautolan Zinn Toa on the planet Glee Anselm , Bane captured Wee Dunn in Rodia ' s Kay - Tap square , thwarting Kenobi ' s efforts to stop him . However , Skywalker and Tano intercepted Bane before he could snatch a third child , Roo - Roo Page of the Gungan s , in Jan - gwa city on Naboo . Bane endured a brief tenure in Republic custody , ending when he led Kenobi and Mace Windu into a trap on Black Stall Station , his base of operations . Though Bane escaped , Kenobi and Windu recovered the stolen holocron from his possession . Furthermore , Skywalker and Tano rescued Dunn and Toa from Sidious ' s secret facility on the volcanic world of Mustafar . Nevertheless , the Jedi Order remained unaware that Sidious was behind the entire ordeal . In spite of its earlier setback at Felucia , the Republic maintained a presence in the Felucia system in the form of an orbital " Haven " - class medical station . Yet , the station lacked defensive measures , which made it an easy target for a small Confederate flotilla . When Kenobi , Skywalker , and Tano investigated the loss of contact with Felucia ' s medical station , a Separatist automated vulture droid deployment station launched a squadron of vulture droids . The droid starfighters attacked the Jedi ' s T - 6 shuttle , forcing them to crash - land on Felucia . While there , the Jedi helped the mercenaries Sugi , Embo , Seripas , and Rumi Paramita defend a Felucian farm ing village from extortion by the Ohnaka Gang , which hoped to pillage the farmer s ' nysillin crops . Battle of Malastare . One of the longest and fiercest campaigns of the Clone Wars was the Battle of Malastare . In collaboration with Doge Nakha Urus and his Dug soldiers , Skywalker and Mace Windu led a battle group to safeguard the planet Malastare — whose fuel industry was vital to the Republic ' s war machine — from a Confederate incursion . However , an enormous detachment from the Separatist Droid Army came close to conquering Malastare . Desperate to ensure a Republic victory , Sheev Palpatine authorized the use of the electro - proton bomb , an experimental weapon that Doctor Sionver Boll had developed to disable only mechanical subjects . The electro - proton bomb generated an electromagnetic pulse that rendered all of the Confederacy ' s battle droids inert . The bomb ' s detonation zone also produced a massive sinkhole that engulfed some of the Republic ' s AT - TE walkers and command crews , requiring a rescue effort . However , the crater was not the only byproduct of the electro - proton bomb . The blast also awoke a Zillo Beast , a member of a colossal species that had been thought to be extinct . The Zillo Beast proved to be impervious to everything from blasterfire to Skywalker ' s lightsaber . Because of an ancient enmity between the Dugs and the Zillo Beasts , Urus and his Dug Council demanded that the Republic help them exterminate the creature . Yet , Windu was adamant against doing so , as the creature could be the last of its kind . Windu ' s actions strained the Republic ' s diplomatic relations with the Dugs , since the Grand Army still needed access to Malastare ' s fuel . In order to appease Urus , Skywalker and Windu used Republic RX - 200 " Falchion " - class assault tanks to non - lethally immobilize the Zillo Beast , making it appear as though the creature was dead . As a result , Urus and his council signed a treaty that provided the Republic with exclusive access to Malastare ' s fuel reserves . In the wake of the Battle of Malastare , Palpatine ordered Skywalker and Windu to transport the Zillo Beast to Coruscant for study . Palpatine ordered Boll to synthesize the creature ' s highly durable scales to supplement a new iteration of clone trooper armor . However , the Zillo Beast escaped from the Republic Science and Technical Center and wreaked havoc across Coruscant , inflicting massive property damage and sowing terror among the populace . Unable to subdue the creature , the Jedi and their clone troopers were forced to kill the Zillo Beast . Second Battle of Geonosis . It was not long before the Clone Wars returned to Geonosis . Though the Republic had occupied the desert world since the war ' s outset , the Grand Army ' s pan - galactic war effort required that much of Geonosis ' s occupying forces be distributed elsewhere . Thanks to the Republic ' s waning attention , the Confederacy was able to re - establish a major presence on Geonosis . Archduke Poggle the Lesser oversaw the construction of a series of new battle droid factories to expand the ranks of the Separatist Droid Army . Poggle ' s primary foundry earned substantial investments from the Trade Federation and the InterGalactic Banking Clan . During a visit to Lott Dod ' s palace on Cato Neimoidia , Padmé Amidala discovered a hologram disc with the factory ' s coordinates and stole it from the Banking Clan ' s senator , Rush Clovis . The Republic and the Jedi High Council subsequently learned of the existence of Poggle ' s new droid foundries . Already , the Confederacy ' s total supply of battle droids far outnumbered the Republic ' s clone troopers , with Count Dooku claiming that the ratio was as high as one hundred to one . Hoping to halt the Geonosians ' production of new battle droids , the Grand Army committed an immense Jedi - led invasion force to retaking Geonosis . Since Poggle had barricaded himself in his primary foundry , the Jedi mounted a three - pronged assault on the facility ' s ray shield generator . Jedi General Ki - Adi - Mundi and Clone Commander CC - 1993 , nicknamed " Jet , " led the northernmost strike , while Obi - Wan Kenobi and Commander Cody oversaw the central charge . Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano — fresh from routing Confederate forces near the planet Dorin — spearheaded the southward strike with Captain Rex . Wullf Yularen commanded the Republic Navy ' s efforts , including other areas of the planet - wide campaign . As the Second Battle of Geonosis began , the Geonosian defenses intercepted the majority of the Republic ' s LAAT / i gunships . Only Cody and his detachment of AT - TE walkers managed to reach Point Rain , the Republic ' s staging area near the ray shield generator , where Cody organized his walkers in a defensive formation . The Geonosians ' LR1K sonic cannon s and " Nantex " - class starfighters grounded the rest of the Republic ' s gunships . Kenobi was severely wounded when his gunship went down , and Cody had to send troopers Waxer and Boil to rescue him and trooper Trapper , the transport ' s only other survivor . Mundi also sustained injuries when his gunship crashed , but he and Jet cut through a cave of Geonosian soldiers , where their squad of flame trooper s used flamethrower s to overwhelm the Geonosians . Rex , Skywalker , Tano , and their troops obliterated an enormous canyon barricade of battle droids and rendezvoused with Jet , Mundi , and their men . As Cody and Kenobi continued to defend Point Rain from oncoming waves of Geonosian soldiers , Mundi and Skywalker combined their forces and pushed onward to reinforce their comrades . At the same time , Yularen was able to spare a single squadron of Y - wing starfighters to provide aerial support for Mundi and Skywalker ' s advance . Consequently , the Jedi and clones were able to secure Point Rain . For the final stage of their operation , Skywalker and Tano led a small squad of troopers through the ray shield , and they used a volley of Electro Magnetic Pulse grenade s to disable the Geonosians ' J - 1 proton cannons . Once they had done so , Cody moved in with a detail of AT - TE walkers and eliminated the shield generator . The ray shield dissipated , allowing Rex , Mundi , and the main body of troops to land there aboard their gunships . The remaining Geonosians surrendered , thus ending the first phase of the Republic ' s invasion . While Kenobi , Mundi , and the other wounded troops returned to the Republic fleet for medical treatment , Rex , Skywalker , and Tano undertook the next phase of the invasion : crippling Poggle ' s main droid foundry . Luminara Unduli ; her Padawan , Barriss Offee ; and Commander Gree brought in infantry reinforcements to support Skywalker ' s assault . However , a single bridge was the only means of crossing the chasm that isolated Poggle ' s factory from the surrounding area . Since the bridge formed a natural bottleneck , the Republic ' s clone troopers would be completely exposed during their advance on the foundry . As a result , Unduli had Offee memorize the entire labyrinth of catacombs beneath the facility . While Offee and Tano infiltrated the foundry from the catacombs below , Unduli and Skywalker collaborated with Gree and Rex to lead a frontal assault on the facility as a diversionary tactic . Yet , though the droid factory was operating at only half - capacity , Poggle and his tactical droid , TX - 21 , had already amassed ten garrisons of new troops that were ready for deployment . As Unduli , Skywalker , and their soldiers made headway against the foundry ' s droid defenses , Poggle allowed TX - 21 to deploy twenty units of their newest creation : the super tank . The super tanks ' ray shields enabled them to withstand barrages from the Republic ' s AV - 7 Anti - Vehicle Cannons . In return , the super tanks launched a devastating volley of missiles , inflicting heavy casualties to the Republic troops . Gree and Rex led their soldiers into retreat , thereby drawing the super tanks onto the bridge across the chasm . Skywalker and Unduli climbed across the underside of the bridge , planting thermal detonators on their way to the other side . Once they had reached the factory , Skywalker and Unduli used the explosives to collapse the bridge , plunging the super tanks into the abyss . Meanwhile , Offee and Tano reached the foundry ' s reactor via the catacombs , but TX - 21 intercepted them with a super tank and a squad of Geonosian soldiers . Though Tano destroyed TX - 21 , the Geonosians purloined her and Offee ' s supply of thermal detonators . Unable to devise another means of eliminating the reactor , Offee and Tano commandeered the super tank and fired upon the reactor . Their attack generated a chain of explosions that ruptured the foundry ' s internal structure , bringing it plummeting to the ground . Although Unduli accepted Offee ' s fate , Skywalker was unwilling to let go of his own pupil , and he frantically joined his troops ' search for the lost Padawans . Trapped with Offee in the wreckage of their super tank , Tano used a power cell to boost her comlink ' s reception , leading their Masters to their location . As a result , Unduli and Skywalker were able to rescue Offee and Tano from the mounds of debris . While the main body of troops continued their cleanup efforts , Offee and Tano returned to the fleet for temporary recuperation . As part of its continued campaign on Geonosis , the Grand Army eradicated other key Geonosian droid factories . Yet , Poggle remained at large , since he had escaped from his main foundry prior to its fall . Kenobi , who had recovered from his earlier injuries , joined Unduli in leading the manhunt for Poggle . As a sandstorm brewed , Unduli and trooper Buzz tracked Poggle to the Progate Temple , the headquarters of the Geonosians ' secret queen , Karina the Great . Karina ' s minions — in truth , undead Geonosians who were being reanimated by her brain worm s — killed Buzz and abducted Unduli , dragging her into the catacombs beneath the temple . Once the sandstorm had abated , Commander Cody , Kenobi , and Skywalker took a squad of troopers into the catacombs to rescue Unduli . However , the undead Geonosians took advantage of the tunnels ' labyrinthine layout to deal casualties to Kenobi and Skywalker ' s search party . Eventually , Cody Kenobi , Skywalker , and their remaining soldiers reached Karina ' s throne room , where Poggle had incarcerated Unduli . Despite Kenobi ' s attempt at negotiation , Karina refused to submit to Republic law . Instead , Karina had Poggle give Unduli a brain worm that would control her mind . Before the brain worm could infect Unduli , Cody and his soldiers turned their headlamps on Karina and the Geonosians , temporarily blinding them . Skywalker freed Unduli from her restraints , and together they handcuffed Poggle and brought him with them as they retreated with the rest of their comrades . Cody and his men eliminated the tunnel ' s supports on their way out , burying Karina underneath piles of rubble and killing her . Cody , Unduli , Kenobi , Skywalker , and their soldiers managed to escape with Poggle from the Progate Temple just before it collapsed . With that , the Second Battle of Geonosis ended in a Republic victory . In the aftermath of the Republic ' s successful recapture of Geonosis , Mace Windu oversaw a campaign on the planet Dantooine . His soldiers sustained numerous injuries , thus requiring relief supplies from a medical station near the planet Ord Cestus . Since it was imperative for the Jedi to escort Poggle to Coruscant , Offee and Tano personally embarked on the assignment of picking up the medical shipment from the Ord Cestus medcenter . Kenobi , Mundi , Skywalker , and Unduli separately departed aboard a " Venator " - class Star Destroyer to transport Poggle to Coruscant . Complicating matters was the fact that a Geonosian brain worm infected trooper Scythe of Tango Company , the troop detail that was escorting Offee and Tano aboard their " Pelta " - class frigate , TB - 73 . Before long , Scythe had infected most of his fellow soldiers with the brain worms . Under the parasites ' mind control , the clone troopers gunned down TB - 73 ' s clone pilots and activated the bridge ' s security shields , thereby gaining control of the frigate . Offee and Tano learned of the infection when troopers Edge and Ox attacked them in the ship ' s mess hall . Lieutenant Trap , Tango Company ' s commanding officer , also opened fire at the Padawans , and Offee killed him in self - defense . In order to contain the parasites aboard their frigate , Offee went to disable the engines , while Tano contacted Kit Fisto , who was overseeing the Ord Cestus medcenter , to warn him of the outbreak . However , Scythe and his comrades intercepted Offee near the reactor room and infected her with a brain worm . With Offee gone , Tano was now the only uninfected person aboard TB - 73 . When Offee confronted her , Tano briefly crossed lightsabers with her friend before escaping to the frigate ' s ventilation shafts . Meanwhile , after learning of the outbreak from Tano , Skywalker violently interrogated Poggle and learned that the brain worms were susceptible to subzero conditions . Consequently , Tano ruptured TB - 73 ' s coolant system , and the intense cold neutralized the brain worms that were controlling the clone troopers . Tano was just in time , as TB - 73 arrived out of hyperspace a short distance away from the medcenter . Although Offee attacked Tano before she could reverse TB - 73 ' s engines , a pair of Republic tugboat s used their tractor beams to reduce the frigate ' s speed , narrowly preventing a collision with the medcenter . With the brain worms contained , Fisto and his staff provided treatment to Offee , Tano , and the surviving members of Tango Company , guaranteeing a full recovery for all of them . Hunt for Grievous . Even though the Republic ' s victories outnumbered its defeats , the Separatist Droid Army continued to make advances in the Outer Rim Territories . Soon , Grievous began to specifically target members of the Jedi High Council , including General Eeth Koth . Deep in the Outer Rim , Grievous and his " Recusant " - class warship launched an assault on Koth ' s flagship , the " Steadfast " . Grievous then boarded the " Steadfast " with a strike team of BX - series droid commandos , which swiftly overwhelmed the Star Destroyer ' s detachment of clone troopers . While Koth ordered Captain Lock and his troops to evacuate from the " Steadfast " , Koth dueled Grievous aboard the bridge , and he nearly bested Grievous in lightsaber combat despite an arm injury . However , Grievous ' s IG - 100 MagnaGuards electrocuted Koth , allowing Grievous to subdue the Jedi Master and take him hostage . When Grievous broadcast his capture of Koth to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , Koth used hand signals to inform the Jedi High Council of his location : the Saleucami system . Jedi Generals Adi Gallia , Obi - Wan Kenobi , and Anakin Skywalker volunteered to lead the ensuing operation to capture Grievous and rescue Koth . While Wullf Yularen and a Republic armada assailed Grievous ' s fleet above Saleucami , Kenobi and Commander Cody lured Grievous onto their " Arquitens " - class light cruiser . With Kenobi dueling Grievous as a diversion , Gallia , Skywalker , Captain Rex , and a squad of troopers arrived aboard an " Eta " - class shuttle and boarded Grievous ' s light destroyer to save Koth . Yet , Grievous had anticipated the Republic ' s tactics and had accordingly delegated command of his flagship to his tactical droid , TV - 94 . Still , Gallia and Skywalker destroyed TV - 94 and his droid commandos aboard the bridge , then freed Koth from his containment field there . Aboard Kenobi ' s light cruiser , things were not going as planned . Kenobi cut down Grievous ' s MagnaGuards , but neither Kenobi nor Grievous were able to maintain the advantage during their subsequent duel . Grievous soon headed back to the light cruiser ' s airlock , where Cody and three of his men intercepted him . Grievous evaded their attempts to subdue him , then ordered his destroyer ' s crew to open fire on the light cruiser ' s engines . The ensuing barrages destabilized the cruiser just as Kenobi , Cody , and their soldiers followed Grievous into the airlock . Grievous engaged in a short rematch with Kenobi and also briefly dueled Gallia , who had come to aid Kenobi ' s efforts . Yet , when the airlock ruptured , all of the combatants were forced to contend with the breach into the vacuum of space . While Grievous slipped away , Gallia helped Cody , Kenobi , and the other remaining trooper climb onto the enemy destroyer . Grievous boarded a C - 9979 troopship to reach Saleucami ' s surface , forcing Cody , Gallia , and Kenobi to suspend their pursuit of him . Instead , they joined Koth , Rex , and Skywalker aboard their shuttle to withdraw from Grievous ' s destroyer . Nevertheless , Grievous soon faced ramifications from targeting Kenobi ' s light cruiser in spite of its close proximity to his flagship . When the cruiser exploded , the debris collided with Grievous ' s landing craft , sending it crashing to Saleucami and forcing Grievous and his crew to transfer to the escape pods . Thanks to that turn of events , the Republic task force refocused its objectives . While Gallia escorted Koth to a medical frigate for treatment , Skywalker and Yularen stayed to complete the fleet ' s efforts against the remnants of the Confederate armada . Simultaneously , Kenobi headed to Saleucami ' s surface with Cody , Rex , and a troop contingent to track down the elusive Grievous . On Saleucami , Grievous and his battle droids discovered that their escape pod ' s transmitter had not survived the crash , thereby preventing them from contacting their fleet in orbit . Since only one of the other escape pods had survived , Grievous and his crew headed to its location , trekking across Saleucami ' s farmlands . Meanwhile , after inspecting the C - 9979 landing craft ' s crash site , Kenobi divided his forces . While Rex took a small squad — consisting of 501st troopers Hardcase ; CT - 5597 , nicknamed " Jesse " ; and CT - 6116 , nicknamed " Kix " — aboard BARC speeder s to scour Saleucami ' s wetlands for Grievous , Cody and Kenobi remained with their main force of AT - TE walkers to continue the search on the dry territory . During the course of Rex ' s patrol , a pair of droid commandos took a potshot at him , missing his heart by only two inch es . Once Hardcase and Jesse had gunned down the droid sniper s , they and Kix brought Rex to a nearby farmstead that the Lawquane family owned . Suu Lawquane agreed to let Rex spend the night in their barn to recover from his condition . After Kix , the squad ' s medic , dressed his wound with a bacta bandage , Rex reluctantly let his men resume the search without him , ceding command of the unit to Jesse . As dusk became night , Rex met Suu ' s husband : Cut Lawquane , a clone trooper who had deserted from the Grand Army . Despite their conflicting ideologies , Rex gradually found common ground with Lawquane based on their dedication to protect those whom they cared about . For Rex , those were his comrades within the Grand Army ; for Lawquane , those were his and Suu ' s two children , Jek and Shaeeah . Meanwhile , Hardcase , Jesse , and Kix headed for the C - 9979 troopship ' s final escape pod with Cody , Kenobi , and their forces . Both groups converged on the site just as Grievous arrived there with his own squad of battle droids . After having the escape pod ' s crew signal his fleet for an extraction from the surface , Grievous marshaled his battle droids in a defense of their position . Though Kenobi engaged Grievous in yet another duel , he was unable to stop Grievous from climbing aboard a " Sheathipede " - class shuttle and reaching his fleet in orbit of Saleucami . Similarly , the Republic fleet failed to intercept Grievous before he departed from the system . Consequently , Kenobi ' s repeated attempts to detain Grievous ended in frustration . Back at the Lawquane farmstead , another of the escape pods from the C - 9979 landing craft caused trouble for Lawquane and his family . A unit of droid commandos had crashed in an escape pod near the family ' s homestead , and Jek and Shaeeah inadvertently reactivated all twenty of the lethal droids . While Suu took their children upstairs to take cover , Lawquane entrusted Rex with being the last line of defense for his family . Lawquane , meanwhile , engaged the droid commandos in direct combat when they converged on his homestead . Due to their combined efforts , Lawquane and Rex were able to defeat the droids . The next morning , Rex went to rendezvous with Kenobi and the main body of troops before they departed from Saleucami . Before leaving , Rex promised not to report Lawquane ' s whereabouts to his superior officers , having reached a better understanding of the former soldier . Mandalore ' s fragile neutrality . In addition to propagating unrest within the Republic citizenry , the Clone Wars caused an increase in crime throughout the galaxy , especially as the Jedi Order devoted its concentration to the Republic ' s war effort . Many star systems became determined to preserve their neutrality from both the Republic and the Confederacy . As a result , over 1 , 500 systems coalesced into the Council of Neutral Systems , a body that advocated for their continued neutrality from the war . Eventually , the council gained a new leader : Duchess Satine Kryze , who ruled the planet Mandalore through a pacifistic regime known as the New Mandalorians . Yet , Kryze attracted criticism when rumors spread that she was assembling an army for the Confederacy . In truth , the real conspirators were Dooku and Darth Sidious , who entered into an alliance with the Death Watch , a Mandalorian splinter group that was bent on reviving Mandalore ' s warrior culture . The Death Watch ' s leader was Pre Vizsla , who — as the governor of Mandalore ' s single moon , Concordia — pretended to be Kryze ' s ally while conspiring with Dooku to end her rule . The Death Watch drew the Republic ' s attention when one of its members assaulted a Republic cruiser , then committed suicide rather than submit to questioning . In response , the Jedi High Council sent Kenobi to investigate Mandalore ' s potential ties to the Separatists . Kryze , who was old friends with Kenobi , aided his investigation , as did Mandalore ' s prime minister , Almec . After a Death Watch bomber demolished the memorial shrine within Mandalore ' s capital city of Sundari , the bomber threw himself from a balcony to avoid being captured by Kenobi . Kenobi and Kryze thereafter accompanied the late bomber ' s body to Concordia , where Vizsla received them . Kenobi ' s continuing investigation led him to the Death Watch ' s secret base within the Concordian mines , where two Death Watch soldiers overwhelmed him . Only Kryze ' s intervention saved Kenobi from dying in a rock crusher . While attempting to escape from the base , Kenobi and Kryze came across Vizsla , who revealed himself as Death Watch ' s leader . Vizsla used the Darksaber , an ancient weapon dating back to the Old Republic , to engage Kenobi in a lightsaber duel . However , Vizsla proved unable to defeat the Jedi Master , and Kenobi absconded from Concordia with Kryze . Afterward , Kryze resolved to plead her case before the Galactic Senate , and Kenobi joined Skywalker , Commander Cody , Captain Rex , and a squad of clone soldiers in providing protection for her voyage to Coruscant . Unbeknownst to Kryze , another Death Watch agent was part of her inner circle of advisors . Senator Tal Merrik , who represented the planet Kalevala in the Mandalore system , smuggled a trio of deadly assassin probes onto Kryze ' s star liner , the " Coronet " . In the skirmish that followed , Cody , Rex , and Skywalker destroyed the first assassin probe in the " Coronet " cargo hold , but a second one slipped past them and reached the dining chambers , where Kenobi protected Kryze and her retinue . Even after their destruction , both assassin probes deployed an array of minuscule probe killer s , which wreaked havoc on the Jedi and clones , as well as Kryze ' s contingent of Journeyman Protector s . Once he and his comrades eliminated the majority of the probe killers , Skywalker learned from the " Coronet " cargo manifest that a Republic senator had approved the shipment containing the assassin probes . Merrik ' s ties to the Death Watch finally came to light when Kenobi questioned him and the other senators — Onaconda Farr , Orn Free Taa , and Kin Robb — who were Kryze ' s guests aboard the " Coronet " . Although Rex destroyed the third and final assassin probe , Merrik remained at large . Merrik took Kryze hostage and slew all of the " Coronet " bridge crew , then requested reinforcements from Vizsla . Once the " Coronet " dropped out of hyperspace , a trio of " Droch " - class boarding ships arrived to cover Merrik ' s escape . The boarding craft perforated the " Coronet " hull and disgorged B2 super battle droids , which went head - to - head with the clone troopers and royal guards in the star liner ' s hallways . However , Merrik had rigged the " Coronet " engines with explosives , and he used both those and Kryze as leverage to reach one of the boarding ships , even as Kenobi pursued him and the captive Kryze there . Kryze disarmed Merrik and pilfered his blaster , but neither she nor Kenobi were willing to kill Merrik with so many lives at stake . Skywalker nonetheless intervened , murdering Merrik and recovering the detonator for his explosives . Cody , Rex , and their men finished routing the Separatist boarding party , thereby ensuring a safe conclusion to the " Coronet " eventful journey . Even though Kryze had safely reached Coruscant , Vizsla continued to collaborate with the Confederacy to seize control of Mandalore . The Republic Senate was about to vote on whether to send a military force to stabilize Mandalore . Since the Mandalorians were not in favor of a Republic occupation , Vizsla and Dooku theorized that such a situation would cause Mandalore ' s population to view the Death Watch as heroic liberators . To that end , Palpatine had his agents alter a holographic recording of New Mandalorian Deputy Minister Jerec , one of Kryze ' s close allies . When Kryze spoke before the Senate , Palpatine presented Jerec ' s doctored testimony , which decried Kryze ' s pacifist policies and advocated for the Republic to intervene in Mandalore ' s affairs . The Senate session occurred the same day that Jerec perished in a Death Watch bombing on Kalevala , preventing Kryze from confirming the veracity of her friend ' s claims . Adding to Kryze ' s troubles was the fact that Vizsla dispatched a Death Watch assassin to murder her on Coruscant . The assassin ' s first , very public attempt on Kryze ' s life accelerated the Senate ' s vote on the occupation of Mandalore , causing the Senate to authorize the invasion . Despite this setback , Kryze refused to back down . She sought out a meeting with Davu Golec , a Mandalorian contact within the Republic Ministry of Intelligence . Golec gave Kryze a disc containing Jerec ' s original message , but the Death Watch assassin gunned down Golec before he could reveal any more information . Now on the run from the Coruscant Security Force , Kryze finally decided to reach out to Kenobi for help . As Senate Vice Chair Mas Amedda demanded that Kryze turn herself in to the Republic authorities , Kenobi and Kryze realized that the conspiracy surrounding Jerec ' s message had originated in the upper echelons of the Republic . After defeating the Death Watch assassin and forcing him to flee , Kenobi escorted Kryze to the Senate Building . There , Kryze turned herself in to the Senate Guard , while Kenobi transferred the disc containing Jerec ' s original message to Padmé Amidala . Amidala presented the recording at a following Senate session , convincing the Republic to rescind its occupation of Mandalore . As a result , Kryze managed to preserve her people ' s neutrality , while also averting a major expansion of the Republic ' s war effort . Due to Kryze ' s victory in the Senate , Vizsla ' s alliance with Dooku disintegrated , and Dooku rescinded his support of the Death Watch . As a result , Dooku and Sidious lost their opportunity to bring Mandalore into the Confederacy . Furthermore , without the necessary backing of the Mandalorian populace , the Death Watch abandoned its plan to conquer Mandalore . Vizsla and his allies instead roamed the galaxy as vagabonds , eventually establishing a presence on the planet Carlac . Even though the New Mandalorians maintained their neutrality , a number of Mandalorians chose to enter the Clone Wars . Some of the planet Concord Dawn ' s reputed warriors provided training to the Republic Grand Army . Among their number was Fenn Rau of the Journeyman Protector s , who served as a flight instructor for the Republic Navy . Rau also commanded Skull Squadron , a Mandalorian unit that supported Republic campaigns . Crime on the rise . As crime continued to plague the war - torn galaxy , Mace Windu became the subject of a series of assassination attempts . Boba Fett allied himself with fellow bounty hunters Aurra Sing , Bossk , and Castas to attain justice for Windu ' s murder of his father , Jango , at the First Battle of Geonosis . The young Fett posed as a cadet within Clone Sergeant Crasher ' s Clone Youth Brigade as the unit embarked on a training mission aboard Admiral Kilian ' s flagship , the " Endurance " , just as Windu and Anakin Skywalker came aboard the Star Destroyer for a respite from the war front . After failing to kill Windu in his quarters aboard the " Endurance " , Fett sabotaged the cruiser ' s reactor , forcing Kilian to crash - land his vessel on nearby Vanqor . Afterward , Fett and his crew abducted Kilian , Commander Ponds , and a clone navigation officer in the hopes that the Confederacy would offer them a reward for their hostages . When Skywalker and Windu traveled to the " Endurance " crash site in search of Kilian and his crew , Fett set another trap . He detonated an explosive in the " Endurance " bridge , pinning Skywalker and Windu underneath mounds of rubble . Both Jedi survived the attack , albeit barely . By this time , the Confederacy had begun to offer bounties on Jedi , some as high as a million credits . As a result , Fett and his allies sought to obtain evidence of Skywalker ' s and Windu ' s deaths so that they would be able to turn a profit from the incident . However , Skywalker ' s astromech droid , R2 - D2 , warded off the bounty hunters and managed to reach the Jedi Temple , where he notified Plo Koon and Ahsoka Tano of Skywalker and Windu ' s precarious plight . In response , Koon and Tano traveled with Commander Wolffe and his Wolfpack to Vanqor , where they rescued Skywalker and Windu before the remains of the " Endurance " finally collapsed . Now having twice failed to execute Windu , Fett and his crew resorted to other methods to draw out their target . In a direct holotransmission to the Jedi Temple , Sing gunned down Ponds and threatened to kill Killian and his navigation officer in an attempt to provoke Windu into confronting them . Yet , since Windu was still recovering from the injuries that he had sustained on Vanqor , Koon and Tano instead went after Fett and his team . Koon and Tano tracked the bounty hunters to Florrum , where they had sought out Hondo Ohnaka and his pirate gang . Ohnaka , for his part , stayed out of Sing ' s plot against Windu , even after Sing murdered Castas for trying to sell her out to interested parties . A lethal confrontation ensued when Koon and Tano clashed with Fett and Sing . When Koon captured Fett , Sing abandoned her young protégé and rendezvoused with Bossk , who was guarding Kilian and his navigation officer . Ultimately , Koon convinced Fett — who was already apprehensive of Sing ' s brutal exploitation of the hostages — to divulge the location of the prisoners . Tano arrived there just in time to prevent Bossk from executing Kilian and the clone officer . Tano also prevented Sing from escaping aboard her crew ' s starship , " Slave I " , by severing the craft ' s port stabilizer in mid - flight . " Slave I " crashed , taking down Sing with it . Though Tano and her colleagues assumed that Sing had perished in the crash , Ohnaka later extracted her from " Slave I " wreckage , and she returned to her line of work . The Jedi Order , meanwhile , incarcerated Bossk and Fett in the Judiciary Central Detention Center on Coruscant , where they remained prisoners for quite some time . In the meantime , the Mandalorians discovered that their hard - won neutrality was not without cost . The Clone Wars disrupted intergalactic trade , depriving many star systems of their much - needed supplies . The situation forced Mandalore to resort to the black market for food and other necessities . In Sundari , Tee Va and his fellow Moogan smugglers exploited corruption within the Mandalorian Guard , as well as the city ' s customs and education systems , to distribute slabin - diluted tea to local schools . While visiting Mandalore , Padmé Amidala helped Satine Kryze dismantle the Moogans ' operation because the mixture of tea and slabin had a lethal affect on Sundari ' s youth . Furthermore , a crisis arose when Prime Minister Almec used the black market to monopolize the planet ' s imports of supplies . Ahsoka Tano , who was serving as a guest instructor at Mandalore ' s Royal Academy of Government , helped Kryze and a group of young cadets — Amis , Lagos , Soniee , and Kryze ' s nephew Korkie — expose Almec as the culprit and arrested him . The Clone Wars continued to change the galaxy , cultivating greed and corruption throughout the Republic and beyond . Whereas Palpatine assured the Senate that the Republic ' s war effort was faring well , some sources reported otherwise . Even as the Republic reinforced its fleet on the Hydian Way and sent its Third Legion to intervene in a large - scale civil war on the planet Balith , another crisis unfolded . The war displaced countless civilians , leading Bail Organa , Padmé Amidala , and Senator Mon Mothma of Chandrila to host the Alderaan Refugee Conference . Amidala served as the keynote speaker at the summit , which addressed the Republic ' s efforts to aid the refugees . The conference was interrupted when Ziro the Hutt hired Aurra Sing to kill Amidala in revenge for his imprisonment on Coruscant . Ahsoka Tano and Gregar Typho both helped Amidala subdue Sing , who was nonetheless liberated from her ensuing incarceration and soon resumed her bounty hunting career . The Shadowfeeds of Murkhana . Nine months into the Clone Wars , the Confederacy used the planet Murkhana , one of its major Outer Rim bastions , as the site of an important operation . Based in Murkhana City , a team of Confederate scientists deployed a series of hyperwave transceiver nodes to slice into the HoloNet , the Republic ' s intergalactic network for news and communication . Yet , instead of quietly collecting data on the Republic ' s military operations , Dooku exploited his infiltration of the HoloNet to launch an unprecedented propaganda campaign . The Confederacy hijacked the HoloNet and disseminated Shadowfeed s about Separatist accounts of wartime victories and falsifications of Republic war crimes . As a result , the populations of the Republic ' s Core Worlds began to fear that the Confederacy was on the verge of winning the war . In order to shut down the Confederacy ' s Shadowfeeds , the Republic sent Captain Wilhuff Tarkin and numerous platoons from the Twelfth Army to invade Murkhana . During the battle , Tarkin personally led the first waves of clone troopers into Murkhana City . After overwhelming the Separatist ground forces , Tarkin and his soldiers detained the scientists who were operating the Shadowfeeds . Tarkin then tortured the enemy scientists into divulging the details of their jamming and steganographic technology , allowing Republic cryptanalysis operatives to dismantle the Shadowfeeds . The Republic forces also destroyed Murkhana ' s sole HoloNet relay to stop the Shadowfeeds from reaching worlds along the Perlemian Trade Route . Murkhana retained its Separatist ties , but much of Murkhana City remained littered with refuse from the battle . In the wake of his victory on Murkhana , Tarkin executed thousands of beings who had abetted Dooku ' s takeover of the HoloNet , precluding the possibility of another communication breakdown . The Republic Navy ' s actions at Murkhana also led to the creation of the Commission for the Protection of the Republic . Tarkin , for his part , spent the next year serving Sheev Palpatine in a covert capacity . Tarkin garnered a number of similar victories for the Republic , eventually winning the captaincy of a Star Destroyer under Jedi General Even Piell . Battle of Kamino . Even though Grievous and Asajj Ventress failed in their first attempt to invade Kamino , the clone homeworld remained a critical target for the Confederacy . Therefore , Dooku opted to authorize a second invasion of Kamino . He placed Grievous in overall command of the mission , while sending Ventress ahead of the assault to infiltrate Kamino ' s defenses aboard her personal starship , the " Trident " . However , Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker learned of the imminent invasion from an intercepted transmission between Grievous and Ventress . Acting quickly , Kenobi and Skywalker traveled to Kamino aboard the " Resolute " , bringing along Commander Cody , Captain Rex , and elements of the 501st Legion to bolster Tipoca City ' s defenses . Shaak Ti , who supervised clone cadet training in Tipoca City , also committed her efforts to helping Lama Su secure the Republic ' s fortifications of the cloning facilities . When Grievous entered the Kamino system with a fleet of warships , Wullf Yularen was ready with the Republic ' s blockade . Utilizing attack formation Echo - 3 , Grievous engaged Yularen ' s opposing fleet in combat . At Ti ' s command , Skywalker mobilized the Republic Navy ' s air strike , leading clone pilots aboard ARC - 170 , V - 19 , and Y - wing starfighters into orbit to hamper Grievous ' s warships . As the space battle raged around them , Grievous headed for Kamino ' s oceans with a contingent of battle droids . To bypass the Republic blockade , Grievous disguised his landing craft as debris from his destroyed warships . Ventress was waiting for Grievous deep beneath Kamino ' s waves with the " Trident " and her detachment of aqua droid s . Once Grievous and his troops had arrived , Ventress dispatched her aqua droids to reassemble the fragments of " Trident " - class assault ships that Grievous had brought with him . Even as Skywalker pressed his assault on the Confederate armada , both Kenobi and Ti sensed that something was amiss . By sacrificing his transports to protect his flagship , Grievous was exhibiting uncharacteristic recklessness . Suspicious of Grievous ' s tactics , Kenobi ventured into the oceans in a Kamino sub to investigate the wreckage from the downed Confederate vessels . Near the ocean floor , Kenobi witnessed the aqua droids readying the Confederacy ' s assault craft . When the aqua droids attacked his starship , Kenobi escaped back to sea level with the help of an aiwha . Having diverted the Republic ' s attention to the space battle , Grievous and Ventress initiated their primary assault : the ground campaign . They launched from the oceans aboard their " Trident " - class assault ships , which clambered onto the Tipoca City Military Complex and drilled entry points for their troops . In doing so , the assault ships inflicted severe structural damage to the Military Complex and its array of cloning facilities . Kenobi quickly recalled Skywalker from the battle above Kamino , and they and Ti rushed to scramble their units of clone troopers in defense of Tipoca City . Since Grievous and Ventress did not have enough battle droids to seize control of the city , they sent their main body of troops to distract the Jedi and clones . After rendezvousing and meeting face - to - face for the first time , Grievous and Ventress split up to pursue separate objectives . While Grievous besieged the Military Complex ' s troop barracks , Ventress went after the last remaining sample of Jango Fett ' s DNA . The Confederacy hoped to use Fett ' s DNA to unlock new tactical possibilities against the Grand Army . Before reaching the clone DNA room , Ventress slew Commander Colt of the Advanced Recon Commando s . Yet , before Ventress could abscond with the sample of Fett ' s DNA , Skywalker intercepted her at the DNA chamber and engaged her in a lightsaber duel . Similarly , Kenobi confronted Grievous outside the barracks , where they began yet another rematch as part of their longstanding rivalry . Meanwhile , 501st troopers Fives and Echo rallied a squad of young clone cadets to protect their home . Once Cody , Rex , and maintenance clone 99 brought them a supply of DC - 15A blaster s and thermal detonators from the nearby armory , the cadets aided their commanding officers in defending the barracks from Grievous ' s B1 battle droids , capturing the droids in a classic pincer movement . Though the cadets and troopers successfully routed the droids , 99 died from enemy blasterfire while attempting to resupply his comrades . Cody , Echo , Fives , and Rex all mourned the loss of 99 , for even though his cloning malformation barred him from active duty , they believed that their comrade had died as a true soldier . When aqua droids breached Tipoca City ' s command center , Shaak Ti left Lama Su at the command post , while she personally led the front - line offensive against the invading troops . Ti and her clone troopers succeeded in repelling the aqua droids to the Military Complex ' s main hangar , where the clone soldiers unleashed barrages of blasterfire upon the enemy droids with their Z - 6 rotary blaster cannon s . The clones also used RPS - 6 rocket launcher s to dislodge the " Trident " - class assault ships from their grip on the exterior walls of the Military Complex . As a result , the Grand Army made steady progress in its efforts to retake Tipoca City . Ultimately , both Grievous and Ventress failed to achieve their objectives . Kenobi pursued Grievous to Tipoca City ' s exterior platforms , where Grievous evaded his foe and commandeered a Kaminoan flight pod . Similarly , Skywalker ' s duel with Ventress moved to the outer platforms , where Skywalker finally retrieved the sample of Fett ' s DNA from her . A squad of nearly twenty clone troopers came to Skywalker ' s aid and surrounded Ventress . Though Skywalker intended to let his soldiers execute Ventress , she escaped with Grievous in his stolen flight pod . Nevertheless , the Confederacy failed to win the Battle of Kamino , and the Republic emerged triumphant . A number of Republic personnel received various forms of commendation for their performance in the Battle of Kamino . Cody and Rex promoted both Echo and Fives to the prestigious rank of Advanced Recon Commando , while Wilhuff Tarkin was decorated for his involvement in the campaign . The Kaminoans resumed their production of clone troopers for the Republic , and Ti continued to collaborate with Kamino ' s cloners to train and expand the ranks of the Grand Army for the remainder of the war . Political intrigues . Not all battles of the Clone Wars were fought between the Republic ' s clone troopers and the Confederacy ' s battle droids . Occasionally , Dooku relied on his contacts in the trade guilds to engineer plots that forced planets into joining the Confederacy . One such scheme involved the moon Pantora , which was a member of the Republic . Under the pretext that the Pantorans owed outstanding debts , the Trade Federation suspended all commerce with the Pantora system and blockaded Pantora . When the Republic Senate appeared unsympathetic to their plight , the Pantorans began to rally against the Republic . Complicating matters was Dooku ' s offer to aid the Pantorans on the condition that they join the Confederacy . The incident occurred not long into Baron Papanoida ' s first term as chairman of Pantora . In response to the unfolding crisis , Papanoida sent Senator Riyo Chuchi to Coruscant to convince the Senate to side with Pantora . Hoping to legitimize the blockade of Pantora , Lott Dod reiterated the Trade Federation ' s claims of neutrality , which the Commerce Treaty of 1647 guaranteed . Still , Chuchi refused to back down in her rebuttals of Dod ' s claims , earning the support of colleagues like Padmé Amidala . Yet , Dooku resorted to other tactics to convince the Pantorans to join the Confederacy . After Papanoida and his family arrived on Coruscant to meet with Chuchi , the Separatists hired Greedo and another bounty hunter to kidnap Papanoida ' s two daughters , Chi Eekway and Che Amanwe , from the family ' s apartment . At the same time , Dooku personally offered to help Papanoida find his daughters . Ahsoka Tano , who was good friends with Chuchi , volunteered to aid Papanoida ' s search for his daughters . Papanoida and his son , Ion , tracked down Greedo at Jabba ' s Palace on Tatooine . Speaking to Jabba , Papanoida cited the Hutt Clan ' s treaty with the Republic and persuaded Jabba to let him confirm that Greedo was one of the kidnappers , by matching Greedo ' s blood against a blood sample from the crime scene . Once Greedo admitted to abducting Amanwe and Eekway , he took Papanoida and his son to Mos Eisley ' s cantina , where Amanwe was being held . After a short shootout with Greedo ' s comrades , Papanoida and Ion managed to rescue Amanwe . Meanwhile , Chuchi and Tano paid a diplomatic visit to the Trade Federation ' s Droid Control Ship that was blockading Pantora . Aboard the vessel , they located and liberated Eekway from a holding cell . Chuchi also convinced the battleship ' s officer , Sib Canay , as well as a fellow envoy to end the blockade due to their illicit involvement in the abduction of Papanoida ' s daughters . Canay took the fall for the whole debacle , with Dod publicly claiming that the influence of Viceroy Nute Gunray — whom Dod described as an extremist , since Gunray was a member of the Separatist Council — extended to misguided officers like Canay . In the end , the Trade Federation relinquished its blockade of Pantora and resumed trade with the Pantorans . A potential rift later emerged between the Republic and the Hutt Clan , which had been allies ever since Dooku and Ziro the Hutt ' s plot to overthrow Jabba . Since Ziro possessed a holodiary that documented the Grand Hutt Council ' s illicit dealings , Jabba and the Hutt Council decided to forcefully obtain custody of Ziro from the Republic . To that end , the Hutts hired Cad Bane to spring Ziro from the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center . Bane did so by collaborating with fellow bounty hunters Aurra Sing , Shahan Alama , and Robonino to engineer a hostage crisis in the Republic Senate . Bane ' s high - profile breach of Coruscant ' s security consequently forced Sheev Palpatine to release Ziro from prison . Jedi Masters Obi - Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos tried to recapture Ziro , but Ziro ' s ex - lover , the renowned singer Sy Snootles , killed him on Teth and retrieved the Hutt Council records as part of a prior arrangement with Jabba . Due to the Confederacy ' s million - credit bounties on Jedi , Bane — who had also pursued Ziro to Teth — attacked Kenobi and Vos , but their skirmish resulted in a draw . No end in sight . Over a year into the Clone Wars , figures on both sides of the conflict nearly succeeded in ending the bloodshed . Their venture for peace emanated from the Republic Senate ' s endless debates about escalating its campaign against the Confederacy . Many of the Republic ' social services — including education , infrastructure , healthcare , and basic amenities — had suffered from budget cuts in favor of military spending . Furthermore , the war effort ' s fiscal cost dragged the Republic into debt , leaving it on the verge of bankruptcy . In response , Senator Gume Saam proposed a bill to open new lines of credit with the InterGalactic Banking Clan , which would facilitate future loans for the Grand Army ' s expenses . In truth , Saam ' s proposal was a war profiteering ploy , since the legislation would deregulate the banks and thus allow the Banking Clan , the Trade Federation , and the Techno Union to reap immense profits from the war . Though Bail Organa persuaded the Senate to table Saam ' s bill , Padmé Amidala remained concerned about the war ' s pervasive bloodshed . Consequently , she sought out a private meeting with her old friend Mina Bonteri , who represented her homeworld of Onderon in the Separatist Senate . In doing so , Amidala circumvented the Republic ' s law against speaking with Confederate officials , a policy that prevented the Republic from recognizing the Confederacy as a legitimate state . Amidala and Ahsoka Tano used the latter ' s special Jedi clearance to smuggle themselves onto Raxus , where Amidala persuaded Bonteri to introduce a proposal to the Separatist Senate to initiate diplomatic negotiations with the Republic . Bonteri ' s measure passed , thereby raising the prospect of an end to the war . A potential resolution to the Clone Wars jeopardized the Sith ' s plans for galactic conquest , since their endgame had not yet come to fruition . Moreover , Saam and other Confederate - leaning members of the Republic Senate , including Lott Dod and Nix Card of the Banking Clan , were determined to pass the financial deregulation bill by any means necessary . Card proposed that they engineer a Confederate assault on Coruscant , which had not experienced a large - scale attack in over a millennium . Dooku agreed to Card ' s idea , since it would sow fear on the Republic capital and thus motivate the Senate into approving Saam ' s bill . Grievous subsequently sent a six - member team of demolition droid s to sabotage Coruscant ' s central power distribution grid . Their bombing coincided with the Separatist Senate ' s offer for peace talks , thereby sullying the apparent sincerity of Bonteri ' s monumental peace initiative . As Grievous ' s bombing plunged Coruscant into a planet - wide blackout , Dod and Saam decried the Confederacy for its unprovoked assault . As Card had predicted , the Senate voted to deregulate the Banking Clan , with multiple senators calling for an expansion of the Grand Army . Even as Amidala and her like - minded allies advocated for reductions to military spending , the Sith derailed her and Bonteri ' s joint initiative for peace . Dooku had his agents murder Bonteri , then alleged that Bonteri had perished in a Republic assault , which he used as justification to withdraw the Separatist Senate ' s offer for negotiations . Bonteri was survived by her son , Lux , who embarked on a quest to kill Dooku in retaliation for his mother ' s death . In the absence of the peace initiative , both sides of the conflict escalated their war efforts , further prolonging the Clone Wars . The Confederacy secured a loan from the Banking Clan to finance three million new battle droids for the Separatist Droid Army . Concurrently , Republic Senator Halle Burtoni of Kamino introduced an emergency appropriations bill to produce five million more clone troopers for the Grand Army , using funding from the Banking Clan . However , the Banking Clan issued an interest rate hike on all loans due to its newfound deregulation . Moreover , Dooku utilized scare tactics by hiring the bounty hunters Robonino and Chata Hyoki to intimidate numerous senators into supporting Burtoni ' s pro - military proposal . Even though Amidala convinced the Senate to defeat Burtoni ' s resolution , a pair of assassinations — Senators Onaconda Farr of Rodia and Mee Deechi of Umbara — destabilized the situation once more . Ultimately , the Senate ' s militarist faction won out , rejecting Amidala ' s proposal to reduce military spending in favor of a scheduled increase in clone trooper production . Year Three ( 20 BBY – 19 BBY ) . The apprentices of Count Dooku . As the war ' s second year progressed , a cycle of betrayals and vengeance consumed the Sith hierarchy , which in turn affected a number of campaigns between the Confederacy and the Republic . At the Battle of Sullust , Asajj Ventress spearheaded the Separatist navy ' s strike on a Republic fleet . Flying her personal " Ginivex " - class fanblade starfighter , Ventress led the droid tri - fighter s of Trident Groups One and Two in overwhelming the " Resolute " . Wullf Yularen narrowly escaped from his flagship before it went down . Building on her success , Ventress gave chase to Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in their Delta - 7B interceptors . However , both Kenobi and Ventress crashed in the hangar of the Separatist command ship , with Skywalker following them there . From afar , Darth Sidious sensed Ventress ' s growing power in the Force , and he recognized her as a threat . Suspecting that Dooku was training Ventress as a means of supplanting him , Sidious demanded that Dooku prove his allegiance to him by eliminating Ventress . Though reluctant to do so , Dooku obeyed his Master ' s wishes . Dooku recalled Confederate reinforcements that were inbound to the Sullust system , then informed Ventress that she was no longer his apprentice — and that she would die . Shell - shocked from Dooku ' s betrayal , Ventress dueled Kenobi and Skywalker until Dooku ordered TJ - 912 , the tactical droid in charge of the Separatist armada over Sullust , to sacrifice their flagship and obliterate it . Kenobi and Skywalker made it off the enemy command ship , but both they and Dooku presumed that Ventress died when the " Providence " - class dreadnought was destroyed from friendly fire . Afterward , Dooku had TJ - 912 withdraw their fleet from the Sullust system , conceding victory to the Republic . In actuality , Ventress had survived , albeit barely . Captain Ratch and his band of scavengers found her in the wreckage of her starfighter and brought her aboard their freighter , the " Raider " . Ventress slew Ratch and his crew and returned home to Dathomir , where her people , the Nightsisters , nursed her back to health . When Ventress and her fellow Nightsisters Naa ' leth and Karis failed to assassinate Dooku at his palace on Serenno , Ventress conspired with Mother Talzin , the leader of her Nightsister clan , to exact her revenge on Dooku by different means . From Dathomir ' s village of subservient Nightbrothers , Ventress procured a formidable warrior who would replace her as Dooku ' s next apprentice : Savage Opress . Before gifting Opress to Dooku , Talzin and her Nightsister witch es imbued Opress with their magick s , bringing him under their control . Officially , Talzin declined Dooku ' s proposal for an alliance between the Nightsisters and the Confederacy , as her clan had no interest in becoming involved in the Clone Wars . In any case , Dooku opted to assess Opress ' s abilities by sending him to an active battlefront on Devaron . There , the Separatist Droid Army was laying siege to the Temple of Eedit , a Jedi temple that doubled as an outpost for the Grand Army . Opress was the sole survivor of the battle , as he butchered Clone Commander Trauma and his clone soldiers , as well as Jedi Master Halsey and his Padawan , Knox . Impressed by Opress ' s performance , Dooku trained his new apprentice in the ways of the Sith , hoping to depose Sidious in accordance with the Rule of Two . Opress ' s next task was to abduct King Katuunko of Toydaria , for Dooku still harbored a grudge against Katuunko due to the latter ' s refusal to ally Toydaria with the Confederacy . However , Opress ' s massacre on Devaron had caught the attention of the Jedi High Council . After clone commando s Boss , Fixer , Scorch , and Sev of Delta Squad recovered Halsey ' s and Knox ' s bodies from the Temple of Eedit , Kenobi and Skywalker went to investigate Opress ' s connection to Dathomir . The two Jedi headed to Toydaria after learning from Talzin that Opress was currently there . Everything came to a head at Toydaria . Opress cut through the Toydarian palace ' s royal guards , but when Kenobi and Skywalker interfered , Opress Force - choked Katuunko to death . When Opress brought Katuunko ' s corpse aboard Dooku ' s " Providence " - class dreadnought in orbit of Toydaria , Dooku was furious that Opress had disobeyed his orders to keep Katuunko alive . At that moment , Ventress entered Dooku ' s chambers and activated the spell that ensured Opress ' s loyalty to her . An intense duel erupted as Opress and Ventress tried to kill Dooku , but it escalated into a three - way confrontation when Opress broke free of Ventress ' s control and turned on both of his former masters . Evading Opress , Ventress pursued Dooku to the lower decks . But even in single combat , she was unable to defeat the Sith Lord . Ventress barely made it into an escape pod , and she departed from Dooku ' s dreadnought , now facing an uncertain future . Meanwhile , Opress again encountered Kenobi and Skywalker after they reached Dooku ' s dreadnought aboard the " Thief ' s Eye " , the personal yacht of the late Katuunko . When Dooku ' s battle droids opened fire on them in the main hangar , Opress and his Jedi adversaries escaped separately from the cruiser , bringing the showdown to an end . Opress limped home to Dathomir , where Talzin sent him on a quest to save his long - lost brother , Darth Maul , who had once been Sidious ' s apprentice and was in fact Talzin ' s son . Citadel prison break . A year and nine months into the Clone Wars , the Nexus Route — a little - known hyperspace lane that connected Coruscant with the heart of Separatist space — gained critical importance for both the Republic and the Confederacy . When Jedi General Even Piell and his crew unearthed the coordinates of the Nexus Route , the Confederacy targeted him for capture . As a Confederate flotilla overwhelmed his Star Destroyer , Piell divided the Nexus Route ' s coordinates with his naval captain , Wilhuff Tarkin . Both of them memorized half of the information as a safeguard against torture . The Separatists thereafter abducted Piell , Tarkin , and their clone navigation officers and incarcerated them in Lola Sayu ' s infamous Citadel prison , which was being overseen by Warden Osi Sobeck . After receiving word of Piell ' s capture , the Jedi High Council assembled an infiltration team to rescue him and his crew from the Citadel . Kenobi and Skywalker received command of a squad of clone troopers , with additional support from Commander Cody , Captain Rex , and ARC troopers Echo and Fives . Much to Skywalker ' s later consternation , Ahsoka Tano joined the mission even though he ordered her not to do so . At the Jedi Temple , the Jedi and clones encased themselves in carbonite to mask their life form signatures from the Confederacy ' s blockade of Lola Sayu . The dangerous operation began when R2 - D2 and a squad of reprogrammed B1 battle droids transported the Jedi and clones to the Lola Sayu system aboard a pilfered " Sheathipede " - class shuttle . Once they had bypassed the blockade and reached Lola Sayu ' s surface , R2 - D2 unfroze his comrades from their carbonite blocks . Despite Tano ' s unexpected appearance , Kenobi and Skywalker let her join their operation . After free - climbing a cliff to reach the Citadel , the infiltration team rescued Piell , as well as Tarkin and their clone officers . Along the way , they evaded Sobeck ' s countermeasures , which ranged from wall - mounted blaster cannon s and electrical emitters , to elite BX - series droid commandos . Nevertheless , the squad incurred casualties from Sobeck ' s traps . As part of their plan ' s next stage , Kenobi and Skywalker divided their forces . While Skywalker and Tano brought Tarkin , Rex , Fives , Echo , and several troopers into the caverns beneath the Citadel , Kenobi , Piell , Cody , and the other soldiers created a diversion by exploding one of the Citadel ' s upper decks . Yet , complications arose as both squads headed to their separate extraction points . R2 - D2 and his reprogrammed droids landed the shuttle at the Citadel ' s rear landing pad , but Sobeck ' s tactical droid , K2 - B4 , intercepted them there . Moreover , Sobeck recaptured Cody , Kenobi , Piell , and their men , but R2 - D2 and his battle droids freed them from Sobeck ' s droid security teams . To reach their extraction point at the Citadel ' s external fuel pipeline , Skywalker , Tano , Tarkin , and their soldiers used thermal detonators to rupture a blocked cavern as well as a pursuing squad of battle droids . However , when R2 - D2 and the shuttle missed their scheduled rendezvous , Skywalker and Tano resorted to their backup plan . After using more of their explosives to detonate the fuel in the exterior pipeline , Skywalker , Tano , Tarkin , and their men proceeded to the prison ' s main landing pad . They arrived at the airfield just as Kenobi , Piell , and their squad mounted a desperate offensive to eliminate the battle droids that had separated them from their shuttle . While Kenobi , Piell , Skywalker , and Tano concentrated on destroying an incoming squad of battle droids aboard Single Trooper Aerial Platform s , Echo and Fives focused their attention on the ground - level enemy infantry . Yet , just as Echo tried to board the shuttle , a droid commando fired a turret blast at the craft , causing a fiery explosion that consumed the shuttle and , presumably , Echo . Without their shuttle , the four Jedi escaped from the Citadel ' s airfield with Tarkin , as well as Cody , Rex , Fives , and their remaining troopers . As they made their way across Lola Sayu ' s inhospitable terrain , Kenobi and Skywalker notified the Jedi High Council that they would require an extraction from Lola Sayu . Consequently , the Council sent four of its members — Kit Fisto , Adi Gallia , Plo Koon , and Saesee Tiin — to the Lola Sayu system with a battle group of four Star Destroyers . In the meantime , Piell and his allies headed for an island that the Council had selected as their extraction point . En route , an endless number of battle droid squads pursued the Jedi and clones , leading R2 - D2 to sacrifice his reprogrammed battle droids to delay the enemy forces as long as possible . It was not long before Sobeck personally took charge of the effort to recapture his prisoners . Under pressure from Dooku to recover the Nexus Route intelligence , Sobeck dispatched a hunting party of ravenous anooba s to locate the Jedi and clones , then followed with a squad of droid commandos . Although the Jedi and clones defeated Sobeck ' s anoobas and LM - 432 crab droid s , their momentary victory came at a severe cost . Piell died from fatal wounds from one of the anoobas , using his final breaths to pass his half of the Nexus Route coordinates to Tano . She and her comrades took a brief respite from the battle to lay Piell to rest , cremating his body in one of Lola Sayu ' s rivers of sulfur ous lava . Shortly thereafter , Fisto , Gallia , Koon , and Tiin arrived in the Lola Sayu system with their fleet of Star Destroyers . While Admiral Coburn commanded the Republic fleet ' s assault on K2 - B4 ' s blockade of warships , Fisto , Gallia , and Tiin served as wing commanders and , in their Delta - 7B interceptors , escorted Koon and Commander Wolffe ' s space gunship so that they could extract their comrades from the surface . Koon and Wolffe reached the appointed rendezvous point just after Sobeck arrived there with his battle droids to recapture Kenobi , Skywalker , Tano , Tarkin , and their soldiers . Frustrated by his prisoners ' periodic evasion of recapture , Tarkin simply decided to kill Tarkin to ensure that his half of the Nexus Route intelligence died with him . Yet , Tano saved Tarkin by igniting her shoto lightsaber through Sobeck , killing him . Tano and her allies then escaped with Koon and Wolffe aboard their gunship , and all of them safely returned to Coburn ' s fleet with Fisto , Gallia , and Tiin . The Republic armada jumped to hyperspace , thereby resulting in a major defeat for the Confederacy . On Coruscant , the Jedi Council was saddened to learn of Piell ' s sacrifice . Moreover , the Jedi encountered difficulties before they could debrief the Nexus Route coordinates . Whereas Tarkin had orders to provide his half of the information directly to Sheev Palpatine , Tano remained committed to Piell ' s dying wish that she deliver her share of the coordinates only to the High Council . Master Yoda subsequently met with Palpatine to figure out a solution to the matter . The entire incident also led Skywalker and Tarkin to find common ground based on their similar criticisms of the Jedi Code and the Jedi Order ' s role as generals . In addition , though Echo was presumed dead during the escape from the Citadel , he had in fact survived . The Techno Union purchased Echo from the Separatists and subjected him to extensive reconstructive surgery , fusing him with a large amount of cybernetics as part of a research project . Conflict returns to Felucia . Later in the war , the Grand Army reopened Felucia as a battlefront against the Separatist Droid Army . As part of the Battle of Felucia , Rex , Skywalker , and Tano led division s of AT - TE walkers and HAVw A6 Juggernaut s deep into Confederate - controlled territory . To preserve his grip on the Felucia system , General Grievous dispatched a C - 9979 landing craft with droid reinforcements to tactical droid TZ - 33 ' s outpost on Felucia . With the aid of Plo Koon , Skywalker and Tano mounted a three - pronged offensive on TZ - 33 ' s base . Once their AT - TE walkers launched a volley of fire at the outpost and baited TZ - 33 to deploy his droid infantry through the facility ' s front gate , Rex and Skywalker led a squad to breach the front gate ' s defenses . While Koon , Commander Wolffe , and their jetpack - equipped troopers charged the outpost ' s left flank , Tano worked with Sergeant Sinker , Corporal Comet , and Boost and other soldiers to scale the rear wall . All three teams converged at the outpost ' s central command post , where they eliminated TZ - 33 and his remaining infantry . However , Tano found herself unable to help her allies sack TZ - 33 ' s outpost . She was declared missing in action after Trandoshan hunters captured her and brought her to the moon Wasskah , where the Trandoshans hunted her and other captives for sport . In spite of numerous perimeter sweeps of TZ - 33 ' s outpost , Koon and Skywalker failed to find Tano , and they withdrew their forces from Felucia the following morning . Nevertheless , Tano returned to active duty after escaping from Wasskah with several Jedi younglings , who had also been stranded there for quite some time . Civil War on Mon Cala . Following the murder of Mon Calamari King , Yos Kolina , the Separatists and the Republic sent representatives to assist in the ascension of a new king . The Quarren Isolation League under Chieftain Nossor Ri wanted a Quarren king , not Kolina ' s son , Prince Lee - Char to rule . The Separatist observer , Commander Riff Tamson stirred the Quarren against both the Republic , Mon Calamari and the Prince . The Prince ' s military , Captain Gial Ackbar , Senators Padmé Amidala , and Meena Tills tried to negotiate with Quarren to no avail . The Jedi Council then sent Master Kit Fisto and Commander Tano to reinforce Anakin Skywalker and the Mon Calamari Guard against the Quarren ' s and Tamson ' s forces . At first , the Republic and the Mon Calamari were able to hold against the Separatist forces after Commander Monnk ' s SCUBA troopers reinforced them . However , the Republic forces were forced to retreat with the prince and many were captured . Last days of the Republic . Battle over Coruscant . During the latter days of the war , General Grievous managed to capture Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine and hold him hostage , resulting in a large - scale naval battle between the Separatist and Republic forces . Leading this attack were the Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker . The battle resulted in the death of Count Dooku , the leader of the Separatists . This was a massive blow to the Separatists and droid General Grievous became its new leader . The pair of Jedi afterwards managed to escape the ship along with the Chancellor . Grievous also escaped and fled to Utapau . Rise of the New Order . On Utapau , Grievous , along with the rest of the leaders of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , await instructions from Sidious . Soon enough , Sidious sends the Confederacy to the Mustafar system before Republic forces arrive . Not long after , Republic forces led by Obi - Wan Kenobi attacked the base . Kenobi managed to confront Grievous and the two began to fight . In the hassle , Kenobi managed to rip open the armor covering Grievous ' gut sack . The Jedi then shot it with the General ' s blaster several times , killing the cyborg . The death of Grievous put Nute Gunray in charge . Meanwhile , on Coruscant Palpatine reveals to Skywalker that he is the Dark Lord of the Sith , prompting Skywalker to tell Jedi Master Mace Windu . Not long after , Mace Windu along with Kit Fisto , Saesee Tiin , and Agen Kolar attacked the Chancellor . Palpatine quickly admitted to this and killed Fisto , Tin , and Kolar . He later killed Mace Windu with the help of Anakin Skywalker , who needed Sidious to save his wife Padmé from death . The Sith quickly declared the Jedi the enemies of the Republic and sent out Order 66 , which saw the clone troopers turning on their Jedi generals . Skywalker then surrendered to Sidious and the Sith Lord re - named him Darth Vader . Vader was sent to the Jedi Temple where he killed every Jedi left in it . On Utapau , Clone commander Cody ordered his men to fire upon Kenobi , but the Jedi survived this , however . On Kashyyyk , Commander Gree with another clone attempted to assassinate Grand Master Yoda , however the master beheaded the two with his lightsaber before they could blast him . Many other Jedi were killed during Order 66 , including Ki - Adi - Mundi , Aayla Secura , Plo Koon , and Stass Allie . After murdering the Jedi on Coruscant , Vader headed to Mustafar to eliminate Nute Gunray and the rest of the leaders of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , who were hiding on the planet . The fallen Jedi turned Sith Lord then received an order from Sidious to send a shutdown signal that turned off all remaining Separatist droids , ending the war in the process . Aftermath . The war accomplished exactly what Palpatine had set out to achieve : the Jedi Order was destroyed , and the Republic was transformed into the first Galactic Empire , with Palpatine as its Emperor . In 18 BBY , the future Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin led a brutal purge on the moon Antar 4 that became known as the Antar Atrocity . Imperial forces rounded up and killed many Koorivar and Gotal s including Republic loyalists . Media coverage of the Antar Atrocity attracted considerable outrage in the Core Worlds and forced the Emperor to reassign Tarkin to overseeing the pacification operations in the Western Reaches . The brutality of the Antar Atrocity prompted other former Separatist worlds such as Kooriva , Murkhana , and Raxus to surrender former Separatists to the Empire to avoid the same fate as Antar 4 . Tarkin ' s actions earned him the animosity of former Republic Intelligence operatives Berch Teller and Knotts , who founded a insurgent group consisting of survivors and witnesses of the Antar Atrocity . In 14 BBY , Berch Teller ' s cell embarked on a campaign against Tarkin and the Empire but were defeated . In the years leading up to the Battle of Yavin , the Empire expanded its reach across the galaxy , using the memory of the Clone Wars by promising order to a galaxy tired of war . After it became clear that the Empire was oppressive , however , the Rebel Alliance was created to oppose the Empire ' s rule . Palpatine ' s victory in the Clone Wars lasted just over two decades , as the Galactic Civil War led to the fall of Palpatine and his Empire . Legacy . Following the creation of the Galactic Empire , the Empire tried to sweep away the memories of the troubled times of the Clone Wars . Many Imperials such as the ambitious Imperial Navy officer Thrawn remembered the Clone Wars as the cause of billions of deaths , hundreds of destroyed worlds , and thousands of ruined worlds clawing back from the brink . He regarded secessionist movements such as the one on Botajef as a repeat of that horror . His colleague Eli Vanto believed that the Clone Wars had bred animosity between human s and alien s since several alien species had fought on the side of the Separatists . While several aliens had fought on the side of the Republic , this sentiment gave rise to a level of xenophobia within the human – dominated Empire . The Empire also housed veterans of the struggle in poorly maintained places like Crispus Commons , where they were forced to deal with shabby maintenance and low - paying jobs . The conspiracy behind the conflict was apparently never brought to public light , and the nearly the entirety of the galaxy ' s population believed the war to have been exactly what it had seemed to have been ; a rebellion initiated by numerous worlds of the Mid and Outer Rims desiring independence from a corrupt and decadent central government . Despite this some , such as Skelly , managed to piece together the truth about the Clone Wars . Wilhuff Tarkin also remained suspicious of the cause of the war even after its conclusion , and believed that some group of elite outsiders had manufactured the war for their own purposes . There were those , such as Bail Organa , who remembered the bravery of those like the Jedi Knights during the Clone Wars . He passed this knowledge to his daughter , Princess Leia Organa , who later sent a holographic message to Obi - Wan Kenobi appealing to him in the name of his service during the Clone Wars . A couple of months , after the Battle of Endor , a Separatist droid factory could be seen under the city of Myrra on Akiva with marks of Jedi lightsabers , still intact . It would remain as one of the most destructive conflicts in galactic history , with billions of casualties on both sides . Behind the scenes . The Clone Wars were first mentioned in canon in the original " Star Wars " film , . There were no other mentions of the conflict anywhere in the original trilogy , but the Expanded Universe , now known as the non - canon " Star Wars " Legends brand , occasionally made brief references to details of the conflict . The canon details of the conflict were revealed in the prequel trilogy films and . A number of Legends stories expanded upon the war with stories set between the two films . 2008 saw the inception of an animated television series , " " , as well as a by the same title . Both " The Clone Wars " film and the television series are part of the official " Star Wars " canon , as they reflected the vision of George Lucas , while Legends stories about the war became non - canon . As a result , the full beginnings of the war , including the Jedi ' s first encounters with Ventress and Grievous , are canonically unknown , as the earlier Legends " " series covered these events .