Battle of Muunilinst The Battle of Muunilinst was a major engagement that took place four months after the Battle of Geonosis in 22 BBY , initiated by the Republic to put a curb on CIS funding and battle droid production . Storming the planet , the Republic assaulted the main city of Harnaidan , using a team of Advanced Recon Commandos to eliminate key enemy defenses within the city . Meanwhile , Anakin Skywalker led the space assault , taking out various separatist orbital stations . This was the first battle Durge was seen in , and caused major Republic casualties when he appeared . The IG lancer droids also made their first appearance , jousting with the similar clone lancer trooper s of the Lancer Battalion . Despite heavy Separatist resistance , the Republic nonetheless succeeded in capturing the Separatist command , with the efforts of The Muunilinst 10 and other contributing to this . The battle would also signify the Jedi ' s first encounter with the minion of Dooku ' s known as Asajj Ventress . Background . The battle was arranged in a meeting between Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , Yoda , and Chancellor Palpatine in the Chancellor ' s Suite , four months after Geonosis . Anakin and Obi - Wan were enlisted by Palpatine to lead an assault on Muunilinst , home of the InterGalactic Banking Clan . The Intergalactic Banking Clan was a heavy monetary , warship , and battle droid contributor to the Separatists , and the Chancellor believed they could deal the Separatists a major blow by capturing the IBC ' s headquarters . Despite concern from Yoda and Kenobi , Skywalker was made commander of the Republic spaceborne forces . Immediately afterwards , a large Republic force was mustered for this task , and was loaded aboard a flotilla of " Acclamator " - class assault ships . Before leaving , Anakin took the opportunity to bid farewall to his wife Padmé Amidala . The battle . The surface battle . The Republic fleet of " Acclamator - I " - class assault ships led by Anakin and Obi - Wan , encountered resistance as it entered the orbit of the planet Muunilinst . Despite losing several gunships to enemy missile fire , the Republic ' s invasion force , including gunships and the assault ships carrying SPHA walkers , managed to land on the planet , where they engaged the Separatist Droid Army in front of the city of Harnaidan , while Anakin led the flight groups against Separatist fighter craft in orbit . Hundreds of assault ships landed throughout the heavily fortified world , with their hulls filled with troops and vehicles , even though they took losses . They proceeded to besiege the cities . The Republic forces made considerable progress during the initial stage of the Harnaidan siege , with SPHA artillery pieces concentrating fire on the ground just before the clone front lines . Any units coming to the front lines on the Separatist side were almost instantaneously decimated by artillery barrage , forcing the droids to pull back . Buildings fell quickly to the amount of artillery firepower as the SPHA batteries were brought to the frontlines , which caused much collateral damage . Commando mission . During the initial landing , the specialized landing craft of the ARC troopers of The Muunilinst 10 was deployed to go on a special mission within Harnaidan . These ARCs were led by Captain Fordo . Pulling away from the main force , it entered the city with little difficulty . However , they were shot down by a missile launcher - wielding battle droid , and the gunship crashed into a street . After taking out surrounding droid snipers , taking one casualty in the process , the troops found they were cut off from their original drop zone , but still made their way to the enemy command center . Along the way , they faced off against an Armored Assault Tank , which they successfully destroyed with a ARC Trooper shooting it from inside , blowing it to pieces . After reaching the Separatist command center , the commandos eliminated surrounding droids and proceeded to lay explosive charges on a large cannon that was bombarding the Republic forces . Once the cannon was destroyed , they rappeled up to the roof of the command center to await Kenobi . The destruction of the artillery gun contributed to CIS commander San Hill ' s scare about the battle , as he now believed that the Republic artillery reached far enough into the city to blow up the cannon . The joust . The Republic ' s initial success panicked San Hill , and he turned to the bounty hunter Durge , who was present , and demanded to know why Count Dooku would dispatch him to the battle if all he was going to do was stand around . Durge responded by briefly grappling Hill , and then decided to move into action with a contingent of IG lancer droids . Leaving the CIS command post , Durge and his force of droids moved to the front lines and tore towards the heart of the Republic ' s forces , causing huge casualties in the Republic ranks and destroying nearly all the SPHA walkers . Durge ' s success spurred General Kenobi to lead a team of clone lancer trooper s out to meet Durge ' s forces . The two bands of swoop riders entered into a vicious mass joust , both clone and droid alike being impaled or thrown aside like debris . Obi - Wan and Durge both slew a good share of the enemy . As both sides sustained massive casualties , the two commanders spotted one another and engaged in personal combat . On the first jousting pass , Durge deprived Kenobi of both his lance and helmet . In response , Kenobi drew his lightsaber and on the second pass , sliced Durge ' s lance to pieces and destroyed his bike . As he charged in to skewer his dismounted opponent , Durge , in an incredible display of strength and reflex , caught Kenobi ' s swoop by the steering vanes and flipped the Jedi off . Wielding the bike as a club , Durge then charged Kenobi . Kenobi sliced it to pieces and stabbed Durge through the chest . Durge merely laughed , surprising Kenobi . Durge ' s decentralized Gen ' Dai physique allowed him to easily survive the stabbing , and he proceeded to beat Kenobi with his fists . Kenobi , with his saber still lodged in Durge ' s chest , couldn ' t retaliate , and was lifted bodily off the ground by a solid punch to the gut . Durge proceeded to fire at Kenobi with a small rapid projectile launcher , but the Jedi deflected the slugs with the Force . Switching to a flamethrower , Durge ' s attacks were again deflected and the flamethrower was crushed with the Force . Brandishing a massive flail , he prepared to finish off Kenobi , but Kenobi used the Force to summon his lightsaber back to him and severed the flail ' s chain . Though he drew his two blaster pistols , Durge was disarmed before he could use them . Switching on the energy shields built into his gauntlets , he deflected Kenobi ' s lightsaber slashes , but was unable to adequately counterattack . Kenobi pressed his advantage , Durge barely blocking , until finally , Kenobi sliced of Durge ' s right arm and bisected him through the middle . After seemingly defeating Durge , he salvaged a remaining swoop on the field and proceeded to join the ARC troopers . As Kenobi jetted off into the city , he failed to notice Durge ' s body pulling itself back together . Infiltrating the command tower . After the joust and battle with Durge , General Kenobi rushed through the city to the command tower , where he met up with the Muunilinst 10 . Blasting open the roof of the structure with explosives , the troops , led by Kenobi , rappeled into the control room and quickly destroyed all the security droids . Capturing San Hill , Kenobi offered to spare his life in exchange for an unconditional surrender . Before Hill had a chance to answer , Durge smashed through the tower window into the room on a jetpack . However , he was quickly shot down by concentrated fire from the clone troopers and ARC ' s . Hill took the opportunity to take cover under the situation table . Thinking Durge to be dead , the troopers approached the smoking crater they had made , only to be knocked aside by a massive fleshy arm . Durge climbed from the crater , all his armor save a few , small fragments along with his helmet and gloves blasted off , revealing his true Gen ' Dai form . He quickly attacked Kenobi , driving the Jedi atop the situation table , which Durge snapped in half with his fists . He was then attacked by clones rappelling down on grappling hooks which they attached to him . The blaster fire had no effect , and Durge simply ripped the lines from the wall with his sheer strength , toppling the clones . Charging Kenobi , Durge disarmed him and almost literally absorbed him into his body , hoping to suffocate him , and then approached the ARC commander , Fordo . Fordo then fired a taser at Durge , electrocuting him . This only succeeded in enraging the Gen ' Dai , who charged Fordo , knocking aside the clones in his way . However , before Durge could kill him , he suddenly bloated to massive size and exploded . Kenobi had used the Force to push outward and destroy Durge ' s body from the inside out . Commenting on how much of a mess he had made , Kenobi turned back to Hill , who promptly surrendered . The space battle . Meanwhile , Anakin Skywalker was leading the clone navy in a fierce space battle above Muunilinst . Several Republic " Acclamator " - class assault ships engaged the Confederacy ' s gun platforms . The Republic ' s V - 19 Torrents were engaged by large numbers of " Nantex " - class starfighters . Skywalker ordered the clone pilots to disengage , and destroyed large numbers of the enemy fighters with his proton torpedoes . Pursued by yet more enemy fighters , he ordered his clones to fire all their concussion missiles across the bow of Cruiser 8 , much to the confusion of the clones . He flew past the ship as the missiles started arriving ; the missiles hit the swarm of fighters pursuing him , destroying a large number of them . Trailed by missiles , Skywalker flew through the hangar of one of the gun platforms . The missiles collided with various objects within the hangar and destroyed the gun platform from the inside . Sustained turbolaser fire from the Republic capital ships destroyed another one . Only a few Separatist fighters remained , but a mysterious ship appeared engaged the Republic forces , annihilating Blue Squadron . Skywalker personally engaged the fighter , pursuing it into the atmosphere and through the streets of Harnaidan . When the pilot , a mysterious Force - sensitive protégé of Dooku , Asajj Ventress , jumped into hyperspace , the impetuous young Jedi followed , disobeying a direct order from Obi - Wan , leading to a fateful duel . Conclusion and aftermath . Having surrendered , San Hill was taken into custody , although he later escaped . The majority of the battle droids were deactivated as Voolvif Monn and the Third Systems Army battled through the Droid Army in Harnaidan , and the battle was won for the Republic . Meanwhile , Anakin tracked Asajj Ventress down to the fourth moon of Yavin . There , Ventress killed the clone troopers accompanying Skywalker and destroyed his ship . Anakin and Ventress engaged in a lightsaber duel through the jungles and on top of a Massassi temple . In the end , Ventress was defeated , though not killed . This event was of some significance , as in the process , Anakin was pushed a little closer to the dark side . Years down the road , he would fall completely and become Darth Vader . After the duel , Skywalker returned to Muunilinst in Ventress ' s fighter and was scolded by Kenobi for his hotheadedness . Kenobi noted his concern in the Sith ' s interest in his apprentice . At that point , Kenobi received a transmission from General Daakman Barrek on Hypori , a distress call , which would lead to another significant turn of events with the introduction of a new foe : General Grievous , the Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies . Behind the scenes . The scene in which the Republic and Separatist forces fight in mounted combat on swoops is meant to resemble a futuristic version of a Medieval joust , further supporting George Lucas ' ideas and plans for the Jedi that are related to things such as chivalry and knights . Although no explicit figure has been given of the size of the Republic assault force , a passage in " The New Essential Chronology " , describes the Republic besieging the " unassailable castle keep " of the planet Muunilinst with " sheer numbers . . . hundreds of assault ships , each one groaning from the weight of troopers and war machines " . If these ships were " Acclamator " - class assault ships and were filled to their maximum specifications as would be expected , at least 3 . 2 million clone troopers would have been deployed to the battle . The main assault ships in this era were the " Acclamator " - class and the Supercruiser , which was able to take even more troops . At minimal figure , eleven " Acclamator " - class warships are seen together above Muunilinst in " Clone Wars " , which would give a minimum troop capacity of at least 176 , 000 . This does not account for the ones that landed on the planet and deployed troops and artillery walkers . The debate over numbers at Muunilinst is part of a wider disagreement among fans as to the size of the Grand Army of the Republic and the scale of forces involved in the Clone Wars : a book - level canon source states explicitly that the GAR could deploy only 1 . 2 million clone troopers in total at this stage in the war , rising later to a total muster strength of three million ; this is contradicted by many other , higher - canon sources , and many fans believe that these numbers are unworkable . They argue that other evidence indicates clone forces numbering in millions of divisions . For fuller discussion , see here .