First Battle Memorial / Legends The First Battle Memorial was a large , commemorative monument meant to honor the many clone soldiers who perished in the opening battle of the Clone Wars on Geonosis . An enormous slab of Geonosian rock , the sculpted wall was engraved with the numerical designations of the fallen troopers and erected in the outdoor plaza of the Republic military base on Coruscant , the Galactic Republic ' s capital , where it remained for the duration of the war . Description . The First Battle Memorial was an enormous slab of reddish - brown rock , drawn from a Geonosian spire , polished and carved to form a thick , three - dimensional rectangle . Engraved into the stone in black Aurebesh lettering were the designations of the thousands of clone troopers who died during the first battle of the Clone Wars on Geonosis . Near the monument ' s center , the words " Battle of Geonosis " were etched in Aurebesh , and above which the Galactic Roundel was inlaid . The First Battle Memorial was placed at the heart of the Republic military base ' s outdoor plaza on Coruscant , where it stood between two large , grey obelisks bearing sculpted clone trooper statues . At night , the memorial was illuminated by several lights at the base of the monument . History . In the year 22 BBY , the clone soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic were deployed to the Outer Rim world of Geonosis , where they clashed with the droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Though the Republic would ultimately emerge victorious , thousands of clone troopers perished in the fighting . From the battle on Geonosis , the galaxy became embroiled in a conflict that came to be known as the Clone Wars , as the Galactic Republic and Confederacy fought across a multitude of worlds . To honor the clone troopers who fell in combat during the Clone Wars ' first battle , a memorial was commissioned to commemorate their service . Erected on the Republic capital of Coruscant , in the heart of the plaza outside the Republic military base , the First Battle Memorial was completed prior to 20 BBY . That year , the fugitive Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano fled the Republic military base where she had been incarcerated on false charges of murder , running along the top of the First Battle Memorial to evade pursuing security forces . In the days that followed the Clone Wars ' end , the Mandalorian military contractor Kal Skirata — a former member of the " Cuy ' val Dar " and military adviser to the Republic ' s Grand Army during the war — began to formulate plans for a new memorial for fallen clone troopers . Unlike the First Battle Memorial , Skirata aimed to create a monument to commemorate every trooper who died in service to the Republic during the course of the entire war , rather than just its opening battle . Behind the scenes . The monument wall was first introduced in the eighteenth episode of the , " The Jedi Who Knew Too Much , " which debuted on Canadian television on February 15 , 2013 , before airing the following day in the United States . The monument featured as a notable set piece during protagonist Ahsoka Tano ' s escape from Republic custody . Shortly after the episode ' s Canadian premiere , a post on the official " Star Wars : The Clone Wars " Facebook page elaborated upon the nature and significance of the memorial , which was later provided a proper name in the StarWars . com trivia gallery for " The Jedi Who Knew Too Much . "