Battle of Dantooine (War of the Ring)

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|name=Battle of Dantooine
|conflict=War of the Ring
|date=May 15-16, 1981, 2 months after the First Battle of Isengard
|place=Dantooine
|result=Galactic Republic victory
|side1=Galactic Republic
*Gondor
|side2=Confederacy of Independent Systems
*Isengard
|commanders1=*High General Aragorn
*187th commander
|commanders2=Unidentified battle droid commanders†
|forces1=*1 Jedi Master
*Clone troopers
**187th Legion
*2,000 Gondorian troops
*LAAT/i gunships
*At least 1 PLX-1 portable missile launcher
|forces2=*1 Providence-class carrier/destroyer
*C-9979 landing craft
*B1-Series battle droids
*B2 super battle droids
*3,200 Uruk-Hai
*DSD1 dwarf spider droids
*Armored Assault Tanks
*Rocket launchers
*1 seismic tank†
|casual1=*Many clone troopers
*Many gunships
|casual2=*Many battle droids
*The seismic tank
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The Battle of Dantooine took place during the War of the Ring, two months after the First Battle of Isengard. Fought on the grassy plains of Dantooine, it pitted a small unit of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Gondorian warriors against a massive number of battle droids and Uruk-Hai.
==Prelude==
The Battle of Dantooine began immediately before the Battle of Muunilinst. During said battle, the Confederacy of Independent Systems used Dantooine as a staging point to launch an attack against the assault ship blockade around the InterGalactic Banking Clan headquarters. However, King Aragorn learned of the Confederate presence on Dantooine, and left with a force of clone troopers and Gondor troops to halt the progress of the Separatists.
Saruman the White was also hoping to uncover Rakatan artifacts on the planet.The Essential Atlas
==The Battle==
The battle erupted on Dantooine as clones, Gondorian warriors and B2 super battle droids, Uruk-Hai clashed in a vast, open plain. Clones used PLX-1 portable missile launcher to destroy scores of droids, whereas the droids used their own missile launchers to shoot down many gunships and overwhelming numbers to cause many casualties in the clone ranks. However, with King Aragorn at their side, the clones slowly gained the upper hand, despite being outnumbered nearly four to one by Confederate super battle droids. However, the battle was suddenly turned upside down with the arrival of a large siege weapon—the seismic tank.
This tank used its seismic driver—used for mining operations in peaceful days—to cut a swath through the clone trooper ranks, either crushing them outright or sending soldiers flying from the shockwave, along with taking out a contingent of their own forces. In the confusion, Aragorn lost his lightsaber, Anduril , and was forced to fight a number of droids unarmed. The ability with the Force that he showed in that battle has since become legendary: During the fight, he eluded and obliterated droids by multiple magic moves as the Disarming charm, Force speed, Rictusempra and Force Wave, a technique so powerful it incapacitated droids within a 50-meter radius, and at one point, Aragorn disassembled a super battle droid and used its pieces to destroy the other remaining orcs.
Retrieving his sword amid another seismic shockwave, Aragorn flew towards the seismic tank. Aragorn cut his way in, disabled the seismic driver, destroyed the tank's droid crew by pushing the crew out the window, and knocked out the controls. Flying clear, Aragorn watched on as the seismic tank smashed into the ground and exploded. After he landed, a small boy gave him a bottle of water. The battle was won.
===Attack on the failed Jedi students===
A taskforce of droids was dispatched during the battle to attack a farm that was run by failed Jedi students. With the help of their Force powers and their banthas, the former Jedi were able to defeat their attackers, despite their lack of weapons. Afterward, they fled the planet in their airship and decided to fly it to Coruscant.
==Behind the scenes==
The Battle of Dantooine was created for the Star Wars: War of the Ring television micro-series. It later received a mention in "Brain Invaders," an episode of the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring television series.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Clone Wars PhotoComic
*The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring: Republic Heroes 
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*Labyrinth of Evil 
==Sources==
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*The New Essential Chronology 
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia 
*Jedi Academy Training Manual
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*The Essential Atlas
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*Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
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==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles