Battle of Edoras

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|name=Battle of Edoras
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|conflict=War of the Ring
|date=December 7, 1981
|place=Edoras, Middle-Earth
|result=*Galactic Republic victory
**General The Mouth of Sauron and Jinx retreat
**Boost in Separatist moraleRise of the Separatists
|side1=*Galactic Republic
*Jedi Order
*Rohan
|side2=Confederacy of Independent Systems
*Mordor
*Goblins
|commanders1=*High General Sam Gamgee
*High General Shaak Ti
*King Theoden
*General Frodo Baggins
*Another Jedi Knight
*Admiral Wullf Yularen
*Marshal Commander CC-2224
*Commander Eomer
*Commander Blitz
*Commander Colt†
*Commander Havoc (ARC trooper)†
*Captain CT-7567
*Treebeard
|commanders2=*General The Mouth of Sauron
*Dark Witch Jinx
*TV-94B
|forces1=*4 Jedi Knights
*Advanced Recon Commandos
*Advanced Recon Force troopers
*Clone cadets
*Clone naval officers
*37,500 Clone troopers
**501st Legion
*60,800 Rohirrim cavalry
*90 Ents
*Clone trooper pilots
**Shadow SquadronThe War of the Ring: Defenders of the Republic
*Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighters
*BTL-B Y-wing starfighters
*2 Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptors
*V-19 Torrent starfighters
*1 Kamino submarine†
*2 Arquitens-class light cruisers
*2 Acclamator-class assault ship
*11 Venator-class Star Destroyers
**Resolute
|forces2=*Hundreds of battle droids
**Aqua droids
**B1-Series battle droids
**38 BX-series droid commandos
**4 Droidekas
*80,000 Orcs
*62,500 Goblins
*9 Mountain Trolls
*825 Haradrim
*1 T-series tactical droid
*16 Armored Assault Tanks
*20 Mumakil
*6 Siege-towers
*125 Warg-riders
*3 NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcers
*106 Single Trooper Aerial Platforms
*1 Droid tri-fighter
*Hyena-class bombers
*Vulture droid starfighters
*1 Kaminoan flight pod
*Trident-class assault shipsStar Wars: The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles
**Trident
*3 Recusant-class light destroyers
*11 Munificent-class star frigates
*1 Providence-class carrier/destroyer
**The Mouth of Sauron's command ship
*3 Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ships
|casual1=*Colt
*Havoc
*Many clone troopers and Rohirrim horsemen
*Starfighter losses
*Damage to Edoras's Stables
*The Kamino submarine
|casual2=*Heavy battle droid, Orcs, Goblins and droid starfighter losses
*Majority of all Trident-class assault ships
*Several Munificent-class star frigates
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The Battle of Edoras, a key campaign of the War of the Ring, was fought for control of the Rohan capital of Edoras in December 1981. Also known as the Invasion of Rohan or the Defense of Edoras, the battle occurred when the Confederacy of Independent Systems launched a massive assault aimed at crippling the Grand Army of the Republic's main Rohirrim armies in Rohan's capital, Edoras. Having collaborated during a thwarted attempt to invade Kamino several months earlier, rivals newly appointed General The Mouth of Sauron and Dark Witch Jinx were assigned by Saruman the White to lead the Separatist and Mordor attack on Edoras. Joining Jedi General Shaak Ti and King Theoden in coordinating the Galactic Republic's defense of Edoras were Jedi Generals Sam Gamgee and Frodo Baggins who, unwilling to lose the vital cloning factories, brought their clone troopers of the 501st Legion to reinforce the Grand Army of Rohan's defenses.
Jinx had already infiltrated Edoras by the time Mouth of Sauron arrived to beleaguer the Republic's naval blockade with an invasion fleet of his own. Although Frodo led the Republic's starfighter squadrons against the Confederate armada, the resulting space engagement orbiting Middle-Earth, only served as a cover for elements of the Separatist Droid Army to land on Edoras via re-entry capsules disguised as starship debris. After being reassembled by Jinx's aqua droids in the Swamps of Edoras, the Separatist Trident-class assault ships launched their forces against Edoras, and the Jedi and clones, and the Rohirrim rushed to repel Mouth of Sauron and the invaders. Jinx went after a DNA sample of the Grand Army's prime clone Jango Fett but was intercepted by Frodo, who dueled the Dark Witch for the DNA sample. In a similar fashion, The Mouth of Sauron was confronted by Sam while spearheading a droid assault on Edoras's Rohirrim barracks.
As the Separatist and Mordor battle droids, orcs and goblins pressed further into Theoden's palace, Kamino's elite Advanced Recon Commandos played a critical part in repulsing the enemy forces from the clone troopers's Rohirrim's City. While Clone Commander Cody, King Theoden and Clone Captain Rex organized a defense of the barracks, Ti led other troops in pushing back the droids and orcs to Edoras's main gate, where the invaders were eliminated. Ultimately, The Mouth of Sauron and Jinx failed to cripple Edoras as they had hoped thanks to the intervention of Gamgee and Baggins, the latter of whom recovered the stolen DNA sample from Jinx. Frodo and Eomer attempted to have his clone troopers execute Jinx, but she escaped with Mouth of Sauron aboard a Escape pod. Despite heavy losses, the Jedi, the Rohirrim and clones were able to drive the Separatists from Rohan. Two 501st troopers, Fives and Echo, were awarded ARC trooper status for their performance in the battle.
==Prelude==
===Targeting Edoras===
During the War of the Ring, the Rohan capital Edoras, being home to the Galactic Republic's vital cloning facilities for the Grand Army of the Republic, remained a prominent target for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The Republic Navy blockaded Middle-Earth with a heavily fortified fleet as protection against the Confederacy, which hoped to cripple the Republic war machine and win a decisive victory in the galactic conflict by stopping the Republic's production of clone troopers at its source. Having failed to eliminate Kamino's cloning facilitiesRepublic 50 early on in the war, the Confederacy staged an invasion of Edoras on Rohan. in 1981, the first year of the war. With the Dark Witch Jinx serving as a spy on Edoras, Confederate General The Mouth of Sauron proceeded to the Middle-Earth system with a massive invasion fleet. Yet he failed to silence Rishi Station, a Republic listening post monitoring enemy activity near Kamino, and the Republic Navy was subsequently warned of the impending attack.
Although forced to retreat from the Rishi moon, the Separatists remained determined to eliminate Rohan's cloning facilities. In December, only 8 months after their previous attempt, Confederate Head of State Saruman the White authorized a plan to attack Rohan, assigning rival commanders Mouth of Sauron and Jinx to lead the invasion. While Mouth of Sauron engaged the Republic blockade of Middle-Earth, the Separatist fleet would be allowed to sustain heavy losses. Under that cover, the main invasion force of battle droids would be sent down to the Gap of Rohan near Edoras aboard modules of Trident-class assault ships in re-entry capsules. As the capsules would be disguised as debris from the destroyed starships, the Republic would not realize the deception until too late.
Once the Separatist Droid Army was planet-side, Jinx—who was already on Edoras aboard her personal starship, the Trident—would have her detachment of aqua droids reassemble the assault craft for the attack on Rohan's capital, Edoras, where the main Rohirrim stables were located. As part of her espionage tasks, Jinx determined the exact locations of the clone trooper barracks and the DNA archive room in Edoras's Military Complex, both of which would be primary targets during their assault. While Mouth of Sauron led the droid and Orcs assault on Edoras, specifically focusing on the stables and barracks, Jinx would steal a DNA sample of Jango Fett, the Grand Army's prime clone. With a copy of Fett's DNA, the Separatists hoped to uncover and exploit a weakness in the genetic code, with potentially catastrophic consequences for the Republic's clone troopers.
===Jedi reinforcements===
To draw the Republic and the Jedi Order into their plan, the Confederacy allowed Republic forces to intercept an encoded transmission of Mouth of Sauron and Jinx discussing their impending assault on Edoras. The communiqué was received aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Resolute, the flagship of Jedi General Frodo Baggins and the 501st Legion of clone troopers, who were hosting High General Sam Gamgee aboard their Star Destroyer. After their crew decrypted the transmission's audio, Frodo and Sam learned of Sauron's targeting of Edoras, and their respective clone officers, Clone Captain CT-7567 and Marshal Commander CC-2224, were adamant about aiding the defense of Rohan's capital. Frodo and Sam resolved to return to Middle-Earth with the 501st Legion to notify the Republic defenses of the imminent attack and to provide extra protection against Mouth of Sauron's battle group.Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Pocket Money Treats, First Edition Once they had transferred their troops to an Acclamator-class assault ship, Frodo and Sam proceeded to Edoras with the 501st Legion, while Admiral Wullf Yularen took the Resolute to join the ten other Venator-class Star Destroyers in the Republic's blockade of Middle-Earth. Upon their arrival in Edoras, Frodo and Sam met with King Theoden of Rohan and High General Shaak Ti, a Jedi Master who had been stationed on Kamino and Edoras as the Jedi General in charge of clone trooper training.
Upon learning of the impending invasion, Theoden could not believe that the Separatists would risk pitting themselves against the fortified blockade of the world, though all of them took the threat seriously and made preparations to defend Edoras. Frodo and Sam's troops from the 501st Legion disembarked from the Acclamator-class transport, and CT-7567 and CC-2224—nicknamed "Rex" and "Cody," respectively—took their men directly to the Military Complex, which was being prepared for the attack. In addition, the Republic's starfighter squadrons were mobilized to mount an air strike against a Separatist attack. Meanwhile in deep space, Mouth of Sauron made his own final preparations for the assault, commanding his fleet of three Recusant-class light destroyers and eleven Munificent-class star frigates from his command ship, a Providence-class carrier/destroyer. The re-entry capsules containing the landing force of battle droids and pieces of Trident-class assault ships were affixed to the main hulls of the Munificent-class star frigates as planned. The Separatists planned to attack Edoras first, while Mouth of Sauron and Jinx were interested to meet each other on the battlefield for the third time, face to face.
==The battle==
===Distraction in space===
Emerging from hyperspace, Mouth of Sauron's invasion fleet entered the Naboo system. Aided by the T-series tactical droid TV-94B, Mouth of Sauron deployed his armada in attack formation Echo-3, with his Recusant-class light destroyers spearheading the assault. As the enemy fleet began its offensive, the eleven Venator-class Star Destroyers of the Republic blockade held their position and returned the heavy turbolaser fire, supplemented by a pair of Arquitens-class light cruisers as well as Frodo and Sam's Acclamator-class transport. Commanding the Republic fleet with clone naval officers from the bridge of the Resolute, Admiral Yularen was intrigued by Mouth of Sauron's head-on assault, as such a move was odd for the Confederate and Mordor general, and included the anomaly in a report to the command at Edoras. The update was received by Sam, Ti, Theoden, Eomer, and Cody and Rex, who were overseeing the battle from the Golden Hall of Meduseld's command center. As the Separatist armada pressed its attack, Cody had the Republic fleet shore up on defenses, while Ti—who had expected a larger invasion fleet—issued the order for the Republic's air strike. Sam meanwhile pondered why Mouth of Sauron had forgone the element of surprise in favor of a direct approach for the attack.
Responding to Ti's command, Frodo led the Republic's starfighter squadrons—including his own personal group, Shadow Squadron, with clone pilot Broadside among them—from Edoras into space aboard his Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor. Taking up position at the head of Shadow Squadron, Frodo led groups of BTL-B Y-wing starfighters and ARC-170 starfighters against Mouth of Sauron's opposing fleet, which responded by launching Vulture droid starfighters to combat the Republic squadrons. At the same time, V-19 Torrent starfighters were marshaled in the defense of the Republic blockade from Separatist Hyena-class bombers. Frodo worked with another Jedi Knight, who was also flying a Delta-7B interceptor, to prevent the enemy ships from reaching the surface of Middle-Earth. The two Jedi Knights spearheaded the assault on the frigates and destroyers of the Separatist armada, which quickly began to take heavy losses. The damage was intentional, however, as it allowed the re-entry capsules to detach from the frigates while giving credence to their cover as debris. To the Republic, it simply appeared that Mouth of Sauron was sacrificing the frigates to protect his command ship. Mouth of Sauron joined his aqua droids, orcs, goblins and B1-Series battle droids in the re-entry capsules and fell from orbit, through the atmosphere of Middle-Earth, and straight into the Gap of Rohan near Edoras, where they were received by Jinx.
Once Mouth of Sauron and his grand armies had arrived, Jinx sent out her aqua droids to begin work reassembling the Trident-class assault ships in preparation for the assault on Edoras. Back in space, the Republic fleet and starfighter squadrons held strong against the Separatist armada and its defenses, which began to take a beating from the intense fire. Frodo led Shadow Squadron into the heart of the battle, pressing his attack by focusing on the Separatist frigates. The offensive allowed more wreckage-disguised capsules to reach the surface of Edoras, ready for reassembly. As the Separatist armada began to retreat from Middle-Earth, Sam sensed through the Force that something was amiss, as not even Mouth of Sauron would mount such a reckless attack on the blockade. Because Mouth of Sauron knew that they had been ready to defend Edoras, Gamgee believed that the starship debris was key to uncovering whatever the Separatists were planning. To that end, he decided to take a single-seater submarine to investigate the downed starship wreckage, keeping in contact with Frodo as he did so. It was not long before Sam discovered Jinx's aqua droids reassembling the Trident-class assault ships, many of which had already been completed by that time. Realizing the Separatists' deception, Sam attempted to warn Frodo and Ti of the underwater assault craft, but he was too deep for his signal to be transmitted.
Shortly thereafter, one of the aqua droids noticed Sam's submarine and ordered him to stop. When a team of aqua droids clambered onto his ship and targeted its window and engines, Gamgee ejected from his submarine via an escape pod, but the aqua droids continued to pursue him. After being forced to abandon his escape pod, the oxygen-low Gamgee made for the surface, using the Force to call to a nearby Eagle for aid. With the help of the eagle, Sam returned to the surface, gasping for breath. His relief was short-lived, as it was at that moment that Jinx led her Trident and the completed Trident-class assault ships out of the swamps to attack Edoras. As soon as Sam made him aware via comlink of the Confederacy's assault on Edoras, Frodo ordered all of the Republic's starfighter squadrons back to the Resolute while he immediately made for the surface in his Delta-7B interceptor. The Separatist fleet continued to retreat, though the battle over Middle-Earth was no longer of concern to the Republic forces. The battlefield now became Edoras and Rohan.
===Assault on Edoras===
As the Trident-class assault ships moved into position to deploy their battle droid and orc troops, Edoras was put on alert, and clone troopers and the Rohirrim rushed to defend the Golden Hall of Meduseld. Clone Commander Colt was placed in charge of his fellow elite Advanced Recon Commandos who were assigned to the defense of Edoras, and they took up position within the Golden Hall. While the defense of Edoras's main Gate was being organized, ARC Commander Havoc sent 501st troopers Echo and CT-27-5555, respectively nicknamed "Echo" and "Fives," to take up sniper positions on the gate connecting the hangar deck to the cloning factories. Eomer, commander of the Rohirrim armies, joined his clone brethren in fortifying the main gate just as several Trident-class assault ships clambered onto the gate. The assault ships rammed their drill-spikes into the walls of the gate's roof, penetrating the city to deploy their battle-ready aqua droids. A furious firefight ensued in the hangar, with the clones attempting to hold out against the seemingly never-ending line of aqua droids, mountain trolls and goblins. Having arrived in a black house, The Mouth of Sauron personally led the assault on the clones and the Rohirrim, ordering his troops to spare none of the Republic troopers.
Several Advanced Recon Commandos and Rohirrim housemen, including ARC Commanders Havoc and Blitz, oversaw the defense of the main gate against Mouth of Sauron's invading troops. Maintenance clone Clone 99 helped resupply the clones with DC-15A blaster rifles, though he was forced to abandon his post as the casualties around him mounted, particularly as Havoc fell to enemy blaster fire. Besieged by the Trident-class assault ships, Edoras began to take heavy attack, with a large amount of its factories' cloning chambers breaking apart as explosions gripped the city. While Mouth of Sauron pushed further into the Golden Hall, Jinx led her aqua droids and goblins against clone troopers on the city's outer decks, with the Confederate assault ships going so far as to smash through the clones with their heavy leg units. Elsewhere, Mouth of Sauron ordered another attack on Gap of Rohan, but Commander Cody and the Jedi Knight who had assisted Frodo in the space battle over Middle-Earth prepared a defense of the area. Cody had a series of platforms constructed in the ocean so that their forces could utilize tower-mounted blaster turrets against Mouth of Sauron's battle group. The Republic detachment was supplemented by a number of Advanced Recon Commandos, who took up positions in bunkers along the Separatists' intended path. Cody and the Jedi Knight were able to push back Mouth of Sauron's initial force of battle droids, Mumakils, and Armored Assault Tanks, and Mouth of Sauron was forced to recall his forces to regroup for their next assault.
Striking swiftly, Mouth of Sauron bolstered his forces with shielded droidekas, BX-series droid commandos, and NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcer tanks, while he hoped to catch the clone detachment unprepared by deploying aerial droid-manned Single Trooper Aerial Platforms and droid starfighters. Nevertheless, Cody and the Jedi Knight held out against his attack, shooting down the dispatched Vulture droid starfighters and droid tri-fighters and prompting Mouth of Sauron's forces to retreat a second time. With a storm brewing over Edoras, Mouth of Sauron organized a biggest push against the Republic forces. While Cody and the Jedi Knight attempted to hold the line, Mouth of Sauron had a number of Trident-class assault ships emerge from the swamps and land even more battle droids and orcs across the facility. After noticing that the Republic's rear defenses were weak, Mouth of Sauron launched a surprise attack by ordering his assault ships to target a position well behind the Republic's front line, forcing Cody and the Jedi Knight to readjust their defenses. The Republic detachment ultimately prevailed over Mouth of Sauron's battle group, yet the battle for Edoras was far from over.
Across the Golden Hall of Meduseld, young clone cadets were ushered to safety while their older brethren held out against the invading battle droids and orcs. With Shaak Ti and Theoden coordinating defenses from the golden hall's command center, Frodo and Sam proceeded into the fray, leading a squad of clone troopers against a group of aqua droids. Both Hobbit Generals soon came to the conclusion that there were not enough battle droids to capture the entire city. Realizing that the Separatists were distracting them, Gamgee resolved to confront Mouth of Sauron while Frodo proceeded to secure the DNA archive library. Echo and Fives fought on their own battlefront, defending the bridge from squads of aqua droids. 99 arrived to supply them with more ammunition, at which point Fives inquired if there was a better vantage point in the area. At that moment, four B1 battle droids ambushed them, but Fives summarily tossed one of 99's thermal detonators at their attackers. What were thought to be more droids approaching through the smoke turned out to be five clone cadets who had been separated from their group en route to the barracks. Fives and Echo decided to escort them there, with 99 leading them on a shortcut through the city.
In one of the city's hallways, Mouth of Sauron pressed through clone defenses led by Commander Colt with a group of B1 battle droids. When the rest of his men fell to droid and orc's fire and swords, Colt mounted a last stand against the battle droids, but he was interrupted by Jinx, who had arrived to rendezvous with Mouth of Sauron. Jinx gripped Colt in a Force choke, then activated one of her lightsabers and pulled him onto her blade with the Force, impaling and killing him. Although Mouth of Sauron was impressed with her display of power, Jinx had good respect for the Mordor general, refusing his offer for a goblin escort on her mission to steal the clone DNA sample. Mouth of Sauron meanwhile continued on to destroy the barracks, which would further seal a Separatist victory on Edoras.
===Republic retaliation===
The Separatists continued to push back the clone forces across Edoras, with troops on the outer platforms losing ground. One squad of aqua droids breached the Golden Hall's command center, where Ti, Theoden, and several clones were still overseeing the battle. Ti and Theoden made quick work of the droids with their lightsabers, even she destroying some of them by hurling them against a wall with the Force. She then ordered the Republic forces to push their offensive, as the droids were spread thin across the city. Fives, Echo, and 99 reached the barracks with their group of clone cadets, where Captain Rex and Commander Cody arrived to rally the young cadets to defend the Rohirrim's capital. Fives and Echo also encouraged them to take up arms to protect their home. 99 brought Rex and Cody to the nearby armory to equip the cadets with weaponry for a defense of the barracks. The three of them returned with enough DC-15Ss for the cadets, whom Rex positioned in the barracks' retractable sleeping chambers so that they could surprise the droids from behind. They were just in time, as Mouth of Sauron arrived with his detachment of B1 battle droids and aqua droids. While the droids pressed into the barracks and began a firefight with Rex, Cody, and their men, Gamgee arrived to confront Mouth of Sauron in the hallway outside, with the two rivals beginning a lightsaber duel.
As he dueled with Gamgee, Mouth of Sauron grabbed his opponent and threw him to the ground, then attempted to crush him with his boot. Gamgee managed to avoid the general's powerful stomps, but he was then tossed against the ceiling and hit the ground hard. Although winded, Sam refused to concede to Mouth of Sauron's assertion that Rohan had fallen, reaching out with the Force to slam Mouth of Sauron against a wall. Taken off-guard by the offensive, Mouth of Sauron retreated from the barracks, with Sam following close behind. Meanwhile, Jinx infiltrated the DNA archive room and stole a canister containing Jango Fett's DNA. Just as she secured her objective, Frodo arrived, Eldar sword in hand, to retrieve the DNA sample. The pair of familiar adversaries briefly reacquainted themselves before engaging in lightsaber combat. Jinx somersaulted over Frodo and Force-pushed him against the DNA archive shelf, though Frodo recovered quickly and re-engaged her. As their fierce duel moved into the hallway, Frodo made a grab for the DNA canister on her utility belt, but Jinx was too quick for him and thwarted his attempt at retrieval. Frodo responded by pressing his attack, driving Jinx backward before locking blades with the Dark Witch in an effort to overpower her. However, Jinx simply kicked Frodo backward, taking advantage of his brief distraction to escape with the DNA canister, with Frodo in hot pursuit.
While the hobbits were pursuing the Separatist agents out of Edoras, Rex, Cody, Fives, and Echo mounted a defense of the barracks from the invading battle droids. The clones took up positions behind several crates to return the droids' blaster fire, with 99 supplying Rex and Cody with thermal detonators to launch at the droids. Once the droids had passed the cadets' hiding spots in the sleeping chambers, Rex commed the cadets to open fire on the droids, effectively surrounding the droids and locking them in a crossfire. Cody soon used up their supply of thermal detonators, at which point 99 opted to restock their explosives from the armory. As 99 abandoned his cover behind the crates, much to his fellow clones' alarm, one of the droids' blaster shots caught him in the leg. Desperate to protect their injured comrade, Echo and Fives increased their blaster fire, with Fives forgoing his cover to eliminate the droids with his heavy blaster rifle. Yet 99 took two more shots, this time fatal, to his back. The battle left no time for the clones to mourn their fallen comrade, as Cody received word from Ti that the rest of the droids throughout the city had been pushed back to the main gate. Theoden entered the fray in the gate, joining the Republic troops in battling the remaining groups of aqua droids.
With Gamgee trailing him, Mouth of Sauron reached one of the outer landing platforms and climbed onto its underside, surprising Gamgee from behind once he arrived. As Mouth of Sauron and Gamgee circled each other, a Trident-class assault ship clambered onto the platform, and the droid gunship used one of its leg units to compromise the platform's supports. Gamgee fell through the roof of the golden hall while Mouth of Sauron reached an adjacent platform. Believing that Gamgee had vanished, Mouth of Sauron boarded a Escape pod to retrieve Jinx, unaware that Gamgee had summoned the eagle Gwahiir, that had saved him earlier to be pulled out of the swamp. In the main gate, Ti, Theoden and their men continued to cut through the trapped droids, with the clones using blasters, Z-6 rotary blaster cannons, and RPS-6 rocket launchers to annihilate the remaining assault ships. Once their hold on the gate wall was compromised, the drill ships tumbled into the swamps below. On the outside platforms, ARC Commander Blitz led a squad of Advanced Recon Force troopers to target an assault ship that was about to penetrate a city wall with its drill-spike. Blitz had one of his troopers fire a rocket at the craft, causing it to crash onto a platform below.
The compromised Trident drill fell in the path of Jinx, who was being pursued by Frodo onto the outer decks. Dueling furiously, both adversaries avoided the ship and paid it little attention. A number of nearby Rohan's housemen caught sight of Frodo and went to his aid just as he kicked Jinx to the ground, then used the Force to retrieve the stolen DNA canister. The infuriated Jinx immediately retaliated, forcing Frodo backward and knocking him to the ground before pulling the canister toward her with the Force. At that moment, the clone troopers arrived to assist Frodo, and one of them grabbed the DNA sample in mid-air before it could reach Jinx. Now outnumbered by Frodo, Eomer and his men, the Dark Witch expected to be forced to surrender, though Frodo intended to have the clones execute her on sight. Receiving a signal that Mouth of Sauron was approaching in their escape vessel, Jinx refused to submit and unleashed a powerful Force repulse, knocking the Jedi and clones off their feet. Dodging the clones' blaster fire, Jinx jumped aboard Mouth of Sauron's craft. The rival Separatist commanders escaped from Edoras, neither of them having completed their objective. The remaining Separatist forces in Edoras were routed, resulting in a Republic victory.
==Aftermath==
The Battle of Edoras, as it came to be called, became known as one of the key campaigns of the War of the Ring. It was also referred to as the Invasion of Rohan and the defense of Edoras. The death of 99 during the battle saddened many of his clone brethren; in the words of Commander Cody, the Grand Army lost a true soldier that day, for 99 had a warrior's heart despite his malformation as a clone. Although the Confederacy had failed to cripple the cloning factories or steal a sample of Jango Fett's DNA, they left extensive damage to Edoras, particularly to a number of cloning chamber towers. Following the Republic's victory, the clone cadets and troopers of Edoras, supervised by several Advanced Recon Commandos, set to work restoring the Military Complex, as well as recording the large amount of casualties and taking the injured to receive medical treatment. Additionally, some of the Rohirrim horsemen set to work assessing the damage to the main gate.
For their display of valor in defending Edoras, Fives and Echo were promoted to the rank of ARC trooper by Cody and Captain Rex. Having been squadmates in Domino Squad during their training, the two 501st troopers were honored to become the Grand Army's newest Advanced Recon Commandos. Republic officer Wilhuff Tarkin was decorated at the battle.Tarkin
Despite the Republic victory, the facilities on Edoras underwent wide-spread damage and intense fighting, although they were able to remain operational. Mouth of Sauron's attack on Edoras also proved that any Republic planet was vulnerable to Separatist assault, and the Republic had intelligence leaks. The attack proved to be a morale boost for the Confederacy. Jedi who participated in the Battle of Edoras recorded their experiences in datafiles that were published in the collection known as the Jedi Battle Logs.
==Behind the scenes==
The Battle of Edoras was created for the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring television series and was featured in the episode "ARC Troopers," which aired on September 17, 2010 as part of the series' third season premiere. Prior to then, the battle was featured in promotional material for the season in April 2010 and was confirmed in Star Wars Insider 120. "ARC Troopers" served as a sequel to "Rookies," an episode from the series' first season that focused primarily on such clone trooper characters as Captain Rex, Commander Cody, Fives, and Echo. Originally, the Battle of Edoras was to have immediately followed the battle at Rishi Station depicted in "Rookies," but it was moved farther down the timeline to allow Fives and Echo to have more experience prior to their promotion to ARC troopers. The battle featured the debut of the aqua droids, an aquatic battle droid model developed for the series. A September 18, 2010 update to the Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures video game depicted the battle in the mini-games "Republic Defender" and "Starfighter," in addition to attributing the battle its official name.
During production for the space portion of the battle, Series Supervising Director Dave Filoni made sure to have the episode's director, Kyle Dunlevy, raise the bar in terms of its scale.The Lord of the Ring: The War of the Ring The Complete Season Three, "Creating Kamino" Featurette In keeping with established Star Wars canon, the battle was written so that Frodo Baggins would not encounter the Mouth of Sauron, as the film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith established that they were introduced to each other at the later Battle of Minas Tirith. A scene of Jinx kissing Commander Colt on the cheek just after killing him was removed from the episode due to insistence from Cartoon Network; the sequence was included in the episode as part of the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring The Complete Season Three DVD release.The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring The Complete Season Three Mouth of Sauron and Jinx's meeting during the battle represented a retcon to previously established continuity from the Expanded Universe, as it was stated to be their third face-to-face meeting despite the fact that such an encounter had already been depicted in the short comic Rogue's Gallery in 2005.
Star Wars Insider 125 ranked the Battle of Edoras alongside the earlier Battle of Christophsis, the Battle of Angmar, and the Second Battle of Isengard as one of the largest battles depicted in the series. In April 2012, The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded placed the battle within a timeline of the series' events, between the events of the episodes "Sphere of Influence" and "The Mandalore Plot."Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded The battle's placement was revised in the 2013 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring: Episode Guide, which moved it between the events of "Assassin" and "Sphere of Influence."
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings 
*Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
*Star Wars Battlefront II
*The War of the Ring: Defenders of the Republic
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*Tarkin 
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==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles