Battle of Gall (War of the Ring)

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|name=Battle of Gall
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|conflict=War of the Ring
|date=September 18, 1981Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
|place=Gall
|result=Galactic Republic victory
|side1=Galactic Republic
|side2=Confederacy of Independent Systems
|commanders1=*Jedi General Frodo Baggins
*Jedi Commander Eowyn
*A Gall sergeant
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|forces1=*2 Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptors
**Frodo Baggins's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor
***R2-D2
**Eowyn's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor
***R7-A7
*Gall starfighters
*2 Jet-wings
*Gall planetary defense force
|forces2=*1 Shielded Separatist craft
*2 C-9979 landing crafts
*Vulture droid starfighters
*B2-HA series super battle droids
*B2 super battle droids
*B1-Series battle droids
|casual1=*2 Jet-wings
*Several troops of the Gall planetary defense force
|casual2=*1 Shielded Separatist craft
*Many battle droids
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A battle was fought in 1981 on the moon of Gall during the War of the Ring between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The Separatists invaded the moon in C-9979 landing craft protected by an experimental Geonosian shield technology, which prevented the Confederate vessels from taking any damage from Gall defenders' blaster fire. However, Jedi Knight Frodo Baggins and his Padawan Eowyn, who were on the moon at the time of the attack, managed to infiltrate the lead craft that was projecting the shield and destroyed it with explosive charges from within, leaving the planetary defenses to destroy the rest of the invasion force.
==The battle==
In 1981 during the War of the Ring, the Confederacy of Independent Systems attacked the gas giant Zhar's moon of Gall with a force of Vulture droid starfighters, 2 C-9979 landing craft and a lead landing craft, which was equipped with an experimental deflector shield of Geonosian origin. The shield extended itself onto the entire Confederate force and allowed the Separatist forces to shoot through it while at the same time protecting them from enemy fire. Gall planetary force under the command of a sergeant engaged the enemy, attacking with artillery and starfighters, but were not able to penetrate the shield.
At the time of the attack, Jedi Knight Frodo Baggins and his Padawan Eowyn were stationed on the moon. After being informed by the sergeant of the shield's capabilities, Frodo came up with a plan to lower it. Taking a pack of explosive charges, Frodo and his handmaiden piloted two jet-wings, which were normally used for spraying fertilizers, and used them to reach the lead landing craft. The jet-wings were not detected by the ship's sensors, and the two Jedi were able to land on its hull. They managed to infiltrate the craft, although the jet-wings were destroyed by enemy fire in the process. Inside, they found stacks of deactivated battle droids, but Frodo considered them not to be a threat, since he believed that all energy had been diverted to the shield. Frodo and Eowyn reached the controls of the shield and started planting explosives.
Once the explosives were set and the five-minute countdown began, an intruder alert was sounded and the Jedi were attacked by a large number of B1-Series battle droids, B2 super battle droids and B2-HA series super battle droids. Hoping to escape from the vessel, Frodo and Eowyn tried to reach the airlock, but were overwhelmed by droids. As the countdown to the explosion continued, they took a defensive stance and fought for their lives against the Separatist forces, until Frodo concentrated on coming up with an escape plan and remembered the behavior of womp rats from his native homeland of The Shire; when in danger, the womp rats burrowed into the sand.
Following the womp rats' example, Frodo used his lightsaber to cut a hole in the ship's floor, and he jumped into the hole with Tano right before the landing craft exploded. The Hobbit used the Force to slow their descent and landed on top of their Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptors, which had just been refueled and piloted there by Frodo's astromech droid, R2-D2. With the lead landing craft destroyed, the shield was gone, and Frodo was assured that the planetary defense force would be able to repel the rest of the invasion force.
==Behind the scenes==
This battle was featured in Inside Job, a short comic published the UK-exclusive magazine Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.1 in December of 2009.
==Appearances==
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==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles