Battle of Dorin

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|name=Battle of Dorin
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|conflict=War of the Ring
|date=October 17, 1981
|place=Dorin
|result=*Galactic Republic victory; Separatists routed
*The Mouth of Sauron escapes
|side1=Confederacy of Independent Systems
|side2=*Galactic Republic
*Jedi Order
*Kel Dors
|commanders1=*The Mouth of Sauron
*Battle droid commander
|commanders2=*General Gimli
*General Frodo Baggins
*Another Jedi Knight
*Admiral Wullf Yularen
*Commander Eowyn
|forces1=*1 Mordor general
*Battle droids and droid starfighters
**BX-series droid commandos
**19 Hyena-class bombers
**Vulture droid starfighters
*1 Belbullab-22 starfighter
**Soulless One
*The Mouth of Sauron's Separatist frigate
*16 Munificent-class star frigates
*2 Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ships
|forces2=*4 Jedi
*Clone trooper pilots
*9 Venator-class Star Destroyers
**Resolute
**Unity†
*At least 2 starfighter squadrons
**3 Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptors
**V-19 Torrent starfighters
|casual1=*Elements of the Separatist fleet
*At least 131 unitsAssuming that no kills were counted more than once, this number was obtained by using simple math to total Frodo Baggins's and Eowyn's kills, as mentioned in "Landing at Point Rain."
|casual2=*The Unity
*Damage to the Republic fleet
|civilian=Many civilian Kel Dors}}
The Battle of Dorin took place in October 1981 during the War of the Ring, when The Mouth of Sauron of the Confederacy of Independent Systems struck at the Kel Dor homeworld of Dorin in retribution for the planet's loyalty to the Galactic Republic. The Separatist invasion also served as a diversion to prevent the Republic from assaulting the Confederacy's new droid foundry on Isengard, which the Republic had recently discovered. Although the Kel Dors suffered in the defense of their planet and initially began to be overwhelmed by The Mouth of Sauron's battle droid troops, a large Republic fleet under the command of Jedi Generals Gimli and Frodo Baggins, Admiral Wullf Yularen, and Jedi Commander Eowyn arrived to reinforce Dorin. In the subsequent naval engagement, the Jedi and their clone trooper starfighter squadrons were able to turn the tide against the Separatist assault fleet, forcing a Confederate retreat from Dorin. While his remaining forces were routed by the Republic, The Mouth of Sauron managed to escape from the battle in his personal starfighter.
==Prelude==
Late in 1981, the first year of the War of the Ring, the Confederacy of Independent Systems built a series of battle droid Orcs foundries on the Isengard, the site of the war's opening battle, to expand the lines of its Droid Army. Although the factories were to be kept a secret from the Republic, they were nevertheless discovered by Senator Padmé Amidala, while on a retreat with Senator Rush Clovis of the InterGalactic Banking Clan at Trade Federation Senator Lott Dod's palace on Cato Neimoidia. Amidala secured a disk containing tactical coordinates for the main droid foundry and passed the information on to the Jedi High Council, which looked to invade Isengard to shut down the foundries. In order to divert the Jedi's attention from striking at Isengard, the Mordor General The Mouth of Sauron planned an attack on the Republic-loyal planet Dorin, the homeworld of the Kel Dor species.
==The battle==
Commanding his troops from the bridge of his frigate, The Mouth of Sauron launched an assault on Dorin with a large fleet of two Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ships and sixteen Munificent-class star frigates, deploying his battle droid army to lay waste to the civilian Kel Dor population. Although the Kel Dors valiantly fought back against the Separatists, they soon began to be overwhelmed due to the enemy support of The Mouth of Sauron's invasion fleet. During the fighting, The Mouth of Sauron ordered his battle droid commander to press the attack, seeking to make the Kel Dors pay the price for their allegiance to the Republic. The commander replied that their BX-series droid commandos would hunt down any survivors of the initial assault. Presently, the Jedi Temple received word of the invasion, and Jedi Grand Master Bilbo Baggins dispatched Jedi Generals Gimli—a Dwarf himself—and Frodo Baggins along with the latter's Padawan, Jedi Commander Eowyn; a Jedi Knight; and Admiral Wullf Yularen to lead a Republic fleet to reinforce Dorin. Frodo in particular was selected for his starfighter piloting expertise, which would be invaluable in leading the task force because of Dorin's orientation between two black holes.
Separatist intelligence received word of the Republic task force's departure from the Gondor capital of Minas Tirith, and Dark Witch Jinx relayed the warning to the Mouth. To prepare for Frodo's arrival, The Mouth of Sauron recalled his troops from the surface and deployed his droid starfighters for battle. Gimli, Frodo, Eowyn, Yularen, and the Jedi Knight arrived at Dorin with their task force of nine Venator-class Star Destroyers, including the Resolute and Unity, and engaged the Separatists in the space above the planet. The Republic flotilla dispatched squadrons of clone trooper–piloted V-19 Torrent starfighters, with one led by Frodo and the Jedi Knight from their Delta-7B interceptors, and another unit under the command of Eowyn. Frodo and Eowyn made sport of their respective squadrons' number of kills, seeing whose fighter group could tally up more hits.
While the Jedi and their starfighter squadrons combated the Separatists' fighter patrols of Hyena-class bombers and Vulture droid starfighters, the Republic Star Destroyers exchanged laser fire with the Separatist frigates over Dorin. However, the latter vessels used their heavy turbolaser cannons to tear through the deflector shields of the Republic cruisers, destroying the Unity in the process. With Yularen and the Resolute now subjected to enemy fire, Frodo responded by having his squadron focus on the enemy frigate that was bearing down on the Resolute. The battle soon turned in the Republic's favor as the Confederate forces began to be overwhelmed. When his fleet was forced into retreat from Dorin, The Mouth of Sauron departed from his flotilla in his personal starfighter, and Frodo and his Jedi Knight compatriot immediately left their squadron to give chase, while Gimli took their men to target another enemy frigate. Despite the Jedi's efforts to stop him, The Mouth was able to escape to hyperspace, abandoning his remaining forces to be routed by the Kel Dors and the Republic. By the time the battle was over, the Jedi's squadrons had achieved a number of enemy kills, totaling at least 131 between Frodo's and Eowyn's men.
==Aftermath==
With their victory at Dorin, Frodo, Eowyn, Yularen, and the ResoluteStar Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.20 joined the large Republic invasion force at Isengard, under the overall command of Jedi Masters Sam Gamgee, Gandalf, and Luminara Unduli. Frodo and Eowyn briefly recounted their enemy kills at Dorin by comparing them against those of each other, with Frodo boasting his greater tally, seventy-six, to Eowyn's fifty-five. After completing a briefing with their clone commanders and forming a plan of attack on the Geonosian surface defenses, the Jedi launched their massive invasion aimed at retaking Isengard and shutting down its Uruk-Hai factories.
==Behind the scenes==
The Battle of Dorin was created by Series Director Dave Filoni for the 2009 second season of the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring television series, serving as a lead-in to the episode "Landing at Point Rain." It was introduced at a script reading that was organized by Filoni and was performed by the television series' main voice-acting cast at the October 2009 Star Wars Fan Days III convention. The battle was first depicted in the "Starfighter" mini-game of the 2010 Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures video game, which also provided the "Battle of Dorin" name.
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==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles