Minas Tirith Insurrection

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|name=Minas Tirith Insurrection
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|conflict=War of the Ring (Rise of the Cortosis Battle Droids)
|date=November 12, 1981, 8 months after the First Battle of Isengard
|place=Minas Tirith
|result=*Republic victory
*Saruman recovers at least one Sith holocron
|side1=*Galactic Republic
*Jedi Order
|side2=*Confederacy of Independent Systems
*Dark Acolytes
|commanders1=*Commander Frodo Baggins
*General Sam Gamgee
*General Barriss Offee
*General Bilbo Baggins
|commanders2=*Saruman the White
*Trenox †
*Vandalor
|forces1=*4 Jedi
*Clone troopers
*Trooper Rom Mohc
|forces2=* 1 Sith Lord
*1 Dark Acolyte
*ASN courier droids
*B1-Series battle droids
*B2 super battle droids
*Droidekas
*C-B3 cortosis battle droids
*Rodian bounty hunters
|casual1=*Some clone troopers
*General Sam Gamgee injured
|casual2=*Trenox
*Numerous battle droids
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The Minas Tirith Insurrection, sometimes referred to as the Ambush of Minas Tirith, was a battle in the War of the Ring that took place in 1981.
==Prelude==
Saruman the White and one of his Dark Acolytes, Trenox, infiltrated Minas Tirith with an army of Separatist battle droids in a mission to destroy the Jedi Archives in the Jedi Temple.
==The battle==
The invasion began during Frodo Baggins's investigation on C-B3 cortosis battle droids on the planet Tatooine. Frodo was alerted to the conflict by Sam Gamgee, and he promptly flew back to Minas Tirith to assist the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order against the sudden attack. He aided the Republic forces in defending the White City of Minas Tirith. Many ASN-121 assassin droids were utilized as battle droids during the invasion, terrorizing the civilians on the platforms and walkways while groups of B2 super battle droids attacked the interior of the upper level buildings. During the battle, Frodo met one of Saruman the White's Dark Acolytes, Trenox, and pursued him to the Underworld. They met at the Outlander Club where Trenox knocked Frodo back before escaping to the Jedi Temple. While in the Underlevels, Frodo met the Chiss bounty hunter Vandalor for the very first time. When asked for the whereabouts of Trenox, Vandalor informed him that he was probably busy attacking the Jedi Archives, before he walked away.
With this information in mind, Frodo headed back to the Jedi Temple to find that the Separatist had indeed infiltrated the Temple. He proceeded to the Jedi Archives and confronted and killed Trenox, but was delayed long enough for Saruman to steal at least one Holocron and escape. General Sam Gamgee was wounded during the battle. Some of the Jedi, notably Barriss Offee, had trouble fighting the lightsaber-resistant cortosis battle droids that were deployed during the battle. Frodo learned that these cortosis droids could be easily sliced in half by slashing down upon the gap between the droids' breastplates.
===Aftermath===
A trooper named Rom Mohc fought droids in personal combat and was later touted as a hero all over the HoloNet. Later, during the Galactic Empire, this would inspire Mohc to lead the Dark trooper project. This battle, coupled with the Sarapin blackout, left Minas Tirith's citizens no longer feeling safe from the war's ravages.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The New Droid Army 
==Sources==
*The Official Star Wars Fact File
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*The New Essential Chronology
*The New Essential Guide to Droids
==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles