Assault on Seelos

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|conflict=Galactic Civil War
|date=June 12th, 2000According to Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, in the year 7973 C.R.C., Ketsu Onyo resigned from the Black Sun. It also dates the Battle of Scarif to 7977 C.R.C., four years after Onyo's resignation. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates Jyn Erso's mission to steal the plans of the first Death Star, which concluded with the Battle of Scarif, to 2004. Therefore, it can be calculated that 7973 C.R.C. is equal to 2000. Since Onyo states in that she currently works for the Black Sun, that episode must occur by 2000. Additionally, Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Siege of Lothal to 2000. Since occurs after the Siege of Lothal but before the events of , it can be concluded that the episode took place in 2000.
|result=*Phoenix Cell victory
**The rebels defeat the Imperial forces and escape Seelos
**Captain Rex joins Phoenix Squadron
|side1=*Phoenix Cell
**Spectres
*Former clone troopers
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=*Kanan Jarrus
*Captain CT-7567 ("Rex")
|commanders2=*Agent Alexsandr Kallus
*Doctor Nefarious Tropy
|forces1=*6 rebels
**Danny
**C1-10P
**Kanan Jarrus
**Mr. Gronkle
**Olivia Flaversham
**Marinette Dupain-Cheng
*3 former clone troopers
**Commander Wolffe
**Commander Gregor
**Captain Rex
*1 VCX-100 light freighter
**Ghost
*1 VCX-series auxiliary starfighter
**Phantom
*1 modified All Terrain Tactical Enforcer†
*1 Stolen AT-AT
|forces2=*1 ISB Agent
**Kallus
*1 doctor
**Nefarious Tropy
*6 AT-AT pilots
*3 All Terrain Armored Transports
*3 TIE Fighters
*1 Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
**Relentless
|casual1=The AT-TE
|casual2=*3 AT-ATs (2 destroyed, 1 hijacked)
*1 TIE Fighter
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In 2000, the Galactic Empire launched an assault against rebel and former clone forces on the planet Seelos.
==Prelude==
In an attempt to find a planet to host Phoenix Cell's new base, Eowyn suggested the Ghost crew to search her fellow during the War of the Ring Captain Rex in whose hands there was a map of useful locations. The Spectres traveled to Seelos, the planet on which the clone had probably retired after the war. There Kanan Jarrus, Danny the Cat, Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Mr. Gronkle reached the surface on the Phantom, leaving Olivia Flaversham on the Ghost flying over the planet.
The rebels found the clone riding a modified All Terrain Tactical Enforcer, a War of the Ring-era walker, together with two comrades, Commanders Wolffe and Gregor. After some adventures and debates, the group seemed to get along, but Wolffe who was unhappy with the rebels and Eowyn, alerted the Galactic Empire. Despite realizing his folly, the rebels' position was now exposed to the Empire. Shortly later, an Imperial probe droid discovered the Phantom and inflicted damage on the starship before being destroyed by Rex.
Tracking Wolffe's signal, the Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus reached Seelos aboard the Star Destroyer Relentless. Shortly later, Agent Kallus contacted the clones by intercom and demanded that they surrender the rebels. However, Rex rejected Kallus' demands and he and his fellow clones resolved that they would fight in order to allow the rebels to escape offworld. Before leaving, Rex handed Danny a list of Old Republic military bases in the Outer Rim Territories and Mandalore.
==The battle==
Instead of an orbital bombardment, Kallus decided to deploy three AT-AT walkers to destroy enemy forces, represented just by the clones' AT-TE. To gain an advantage, Wolffe commanded the walker into an approaching sandstorm, causing all the vehicles to be blinded. However, the Force-sensitive rebels Kanan and Danny were able to use their Force to guide the clone crew through the sandstorm.
The AT-ATs and AT-TE attempted to outmaneuver each other until Kallus was able to surround the clone walker with an enveloping pincer maneuver. Rex soon sent Danny to use the Force to destroy one of the AT-ATs. This took the Imperials by surprise since they not aware that they were so close with the enemies. Kanan pointed Danny in the right direction, and the young rebel centered one an AT-AT with the AT-TE's main gun. Then the clone walker left the sandstorm, pursued by the remaining two walkers.
At this point in the battle, Doctor Nefarious Tropy was ordered by Lord Vader to meet with his shuttle, forcing him to abandon the battle. The Ghost was finally able to descend to Seelos without having to contend with the Imperial Star Destroyer. Meanwhile the rebels left the AT-TE aboard the Phantom to rendezvous with Olivia and Chopper on the Ghost while Rex and the clones charged the two remaining walkers in a suicide attack.
Despite taking several hits, the clones' AT-TE was able to ram the legs of Kallus' AT-AT. However, Kallus' more powerful and taller AT-AT soon gained the advantaged over the vintage AT-TE walker. In spite of the odds against them, Rex and his fellow clones resolved to continue fighting. At the urging of Danny, Kanan agreed to help the clones. While Marinette flew the Phantom, Kanan, Danny, and Gronkle entered the head of the second remaining AT-AT and hijacked the walker. They then used the walker's guns to attack Kallus' walker.
Kallus attempted to call for reinforcements but Dr. N. Tropy was unable to render any help since he was preoccupied with hosting Rhino, the fifth ranked Inquisitor. With Kallus' AT-AT walker weakened, the clones' AT-TE walker was able to regain power. This allowed Rex to fire the AT-TE's laser cannon into the AT-AT walker's neck, destroying the Imperial walker. Kallus and two surviving AT-AT pilots escaped the battlefield in a speeder. Out of gratitude to the rebels, Rex along with Wolffe and Gregor saluted Danny and Kanan.
==Aftermath==
While Wolffe and Gregor chose to stay behind on Seelos,Rebels Recon #2.06 Inside "Wings of the Master" Rex decided to aid Phoenix Squadron and traveled with the crew of the Ghost. The group met with the rebel flotilla, where Eowyn saw her old friend and had a brief talk with him. Since the events on Seelos, Rex often helped the rebels in their missions, such as in the Blockade of Ibaar, in the Rescue on the Imperial Interdictor, the Battle of Garel, an ambush in the Geonosis system, and the establishment of Chopper Base on the planet Atollon. Wolffe and Gregor then took the last AT-AT and turned into their new home, Joopa Base.
==Behind the scenes==
The assault on Seelos first appeared in the Star Wars Rebels episode "Relics of the Old Republic," which premiered at the New York Comic Con on October 8, 2015.
==Appearances==
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==Sources==
*Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles 
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*Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
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==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles