Battle of Coruscant

The Battle of Coruscant was a decisive battle that took place over Coruscant during the final days of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
The Battle began when the Confederacy launched a massive assault on Coruscant, the Republic’s capital. It was arranged by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine of the Republic, who was secretly Sith Lord Darth Sidious. Sidious arranged for himself to be kidnapped as Palpatine by the Separatist cyborg warlord General Grievous as part of a plot to bring Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker closer to the Dark Side of the Force. Three Jedi, Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padawan Jarik Shan, and Skywalker arrived on the scene with the Republic’s Open Circle Fleet. The three flew into the heart of the huge battle, determined to rescue Palpatine from Separatist custody. They succeeded in boarding Grievous' flagship — the Invisible Hand — and after a lengthy duel, Skywalker defeated his nemesis the Confederacy’s leader, Head of State Count Dooku, who was killed on Palpatine’s orders.
The trio, along with the now freed Chancellor, were unable to escape however, as they were captured by Greivous’ personal battle droids. Skywalker, Shan, and Kenobi were able to beat the cyborg General’s MagnaGuards, forcing him to flee. With that, the Separatist forces retreated, having lost a third of their fleet and Dooku. Following the Battle, Chancellor Palpatine was now safe in Republic hands. However the Jedi Order was unaware that Palpatine arranged the Battle and testing Skywalker, whom he considered a good choice as his new apprentice. Shan harbored new suspicions about Palpatine however, with his request for Skywalker to execute Count Dooku, and confided his thoughts with his lover Ahsoka Tano prior to her initiation of the Siege of Mandalore — something which worried her, as she believed her former Jedi Master executing anyone, including Count Dooku, was unprecedented.
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Category:Events
Category:Republic Era