Recapture of Tythe

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|name=Recapture of Tythe
|conflict=War of the Ring (Siskeen theater of the Middle-Earth Sieges)
|date=February 18th, 1984 (16:5)
|place=Tythe
|result=Republic victory
|side1=Galactic Republic
|side2=Confederacy of Independent Systems
|commanders1=*High General Samwise Gamgee
*General Frodo Baggins
|commanders2=Darth Tyranus
|forces1=*1 full Republic battle group
*Venator-class Star Destroyers
**Integrity
*Victory-class Star Destroyers
*Actis-class light interceptors
*ARC-170 starfighters
*Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-wing starfighters
*Clone troopers
|forces2=*Lucrehulk-class battleships
*Recusant-class light destroyers
*Hardcell-class interstellar transports
*C-9979 landing craft
*Droid tri-fighters
*Vulture droids
*B1-Series battle droids
*Hailfire-class droid tanks
*STAP platforms
|casual1=*Red Squadron
*Many fighters
|casual2=* Many droids}}
The recapture of Tythe took place on the planet Tythe in the final year of the War of the Ring, as part of the Middle-Earth Sieges campaign. Twelve days after the Battle of Nelvaan, High Jedi General Samwise Gamgee and Jedi General Frodo Baggins were dispatched by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Jedi Master Aragorn, and Jedi Master Bilbo Baggins to the Outer Rim planet in an attempt to capture CIS leader Saruman the White. However, the whole engagement was, in truth, conducted by Palpatine (under the guise of Darth Sauron) to draw the Jedi away from the land of Gondor in advance of the Sauron invasion of Minas Tirith.
==Prelude==
In an attempt to throw Republic Intelligence off his trail, Darth Sauron instructed General The Mouth of Sauron to send a small flotilla of warships to crush a Republic garrison on Tythe and occupy the world. As the former headquarters of LiMerge Power, a company connected to a secret Sith meeting area discovered in Barad-dur, Sauron knew that the Jedi would think that he was trying to erase the trail they had been following. As an added bonus, he had Saruman the White remain on Tythe as bait for Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins. Ultimately, the entire engagement at Tythe was a diversion to draw Jedi away from the land of Gondor in advance of a massive Sauron invasion of Coruscant.
Onboard a MedStar-class frigate orbiting Belderone, Samwise and Frodo (who had rescued the planet Nelvaan twelve days earlier) received word from Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who stated that Saruman should be captured, and arranged for Gamgee and Baggins, along with a full Republic battle group, to retake Tythe.Labyrinth of Evil
==The battle==
The Separatists had quickly placed mines at several hyperspace entry points, forcing the Republic ships to revert to realspace in a narrow window in front of the Confederacy fleet. Both sides quickly deployed their starfighters and then closed in on each other. The Republic battle group moved first, breaking to port and delivering a long range broadside to the Separatist vessels, which responded with their own barrage. The opposing starfighter squadrons regrouped and attempted to reach the enemy capital ships before they could restore their shields.
All this maneuvering by the Republic was a diversion, allowing Red Squadron to reach the surface of Tythe in order to capture Saruman alive. As a backup plan, it was deemed that saturation bombardment and limited starfighter engagement would send Saruman fleeing deeper into the Outer Rim. Frodo Baggins led Red Squadron through the Separatist fleet, managing to destroy a Techno Union starship on the way. Once they reached the lower atmosphere, defending Hailfire droids, STAPs, and battle droids assailed the incoming starfighters, managing to destroy all but the interceptors flown by the two Jedi.
Gamgee and Baggins piloted their starfighters through the roof of the largest containment dome at the LiMerge Power facility, and then set off on foot to confront Saruman. Inside the enormous ruined archive hall, they encountered a life-sized holoimage of the White Wizard, but before they could locate him, hundreds of infantry droids surrounded them and opened fire. Unable to reach Saruman, Frodo called upon the Force and the One Ring's power with such ferocity that it brought down the ceiling of the vast hall. The Sith Lord managed to escape to his solar sailer before the two Jedi could dig themselves out of the rubble, and ordered a Separatist retreat. Through the Force, however, Frodo realized that Tythe was a trap to lure Jedi away from Gondor.
==Aftermath==
After the battle, the Separatist forces fled Tythe, with most ships jumping Rimward and others (led by Saruman) headed for the planet Nelvaan (a planet that Gamgee and Baggins had freed from Separatist forces twelve days prior) in the Koobi system in an attempt to ward off Republic pursuit. The Wizard then set course for Gondor to join The Mouth of Sauron, who had just managed to abduct Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Upon returning to the Integrity, Frodo and Samwise were welcomed back by the ship's crew, who had begun to suspect that both were killed in the battle by the CIS forces.
==Behind the scenes==
The Third Battle of Tythe first appeared in the novel Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno, published January 5, 2005. Both the animated series Star Wars: War of the Ring and the novel contradict each other.Leland Chee explains differences between the cartoon and novel In the novel, Frodo and Samwise search for Darth Sauron and pursue Saruman on Tythe, yet in the series, they investigate a possible base for Mouth of Sauron on frigid Nelvaan (which Saruman only pauses at in the novel). Initially, Leland Chee retconned this by stating that the Nelvaan events occurred after Tythe,Leland Chee confirms placement of the Nelvaan and Thythe battles but this was overwritten by The New Essential Chronology, which fixed the events the other way around. This article goes by the New Essential Chronology fix, integrating details from both Labyrinth of Evil and Clone Wars wherever possible.
==Appearances==
*Labyrinth of Evil 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Complete Locations
*The New Essential Chronology
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*The Essential Atlas
==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles