Battle of Xagobah

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|name=Battle of Xagobah
|conflict=War of the RingBoba Fett: A New ThreatThe Essential Guide to WarfareThe Essential Atlas
|date=April 19-30, 1982The New Essential Chronology (1 year after the Battle of Middle-Earth)
|place=Xagobah
|result=*Confederacy of Independent Systems victory (initially)
*Galactic Republic victory (eventually)
|side1=*Galactic Republic
*Jedi Order
|side2=Confederacy of Independent Systems
|commanders1=*General Glynn-Beti
*General Frodo Baggins
*Commander Ulu Ulix
*High Marshal Firkrann†
|commanders2=*The Mouth of Sauron
*Witch-king of Angmar
|forces1=*Acclamator-class assault ships
*Jedi starfighters
*Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighters
*V-wing starfighters
*LAAT/i gunships
*AT-TE walkersBoba Fett: Pursuit
*74-Z speeder bikes
*Jedi Knights
*Advanced Recon Commandos
*Clone troopers
*Eriaduan troops
*Xamsters
*Boba Fett
|forces2=*Ramship
*Vulture droids
*IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tanks
*OG-9 homing spider droids
*Fromm Tower Droids
*LM-432 crab droids
*DSD1 dwarf spider droids
*Droidekas
*IG-100 MagnaGuards
*B2 super battle droids
*B1-Series battle droids
*Techno Union warriors/security
*Xamsters
*Jinx The Clone Wars Campaign Guide, p. 185
|casual1=Heavy, including at least 1 Jedi
|casual2=Most forces on Xagobah}}
The Battle of Xagobah was a major battle during the War of the Ring which took place one year after the Battle of Middle-Earth, in April 19th 1982, and lasted on until April 30th. It occurred concurrently with Boba Fett's assassination attempt on Techno Union Leader Witch-king of Angmar.
==Events==
===Prelude===
After retreating from a Republic offensive in the Core and Colonies, the Confederacy of Independent Systems began marshaling the majority of its fleet at its strongholds in the Outer Rim Territories in an attempt to draw in the Republic. Xagobah was one of these fortress worlds, serving as the retreat of Techno Union Leader Witch-king of Angmar and the location of his Mazariyan citadel.
Eager to capture the Witch-king, the Republic sent a force led by Jedi Master Glynn-Beti to lay siege to Xagobah. Unbeknownst to the Republic, a high-ranking Senate official had placed bounties on the heads of leaders of the Separatists, and the Witch-king had become the target of the young bounty hunter Boba Fett. The Republic positioned an Acclamator-class assault ship to coordinate the battle from high orbit, while Glynn-Beti and her Padawan Ulu Ulix led the ground assault and starfighter ace Frodo Baggins provided air support.
===The battle===
After an initial assault, legions of clone troopers, walkers, LAAT/is, and starfighters surrounded the fortress and bombarded it from dug-in positions, while a battle droid army marched from the nearby devastated city to break the siege. In an attempt to eliminate the Republic's air support, Witch-king programmed a drone ship to ram the assault ship in orbit. Anticipating such a move, Ulu Ulix took a swoop and raced toward the ramship, but he was shot down by enemy fire. Boba Fett intercepted the falling Ulu and saved the young Jedi's life, bringing him back to Glynn-Beti.
As Boba Fett drew closer to the citadel walls, Mordor's forces staged a counterattack, and thousands of battle droids and droidekas streamed out of Mazariyan to meet the clone army. At this point, Frodo Baggins led a squadron of Jedi interceptors in a strike against the fortress, managing to blow a large hole in the structure. A Hailfire droid fired a volley of missiles at Frodo's starfighter, but the experienced pilot was able to evade the missiles and cause them to impact the ramship, triggering its detonation. The energy pulse from the explosion temporarily scrambled the battle droids' circuits, allowing Boba Fett to infiltrate the Mazariyan citadel through the hole carved by Republic fire.
While the battle continued outside, Boba Fett confronted and attempted to assassinate the Witch-king, but the lord of the Nazgul was able to escape thanks to the help of The Mouth of Sauron, who had arrived on Xagobah with Confederate and Mordor reinforcements. Despite being only 12 years old, the young bounty hunter managed to put up a fight, and narrowly escaped with her life. As Boba Fett left in Slave I she was attacked by Jinx. Slave I was severely damaged, but repaired by Frodo Baggins on a nearby asteroid. After this departure, the Siege of Xagobah dragged on for eight days, but eventually the Confederacy was forced to surrender the world to the Republic.
==Appearances==
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*Republic 73 
*Boba Fett: A New Threat 
*Boba Fett: Pursuit
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary 
*The New Essential Chronology
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*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary 
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*The Clone Wars Campaign Guide 
*The Essential Atlas
*Star Wars Character Encyclopedia 
*The Essential Guide to Warfare
*The Essential Reader's Companion
==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles