Battle of Anaxes

The **Battle of Anaxes** was a huge battle between the Republic and the Separatists from *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*. It deals with the Republic fighting the Separatists on the planet, Anaxas which leads to the return of Clone Trooper, Echo, and the arrival of a misfit Clone Squad known as the Bad Batch. The battle takes place in the Season 7 episodes, "The Bad Batch," "A Distant Echo," "On the Wings of the Keeradaks," and "Unfinished Business."

## History

### Background

It all started when fellow Clone Trooper, Echo was thought to be dead after a Republic mission to a Separatist-controlled Jedi prison known as the Citadel. However, he actually survived and was taken prisoner by the Separatists then he was given to the Techno Union on the planet, Skako Minor who made him into a cyborg after he was badly injured in order to gain information about the Republic. But during that time, the Republic was in a battle with the Separatist on one of their most vital shipyard planets, Anaxes. With the Republic being led by Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Windu while the Separatists were being led by Admiral Trench.

### The Battle

After weeks of hard fighting and losses, the Republic's grip on Anaxes starts to weaken then Captain Rex theorizes that the reason the Republic is losing is because the Separatist Droid Army was using their own battle strategies from his playbook to beat them which he tells Anakin and Windu about. So Captain Rex and Commander Cody volunteer to take a small squad of Clone Troopers behind enemy lines in order to find answers. However, Rex secretly believes that Echo is still alive because the Droid Army was using the same battle strategies that Rex and Echo made together by Cody denies it. The Clone Squad Captain Rex and Commander Cody take behind enemy lines is Clone Force 99 also known as the Bad Batch, a team of defective Clone Troopers with desirable mutations that make them look, act, and fight differently than regular Clone Troopers. They consist of Sergeant Hunter the leader Clone Trooper with heightened senses, Wrecker, a big Clone Trooper with super strength and a desire to destroy things, Tech, a smart Clone Trooper who can calculate any situation, and Crosshair, a sniper Clone Trooper who can shoot from any distances with his keen eyesight. When the Bad Batch arrives on the ship, the Marauder, they soon leave for their mission on a gunship with Captain Rex, Commander Cody, Jesse, and Kix which is to find a Separatist cyber center to find information about the Separatist's next move. But while on their way there, the Clone Troopers are discovered and attacked by the Droid Army who shoots them down. After the crash, Cody gets injured while still in the gunship but Wrecker gets him out before the gunship explodes then the Droid Army arrives and attacks the Clone Troopers. But the Bad Batch fights them off and defeats them with their unique fighting plans then they all move out with the other Clone Troopers to the cyber center but some Commando Droids report their actions to Admiral Trench through a transmission from a Tactical Droid who orders them to find the Clone Troopers. The Clone Troopers soon make camp where Commander Cody is treated by Kix for his injuries then Captain Rex takes command and goes to the cyber center with the Bad Batch and Jesse after calling an evac to get Cody along with Kix. The Clone Troopers arrive at a Separatist outpost where they attack all the Battle Droids stationed at the place head-on. After beating them, Tech accesses the outpost's computer and finds out about the Droid Army's strength at the cyber center but also finds out that Droid Army reinforcements are coming. So the Clone Troopers come up with a plan to get into the cyber center which is having Hunter, Wrecker, and Tech sneak into the back of the cyber center on Speeder Bikes to take out the Battle Droids and Tactical Droids in the cyber center. While Captain Rex and Jesse fight off the Battle Droids in the front and Crosshair fights them off from a sniper position as a distraction. After the Droid Army at the cyber center is defeated, Tech gains access to the cyber center's computers but then the Droid Army reinforcements arrive in the form of Super Battle Droids so the rest of the Bad Batch fights them off while Captain Rex goes to see Tech. After looking at a Separatist algorithm using the computers, Tech and Rex discover a live off-world signal coming from Skako Minor which Rex realizes is coming from Echo. The Clone Troopers then manage to escape back to the Republic base on a Separatist cruiser while Admiral Trench is reported by the Droid Army about their actions.

After returning to the Republic base, Captain Rex, Anakin, and the Bad Batch make plans to go to Skako Minor to find Echo by tracking his signal after getting permission from the Jedi Council with Hunter believing that the whole thing could be a trap. After Anakin and the Clone Troopers arrive on Skako Minor on the Marauder, they are attacked by some Poltecs riding Keeradaks who live on the planet led by their Chief, Qin Yazal. The Poltecs capture Anakin and bring him to their village with the Clone Troopers following them to save him then after they do. Hunter has Tech translate Qin Yazal's language who claims that he doesn't want Anakin and the Clone Troopers to bring the Clone Wars to Skako Minor which is why he took Anakin but he provides them with some Poltec Scouts to help them find Echo after Rex promises that once they're done they will all leave. Soon Anakin and the Clones find a Separatist city called Purkoll which is controlled by Wat Tambor and the Techno Union who are warned about Anakin and the Clone Troopers coming by Admiral Trench. After the Poltec Scouts lead Anakin and the Clone Troopers to Purkoll, the Poltec Scouts leave then Tech finds a tower entrance into Purkoll after tracking Echo's signal. Anakin and the Clone Troopers head up a lift into the city and fight off some D-Wing Droids, then they all split up to find Echo. Captain Rex, Sergent Hunter, Wrecker, and Tech find a big door to a room where Echo is and then fight off some more D-Wing Droids sent by Wat Tambor with help while Anakin and Crosshair fight off other D-Wing Droids and later regroup with the others to fight to help them fight off the D-Wing Droids. While fighting them, Tech manages to open the door and go up a lift with Captain Rex where they find Echo hooked up to a stasis chamber and get him out of it. After Anakin and the rest of the Bad Batch regroup with them after holding off the D-Wing Droids, they all escape Purkoll with help from Echo who now has knowledge about the Techno Union before Tambor could get them with a Decimator, and after Wrecker destroys the stasis chamber with bombs. Afterwards, Anakin and Clone Troopers all head back to the Poltec Village on Keeradaks but Tambor sends out some more D-Wing Droids to attack them and get Echo back which leads them to the Poltec Village. The D-Wing Droids soon attack the Poltec Village which and the Clone Troopers fight off and destroy, which makes Chief Qin Yazal angry at Anakin and the Clone Troopers for breaking their word and bringing the Clone Wars to his village. But when Captain Rex reveals to him what Tambor did to Echo, Chief Qin Yazal and the Poltecs all decide to help Anakin and the Clone Troopers fight back against the Droid Army when one of the surviving D-Wing Droids comes back with reinforcements after reporting to Wat Tambor about where Anakin and the Clone Troopers are. Anakin, the Clone Troopers, and the Poltecs all fight off against the D-Wing Droids but then some Tri-Droids arrive and start attacking the Poltec Village until Anakin and the Clone Troopers defeat them along with the D-Wing Droids, saving the Poltec Village. Anakin and the Clone Troopers then leave Skako Minor on the Marauder after gaining an alliance with the Poltecs then they head back to Anaxes to finish the battle.

When Anakin and the Clone Troopers get back, Echo's cybernetics are fixed up and he is given new Clone Armor to wear. However, the Republic is still on a losing streak against Admiral Trench and the Separatists until Echo comes up with an idea. While Windu leads his Clone Squad to take back the assembly complex on Anaxes, Anakin, Captain Rex, and the Bad Batch will escort Echo to infiltrate Admiral Trench's Separatist command ship and feed him false intel so that the Republic can beat him and the Separatists. Echo, Anakin, Rex, and the Bad Batch soon take off to the Separatist fleet on the Marauder to begin the plan with Echo sending a signal to the Trench's command ship by making the Droid Army on it think that they are one of their shuttles then they sneak aboard Trench's command ship. Meanwhile, the rest of the Republic fleet fights off the Droid Army over the assembly complex until Echo plugs himself into the command ship's commvault and sends Admiral Trench the false intel while Obi-Wan and Windu fight off against the Droid Army with their Clone Squads at the assembly complex. Admiral Trench then gives out the false order which is for the whole Droid Army to gather up at the assembly complex where Obi-Wan and Windu are where Echo plans to take them all out at the same time with a feedback pulse. The plan works, which allows Obi-Wan and Windu to gain control of the assembly complex but then Trench activates a countdown a bomb that he planted in the assembly complex's fusion reactor that could destroy most of Anaxes which Echo finds out about so Echo tries to stop the bomb while Anakin goes after Trench to get him to stop it. After Tech reports the bomb to Windu, he is able to find it but it's ray shielded then when Echo tries to find the deactivation code for the bomb which Windu puts in using the Force. The Separatists find him on Admiral Trench's command ship when Echo gets through all but one of the numbers on the bomb's deactivation code. The Separatists then take out Echo which forces Windu to try and take out the bomb's ray shield himself by guessing the last number for the deactivation code. Captain Rex and the Bad Batch try to escape Trench's command ship while at the same time, fighting off the Droid Army. Meanwhile, Admiral Trench prepares his Separatist fleet to land on Anaxes for a ground assault at the shipyards but Anakin finds Trench and takes out the Droid Army crew on the bridge. Anakin then demands Trench to tell him the last number in the deactivation code to stop the bomb but Trench refuses, so Anakin cuts off his mechanical arms which forces him to comply. While everyone is evacuating Anaxes, Anakin gives Windu the final deactivation number which succeeds in deactivating the bomb but Trench tries to escape Anakin's grasp by shocking him so Anakin kills Trench. Anakin then programs Admiral Trench's command ship to self-destruct and even gets the detonating trigger for it which he plans to give to Wrecker. Captain Rex and the Bad Batch defeat the Droids Army on the command ship and reunite with Anakin then after they all make it back to the Marauder with Echo, Anakin gives Wrecker the trigger who happily presses it which destroys Trench's command ship and his entire Separatist fleet thus saving Anaxes.

### Aftermath

With the defeat of the Separatists, Anaxes was now safe, the Bad Batch was praised for their heroics, Echo was promoted to corporal and praised as the "Hero of Anaxes," and he later joined the Bad Batch since he was now different from other Clones Troopers like them.

## Belligerents

### Republic

* Anakin Skywalker
* Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Mace Windu
* Captain Rex
* Commander Cody
* Jesse
* Kix
* Sergeant Hunter
* Wrecker
* Tech
* Crosshair
* Echo
* Gonky
* Chief Qin Yazal
* Clone Troopers
* Poltecs
* Keeradaks

### Separatists

* Admiral Trench
* Wat Tambor
* Skakoan Scientists
* Super Tactical Droid
* Tactical Droids
* Vulture Droids
* Droid Gunships
* Spider Droids
* Tri-Droids
* Decimator
* Commando Droids
* D-Wing Droids
* Super Battle Droids
* Battle Droids

## Videos

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