Liberation of Onderon

The **Liberation of Onderon** (also known as the **Battle of Onderon**) was a huge war-like battle from *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*. It deals with the planet, Onderon being taken over by the Separatists which sparks a rebellion. The battle takes place in the Season 5 episodes, "A War On Two Fronts," "Front Runners," "The Soft War," and "Tippling Points."

## History

### Background

It all started when Onderon's leader, King Ramsis Dendup had to choose between siding with the Republic or the Separatists during the Clone Wars but he chose neither due to seeing both sides as corrupted and dangerous. As a result, Onderon was taken over by the Separatists through a coup with the Separatist Droid Army occupying the planet. King Dendup was then overthrown and replaced with Sanjay Rash who ruled Onderon with an iron fist which sparked rebellion in some of the people of Onderon who wanted to fight back against King Rash and the Separatists. They even took an abandoned outpost outside Onderon's capital city, Iziz as their base of operations. During which, the rebels called the Republic and the Jedi Council for both help and supplies but they viewed their rebellion as terrorism so the Jedi Council agreed to send Anakin, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, and Captain Rex to help defend and guide the rebels as advisors to save Onderon.

### The Battle

Anakin, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, and Captain Rex arrive at Onderon at night on a shuttle and infiltrate the planet stealthily but some of the rebels led by Steela Gerrera are able to find them on Dalgos. After the Jedi and Captain Rex show the rebels who they are and tell them that they are here to help the rebels, Steela takes them to their base. When they get to the base in the morning, they meet Steela's brother and the self-proclaimed leader of the rebels, Saw Gerrera who arrives on a Ruping. Anakin and Obi-Wan tell the rebels that they're not here to help them fight their war but to help them fight the war for themselves in the most efficient and successful way possible with Captain Rex training the rebels to fight back against the Droid Army. Ahsoka also meets her old friend, Lux Bonteri who is fighting for Onderon because his mother once represented it in the Senate but he still doesn't want to join the Republic. The Jedi and Captain Rex personally teach the rebels how to fight against Separatist tanks by taking out both the pilot and the commander in them which causes tension between Lux and Saw. Then the Jedi and Captain Rex train the rebels how to fight off Droidekas by getting past their shields which brings Lux closer to Steela. However, the Droid Army sends out Probe Droids to find and spy on the rebels, when they do the Probe Droids report the location of the rebel base back to the Droid Army who sends out a squad of Battle Droids, Super Battle Droids, and a tank to attack the rebels. The Jedi and Rex later teach the rebels how to fight Battle Droids but Ahsoka starts to lose her focus because of Lux and Steela getting close together. But then the Droid Army squad arrives and attacks the rebel base so everyone fights them off with limited help from Jedi. Then during the fight, Steele releases all the riding animals in the base which knocks out most of the Battle Droids and Super Battle Droids then both Saw and Lux work together to take out the tank using their training with help from Ahsoka. They all succeed in defeating the Droid Army squad but with their victory, they are all now ready to fight off the Separatists head-on. So they all come up with a plan to get inside Iziz by pretending to be hunters then they all hide within the population and split up to find new recruits and agree to meet up at nightfall with Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Captain Rex going to get the supplies for the rebels.

Some time later, the rebels manage to perform certain strikes within Iziz against the Droid Army with the Jedi and Captain Rex watching but it causes public fear of them within the city in the process. When King Rash hears about the rebel attacks, he brings in King Dendup and interrogates him about the rebels claiming that he is behind them. But King Dendup claims he is not since he was in his prison cell during their actions and states that the rebel's actions are of their own will. He also claims that the only way to end their attacks is to end the Droid Army occupation but King Rash doesn't listen and sends King Dendup back to his prison cell. Meanwhile, the rebels meet back at their new base in the Izis with the Jedi and Captain Rex where they discuss about the people's fear of them and how to earn their support to free Onderon from the Separatists. Lux declares that they should attack something big as a show of strength to earn the people's trust so they can join and support them. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Captain Rex then leave to discuss with the Jedi Council about the rebels' success while Ashoka stays to continue helping out the rebels as an advisor. The rebels and Ahsoka plan to attack a power generator station in Iziz at night so the Droid Army will have no power. After Saw steals one of the heads of the Battle Droids, the rebels get the schematics of the power generator station to see how they're going to destroy it. So the rebels and Ahsoka decide to fight off some of the Droid Army at night then when their reinforcements come, the rebels and Ahsoka will hijack a tank and use it to attack and destroy the power generator station. They manage to fight off some of the Droid Army in the city at night and get the tank when it arrives using their training then saw tries to start the tank back up but it doesn't work so Steela starts the tank back up instead so Saw and Lux can use it. The rebels and Ahsoka then head for the power generator station, fight off the Droid Army, and succeed in destroying it with the tank which causes a blackout in Iziz then the rebels wipe out the rest of the Droid Army in the city. This causes the people to support the rebels for their efforts to free Onderon from the Separatists which the rebels take as a victory. As the rebels and Ahsoka celebrate their victory and report it to Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Captain Rex, through a transmission who claim that the rebels will need a leader to rally the people and follow to ensure their victory to free Onderon. Meanwhile, King Rash reports to Count Dooku through a transmission about the rebels so Dooku decides to send in more of the Droid Army led by a Super Tactical Droid named General Kalani. Back at the rebel base, the rebels make Steela their new leader after she makes a big speech about uniting the people of Onderon to fight back alongside them much to Saw's jealousy and disappointment.

However, despite the reinforcements for the Separatists, the rebels and Ahsoka continue to fight back against them with Steela speaking out to the people all across the Iziz through several transmissions telling them not to be afraid and to rebel against King Rash and the Separatists for King Dendup and all of Onderon. With the ongoing rebel attacks, King Rash and General Kalani bring out King Dendup again to get him to stop the rebels, still believing that he is behind them but King Denup still insists that he is not responsible for the rebels since he was still in his prison cell during their actions and that the rebel's actions are of their own will so King Rash orders King Dendup to be executed. When the rebels and Ahsoka find out about it they decide to go save him. Saw insists that they have to go rescue him now but Steela claims that they must wait till the execution to rescue him even though it might be a trap. So Saw decides to go save King Dendup by himself but Steela sends one of the rebels to follow Saw. Afterwards, Steela and Lux make a plan to rescue King Dendup while Ahsoka reports to Anakin and Obi-Wan about the rebels planning to rescue Dendup. Meanwhile, Saw gets into the palace, finds King Dendup, and convinces him to let the rebels help him but when they try to escape Saw ends up getting captured. The rebel following Saw then reports his capture to the others so the rebels and Ahsoka decide to save him too but Steela orders them to save King Dendup first. Back at the palace, General Kalani tortures and interrogates Saw for the whereabouts of the rebels but he refuses to talk. Saw later talks with General Tandin of the Onderon royal guard where he reveals to him the truth about the rebels and what they fight for. The next morning, King Dendup is about to be executed by King Rash with Saw watching but just as King Rash is about to give the execution order to the Bodyguard Droids the rebels spring into action, fight off the Droid Army at the execution, and save both King Dendup and Saw but are then cornered by Super Battle Droids which forces them to surrender. King Denup's execution continues on despite the people's protest but then General Tandin turns against Rash after being convinced by Saw and orders the Onderon Guards to surround Rash, General Kalani, and the Super Battle Droids. Tandin then takes Rash hostage, lets the rebels go with Dendup, orders the Onderon Guards to follow them, and is saved by Ahsoka when the Droid Army tries to attack him. When King Rash orders the Droid Army to kill Ahsoka and Tandin it exposes King Rash to the people of Onderon as a Separatist and a traitor which causes them to fight back against Rash and Droid Army. With King Dandup and General Tandin by their side, rebels and Ahsoka now have a chance to defeat the Separatists to free Onderon especially now that the full Separatist Droid Army is going to come and fight them with full force. Ahsoka then reports to Anakin and Obi-Wan about the Separatists now knowing that they are helping the rebels and asks if they are going to send any help with Obi-Wan claiming that it's up to the Jedi Council to decide.

King Dendup then speaks out to the people through a transmission revealing the truth about both the rebels and the Separatists which rallies them all up to fight back against the Droid Army which they do through riots. The rebels and Ahsoka also take refuge outside of Iziz in the mountains and come up with a plan of attack with Saw planning to fight the Separatists straight to King Rash in the city. But everyone insists that they lead the Separatists to the outside the city to protect the people from the fight. Steela is then appointed commanding general of the attack by King Dandup as she will lead both the rebels and the Onderon Guards to fight back against the Separatists then everyone prepares for battle and Steela kisses Lux. Meanwhile, King Rash decides to wipe out all the rebels in order to cement his rule over Onderon so General Kalani sends out the Droid Army to wipe them all out for him after being reported about their current location by one of the Commando Droids, he also sends out Droid Gunships to attack the rebels from above. When the Droid Army arrives, the rebels all fight them off along with Ahsoka with Saw leading the rebels to attack from the sky on Rupings. But then the Droid Gunships arrive and start wiping out some of the rebels which gives the Droid Army the upper hand. The rebels try to fight them off but the Droid Gunships are all shielded which forces the rebels to retreat and regroup. Ahsoka calls in Anakin and Obi-Wan for help but the Jedi Council won't send help because the whole thing is an internal affair so they decide to send in Hondo and the Ohnaka Gang to help them while Ahsoka tries to evacuate the rebels back to Coruscant. Anakin goes to the Ohnaka Gang's pirate camp on the planet, Florrum and pays them and Hondo to help out the rebels on Onderon by delivering rocket launchers to them. Back on Onderon, the rebels prepare to go out and fight off the Droid Army again at their base in the mountains then they get the rocket launchers from the Ohnaka Gang and use them against the Droid Army including the Droid Gunships which turns the tide in their favor. But then the Droid Army goes after King Dundup at the rebel's base and wipes out some of the rebels in the process but Steela manages to save him but then she falls fall a cliff and hangs from it after Saw shoots down the last Droid Gunship. Lux tries to save her but he slips off until he is saved by Ahsoka using the Force. Ahsoka then tries to save Steela using the Force but then she gets blasted by the shot-down Droid Gunship the Lux later destroys which causes Ahsoka to drop Steela in the process, who falls of the cliff and dies. Meanwhile, Count Dooku orders General Kalani to withdraw the remaining Droid Army from Onderon and bring them to the planet, Agamar thus ending the Droid Army occupation on Onderon. Count Dooku also has General Kalani execute King Rash after he requests Dooku for more reinforcements to defeat the rebels. Afterwards, the surviving rebels grieve for Steela's death especially Saw who blames himself for what happened.

### Aftermath

With the Separatists gone, Onderon is now free from their control and King Dendup is restored back to his rightful place as King. King Dendup also holds a funeral for Steela with everyone honoring her for her bravery and sacrifice to free Onderon. Lux is then appointed as the new Senator of Onderon and decides to get Onderon to join the Republic. But after the Republic became the Empire, Onderon fell under Imperial control which caused Saw to form his own group of Rebels to fight back against it but he used extremist means which led to him being seen as less of a Rebel and more of a criminal. As for General Kalani, he and his Droid Army crew arrived at Agamar and went to a Separatist holdout on it. But after the Republic became the Empire, a signal was sent ordering the whole Separatist Droid Army to deactivate and shut down since it wasn't needed anymore. However, General Kalani thought that the shutdown signal was a Republic trick so he and his Droid Army crew didn't deactivate and shut down and had remained on Agamar during the time of the Empire getting old and worn down.

## Belligerents

### Onderon Rebels

* King Dendup
* General Tandin
* Steela Garrera
* Saw Garrera
* Lux Bonteri
* Ahsoka Tano
* Dono
* Hutch
* Dalgos
* Rupings
* Onderon Royal Guards
* People of Onderon

### Separatists

* King Rash
* General Kalani
* Okalin
* Droid Gunships
* Bodyguard Droids
* Spider Droids
* Droidekas
* Probe Droids
* Commando Droids
* Super Battle Droids
* Battle Droids

### Other

* Count Dooku
* Anakin Skywalker
* Oni-Wan Kenobi
* Captain Rex
* Ohnaka Gang
	+ Hondo Ohnaka
	+ Weequay Pirates
* Medical Droid
* Service Droids

## Videos

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