1960s

* The Beatles are formed.
* Minerva McGonagall is born.

#### 20th

* John F. Kennedy is sworn in as the 35th President of the United States, succeeding Dwight D. Eisenhower.

## 1962

* The Vietnam War, in which Thaddeus Ross served, begins, having been orchestrated by HYDRA.

### March

#### 30th

* Stanley Kirk Burrell, later known as MC Hammer, is born.

### October

#### 12th

* Senator Padmé Amidala, former Queen of Naboo, returns to Coruscant to vote against the Military Creation Act, even though there are no longer enough Jedi to maintain peace and justice in the galaxy.
* Attack on Padme Amidala: Upon her arrival on Coruscant, Padme narrowly escapes an assassination attempt that claims the life of her decoy, Cordé.

#### 13th

* Inside his office, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine discusses the threat of war with the Jedi. Padme enters the room, and they discuss her attack the day prior. She expresses her belief Count Dooku is responsible, although the Jedi disagree. Palpatine requests that Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, protect her, despite Amidala's protests.
* On the elevator ride up, Anakin and Obi-Wan talk, with Obi-Wan trying to relax his apprentice. When they reach the floor, they are greeted by Jar Jar Binks. Upon seeing Padme, Anakin fumbles with his words, and defies Obi-Wan's orders in front of her. When Padme leaves, Anakin expresses his disappointment to Binks that Padme did not seem to remember him.
* Zam Wesell is given a droid full of poisonous worms by Jango Fett, who tells her there can be no mistakes.
* Obi-Wan and Anakin guard Padme's apartment, and discuss the security. The conversation turns to Anakin's mother, and Anakin expresses his wish to dream of Padme. They discuss her role as a politician, a role Anakin defends.
* Chase of Zam Wesell:
	+ The droid carrying the worms arrives outside Padme's apartment, and the worms sneak in. They almost reach Padme, but Anakin and Obi-Wan arrive, with the former killing the worms, and the latter grabbing onto the droid.
	+ Anakin arrives to help Obi-Wan and they chase Wesell. Obi-Wan is a nervous co-pilot, and thinks they've lost her. Anakin, however, jumps out of the speeder, and lands on Wesell's speeder, much to Obi-Wan's chagrin.
	+ Wesell tries to shoot Anakin, but is unable. During their struggle, Anakin drops his lightsaber, but Obi-Wan catches it. Anakin and Wesell crash the speeder into the street outside a cantina. Wesell runs inside.
	+ Anakin goes to follow, but is stopped by Obi-Wan, who tells him to use the force, and gives him his lightsaber.
	+ While Anakin goes to find Wesell, Obi-Wan waits, and is offered Death Sticks. Wesell tries to sneak up on Obi-Wan, but he cuts her hand off.
	+ Outside, Anakin and Obi-Wan interrogate Wesell, who says she knew she was killing a senator, but is killed by Jango Fett before she can reveal his name.

#### 14th

* Returning to the Jedi Temple, Obi-Wan is assigned by the council to track down the assassin's killer. Meanwhile, Anakin continues his task of protecting the Senator, and is asked to escort her back to her home planet of Naboo.
* Anakin goes to Palpatine, who agrees to talk to Padme. He also tells Anakin he is a gifted Jedi, and he will someday be the most powerful Jedi.
* Obi-Wan expresses his concern to Yoda and Mace Windu over Anakin's assignment. Obi-Wan points out Anakin's arrogance, and Yoda admits it is a common Jedi flaw. As he says this, Yoda remembers the words of Emmett Baxter, who called the Jedi out for their failures. He tells Obi-Wan to recruit Baxter to help him find Padme's attacker.
* In her absence, Padme assigns Jar Jar as her replacement.
* Padme expresses her frustration at leaving to hide, and Anakin tells her they must do what is requested of them. When Padme comments he's frown, Anakin vents his frustrations about Obi-Wan, and makes Padme uncomfortable.
* Obi-Wan goes to meet Emmett, who is with his squad. He asks for Emmett's help. Emmett initially wants nothing to do with the Jedi, but relents upon learning the victim is Padme, recognizing the attacks, which he did not know the date of.
* Padme wishes Dorme and Typho goodbye, and greets Emmett. As the two talk, Obi-Wan tells Anakin to be smart, and do what he's told by himself or the council. Obi-Wan assures Padme they will find her attacker, and Padme and Anakin depart. Anakin and Padme express their fears, with Anakin joking R2-D2 will protect them.
* Typho, Obi-Wan, and Emmett all comment on the duo's foolishness.
* Obi-Wan and Emmett meet Dexter Jetstter in his restraunt. He explains their dart is from Kamino, a cloning planet.
* The two Jedi attempt to look up Kamino in the Jedi Archives, but no records exist. Jocasta Nu tells them Kamino does not exist.
* Anakin and Padme discuss the Jedi Code, and Anakin explains that, despite the strict rules, they are encouraged to love.
* As Yoda trains younglings, Obi-Wan and Emmett arrive and explain their issue. Yoda asks the class, and a child proposes it was erased. Yoda tells them to find the planet. As they leave, Gunner gives the class a bag of chocolate mints, thanking them for their help.
* Padme and Anakin arrive in Naboo, and discuss the former's political shift from queen to senator.

#### 15th

* Padme discusses the possibility of war with a council on Naboo. Afterward, the queen, Jamillia, discusses Padme's safety. Padme decides to hide in a lake house, much to Anakin's frustration, as he is not consulted.
* Emmett and Obi-Wan arrive on Kamino. They are greeted by Taun W, wo introduces the to Lama Su. Su tells them about the progress of their Clone Army, something Obi-Wan was unaware of. They discuss Sifo-Dyas, a Jedi who ordered the creation of the army. Pretending to be there to inspect the army, the Jedi go with the Kaminoans.
* Outside the lake house, Padme reminisces on her childhood at the lake. Anakin expresses his distaste of sand. Across the galaxy, Emmett chuckles, much to his company's conusion. Anakin and Padme kiss, but break away quickly.
* During the tour, the Jedi ask about the clones, and their host, Jango Fett. Obi-Wan expresses his desire to meet Fett, which Taun We agrees to arrange. They admire the clones.
* Padme tells Anakin about her first crush, and confronts him about his disliking of politicians. He explains he just wants everyone to agree, willingly or forcefully.
* Anakin rides a beast, but falls off, nd is stomped on. Padme rushes to his side, worried, but he laughs.
* Obi-Wan and Emmett meet Boba and Jango Fett. After a quasi-interrogation, during which they learn Jango was hired by "Tyranus", the Jedi leave. Jango tells his son to pack up to leave.
* Anakin tells a story to Padme about his jedi negotiations.
* Late at night, Anakin and Padme discuss their feelings for each other. Anakin wants to indulge them, but Padme chastizes him, telling him the secret would destroy them.

#### 16th

* After leaving the facility, Obi-Wan and Emmett inform Yoda and Windu of their discovery. Yoda charges the Jedi with bring Fett in. Upon ending the meeting, Yoda and Windu discuss their blindness.
* Early in the morning, Anakin has a nightmare about his mother, and wakes up.
* Later, Padme asks him about his dream, and the two decide to return to Tatooine to check on his mother.
* Scuffle with Jango Fett: As the Fetts try to leave, Obi-Wan and Emmett confront them. Jango fights them, and manages to escape, but Obi-Wan places a tracker on the Slave I.
* Upon arriving, Anakin tracks down his former owner Watto, from whom he learns that his mother has married a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars, and travels to the Lars moisture farm.
* Dogfight above Geonosis: As the Slave I nears Geonosis, the Fetts realize they are being tracked by the Jedi. Obi-Wan and Emmett chase after them, but are forced to hide in the asteroids. Jango, believing them dead, proceeds to the surface.
* Upon arriving at the surface, the Jedi discover Trade Federation ships, and land on the planet to investigate.
* On the Lars Homestead, Anakin and Padmé find C-3PO, and the droid introduces Anakin to his step-brother Owen, and his girlfriend Beru, as well as Cliegg, Shmi's husband.
* Cliegg tells Anakin the horrible truth, that his mother was kidnapped a month ago by a pack of Tusken Raiders.
* Anakin tells Padme to stay with the Lars and departs.
* Obi-Wan and Emmett overhear a meeting between Count Dooku and the leaders of the commerce guilds, and learn that they are behind the separatist movement and have built up a new droid army. Emmett asks who Dooku is, and Obi-Wan explains the story of the fallen Jedi.
* They also learn that it was Nute Gunray who ordered the assassination of Amidala, as revenge for the defeat of the Trade Federation at the Battle of Naboo. Dooku tells the group that their combined strength will destroy the Republic, and the Jedi.
* Anakin finds Shmi tied and beaten in a Tusken camp. Within moments, she dies in his arms.
* Tusken Massacre: Enraged and heartbroken, he massacres the Tusken community: men, women and even children. Qui-gon calls out to him, but he does not hear.
* Back at Coruscant, Yoda senses a terrible darkness in the Force as the slaughter continues.

#### 17th

* Back at their ships, Obi-Wan and Emmett try to send a message to the Jedi on Coruscant, but are out of range. After realizing Anakin is on Tatooine, he sends the signal to him.
* Anakin arrives back to the Lars Homestead. He rants to Padme about his inability to save his mother, as well as his massacre of the Tuskens, and she consoles him.
* A funeral is held for Shmi. Cliegg thanks her, and Anakin vows to never let someone die again. R2-D2 arrives, and alerts Anakin and Padme about Obi-Wan's message.
* Obi-Wan and Emmett transmit their findings to the Council, relayed by way of Anakin and Padmé's ship, though they are surrounded by droidekas and captured before they can finish the report.
* Although instructed to protect Padme, Anakin rushes off to Geonosis with her, R2, and C-3PO.
* In the senate, news of the war sparks uproar.
* Dooku enters Obi-Wan and Emmett's cell, and speaks to them, pretending to be peaceful. He denies Jango Fett being on the planet, and tells Obi-Wan that Qui-gon spoke highly of him. When he expresses his desire to have Qui-gon there, Emmett tells him Qui-gon would never join him,which Dooku retorts by telling them a sith has control of the Republic, unbeknownst to the Jedi. He asks the Jedi to join him, singling out Emmett, who he tells he knows his secret. Both Jedi decline.
* Jar Jar proposes emergency powers be granted to Palpatine, who accepts. He proposes the creation of an army. Yoda decides to go to Kamino, while Windu gathers Jedi to rescue Obi-Wan and Emmett from Geonosis.

#### 18th

* Anakin and Padme arrive on Geonosis. They go through a series of factory machines, during which C-3PO's body and head are separated and put on Battle Droids, Anakin's lightsaber is destroyed, and he and Padme are captured by Jango Fett.
* The Jedi and Padme are sentenced to death, being brought to the Geonosis arena, where they are to be executed. Before they enter, Anakin and Padme confess their love for each other and kiss.
* In the high stands, Count Dooku, Nute Gunray, Rune Haako, Poggle the Lesser, Jango Fett and Boba Fett watch the start of the planned execution.
* The quartet are forced to battle a reek, a nexu and an acklay while in chains. Padme escapes her chains, but is clawed by a Nexu. Anakin, Emmett, and Obi-Wan escape their chains, but Dooku assures Gunray they will die.
* First Battle of Geonosis:
	+ During their struggle, Mace Windu confronts Dooku in the stands. A Jedi strike team arrives, and they battle Dooku's droid army in the arena.
	+ Upon seeing so many Jedi in one place, Jango Fett jetpacks down to the arena floor, and engages Windu. After a short struggle, Windu manages to kill Jango due to his jetpack malfunctioning.
	+ Padme, Anakin, and Emmett fight together, and Emmett congratulates the two, promising to keep their love a secret.
	+ R2-D2 finds both parts of C-3PO, and puts him back together.
	+ While the Jedi put up a fight, they are eventually overwhelmed by the Droid Army's numerical advantage, and appear to be heading into defeat. Yoda unexpectedly arrives with the Republic's new clone army, but only a handful of Jedi survive the arena.
	+ While the Republic Army, led by Yoda, fight Confederation ships, Dooku takes the plans to the Death Star and flees.
	+ Emmett takes Padme on a different ship, and the two return to the command enter with Yoda. Yoda greets Emmett, who still will not join the Jedi, but agrees to be of aid whenever they need him.
	+ Obi-Wan and Anakin pursue Dooku, and meet him in a hangar.
	+ As the battle begins to close, Yoda, Padme, and Emmett board a ship to aid Obi-Wan and Anakin.
	+ Obi-Wan and Anakin confront Dooku. He easily disables Anakin, and moves to kill Obi-Wan, but Anakin defends him. During the duel, Dooku compliments Anakin's rage, but cuts off his hand.
	+ Yoda arrives to fight Dooku, and they duel.
	+ Padme wants to help Anakin and Obi-Wan, but Emmett tells her she can't be near Dooku, as she is his main target.
	+ Yoda defeats Dooku, who flees by nearly crushing Anakin and Obi-Wan, forcing Yoda to divert his attention to save them. Padme, Emmett, and clones rush to their aid.
* Dooku arrives in Coruscant, and meets with Darth Sidious, whom he tells the war has begun much to the delight of Sidious.

#### 19th

* Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Windu discuss Dooku's claims about a sith in the Senate. Obi-Wan expresses his relief that the Clones arrived, as it led to victory. Yoda corrects him, declaring that the Clone Wars have begun.
* Senators, as well as Palpatine, watch Republic ships leave the planet.
* On Naboo, Padme and Anakin are wed, with R2-D2, C-3PO, and Emmett in attendance.

### May

#### 8th

* *Bring It on Home to Me* by Sam Cooke is released. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."

### June

#### 6th

* The Battle of Christophsis begins.
* Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Wullf Yularen attempt to defend the planet from the *Invincible*, but are forced to retreat.
* As Obi-Wan leaves to deliver supplies to Bail Organa on the surface, Anakin and Yularen continue to fight the enemy, who Yularen identifies as Admiral Trench.
* Trench bombs Organa's center, but is engaged by Anakin. Despite Anakin's prowess, he is unable to penetrate Trench's shield. Anakin decides to use Trench's torpedoes against him, and sends them into the *Invincible*, destroying it.
* Kenobi leads a ground assault, as Anakin and Yularen deliver Organa's supplies.

#### 7th

* Anakin's forces are outnumbered, and he is forced to retreat. Clones Rex and Cody take a severed Tactical Droid's head, to figure out how their plan was uncovered.
* At the base, Rex and Cody discover the Seperatists knew of their attack beforehand. Obi-Wan suggests they may have a spy in their ranks. The Jedi decide to go behind enemy lines to investigate and tell the clones to keep the mission classified. However, as the Jedi leave, Cody notices that someone left his comlink on, eavesdropping on them. Rex and Cody spot someone running off and chase him. Unfortunately, they lose him in the mess hall amongst their many brothers, meaning that one of the clones is a traitor. They decide to contact the Jedi, but the droids are keeping the communications jammed.
* Rex and Cody have R2-D2 analyze the communication history, to find out if anyone had sent out any unauthorized transmissions. Rex notices an irregular wavelength that is too low and infrequent for them to normally detect. The transmission seems to be coming from Slick's barracks, so they decide to investigate that end. They question all of Slick's men: Jester was cleaning his weapon, Punch and Sketch were in the mess hall, and Gus was in the infirmary. The last one, Chopper, appears to be hiding something, and reluctantly reveals that he was collecting droid fingers as war trophies, which is forbidden by protocol. Chopper denies being a spy, and Slick offers a full investigation when the Jedi come back.
* However, Chopper snaps that from his hiding place, he saw Slick go into the command center rather than the mess hall, and Cody also notes that Slick somehow knows about the Jedi's departure. Slick, knowing he's been discovered, escapes. Cody and Rex try chasing him down, but they are too late: Slick blows up most of the gunships and AT-TEs, as well as the weapons depot, with earlier-placed charges. The other clones inform Cody and Rex that Slick went into the command center, and they order the others to secure the perimeter while they go inside.
* In the meantime, as Anakin and Obi-Wan race to the Separatist base on BARC speeders, they notice an increasing number of droids spying on them, but still decide to continue the mission, despite the fact that it has been compromised.
* They arrive at the enemy base and inside, they meet Asajj Ventress again and begin to duel with her. The Jedi manage to overcome Ventress and demand her surrender, but as they edge closer to capture her, she creates a large hole in the floor beneath their feet with her lightsabers, pushing them one level down. Ventress taunts them and runs away, and the Jedi follow her, discovering that she has set up a whole army to invade Christophsis. The Jedi engage Ventress again, overbalancing the tri-droid she is standing on before escaping on STAPs. Ventress dispatches General Loathsom to take care of the Jedi while she moves on to the next phase of her master's plan, and she heads to the *Trident*.
* Rex and Cody enter the command center in search of Slick. They soon guess that he is hiding in the vents and inconspicuously act out a scene; Cody leaves his blaster on the table while Rex goes to "secure the lockdown". Slick comes down from the vents and grabs Cody's blaster, only to find that it is empty, and Rex comes up from behind him. Slick engages the commander and captain in physical combat, stating that he was tired of all the suffering and was offered freedom and money from Ventress. Cody manages to knock him out and they apprehended him.
* As they present Slick to the Jedi, Slick snaps that his brothers are enslaved by the Jedi, that he was striking a blow for all clones and that he loves his brothers, but Cody and Rex retort that he has now exposed them all to certain doom.
* Cody orders the other clones to take the traitor to lockup. Rex reports that though most of their weapons are trashed, they managed to save the heavy cannons, which will prove to be useful in the coming battle.

#### 19th

* Rotta the Hutt is captured by the Seperatists, in hopes of framing the Jedi for it.
* On Christophsis, the Republic forces advance on the droids, but Loathsom pushes them back.
* Ahsoka Tano arrives, having been sent by Yoda as Anakin's padawan. The two take down the enemy's deflector shield, allowing for a republic victory.
* Yoda arrives on Christophsis to inform the Jedi of Rotta's kidnapping.
* Obi-Wan flies to Tatooine to assure Jabba that Rotta will be returned safely and to secure a promise by the Hutts to use their trading routes for safe passage within the Outer Rim.

#### 20th

* After briefing in a Republic flagship, Anakin's forces descend through the clouds of the jungle planet of Teth for one of the many natural stone pillars which litter the landscape.
* Under heavy fire, Anakin, Ahsoka and Rex storm the monastery atop the pillar and find Rotta, who has gotten sick, only to be caught in an elaborate trap: Count Dooku has staged the kidnapping himself in order to blacklist the Jedi among the Hutts. First he has the Jedi retrieve the young Hutt to secure fake evidence and then Asajj Ventress, as the overseer of the operation, is charged with either retrieving or killing the young Huttlet.
* Anakin and Ahsoka manage to escape the trap along with R2-D2 and hijack a derelict transport, which they use to travel to Tatooine. Ahsoka uses medicine onboard to treat the sick Huttlet.
* Obi-Wan, alerted by Anakin, arrives just in time to relieve Rex and the rest of his forces and engages Ventress in combat where he manages to defeat her, though Ventress flees in the face of capture.
* Senator Amidala learns of Anakin's mission. Worried about him, she decides to contact Jabba's uncle, Ziro the Hutt, who lives in a shady part of Coruscant. The Hutt strangely refuses to cooperate, and soon Padmé finds out Ziro has actually conspired with Dooku to engineer the downfall of his nephew to seize the power over the Hutt clans for himself. Padmé is discovered and detained, but a chance call by C-3PO enables her to summon help, and Ziro is soon arrested by the Coruscant Guard.

#### 21st

* Upon their arrival on Tatooine, Anakin and Ahsoka are attacked by MagnaGuards and shot down. Faced with a long way across desert sands and relentless opponents, Anakin devises a ruse; when Dooku corners Anakin, the pack he is carrying is revealed to contain merely rocks.
* Ahsoka and R2 travel with Rotta to Jabba's palace unmolested, but just as they near it, Ahsoka is ambushed by three MagnaGuards, whom she narrowly defeats. But as Anakin and Ahsoka enter the palace one after another, they are threatened with execution by Jabba's men even though Rotta is safely returned. Padmé calls just in time to convince Jabba of his uncle's duplicity, while Anakin and Ahsoka are triumphantly retrieved by Obi-Wan, Yoda, Cody and the clones.

#### 29th

* Domino Squad is in the midst of a pre-graduation exercise on Kamino in preparation for the frontlines. The purpose of the test is to reach the beacon atop a citadel guarded by various practice droids. However, the five-clone squad's teamwork is dysfunctional, as noted by its instructor, hired bounty hunter Bric, who is observing the exercise with fellow hunter El-Les and Jedi Master Shaak Ti. Thinking the squad to be a total failure, Bric suggests these "rejects" be sent to maintenance duty with 99, a malformed clone.
* Bric's presumptions are soon proved right, as the practice droids defeat Domino Squad while it argues about procedure. As the clones retire to the barracks, Echo tries reminding his brothers that they have to follow orders. This gets him into a scuffle with CT-782 aka Hevy before Bric breaks it up and laments his disappointment in them. Elsewhere on Tipoca City, Lama Su is considering rejecting Domino Squad but leaves the decision up to Shaak Ti because of her position as head of training.

#### 30th

* The next day, ARC trooper Commander Colt and two others have arrived to supervise the graduation tests. Bravo Squad, the first to take the test, passes with flying colors in record time. When it's Domino Squad's turn, it fails when Droidbait is hit and Hevy decides to leave him behind, and Colt reprimands the squad for its mistakes. As they are passing through the barracks, El-Les tells Bric that Domino Squad should retake the test, though Bric expresses little faith in his squad. 99 overhears the conversation.
* That night, Fives and Echo go to Shaak Ti to request a transfer to Bravo Squad. But Shaak Ti denies them and explains that they need to learn to work together with the rest of their squad; thus she permits them to retake the test the next day. Meanwhile, CT-4040 is summoned by Bric for a reprimand. The bounty hunter tries provoking the clone into attacking him, looking for an excuse to get him and his squad kicked out, but the cadet refuses to give in. The only thing at which Bric succeeds is unintentionally giving 4040 a nickname: Cutup.
* 99 catches 782 attempting to go AWOL. He convinces 782, whom he keeps calling Hevy, about the importance of brotherhood and teamwork.

#### 31st

* Hevy takes 99's advice and nickname to heart, and takes leadership of his squad. This time, the clones have found the team cohesion they had lacked earlier, but when they reach the citadel, they realize that their ascension cables needed to scale it are gone; Bric had stolen them to test their skills and—if possible—see them fail. El-Les argues this unfairness to Shaak Ti, but she calmly states that the Separatists would not play fair either.
* Domino Squad quickly adapts to the situation by taking out the wall-mounted turrets and, using them as stepladders, successfully completes the test. Shaak Ti compliments Bric for his efforts in making these clones the best there are, and Bric is forced to admit that El-Les was right.
* Afterward, the bounty hunters give Domino Squad medals for graduation; but as a sign of gratitude, Hevy gives his to 99, so he will have a reason to return to Kamino. Domino Squad then joins the rest of its brothers in shipping out to the front lines.

### July

#### 13th

* The Battle of Ryoth begins. Ima-Gun Di and his clone forces are the only defense the Republic can send. Cham Syndulla aids in their efforts.

#### 14th

* With supplies running low, the Jedi ask Bail Organa and Jar Jar Binks to get assistance from Toydaria.
* Organa and Jar Jar are granted an audience with the king and his council, but negotiations are rendered complicated by the arrival of Lott Dod, the Senate representative of the Trade Federation sent by Count Dooku, who has caught wind of Organa's mission.
* Organa and Binks stress their humanitarian intentions in the matter, but Dod points out that by agreeing to deliver supplies to Ryloth and the Republic troops, Toydaria, who had declared her strict neutrality in this war, would be taking sides and thus shatter her principles.
* After thorough consideration, Katuunko officially denies the Republic their rights to a base on Toydaria, but afterwards he secretly meets Organa and Binks and tells them that the humanitarian factor has actually gained his favor. He agrees to load Organa's ship with a preliminary supply of provisions if Organa can keep the involvement of Toydaria secret. Organa hits upon the plan to have Jar Jar distract Dod during a banquet, a task which the Gungan performs with extraordinary skill, while Organa supervises the loading of the relief supplies.
* Meanwhile, the situation on Ryloth is growing more desperate by the hour, and the Republic and Twi'lek troops are forced to retreat to a safe position. Syndulla announces that his people cannot fight any longer, voicing doubts that the Republic will ever aid them. To cover their escape, Master Di uses a gunship loaded with explosives to cut off a mountain pass leading to their position, forcing the droids down another way, where they can be more easily held off.
* The droids arrive soon and overrun the remaining clone troopers, but just after Captain Keeli is gunned down and Di heavily wounded, he receives word that a load of supplies is on its way, and he dies content with the knowledge that the Twi'leks will survive. The supplies are dropped in front of Syndulla's convoy, raising cheers and renewing hope.

#### 15th

* As Organa and Binks are bidden farewell by Katuunko, Dod steps in and protests that they have broken the agreement, a claim for which Organa cheekily demands proof. Unable to give any, Dod storms off, fuming, and Katuunko turns to the senators with the announcement that in the light of these events Toydaria may be reconsidering her stance of neutrality, a news that greatly gladdens Organa and Binks.

#### 21st

* Jedi Master Yoda is dispatched to the dried coral moon of Rugosa to convince King Katuunko to allow the Galactic Republic to build a base in Toydarian territory. As the Toydarian monarch King Katuunko and his retinue await the arrival of their Jedi envoy, Asajj Ventress arrives and presents Katuunko with a hologram of Count Dooku, who attempts to express the Jedi's supposed incapability to protect Toydaria in hopes of swaying the king to his cause.
* In orbit of the Rugosa moon, two Banking clan frigates ambush Yoda's ship, forcing him to take an escape pod while his ship escapes the system. Three clones—Lieutenant Thire, Jek, and Rys—accompany him to the surface.
* The Republic frigate leaves the system, a move that Asajj Ventress spins to the king as a sign of weakness. Her attempts at persuasion are interrupted however by a holographic call from Yoda, in which the Jedi Master offers his greetings. Ventress then suggests a deal: if Yoda can escape her best troops, then Toydaria will be free to join the Republic. But if he should fail and the droids prevail, Toydaria will join the Separatists.
* Agreeing to Ventress' proposal, Yoda and his troops march through the coral forest as a Separatist landing ship carrying a full battalion of droids arrives. Yoda and his men then face off against a large number of droids and several tanks. The tanks find it difficult to penetrate the dense coral forest, forcing the droid commander 224 to send his troops out on foot, which allows the clones to ambush them in small groups. Eventually, Thire is wounded, and the group is forced to retreat.
* Yoda and the clones make their way to a dried gulch lined with caves, to rest and recover. Inside a cave, the clones are less than enthusiastic about their current situation, as they find themselves outnumbered and outgunned. To raise spirits, Yoda gives his troopers a small lesson about them being individuals despite their origin as clones, and that it is their mind which makes them strong, not their numbers or weapons.
* As the droid column approaches, Master Yoda decides to face them alone, ordering his clone troopers to stay out of sight until their help is truly needed. The droids report the current situation to Ventress, who in turn orders them to open fire. Yoda ends up cutting the whole battalion to pieces, and angered, Ventress sends out ten droidekas to deal with the Jedi Master. Just before the droidekas can finish the Jedi Master, Thire launches their last rocket at an overhanging bluff, sending an avalanche of rock crashing down on the droideka reinforcements.
* Katuunko is impressed by the display, and opts to have Toydaria join the Republic. Furious about the outcome, Dooku orders Ventress to kill the king. Ventress knocks the king's Toydarian Guards unconscious and prepares to deal the killing blow, but Master Yoda arrives just in time, stopping Ventress mid-swing. Rather than surrender, Ventress quickly triggers an avalanche with pre-planted explosive charges, using it as a distraction to escape in her solar sailer.
* King Katuunko gladly accepts Yoda's offer to join the Republic, and Republic gunships come to retrieve the group.

### August

#### 3rd

* Aboard the *Triumphant*, Jedi Master Plo Koon and Clone Commander Wolffe locate the *Malevolence* in the Abregado system and immediately move the fleet into position to engage it. Before attacking, Plo orders Commander Wolffe to contact Coruscant and relay their position; he then contacts Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano, who are stationed in the nearby Bith system, telling them that he has found the *Malevolence* and requires reinforcements. Anakin tells Plo that there is little he can do, as he has been ordered by the Jedi High Council to protect the Bith system.
* The *Triumphant*'s communications are then jammed by General Grievous at the behest of Count Dooku. The *Malevolence*'s massive ion cannon fires, knocking out power on all three Republic attack cruisers, and leaving them defenseless against Grievous' turbolasers. Plo Koon, along with clone troopers Sinker, Boost, and Commander Wolffe, manage to board an escape pod, just before their cruiser is destroyed.
* Aboard the *Malevolence*, Dooku orders Grievous to deploy the pod hunters, in order to find and kill any survivors and keep their secret weapon's position a secret.
* Meanwhile, Anakin and Ahsoka inform Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, and Yoda, and Chancellor Palpatine, about the loss of communication with Plo Koon. All four tell Anakin and Ahsoka not to go out to the Abregado system to look for survivors, despite Ahsoka's vehement objections. Mace tells Anakin that all their task forces have been assigned to defend their supply lines.
* After the meeting, Anakin scolds Ahsoka for her outburst of insubordination. Nevertheless, a short time later, they take off for the Abregado System in the *Twilight*. Ahsoka asks why she got scolded for wanting to do what Anakin has decided to do. He explains that he always intended to look for survivors, but will obey the spirit of the Council's orders by leaving his fleet on station.
* Back on Coruscant, Obi-Wan, who knows Anakin all too well, guesses that Anakin has gone off alone, and both he and Palpatine issue repeated demands for Anakin to resume command of his fleet.

#### 4th

* Back in the debris field, while attempting to fix their escape pod, Plo and the clones spot another pod. However, upon closer inspection, they realize it has been broken open and the clones inside have been killed by a pod hunter. The group then witnesses one of the pod hunters attack another nearby escape pod, breaking it open and killing all inside. The pod hunter crew notices their escape pod and latches onto it. Plo and his men fight and destroy the pod hunter, but this alerts Grievous that Republic survivors are still in the debris field.
* Soon after Plo's victory, Anakin and Ahsoka arrive and rescue him and his men. As they are preparing to depart, the *Malevolence* arrives near their location. Anakin and Ahsoka shut down the *Twilight*'s systems, hoping to blend in with the debris and avoid detection.
* However, they forget to shut down the on-board medical droid, whose faint signal alerts Grievous to their location. Forced to flee the blast from the ion cannon, the *Twilight* narrowly escapes with a desperate hyperspace jump.
* Grievous reluctantly informs Count Dooku that the survivors have escaped, meaning the Republic will learn of the Separatists' secret weapon. Dooku, vexed, says he will have to contact his master.
* Once the *Twilight* reaches Anakin's fleet, Commander Wolffe thanks Anakin for assisting them. Anakin and Plo then contact the Jedi Council, informing them of the secret weapon and its capabilities. Anakin asks Ahsoka to come with him, claiming that they should both share the responsibility for their actions.

#### 10th

* Midtown School of Science and Technology is founded.

#### 11th

* After several other attacks on Jedi fleet cruisers, all of which conducted by the *Malevolence*, Anakin Skywalker decides it is time to strike back. His plan is to use the new Y-Wing bombers to destroy the Separatist flagship's bridge, killing General Grievous and destroying the ship. However, both Plo Koon and Ahsoka think that his plan is too aggressive.
* Meanwhile, the *Malevolence* destroys another supply convoy, somewhere in the Outer Rim. After finishing off the final ships, Dooku contacts General Grievous and gives him a new target: the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center.
* Admiral Yularen contacts the Kaminoan physician Nala Se on the Medical Center, warning her of a possible attack. However, she does not believe that they will have enough time to evacuate all of her 60,000 wounded patients.
* Anakin and Ahsoka leave their *Venator*-class Star Destroyer with their squadron of Y-wing bombers, along with Emmett Baxter serving as a fighter escort in his modified Delta-7B *Aethersprite*-class light interceptor. After a hyperspace jump, Anakin's Shadow Squadron of clone trooper pilots reach the Kaliida Nebula. While traveling through it, Baxter is shocked to learn that they are taking the Balmorra Run.
* Before they can turn around, they fly into a nest of Neebrays. Shadow Squadron is able to navigate through it, although Matchstick's ship sustains damage to its port engine. Just as they reach the Kaliida Medical Center, the *Malevolence* comes out of hyperspace. After it fires its ion cannon at Shadow Squadron, Anakin loses almost half of his Y-wings to its disabling blast and is forced to make a new plan of attack. The *Malevolence* then prepares to target the medical center.
* As its mega-ion cannon charges, Shadow Squadron opens fire on it, causing the ion cannon to backfire when General Grievous tries to unleash it once more on the medical station. The blast also damages the ship's hyperdrive, preventing it from escaping into hyperspace.
* With newly arrived Republic capital ships led by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Admiral Yularen firing on him, Grievous orders the wounded flagship back to Separatist-held space. Anakin and the rest of Shadow Squadron then board the medical station, where they are congratulated by Nala Se. Anakin, however, mourns the losses of his men among Shadow Squadron, despite the great victory their lives had earned.
* The *Malevolence* is left heavily damaged and trailed by three Star Destroyers. Unable to jump to hyperspace, Grievous is forced to buy time.
* Darth Sidious and Count Dooku arrange for Senator Amidala (with C-3PO in her company) to fly directly onto his ship, herself believing that she was heading for negotiations with the InterGalactic Banking Clan Supreme Executive.
* Once Padmé comes out of hyperspace, she is pulled into the warship via a tractor beam. She manages to contact the Republic forces, asking them to continue their attacks, regardless of her own safety. However, Anakin orders their ships to cease their attack.
* Padmé rigs her ship's engines to explode so that when Grievous comes on board to capture her, the galaxy would be rid of him. He survives the blast and has his droids search for her and Threepio.
* Anakin heads a rescue mission composed of him, Obi-Wan and Artoo to save her. The *Twilight* then latches onto the *Malevolence* by an emergency air lock and they board the ship and manage to contact the senator, who gives them her location. They set a rendezvous point at the warship's transportation system.
* They each get on separate trains. Anakin uses the Force to bring Padmé over to him because a super battle droid destroyed the rest of Padmé's track. Their train goes into a tunnel, where they enjoy a brief romantic moment alone; Obi-Wan tries to get Threepio, but he gets hit by another train in transit. As they are about to kiss, Anakin is contacted by Obi-Wan about Threepio.
* Anakin plans on rescuing him, but Padmé informs the Jedi that the hyperdrive is close to finishing; Obi-Wan goes to destroy the hyperdrive. However, Grievous learns of this and sends droids down to guard the drive.
* Meanwhile, Anakin and Padmé reach the bridge when the ship is almost ready to jump to hyperspace. They quickly destroy all the droids and rig the ship's navicomputer. They then leave the bridge, hiding the broken droids before others could find out what happened.
* Obi-Wan duels with Grievous after dispatching his droids and manages to avoid the cyborg's clutches. He reaches the *Twilight* along with the rest of the group and as they leave the ship, Grievous pursues in his starfighter.
* The droids on the warship then try to jump to hyperspace, only to discover that Anakin rigged the navicomputer to set a course right into the moon. Grievous watches in horror as the ship crashes into a nearby moon, then flees the system.
* While Grievous was not killed on the *Malevolence*, his warship is finally destroyed and Senator Amidala is rescued from the ship. The loss hurts Grievous's credibility with Count Dooku, the former ending communications with the Count due to the shame of the ship being destroyed.

#### 24th

* Hevy, Echo, Fives, Droidbait, and Cutup are restless and deprived of battle. Echo reads reg manuals while Hevy daydreams of being on the front lines when Sergeant O'Niner reminds them that their listening post is vital in keeping an eye on Separatist activities and making sure they do not try to slip past and launch a surprise attack on Kamino, the center of clone production and training. The Sergeant orders his men to prepare for an inspection by Captain Rex and Commander Cody, who are en route. Soon after, the station detects an incoming meteor shower and prompts it to raise its shields. But the meteors aren't all meteors—two of them are boarding ships carrying several droid commandos.
* With brutal efficiency, the droids infiltrate the base and waste no time in executing Sergeant O'Niner along with three rookie clone troopers, forcing the remaining four clones to flee the base through the exhaust vent. The commando droids report their success to General Grievous. Pleased, Grievous contacts Asajj Ventress on Kamino, where she is making secret preparations for a Separatist invasion.
* Hevy, Echo, Fives, and Cutup emerge from a maintenance tunnel into a deep crater below the outpost and plan their next move. Suddenly, a massive Rishi eel silently emerges from one of the many caves in the crater, snatches Cutup in its jaws, and disappears back into its hole taking the other rookies by surprise. Just then Cody and Rex's shuttle flies in for a landing high above. Hevy, Fives, and Echo are unable to make contact by radio, so they decide to use a warning flare.
* Up on the platform the clone officers are met by a peculiar "clone" who gestures awkwardly and talks like a droid. The "clone" tries to convince them that the base is in perfect condition, though Rex demands to see the sergeant in-command. When the "clone" responds with "Roger, roger," both officers become immediately suspicious before Rex spots the flare. Rex immediately shoots the impersonator, much to Cody's surprise. Rex tells Cody to relax, as he takes the helmet off, revealing it to be a droid commando.
* The remaining commando droids soon ambush the two officers; in the ensuing firefight, they manage to destroy one of them before the captain and another droid toss thermal detonators which destroy their ship. Under the cover of the explosion, Rex and Cody escape into the crater where they meet up with the rookie clones; unsure if they are droids or not, Rex demands they take off their helmets. They do so, reassuring Rex.
* The eel returns for a second attack, but Rex kills it before it can strike. The two officers then explain to the rookies that they need to take the base with the "shinies." Rex and Cody are determined to retake the base, and Hevy, Fives, and Echo are up for the task.
* As they lack the weaponry to break through the blast doors, Rex comes up with an idea. Posing as a droid commando in disguise, he approaches the gate where three commando droids are standing guard. Unit 07 answers and notices that Unit 26's vocabulator is off, demanding to see his faceplate. Rex dives down and picks up Unit 26's droid head. Cody comments on how absurd the plan is, but Unit 07 takes the ruse and opens the gate.
* The three commando droids are surprised by Rex's appearance and are gunned down by the group. They later storm the command center and retake it from the commando droids.
* The Confederacy navy led by Grievous has arrived, and when he can't make contact with the commandos, Grievous sends down reinforcements.
* Not wanting the base to fall back into enemy hands, the clones resolve to blow it up with liquid tibanna, which would disrupt the all-clear signal, thereby alerting the Republic. As the other clones escape through the tunnels, Hevy tries to arm the explosives but the remote doesn't work, so he decides to activate it manually. In a heroic last stand, Hevy is wounded. The droids are unsure of what to do with him, asking each other if they take prisoners; Hevy defiantly says that he doesn't, and sets off the explosives. The base, along with Hevy, is destroyed. Alerted, the Republic fleet jumps into the system and Grievous is forced to retreat as he is outgunned.
* When they return to the *Resolute*, Echo and Fives are granted medals and Rex inducts them in the 501st Legion. The rookies feel they don't deserve the honor, but Rex says they've earned it.

### October

#### 14th

* The Cuban Missile Crisis is orchestrated by HYDRA.

#### 17th

* Obi-Wan Kenobi advises that Anakin Skywalker take his fleet out of the Bothawui system and regroup, but Skywalker has a plan to defeat Grievous. At that moment, Grievous' fleet is advancing on his. Anakin leads Gold Squadron in a frontal assault, informing his forces to wait for the right moment as Grievous' fleet advances through the asteroid belt. This gives Rex and his brigade of AT-TEs hiding on the asteroids a chance to ambush the Separatist frigates from behind.
* Finding his droid commander too incompetent to figure out where to retreat to, Grievous flees the ship on his personal starfighter. Anakin and R2-D2 pursue him until a piece of shrapnel embedded in the fighter causes it to careen off course.

#### 18th

* Anakin wakes up aboard the *Resolute*, learning that he was salvaged from his fighter; R2 was not.
* Anakin informs Obi-Wan that he didn't erase Artoo's memory, which would be a severe liability should the astromech fall into Separatist hands. Anakin heads a salvage operation to recover Artoo, but Ahsoka Tano shows him the new R3-S6, who has better skills than an R2-unit, calling him Goldie.
* As they search the debris field, they spot a freighter and dock with it. The Trandoshan captain, Gha Nachkt, claims there is no R2 unit on board but allows them to search anyway. Anakin hears R2's beep and begins to slice through the door that he thinks he heard it in. But Goldie activates two IG-86 units instead of opening the door. The two Jedi manage to slice the droids in pieces as Anakin gets through the door, only to find Gha, who is angry that his droids were destroyed. Ahsoka concludes that R2 is not on board and they leave.
* Gha has R2 locked in a crate with a restraining bolt on and contacts Grievous, informing him that the droid is of great strategic value. R2 later escapes while Gha is sleeping, flushing one of his IG units out of the airlock, only to be discovered by the Trandoshan.

#### 19th

* Figuring that Grievous has a listening post somewhere, Anakin decides to go scouting, but Ahsoka sends along R3, saying they could bond. R3 instead turns on the tracking device, alerting Grievous to his position. R3 only makes things go from bad to worse, detaching Anakin's fighter from its hyperspace transport ring, not cutting the engines when he is told to, and disabling the blaster cannons. He is luckily saved by Ahsoka and Rex in the *Twilight*. Grievous, frustrated with Skywalker's escape, beheads a battle droid in rage. Anakin chastises the droid over nearly getting him killed and hopes that R2 is still out there.

#### 20th

* R2-D2 manages to transmit the location of Grievous' listening post on a Ruusan moon, which the *Twilight* picks up. Though advised by Obi-Wan Kenobi to wait for reinforcements, Anakin Skywalker heads a rescue mission to save Artoo before his secrets fall into Separatist hands, as well as plant a bomb.
* Gha Nachkt accesses Artoo's memory bank and finds that the little droid contains every Republic strategy. He demands more money but Grievous decides to give it to him by stabbing him in his back with his lightsaber.
* When the team arrives at the station, Anakin separates from Ahsoka Tano and the clones, heading out alone to find Artoo. Unbeknownst to them, R3-S6 alerts General Grievous to their presence. Tano and the clones infiltrate the reactor control room, but they confront and eliminate the security battle droids. After that, Grievous orders his IG-100 MagnaGuards to take Artoo to the ship.
* Meanwhile, Anakin has succeeded in finding R2-D2, and duels Grievous' MagnaGuards. Once they are defeated, he and Artoo order everyone to rendezvous in the south hangar.
* Unfortunately, Ahsoka does not hear them, as Grievous has engaged her and her clones. The general kills all clones but Rex and Denal. Ahsoka defends herself against Grievous' blows and retreats to a room filled with spare droid parts. She hides from the general, but R3 gives her away. Grievous destroys her comlink, and traps her.
* As Anakin and the clones, who have succeeded in planting the bombs, meet the *Twilight* in the hangar, R3's treachery is revealed when he traps them and activates several droids to fight them, as Anakin's suspicion on the golden droid's true allegiance is true. Anakin orders Artoo to open the doors.
* Grievous, meanwhile, suspends himself from the roof in the storage room and is able to find Ahsoka, using one of his large, metal hands to grab the Padawan's throat and disarm her. The general descends to the floor, picks up her lightsaber and examines it. Ahsoka coughs and gags trying to free herself, but she can't release herself from the grip on her throat. Grievous is confident that R3 had trapped the others, stating that after he eliminated Ahsoka, her master was next. Ahsoka, not afraid of dying believes Anakin would still succeed in destroying the base.
* At that moment, Skywalker orders Rex to activate the explosives, despite the fact that the squad is still in the station. Rex complies, and as the station shakes with the multiple impacts, Ahsoka is able to use her lightsaber to sever Grievous' hand that is clamped around her throat. The Padawan jumps onto a shelf, causing the shelves' contents to drop out, and the shelves themselves began to topple over in a domino effect. Ahsoka escapes into an air vent and retrieves her lightsaber with the Force before fleeing. Grievous slashes at the vent Ahsoka was in with his lightsaber; however, the Padawan is able to evade being sliced to pieces, and she heads for the hangar bay.
* Ahsoka rejoins the team, who defeats the Vulture droids and escapes in the Twilight, detonating the bombs. Grievous escapes the station in his ship, *Soulless One*. Anakin leaves in his starfighter to pick up Artoo.
* Meanwhile, Artoo manages to open the hangar doors, but R3 moves to intercept him, and the two droids face each other in combat. Artoo pushes his Separatist counterpart over the edge, but R3 grabs him with a suction cup. Artoo succeeds in cutting the cable, and R3-S6 is sent flying into the air, and he is destroyed by flying debris. Artoo is then rescued by Anakin.
* As they leave the system, Anakin contacts Obi-Wan. While they succeeded, Obi-Wan disapproves of Anakin's choice to risk the mission and all their lives to save a droid. While Ahsoka is happy they got R2 back, she agrees with Obi-Wan. However, Anakin says R2 is more than a droid: he is a friend.

### December

* Padmé Amidala travels to Rodia in an attempt to persuade Senator Onaconda Farr, whom she fondly addresses as Uncle Ono since a time when he had helped out her father, to keep his allegiance to the Galactic Republic. She brings along C-3PO and Jar Jar Binks, despite Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's advice to rather take along a bodyguard force.
* But upon arrival, she learns that Onaconda has already pledged allegiance to the Separatists and Viceroy Nute Gunray is delivering supplies as the Republic could not. Already, there are battle droids in his city. The droids shackle Padmé's arms to the wall, as Gunray ordered as a precaution before he personally comes for her.
* Jar Jar and Threepio get into even more trouble when droids come to arrest them. Though Jar Jar's awkwardness with the magnetic crane destroys the droids, he also destroys their ship, ruining their chance to contact help. He puts on a Jedi robe Padmé had stored in the back closet (most likely belonging to Anakin Skywalker), but droids spot them and everyone presumes he's a Jedi. Jar Jar manages to escape to the water down below, where he promptly has to run from a marine monster, while Threepio is taken off to be scrapped.
* Word of a Jedi around gives Padmé an idea: while she bluffs the droids into thinking the Jedi has rescued her already, she slips out of her shackles using a key from her boot, roundhouse kicks the droid, steals its blaster and escapes.
* Padmé rescues Threepio but is dismayed to learn that Jar Jar is the presumed Jedi. She tells Threepio to find a communication station to call for help.
* Meanwhile, Gunray has arrived in his shuttle and tells Onaconda that the supplies will be delivered after Padmé is executed. Onaconda tries to protest but Gunray insists, declaring that Rodia is under his protection now. Onaconda then realizes that he has made a bad mistake siding with the Separatists.
* Jar Jar goes to rescue Padmé, only to be spotted and shot at. He again dives into the water as droids throw down thermal detonators and fire a rocket at him. While swimming away, he runs into the "boogie monster" he met previously, which swallows him up as the rockets are about to explode. Thankfully, the beast saves him thanks to its thick hide, and Jar Jar declares that it is his friend.
* Threepio manages to send out a message before being captured. Gunray has a trio of droidekas line up to execute Padmé and Threepio when Jar Jar and the boogie monster burst up from the swamp.
* In the ensuring chaos, Gunray tries to get away, but his shuttle is pushed into the swamp by the monster and Padmé holds him at gunpoint. Onaconda appears behind Padmé, his own blaster at the ready, and Gunray orders the Rodian to shoot "the Jedi" and then her.
* However, upon seeing Onaconda's expression, Padmé covers for Onaconda, encouraging him to tell Gunray about their "little secret": that Onaconda had planned to trap Gunray all along. Onaconda, picking up on Padmé's invitation, agrees that he is with the Republic and places Gunray under arrest.

#### 26th

* A Republic cruiser arrives with reinforcements to take Gunray away, while Onaconda thanks Jar Jar (whom he calls "Master Bombad") for his assistance, but Jar Jar states he is just a Gungan. Palpatine, via holoprojector, promises supplies to Rodia. Onaconda asks Padmé if she can ever forgive him, but she replies that it is the Republic who should ask him for forgiveness.

## 1963

* Froot Loops are introduced.
* Nutella is first manufactured.

### January

#### 3rd

* Viceroy Gunray has been transferred to the *Tranquility* under Jedi Master Luminara Unduli, where he was to be carefully taken to Coruscant to face trial for war crimes. Ahsoka Tano and a number of Senate Commandos under Captain Faro Argyus had also been transferred.
* Ahsoka does not think that all the extra security is necessary, but Unduli assures her that the Neimoidian is more dangerous than he looks. Unduli suggests that his allies could be conspiring against them.
* Elsewhere, Darth Sidious informs Count Dooku that Gunray poses a significant danger to them and their plans if he is interrogated. Dooku tells him that he has already put a plan into motion. Dooku is sending his assassin and best agent Asajj Ventress, despite her previous failures, to either rescue or silence Gunray. Sidious has doubts but allows him to proceed. Once Sidious is gone, Dooku impresses on Ventress the fact that failure is not an option. Ventress tells him she will prove that she can take down the Jedi.

#### 4th

* Back on the *Tranquility*, Unduli and Ahsoka interrogate the Viceroy. When they get nowhere and the Viceroy refuses to answer their questions, Ahsoka threatens him, only to be chastised by Unduli. Nonetheless, the threats coerce Gunray to start talking.
* A swarm of Vulture Droids escorting three Separatist boarding ships attack the *Tranquility*. Super battle droids assault the Cruiser and easily kill almost all of the first wave of clones.
* After the shooting stops, Ventress enters the hanger. She saw one clone who was still alive struggling to right himself. The clone spot her and Ventress ignites her lightsaber and charge at him. The trooper fire a few shots off but Ventress easily deflects them. Before the trooper could relay a message, Ventress decapitates the clone in a single stroke and stole his communications equipment off of his headless body so she could listen in on the clones' movements.
* Commander Gree, a squad of Green Company, and Unduli go off to deal with the droids, leaving Ahsoka to guard Gunray. Ventress infiltrates the engine room and plants a number of thermal charges on the cruiser's generators before going to the brig. The Super Battle Droids are destroyed, leaving Ventress the last enemy on board. She duels Ahsoka for a short while before ironically locking her in Gunray's cell. Luckily, Unduli's timely arrival prevents Ventress from rescuing Gunray.
* The assassin detonates the charges, rocking the ship before fleeing down the elevator shaft. Unduli goes after Ventress, confident that she can defeat the assassin, leaving Ahsoka again, in spite of the Padawan's insistence that Ventress is too dangerous for any one Jedi to combat. Argyus advises Ahsoka to do what she thinks is right, Gree tells her she should just follow orders. Gunray simply states "All I know is I never risk my own skin if I don't have to", to which Ahsoka, Gree, and Argyus all glare at him. Ahsoka goes to help Unduli.
* In the generator room, Ventress and Unduli duel: Unduli is swiftly outmatched as Ventress, outraged because Unduli is taunting her fighting style as a sloppy, amateurish and unrefined imitation of Dooku's, overpowers Unduli and traps her under a number of collapsed pipes. Ahsoka makes a timely save only for Ventress to escape again. She then press a button that activates a signal.
* Back in the brig, Argyus receives the signal and betrays his fellow commandos and frees Gunray, revealing that he was bribed by Dooku to help rescue the viceroy. Commander Gree manages to overpower him after a brief fight. Gree asks Argyus why he's doing this. Argyus tells him he wanted a life filled with more than empty servitude, which he says a clone wouldn't understand. He says he did what he thinks is right, and dives for his blaster. Gree intercepts him and knocks him out. Gree prepares to kill the turncoat. However, he fails to account for Nute Gunray.
* The Nemoidian picks up a blaster and struck the clone in the back of the head. The blow instantly knocks Gree unconscious . They make their escape on the docked Republic ship in the lower hangar, joined by Ventress, who uses an escape pod. Argyus gloats that he will take most of the glory in his report to Count Dooku, but Ventress impales him, killing the turncoat.
* Later, Unduli and Ahsoka report to Yoda and Anakin Skywalker about the loss. They are told that they may be able to track the stolen ship. Ahsoka leaves to join Skywalker with Kit Fisto's fleet, but not before receiving an apology from Unduli for not having listened to her monition about Ventress.

#### 5th

* Once alerted of Nute Gunray's escape, Jedi Master Kit Fisto and his former apprentice Nahdar Vebb follow the tracking beacon of his stolen ship to Vassek. The Jedi and their squad of clones find a secret door to the castle, and Fisto finds a way to open it. They attempt to sneak up on Viceroy Gunray, but all they find is a gloating hologram of the Neimoidian. It soon turns into a hologram of Dooku, who informs the party that although it can't get Gunray, he will offer an alternative prize.
* Dooku soon contacts General Grievous and warns him that his ongoing stalemate in the war has become unacceptable and that Darth Sidious wants more dramatic results including more dead Jedi.
* Upon discovering that the castle is the lair of Grievous, Fisto devises a plan to ambush Grievous as soon as he arrives.
* After landing his ship inside the castle, Grievous is confronted by the Jedi and the clones. A skirmish breaks out and Grievous's legs are chopped off above the knees. As Grievous escapes, he kills two more clones before retreating to his control room to undergo repairs from his medic droid, EV-A4-D, and order his MagnaGuards to lock down the perimeter.
* Meanwhile, Fisto, Vebb and the remainder of their clone squad try to retreat from the castle, but Grievous locks it down. Fil tells the clones outside, Niner and Bel to contact the fleet at Bestine to bring reinforcements, but unfortunately, the MagnaGuards blow up the clones' transport to cut off their escape and to prevent communications with the fleet. They also attempt to destroy Fisto's starfighter and his droid, R6-H5, but Fisto tells the astromech to get out of the area, and R6 manages to pilot the fighter away from danger.
* As they explore the fortress, a trapdoor on the floor opens beneath them and one of the clones is killed in the molten incinerator vat below. Fisto and Vebb jump in time to avoid it, and Clone Commander "Fil," uses a cable to cling to the side of the pit and climb up. After being taunted by an hologram of Grievous, they meet Grievous' pet roggwart, Gor. In a short battle, Fisto kills Gor, though Fil is also killed during the fight, an event that makes Vebb vengeful.
* After Grievous is repaired, he decides to check if Gor has killed the Jedi, only to find that Gor is dead. He is then contacted by Count Dooku. This time the Count confirms to Grievous that this is a test for him since his defeats by the Jedi have shaken Dooku's faith in the general. He decides to play along, and he and his guards go hunting.
* Fisto and Vebb soon find the entrance to Grievous' control room, but as they try to sneak in, Vebb chooses to confront Grievous instead, despite Fisto trying to convince him otherwise. In the midst of their argument, EV-A4-D locks Fisto away from Vebb and the Mon Calamari Jedi skillfully defeats all four of Grievous's guards. Since Fisto is locked in the control room, unable to help Vebb, he finds EV-A4-D and cuts him in half. Vebb proceeds to attack Grievous, but the general shoots and kills the young Jedi. Fisto calls for R6-H5 to meet him at the south landing platform.
* After an intense lightsaber duel with Grievous, Fisto starts to gain the upper hand, but some of Grievous' MagnaGuards arrive, which turns the odds against him. As R6-H5 arrives with his starfighter, Fisto escapes and returns to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
* Meanwhile, Dooku contacts Grievous, who tells Dooku how he has beaten the Jedi. Dooku already expected victory over the young Jedi and the clones, but says to best a Jedi Master is a worthy accomplishment. Grievous then clarifies to Dooku that Fisto got away. Dooku, disappointed, tells Grievous that there is room for improvement on his part, angering Grievous.
* Back at Coruscant, Kit Fisto reports to Yoda and Mace Windu the events of his mission. He tells them, "Nahdar's heart was in the right place, but he tried to match Grievous' power with his own." Yoda says that "in this war, a danger there is of losing who we are."

#### 23rd

* Anakin Skywalker allows himself to be captured by a *Munificent*-class star frigate, commanded by Count Dooku in an ice field near Vanqor. Once inside the ship's hangar, he puts up a fight in order to make his capture look convincing. He is defeated and taken to a prison cell.

#### 24th

* Obi-Wan Kenobi infiltrates Dooku's ship to release him in order to help apprehend the Count. Dooku escapes in his solar sailer with the two Jedi on his tail in a *Sheathipede*-class transport shuttle. Direct hits on the solar sailor force the Count to make an emergency landing in a wilderness on the nearest planet. When the Jedi suffer a hit from a droid fighter, they are force to crash land, as well.
* The two Jedi begin to hunt for Dooku in a nearby cave, but the Dark Lord of the Sith ambushes them by causing a sudden collapse in the cave ceiling, causing Anakin to lose his lightsaber, which Dooku retrieves. This distraction allows Dooku an opportunity to exit and seal the cave with Anakin and Obi-Wan still inside.
* While the Jedi try to find a way out, Dooku comes upon Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang salvaging his ship. Outnumbered and stranded, the Count considers his options and chooses to accompany the pirate gang on their ship off the planet. Upon arrival, Dooku discovers that both lightsabers have been removed from his belt. The pirates take him prisoner, hoping to get a ransom from either the Separatists or the Republic.
* Meanwhile, the Jedi inadvertently disturb "the mother of all gundarks" in the cave as they are trying to find their out. Finding the gundark leads them to conclude that they are on Vanqor. After rendering the gundark unconscious, they nearly succumb to poison gas released from a trapped pocket in the cave just as Ahsoka Tano and a detachment of clone troopers uncover the cave entrance.

#### 25th

* After Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and representatives receive a message from Hondo Ohnaka concerning a reward for the capture of Count Dooku, at the suggestion of Senator Padmé Amidala, the Jedi High Council assigns Anakin and Obi-Wan to meet with the pirates to verify that they do indeed have the Count in custody, agreeing to the condition that they must arrive unarmed. Upon arriving in the *Twilight*, the Jedi are met at gunpoint and escorted to Hondo, who arranges a meeting with their prisoner.
* After Anakin and Obi-Wan enter Dooku's cell and subtly mock his current imprisonment, Dooku relishes in the thought that the Jedi would soon join him in captivity. The Count warns that the Weequay are "devious and deceitful, and most importantly...stupid" and that the Jedi "underestimated them at their own peril."
* Upon leaving Dooku's cell, the Jedi are "invited" to attend a banquet in the pirate gang's grand hall, which the Weequay had no intention of letting the Jedi miss. Informing Mace Windu and Palpatine that Dooku was indeed being securely held by the pirates, Palpatine told them that he was sending Senator Kharrus and Representative Binks with the ransom in exchange for the Sith Lord.
* The Jedi take their seat at the banquet and are provided with refreshments: drugged beverages. As Hondo made a toast to a successful transaction, the two Jedi switch their drinks with those of the Weequay and Nikto sitting next to them, returning the toast to an "alliance" with "powerful pirates and...new friends."
* As their Weequay neighbors pass out from the drugged drinks that were switched on them, Anakin reflects on how drunken pirates were able to capture the Count when the Jedi could not. Obi-Wan tells him not to be too proud to accept the gift that came their way, whereupon Anakin makes a toast to unexpected gifts.

#### 26th

* Anakin and Obi-Wan wake up in the pirates' prison cell, having been drugged the night before despite their precautions. They also discover that not only is their cellmate Count Dooku, but the three of them are chained together, making escape far more difficult due to mutual and unpleasant antipathy.
* Meanwhile, Jar Jar Binks and Senator Kharrus fly to the Weequay pirates' lair with a bounty of spice on board as a ransom for Dooku. They are accompanied by Commander Stone and five additional clones.
* Turk Falso questions Hondo's decision to offer Dooku to the Republic, since he thinks dealing with the Separatists would have been more profitable. Hondo responds that the Separatist would have sent a droid army instead of the desired ransom. Unfortunately, Turk disagrees, and chooses to go behind Hondo's back and have his men shoot down the shuttle to sack the ransom for himself. The two pilots and Kharrus die in the resulting crash, and Jar Jar subsequently gets unintentional command of the surviving clone crew.
* With no choice but to work together, the two Jedi and the Sith try to escape to the hangar, but are caught and re-incarcerated after being spotted by Pilf. Obi-Wan then uses a mind trick to compel the guard to let them out for a second escape attempt. Unfortunately, while trying to pole-vault over the base's outer wall, Dooku's chain is shot; Obi-Wan grabs him, and Anakin is forced to lift up all three men much to his frustration; they are re-captured by Hondo while still hanging from the wall.
* Turk leads his band to hunt the survivors of the Republic delegation near the acid geysers. After a brief skirmish, Jar Jar has the clones jump into a geyser, making the Weequays decide to let the acid kill them. Jar Jar is extremely confident, as the local fauna's behavior determines when a geyser is about to erupt, which ultimately saves the group's lives.
* Returning to the wreckage of the shuttle, they find that the spice ransom is gone. Though the clones recommend waiting for reinforcements, an impatient Jar Jar plans to go after the pirates, riding the skalders to catch up. They intercept and defeat the pirates, and with the spice back in hand, they follow a series of power supply lines straight to the pirate base.
* Upon his return to the base, Turk lies to Hondo, saying that the Republic brought an army to free the Jedi, and suggests dispatches tanks to counterattack. Hondo reluctantly agrees, saying that he will deal with the Jedi himself. The tanks depart and are quickly spotted by Jar Jar, who alerts the clones. Commander Stone sends Jar Jar to "negotiate," knowing that the Gungan's ineptitude will be useful.
* Hondo becomes increasingly annoyed with the Jedi, particularly Anakin's brash comments. Believing that negotiation has already failed, he tortures Anakin and Obi-Wan with electrical currents, while Dooku remains locked in his cell.
* As the pirates take him hostage, Jar Jar accidentally rams one tank into another, causing both tanks to collide with the power supply lines and subsequently shutting down the power grid. The Weequays attempt to kill him, only for the clones to hold them at gunpoint.
* When the power outage hits the base, the Jedi and Dooku separately take the opportunity to escape. Dooku kills Turk and takes off in a ship.
* Anakin and Obi-Wan retrieve their lightsabers and take Hondo hostage before meeting Jar Jar outside. Obi-Wan tells Anakin to let Hondo go, as they don't have any quarrel with him since Dooku had escaped. Hondo commends the Jedi on their honor, but Obi-Wan reminds him that Dooku is likely to seek revenge on him, before the *Twilight* takes off.

### February

#### 12th

* Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka's fleet go to assist the fleet of Jedi Knight Aayla Secura, which is being heavily damaged by three *Munificent*-class star frigates. The Separatist droid commander, a tactical droid, sees an opening as the frigates dispatch rocket droids onto her ship's hull. Anakin and Ahsoka arrive just in time, their ship launching three gunships. The rocket droids take notice and fly off to intercept. Anakin leaps onto one of the droids to dive right into Secura's damaged destroyer, the *Liberty*, as his Padawan and troops when the gunship crashes. They rendezvous with Aayla, before making their way to a cruiser in the lower docking bay.
* However, the Separatist Tactical Droid orders the destruction of the remainder of Aayla's Fleet, and the massed laser fire causes an explosion to rip right towards the escaping group of clones and Jedi. Anakin Force-Pushes the others to safety, then attempts to use The Force to telekinetically maintain the integrity of a bulkhead he closed to ward off the explosion. He fails to restrain the full concussive force of the explosion, which hurls him into the bulkhead behind him, severely injuring him. Ahsoka manages to haul him out, and they get on the cruiser.
* However, before they can dock at the *Resolute* to give Anakin medical attention, fire from droid fighters knocks out one of the pilots, accidentally activating the hyperdrive. The cruiser quickly detaches from the *Resolute*, then shoots off to hyperspace; Yularen orders his men to finish the battle before going after the cruiser.
* In hyperspace, the cruiser is set to run into a nearby star. Risking Anakin's life, Aayla orders all power systems, including life support, to be shut down to reset the navicomputer, which brings them out of hyperspace. However, the loss of gravity makes it difficult to restart power. Aayla uses the Force to flip the power switch, enabling them to circle the star, but their speed sends them crashing into the nearby planet of Maridun. Once they crash land, they set up a camp from some of their wrecked ship's parts.
* Aayla says they must find help for Anakin; Ahsoka states that she and Rex will stay behind but Aayla states that they must work together. Bly finds a tablet with a carving of a tree, implying that there may be sentient life on the planet. Rex promises to watch after Anakin, while the others go search for help. Along the way, Aayla senses Ahsoka's confusion over the Jedi code of no attachment and that they are supposed to be compassionate at the same time. Aayla tells her that she was close to her master but in time, she learned to let him go.
* Aayla's group finds a giant tree that was depicted in the tablet. However, giant seedpods come falling down on them from the trees but no one is hit/hurt by them. Aayla notices a trail made from dragged-away seedpods, and they follow the trail.
* Back at the camp, something is watching Rex and Anakin. Hearing rustling in the bushes, Rex goes to check it out. As Anakin finally comes to, he senses something and tries to get up but collapses. He manages to tell Rex that there is something behind him. He turns around and a mastiff phalone attacks him. He manages to scare it off with his blaster.
* In a clearing, two more of the beasts attack the group, killing Cameron, Lucky, and Flash before being scared off.

#### 13th

* Aayla, Ahsoka, and Bly soon find a village of Lurmen who had settled on the planet, far away from the war. The village elder, Tee Watt Kaa refuses to aid them, fearing that destruction will break the peace they already have. However, at Ahsoka's request, he does allow his son, Wag Too, to help them bring Anakin back to the village for medical support. But he requests that only one Jedi is to go with him and that Bly should follow. Ahsoka and Bly go back with Wag Too in their company, while Aayla remains behind as insurance.
* In a homestead, Aayla and the elder discuss the war. Aayla says that they did not start the war and only hope to bring peace back to the galaxy; the elder says that he doesn't see a difference as to who started it. Only by laying down their arms on both sides can they hope to achieve peace.
* At the camp, Anakin senses more creatures nearby and stands to fight. Two emerge from the bushes, ready to strike. As they charge, Rex shoots one of them, but the other rams between them. Luckily, the others arrive in time; Wag Too uses rope to bind the creature, but tells Ahsoka not to kill it, merely to topple it. They pull on the rope, bringing the creature down on its side. They then bring Anakin back to the village, where Wag Too uses healing oil on Anakin.
* Outside the village, Ahsoka acknowledges to Aayla that she was right; if she had stayed with Anakin, then they would have never found the village in time to save him. However, their only concern is getting off this planet and they hope that Yularen can find them soon.

#### 16th

* As Anakin recovers from his injuries obtained during the Battle of Quell, Rex spots a Separatist dropship which descends near the Lurmen village. Tee Watt Kaa goes to meet the newcomers, while the Jedi escape, to avoid the Lurmen having to pay the price for their presence.
* The Separatist commander, Lok Durd imposes his "protection" upon the Lurmens and orders the village to be ransacked to secure his "new colony". The Jedi, Rex and Bly retreat into the tall grass; Wag Too sends his friend Tub after them to watch their departure from the planet.
* In the tall grass, the Jedi and clones recover and discuss the Lurmen's beliefs. Unfortunately, they are overheard by a scout droid which rushes off to inform the base, but after a long chase Aayla intercepts it and slices it in half. Wondering where it was going, they climb a giant tree and notice a recently built, heavily guarded Separatist communication base. Anakin notices a shuttle, but the base is too well guarded. Also, they see the Separatists deploying some form of artillery, which Rex and Bly decide to scout up.
* Lok announces to his droids that he had developed a defoliator, capable of destroying organic life while leaving non-organics unharmed. The weapon is test-fired, leaving the droids assigned to the test intact, but destroying the local vegetation in a wide area and almost Rex and Bly as well. Lok declares the test a success, but Count Dooku, speaking with Lok via hologram, suggests that it would be best to test the defoliator on living targets, like the Lurmen.
* Anakin predicts that the Separatists are headed for the Lurmen, so he tells everyone that they will take out the communications station, steal the shuttle and then return to help the Lurmen. Ahsoka points out that Tee Watt Kaa didn't want their help; Anakin justifies that there is a difference between pulling innocents into a war and leaving them to extinction. At an adjourning tree, Tub tells a carrier butterfly to inform Wag Too about the Separatists.
* As night falls, the Jedi and clones infiltrate the base and take out any battle droids in their way, with Rex, Bly, and Anakin taking out three droids in a Separatist command center, while one of the droids was asking for a report from 4724. The group eventually take the shuttle and two shield generators with them, and return to the Lurmen village, informing them about the impending attack. However, Tee Watt Kaa refuses to fight, holding onto their people's beliefs even if it means their death, despite Wag Too's pleas that they must at least defend themselves.
* The Jedi and clones use giant pods to build a barricade around the village and set up the shield generators, despite Tee Watt Kaa's stubborn protests. A defoliator round is fired at the village, but the shield protects the village, which forces Lok to send his battle droids forward. The Jedi and clones then go outside to meet their foes.
* They manage to fend off the first wave, but the second and third waves of droids get behind the shield and destroy the generators.
* Defying his father, Wag Too and his friends engage the droids, toppling them down to be decapitated. Meanwhile, Anakin destroys the defoliator cannon and slices his way to Lok, capturing him through levitation.

#### 17th

* As Anakin and his companions prepare to leave, Wag Too and Tee Watt Kaa offer their thanks. However, the elder says, "I still wonder, at what cost?" as the *Resolute* and two other Republic cruisers appear in the sky.

### March

#### 6th

A force of Republic clone troops under the guidance of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Captain Rex lands on the iced-up planet of Orto Plutonia to investigate the disappearance of a local clone trooper force. In their company are also C-3PO and R2-D2, along with a party of Pantoran dignitaries which include Senator Riyo Chuchi and Chairman Chi Cho, who uses his political leverage over the Jedi to get what he wants. Despite Orto Plutonia being an ice world apparently devoid of sentient life, Chi Cho vehemently declares that, since it is within the boundaries of the Pantora system, Plutonia is technically considered Pantoran territory. Obi-Wan tells Chairman Cho that the decision would be for the Galactic Senate decide.

Obi-Wan and Rex check out the local Republic base to find all clone troopers dead, but the consoles untouched. Soon they find a nearby Separatist base, but the droid crew there has also been destroyed, raising suspicion that a third party is behind both killings; the only clues to their identity are a footprint in the snow and a brief image on a holographically recorded distress call.

Back at the Republic base, Riyo Chuchi voices her doubts about Separatists being responsible for the raid, since the evidence is inconsistent with that theory, but Chi Cho stubbornly refuses to give in to such a violent enemy, no matter who it may be.

Anakin and Obi-Wan follow their clues to a nearby canyon, where they spot light reflections. Soon afterwards, they do meet primitive but sentient inhabitants, the Talz. Despite the language barrier, Obi-Wan and Anakin manage to make clear that their mission is for peace, and they arrange a meeting between the Pantorans and the Talz. When they deliver the news, Chairman Chi Cho arrogantly refuses to believe that the Talz can be considered a sentient race and calls them trespassers and animals, stating that Pantora hasn't found a slight bit of life on the planet in all their history. Riyo Chuchi tries to mediate, telling that it is for the Senate to decide this matter, but to no avail.

Upon arrival at the meeting place, the Talz chieftain, Thi-Sen, politely asks that the Galactic Republic leave them in peace and withdrawal all presence from Orto Plutonia. However, Chi Cho still refuses to accept the Talz as sentients and arrogantly declares Plutonia as sovereign Pantoran property, deliberately provoking a war. In order to gain sanctity for his actions, he declares this to be an internal affair of Pantora. Anakin and Obi-Wan appeal to Riyo Chuchi to find a way to resolve this political matter diplomatically. She contacts the Speaker of the Pantoran Assembly, who grants her the authority to negotiate peace and declares the Chairman out of order.

However, this solution comes a bit too late; while returning to their base, Chi Cho and his escort are ambushed by a Talz war party, forcing them to fight. Chairman Cho is severely weakened by a spear in his back. Anakin, Obi-Wan and Senator Chuchi arrive just in time to save Cho, Rex and the remaining escort from being overrun, but even with his last breath, Cho insists on killing the Talz for the 'good' of his people as his final command. Chuchi politely declines, informing him of the Assembly's decision. Dumbfounded that he was overruled and that his people prefer peace, claiming that he died for them, Chi expires. Senator Chuchi pursues a peaceful approach and manages to cease hostilities, conceding sovereignty of Plutonia to the Talz. As she and the Jedi board a gunship, Obi-Wan requests that to maintain peace, she should make it last.

### October

#### 1st

* Anton Vanko, father of Ivan Vanko, defects to the United States of America.

#### 22nd

* Orchestrated by HYDRA and the Soviet Union, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by the Winter Soldier in Dallas, Texas, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson takes his place.

### December

#### 18th

* William Bradley Pitt, later known as Brad Pitt, is born.

### January

#### 1st

* Stark World Exposition is held in conjunction with the World's Fair at Flushing Meadows, New York City.

#### 7th

* Nicolas Kim Coppola, later known as Nicolas Cage, is born.

### July

#### 8th

* Phil Coulson is born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

### August

* Carol Danvers is born to Joseph Danvers and his wife.

### October

* Anton Vanko works on Arc Reactor technology with Howard Stark in what was known as "The Unity Project".

#### 12th

* Trevor Slattery performs his first role as Boatswain #1 in William Shakespeare's play *The Tempest*.

### December

#### 17th

* *Mary Poppins* is released in the United Kingdom.

## 1965

* The Mamas and the Papas are formed.
* The Battle of Coruscant occurs.
* Senators concerned with the Chancellor's growing powers join the Delegation of 2,000 and take part in the Cantham House meetings hosted by Senator Bail Organa. Key figures at Cantham House include Padmé Amidala and Mon Mothma, who sign the Petition of 2,000 requesting Chancellor Palpatine's relinquishment of his emergency powers
* The Battle of Kashyyyk occurs, as does the Battle of Utapau.
* The duel in Palpatine's office occurs. Anakin Skywalker is anointed Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith. Per the Supreme Chancellor's command, Order 66 is executed by clones throughout the galaxy, spelling the end of nearly all Jedi.
* Maul, Ahsoka Tano, and Rex escapes from the clone forces sent to Mandalore. Tano and Rex fake their own deaths and part ways. The latter eventually joins fellow clones Wolffe and Gregor on Seelos.
* The Sith Empire is restored as the Republic is reorganized into the First Galactic Empire by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine—secretly the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious—who declares himself Galactic Emperor and restrains the powers of the new Imperial Senate.
* The duel on Mustafar occurs, as does the duel in the Galactic Senate.
* Skywalkers Luke and Leia are born to Padmé Amidala on Polis Massa. Amidala dies after childbirth, though she remains adamant that there is still good in her husband. In order to protect the Skywalker twins from the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi leaves Luke with Anakin's stepbrother Owen Lars on Tatooine while Bail Organa adopts Leia into the Alderaanian royal house.
* The funeral of Padmé Amidala is held on Naboo.
* Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda go into exile on Tatooine and Dagobah respectively. Kenobi is tasked with ensuring the future of the Jedi by watching over Luke Skywalker, while Yoda uses Dagobah's strength in the Living Force to ponder ancient Jedi texts and the mysteries of the Force, as well as to communicate with other Jedi exiles and monitor the Skywalker twins.

#### 31st

* Joanne Rowling, later known as J. K. Rowling, is born.

### June

#### 26th

* Anton Vanko is accused of espionage and deported as a spy. Howard Stark takes full credit for the Arc Reactor technology and Obadiah Stane convinces him to take Stark Industries back into weapons development.

#### 27th

* Anton Vanko returns to the Soviet Union but is sent to exile in Siberia for two decades.

### August

* Riots in New York City lead to the news broadcasting the phrase nightly, "It's 10PM. Do you know where your children are?"

### December

* *Dear Mr. Fantasy* by Traffic is released.

### July

* Nick Fury enlists as a soldier straight after leaving high school.

### September

* The New Yardbirds, later known as Led Zeppelin, are formed.

### October

#### 29th

* The song *Hooked a Feeling* by Mark James is released.

## 1969

* The Tic Tac mints brand is introduced.
* Nerf becomes available.

### March

#### 28th

* Former Five-Star General and President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower dies.

### July

#### 20th

* The United States' Apollo 11 takes flight, and it becomes the first manned mission to land on the Moon.

### November

#### 10th

* *Sesame Street* airs its first episode.

### December

#### 18th

* Bruce Banner is born.