The Clone Wars

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The Clone Wars was a major six year long conflict during the finale years of the Galactic Republic.

## History

### Background

Following the Stark-Hyperspace War which was a brief conflict in the year 44BBY, The Republic officially demilitarized in response to public protest. This caused an opening during the Invasion of Naboo in the year of 32BBY when for the first time the Republic was directly called upon to enact military action against the Trade Federation who were blockading the planet illegally over a trade dispute with Naboo's Queen Amidala. The Supreme Chancellor at the time, Finis Valorum stated privately to Jedi Master Qui Gon Jinn that he could not make actions due to the unbalanced powers corporations such as the Trade Federation and their peers had in the Galactic Congress. The Queen then called upon a vote of no confidence for Chancellor Valorum which then put Naboo native Sheev Palpatine in power after a brief election once the Naboo crisis was over.

A few months later a Jedi Master known as Dooku left the Jedi order after learning that a supposed Sith had killed Qui Gon who had once been Dookus's apprentice. He went on a hunt for revenge to find the Sith's master. This eventually led him to the mysterious Darth Sidious who convinced Dooku to become his new apprentice. Dooku's first test was to hunt down and kill Jedi Master Syfo Dyas who had been similarly trying to discover Sidious's identity. Dooku murdered him and was gifted a red blade along with another mission to go to the secret world of Kamino and request a clone army under Dyas's name from the native Kaminoans.

Meanwhile, with Chancellor Palpatine's anti-corruption reforms, mass nationalization of different industries, the removal of organizations from congress, and the banning of slavery, many systems grew angry. Political Idealists who were against the Republic's current style of government began to join forces with major banking and industrialist leaders as well as Slavers. This saw the start of The Separatist Crisis which was then taken over by Dooku who did not reveal his new Sith intentions. Dooku had recently returned to his home and officially collected the riches from his father's estate and had begun funding the creation of Battle Droids on the planets of Geonosis and Hypori among others.

In 25bby, the now Senator Padmé Amidala who was a staunch Anti-Separatist began to receive death threats and assassination attempts that led to the death of several of her handmaidens. This culminated in the senator and the Jedi discovering the foundry on Geonosis, this led to the first battle of the war and the discovery of the Clone Army.

### The First Year

The war started quickly with dozens of systems turning to the Confederacy either by force or by will each day, the weakened Republic appointed Jedi Masters and Knights as Generals to clone units to war in the conflict, notable battles on Mon Calamari, Geonosis, and Rodia occurred. This year also saw the return of the Pykes, the death of Jango Fett, the promotion of Anakin Skywalker to Jedi Knight, and several conflicts with the Hutts and Black Sun.

### The Second Year

With the Confederacy being pushed back, this year saw a rough stalemate, though it did also see the start of the War for Mandalore and the near collapse of the Black Sun.

### The Third Year

The year of 23BBY saw the Confederacy gain the upper hand with new weapons such as the Malevolence and the Super Tank .

### The Fourth Year

This year saw the direct collapse of several Confederate industries and the majority of civilian causalities during the war.

### The Fifth Year

The Confederacy is pushed back largely to stronghold worlds in the outer rim.

### The Sixth Year

The Outer rim sieges, Operation Durge's Lance, and the Battles of Cato Neimoidia and Coruscant all occur, near the end of the year General Grievous, Count Dooku, The Separatist Council, a majority of the Jedi Order, and many more are killed and the first Galactic Empire is declared.