Attack of the Zillo Beast

The **Attack of the Zillo Beast** (also known as the **Zillo Beast Incident**) was a battle from *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*. It deals with the Republic fighting against an ancient giant creature called the Zillo Beast. The Battle takes place in the Season 2 episodes, "The Zillo Beast" and "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back."

## History

### Background

It all started with creatures called the Zillo Beasts which were an ancient race of creatures that lived on the planet, Malastare. They were known for eating the ancestors of the Dugs who lived on Malastare when they started harvesting fuel from the planet's core. The Zillo Beasts were also invulnerable due to their impenetrable skin structure but they could also be killed by the Dugs using the fuel since it's apparently toxic to them. Somehow the Zillo Beasts were all driven to extinction but one somehow survived and slept under the planet's crust while the Dugs' ancestors foretold that one day a Zillo Beast would return and destroy them all. But years later during the Clone Wars, the fight between the Republic and the Separatists went to Malastare with both sides attempting to claim the planet for its fuel. The Republic was able to defeat the Separatist Droid Army using a powerful electro-photon bomb that could only affect droids which was created by a Republic scientist named Dr. Sionver Boll and was approved by Chancellor Palpatine. However, in the process of using the bomb, it created a large sinkhole in the ground and woke up the sleeping Zillo Beast. Which the Republic and Dugs discovered while Jedi Master, Mace Windu was leading a rescue team of Clone Troopers to find some of the other Clone Troopers who fell into the sinkhole.

### The Battle

Windu and the rescue team are able to escape the sinkhole with the rescued Clone Troopers on a gunship then Anakin tries fighting off the Zillio Beast using his Starfighter and then with his Lightsaber but they had no effect on it. So he escapes the sinkhole by running across the Zillo Beast and onto R2-D2 while he is flying to also escape the sinkhole. After they both get to safety and regroup with Windu and the Clone Troopers, the Dug leader, Doge Nakha Urus reveals to them about the Zillo Beast. The Dugs try fighting off the Zillo Beast using their weapons but have no effect against it then Windu confronts Nakha Urus about attacking it and claims that he wants to protect the Zillo Beast since it is the last of its kind. However, Nakha Urus wants to fight off and kill the Zillo Beast for the protection of his people and claims that if Windu and the Clone Troopers won't help them then the Dugs won't sign the treaty for the Republic. So the Anakin, Windu, Dr. Boll, and Chancellor Palpatine come up with a plan to help the Dugs fight off the Zillo Beast. However, they will short-circuit its nervous system which will put it to sleep and make the Dugs think the Zillo Beast is dead which will secure the treaty between them and the Republic. Then the Republic can take the Zillo Beast away to another planet with Dr. Boll wanting to study it in an attempt to duplicate its impenetrable armor. However, the Dugs try to kill the Zillo Beast by flooding the sinkhole with their fuel but it only causes the Zillo Beast to get angry and climb up the sinkhole where it attacks them. Anakin, Windu, and the Clone Troopers try fighting it off with their tanks but they have no effect on the Zillo Beast but they are able to tire it out and put it to sleep thus allowing the Republic to take it away and secure the treaty with the Dugs. However, instead of moving it to another world, Chancellor Palpatine orders the Zillo Beast to be taken back to Coruscant for further scientific study in a controlled environment to unlock its secrets in order to make a new form of armor for the Clone Army. The Zillo Beast is taken to Coruscant despite Windu's troubles and claims that bringing it to Coruscant is a mistake then Windu turns the Zillo Beast over to Dr. Boll who starts to perform tests on it. She theorizes that they could use the Zillo Beast's scales to help reinforce the Clone armor but in order to do that they will have to remove its scales so Chancellor Palpatine decides to kill it, despite Dr. Boll's protests. Palpatine orders Dr. Boll to use some fuel from Malastare to kill the Zillo Beast and even states that if she can't then she will be replaced. Meanwhile, Senator Padme and Obi-Wan try to convince Anakin to get Chancellor Palpatine to let the Zillo Beast go which he accepts but their attempts to convince Palpatine fail. However, during Dr. Boll's attempt to kill the Zillo Beast with a poisonous gas made from the fuel of Malastare, the Zillo Beast breaks free after absorbing nearby electricity and attacks the city of Coruscant. Dr. Boll contacts Chancellor Palpatine about the Zillo Beats and tells him that she needs time to make more gas from the fuel of Malastare to stop it. Padme then tells C-3PO to evacuate all the Coruscant staff to the underground shelters while Anakin orders Captain Rex to help Obi-Wan stop the Zillo Beast. But while the Jedi and the Clone Troopers fight off and try to stop the Zillo Beast on gunships it heads for the Senate Building then when it arrives Palpatine, Anakin, Padme, C-3PO, and R2-D2 try to evacuate to the lower levels. But while they are all about to evacuate the Senate Building on a ship, Dr. Doll contacts Palpatine telling him that the gas is ready and has been given to the Clone Troopers to use as bombs. But when the ship takes off the Zillo Beast captures it so Anakin tries to save everyone by cutting the ship in half, while Yoda and Aalya Secura distract the Zillo Beast by fighting it off to give Anakin more time. After Anakin cuts the ship in half, everyone falls out of the ship half and slides down the Senate Building where Anakin saves Padme and R2-D2 saves himself and C-3PO but the other half of the ship still has Chancellor Palpatine and the Clone Trooper pilot in it which is caught by Windu and Obi-Wan using the Force. the Jedi and the Clone Troopers continue fighting off the Zillo Beast but have no match against it due to its indestructible skin. The Zillo Beast tries to get Palpatine but he is saved by R2-D2 under orders from Anakin while the Clone Trooper pilot is crushed by the Zillo Beast then everyone tries to escape from it. Palpatine then orders the Clone Troopers to use the gas bombs on the Zillo Beast with their gunships which succeeds in killing it and saves Coruscant. While Anakin, Yoda, and Aalya use the Force to shield themselves and everyone else from the gas.

### Aftermath

With the Zillo Beast now dead the entire species is now extinct and its dead body is taken away but Chancellor Palpatine gives Dr. Boll new orders to clone the Zillo Beast. Years later during the early days of the the Empire, a young Zillo Beast was successfully cloned but during an Imperial trip back to the Empire's science base on the planet, Weyland the Zillo Beast broke free, killed the crew, and damaged the Star Destroyer it was one. The Star Destroyer crash-landed on an unknown planet where it escaped and wreaked havoc on a nearby village. However, the Empire was able to subdue and capture the Zillo Beast then brought it to Weyland.

## Belligerents

### Republic

* Chancellor Palpatine
* Anakin Skywalker
* Senator Pademe Amidala
* R2-D2
* C-3PO
* Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Mace Windu
* Yoda
* Aayla Secura
* Dr. Sionver Boll
* Captain Rex
* Nakha Urus
* Dugs
* Clone Troopers

### Other

* Mas Amedda
* Senator Bail Organa
* Senator Mon Mothma
* Senator Riyo Chuchi
* Senator Zinn Paulness
* Senator Kin Robb
* Senator Silood
* Senator Orn Free Taa
* People of Coruscant

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