Clone Wars

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This article is about a fictional conflict. For the television series, please see Star Wars: Clone Wars. For the video game, please see Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

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In the fictional Star Wars saga, the Clone Wars, (also known as the Clone War) were a series of intragalactic battles in the Star Wars galaxy that took place from 22 BBY to 19 BBY. The Clone Wars were featured in the second and third episodes of the six-part movie series: Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, respectively.

They were first mentioned in a message from Leia Organa to Obi-Wan Kenobi and in a brief conversation between Kenobi and Luke Skywalker in the fourth chapter of the saga, A New Hope. The Clone Wars were more thoroughly explored, however in the Expanded Universe comics, novels, games, and animated series.

The three-year war began with the epic Battle of Geonosis and ended during the Great Jedi Purge, the Separatist Massacre on Mustafar, and the establishment of the tyrannical Galactic Empire, with the abolishment of the democratic Galactic Republic.

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Origins

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The origins of the war go back as far as the Invasion of Theed/Battle of Naboo, when the Trade Federation invaded the planet of Naboo, but the real tension began with the Separatist Crisis, which started about two years before Attack of the Clones (24 BBY) on Geonosis and mainly consisted of the Galactic Republic's debates regarding the Separatists. Throughout the two years, many star systems seceded from the Republic, increasing tension until the war began.

Palpatine (or Darth Sidious) had engineered the Clone Wars conflict in order to facilitate his own rise to power and form the Galactic Empire and his rule as Emperor. He played both opposing sides against each other, as a Republic Senator (and later Chancellor) advocating more centralized powers to keep the Republic together, and as his alter-ego Darth Sidious by advising the Separatists. Palpatine ultimately used the Clone War to gain more power in the Senate, eventually enabling him to abolish it. Another objective of the Clone Wars was to wipe out the Jedi who upheld and looked after the Republic; they would suffer irrepairable losses in leading the armies of the Republic, most notably the Battle of Geonosis and the Great Jedi Purge.

The Clone Wars was the first of two major civil wars in the galaxy, and was between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems; the second civil war was known as the Galactic Civil War, between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance to Restore the Republic.

It is interesting to note that this conflict is called both the "Clone War" and the "Clone Wars". Most likely this is due to the fact that it is indeed one large war across the galaxy while, at the same time, it is a series of smaller wars taking place on various planets and not always between the Separatists and the Republic. It took the name Clone War more frequently at the start of it and by the end was usually referred to as the Clone Wars. Of course, not only clones were used in the war but droids and other species were fought against each other, in this war only one side uses clones in the war, the Republic. But this likely due to the rule that the winning side writes history and since the Republic won, it became the Clone Wars. Another interpretation is that it was the first, or perhaps only, conflict of its type in which clones were used so extensively.

The Clone War could in fact be called the "Galactic Civil War I," other than there being a separate and later event which was in fact called the Galactic Civil War but should have more accurately been called the Galactic Revolution (as the winners write the history) being that Rebel Forces fought and won against their Imperial enemies and thus a successful revolution occurred.

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Timeline of the Clone Wars

Note: dates might not be exact.

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Pre-war

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Month 0

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Month 1

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Month 2

  • 21.8 BBY - Audition on Rattatak- Assajj Ventress is recruited into the CIS (Clone Wars micro-series}
  • 21.8 BBY - Conspiracy on Aargau - San Hill withdraws his credits for CIS on Aargau (Star Wars: Boba Fett - Maze of Deception)
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Month 3

  • 21.8 BBY - Battle of Ohma-D'un (The first public appearance of Ventress and Durge. Republic #51: The New Face of War)
  • c21.8 BBY - Mission to Felucia
  • 21.8 BBY - Funeral on Lianna (Star Wars: Jedi - Mace Windu)
  • 21.8 BBY - The Confrontation on Ruul / The Defection of Sora Bulq (Star Wars: Jedi - Mace Windu)
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Month 4

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Month 5

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Month 6


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Month 7

  • Count Dooku and Sora Bulq boards the Republic Troopship VCD987, sparing all Jedi but killing all clones. (Star Wars: Jedi - Dooku)
  • Quinlan Vos infiltrates into Count Dooku's command circle. (Star Wars: Jedi - Dooku)
  • Quinlan Vos threatened Senator Zurros, despite Dooku's order of killing him. (Star Wars: Jedi - Dooku)
  • Quinlan Vos killed his great aunt Sheyf Tinte after reading her mind. (Star Wars: Jedi - Dooku)
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Month 10

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Month 12

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Month 15

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Month 16

  • 20.8 BBY - Battle of Metalorn (Reference in Star Wars: Republic - The Battle of Jabiim - Floodgates)
  • 20.7 BBY - Battle of Jabiim ends / Escape to New Holstice (Star Wars: Republic - The Battle of Jabiim - Floodgates)
  • 20.7 BBY - The Battle of Aargonar (Star Wars: Republic - Enemy Lines)
  • 20.7 BBY - Obi-Wan and Alpha escape from Rattatak (Star Wars: Republic - Hate and Fear)
  • 20.7 BBY - The Attack on Senator Bail Organa (Star Wars: Republic - Dead Ends)
  • 20.7 BBY - The Assassination of Finis Valorum (Star Wars: Republic - Dead Ends)
  • 20.7 BBY - Pirates at Varonat (Star Wars: Republic - No Man's Land)
  • 20.7 BBY - Reunion on Riflor (Star Wars: Republic - No Man's Land)
  • ARC Trooper Alpha goes back to Kamino to train Clone Commanders.
  • Quinlan Vos recovers Darth Andeddu's Sith Holocron from Korriban for Count Dooku.
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Month 17

  • Jedi Master Ronhar Kim requests Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to take a midi-chlorian test, threatening Darth Sidious
  • Battle of Merson - Darth Sidious eliminates Master Ronhar Kim 5 days after the request (Star Wars: Republic - Bloodlines)
  • Crimson Nova of the Bounty Hunters' Guild aceepts Bounties on Jedi (Star Wars: Republic - Show of Force)
  • Battle of Null (Star Wars: Republic - Show of Force)
  • Mace Windu, Saesee Tiin, Agen Kolar and Kit Fisto stormed The Rig to cripple the Crimson Nova (Star Wars: Republic - Show of Force)
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Month 18

  • Battle of Zaadja (Star Wars: Republic - Forever Young)


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Month 24

  • Battle of Honoghr (Star Wars: Republic - Armor)
  • The Casualties of Drongar (Star Wars: Medstar I - Battle Surgeons / Star Wars: Medstar II - Jedi Healer)
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Month 29

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Month 30

  • 19.5 BBY - Anakin Skywalker gets knighted a Jedi Knight. (Star Wars: Clone Wars Micro-series)
  • 19.5 BBY - Meeting on Vjun (Yoda visited Count Dooku, Star Wars: Yoda - Dark Rendezvous)
  • 19.5 BBY - The Battle of Rendili (Star Wars: Republic - Dreadnaughts of Rendili #1-3)
  • 19.5 BBY - The Duel on Coruscant - Anakin Skywalker scarred by Asajj Ventress (Star Wars: Republic - Dreadnaughts of Rendili #3)
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Month 31

  • Quinlan Vos assumed Sora Bulq to be the second Sith Lord (Star Wars: Republic - Trackdown #2)
  • Master Tholme infiltrated Saleucami and confronted Sora Bulq (Star Wars: Republic - Trackdown #2)
  • 19.4 BBY - The Xagobah Citadel (Star Wars: Boba Fett - A New Threat / Star Wars: Boba Fett - Pursuit)
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Month 34

At this time Operation Durge's Lance, a major Separatist offensive, goes underway.

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Month 35

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Month 36

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Separatist offensive

All the way through the three-year war, the Clone Troopers were withstanding a huge Battle Droid siege. Almost every battle during the Clone Wars was a Separatist offensive, and while the Republic was able to beat serious threats off, they often served as diversions so that the Confederacy could conquer worlds elsewhere. This is best illustrated by the Dark Reaper Project. The Dark Reaper was defeated, but not before Bespin and Ossus fell.

Several attempts were made to destroy the clone facilities on Kamino. Kamino was well-defended by its own clones and these attempts were foiled.

Dooku's Dark Jedi apprentice, Asajj Ventress, caused chaos in the Republic, before and after her defeat on Yavin IV.

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Afterward

In the waning days of the war, the Great Jedi Purge began. This was considered the climax of the war, according to the novelization of Revenge of the Sith. The Separatist threat also lingered again when the Geonosian Gizor Dellso reactivated the Mustafar Droid Army. Kamino even rebelled against the Galactic Empire using an army of clones. After this incident, Palpatine ordered that future stormtroopers would be bred from a variety of templates to prevent corruption. However, the 501st Legion remained completely composed of Jango Fett clones.

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Historical parallels

Like all themes within Star Wars, the Clone Wars borrows from multiple mythical, literary, and historical influences, with no set prevailing culture parenting them. However, the Clone Wars do seem to be a reincarnation of the American Civil War in many respects. The Confederacy of Independent Systems shares a similar name to the Confederate States of America. Count Dooku was respected by his supposed enemies, and had he survived (according to the novelization of Revenge of the Sith) he most likely would have been accepted by his enemies. Dooku had served the Jedi before fighting them in the Clone Wars. Dooku was also given a beard similar to that of Robert E. Lee's. All of this was done to allude to Dooku's similarities to Lee.

Another parallel could be in reference to the Cold War. Like the Clone Wars, the Cold War was mostly fought by proxies in numerous regions across the planet. Like the Wookies and Genosians, the Contras and the Sandinistas were each supported by the opposing superpowers: America and the Soviet Union. And as the conflict went on, the weapons and technology became more apoclyptic. In fact, before the Cold War ended, it didn't seem to matter which side would be the ultimate victor because they had become so much alike in usurping ultimate power over their global spheres of influence and had ingrained in their citizens a sense of victory or death. This could possibly have been George Lucas' interpretation of the decades long conflict, seeing as how those in power were benefiting at the expense of keeping everyone else living in fear. His reasoning for creating the Clone Wars could possibly have been a metaphor as a warning regarding leaders who lead their nations into prolonged conflicts. Another thing that might have influenced Lucas for the Great Jedi Purge is the attack on the Shaolin Temple in which most all that were in were killed. Last is Rome's fall from Republic to Empire.

A third historical example was illustrated in an essay published on The Unofficial Clone Wars Site, in which the rise of the Empire was compared to that of the rise of Nazi Germany just prior to World War II.

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Clone War items

Katarn-class commando armor Image:Star-wars-republic-commando-200405090608936.jpg

Katarn-class commando armour was used during the Clone Wars. This armour is more expensive and provides better protection than standard clone armour due to the special composition of its armour plates and due to the fact, that a strong shield is produced by its rare chemical properties, which has been perfected by its manufacturers. It is also optimised for easy bacta insertion by handheld dispensers. It is often highly customised and painted by the clone commandos who wear it, most notably the Clone Commando squad; Delta Squad.

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Multimedia campaign

The Clone Wars span the three years between Episodes II and III, and thus are, for the most part, "off-screen". The Expanded Universe is recounting events with an ambitious multimedia campaign.

The video game Clone Wars was released in 2002 for PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. It begins at where Attack of the Clones leaves off. It takes place on many worlds, among them Geonosis, Raxus Prime, Rhen Var, Kashyyyk, and Thule.

The cartoon microseries Star Wars: Clone Wars started airing in November, 2003 on Cartoon Network. It was a series of 20 3-to-5-minute-long episodes showing some of the battles of the war, mainly the Battle of Muunilinst, but also the Battle of Dantooine, a raid on the Jedi caves of Ilum, and fighting on Mon Calamari. Another five 15-minutes long episodes were made to serve as a prelude to Episode III with the start of the Battle of Coruscant. It is scheduled to become a "3D animated" television series [1].

The comic series "Star Wars: Republic" has also shed light on this era of history, focusing in particular on the exploits of the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Quinlan Vos, and Aayla Secura.

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Films

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Books

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Adult novels

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Young adult books

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Video games

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Tie-ins

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Short stories

  • Death in the Catacombs (2005)
  • Elusion Illusion (2003)
  • Omega Squad: Targets (2005)
  • The Pengalan Tradeoff (2003)
  • League of Spies (2004)
  • Hero of Cartao, Episode 1: Hero's Call (2003)
  • Hero of Cartao, Episode 2: Hero's Rise (2003)
  • Hero of Cartao, Episode 3: Hero's End (2003)
  • Changing Seasons, Part 1: Guardian of the People (2004)
  • Changing Seasons, Part 2: People of the Guardians (2004)
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Comics

  • Attack of the Clones (2002)
  • Clone Wars: The Defense of Kamino and Other Tales (2003)
  • Clone Wars Adventures Volume 1 (2004)
  • Clone Wars Adventures Volume 2 (2004)
  • Clone Wars Adventures Volume 3 (2005)
  • Clone Wars: Victories and Sacrifices (2003)
  • Clone Wars: Last Stand on Jabiim (2004)
  • Clone Wars: The Best Blades (2004)
  • Clone Wars: Light and Dark (2004)
  • Clone Wars: On the Field of Battle (2005)
  • Clone Wars: When They Were Brothers (2005)
  • Clone Wars: Last Siege, Final Truth (2006)
  • Clone Wars: Endgame (2006)
  • Visionaries (2005)
  • Revenge of the Sith (2005)
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Television programs

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References to the Clone Wars

  • A New Hope
  • The Thrawn Trilogy
  • The Farlander Papers
  • Dark Empire
  • I, Jedi
  • Star Wars Marvel #28, 68, 69, Annual #1
  • Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
  • Wanted by Cracken
  • The Han Solo Adventures
  • Imperial Sourcebook
  • Dark Forces
  • The Lando Calrissian Adventures: Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
  • Star Wars Adventure Journal #8, 9, 12
  • The DarkStryder Campaign
  • X-Wing: Wraith Squadron
  • The Han Solo Trilogy: The Paradise Snare
  • Tatooine Manhunt
  • Tasariq: The Crystal Planet
  • TIE Fighter
  • Special Military Unit Intelligence Update
  • The New Jedi Order: Hero's Trial
  • Domain of Evil
  • Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin
  • The Bounty Hunter Wars: The Mandalorian Armor
  • The Hand of Thrawn Duology
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