Battle of Saleucami

Battle of Saleucami

TheBattle of Saleucami was fought onSaleucami during theClone Wars between theGalactic Republic and theConfederacy of Independent Systems. It took place following ConfederateGeneralGrievous'scapture ofJedi Council memberEeth Koth.

Prelude[]

After theJedi Council received a message fromGeneralGrievous about hiscapture ofJedi Council memberEeth Koth,Commander "Wolffe" found a hidden message from Koth. The message said that Grievous was going to theSaleucami system. Thus,Jedi Masters,Adi Gallia,Obi-Wan Kenobi and his formerapprenticeAnakin Skywalker decided to rescue Koth from Grievous.^[1]

The battle[]

Space battle[]

Kenobi took command of severalRepublicwarships. The three Jedi decided that Kenobi would distract General Grievous and lure him into theSurrogator whilst Skywalker and Gallia would sneak ontoGrievous'sRecusant-class light destroyer and rescue Koth, alongsideClone CaptainRex and several otherclone troopers.^[1]

However, Grievous anticipated their plans, leaving severalBX-series droid commandos on thebridge with theT-series military strategic analysis and tactics droidTV-94 and the captured Koth. Grievous then boarded Kenobi's ship with several BX-seriesdroidcommandos and twoIG-100 MagnaGuards. He thendueled with Kenobi on the ship's bridge, who grew very close to defeating him after taking one of the Magnaguard'selectrostaffs to use alongsidehis lightsaber. However, Grievous fled the bridge, and Kenobi contacted Skywalker, who was with Gallia and Koth, having defeated the commando droids. Gallia went to help Kenobi, whilst Anakin took Koth back to theEta-class shuttle that they had boarded Grievous' ship with.^[1]

Gallia engaged Grievous just as thedocking tube started to break. With the help of Gallia, Kenobi and two otherclones were able to escape onto Grievous' ship just as the Republic ship exploded,killing everyone on it. Skywalker then picked up the two clones, Kenobi and Gallia in theshuttle before flying back to theResolute. Grievous then prepared to land his forces, but debris from Kenobi's ship crashed into theC-9979 landing craft as they attempted to land on Saleucami. Grievous and what remained of his forces took to theescape pods. Thus, Kenobi took Rex,CommanderCody, and other forces to pursue Grievous while Skywalker would continue fighting thespace battle against the Separatist forces.^[1]

Tracking Grievous[]

After hisescape pod landed, Grievous and his forces then attempted to send a distress signal to what remained of theirfleet in orbit. However, his escape pod'stransmitter was destroyed and Kenobi's forces landed near them. Thus Grievous and his forces searched for an escape pod with a working transmitter.^[4]

Kenobi then divided his forces; Rex would take several of histroopers onBARC speeder through the wetlands while Cody andCrys would investigate the crash site. As Rex and his troopers went through the wetlands, Rex was shot by a pair of commando droidsnipers. Clone medicKix was able to patch up Rex, but was forced to leave him at theLawquane's farmstead. Rex then leftJesse in charge and ordered him to continue tracking Grievous down. Later, Rex discovered that thefarmer,Cut Lawquane, was a deserter from theGrand Army of the Republic.^[4]

General Grievous, riding aReek, made his way to an escape pod that contained a working transmitter. However, hisbattle droids were running low on power. They asked Grievous to let them recharge, but the General refused to do so and continued while droids died. Kenobi, Cody and Crys then discovered the locations of the escape pods and continue their search for Grievous.^[4]

Following a dinner with Cut's family, Rex and Cut came under attack by commando droids. Together, they were able to defeat the droids. Grievous was able to find a pod with a working transmitter and was able to send a signal to the fleet. However, Kenobi, Cody, Jesse, and their forces were able to find him and attempted to stop his escape. Kenobi then confronted Grievous, and Kenobi briefly dueled with him before he made his escape.^[4]

Aftermath[]

Following Grievous's escape, Kenobi and his forces prepared to leave. Rex decided to allow Cut to remain with his family and not report him. Rex then left on aneopie to rendezvous with Kenobi's forces.^[4] With Grievous having abandoned his forces during his escape,^[7] the B1 battle droidR0-GR found himself trapped on Saleucami for the next fivemonths before he had a chance to return to the war.^[5]

Behind the scenes[]

The Battle of Saleucami was first identified inStar Wars: Droidography, but the book itself did not link the battle R0-GR fought in^[5] to the battle depicted in "Grievous Intrigue"^[1] and "The Deserter."^[4] However,Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition later identified the battle depicted in these episodes as the "Battle of Saleucami."^[8] Given that the battle mentioned inDroidography and the battle in the episodes share the same name, this article assumes they are the same.

Appearances[]

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Grievous Intrigue"(First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Deserter"

Non-canon appearances[]

• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Thrown Into Battle"(Mentioned only)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "A New Home"(Mentioned only)

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