Occupation of Utapau
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Occupation of Utapau
Utapaun Security Forces[1] Port AdministratorTion Medon[1]
- "Surrender tastes bitter at first, Cal. But sweetens with time."
- ―Senator Daho Sejan, who surrendered Utapau to the Empire, speaks withJedi KnightCal Kestis[7]
At the end of theClone Wars, theGalactic Empire claimed andoccupied theOuter RimplanetUtapau.
Prelude[]
Towards the end of theClone Wars, theConfederacy of Independent Systems made use of[5] theOuter Rimplanet[4]Utapau as a hidden base,oppressing the nativeUtapauns—Utai andPau'ans—under a military occupation.[5] An underground[8]Utapaun resistance emerged in thattime[1] and waited for a chance to strike. AsJedi GeneralObi-Wan Kenobi arrived on Utapau in search ofGeneralGrievous, he urgedPort AdministratorTion Medon to deploy the resistance. In the ensuingBattle of Utapau,[5] the resistance joined[1] the7th Sky Corps[5] in fighting off the Separatist occupation.[1]
The occupation[]
- "Do you think I wanted Utapau to join the Empire? The compromises I made created a future for my people."
"I've been to Utapau, Senator. They spit your name out like a curse."
"At least they are alive!" - ―Senator Daho Sejan andBode Akuna[7]
Clone troopers assumed control over Utapau immediately after working to liberate it from the Separatists.
With the war's end, however, theclone troopers of theRepublic Military were turned against theJedi Order bySupreme ChancellorSheev Palpatine, who longed to turn the Republic into theGalactic Empire and issuedOrder 66 as the Battle of Utapau still raged. After firing on Kenobi[5] and shortly after the world's liberation from the Confederacy, theclones turned on the native Utapauns in what was considered one of the most bitter twists of the entire Clone Wars. Beginning an occupation of their own[1] even as the Republic still existed in a legal sense,[5] the clones shut down and arrested members of the Utapaun resistance, including Medon.[1] With thefinal transformation of the Republic into the Empire on Palpatine's order,[5] the Empire claimed Utapau as its territory and[1] continued the[5] occupation effort[1] started by the clones.[5]
The decision on whether or not to formally join the Empire came down to Utapau'ssentorial representative,Daho Sejan, who believed the regime could not be defeated and thus signed over the world to the Empire.[7] After the Empire took over, much of thePau'an population left the planet and settled in other areas ofthe galaxy. The Empire set up fortifications across Utapau that guarded thesinkholes where many of the residents of the planet lived.[4] While much of the Utapaun population who remained on world hated Sejan for his role in surrendering the planet, he believed he had given them a future and kept them alive.[7]
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Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode IIIRevenge of the Sith(First appearance)
Sources[]
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Tion Medon in theEncyclopedia(original site is defunct)- Disciples of Harmony
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Odd BallWeapons & Uniforms: Republic Pilots
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Star Wars 100 Objects
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.001.011.021.031.041.051.061.071.081.091.10
Tion Medon in theEncyclopedia(original site is defunct) - ↑2.02.12.2Star Wars: Episode IIIRevenge of the Sith establishes that the occupation of Utapau began under theGalactic Republic, whileDisciples of Harmony establishes it continued under theGalactic Empire. Therefore, the occupation must be concurrent to the Republic'stransformation into the Empire. Furthermore,Revenge of the Sith establishes that theClone Wars andGreat Jedi Purge occur concurrent to the foundation of the Empire, meaning those conflicts are also concurrent to the occupation of Utapau.
- ↑ Tion Medon in theEncyclopedia(original site is defunct) establishes that the occupation of Utapau began directly after theBattle of Utapau, whichStar Wars: Galactic Atlas states was in19 BBY.
- ↑4.04.14.24.3Disciples of Harmony
- ↑5.005.015.025.035.045.055.065.075.085.095.105.115.12Star Wars: Episode IIIRevenge of the Sith
- ↑6.06.1
Star Wars Helmet Collection: Odd BallWeapons & Uniforms: Republic Pilots - ↑7.07.17.27.3Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- ↑Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition