Clone Wars

The Clone Wars (22–19 BBY), was a major, three-year war between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The war was named after the army of clone troopers used by the Republic against the Confederacy's battle droid army. With both being fielded in enormous numbers by each respective side, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Separatist Droid Army were two of the largest military forces in galactic history, and fighting between them swept through the galaxy upon the outbreak of war in 22 BBY.

The Conflict

Prelude

Eight years after the Invasion of Naboo, a pan-galactic Confederacy of Independent Systems began to take shape when Count Dooku commandeered a HoloNet relay station in the Raxus system and berated the Republic with condemning rhetoric. Over the next two years, a Separatist Crisis arose when thousands of star systems seceded from the Republic and flocked to the Confederacy. The Separatist Crisis sent the Republic into a frenzy, particularly as Dooku repeatedly spurned Palpatine's public requests for negotiation. The Republic Senate soon became divided over the passage of a Military Creation Act. Advocates of the bill argued that the Republic required a military force to defend itself from the Separatists, whereas others such as now-Senator Padmé Amidala believed that the measure would provoke full-scale civil war between the Republic and the Confederacy. Such a war became increasingly inevitable.

Aftermath

The Clone Wars ultimately led to the destruction of the Jedi Order and the fall of the Republic. Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine became Emperor of the newly formed Galactic Empire.

Conflict Type

War

Battlefield Type

Space

Start Date

-22

Ending Date

-18

Conflict Result

The Galactic Republic defeated the Seperatist forces, and was changed into the Galactic Empire

Belligerents

Confederacy of Independent Systems

Galactic Republic

• Galactic Republic

Led by

• Wilhuff Tarkin

Strength

Casualties

Objectives