Battle of Geonosis (48)Full unit name: Battle of Geonosis
Last updated: 11.06.2024 0:23:44
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First appearance: Attack of the Clones
Included into
Star Wars The Complete Saga (Blu Ray)
(MOVIE)
Relations: Geonosis
Geonosis
Planet
Events: The Clone Wars
The Clone Wars
Event
The Clone Wars
Known Facts (5)
Summary
Following the Grand Army's arrival to help Jedi strike team with their rescue mussion, Neimoidians
Neimoidian
Sentient Species
on Geonosis
Geonosis
Planet
fled to their Federation core ships
Core Ship
Starship
Starship Models
. After the rescue of the Jedi, the droid and clone armies battled one another in an intricate series of confrontations on a number of different fronts. Much of the Separatists' heavy equipment had already been loaded onto their transports, but with their communications being jammed the rest was hastily thrown at the clones in order to buy the Confederacy navy enough time to escape. Meanwhile, the Republic army's goal was to capture the Separatists leadership and as much of the Geonosian droid foundries intact as possible in order to uncover the depths of the Separatist conspiracy, precluding the indiscriminate use of starship weapons. The resulting battle would mostly consist of ground combat then, but, although the clone troopers were greatly outnumbered by battle droids, the Republic enjoyed air dominance thanks to their preemptive strikes on the launch hives. However, at some point during the battle, the Geonosians
Geonosian
Sentient Species
launched thousands of standby Nantex-class starfighters
Nantex-class Starfighter
Starship
Starfighter Models
to break the Republic's orbital cordon, which was preventing Separatist ground reinforcements from the Corporate Alliance. Mace Windu
Mace Windu
(Human)
Character
Major Characters
took command of a number of special commando units while Yoda
Yoda
Character
Major Characters
proceed on to the forward command center where he would direct the overall battle. On all fronts the two sides grappled with each other in fierce combat - heavily-armored AT-TE walkers
AT-TE
Ground Vehicle
Vehicles
facing down hordes of battle droids. As homing spider droids swept their laser cannons across clone trooper battalions, Republic gunships
LAAT
Ground Vehicle
Vehicles
strafing the Separatist front lines and losing a number to intense laser flak. As the Trade Federation core ships attempted to take off, Yoda commanded the army's artillery to bring a number of them crashing back to the ground.

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Full unit name: Battle of Geonosis Last updated: 11.06.2024 0:23:44