Battle of Ogana

"There’s too many of them."

- Panaka

The Battle of Ogana was a battle during the Invasion of Utapau, a conflict between the Trade Federation shipping cartel and the planet of Utapau. The battle, fought between the Trade Federation Droid Army and the Utapau Security Forces, resulted in a victory by the Federation that allowed them to capture Ogana, Utapau’s capital city. Queen Sabé Arcadia, who had been under security protection in the Ogana Royal Palace, ordered her forces to stop fighting what she believed a futile battle and was captured by the Federation forces. After her capture, Arcadia was told by Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray that she would have to sign a treaty that would legitimize the Federation occupation of the planet.

Arcadia refused to sign the treaty, so she was assigned to Federation Camp Four, a concentration camp on the outskirts of Obama. While en route to the camp, the battle droids assigned to escort her and her advisers were attacked by Jedi Master Jard Dooku, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and exiled Gungan Prince Jar Binks. The three rescued the queen and her people before bringing them to a starship that managed to escape the Federation blockade in orbit around the planet.

Prelude
In 22 BBY, the Trade Federation shipping cartel invaded Utapau in retaliation for the planet’s support of the Republic Anti-Slavery Law, which forbid Galactic Republic corporations such as the Trade Federation from using slave workers outside of Republic territory. The Federation blockaded the planet for one month in order to cut off trade, but a full invasion was launched after Jedi Master Jard Dooku and Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived on the Federation command ship as ambassadors for Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum to reach a settlement. The Jedi were seen as a threat, so the Federation accelerated their plans in order to avoid being stopped.

Once the Trade Federation Droid Army landed on the surface, the droid commander OOM-9 informed Dark Jedi Master Maul that the army would take Utapau’s capital city of Ogana. Before moving to Ogana, however, the army would take the cities of New Centrif, Harte Secur and Spinnaker. The Trade Federation first launched the Battle of New Centrif where they destroyed the final remaining communications array on the planet, cutting off all communications on Utapau, before moving onto campaigns in Harte Secur and Spinnaker. Before her city fell to the Federation, New Centrif Mayor Arruinada in order to warn Utapau Queen Sabé Arcadia of the invasion force headed to Ogana, but the Federation forces would arrive in Ogana before the message arrived due to the communication interference on the planet.

The battle
After taking Spinnaker, the Federation forces invaded Ogana and began sending B-1 battle droids and Armored Assault Tanks through the streets. Panaka, the queen’s head of security and Captain of the Utapau Security Forces, took his security forces and began fighting back against the incoming forces. Arcadia, sensing that the battle was futile, eventually ordered the resistance to cease their defense in order to spare the lives of her forces. At Panaka’s behest, Arcadia was taken to her throne room for protection, where she finally received the message sent by Arruinada. As Arcadia and her advisers listened to the message, a group of battle droids broke into the throne room and took them prisoner.

Hours later, Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray arrived on the planet and met with Arcadia. Gunray ordered that Arcadia sign a treaty to legitimize the Federation occupation of the planet. Arcadia refused, so Gunray ordered that she and her advisers be taken to Federation Camp Four, a concentration camp on the outskirts of the city. While en route to the camp, the battle droids escorting the royal delegation were attacked by Dooku, Kenobi and exiled Crowned Prince of the Gungan Empire Jar Binks. The droids were destroyed, and Panaka escorted the group to a nearby hangar once the two Jedi requested a transport to reach Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic. Arcadia agreed to travel with them and, after dispatching droids guarding a number of pilots in the hangar, the ship left the planet.

Aftermath
After escaping Ogana, Queen Arcadia's ship traveled into orbit where it was attacked by the Trade Federation blockade. The vessel was nearly destroyed when its shield generator was damaged, but the damages were repaired by an astromech droid called R2-D2. The vessel was able to escape the blockade and set a course for the desert planet of Tatooine, where the Jedi believed they would be able to safely make repairs despite the presence of the Hutt Cartel gangsters on the planet. On Utapau, Gunray informed Lord Maul that the queen’s vessel had escaped and that they were unable to locate it, so Maul decided to search for the ship himself.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One