First Battle of Randon

During the Clone Wars, a two-years-long battle was fought between Republic and Separatist forces on the Mid Rim planet Randon.

Prelude and battle
During the Separatist crisis (32-24 BBY), a pro-Separatist movement revolted against the planet's government. Government forces managed to hold back the insurgency; just as the Randoni were convinced the fighting on their homeworld had ceased, the Clone Wars broke out and within months Separatist influence reemerged. In 21 BBY, a droid army comprising B1 and B2 battle droids - supplemented by various vehicles - and a fleet of Separatist warships were deployed to the Randon system to support the local insurgents and, upon arriving in the system, engaged the Randon Security Force in a space battle. As the Randoni only had patrol crafts and gunships in their "fleet", the Separatist forces were able to occupy the space around the planet and proceeded to deploy their droid army unto the surface, where they went about engaging Randon's security troopers in ground combat. As the Separatists began occupying Randoni settlements, the Republic learned of the attack and, in retaliation, deployed a Grand Army of the Republic unit as well as a fleet of Venator-class Star Destroyers; both of which were under the command of Jedi Generals Hugo Nymwarz and Jorji Kidas. While Republic and Separatist forces were locked in a tense space battle, Randoni security troopers struggled to hold their ground against the Separatist rebels and seemingly endless armies of battle droids. Back in the space front, the battle was reduced to brief strikes and engagements as warships from both sides became scattered after nearly a month-long space siege with no supply line from either. Seeing an opportunity, General Nymwarz gathered a battalion of clone troopers and flew through the Separatist lines in LAAT/i gunships while General Kidas stayed to command the space front.

On the ground, the clone troopers rendevouzed with Randoni soldiers in the capital city just as a Separatist force descended on the position. While the capital city became devastated by the subsequent battle, more clone troopers slipped past the space front with speeders and combat walkers and supplemented the Randon Security Force. With elite reinforcements and better equipment, the Randoni had better success in holding back the Separatists' advance, and quickly became retaking settlements and outposts that were occupied by the attackers. In late 20 BBY, Admiral Hugh Tonghar (who commanded the Separatist forces in the battle) was killed when his flagship - which had been away from the conflict on the opposite side of the planet's orbit - was destroyed by a squadron of heavy bombers that the Randon Security Force mustered from their hangars. Over the course of the battle, the Mandalorian warrior Naastau (a Separatist agent and former soldier of the Republic Penal Corps) was sent on a mission to Randon to slip into the battlefield and assassinate Nymwarz, which he succeeded in after an eventful operation. Seemingly in a fit of bad luck, Kidas was recalled to Coruscant and Major Lorins Voctwot was sent to oversee Republic command in the system. In early 19 BBY, remaining Separatist frigates in the system were called to other battlefronts, and droid forces on the surface were dwindling as the fighting seemed to die down overnight.

Aftermath
The Second Battle of Randon would be fought months later, but would result in another Republic victory in only one month. The Randoni Separatist movement remained alive after the Clone Wars and culminated in a series of insurrections over the course of the Imperial era; the Imperials managed to supress the Separatists after nearly two decades of fighting, however many former Separatists became members of the Rebel Alliance and continued their guerrilla war into the New Republic era. The Imperial government on Randon was finally dissolved in 5 ABY and the Separatists were finally successful in establishing their own government as a member of the New Republic Senate.