Battle of Neimoidia (Clone Wars)

"The victory over Neimoidia has shown the enemy that not even their key worlds are safe. As we speak, the Separatist leaders are being pushed further and further into the Outer Rim. As for the Neimoidians, let them know what is coming: This victory has sealed the fate of the Neimoidian purse worlds."

- Supreme Chancellor Palpatine

The Battle of Neimoidia was a battle in the Clone Wars, occuring on Neimoidia c. 20–19 BBY between the Republic and the CIS.

While the Separatist Droid Army was able to hold the planet at first, members of the 73rd Shadow Battalion, led by Jedi General Darius Chranell, managed to sabotage the planetary shields, allowing a massive orbital bombardment to be initiated by Captain Jack Nebulax's fleet. The bombardment destroyed many of Neimoidia's grub hatcheries, something that would cause the number of Neiomoidians living on the world to decrease sharply for the next year or so.

At the end of the battle, a document of surrender was signed by Sentepeth Findos in captured Koto-Si, before he managed to escape to Cato Neimoidia. The victory over Neimoidia, as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine would put it, "sealed the fate of the Neimoidian purse worlds".