Clone Wars (SWSL)

The Clone Wars (22 BBY - 19 BBY) was a large-scale galactic conflict taking place between the Galactic Republic and the Sith-led. Tensions rose after the Invasion of Naboo, in which the Sith revealed themselves and declared a withdrawal movement from the Republic. Compelled by the, the Jedi went to the Separatist rallying world of to open peace talks between the growing rebellion and the Republic. Instead, the Sith captured the Jedi sent and slated them for execution. A strike force of Jedi Knights and Masters, leading a large task force of clones, intervened, sparking the First Battle of Geonosis and then the war itself.

Unbeknownst to all except Count Dooku, who was the figurehead leader of the Confederacy, the war was plotted, executed, and maintained by the, Darth Sidious. After he revealed himself to, however, and failed to turn the latter to the dark side, Sidious was forced to retreat and reform the Confederacy into the Sith Confederacy, leading to 's rise to Chancellorship. Afterwards, a seventeen year ceasefire was declared, due to heavy losses on both sides.

Origins
"At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge."

- Darth Maul

Ever since its reformation in 1,000 BBY, the Sith Order had plotted the fall of the Republic. Finally, the Sith came under the leadership of Darth Sidious, who layed the foundation for a plan that would end the Republic and destroy the Jedi Order. His plan began during the Invasion of Naboo, when he sent his apprentice, Darth Maul to lead the in a blockade on the peaceful world of. There, Maul revealed to the Republic and the Jedi that the Sith had survived their supposed extinction and then called for all worlds to withdraw from the Republic. Two Jedi, and, were sent to Naboo to defeat the Sith and bring an end to the crisis. Meanwhile, then Senator of Naboo, Palpatine, used the crisis to gain enough political sympathy to win the election for Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.

On Naboo, Jinn and Kenobi confronted Darth Maul in the capital city of, engaging the Sith Lord in a power plant located in the city. Maul proved too much for the Jedi and killed Qui-Gon Jinn before being bested by Kenobi and killed. The first stage of his plan complete, Sidious contacted Count Dooku, a former Jedi Master, and made him his new apprentice; Darth Tyranus. Tyranus, still known as Dooku to the rest of the galaxy, gathered like minded individuals to answer Maul's call and withdraw from the Republic; forming the. This event sparked the Separatist Crisis, which drew thousands of systems to Dooku's cause. Sidious, under the guise of Palpatine, then used his new position as Supreme Chancellor to engineer a grand army of the Republic to combat the Separatist movement.

The tensions cumulated into the First Battle of Geonosis when a Jedi task force and a battalion of clones were sent to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi and from execution by the Sith.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Sith Lords