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40 BBY — 9 ABY
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40 BBY9 ABY
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- c. 24 BBYSeparatist CrisisThe mass secession of systems from the Republic brought it to the brink of collapse even before open war began.
- c. 22 BBYBattle of GeonosisThe first open clash between the Republic and the Confederacy, which marks the start of the Clone Wars.
- c. 22 BBYBeginning of the Clone WarsThe first open clash between the Republic's army and the forces of the Confederacy set the galaxy on course for full-scale war.
- c. 22 BBYBattle of ChristophsisThe Republic retook a crystalline world from the Separatists in the first weeks of the war.
- c. 22 BBYBlockade of RylothThe Separatist siege of the planet condemned its population to starvation and forced the Republic to launch a relief effort.
- c. 22 BBYLiberation of RylothRepublic forces, together with the local resistance, lifted the blockade and drove the Separatist troops off the planet.
- 22 BBYDeath of Governor Ghez Hokan on QiiluraPadawan Etain Tur-Mukan, who lost her master Kast Fulier, finishes off Ghez Hokan, the commander of the local militia, and takes her fallen master's lightsaber from him. After Omega Squad is evacuated, she remains on the planet with Master Arligan Zey.
- 22 BBYSabotage by Omega Squad on QiiluraFour clone commandos, Niner, Darman, Fi, and Atin, operate as Omega Squad for the first time. Their mission on Separatist-held Qiilura is to destroy the laboratory where a nanovirus lethal to clones was being developed and to capture the project's leader, Dr. Ovolot Qail Uthan.
- c. 21 BBYSecond Battle of GeonosisThe Republic returned to the planet to destroy the factories supplying the Separatist armies with droids.
- Fall of the JediExtermination of the Nightsisters on DathomirAfter the Nightsisters' schemes against Count Dooku failed, he sent General Grievous to Dathomir. The witches fought back with ancient spells but were defeated, and the order's rule over the planet came to an end.
- c. 19 BBYBattle of CoruscantAn attack on the Republic's capital and the rescue of the Supreme Chancellor from captivity.
- c. 19 BBYOuter Rim SiegesProlonged fighting on the fringes scattered the leading Jedi across the fronts and left the capital without their protection.
- c. 19 BBYDeath of Count DookuDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 19 BBYBattle of KashyyykThe Republic and the Wookiees defended a forest world in the final weeks of the war.
- c. 19 BBYBattle of UtapauThe Republic tracked down and destroyed the Separatist military leader, depriving the Confederacy of its command.
- c. 19 BBYDestruction of the Separatist CouncilDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- 19 BBYGrievous destroys refugee ships at BelderoneHaving cracked the Separatist code through a captured transmitter, Republic intelligence thwarts the invasion of Belderone. Realizing that the battle is lost, General Grievous fires on the evacuation ships before withdrawing: more than ten thousand people are killed, including twenty-seven Jedi.
- 19 BBYJedi seize Nute Gunray's mechno-chair on Cato NeimoidiaAn operation to capture the Viceroy of the Trade Federation fails: Gunray slips away but abandons his mechno-chair with its built-in transceiver. Anakin Skywalker disables the chair's self-destruct, and the Republic obtains a recording of the Viceroy's communications with Darth Sidious.