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Clone Wars

  • 22–19 BBY
  • Galactic Republic and Jedi Order
  • Confederacy of Independent Systems
  • The war began when the Republic's clone army fought the Separatists on Geonosis
  • The Republic used clone soldiers while the Separatists used huge droid armies
  • Jedi became generals and led clone forces across the galaxy
  • Famous campaigns were fought on worlds such as Ryloth, Geonosis, Umbara, Kamino and Mandalore
  • Count Dooku and General Grievous commanded the Separatist war effort
  • Chancellor Palpatine secretly controlled both sides as Darth Sidious
  • The war gave Palpatine emergency powers and weakened the Republic
  • Order 66 turned the clones against the Jedi
  • The Clone Wars ended with the destruction of the Jedi Order and the creation of the Galactic Empire
  • Order 66 was a secret command that turned the clone troopers against the Jedi
  • Anakin Skywalker, now Darth Vader, led clones in an attack on the Jedi Temple
  • A few Jedi survived, including Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, but the Jedi Order was destroyed