22nd Air Combat Wing

The 22nd Air Combat Wing,^[1] known simply as the Twenty-second,^[2] was a combat wing^[1] of clone troopers within the Grand Army of the Republic that fought during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Ion Team, a clone commando squad, was attached to the 22nd Air Combat Wing.^[2]

Towards the end of the war, the 22nd Air Combat Wing operated out of^[2] the Mid Rim planet^[3] Boz Pity, before moving to the Outer Rim Territories planet Murkhana^[2] in 19 BBY.^[4] When Order 66 was issued by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine on Murkhana, ordering all clone troopers to execute the Jedi Order, the Twenty-second ambushed and killed Jedi Master Saras Loorne and two Jedi Knights.^[2]

Later, Clone Commander Salvo reported the Twenty-second's actions to Clone Captain Climber, the leader of Ion Team, claiming that its members had apparently claimed no moral high ground from killing the Jedi, as a snide remark towards Climber's moral questioning of Order 66.^[2]

Behind the scenes

The 22nd Air Combat Wing first appeared as the "Twenty-second" in Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, a 2005 novel written by James Luceno.^[2] The unit was later given its full official name in the 2008 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia reference book, written by Stephen J. Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo.^[1]

Appearances

• Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book and abridged audiobook)
• Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader abridged audiobook

Sources

• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 205 ("22nd Air Combat Wing") (First identified as 22nd Air Combat Wing)
• Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 9: Battlefields of the Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)

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