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The 4th Sector Army was a Sector Army in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. The 21st Nova Corps, led by Clone Marshal Commander Bacara, was part of the 4th Sector Army. Sector Armies from the 1st Sector Army to the 6th Sector Army, including the 4th, were reserve commands.
Description
Personnel of the 4th Sector Army included the Galactic Marines and their leader, Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi.
The 4th Sector Army, as a Sector Army in the Grand Army of the Republic, was responsible for the defense of their specific area within the galaxy. At the start of the Clone Wars, the Grand Army was segmented into ten Systems Armies which were in turn composed of two Sector Armies each. As a result, the 4th Sector Army belonged to the same Systems Army as another Sector Army did. The 4th Sector Army served as a reserve command along with those numbered from the 1st Sector Army up to the 6th Sector Army.[1] As a Sector Army, it contained a total of 147,456 clone troopers organized into four corps,[3] including one being the 21st Nova Corps.[2] Like other Sector Armies, the 4th Sector Army had one of twenty Galactic Republic Haven-class medical stations towed to them,[4] and was attached to one of the twenty numbered fleets of the Republic Navy.[7]
History
The 4th Sector Army, through its subordinate unit the 21st Nova Corps, participated in various engagements during the Clone Wars[8] against the battle droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.[9] Famously ferocious, the 21st—or the "Galactic Marines," as the unit came to be known[10]—were led to many victories by Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi,[11] who commanded the unit alongside Clone Commander Bacara.[9] Bacara and Mundi fought together in many battles.[12]
The 21st Nova Corps was lead against the Separatist Droid Army throughout the Clone Wars until the execution of Order 66 during the battle for Mygeeto.
The 21st participated in the Orto Plutonia campaign and the Rhen Var campaign, both victories,[8] before participating in the Mygeeto Campaign during the Outer Rim Sieges. In that engagement, known as the Fourth Battle of Mygeeto, the 21st Nova Corps, launched an assault on Separatist forces on the surface. Mundi and Bacara led their forces during the battle until Order 66 was communicated to clone forces. The Executive Order Code commanded the Republic's clone forces to eliminate their Jedi officers. Mundi was killed by the 21st Nova Corps,[6] which then proceeded to eliminate Confederate forces.[13]
Appearances
- Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy – A Graphic Novel
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Old Friends Not Forgotten" (Appears in hologram) (In flashback(s))- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
- Kanan 2 (Vision to Caleb Dume)
- Galaxy's Edge 2 (In flashback(s))
Sources
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Luke Skywalker (X-Wing Pilot) Databank A-Z: B1 Battle Droid–Bantha
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Commander Bacara Helmets: Commander Bacara
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 18 Guide to the Galaxy: Sectors of the Galaxy (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Lando Calrissian Databank A-Z: GA-97–Geonosis
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Snowtrooper Helmets: Snowtrooper
- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Bacara (★★★★)) (First identified as 4th Sector Army)
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- "The Grand Army of the Republic" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 18 Guide to the Galaxy: Sectors of the Galaxy
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Bacara (★★★★))
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Complete Locations establishes that a Sector Army of the Galactic Republic contained 147,456 clone troopers and was composed of four corps.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 89 Starship Fact File: Haven-class Medical Station establishes that each of the twenty Haven-class medical stations were towed to a Sector Army, which Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 18 Guide to the Galaxy: Sectors of the Galaxy also establishes numbered twenty.
- ↑ Star Wars Helmet Collection: Commander Bacara Helmets: Commander Bacara
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Rise of the Separatists
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars Helmet Collection: Snowtrooper Helmets: Snowtrooper
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- ↑ Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
- ↑ Star Wars Helmet Collection: Commander Bacara Helmets: Commander Bacara