Ares Nune's task force

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A task force of three Republic Navy Venator-class Star Destroyers[1] was under the command of Jedi General Ares Nune[3] during the Clone Wars. During the Malevolence Campaign[1] in 22 BBY,[2] After the destruction of several Republic fleets by the Separatist Alliance warship and flagship of General Grievous, Malevolence,[3] Jedi General Plo Koon of the Fourth Fleet dispatched multiple Venator-class Star Destroyers to locate and destroy the new Separatist superweapon.[1]

Nunes and their task force discovered the vessel in the Inner Rim's,[4] Phu system.[1] where Grievous had transmissions blocked and attacked the task force, which resulted in Nune's Venator-class cruiser and its two escort[3] Venators being destroyed. The Galactic Republic subsequently discovered the loss, and Jedi General Plo Koon tracked down the Malevolence to the Abregado system,[1] where his task force was also destroyed.[5]

Behind the scenes

Ares Nune's task force was first mentioned in Star Wars canon in the German release of the forty-third issue of De Agostini's Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine[1] which was released around October 28, 2015.[6] Master Nune's task force originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity with the release of The Clone Wars: Shakedown, a webcomic[7] authored by Pablo Hidalgo[8] and released on StarWars.com[9] on October 2, 2008[10] that tied directly into the episode "Rising Malevolence," the second episode of the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars that released the next day.[11]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 43 Starship Fact File: Heavy Cruiser Malevolence
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the entire Malevolence Campaign to 22 BBY.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 43 Starship Fact File: Heavy Cruiser Malevolence (German version)
  4. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
  5. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Rising Malevolence"
  6. ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini weekly magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon was set to be published on January 14, 2015, according to Premium-Era-real De Agostini Publishing: Build the Millennium Falcon Magazine & Model by Chris Wyman on TheForce.net (January 8, 2015) (backup link archived on November 6, 2016). Therefore, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 43 was published around October 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ The Clone Wars: Shakedown
  8. ↑ The Clone Wars: Shakedown
  9. ↑ StarWars.com The Clone Wars webcomic (p.11) on StarWars.com (content obsolete and backup link not available)
  10. ↑ StarWars.com The Clone Wars archives on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
  11. ↑ StarWars.com The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Rising Malevolence on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)