- "By ignoring Yularen's orders, freeing the slaves and inspiring them to fight the Separatists' battle droids, Anakin saved their lives. There was also a concomitant benefit of Anakin's insubordination: If the factory had been destroyed and the slaves killed, the Separatists would have used the brutal Republic attack as propaganda for recruiting neutral worlds to their cause."
- ―Kitrin Braves, Skywalker: A Family at War
The Galactic Republic initiated a mission to Kudo III during the Clone Wars, acting on intelligence of a droid factory on the planet.
Prelude
In the Clone Wars, following the Battle of Corvair, the Galactic Republic sent the Resolute to Kudo III based on intelligence about a droid factory on the moon. Admiral Wullf Yularen endorsed a plan to bomb the plant's reactor, although it would cause heavy civilian casualties while minimizing clone trooper losses. Jedi General Anakin Skywalker decided to land himself and investigate.[1]
The mission
Anakin Skywalker fights B1 battle droids during the mission.
Skywalker took his starfighter down to the factory. He infiltrated inside, and discovered that the Separatists had enslaved the Kudon; if the Republic had destroyed the factory it would have been a propaganda victory. Skywalker freed the slaves and they took up arms against the battle droids.[1]
Aftermath
- "Do you think this will sway the Kudon to join the Republic? At the very least, I don't see them siding with the Separatists now."
- ―General Skywalker
After the mission, Yularen and Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi understood the factory had been a Separatist ploy. If they had gone through with the admiral's plan, the deaths of the Kudon would have been used as a political weapon by the Confederacy to convince neutral systems to join. Now that they were free, Skywalker speculated that the Confederate slavery would push the Kudon to join the Republic.[1]
Appearances
- Age of Republic - Anakin Skywalker 1 (First appearance)
Sources
- Skywalker: A Family at War
- Star Wars: Timelines
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
Notes and references