Occupation of Utapau

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"Surrender tastes bitter at first, Cal. But sweetens with time."
―Senator Daho Sejan, who surrendered Utapau to the Empire, speaks with Jedi Knight Cal Kestis[7]

At the end of the Clone Wars, the Galactic Empire claimed and occupied the Outer Rim planet Utapau.

Prelude

icon Main articles: Invasion of Utapau and Battle of Utapau

Towards the end of the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems made use of[5] the Outer Rim planet[4] Utapau as a hidden base, oppressing the native Utapauns—Utai and Pau'ans—under a military occupation.[5] An underground[8] Utapaun resistance emerged in that time[1] and waited for a chance to strike. As Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived on Utapau in search of General Grievous, he urged Port Administrator Tion Medon to deploy the resistance. In the ensuing Battle of Utapau,[5] the resistance joined[1] the 7th Sky Corps[5] in fighting off the Separatist occupation.[1]

The occupation

"Do you think I wanted Utapau to join the Empire? The compromises I made created a future for my people."
"I've been to Utapau, Senator. They spit your name out like a curse."
"At least they are alive!"
―Senator Daho Sejan and Bode Akuna[7]
Clone troopers assumed control over Utapau immediately after working to liberate it from the Separatists.

Clone troopers assumed control over Utapau immediately after working to liberate it from the Separatists.

With the war's end, however, the clone troopers of the Republic Military were turned against the Jedi Order by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who longed to turn the Republic into the Galactic Empire and issued Order 66 as the Battle of Utapau still raged. After firing on Kenobi[5] and shortly after the world's liberation from the Confederacy, the clones turned on the native Utapauns in what was considered one of the most bitter twists of the entire Clone Wars. Beginning an occupation of their own[1] even as the Republic still existed in a legal sense,[5] the clones shut down and arrested members of the Utapaun resistance, including Medon.[1] With the final transformation of the Republic into the Empire on Palpatine's order,[5] the Empire claimed Utapau as its territory and[1] continued the[5] occupation effort[1] started by the clones.[5]

The decision on whether or not to formally join the Empire came down to Utapau's sentorial representative, Daho Sejan, who believed the regime could not be defeated and thus signed over the world to the Empire.[7] After the Empire took over, much of the Pau'an population left the planet and settled in other areas of the galaxy. The Empire set up fortifications across Utapau that guarded the sinkholes where many of the residents of the planet lived.[4] While much of the Utapaun population who remained on world hated Sejan for his role in surrendering the planet, he believed he had given them a future and kept them alive.[7]

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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 StarWars.com Encyclopedia Tion Medon in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith establishes that the occupation of Utapau began under the Galactic Republic, while Disciples of Harmony establishes it continued under the Galactic Empire. Therefore, the occupation must be concurrent to the Republic's transformation into the Empire. Furthermore, Revenge of the Sith establishes that the Clone Wars and Great Jedi Purge occur concurrent to the foundation of the Empire, meaning those conflicts are also concurrent to the occupation of Utapau.
  3. ↑ StarWars.com Encyclopedia Tion Medon in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) establishes that the occupation of Utapau began directly after the Battle of Utapau, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas states was in 19 BBY.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Disciples of Harmony
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars Helmet Collection: Odd Ball Weapons & Uniforms: Republic Pilots
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  8. ↑ Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition