Battle of Cato Neimoidia
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| Battles of Cato Neimoidia | |||||||
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| Part of Clone Wars | |||||||
 View from the cockpit of an ARC-170 starfighter. |
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| Galactic Republic | Confederacy of Independent Systems | ||||||
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| General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Commander Anakin Skywalker, Commander Cody, Plo Koon, Captain Jag | Nute Gunray | ||||||
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| Jedi Clone troopers UT-AT AT-RTs Juggernaughts ARC-170s Jedi Starfighters |
Battle droids Super battle droids Crab and Spider droids Droidekas Neomoidian home defense legions |
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| Casualties | |||||||
| Plo Koon, and several other units | Majority of droids, many Neimodians | ||||||
| Primary battles of the Clone Wars |
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| Geonosis – Rhen Var – Raxus Prime – Alaris Prime – Thule – Kamino – Ohma-D'an – Muunilinst – Mon Calamari – Dantooine – Ilum – Yavin IV – Hypori – Haruun Kal – Jabiim – Coruscant – Utapau – Mustafar – Felucia – Kashyyyk – Cato Neimoidia – Mygeeto – Saleucami – List of minor Clone Wars battles |
The Battle of Cato Neimoidia is a fictional conflict that appeared in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: The Labyrinth of Evil.
During the Battle of Cato Neimoidia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Commander Cody led the Sky Corps and Squad Seven into battle to track down Nute Gunray.
The Republic then lay siege to Gunray's citadel, where he and his entourage were hiding. However, the citadel's defences were too strong, so Anakin and Obi-Wan entered its lower levels via a beetle hive, which the Neimodians had converted into a fungus farm. With a squad of clone commandos and Commander Cody, the two Jedi fought their way through the citadel, hindered by huge numbers of droids. Eventually, Anakin spotted the viceroy, and went after him. However, Gunray escaped, but he left behind his mechno-chair, which helped the Jedi in tracking down Darth Sidious. Thanks to the trail of clues started off by the mechno-chair, Shaak Ti and Mace Windu almost succeeded in finding Darth Sidious, but their progress was interrupted by the Battle of Coruscant.
[edit] 2nd Battle of Cato Neimoidia
The Trade Federation didn't give up Cato Neimoidia without a bitter fight.
There were still many pockets of resistance following the 1st Battle of Cato Neimoidia. It was the job of Plo Koon, who took command of the battle after Anakin and Obi-Wan went to Charros Four to locate the Xi Charrian designer of the mechno-chair, to take out the resistance in his Jedi Starfighter with his ARC-170 squadron. UT-ATs, AT-APs and other walkers stormed the bridge cities while being covered by Koon.
[edit] Order 66 and Aftermath
Captain Jag received Order 66 from Darth Sidious. He and his wingmen blasted Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter out of the sky. Whatever was left of the starfighter crashed into a building, killing civilians. With Plo Koon dead, the clone forces were left under the command of a clone commander who, having very little left to do, succeeded in capturing the planet for the Galactic Empire.
