

īattle droids combat Republic forces at the Second Battle of Geonosis.ĭespite the defeat, the Confederacy was able to seize control of the major hyperspace lanes, thus separating the Republic from the majority of its troops. Both the Separatist Droid Army and the Republic's Grand Army fought against each other on Geonosis in the opening battle of the Clone Wars.

When Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi was captured, the Republic's Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was given emergency powers by the Galactic Senate to create a Grand Army of the Republic, using an army ordered by Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas. Clone Wars įollowing a meeting on Geonosis between Dooku and his allies, the Republic learned that the Confederacy would take the shipment and use their army to force the Republic to their demands. For years before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, the Confederacy had been secretly building and training commanders. Together they formed the basis for the military The Retail Caucus also pledged their droid army before the Battle of Christophsis. During the Separatist Crisis, the Techno Union, Trade Federation and the other conglomerates then pledged their armies to Count Dooku and the emerging Confederacy of Independent Systems. Other conglomerates, such as the Techno Union, had their own armies to protect their interests. However, the Federation military was eventually defeated, as the young Force-sensitive Anakin Skywalker destroyed the Vuutun Palaa, resulting in the battle droids shutting down. The Trade Federation fleet was used to blockade the planet. The army fought against both the Royal Security Forces and the Gungan Grand Army. The first major deployment of the Trade Federation's army was during the blockade and subsequent invasion of Naboo. Thirteen years before the Fall of the Republic, the Trade Federation was allowed to maintain an army of B1-series battle droids to protect valuable shipments from piracy. B1 battle droids on Naboo ten years before the Clone Wars
