Assault on Cato Neimoidia

Prior to the Battle of Anaxes, in the final year of the Clone Wars, the 212th Attack Battalion and 501st Legion of the Republic Military undertook an assault on Cato Neimoidia. Also known as a campaign on Cato Neimoidia, the incident saw Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi again teaming up as part of the effort to capture the Trade Federation's leader, Nute Gunray. The viceroy's stronghold in the western hemisphere of the planet Cato Neimoidia was marked as the prime target for the attack. While the campaign nearly ended in disaster, with Gunray indeed escaping capture and instead fleeing into the Outer Rim, the Republic was able to capture his mechno-chair, which gave the Republic's intelligence services important clues about the Sith behind the war.

Skywalker claimed to have saved Kenobi's life at some stage of the operation. The rescue came as a result of Kenobi encountering a collection of spores, which left him in an intoxicated state. Supposedly, however, the inebriated Kenobi was able to take out fifty B2-series super battle droids on his own. After the Battle of Coruscant, Skywalker made reference to a moment where he had saved Kenobi's life on Cato Neimoidia, which Kenobi disagreed with; while the recent battle and the moment in which Kenobi became intoxicated seemed to fit what both were referring to, both were actually making reference to a mission on Cato Neimoidia from much earlier in the war.

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