Battle of Kaller

The Battle of Kaller was a battle of the Outer Rim Sieges that took place on the planet Kaller during the last days of the Clone Wars. The planet had fallen to the Confederacy of Independent Systems in the conquest of Kaller, which saw a Separatist occupation under General Kleeve begin. In response, the Galactic Republic dispatched a battalion of the Grand Army of the Republic under Jedi General Depa Billaba to the world. Bringing about the temporary liberation of Kaller, Depa's clone troopers overwhelmed the Droid Army, forcing Kleeve into retreat. Nevertheless, the native Kallerans remained unthankful, believing the Galactic Republic and Confederacy were both conquerors.

In spite of Kleeve's retreat, the Kaller system was attacked as part of a larger stratagem ordered by General Grievous in the aftermath of the Battle of Coruscant, forcing Billaba and her troops to fight in a snow area. While pinned down by a droid battalion, Billaba ordered her Padawan, Jedi Commander Caleb Dume, to find their reinforcements. However, with those troopers redirected to fight at the planet's capital, Dume instead returned with the elite clone commandos of Clone Force 99, who made short work of the battle droids.

Before Dume had the chance to fight the Droid Army alongside Clone Force 99, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine suddenly issued Order 66 to the clone army. As a result of their behavioral modification biochips, Grey and the other clones turned on Billaba, blasting her as she ordered Dume to run. As Clone Force 99 were, with the exception of sniper Crosshair, unaffected by the order, Clone Sergeant Hunter chased the Padawan to help him, but the sniper attempted to execute the young Jedi. After getting separated from Crosshair, Hunter attempted to reason with Dume, but the Padawan jumped over a ledge and escaped after hearing more clones approach. Once Crosshair reunited with the sergeant, Hunter lied and claimed he had killed the Padawan. The clone army also liberated Kaller from Separatist control, but the Republic reformed into the Galactic Empire, absorbing Kaller into its regime.

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