Battle of Kashyyyk

The Battle of Kashyyyk, also known as the First Battle of Kashyyyk and as the Battle of Kachirho, was a prolonged campaign against the Galactic Republic that took place during the Outer Rim Sieges and was among the final conflicts of the Clone Wars. It was fought on the planet Kashyyyk, the homeworld of the Wookiees that had been invaded by the Confederacy of Independent Systems hoping to claim the Kashyyyk hyperspace junction, as well as gain information on secret hyperspace routes rumored to be in Wookiee archives, that could turn the war in its favor. In the course of the battle, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine issued Order 66, clone troopers turned their weapons on their Jedi commanding officers, though the Wookiees helped many Jedi escape.

During the proclaimed transformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire, confused fighting as part of an Imperial crackdown on the Wookiees followed.

Kashyyyk would be totally subjugated by the Empire several weeks later and endured a prolonged period of occupation until it was at last liberated by the New Republic in 4 ABY.

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