Battle of Kiros

The Battle of Kiros was fought between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. In 20 BBY, the Republic received word that the Togrutan colony planet of Kiros—which had remained neutral throughout the course of the war—was being invaded by Confederate forces. The Republic sent help to the Togruta. However, by the time the Republic troops arrived, the Confederacy had already occupied Kiros's colony capital and secretly transferred the entire population of Kiros to the planet Zygerria, where they were to be sold as slaves. The Republic forces—led by High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker—fought through the capital, only to discover that the whole planet's population had disappeared.

The Separatist commander, the Zygerrian Darts D'Nar, revealed that he had planted thermal annihilator bombs throughout the capital and demanded the Republic troops surrender, or he would detonate them. Hoping to buy some time for Skywalker to find the explosives, Kenobi engaged D'Nar in a hand-to-hand duel. After Skywalker and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano had successfully disarmed the bombs, D'Nar still refused to surrender and tried to escape on his starship, the Tecora. Skywalker and Tano jumped aboard the ship as it took off and, after defeating one of D'Nar's pet creatures, the tentacled blixus, took the Zygerrian into custody. Threatened by Skywalker, D'Nar revealed to the Jedi that the Zygerrians intended to sell the enslaved Togruta to restore the glory of the Zygerrian Slave Empire. Discovering that, the three Jedi and Clone Captain CT-7567 embarked on a mission to Zygerria to rescue the enslaved Togruta.

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