Battle of Zaadja

The Battle of Zaadja was a confrontation during the Clone Wars which occurred approximately eighteen months after the First Battle of Geonosis. The result of a massive expansion of the Confederacy military, Zaadja became a large battle droid manufacturing facility under the control of the Geonosians. The battle witnessed the landing of clone troopers under the command of High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker; General Kenobi's forces were to act as a diversion for the actual Jedi mission to succeed. Attached to the Republic forces was the Jedi Knight Tohno, who was charged with the primary mission of infiltrating the Separatist droid factory in an effort to plant explosives, which would destroy it from within. The outcome of the battle saw the Republic forces emerge victorious, but also witnessed the sacrifice and death of Jedi Tohno.

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