Invasion of Florrum

An invasion of Florrum occurred on the Outer Rim planet of Florrum took place in 20 BBY. The battle was fought between Hondo Ohnaka's pirates, backed by the Jedi Order, and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Because Ohnaka had held Count Dooku for ransom, General Grievous launched an assault on Ohnaka's pirate outpost. Catching the pirates by surprise with his attack, Grievous entered the outpost and met Ohnaka in person. Grievous then opened a holo-communication channel through which Count Dooku spoke with Ohnaka. The Count, who had neither forgotten nor forgiven Ohnaka's questionable hospitality during their first encounter, announced that he was taking control of the planet and planned to dismantle Ohnaka's arsenal.

When Ohnaka protested, he was swiftly incarcerated. Gwarm, who was returning from recapturing Ahsoka Tano and the six Jedi younglings, was surprised upon seeing droids in the outpost. Tano convinced her captors that the Jedi and pirates needed to join forces against the invaders. When they agreed, the Jedi and pirates proceeded to free Ohnaka and the captured pirate forces. Grievous, however, learned of their presence and ordered AATs to destroy the outpost. After a chase through the trenches of a dried geyser field and a brief confrontation with Grievous, the Jedi and pirate forces escaped Florrum aboard Slave I to Obi-Wan Kenobi's flagship.

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