Skirmish at Vanqor

In 21 BBY during the Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic launched an attempt to capture Count Dooku, the Head of State of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The skirmish began when Anakin Skywalker boarded Dooku's ship in order to be taken captive to verify if Dooku was indeed aboard.

After Skywalker was captured, Obi-Wan Kenobi boarded the craft when it was in the Vanqor system. Kenobi was able to sneak past the battle droids patrolling the ship and free Skywalker. The two Jedi confronted Dooku, and at the same time Skywalker's flagship, the Resolute, arrived and attacked the frigate. Dooku however, was able to escape the two Jedi by using a secret hatch, and left the ship in his personal solar sailer with an escort of vulture droids.

Skywalker and Kenobi were able to arrive in the hangar and the pair stole a shuttle to chase the Sith Lord, and after a brief chase the solar sailer was hit and crashed on the planet Vanqor, but the Jedi were hit by the Vulture droids, causing them to crash. After the crash-landing, the two Jedi entered a cave in search of the Count, but Dooku trapped them. The two Jedi fought a gundark in the cave, as Dooku escaped off planet with a group of Weequay pirates lead by Hondo Ohnaka. After defeating the gundark the pair of Jedi tried to unblock the exit to the cave, but they accidentally unleashed a toxic gas, however they were saved by the arrival of Ahsoka Tano and a group of clone troopers, who opened the cavern.

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