Grievous destroys refugee ships at Belderone
Having cracked the Separatist code through a captured transmitter, Republic intelligence thwarts the invasion of Belderone. Realizing that the battle is lost, General Grievous fires on the evacuation ships before withdrawing: more than ten thousand people are killed, including twenty-seven Jedi.
Description
Republic Intelligence obtained information about the impending invasion thanks to Viceroy Nute Gunray's captured mechno-chair: through it, they managed to intercept a message from General Grievous to the Separatist Council stating that they would be moved to Belderone immediately after that world was captured. The Jedi High Council sent a force to the planet under the command of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. When Grievous's fleet emerged from hyperspace, it was met by a Republic battle group of sixty warships. Breaking through hundreds of droid fighters, the Jedi reached the flagship, and Skywalker decided on a daring attack. Bound above all to protect the members of the Separatist Council, Grievous chose to withdraw from the battle immediately: his ship opened fire on a column of refugees fleeing the besieged planet, killing about ten thousand people, and under cover of this confusion the fleet escaped into hyperspace. Formally, the battle was considered a Republic victory, but Yoda refused to regard it as a rout of the enemy. In addition, it became clear that the intercepted communications channel had been compromised and could no longer be used.
Source: Labyrinth of Evil
Participants
- Confederacy of Independent SystemsFaction
- Galactic RepublicFaction
- General GrievousCharacter
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Locations
- Belderone
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Works
- Labyrinth of EvilBookСобытие показано в этом произведении.
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Causes
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Consequences
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Meanwhile
- Jedi seize Nute Gunray's mechno-chair on Cato Neimoidia19 BBYHappens in parallelBoth episodes belong to a single Republic intelligence operation based on a captured Separatist code.
- Asajj Ventress kills Masters Jai Maruk and Maks Leem19 BBYHappens in parallelBoth episodes take place in 19 BBY, in the last months of the war, when the Separatists were simultaneously striking civilians and hunting Jedi.
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Sources
Plot summary of the novel Labyrinth of Evil: before retreating, Grievous fired on refugee ships at Belderone, killing more than ten thousand people and twenty-seven Jedi; Legends chronology dates the Battle of Belderone to 19 BBY.
Primary work · Labyrinth of Evil · Checked: 23 October 2026
Source: Labyrinth of Evil