Outer Rim Sieges

By the third year of the Clone Wars, the Confederacy had been pushed out of the Core and the Colonies into the Mid and Outer worlds, and the fighting concentrated on the fringes of the galaxy. The protracted campaign became known as the Outer Rim Sieges and was the final one of the war. The Supreme Commander of the droid armies, General Grievous, launched a counteroffensive that brought the Republic forces to the brink of defeat, and in response the Council dispatched Jedi generals to the fronts, stretching the Order across dozens of systems. The long confrontation exhausted both sides: the Republic was bankrupting itself on military spending and curtailing civilian programs, while the Confederacy was exhausting its industrial capacity. Criminal syndicates and pirates took advantage of the weakened control over the fringes to expand their influence. In the end the balance tipped in the Republic's favor, but a side effect of the sieges was that the most experienced Jedi found themselves far from Coruscant. By the time the war reached its climax, the capital and the Order itself were left practically without their protection.

• Confederacy of Independent SystemsFaction
• Galactic RepublicFaction
• General GrievousCharacter
• Grand Army of the RepublicFaction
• Jedi OrderFaction

• Felucia
• Kashyyyk
• Utapau

• Star Wars: The Clone WarsSeriesСобытие показано в этом произведении.

No confirmed causes yet.

• Battle of Coruscant19 BBYThis event contributed to itProtracted fighting on the periphery scattered the Jedi across the fronts and left the capital nearly undefended.

No parallel events confirmed yet.

• Battle of Kashyyyk19 BBYPart of this eventThe defense of the forest world was part of the Outer Rim Sieges campaign.
• Battle of Utapau19 BBYPart of this eventThe battle at Utapau was fought as part of the Outer Rim Sieges campaign.