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|partof='''the [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]]
|date=[[Dates in Star Wars#SW2|22.0 BBY]]
|place=[[Geonosis]]
|result=Pyrrhic Republic victory
|combatant1=[[Galactic Republic]]
|combatant2=[[Confederacy of Independent Systems]]
|commander1=[[Yoda]] <br/> [[Mace Windu]] <br/> [[Kit Fisto]] <br/> [[Ki-Adi-Mundi]] <br/> [[Plo Koon]]
|commander2=[[Count Dooku]] <br/> [[Poggle the Lesser]] <br/> [[Nute Gunray]] <br/> [[Wat Tambor]]<br/> [[Sun Fac]](perished) <br/> [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Mai, Shu|Shu Mai]] <br/> [[Jango Fett]] (perished) <br/> [[Sev'rance Tann]] <br/> [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Hill, San|San Hill]] <br/> Other Separatist leaders
|strength1=212 [[Jedi]] <br/> 192,000 [[clone troopers]] <br/> 1,600 [[LAAT]]/i gunships <br/> 400 LAAT/c cargo gunships <br/> 2,160 [[AT-TE]] walkers <br/> 100 [[SPHA-T]] artillery units <br/> 12 [[Star Destroyer|Acclamator]]-class assault ships <br/> [[Speeder bike]]s
|strength2=Geonosians <br/> 1 million [[battle droid|B1 Battle Droid]]s <br/> 100,000 [[super battle droid|B2 Battle Droid]]s <br/> 3,000 [[droideka|Destroyer Droid]]s <br/> 4 Sonic Cannons (in arena) <br/> Unknown number of Geonosian Artillery pieces <br/> 15,000 [[dwarf spider droid|Dwarf Spider Droid]]s <br/> 4,100 [[hailfire droid|Hailfire Droid]]s <br/> 7,500 [[List of Star Wars ground vehicles#Homing Spider Droid|Homing Spider Droid]]s <br/> 60 [[Trade Federation Core Ship]]s <br/> 286 [[Techno Union]] Transports <br/> 41 [[Commerce Guild]] Shuttles <br/> [[Geonosian Starfighters]] <br/> [[Geonosian Swoop Bike]]s <br/> [[Armored Assault Tank|AAT]]s <br/> GATs <br> 1 Geonosis solar sailer
|casualties1=186 [[Jedi]] including Coleman Trebor and Eeth Koth, <br/> Many clone trooper soldiers, <br/> many AT-TEs and LAATs
|casualties2=[[Jango Fett]], many [[List of Star Wars races (F-J)#Geonosian|Geonosian]] warriors, a few of the Confederacy of Independent Systems staff, and many droid units, 14 Core Ships, 117 Techno Union Ships, 5 Commerce Guild Ships
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The '''Battle of Geonosis''' is a major conflict which occurred in the [[Star Wars]] universe between the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems]] and the [[Galactic Republic]]. It was the enormous, opening battle of the [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]], and was featured in the film ''[[Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]''. The battle occurred after [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] was captured by [[Confederacy of Independent Systems|Separatist]] forces on [[Geonosis]] and he was charged with spying for the Republic. [[Anakin Skywalker]] and Senator [[Padmé Amidala]] attempted to rescue Kenobi and were also captured and sentenced to death. The [[Galactic Senate]] granted [[Palpatine|Chancellor Palpatine]] "emergency powers" to deal with the crisis.
Following this act of war from the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a group of 212 Jedi, led by Master [[Mace Windu]], commenced invasion of the planet. He, along with Jedi Masters [[Kit Fisto]] and [[Ki-Adi-Mundi]], led the Jedi to inflitrate the Geonosian Arena. Just as the captured Jedi and Senator were about to be killed in the arena by a group of [[droidekas]], Master Windu and the invading Jedi assaulted Dooku, Jango Fett, and the Geonosians inside the arena. Dooku and Jango Fett managed to elude capture and death (in escaping, Jango Fett killed Jedi Master and Council Member Coleman Trebor on the balcony overlooking the arena), and the Separatists begin to unleash their army of droids into the arena and on the planet surface to engage the Republic forces amassed in space and at the spire. The Jedi were rushed by the Separatist [[Battle Droid]] army, which they managed to hold off until Master [[Yoda]] arrived with the [[clone troopers]] and began pushing back the CIS. Using [[LAAT|LAAT/i Gunships]], with heavy [[AT-TE]] walkers on standby, the clones forced the droids out of the arena and into a larger desert battle.
After the rescue of the Jedi, the droid and clone armies engaged one another in a complex series of engagements on a number of different fronts. The Republic's army landed in twelve [[Star Destroyer|Acclamator]]-class assault ships, offloading infantry, armoured vehicles, artillery and air support. The Separatist army consisted of droid infantry of varying strengths and larger droid-controlled vehicles, such as the [[Homing Spider Droid]] and [[Hailfire Tank]]. Jedi and clone-piloted gunships took down many [[Techno Union]] transports which were offloading more infantry, and the [[501st Legion (Star Wars)|501st Legion]] of troops set up a command bunker in one of these ships.
Although the clone troopers were vastly outnumbered by droids, the droids were heavily exposed to attacks from the air by Republic gunships. The Republic's armored AT-TEs were strong against the lightly armored spider droids employed by the Separatists, but were vulnerable to the rockets on the hailfire droids, and many were destroyed. The Republic gunships were instrumental in clearing away the hailfire droids and allowing the [[AT-TE]]s to establish superiority on the battlefield. Also a successful sabotaging of the main factory on Geonosis, by a squad of Clone Commandos ([[Delta Squad]]), prevented the Separitists from using newly manufactured combat droids, to reinforce the army, prompting the Separatists to order an immediate retreat, to protect the Core ships attempting to escape.
Having beaten the droid army into retreat, Yoda took note of the fact that much of the Separatist starfleet was still grounded receiving shipments of droids when the Republic attacked. Lightly armored and vulnerable [[Techno Union]] starships attempted to withdraw immediately, but many were destroyed in the first wave of attacks from the Republic gunships. The Jedi master now ordered the army's artillery to attempt to take down as many of the Trade Federation Core Ships as possible, as they each held hundreds of thousands of battle droids. In addition, many Separatist ships that were able to escape the planet surface were destroyed by Republic cruisers, operated by dedicated clone gunners, who were furnished the vector co-ordinates, that were copied by Clone Commandos (Delta Squad) who had infiltrated one of the Core balls, disabled it and copied its Vector co-ordinates for the entire Separatist fleet. The Republic was successful in this but it would seem evident that despite taking control of the surface of the planet (Commando teams infiltrated the spires holding the Geonosian cities, and many were able to spread chaos within the spires, although many clones lost their lives, due to improper intelligence and vast superior numbers), they were unable to capture the Separatist leadership and stop the war before it began, with the exception of Sun Fac, who was the general of the Geonosian warriors, who was assassinated by a squad of Clone Commandos namely Delta Squad.
In the midst of the battle, the Separatist leader [[Count Dooku]] tried to escape to a hangar where his starship was located. A gunship carrying Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala gave chase. Upon arriving at Dooku's hangar, Kenobi and Skywalker engaged Dooku in a lightsaber battle where Dooku revealed himself to be using the arcane power of the [[Sith]]. Dooku defeated the two Jedi but their execution was prevented by the timely arrival of Master Yoda at the hangar. Yoda and Dooku engaged in a ferocious battle which ended when Dooku attempted to drop a crane on the wounded Obi-Wan and Anakin, distracting Yoda long enough to escape in his Solar Sailer moments before Amidala arrived with further reinforcements. Count Dooku flew to [[Coruscant]], to meet with his master, who was settled in an abandoned district not far from the [[Jedi Temple]]. During his meeting with [[Palpatine|Darth Sidious]], the Dark Lord ordered Count Dooku, now [[Count Dooku|Darth Tyranus]], to retreat to [[List of Star Wars planets (R-S)#Raxus Prime|Raxus Prime]] to prepare a second battle front against the Republic. Meanwhile, the [[Army of the Republic]] was mobilized throughout the galaxy as the [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]] began.
This battle was held as "not victory" by Yoda, despite the rout of the droid army; more Jedi had been lost in a single engagement than had been lost for more than a thousand years and there were still more Separatist systems which held more droid armies. Further, the best chance the Jedi had to capture or kill Dooku was lost by Yoda, who chose instead to save Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
==Expanded Universe==
According to the [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]] video game, Mace Windu and Luminara Unduli were sent to eliminate the planet's defenses prior to the arena battle. Then, the duo cleared away the enemy forces at the landing zone to clear way for the transports carrying the Jedi. Mace helped protect the SPHA-T artillery walkers in a Republic IFT-X hover tank. Then, on his way to the Geonosian hangar, Windu faced and defeated 3 Dark Acolytes (mercenaries hired by Dooku),in Separatist Dark Speeders. There was also a space battle above, according to Expanded Universe lore.
According to a deleted scene, [[Ki-Adi-Mundi]] and [[Plo Koon]] were assigned to the task of eliminating the droid control center. After a long time of destroying the center, they were surprised to see that the droids were programmed so they will not need activation by a control center.
==Main Events of the Battle of Geonosis==
*'''Eliminating the Defenses''' - Mace Windu and Luminara Unduli destroyed the planet's orbital cannons, which were opening fire on the Jedi Starfighters in space. They also escorted the Jedi transports to the arena.
* '''Jedi Surprise-Attack Battle''' - As Geonosians watched the execution of the two Jedi (Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi) and the senator (Padmé Amidala) in the open arena, two hundred saber-wielding knights, led by Jedi Master and Commander [[Mace Windu]] suddenly emerge from the stands and attempt to rescue the three prisoners. However, a prepared Separatist Droid Army quickly diminishes the number of Jedi warriors and surrounds them in the stadium.
* '''"Attack of the Clones"/Arena Battle''' - Jedi Master [[Yoda]] suddenly appears with a fleet of Republic gunships laden with deadly clone troopers to retaliate the Droid Army's onslaught. The surviving Jedi which include Windu, Kenobi, and Skywalker are able to escape aboard the ships as the [[clone troopers]] continue the fighting. The battle soons spreads to outside of the stadium in Geonosis's desert terrain.
* '''Main Battle (Battle of the Spires)''' - Yoda leads the clone soldiers to victory by destroying Separatist [[Techno Union]] and [[Trade Federation]] control ships as well as capturing the Geonosian command spires. The Separatist Council escapes however, including [[Poggle the Lesser]] (Geonosis's Archduke and Leader) and the official head of the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems]], [[Count Dooku]]. Dooku, though, is closely followed by Kenobi and Skywalker.
* '''Dooku's Duels''' - Before Dooku's escape ship is readied, Kenobi and Skywalker arrive and a three-way lightsaber duel ensues. Dooku quickly inflicts Kenobi with minor, but incapacitating wounds and then carries on to maim Skywalker. Before Dooku can board the ship, however, Jedi Master Yoda himself confronts the dark leader. In the furious lightsaber that follows, Dooku is able to escape only when he distracts Yoda by putting the lives of the two other, injured Jedi in danger. Dooku lands later on [[Coruscant]] to tell his master, the Dark Lord [[Palpatine|Darth Sidious]], that the war has begun.
* '''Geonosis Space Battle''' - Not seen in the movie, Republic Forces attacked the planet's surface from above and fended off droid starfighters.
== Battle of Geonosis Participants ==
===Jedi and Republic Leadership===
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi masters#Allie, Stass|Allie, Stass]] (Human Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[Padmé Amidala|Amidala, Padmé]] (Human Senator of Naboo, survived)
* [[Minor characters in Star Wars#Sora Bulq|Bulq, Sora]] (Weequay Jedi Master, survived)
* [[Chellemi Chuovvick|Chuovvick, Chellemi]] (Human Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[Joclad Danva|Danva, Joclad]] (Human Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[The Dark Woman|Dark Woman, The]] (Human Jedi Master, participated in the space battle above)
* [[List of minor Star Wars characters#Odumin|Du, Ur-Sema]] (Jedi, killed)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Eerin, Bant|Eerin, Bant]] (Mon Calamari Jedi Knight, participated in the space battle above)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi apprentices#Etima, Lumas|Etima, Lumas]] (Human Jedi, killed)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Fi-Ek, Sirch|Fi-Ek, Sirch]] (Nikto Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[Kit Fisto|Fisto, Kit]] (Nautolan Jedi Master, survived)
* [[Minor characters in Star Wars#Adi Gallia|Gallia, Adi]] (Human Jedi Master, led the space battle above and stopped Hex missile Threat)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Gon, Tarados|Gon, Tarados]] (Klatooinian Jedi Knight, killed in exploding gunship)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi masters#Hett, A'Sharad|Hett, A'Sharad]] (Human/Tusken Jedi Knight, participated in the space battle above)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Jeng, Sarrissa|Jeng, Sarrissa]] (Human Jedi Knight, killed)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Judrelle, Tassida|Judrelle, Tassida]] (Jedi, killed)
* [[Obi-Wan Kenobi|Kenobi, Obi-Wan]] (Human Jedi Knight, survived, though injured by Count Dooku)
* [[Minor characters in Star Wars#Ki-Adi-Mundi|Ki-Adi-Mundi]] (Cerean Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[Minor characters in Star Wars#Plo Koon|Koon, Plo]] (Kel Dor Jedi Master, survived)
* [[Minor characters in Star Wars#Agen Kolar|Kolar, Agen]] (Zabrak Jedi Master, survived)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi masters#Koth, Eeth|Koth, Eeth]] (Zabrak Jedi Master, killed in exploding gunship)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Labooda, Sar|Labooda, Sar]] (Human Jedi Knight, killed)
* [[Maloc,Dylki]] (Human Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Masona, Roth-Del|Masona, Roth-Del]] (Human Jedi Master, survived)
* [[Voolvif Monn|Monn, Voolvif]] (Shistavanen Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[Barriss Offee|Offee, Barriss]] (Mirialan Jedi Padawan, survived though not in circle of suvivors)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi masters#Pablo-Jill|Pablo-Jill]] (Ongree Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Qiyn, Khaat|Qiyn, Khaat]] (Human Jedi, killed)
* [[Rana]] (Jedi, participated in the space battle above)
* [[Alta Ranga|Ranga, Alta]] (alien Jedi Master, killed)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi apprentices#Reath, Stam|Reath, Stam]] (Human Jedi Padawan, killed by Sev'Rance Tann)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Redath-Gom, Que-Mars|Redath-Gom, Que-Mars]] (Weequay Jedi, killed)
* [[Aayla Secura|Secura, Aayla]] (Twi'lek Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[Echuu Shen-Jon|Shen-Jon, Echuu]] (Human Jedi Master, survived)
* [[Anakin Skywalker|Skywalker, Anakin]] (Human Jedi Padawan, survived, injured by Count Dooku)
* [[Rankik Solusar|Solusar, Ranik]] (Human Jedi, participated in the space battle above)
* [[Sta-Den-Eekin]] (Klatooinian Jedi, killed)
* [[Galdos Stouff|Stouff, Galdos]] (Jedi, killed)
* [[Jaizen Suel|Suel, Jaizen]] (Human Jedi, participated in the space battle above)
* [[Minor characters in Star Wars#Bultar Swan|Swan, Bultar]] (Human Jedi Knight, survived)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Tachi, Siri|Tachi, Siri]] (Human Jedi Knight, participated in the space battle above)
* [[Minor characters in Star Wars#Shaak Ti|Ti, Shaak]] (Togruta Jedi Master, survived)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi masters#Tiin, Saesee|Tiin, Saesee]] (Iktotchi Jedi Master, survived)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi masters#Trebor.2C Coleman|Trebor, Coleman]] (Vurk Jedi Master, killed by Jango Fett)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi apprentices#Tu'ala|Tu'ala]] (Human Jedi Padawan, killed by Geonosian soldier)
* [[Luminara Unduli|Unduli, Luminara]] (Mirialan Jedi Master, survived)
* [[Quinlan Vos|Vos, Quinlan]] (Kiffar Jedi Master, survived)
* [[Mace Windu|Windu, Mace]] (Korunnai Jedi Master, survived)
* [[Yoda]] (alien Jedi Master, survived)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi apprentices#Yuster, Tan|Yuster, Tan]] (Human Jedi Padawan, killed)
* [[Jaspar,Coleen]] (Human Jedi Padawan, killed)
* [[Drake,Vilad]] (Human Jedi Master, survived)
* [[Nicanas Tassu]] (Human Jedi knight,Killed)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Bok, Aidan|Adian Bok]] (Human Jedi Knight,Survived)
* [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi knights#Brand, Empatojayos|Empoyajatos Brand]] (Human Jedi Master, survived)
===Separatist Leadership===
* [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Argente, Passel|Argente, Passel]] (Magistrate of the [[Corporate Alliance]])
* [[Count Dooku|Dooku, Count]] (Leader of the Confederacy)
* [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Fac, Sun|Fac, Sun]] (Geonosian Lieutenant, aide to Poggle the Lesser. Killed escaping by Delta Squad [[Clone commando]]s in game [[Star Wars: Republic Commando]])
* [[Boba Fett|Fett, Boba]] (Jango Fett's clone and son, an advisor to Jango)
* [[Jango Fett|Fett, Jango]] (Dooku's henchman, killed by [[Mace Windu]])
* [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Nudo, Po|Nudo, Po]] (Senator for Ando Prime)
* [[General Grievous|Grievous, General]] (Commander of Confederate military forces)
* [[Nute Gunray|Gunray, Nute]] (Viceroy of the Trade Federation)
* [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Hill, San|Hill, San]] (Chairman of the [[Intergalactic Banking Clan]])
* [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Kee, Denaria|Kee, Denaria]] (Passel Argente's aide)
* [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Libkath, Gilramos|Libkath, Gilramos]] (Trade Federation aide and contract-scribe)
* [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Mai, Shu|Mai, Shu]] (Presidente of the [[Commerce Guild]])
* [[Poggle the Lesser]] (Archduke of Geonosis)
* [[Wat Tambor|Tambor, Wat]] (Foreman of the [[Techno Union]])
* [[Sev'rance Tann|Tann, Sev'rance]] (Dooku's Chiss Acolyte and commander of Confederate military forces)
* [[List of Star Wars Separatist characters#Tikkes|Tikkes]] (Representative of Mon Calamari, former Republic Senator)
* [[Toonbuck Toora|Toora, Toonbuck]] (Representative of Sy Myrth, former Republic Senator)
* [[Rogwa Wodrata|Wodrata, Rogwa]] (Former Republic Senator)
==External links==
* {{sww|Battle of Geonosis}}
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