Dawn Star Planet surrendered? When did that happen?
The moment Palpatine uttered those explosive words, everyone was stunned!
Dawn Star Planet? Why Dawn Star Planet?
Everyone knew that since the war began, the Separatist camp had two immensely powerful forces—the Confederacy of Independent Systems led by Count Dooku, and Dawn Star Planet led by Tang Xiao.
Of course, Dawn Star Planet was subordinate to the Confederacy of Independent Systems, but as the war progressed, Dawn Star Planet had grown increasingly powerful.
From initially fighting as an independent theater, to later establishing its own military command structure—in other words, Dawn Star Planet's fleet was no longer under the command of General Grievous, the Supreme Military Commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Later still, Count Dooku acknowledged Dawn Star Planet's independent finances, industry, and legislation.
Until finally, Tang Xiao declared himself Grand Duke of Dawn, echoing Count Dooku from afar. His ducal title was utterly at odds with the free and democratic system the Confederacy of Independent Systems had always upheld, yet Count Dooku tacitly accepted it.
From that point on, Tang Xiao and the Confederacy of Independent Systems were effectively allies, though Tang Xiao still recognized Count Dooku as the leading figure of that alliance.
But if that was their relationship, why would Dawn Star Planet surrender?
Only then did senators like Bail Organa suddenly realize that throughout Palpatine's speech, whenever he mentioned the Separatists, he had repeatedly named Count Dooku, yet had not mentioned Tang Xiao even once!
Had that been the foreshadowing planted from the very beginning of the meeting?
Moreover, these senators each had their own influence and networks. Naturally, they knew of the Battle of Yag'Dhul and the Modell Sector Raid, which had been wildly promoted and praised over the past few days. Despite the media's