Chapter Summaries

As the hyperspace storm trapped Eriadu, famine killed billions while Sefrans Tann and Wilhuff Tarkin pursued their military objectives. On the night of July 1, 21 BBY, the Fourth Civilization shattered Eriadu’s planetary shield and began a devastating bombardment of its cities, factories, and military sites.

• Eriadu’s population remained trapped after a hyperspace storm cut off transportation, and six billion people starved to death over two months.
• Sefrans Tann and Ling Liang used Eriadu’s collapse as an opportunity to conquer the planet, while Wilhuff Tarkin maintained its defenses with a massive army.
• More than twenty nuclear warheads detonated across Eriadu, destroying the planetary shield.
• After a brief pause, the Fourth Civilization fleet bombarded cities, factories, and military installations while sparing agricultural regions.
• Vulture droid fighters descended on the ground and attacked Republic soldiers and other survivors.

The Fourth Civilization launched a full-scale invasion of Eriadu, using orbital drops and landing forces to strike around Eri-Xiang City while Sefrans Tann and Ling Liang aimed to seize the capital quickly. As their army established a foothold and stirred civilian revolt against Wilhuff Tarkin, the battle for the planet intensified.

• Eriadu's defenders recovered from the first bombardment, opened heavy anti-aircraft fire, and launched fighters, forcing Sefrans Tann to divert her fleet away from Eri-Xiang City's defenses.
• Five Corsev Battlecruisers deployed thousands of Indjori warriors by orbital drop across five key areas, where they attacked defenders and created chaos.
• A specially launched landing pod crashed into Eri-Xiang City, and The Enlightener emerged, smashed two TX-130 Saber tanks, and charged into the city.
• Ling Liang ordered the Fourth Civilization's main army to land, as transports deployed soldiers, droids, tanks, and engineering units to establish a foothold near the capital.
• The Fourth Civilization began dropping food and weapons and urging civilians to rise against Tarkin, prompting new riots and wholesale surrenders by some Republic units.

Yoda, Windu, and Obi-Wan weighed Archangel of Death’s revelations that Sheev Palpatine was Darth Sidious and planned how the Jedi could respond. Yoda sent Obi-Wan toward Cerea to use an ambush as cover to seek out Tang Xiao, while Windu objected to cooperating with a Sith Lord.

• Windu and Obi-Wan told Yoda that Tang Xiao was Archangel of Death, Edra Kestis was Darth Lilim, and Palpatine was Darth Sidious, with Count Dooku serving as Darth Tyranus.
• Windu argued that the Jedi should secretly monitor Palpatine as his power reshaped the Republic, while Obi-Wan worried the war was a Sith conspiracy.
• Windu called for the Jedi to reduce their battlefield deployments and concentrate on Coruscant, but Yoda warned that Palpatine could use their withdrawal or continued involvement against them.
• Obi-Wan suggested capturing Palpatine or Dooku to create a chance for peace with the Separatists, and Windu condemned the idea as treasonous.
• Yoda ordered Obi-Wan to go to Cerea with a military force and die in an ambush, prompting Obi-Wan to realize he was meant to return to Dawn Star Planet and find Tang Xiao.
• Windu protested cooperating with Archangel of Death, but Yoda maintained that Sidious had to be destroyed before the Jedi could deal with Tang Xiao and Dawn Star Planet.

Obi-Wan Kenobi prepared to go on a dangerous mission to Cerea, where he expected to face the Archangel of Death and possibly determine the fate of the Galactic Republic and Jedi Order. Before leaving, he warned Anakin about his growing closeness to Chancellor Palpatine, but Anakin dismissed his concerns, and Ahsoka sensed something troubling as Obi-Wan departed.

• Obi-Wan arrived in the military district to prepare the 212th Attack Battalion and a reconnaissance mission to Cerea, a Separatist-controlled world where he expected to confront the Archangel of Death.
• Obi-Wan accidentally reached the 501st Legion's logistics division and met Anakin and Ahsoka, learning that Anakin had been ordered to raid Geonosis while Separatist forces threatened the Delon system.
• Obi-Wan questioned Anakin's close relationship with Palpatine and warned that the Chancellor's power was growing, but Anakin defended Palpatine's reforms and emergency powers.
• Obi-Wan told Anakin he was going to Cerea, then accepted a lucky metal token from him and promised he would return to save the Republic and Jedi Order.
• Obi-Wan warned Anakin to be careful about getting too close to Palpatine and left, while Ahsoka watched his retreating figure with concern.

Cerea Planet’s political split deepened after it joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and a traditionalist uprising was suppressed by the Fourth Civilization’s forces. Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived on the tense planet under a false identity and passed the Salarian checkpoint using the Force.

• Grand Elder Dor-Fermi-Bonmi joined the Confederacy and agreed to send a Cerea Planet expeditionary force, prompting traditionalist elders to blame his use of technology for drawing the planet into the war.
• As opposition grew and a third civil war threatened, Dor-Fermi-Bonmi appealed to Tang Xiao for help.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi saw the aftermath of an armed riot at Cerea Planet’s spaceport, where Salarian ships and drones had helped suppress it.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi and his disguised clone scout troopers approached the exit, and he used the Force to get a Salarian soldier to accept his forged identification.

Tang Xiao directed Grand Elder Dor-Fermi-Bangmi to focus on Ki-Adi-Mundi as the key to consolidating his rule on Cerea. After the Salarian fleet crushed the opposition, Dor courted Ki-Adi-Mundi’s family and tried to draw his children into politics, while Madam Shia resisted.

• Tang Xiao told Dor-Fermi-Bangmi that Cerea’s plan had to begin with Ki-Adi-Mundi and advised him not to worry about industrial development.
• The Salarian fleet quickly ended the rebellion, prompting Cerea’s opposing Elders to flatter its commander and seek Dor’s favor.
• Dor praised Ki-Adi-Mundi’s family at a banquet, but Madam Shia rejected his claim that their family had helped unite Cerea.
• Dor proposed that Ki-Adi-Mundi’s children take positions in the Elder Council, and Shia objected because their eldest daughter, Sylvn, had been assassinated in the previous civil war.
• One of the children agreed to enter politics for the food and attention, and Dor offered him control of the Food Supervision Department.

Grand Elder Dor-Fermi-Bonmi advanced Tang Xiao’s plan to use Ki-Adi-Mundi’s family to influence Cerea, while General Grievous launched a major assault on the Delon system and Anakin Skywalker destroyed the Separatists’ Super Tank project on Geonosis. The chapter left the Delon battle underway and the new tanks unable to join the war in time.

• Madam Mawen defended Buddy and challenged Madam Shia, while Grand Elder Dor praised Shil Tan and announced her appointment to Cerea’s defenses.
• Grand Elder Dor used Tang Xiao’s plan to promote Ki-Adi-Mundi’s children and exploit their family’s influence on Cerea.
• The chapter recounted how Sylvn was assassinated during Cerea’s civil war, leading Ki-Adi-Mundi to fall to the Dark Side and imprison himself.
• On July 12, 21 BBY, General Grievous sent more than two hundred warships to attack the Galactic Republic’s defensive line in the Delon system.
• Anakin Skywalker and the 501st Legion’s Torrent company infiltrated Geonosis and destroyed the Super Tank prototypes and production lines despite Asajj Ventress’s presence.

Kamino came under a mysterious attack by fast, precise invaders who overwhelmed its Clone Troopers and defenses. Shaak Ti requested urgent Republic aid to protect the clone factory, while an unseen attacker appeared behind an AT-TE gunner.

• Invaders killed Clone Troopers in their barracks and plunged the building into darkness, slaughtering defenders who could not locate them.
• Shaak Ti learned that Prime Minister Lama Su had sent five thousand troops, including the Clone ARC training corps, to the port, where a sudden collapse sank most of them beneath the sea.
• Shaak Ti ordered the Kaminoans to request the Galactic Republic's highest-priority aid, warning that Kamino could fall.
• An AT-TE walker bombarded buildings where invaders had been spotted, and a translucent figure with glowing red eyes appeared behind its gunner.

Gabriel Tosh and other invaders threw Kamino’s clone factory district into chaos, using Trident-class amphibious assault ships to drag buildings and Clone Troopers into the sea. Shaak Ti tried to organize a defense and rescue survivors, but the invaders shot her out of the air as she leaped toward safety.

• Gabriel Tosh killed a Clone Trooper, seized an AT-TE, and attacked buildings and Clone Troopers across the factory district.
• Shaak Ti questioned fleeing Clone Troopers and pursued attackers whose coordinated gunfire showed they were experienced fighters.
• Trident-class amphibious assault ships rose from the seabed and dragged buildings and Clone Troopers beneath the waves.
• Shaak Ti ordered the troops to retreat from the coast and called for reinforcements while rescuing nine people from a collapsing building.
• The invaders fired at Shaak Ti as she leaped away, hitting her and sending her falling toward the sea.

Shaak Ti fought to defend Kamino as Separatist forces overwhelmed Tipoca City and broke into the clone factories. The droids began slaughtering young clones and targeting the cloning data, while Kaminoan and Republic defenders concentrated their remaining strength on protecting the factory mainframes.

• Shaak Ti climbed back onto a building after being wounded and saw Separatist ships, battle droids, and underwater combat droids overrunning Kamino.
• Shaak Ti killed two Salarian special forces soldiers, then Gabriel Tosh attacked her with psychic power and gunfire.
• The droid army broke through the final defenses around the clone factory district and massacred the underage clones inside.
• The Separatists advanced toward the factory mainframes to seize cloning technology and DNA data, while the Kaminoans and Republic garrison abandoned Tipoca City's defense to protect them.

The Separatists attacked Kamino on land, at sea, and in orbit while Republic commanders struggled to defend the Clone factories and protect Prime Minister Lama Su. The chapter ended with General Grievous emerging from a Mon Calamari amphibious craft at the factory district.

• Droid forces overwhelmed the Clone Trooper lines near the factories as Cody and Blitz debated whether they could spare troops to reinforce Tipoca City.
• Maris Brood led Lama Su and fewer than five hundred Clone Troopers toward the Prime Minister's Residence while Salarian special forces attacked them from multiple directions.
• Ploo Koon received reports of the assaults, but a Separatist Proton Cannon shattered the Acclamator-class assault ship's shields and forced him to order a crash-landing near Tipoca City.
• Wullf Yularen's Republic fleet struggled against the Separatists' new Behemoth-class battlecruisers and other reinforcements in orbit around Kamino.
• More than a dozen Mon Calamari amphibious spacecraft rose from Kamino's seabed, attacked the Clone factory defenses, and landed as B-X battle droids and General Grievous emerged.

Shaak Ti fought Gabriel Tosh while General Grievous led a Separatist assault on Kamino’s clone factory district and fleet. As Republic forces neared collapse, six Hunter Class battlecruisers arrived, and two women contacted Admiral Wullf Yularen to offer help.

• Gabriel Tosh used his cloaking suit, blaster, grenade, and voodoo doll to wound Shaak Ti and threaten her as distress calls reported General Grievous’s arrival.
• Cody ordered the Clone Troopers to retreat and regroup as General Grievous and B-X Droid Commandos overwhelmed the factory district.
• Cody and Shadown failed to reach Shaak Ti while the droid army advanced toward the factory’s main computer core.
• General Grievous declared that the Clone Army would end as his forces attacked Kamino and his fleet gained the upper hand in orbit.
• Admiral Wullf Yularen ordered a retreat toward Kamino’s atmosphere before six Hunter Class battlecruisers arrived, and two women offered to save him.

Luna Dream and Luna Fantasy reinforced Wullf Yularen’s fleet and used powerful illusions to turn the space battle against Admiral Trench’s Separatist forces. As Grievous ordered an all-out assault on Kamino’s factory district, the sisters left the battle to head for Tipoca City, where Luna Fantasy sensed someone interesting.

• Luna Dream and Luna Fantasy arrived with six Hunter Class Battlecruisers, and Wullf Yularen asked them to help defend against the Separatist fleet threatening Kamino.
• Luna Fantasy led the sisters and Republic fighters into battle while Luna Dream created hundreds of fighter illusions that confused Admiral Trench’s systems and forced his fleet onto the defensive.
• Admiral Trench alerted General Grievous that Republic reinforcements had arrived, and Grievous ordered an all-out assault on Kamino’s mainframe to seize the clones’ genetic data.
• Maris Brood defended the Prime Minister’s Residence with Clone Troopers while Salarian special forces harassed Plo Koon’s approaching forces.
• Luna Fantasy grew bored with the space battle and persuaded Luna Dream to head for Tipoca City, saying someone interesting was there.

The Dream Sisters arrived on Kamino and were ordered to protect Lama Su while Ploo Koon headed to the factory district. There, General Grievous’s forces overwhelmed the defenses as B-X droids deceived the Republic command center.

• The Dream Sisters arrived at Tipoca City, where Ploo Koon welcomed them and sent them to escort Lama Su with Maris Brood.
• Luna-Huan startled Maris with a brief vision, then the sisters prepared to evacuate Lama Su before the Salarians saw through their illusions.
• Ploo Koon led his troops toward the factory district, where Grievous’s droids broke through the Clone Troopers’ defenses and killed clone trainees.
• A B-X droid copied a dead Clone Trooper’s voice over the communicator and falsely reported that H-99 Squadron had secured its defensive line.

General Grievous’s forces overwhelmed the clone defenders at the clone factory, while Ploo Koon arrived to protect the Embryo Bank and mainframe and battled Grievous. In Tipoca City, the Dream Sisters revealed an illusion to Maris Brood and frightened her with the darkness in her heart.

• B-X commando droids and other Separatist forces captured the clone factory district, and Shadown died while Cody evacuated the remaining clone cadets.
• General Grievous ordered the droids to destroy the Embryo Bank and steal data from the mainframe.
• Ploo Koon arrived with battle-hardened Clone Troopers, who rappelled into the building and attacked the droids as Grievous engaged Ploo Koon.
• The Dream Sisters used illusions to help Lama Su evacuate from Tipoca City while Maris Brood stayed behind to hold off the Salarian special forces.
• Luna Illusion revealed that Maris had mistaken an evacuated commercial district for the spaceport, and Luna Dream warned her to fear the darkness in her heart.

The Dream Sisters confronted Maris Brood and used their combined Force powers to expose and exploit her fear of death. Maris fell to the Dark Side and was sent to Dawn Star Planet as cannon fodder, realizing the sisters were true demons.

• Maris Brood confronted the Dream Sisters, but Luna-Dream’s gaze drew her into a terrifying vision of her own death.
• Luna-Dream exposed Maris’s fear and inferiority, then blocked her Lightsaber with her bare hand and proved Maris could not hurt her.
• Maris attacked wildly and injured her own ears as the vision’s screams overwhelmed her.
• Luna-Dream appeared as a giant and crushed Maris in her palm before the illusion ended.
• Maris discovered she had fallen to the Dark Side, and Luna-Phantom said the sisters would send her to Dawn Star Planet as cannon fodder.

Luna-Phantom and Luna-Dream discussed General Grievous’s seventy-point gain as his raid on Kamino’s clone factory ended in nuclear destruction. Grievous escaped with the clone DNA data, while the newer underwater factory remained intact.

• Maris Brood fled after Luna-Phantom warned her to visit Dawn Star Planet, and Luna-Dream said General Grievous was worth seventy points because he could obtain the clone DNA data and destroy much of the embryo reserves.
• General Grievous battled Ploo Koon while his droids broke into the factory mainframe, planted nuclear bombs, and discovered a newer clone factory beneath the sea.
• Shaak Ti escaped Gabriel Tosh, who fled into the sea, then sensed danger and drove away from the factory.
• After learning the mainframe had been cracked, Grievous ordered his forces to withdraw and detonate the bombs, while a CIS battlecruiser entered Kamino’s atmosphere.
• Ploo Koon ordered the Clone Troopers to evacuate, but the bombs detonated and destroyed the clone factory.
• Luna-Phantom told Luna-Dream that Grievous had earned seventy points.

The Dream Sisters regrouped on Kamino after the Separatist raid, where they learned Maris Brood had fallen to the Dark Side and Master Shaak Ti was critically injured. They took charge of Kamino’s defenses and clone production, while Tang Xiao and the Separatist leaders reviewed the raid’s success on Raxus Prime.

• The Dream Sisters found Master Shaak Ti critically wounded and Master Plo Koon recovering, and told them Maris Brood had fallen to the Dark Side and escaped.
• Plo Koon comforted the sisters, explained the Salarians’ formidable abilities, and offered to help with their training.
• Plo Koon departed with his fleet, leaving the Dream Sisters and their six Hunter Class Battlecruisers in charge of Kamino’s defense and clone-production cleanup.
• Luna Dream told Luna Fantasy to send the Governor a report, and Luna Fantasy joked about disrupting his plans and sending him cannon fodder.
• On Raxus Prime, Tang Xiao told Count Dooku, San Hill, and Nute Gunray that the raid on Kamino had largely succeeded, crediting Grievous, the Salarians, Gabriel Tosh, and Lord Archangel of Death.

Tang Xiao and Count Dooku’s secret plan used a costly assault on the Delon system to draw Galactic Republic forces away from the Eriadu front and prepare a raid on Kamino. After learning that Kamino’s clone production had not been fully stopped, Tang Xiao confronted the Dream Sisters, whose probing transmission ended with him striking back through the Force.

• Tang Xiao, Count Dooku, Nute Gunray, and San Hill planned a major offensive in the Delon system to divert Republic forces and support their wider strategy.
• Tang Xiao returned to his office on Raxus Prime and accepted a call from the Dream Sisters after they reported that Master Windu had sent them to reinforce Kamino.
• Luna Dream and Luna Phantom revealed that General Grievous had damaged much of the Embryo Bank and obtained DNA data but had failed to destroy Kamino’s Third Generation Clone Factory.
• The Dream Sisters told Tang Xiao that Maris Brood had fallen to the Dark Side and hinted that they were wary of powerful figures such as Anakin Skywalker.
• The sisters asked Tang Xiao whether he dreamed, making the transmission and his surroundings seem illusory; Tang Xiao retaliated with the Dark Side Force and the call cut off.
• Count Dooku abruptly opened his eyes while meditating in a separate office.

Tang Xiao prepared to attend the Confederacy of Independent Systems summit after a strange encounter with the Dream Sisters, then exchanged guarded pleasantries with Count Dooku. At the summit, Dooku described the Confederacy’s fighters battling across the galaxy as scenes of brutal combat unfolded in the Delon system and on Eriadu.

• On Kamino, Luna-Illusion and Luna-Dream laughed after using their ability and suffering nosebleeds.
• Tang Xiao ordered agents in the Neutral Star Sector to find a fair-skinned Zabrak woman and bring her to Dawn Star Planet without a confrontation.
• Francis Underwood told Tang Xiao that the High Council session was about to begin, and Tang Xiao set out for the conference hall.
• Count Dooku greeted Tang Xiao, questioned the powerful presence he had sensed, and declined Tang Xiao’s offer to draw blood for testing.
• At the July 19, 21 BBY summit on Raxus Prime, Count Dooku began his speech by describing the Confederacy’s forces fighting in the Delon system and Eriadu.
• In the Delon system, Republic and Confederacy forces fought a devastating space battle, while on Eriadu, droids advanced through Republic defenses and slaughtered soldiers.