The Confederation was an alliance of systems that joined Corellia in her revolt against the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances from 40 ABY until 41 ABY. The Confederates portrayed themselves as freedom fighters while the Alliance, especially Jacen Solo, labeled them as terrorists. The rebel movement was eventualy defeated by the Galactic Alliance and forced to surrender in the last battle of the war, however following the death of Darth Caedus it took part in peace talks proposed by the Jedi Coalition. After the war the Confederation remained an independent government and emerged as one of the three major galactic powers, alongside the Galactic Alliance and Imperial Remnant.

Contents 1 History 2 Confederation military 3 Government and politics 4 Known members, supporters, allies and co-belligerents 5 Known planets, organizations, and factions of the Confederation 6 Appearances 7 Sources 8 Notes and references 8.1 In other languages

HistoryEdit

Earlier in the war, the Five Worlds had declared themselves independent as the Corellian Confederation,^[1] but the new government only grew when Lumiya maneuvered Commenor and Bothawui into joining the Corellians, to drive the Galactic Alliance blockade fleets out of the Corellian system.^[2]

At the insistence of Corellia's new allies, the name of the new interstellar coalition was simplified to just "the Confederation". Subsequently, they were joined by Fondor, then Bespin and Adumar: this gave the Confederation control of two of the galaxy's largest military shipyards, and some of the most important suppliers of blaster gas and proton torpedoes for their newly assembled Confederation Fleet.^[3]

Having secured several of the galaxy's major shipyards, the Confederation Fleet assaulted Galactic Alliance shipyards, such as those at Gyndine, in order to limit their offensive capabilities.

It also seems that at least one faction in Hutt Space joined the Confederation,^[1] and the appointment of former Imperial General Turr Phennir as the Supreme Commander of the combined Confederation military may indicate that sympathizers within the Imperial Remnant also made commitments to the coalition, in defiance of the pro-Alliance position of the Moff Council.^[4]

After the events of Gilatter VIII, Dur Gejjen, Five World Prime Minister, was assassinated by Ben Skywalker on the orders of his cousin Jacen Solo, which took a heavy toll on the Confederation and its allies. Though Gejjen was dead, the Bothans were not ready to call it quits, offering twenty million credits per month to the Mandalorians for the exclusive services of a Mandalorian fleet with infantry. They were also greatly interested in acquiring a squad of the new Bes'uliik-class assault starfighters and were willing to pay a premium for exclusive purchasing rights.^[5]

Soon after, the galaxy fell into civil war, and the combined fleets of Corellia, Bothawui, Hutt Space, and Commenor engaged with Core World forces, hoping for a decisive battle with the forces of Coruscant. Although Balmorra quickly fell to the Confederation, the main assault force was defeated at Kuat and the failure of getting the Wookiees to join with them after the Battle of Kashyyyk left them out on a limb.^[6]

The Confederation was weakened by one defeat after another, the forces of Commenor and Bothawui were severely depleted by Alliance attacks and coupled with the destruction of Centerpoint Station and the fall of Fondor tipped the balance away from the Confederation.^[5][7][8]

The final action of the Confederation was to participate in the Second Battle of Roche along with the Jedi Coalition and the Alliance-in-exile but their fleets were badly beaten by Nek Bwua'tu and trapped in the Roche system. Although Darth Caedus was killed in the Second Duel on the Anakin Solo and the Second Galactic Civil War ended,^[9] the Confederation refused to rejoin the Galactic Alliance, but did take part in the Unification Summit, by Turr Phennir on Coruscant in 43 ABY. It was presumably still in existence in 44 ABY and 45 ABY.

Confederation militaryEdit

The individual fleets reorganized themselves to become the united Confederation Fleet. The Supreme Commander of the Confederation Fleet was former Imperial General Turr Phennir.

The fleet boasted several powerful warships, such as the newly constructed Corellian Dreadnaught, the Corellian Strident-class Star Defender, the versatile Bothan Assault Cruiser, the upgraded Hapan Battle Dragon, as well as the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer.

The Confederation Fleet managed to inflict heavy losses against enemy forces, but its resources were very depleted near the end of the war. When Jedi Coalition decided to reconstruct the Galactic Alliance with the help of Imperial Remnant, after the death of Darth Caedus, the Confederation was forced to surrender and sit down to negotiate with the victorious side.

Government and politicsEdit

During its existence as the Corellian Confederation, the secessionist government was headed by the Five World Prime Minister, although this office briefly changed to the President of Five Worlds. When its membership grew beyond the Corellian sector, the Confederation had no single Head of State, because its leadership consisted of political leaders and military commanders of individual planets, organizations and factions, though the Prime Minister of the Five Worlds retained much power and often spoke in the name of the Confederation. Therefore its policy was inconsistent - some members differed in terms of method of warfare and had various ideas on how to win the Second Galactic Civil War. However, the Confederation was known by close economical and military cooperation. To better coordinate military strategy and provide many fleets a single, united command, the office of the Supreme Commander of the Confederation Fleet was created. Later, the Supreme Commander virtually assumed the powers of head of state and after the war represented the Confederation at the Unification Summit.

The staunch enemy of the Confederation was the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, assisted by the Imperial Remnant. It also opposed the Hapes Consortium when Queen Mother Tenel Ka Djo was loyal to the GA government based on Coruscant, but later Confederacy leaders concluded a pact of neutrality with the Consortium. The Jedi Coalition was its co-belligerent; both factions fought the GA mostly independently of each other, though they shared intelligence about maneuvers and targets of their common enemy. When the Galactic Alliance split into two factions, one of the Confederation founders, (Fondor), offered safe refuge to forces loyal to Cha Niathal and permitted them to use the planet to set up a government-in exile, seeing in Jacen Solo, the current GA Chief of State, the greatest threat to all. The Confederation managed to find some powerful allies such as the Heritage Council and Hutts, while establishing trade contacts with the weapons-producing Mandalorians. It also tried to increase its forces in various ways like planning a political coup (Hapes) or offering assistance to endangered planets such as (Kashyyyk).

The main goal of the separatist's government was to liberate itself from the yoke of the strongly centralized and very restrictive Galactic Alliance, represented particularly in the person of Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus, a colonel of the oppressive secret police Galactic Alliance Guard and later Galactic Alliance Chief of State. Though some members of the Confederation saw a better future in the full independence of GA, others united under its banner, looking for opportunities to rule the galaxy by fear and force their potential enemies to obedience, for example by threatening to use superweapons like the Centerpoint Station.

Known members, supporters, allies and co-belligerentsEdit

Military Command

• General Turr Phennir - Supreme Commander of the Confederation forces.
• Admiral Vara Karathas - Chief of staff and military head of the Corellian Defense Force.
• Admiral Wedge Antilles - Supreme Commander of the Corellian armed forces (fired, withdrew support, joined Jedi Coalition).
• Admiral Genna Delpin - Supreme Commander of the Corellian armed forces.
• Admiral Babo - Confederate admiral in the Bothan Navy.
• Admiral For'o - Confederate admiral in the Bothan Navy.
• Admiral Traest Kre'fey - Confederate admiral in the Bothan Navy.
• Aleson Gray - Dukat and Duch'da to Lady AlGray, commander of the Kendall.
• Lieutenant Caregg Oldathan - Commenorian pilot, leader of Grayfeather Squadron.
• Lieutenant Danen - Commenorian bombardier-gunner, member of Grayfeather Squadron.
• Captain Hoclaw - Corellian commander of Valorum.

Political leadership

• Thrackan Sal-Solo - Head of State of Corellia, its Minister of War, later President of Five Worlds.
• Vol Barad - Deputy President of Corellia (serving under Sal-Solo).
• Aidel Saxan- Five World Prime Minister of the Corellian system.
• Denjax Teppler- Five World Deputy Prime Minister of the Corellian system (serving under Saxan), later acting Five World Prime Minister, then Corellian Minister of Justice (serving under Gejjen) and Minister of Information (serving under Koyan).
• Dur Gejjen - Five World Prime Minister of the Corellian system.
• Gavele Lemora - Corellian Minister of Intelligence.
• Rorf Willems - Corellian Minister of Defense.
• Triumvirate - three Democratic Alliance politicians who shortly assumed power over the Five Worlds.
• Sadras Koyan - Five World Prime Minister of the Corellian system.
• Shas Vadde - President of Fondor.
• Fyor Rodan - Prime Minister of Commenor.
• Charr - Senator of Corellian sector.
• Captain Han Solo - diplomat and pilot sided with Corellia (withdrew support, joined Jedi Coalition).
• Jedi Knight Leia Organa Solo - diplomat sided with Corellia (withdrew support, joined Jedi Coalition).
• Lady AlGray - Ducha of Relephon Moons, head of House AlGray, leader of the Heritage Council and Heritage Fleet.
• Lady Galney - Ducha of Terephon, member of the Heritage Council, commander of her family fleet.

Other members

• Testan ke Harran - employee of the Dammant Killers, Confederate military weapon supplier.
• Denjax Teppler's brother - operative in Corellian Security Force, later bodyguard to Aidel Saxan.
• Harval Tommick - Chief of security for Aidel Saxan.
• Lady Galney's consort - spy for the Heritage Council.
• Lalu Morwan - former flight surgeon of the Kendall, secret operative for the Heritage Council.
• Matric Klauskin - former admiral, traitor to Galactic Alliance, Commenorian hero.
• Tathak K'roylan - deputy intelligence leader for Bothawui.
• Sergeant Mezer - operative in Corellian Security Force.
• Breyf T'dawlish - Bothan official.
• Rikel - crewman aboard Centerpoint Station.

Co-belligerents

• Grand Master Luke Skywalker - Grand Jedi Master of the New Jedi Order (following Battle of Kashyyyk formed Jedi Coalition, which fought against Galactic Alliance forces in several battles).
• Hapan Queen Mother Tenel Ka Djo - Head of State of the Hapes Consortium (following Battle of Kashyyyk declared an armistice with the Confederation, joined Jedi Coalition).
• Admiral Cha Niathal - Chief of State of Galactic Alliance-in exile (following Second Battle of Fondor set a government-in-exile at the Confederate planet, joined Jedi Coalition).
• Admiral Natasi Daala - commander of Maw Irregular Fleet (fought against Imperial Remnant, ally of Galactic Alliance, joined Jedi Coalition).
• Mandalore Boba Fett - leader of the Mandalorians (hired by some Confederate officials, established military contacts, joined Jedi Coalition).

Known planets, organizations, and factions of the ConfederationEdit

• Corellia^[10] and the Corellian sector
• Commenor system^[10]
• Bothawui and the Bothan Space^[10]
• Fondor system^[10]
• Bespin system^[10]
• Adumar system^[10]
• Etti IV and the Corporate Sector^[10]
• Nal Hutta and the Hutt Space^[6][10]
• Jabiim system^[10]
• Atzerri system^[10]
• Chasin system^[10]
• Bimmisaari system^[10] and allied planets in the Halla sector^[6]
• Eriadu system and the Seswenna sector^[10]
• Rothana system^[10]
• Las Lagon system^[10]
• Altyr system^[10]
• Beris system^[10]
• Katraasii system^[10]
• Obredaan system^[10]
• Heritage Fleet Remnants
• Other groups such as pirates or smugglers.

AppearancesEdit

• Exile (First appearance)
• Sacrifice
• Inferno
• Fury
• Revelation
• Invincible
• Crosscurrent (Mentioned only)
• Outcast

SourcesEdit

• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Fate of the Jedi: Dramatis Personae
• The Essential Atlas
•  Corellia in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
•  Daala, Natasi in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare
• "The Art of Warfare"—Star Wars Insider 133

Notes and referencesEdit

Major rebellion movements
Five Worlds ← 40 ABY Itself alongside the Jedi Coalition →
Major rebellion movements
Confederation by itself ← 40–41 ABY (Concurrently with the Jedi Coalition) Itself with the Jedi Coalition and the Alliance-in-exile →
Major rebellion movements
Itself with the Jedi Coalition ← 41 ABY— (Concurrently with the Jedi Coalition and the Alliance-in-exile) Galactic Alliance Remnant/Empire-in-exile →