- "I have the coordinates for a new target—the Republic's secret Outer Rim Medical Station. It is unprotected and treating over 60,000 wounded clones."
- ―Count Dooku, to General Grievous
Kaliida Shoals Medical Center was a secret Galactic Republic Haven-class medical station during the Clone Wars, located in the Outer Rim Territories. The station housed a large number of bacta tanks to heal wounded Republic soldiers.
History[]
Although the medical station's location was originally a secret, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious—using his sources as the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, Palpatine—gave the coordinates of the medical station to his Sith apprentice, Count Dooku, to use in favor of the Separatist Alliance.[3]
Dooku gave the details of the medical station to the cyborg Separatist General Grievous, and commanded that Grievous attack the medical station using their prized heavy cruiser Malevolence. Dooku hoped Grievous would destroy the station and the sixty-thousand recovering clone troopers aboard, severely wounding the Republic's medical effort during the war.[3]
After the Republic was notified of the Separatist's impending attack, Admiral Wullf Yularen warned the station's Kaminoan chief Nala Se to evacuate her passengers, meanwhile Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi contacted the nearby Naboo for help in the process. The Naboo, from the nearby Naboo star system, sent medical transports to aid in the evacuation.[3]
Grievous arrived soon after, having traveled from the nearby Ryndellia system, and proceeded with the attack on the medical station using Malevolence's ion cannon to disable the medical transports before opening fire on them. However, Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and his Shadow Squadron had taken a shortcut through the nearby Kaliida Nebula, intercepting Grievous before he could destroy the medical station. During the ensuing battle, Skywalker lost several of the BTL-B Y-wing starfighter/bombers under his command, but Shadow Squadron was still able to hit the Malevolence and damage its hyperdrive, forcing Grievous to flee and securing the safety of the medical station.[3]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shadow of Malevolence" (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Destroy Malevolence" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Rookies" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty Hunters" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Senate Murders" (In flashback(s))
Sources[]
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Shadow of Malevolence on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Destroy Malevolence on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- "Shadow of Malevolence" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Destroy Malevolence" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as Kaliida Shoals medical station)
- Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles (First identified as Kaliida Shoals Medical Center)
- "Always Two There Are" Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 26 (Highlights of the Saga: Fall of the Malevolence)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- Rise of the Separatists (Picture only)
- "Republic, Rebel, and Resistance Starfighters" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "The Clone Wars Begin" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2023
- Star Wars: Timelines
- Bacta Tank in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 89 (Starship Fact File: Haven-class Medical Station) establishes that VenteX Construction Yards was responsible for the construction and remodification of all Haven-class medical stations.
- ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 89 (Starship Fact File: Haven-class Medical Station)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 89 (Starship Fact File: Haven-class Medical Station)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shadow of Malevolence" depicts the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center as a Haven-class medical station, which measures 651.84 meters in diameter according to Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 89 (Starship Fact File: Haven-class Medical Station).
- ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 89 (Starship Fact File: Haven-class Medical Station) states that the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center was the first modified Haven-class medical station to be commissioned and operational at the beginning the Clone Wars, dated to 22 BBY by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.
- ↑ "Shadow of Malevolence" Episode Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link)