"The strategy is working perfectly, my lord. The Jedi and their forces are spread thinly across the Outer Rim territories in a vain effort to contain our new offensive."

―Grievous to Darth Sidious^[src]

The Outer Rim Sieges were the series of fierce battles that took place throughout the planets of the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories, such as Saleucami and Mygeeto, which marked the final phase of the Clone Wars.

1 History
2 Battles in the Outer Rim Sieges
3 Behind the scenes
4 Appearances
- 4.1 Non-canon appearances
5 Sources
- 5.1 In other languages

HistoryEdit

The campaign began after the Republic won a series of key battles on Commenor and Balmorra, which drove the CIS from its bases in the Core and Colonies.

By General Grievous's command, the Confederate Navy retreated to the Mid and Outer Rims, reinforcing its vast holdings on either side of the Slice. Millions of Separatist ships were marshaled at Xagobah, Sluis Van, Siskeen, Clak'dor VII, Boz Pity, and other fortress worlds in order to draw in the Republic forces.

Emboldened by the Separatists' seemingly hasty retreat, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi deployed nearly every fleet element and troop carrier to the Rim borders with orders to lay siege to the CIS bases on Ord Radama, Ryloth, Xagobah, Saleucami, and elsewhere in the hope that a steady siege would collapse the Separatist strongholds and force the Confederacy to surrender. Morale throughout the Core was high, as many believed that the end of the war was near, and that the Confederacy would be expelled from the spiral arms and brought to justice.

In reality, the purpose of the Outer Rim Sieges was to enmesh the majority of the Republic's forces at the fringes of its borders. Once committed, the Jedi and their armies found themselves unable to break off, leaving Coruscant and the Core Worlds vulnerable to a major strike force led by General Grievous six months later.

The Sieges—and the war in general—were brought to an abrupt end when Palpatine ordered the Republic's clone troopers to carry out Order 66, a contingency plan meant to deal with the Jedi should they ever betray the Republic. Spread thinly throughout the galaxy and isolated from each other, the Jedi were caught off guard when their clone soldiers turned on them, and most of them were killed immediately in the opening minutes of what became the Great Jedi Purge. On Mustafar, Darth Vader killed the Separatist Council and deactivated the droid armies, bringing the CIS to an end. Palpatine then declared himself Emperor of the galaxy, and reorganized the Republic into the Galactic Empire.

Battles in the Outer Rim SiegesEdit

Behind the scenesEdit

The earliest mention of this campaign comes from Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook, where Alexsandr Badure is described as a veteran of the "Outer Rim Wars" portion of the Clone Wars.