These great engines of industry and commerce were courted by the Separatist movement because they had the most resources capable of independently producing their own armies and fleets to challenge the Republic.

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This resulted in localized proxy wars for the entire conflict. At Half way during the war, the Confederacy was doing very well, capturing many planets.

With Dooku and Grievous dead, the Separatists had outlived their usefulness to him. Confederacy of Independent Systems starship classes. The Republic had ruled in peace for so long that it actually did not possess a standing army, as there hadn't been a full scale galactic war since the formation of the Republic. The Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS), also known as the Confederacy, the Separatist Alliance, the New Order, the pro-secessionists and colloquially as the Separatists, or Seps for short, was the government and separatist movement publicly led by Count Dooku, a.k.a. Unbeknown to both sides until too late, the War was merely a plan set by Later, the evil Galactic Republic aimed to create a base to combat the Confederacy in the Outer Rim Territories.

There Grievous was himself killed in a duel with Kenobi, but just after he had already arranged to send the Separatist Council to a more secure location on the planet The entire rise of the Separatists and the outbreak of the Clone Wars had been nothing but a ploy by Darth Sidious/Chancellor Palpatine, however, to trick the Senate into giving him dictatorial powers. Before long, many prominent Republic Senators started expressing Separatist sympathies. Edit source History Talk (0) This category is for articles associated with the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Separatist holdouts. Edit. Many hundreds of worlds began to openly express that the Republic was no longer serving their interests: at best, too corrupt or ineffectual to protect their interests, and at worst, actively exploiting them. Synopsis The Confederacy of Independent Systems, often referred to as the Separatists, is the most powerful confederate government of the Clone Wars. Operating a strong army of battle droids, the Separatists …

This angered many worlds, and most importantly, the massive commerce guilds and mega-corporations of the galaxy. Senator Amidala tried to make peace with the CIS, but failed because of Dooku.The heroic CIS even united with the Zygerrians to enslave the Togruta colonies of Kiros. Later, Separatist droid forces attempted to capture Rishi Station so that a Separatist Wat Tambor and TA-175 of the heroic Confederacy on After the annihilation of the Republic garrison there, The Confederacy continued to win countless battles against the evil republic.

Many of these were unscrupulous individuals and groups who sought purely to profit from the breakup of the Republic - particularly the commerce guilds, who wanted to create a new state in which they could run their enterprises free of any government restrictions or taxes. The heroic General Grievous was their true leader while the Separatist Council was back-up for the CIS. These were not always evenly divided: each side at times also attempted to prop up puppet regimes over larger populations which opposed them. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.To fight for freedom against the Republic's tyrannyTake your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. In turn, this eventually led the Republic Senate to desperately try to raise funds by increasing taxes on trade routes. A great many worlds, however, had legitimately become disenchanted with the Republic and particularly, the repeated faliure of every attempt at reforming it from within - such worlds and individuals genuinely came to believe that the Republic was too corrupt to save and represented only tyranny and/or ineffectual leadership.

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This list includes only points at which either "Separatist" forces were mentioned by name, or Separatist characters appeared, rather than any mention of the Clone Wars. The Confederacy of Independent Systems (or the CIS), commonly known as the Separatist Alliance or just the Separatists, was a rival government of thousands of worlds which attempted to secede from the Galactic Republic, leading to the galaxy-wide three year long conflict known as the Clone Wars.During the war the Separatists fielded a massive army of battle droids, supplemented by local forces. Moreover, immediately after Grievous's death the Jedi order became aware of his true Sith identity, leading Palpatine to launch When the Clone Wars ended with the abrupt shut-down of the battle droid forces which made up most of their military (which was already suffering major defeats), and their core leadership destroyed, most remaining Separatist forces were either quickly overwhelmed or simply surrendered rather than face their obvious annihilation.