He then had Vader send a deactivation signal to the entire Droid Army, shutting it down and ending the Clone Wars.ĭespite its brief existence, the Confederacy left a lasting effect on the galaxy. Afterwards, Sidious, as Palpatine, proclaimed the birth of the Galactic Empire with himself as Emperor. After Vader's conversion and the activation of Order 66, Vader was dispatched to Mustafar and slayed the entire Separatist Council, saving Gunray for last as the Viceroy begged for his life, but was soon silenced by Vader. Unfortunately, Grievous was meant to lure Obi-Wan away from Coruscant so he couldn't stop Sidious from converting Anakin into his third and final apprentice, Darth Vader. The battle ended with Grievous's death at the hands of Obi-Wan, and Nute Gunray became the Confederacy's final leader. The Jedi High Council dispatched Obi-Wan to deal with him.

Afterwards, Sidious ordered Grevious to move the Separatist Council to Mustafar and, as Palpatine, informed Anakin that the cyborg was on Utapau. During the skirmish, Dooku was killed by Anakin, and Grievous, who escaped, became the Confederacy's new leader. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who were fighting on the front lines, rushed back to Coruscant to rescue the Chancellor.

Sidious had General Grievous invade Coruscant and capture his alter ego. Meanwhile, the Jedi Order's ranks were becoming increasingly thinned as the Republic grew weaker and public opinion turned against them as the Jedi were spread out more and more facing the Separatists in the Outer Rim Territories, especially following so many Jedi being killed in the initial Battle of Geonosis.Īfter the Jedi discovered Sidious's existence thanks to a mecho-chair Nute Gunray accidentally left behind on Cato Nemodia and launched a hunt for him, the Sith Master decided the time had come to initiate his endgame. What no one but Count Dooku knew was that the Separatist Crisis and the Clone Wars that followed were all part of a plan by Darth Sidious to execute Darth Bane's grand plan: the Revenge of the Sith and the birth of a new Sith Empire.įor three years, the Clone Wars raged across the galaxy while, in his public persona as Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, Darth Sidious used the war to increase his popularity and his political, economic, and military power via his emergency powers. Formed by various planetary and sectorial governments, as well as several economic cartels (the Trade Federation, Intergalactic Banking Clan, Techno Union, Commerce Guild, Corporate Alliance and Retail Caucus), the Confederacy declared intentions to leave the Galactic Republic because of its excessive taxation and the corruption in the Senate.

The confederacy of independent systems