As fortune would have it, the Republic moved first. The Galaxy held its breath, waiting to see which side would make the final daring move. In our bones, we knew the war was almost over. With the timely arrival of Master Yoda, the 501st was able to hold the line against the Seps on Kashyyyk. At least it was until Master Yoda arrived. We'd all heard the stories, of course, but we'd never fought next to them, never seen them rip apart a droid with their bare hands. What none of us had counted on was the Wookiees. The droids had us outgunned, outmaneuvered, and outmanned by a five-to-one margin. When we arrived on Kashyyyk, things were just as bad as we'd feared. Then I followed my orders, and turned planetward. As we fought our way into Kashyyyk's atmosphere, most of us believed that the only way we'd be getting off this planet was in a body bag.ДЄs the 501st finally broke through the Sep blockade over Kashyyyk, I took a long look back at the battle that continued to rage over the planet, and wondered why so many had to die for a bunch of walking carpets. It was a textbook suicide mission and we knew it. When the Separatists' invasion of Kashyyyk caught the Republic flatfooted, a detachment of the 501st was sent in to stop the bleeding until reinforcements could arrive. When the 501st was finally rotated out of Felucia, Aayla Secura made a point of seeing us off personally, calling us 'the bravest soldiers she had ever seen.' It's a good thing we were wearing helmets, because none of us could bear to look her in the eye. When her death came, I hope it was quick. Without her iron will, none of us would have come out of that mess with our sanity or our lives. Cut off and, for all we knew, abandoned by our superiors, our only hope was Aayla Secura, our Jedi commander. So we did, only to be met with month after month of flesh-eating diseases, shrieking nocturnal predators, and other sights that haunt me to this day. On Felucia, the Seps dug their metal heels into the muck of that alien hellhole and dared the Republic to come in after them. It's been said that the 501st got the best of the war. With only a few veteran pilots on-planet, many of the 501st were pressed into service to drive off the Seps and buy time for a pair of Jedi Knights to rescue the Chancellor.ДЄfter disabling the final capital ship, General Kenobi and Skywalker took advantage of the opportunity we'd created and rescued the Chancellor. The CIS had staged a daring kidnapping of Chancellor Palpatine, and was being escorted from Coruscant by a fleet of Separatist ships. For months, every hour of our downtime was spent in the simulator, preparing for the time we would face our enemies from the cockpit of a 170. Coruscant Space - A Desperate Rescue ДЄs the Clone Wars progressed, more and more ground-based legions found themselves pressed into space combat, including the fighting forces of the 501st. And if they could be fooled, they could be killed. Suddenly, we realized that the Jedi could be fooled. The success of the mission on Mygeeto was something of a revelation for the men of the 501st. Just like the rest of them, though, he never caught a whiff of what was really going on, until it was far too late. What Ki-Adi-Mundi didn't know however was that our unit of the 501st was really after an experimental Mygeetan power source that the Chancellor wanted for his 'superlaser.' Keeping Mundi in the dark wasn't easy the Jedi had become increasingly wary of the Chancellor's doings, and were on the lookout for the slightest hint of treachery. When we arrived at the bombed-out ruins of Mygeeto, our Jedi commander believed we had been sent to take out a droid energy collector. In the waning months of the Clone Wars, the 501st faced missions critical to the agenda of Chancellor Palpatine. Incredibly, the 501st survived the crucible of Geonosis, emerging battle-hardened, and ready for whatever the war would throw at us. it doesn't really prepare you for all the screaming or the blood, does it? Frankly I'm still amazed we ever made it through the first hour, never mind the first day. Of course, that's pretty much the way it was for all of us, wasn't it? All that breeding, all those years of training. it was hot, sandy, chaotic, nothing at all like the simulations on Kamino.

A Clone Trooper who would later become a member of the 501st compiled this entry. Note: The 501st Legion was not created until after the Battle of Geonosis. 16 Yavin Orbit - Vader's Fist Strikes Back.14 Polis Massa - Birth of the Rebellion.10 Mustafar Space - Preventive Measures.5 Kashyyyk Orbit - First Line of Defense.

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