Battle of Hypori
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| Battle of Hypori | |||||||||||||||||
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| Conflict | Clone Wars | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 21.7 BBY | ||||||||||||||||
| Place | Hypori | ||||||||||||||||
| Result | Victory for the Confederacy | ||||||||||||||||
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The Battle of Hypori, in which several Jedi were stranded on the eponymous planet where they encounter the mysterious General Grievous, who finally revealed himself. The only surviving Jedi were Ki-Adi-Mundi, Shaak Ti, Aayla Secura, and K'Kruhk (supposedly died but survived due to his ability to heal wounds).
The battle opened as the Republic fleet approached the foundry world, and they were caught unawares by the minefield lain around the planet by Grievous' forces. The trap was sprung. The entire Republic fleet was destroyed in space, or as soon as they landed. Only the Jedi survived. They were trapped inside the ruins of a Acclamator cruiser that had been felled. They were surrounded by Super Battle Droids.
Daakman Barrek managed to make contact with General Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was fresh from victory on Muunilist. Barrek was killed during the transmission by General Grievous, which prompted Kenobi to send a crack team of ARC troopers to Hypori to rescue the stranded Jedi knights. The troopers managed to infiltrate the perimiter, and kill General OOM-9, and sucedded in fending Grievous off in enough time to save Ki-Adi-Mundi, Secura and Ti.
The Cerean Tarr Seirr and the humans Jedi Daakman Barrek and Sha'a Gi were all killed. It was believed that the Whiphid Jedi K'Kruhk was killed as well, however this contradicted with other Expanded Universe sources in which he appeared that occurred later on. This continuity error was fixed by the explanation that Whiphid physiology allows them to go into a coma-like state, during which they are able to heal major wounds.