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- "Rain hellfire upon them."
- ―Grand Admiral Thrawn orders an aerial bombardment
An aerial bombardment was a tactic utilized by sky-based naval forces against ground targets.
History[]
- "Shall we commence an aerial bombardment, sir?"
«Oh, well that does sound like the thing to do, doesn't it? Let's get right on that…eventually…» - ―Gak-Sixtoo and Bokku
During the First Battle of Geonosis, enormous Acclamator-class transgalactic military assault ships had penetrated the upper atmosphere of Geonosis, knocking out the Geonosian launch hives with aerial bombardment under the command of Jedi Grand Master Yoda.[1] In 19 BBY, sometime after the Galactic Empire's establishment from the Galactic Republic, the Imperial government began conducting operations on the planet Kamino, which led to the acquisition of the Kaminoan species' cloning technology by the Empire. After their operations on Kamino had ceased, Imperial Vice Admiral Edmon Rampart ordered a fleet of three Venator-class Star Destroyers to assume position and fire upon the capital of Tipoca City. As a result of the aerial bombardment, the city was destroyed and sank into the vast planetary oceans,[2] while the clone commandos of the deserted Clone Force 99 and Imperial Clone Commander Crosshair survived the bombardment and escaped the planet.[6]
Thrawn's bombardment on Peridea
In 3 ABY,[7] the Hutt crime lord Bokku carried out an aerial bombardment at Zee-Nine City Seven in Hutt Space, though the blasts were blocked by the Sith Lord Darth Vader.[3] Circa 9 ABY,[8] Grand Admiral-in-exile Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn" ordered his Star Destroyer, the Chimaera, to fire upon the attacking Force-sensitives Ahsoka Tano, Sabine Wren, Ezra Bridger as they approached the Great Mothers' Fortress. All three survived the attack.[5]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic Adventures: Crash Landing
- The High Republic Adventures: Crash and Burn (In flashback(s))
- Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss (and audiobook)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Massacre" (First appearance)
Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Return to Kamino"- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Kamino Lost"
Star Wars Rebels — "Family Reunion – and Farewell"- Darth Vader (2020) 13
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 21: The Pirate"
Ahsoka — "Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord"
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Complete Locations (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
"The Best of the Batch" — Star Wars Insider 216
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Return to Kamino"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Darth Vader (2020) 13
- ↑ The Mandalorian — "Chapter 21: The Pirate"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ahsoka — "Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Kamino Lost"
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Darth Vader (2020) 13 to 3 ABY.
- ↑ "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 228 dates the events of "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" to 9 ASW4. As SW4 occurs in 0 BBY according to Star Wars: Timelines, 9 ASW4 correlates to 9 ABY. Preceding episodes, also take place in that year, since they take place after The Book of Boba Fett, which is dated to 9 ABY according to Timelines. As "Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord" takes place shortly after Part Seven, the events of Ahsoka as a whole must all take place within the same year.