Clone Wars

Within the Star Wars narrative, the Clone Wars involve a three-year war fought to prevent thousands of planetary systems from seceding from the Galactic Republic and forming the “Confederacy of Independent Systems”, often referred to as “the Separatists”. The name derives from the Republic’s use of an army of clone troopers. They were first mentioned in A New Hope (1971) although the war itself was not depicted until Attack of the Clones in 2002.