Third Battle of Ruusan

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Third Battle of Ruusan
Conflict	New Sith Wars (Ruusan campaign)
Date	1001 BBY
Place	Ruusan
Outcome	Jedi victory
Combatants
Jedi Order
Brotherhood of Darkness
Commanders
Jedi Lord Hoth
Kopecz
Units
Army of Light
Strength
Thousands of Jedi Jedi Masters Jedi Knights Padawans 1-man Jedi fighters 2-man Jedi fighters
Sith fleet Sith base Infantry
Casualties
Heavy

"They couldn't possibly have mustered the strength to take back Ruusan. Not without us knowing!"
"It wasn't the Republic. It was the Jedi. Hundreds of them. Thousands. Jedi Masters, Jedi Knights, Jedi Padawans: an entire army of Jedi."

―Kopecz breaks the news of the Sith defeat to Kaan

The Third Battle of Ruusan was one of the final battles of the New Sith Wars. Following the previous engagement over the planet of Ruusan, the victorious Sith forces established a surface base and kept their fleet in orbit. Thousands of Jedi under Lord Hoth—the new Army of Light—arrived on the world to destroy the Sith garrison, while Skere Kaan and his main forces were occupied with taking the Bormea sector. The Jedi used one- and two-man fighters instead of capital ships, thus evading the Sith fleet, and their use of the Force overwhelmed the basic Sith infantry.

Kopecz fled to the Bormea sector to inform Lord Kaan of the defeat. The declaration of the Army of Light revealed the reasoning to the recent absence of Jedi Masters Kaan had experienced in recent conflicts. His suspicions realized, the Sith made haste to Ruusan to re-take the planet, and face his nemesis, Lord Hoth.

After the end of the war, the Third Battle of Ruusan would be remembered as one of Lord Hoth's greatest victories.

Appearances

• Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Dark Forces (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster (Mentioned only)

Sources

• The Dark Side Sourcebook (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (Indirect mention only)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare

Notes and references

New Sith Wars (2000 BBY–1000 BBY) Galactic timeline Previous: Darth Desolous conflict (after 3522 BBY) Next: Mandalorian Civil War (60–44 BBY) Stark Hyperspace War (44 BBY) Battles of the New Sith Wars Early battles (2000–1100 BBY) Fourth Great Schism · Uba IV · Malrev IV · King's Galquek Corphelion · Gap Nine · Mizra · Almas · Sictis Wars Early Republic Dark Age (1100–1010 BBY) First Aquilaris · Operation Influx: · Oranessan · Chelloa Nilash III · First Darkknell · Gazzari · Jutrand · Bactranate · Byllura Syned · Aquilaris campaign · Second Darkknell · First Skarpos Sarrassia · Second Skarpos · Vanahame Sith infighting · Duel (Kas'im and Na'daz) Light and Darkness War (1010–1002 BBY) Unidentified (Wud Mortull) · Korriban · Hoth · Dromund Kaas Ando · Bomis Koori · Castell · Corsin · Denon Dorin · Druckenwell · Enarc · Gizer · Gyndine · Jabiim · Mindor Monastery · Ord Mantell · Pax · Sanrafsix · Sy Myrth Kashyyyk · Hsskhor · Phaseera Alaris Prime · Harpori · Balowa · Ambria · Bespin · Sullust Taanab · Corulag · Chandrila · Brentaal IV · Lehon Ruusan campaign (1002–1000 BBY) First Ruusan · Second Ruusan · Third Ruusan · Fourth Ruusan Fifth Ruusan · Sixth Ruusan · Seventh Ruusan Related topics and articles Charge Matrica · Second Charge Matrica · Operation Deluge · Operation Influx · Kerra Holt · Vilia Calimondra Chagras · Vannar Treece · Odion · Daiman · Ayanos Bactra · Arkadia Calimondra Army of Light · Darth Bane · Brotherhood of Darkness · Belia Darzu · Lord Hoth · Lord Kaan New Sith · Republic Dark Age · Ruusan Reformation · Tarsus Valorum

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