Republic #50: The Defense of Kamino

Two months after the'Battle of Geonosis, with the forces of the'Republic and the armies of the'Confederacy of Independent Systems'stalled in a series of indecisive battles, the Separatists risk a devastating strike at the heart of the Republic's war machine: they attack the cloning facility on Kamino! Their hope is to permanently destroy the Republic's ability to create new'clones'for'its army. The Republic's defense rests on a'squadronof'Jedi Starfighters'and a battalion of'Jedi-led'clone troopers'within the facility itself!