The Sky Battle of Kashyyyk took place in the third year of the Clone Wars in the skies over the contested world of Kashyyyk when Jedi Commander Padmé Skywalker and her Republic fleet were ambushed by a Confederate Navy flotilla. Meeting in Kashyyyk's upper atmosphere, each faction launched starfighter squadrons that engaged their enemies in combat. Although both sides took losses, it was Skywalker's forces that suffered greater casualties when two of her three Star Destroyers fell to the Confederate frigates' heavy turbolaser fire. As the Separatist tactical droid commander dispatched B2-RP battle droids to board Skywalker's crippled command ship, the Ryloth, Jedi General Aayla Secura arrived with reinforcements aboard Anakin's own flagship, the Resolute. Launching in LAAT/i gunships, Secu