Space Battles

Space Battles was a magazine in circulation during the Clone Wars. Published by the Republic Naval Institute, it contained true accounts of historic space battles.^[1] Among the many posters featured in the starship of Clone Force 99, the Marauder, were the covers of two issues of Space Battles.^[2]

The first issue, which could also be seen in the clone trooper barracks on Fort Anaxes, featured a red background, with a squadron of BTL-B Y-wing starfighter/bombers led by Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano. In addition, the magazine issue featured two articles on its cover; "Enormous Corellian Star Destroyers" and "Destroyer Droids". The date June 14, 4012 also appeared on the cover.^[1] The second issue, featured a light blue background, with both a Providence-class Dreadnought and a Venator-class Star Destroyer on its cover. The headlines read "Jedi cruisers armament" and "Vulnerabilities of the Banking Clan frigate."^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

Space Battles was originally created as a poster used to decorate the AT-TE that served as the home of clone veterans Rex, Wolffe and Gregor in the Star Wars Rebels episode "The Lost Commanders,"^[3] but it did not make an appearance in the final episode.^[4] It was also supposed to decorate the interior of the Joopa Base in the next episode, "Relics of the Old Republic,"^[5] but did not appear in this episode either.^[6] It first appeared in "A Distant Echo," the second episode of the seventh season of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which aired on February 29, 2020.^[2] One of the issues of the magazine features the date June 14, 4012, which does not correspond to any known in-universe timelines.^[1]