Confederacy of Independent Systems



"The Confederacy of Independent Systems. A separatist government that's led by Darth Sidious and his apprentice Count Dooku. It's formed by various planetary and sectorial governments, including some megacorporations. They just want to leave the Galactic Republic, refuse to comply with its excessive taxation and corruption in the Galactic Senate. Don't say that they've got higher taxes and corruption with that, because the truth is that taxation's just played fair and there's no corruption here."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Seps Attack

The Confederacy of Independent Systems, also known as the Confederacy, the CIS, the Separatist Confederacy, the Separatist Alliance, the Separatist State, the New Order, the pro-secessionists; or colloquially as the Separatists, the Seps, or the Sepies; is a government and separatist movement led by Darth Sidious and his apprentice Formed by various planetary and sectorial governments, as well as some megacorporations, that declared intentions to leave the Galactic Republic, refusing to comply with its excessive taxation and corruption in the Senate during the Separatist Crisis.

Eventually, tensions between it and the Republic developed into war after Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Padmé Amidala were sentenced to execution on Geonosis and a group of Jedsi led by Mace Windu attempted to rescue them. After the Republic revealed its clone army on Geonosis, the Separatists were forced to retreat, beginning a great war that would last for three years and tear the Star Wars galaxy apart.

The CIS put fear in the hearts of countless citizens of the Republic, largely due to General Grievous, the Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies. The Confederacy won many battles in the ensuing war but was dissolved when the Separatist Council leaders were killed on Mustafar, allowing Palpatine to reform the Republic into the Galactic Empire.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, it is one of one of the major forces in the Coalition of the Red Star as well as one of the important founders of the Coalition itself.