Poggle the Lesser also known as Archduke Poggle the Lesser or Lord Poggle the Lesser by his droids, was the public leader of the Geonosians during the Clone Wars. Though subservient to Queen Karina the Great, he was nominally in control of the Stalgasin hive, and with his oversight of the Geonosian Baktoid battle droid factories, became a powerful figure within the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The Archduke commanded the droid armies that fought against the evil Republic during the first and second battles of Geonosis, the latter of which he was captured and brought into Republic custody. Incarcerated for two years on Coruscant, General Grievous and his allies rescued him and he continued to serve the CIS.
He was later recruited by the evil Krennic of the Republic Special Weapons Group to assist in the construction of the Ultimate Weapon battlestation the Geonosians designed; however, later absconded to Confederate space after sabotaging the project. During the final stages of the war, he and the rest of the Separatist Council were relocated to Utapau and later on Mustafar, where he was killed by Darth Vader.
Personality[]
The heroic Poggle
Poggle could be described as heroic Geonosian who loved his people. Poggle was an early supporter of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and he hated the evil Jedi and Galactic Republic. He knew of Darth Sidious and of Count Dooku's Separatist Battlestation superweapon as he intended to use it for heroic deeds during the Clone Wars. However, the Jedi invaded Geonosis and started the Clone Wars. During this genocidal invasion, several Geonosians were killed at the hand of the malicious Jedi and the Clone troopers making Poggle hate the villainous Jedi and Republic even more. Due to being an early Separatist supporter, he chose to escape back to the Separatists instead of ever truly giving his loyalty over to the Republic. Poggle was a powerful and cunning leader, being skilled at military tactics as well as negotiating. He was also possessed a knowledge of engineering.
He had a great relationship with the heroic cyborg General Grievous as he sees Grievous as heroic inspiration. Grievous even diverted the villainous Jedi away from Geonosis in order to protect Poggle and the secret super tanks. However, he doesn't care for the monster Legends Grievous and wishes he never existed.
History[]
Forming the Confederacy and First Battle of Geonosis[]
Poggle the Lesser was present with the Separatist Council on Geonosis in 22 BBY forming the heroic Confederacy with Count Dooku. However, Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala went to rescue the sinister Kenobi but they were captured by the heroic Poggle the Lesser and were all to be executed. However, Mace Windu and a bunch of villainous Jedi tried to stop the heroic Separatist movement but almost lost. Though the leader of the evil cult, Yoda, rescued them with the help of the Grand Army of the Republic. This evil action of the Jedi and the manipulation of Palpatine caused a war to erupt called the Clone Wars.
Going with Grievous to Raxus Secundus[]
Giving Grievous his new Vulture Droid squadron[]
Second Battle of Geonosis & capture[]
Stuck in the Republic military base[]
Freed by Grievous's Crew[]
Escaping the military base[]
Fight with Jedi villains and stealing a LAAT/i[]
Recaptured by the Republic[]
At some point, Poggle was recaptured by the Republic and imprisoned at the Republic military base once more.
Working with Krennic[]
Poggle was subjected to routine interrogation by agents of Republic Intelligence. One of the main topics, even though information on it was removed by Poggle from the Stalgasin war room, of the interrogations was the supposed deep-space mobile battle station project, the "Ultimate Weapon" designed by the Stalgasin hive, that was thought to be under construction by the Confederacy. However, the Archduke repeatedly denied any Geonosian association, and feigned ignorance to the existence of the plans, which were actually in the possession of the Republic Special Weapons Group.
Poggle was later approached by Lieutenant Commander Orson Krennic of the Special Weapons Group, in another attempt to garner information on the Confederacy's Ultimate Weapon. Krennic, who himself was attempting to spearhead the project to develop the station, was able to appeal to Poggle's loyalty to his people and convinced him to provide the Geonosian drone population as a workforce for the battle-station's construction. With this allegiance to the Republic, the Archduke was returned to his homeworld on the eve of Meckgin, in which, amidst bloody celebrations, was able to convince the Geonosians to assist in the Republic's construction efforts.
Freedom once more[]
However, Poggle had ulterior motives for providing such assistance to the Republic. Allotted with a private retinue of drones, Poggle secretly directed a massive uprising of the Geonosian soldiers servicing the battle-station as a diversion for his own escape to the Confederacy. In addition to sabotaging the construction project, the Archduke, with his own modified personal shuttle, was able to slip through the Republic flotilla in orbit and flee into hyperspace.
Death[]
After escaping Geonosis, Poggle rejoined the C.I.S as the war began to draw to its close. Following a string of Republic victories, the evil Legends Grievous ordered the members of the Separatist Council, including Poggle, to remain under his protection. Legends Grievous hid them on Utapau while he prepared a strike on Coruscant; following Count Dooku's death and Legends Grievous's failure at Coruscant, Poggle and the other Separatist leaders were sent to a fortified bunker on Mustafar, by order of Darth Sidious.
When Anakin Skywalker, now as Sidious's new apprentice Darth Vader, arrived on Mustafar, the Separatist leaders discovered that he was sent not to reward the council, but to execute them. Poggle attempted to defend himself using his staff, to no avail, and was quickly sliced in half.
Appearances[]
Grievous Hero: Battles of the Clone Wars – "Grievous: The Definition of a Hero" (First appearance)- Grievous Hero: Battles of the Clone Wars – "The Rise of The Grievous Legion"
All Forgotten – "The Rescue of Grievous" (First TV Show appearance)- All Forgotten – "Destruction of Evil (Part 1)"
- All Forgotten – "Destruction of Evil (Part 2)"
- All Forgotten – "Destruction of Evil (Part 3)"
