General Kalani

"This is Kalani. I Assure you he will succeed where you have failed."

- Count Dooku to King Rash Sangay "The order will be restored...."

- General Kalani

General Kalani is the one of the main antagonists in Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 4 and the true main antagonist in Onderon Arc. He is a Super Tactical Droid that was an upgraded model of the T-series tactical droid used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems as a battle droid commander during the Clone Wars.

Official Background
''Early in the Clone Wars, the Separatist droid army was often led into war by analytically minded tactical droids. Before long, the Republic was able to outmaneuver the tactical droids by exploiting their reliance on precise calculation and lack of imagination when dealing with the unexpected. Further more, the droids were spindly mechanics whose heads could be yanked off and scoured for vital combat data. Super tactical droids, like General Kalani, were an improvement over the standard tactical droid. Kalani's advanced processors and robust frame made him a threat to be reckoned with. Super tactical droids were created for the Separatist Alliance in the Clone Wars to address shortcomings in the T-series tactical droid. They stood 1.94 meters tall and were programmed to resist interrogation. ''

History
"As you wish my lord."

- Kalani to Count Dooku

Kalani was a Super tactical Droid, a battle droid who stood out with better processors and a more robust physique of the standard Tactical Droid that were used at the beginning of the Clone Wars. As a successful commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, who reached his victories by his analytical approach, achieved the droid the respect of Count Dooku, the leader of the separatists.

In the course of the war the separatists took over the control of the planet Onderon, by they used against their associated Sanjay Rash as the new king of this world and sent a droid army in the capital Iziz. However, it failed the troops stationed there to stop the emerging rebel movement, which campaigned against the occupation of their homeworld and called for the restoration of rashes predecessor Ramsis Dendup.

After the resistance fighters had destroyed the power generator of Iziz, feared the monarch that he and his allies would be involved in an open conflict. Therefore, he called for reinforcement with Count Dooku in order to keep his people under control and defeat the rebels can that were better organized in his view than at the beginning of the resistance. Dooku secured him better droids in his support, but doubted rashes skills as a commander, so he also Kalani sent to replace the king as commander. The head of the separatists was convinced that the super Tactical Droid rashes compensate for failures and could strengthen the defense of the royal troops. For surgery him four new gunboats were made available, which should test the droid in action against the rebels.

After his arrival Kalani discussed with Rash and General Tandin, the leader of Onderon Royal Militia, the strategy that should speed up their offensive against the resistance. However Tandin rejected the interference of the separatists in the affairs of his home world, he wanted to wage war against his people. He refused Kalani military support and his tactical advice since the droid only showed interest in his military success on Onderon.

Against the Rebellion
""It's just a matter of time until they are eliminated."."

- Kalani over the rebels



After the arrival of reinforcements on Onderon succeeded the rebels to destroy a convoy of the droid army shortly after his arrival in Iziz. Therefore, Kalani was with the monarch, whose advisor Okalin and Tandin in the throne room of the royal palace. The Super Tactical Droid represented in the discussion of the view that the resistance was not to be regarded as a threat, and was convinced that his droids would deactivate the movement in the  foreseeable future. He also refused to support the spleen, because he suspected that the rebellion would so find supporters within Tandis army. The commander of the Onderon militia saw the blame for the adverse course of the campaign,in the droid army, as it was her not yet managed to stop the rebels.Rash refused to negotiate with opponents of his reign.

He then demanded to know more about the alleged leader of the movement: the siblings Steela and Saw Gerrera and Lux Bonteri. As Kalani learned that Bonteri, the son of former Senator of Onderon, was also involved in the resistance, he demanded of Tandin a justification why he had not been informed about it. Rash interrupted their dispute to send for Dendup to himself, as he saw the person responsible for the rebellion. Kalani asked the prisoners to end the resistance of his followers. Although Dendup denied to lead the rebels, commanded Rash, the next day to execute the previous monarch as an example on the Yohlan Square.

The night before the execution succeeded the battle droids, Saw Gerrera capture while trying to free Dendup. He was taken to the palace and subjected to the supervision of Kalani and Tandin a torture by electric shocks through which the Super Tactical Droid wanted to know where the other rebels  were. He tried because of its programming to complete Gerrera survey as soon as possible, interrupted Tandin torture because he feared that the prisoners would die by torture and they would to lose a direct connection to the resistance fighters. The droid suspected, therefore, that Tandin pitied the rebels, but the General saw this tactic as the only way to effectively advance their warfare without acting against the will of the people.

On the day of the public execution of former monarchs accompanied Kalani, Rash, Dendup and two Magna Guards on the Yohlan Square, which was guarded by numerous battle droids and battle droids.The rebels managed to prevent the execution, as Steela Gerrera the two Magna guards ausschaltete and Bonteri two smoke grenades tossed to where the droids monitored the flow of execution. Then they freed the former king and attacked the droids. Kalani still managed to alert before he was thrown from Saw Gerrera to the ground. Prevented the super battle droids, which had called the general, the resistance fighters from escaping through the crowd. After the rebels had surrendered to the Tactical Droid 's command, the execution should be continued and killed Dendup together with the captured resistance fighters.

Before the execution could begin again, the execution of Tandin and his militia was stopped, the Kalani and his battle droids with laser lances threatened while Tandin Rash took hostage. Kalani sat Although this started to free the king, but was it stopped by the guards. So the commander of the militia of his troops and the rebels offered the possibility of escape. Then the Super tactical droid let the remaining droids and two droidekas stance to kill Tandin as soon as he released her rash.The home side's Jedi Ahsoka Tano, briefly to set the droid by a power surge knocked out and escape with Tandin. When the battle droids wanted to pursue the fugitives, they blocked the Onderonianer the way.

Summary
"The fear will bring them back."

- General Kalani talking about the protests of the people

General Kalani was a super tactical droid in operation during the Clone Wars. Around 20 BBY, he was sent by Count Dooku to help King Sanjay Rash  of Onderon to crush those who resisted the occupation CIS. When Count Dooku thought Sanjay Rash, King of Onderon, needed a better general deal with local rebellion, he attributed Kalani to join Rash on the planet.How a super tactical droid, Kalani demanded that he be informed of all available data. When Tandin, native of Rash general, showed no  evidence of rebel leaders Onderon, and Steela Saw Gerrera, Kalani argued that he was being provided with insufficient information. Although Tandin defended Rash to allow the military to deal with the rebels, Kalani refused, stating that they may have sympathizers within the military.

After Saw Gerrera was captured while trying to rescue the former king, Ramsis Dendup, Kalani and Tandin



oversaw his torture  and interrogation. When Tandin showed compassion for pain Gerrera, Kalani was puzzled, but impressed.Kalani was later present when Rash have tried Dendup publicly executed. The tactical droid super correctly calculated that the rebels would attack and was able to capture them using an ambush by B2 super battle droids. Tandin, however, turned against Rash, and with the help of Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano was able to escape the ambush Kalani.



The resistance soon began to intensify their efforts. Dendup announced to all Iziz via holograms tyrannical government Rash and asked that they support the rebels. The common people then began Onderonian riots throughout the city. Rash the began to worry that the droid army will spread too thin to combat both the rebels and the riots. Kalani began his solution and orchestrated an attack against the rebel hideout with newly designed droid helicopters. After the attack failed due to interference of the Jedi and the pirate Hondo Ohnaka, Kalani was present when King Rash again appealed to Dooku for further assistance. Dooku briefed by Kalani on the situation before agreeing to Onderon was a lost cause and ordering out the separatist forces there to Agamar. Kalani unceremoniously raised a blaster and executed the king sat upon his throne.

Description
"Do not underestimate our power. If the rebel army is destroyed, the citizens lost courage. And then the order will be restored."

- General Kalani to King Sanjay Rash

Kalani was considered as the commander of the Separatist on the intelligent implementation and the successful completion of its operations. In contrast to the standard Super Tactical Droid he presented his strategy not only through analytical calculations together with those in anticipation, the moves of his opponent, but also brought variations in its behavior in its plans and set changes in the game plan to immediately, for example, as the execution of Sanjay Rash was prevented by the rebels and Kalani reinforcement requested.

Therefore, the droid was trying to be informed of all developments and facts that affected its operation, and he was never adverse to using cut-throat strategies to defeat and demoralize his opponents. Tandin was of the opinion that Kalani could not create a alternative plan because he overestimated himself by his determined fight way and did not consider that the people of Onderon took an important role in his plans, because he, unlike Tandin no regard for the interests the population increased.Kalani started a hunt for terrorists and people who were connected or supported the cause terrorist were tortured, killed or imprisoned, around the entire planet of Onderon was chaos generating a global civil war, kalani command the death of all rebels and civilians for crimes against Alliance Separatist generating a mass slaughter of thousands of innocents.

Kalani in 6 Season
"I am programmed to resist intimidation."

- General Kalani

Kalani was responsible for supervising Admiral Trench. He was later tasked with delivering clone trooper Tup to Count Dooku. In an effort to retrieve Tup, Anakin Skywalker along with Captain Rex and ARC trooper Fives boarded the Separatist shuttle and took down the droids guarding Tup. Kalani fought Skywalker, in hand-to-hand combat before Skywalker cut off the droid's hands with his lightsaber. Kalani was questioned about his knowledge of why the Separatists wanted Tup, but the droid would not say, resulting in Skywalker decapitating Kalani.

Later, Kalani was rebuilt and partook in the Battle of Scipio. By order of Count Dooku, Kalani retreated with the rest of the Separatist Navy, abandoning the droid forces on the planet due to the Separatist's plan involving the Banking Clan and Rush Clovis being fulfilled. Kalani was later onboard Dooku's command ship when Darth Sidious ordered Dooku to Coruscant.

Commander
In three years of war kalani seems to have increased his military rank to Commander and also as his paintings changed, this uncompensated serves to differentiate the military level of the Super Tactical Droid.

After the end of the Clone Wars
Nobody knows what happened to Kalani after the end of the Clone Wars, but there are many chances that Kalani has been reprogrammed to serve as Tactical Droid of Galactic Empire as were the Dwarf Spider Droid. In other issues, maybe it was completely destroyed or disabled along with all droid units or was trafficked and sold to pirates or mercenaries.

Trivia

 * General Kalani was seen in the 6 Season of Star Wars The Clone Wars during in th episode 1 and 2, no one knows for sure if it really was Kalani or was just another super tactical droid.
 * Kalani and the Separatist oppression in Onderon is very similar to the military dictatorship that took place in Brazil from 1964 to 1985, anyone who was against the dictatorship were tortured and killed.
 * Kalani's methods of battling the Onderon rebels  is starkly similar to that of Bashar Al-Assad, the current dictator of Syria.
 * Kalani shares the same supremacist mentality as SkyNet; robots being superior to humans in every possible way.
 * Kalani was for the TV series The Clone Wars designed and made ​​his first appearance on Onderon-story arc of the fifth season. After a brief appearance as a hologram in appearance with their own weapons, he was long in following episodes: Long live the King and The Price of Liberty used as adversaries.
 * "Kalani" means "Royal One" or "Chieftain".
 * Kalani is the first of several Super Tactical Droid in the series. His final concept was designed by Randy Bantog drawn. Its introduction, from the sound engineers the ability to design new sound patterns for these droids type.
 * The Super Tactical Droid Kalani in the original English dubbed episodes of the Onderon rebellion was voiced by Gregg Berger. (AKA Grimlock, Odie, and MIB's Agent K season 2 onwards)  His voice was recast after the recording session, and it was synchronized for the typical droid speech.
 * While Grimlock is his favorite role to date, Gregg Berger prefers to voice characters that think before they act, and General Kalani definitely fits the bill.
 * Kalani is also a name of a planet in the Star Wars Universe.
 * Curiously the name Kalani is also the name of the game developer Kalani Streicher who worked in several Star Wars games.
 * Kalani was one of only two Separatist droids that were destroyed and reassembled, the other was Grievous's medical droid EV-A4-D 'Doctor,' General Grievous does not count as droid.
 * Kalani was the only droid in the whole saga of Star Wars that knocked out a Jedi Master with his own bare hands.
 * All super tactical droid always has some connection with Count Dooku, as all of them got their orders from him personally, as if they were created specifically for him.