The Clone Wars (11—16 ArS), also known as the Clone War, the Great Clone War, the Clone-Droid War, and less commonly known as the War of Secession, the Separatist-Republic War, and Darth Sidious' War, was the name given to the major galactic conflict that featured the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order fighting against a strong secessionist movement—the Confederacy of Independent Systems.