No he hasn't.
I can do it and just not have Mandalore involved in the battle if you want.
''Sir. That fleet'll destroy us.'' Said the obs officer of Cerberus, one of the orbital emplacements around the planet.
''Rouse the PDF fleet.''
''Are you sure, sir? They are little more than the jumped up sons of aristocrats wanting to play soldier to please daddy.''
''Do not question me. Rouse them for defence. We need to evac citizens. Send a message to republic HQ. Tell them to rouse a fleet for the recapture of Iktotch.''
''Transmissions are jammed, sir.''
''Then prep the evac ships, and hope these creatures have the decency to not harm civilian noncombatants.''
That isn't in the actual thread unless I am blind.
And why would the Republic retake a world when it is an independent world?