Battle of Abregado The Battle of Abregado took place early in the Clone Wars , when Jedi General Plo Koon ' s fleet discovered General Grievous ' warship the " Malevolence " , and was destroyed by its ion cannon . Plo Koon and a few clone trooper s were rescued in an escape pod afterwards . The Battle . When dozens of Republic warship s were destroyed in merciless surprise attacks by Separatist General Grievous ' s secret weapon , the Jedi Council sent Jedi Master Plo Koon to track the weapon . Along with Commander Wolffe and the 104th Battalion ' s Wolfpack aboard the " Triumphant " , Koon ' s fleet tracked the weapon to the Abregado system . Koon then contacted Anakin Skywalker in the Bith system for support and to relay their position . However , Skywalker had to ask the council before he could support him . Grievous then jammed Koon ' s transmissions at Count Dooku ' s behest . Seeing this as another opportunity to test the " Malevolence " ' s ion cannon s , Grievous ordered them to be fired . The " Malevolence " then moved to attack Koon ' s fleet . Seeing this , Koon prepared the " Triumphant " and the other two cruisers for battle . However , they were out of range . The " Malevolence " then fired its ion cannons , sending a wave towards Koon ' s fleet . Koon and his men then braced for impact . The wave passed over Koon ' s fleet , brought their shields down , and made them vulnerable to the " Malevolence " numerous turbolaser s . Before the " Triumphant " was destroyed , Koon and several clone trooper s and navigation officers were able to get to the escape pod s . Koon , Wolffe , Sergeant Sinker , and trooper Boost watched as the fleet became a debris field from their pod . The pod , like the fleet , had also been damaged in the attack . They had no power for life support or communications . Following Koon ' s last transmission , Skywalker and Padawan Ahsoka Tano spoke with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi Council . Skywalker told them of Koon ' s position in the Abregado system before his transmission was cut and that without signals from the distress beacons , Koon ' s fleet was destroyed like the others , with no survivors . Skywalker was assigned to protect the Republic ' s supply convoys and ordered not to search for survivors . However , Skywalker left Admiral Wullf Yularen and Captain Rex to deal with the supply convoys while Skywalker , Tano , and R2 - D2 would scout ahead for enemy activity in the " Twilight " . In reality , Skywalker went to the Abregado system to search for survivors . Once there , they searched for survivors in the debris field , but found none . However , Master Obi - Wan Kenobi discovered his mission and urged him to return to his fleet . R2 - D2 then picked up an emergency signal and Skywalker and Tano went to investigate . Hunt for the pods . To ensure the secrecy of the " Malevolence " ion cannons , Count Dooku dispatched rocket droids using a boarding ship to hunt and kill any survivors . The droids , known as the hunters , split several pods open for the clones to die in the vacuum of space . During this time Koon and his men were able to restore their pod ' s power and communication . They then received a distress signal from Pod 1977 and then spotted it . They watched as a droid cut into the pod and the officers were sucked into space . The droids then spotted Koon ' s pod , seeing it as the last one . Koon , knowing he could survive the pressure , decided to destroy the enemy . Sinker and Boost went out with him while Wolffe stayed in the pod to keep their signal going as their only chance to survive . As the hunters ' ship closed in and latched onto the pod , Koon and his men attacked the droids . However , the droids retreated to their ship and squeezed the pod . Koon then Force - pushed Sinker behind the ship and he destroyed all but one of the battle droids . Wolffe then picked up a transmission from Tano , but was unable to respond due to the hunters ' ship . Koon then cut the hunters ' ship ' s pincers , pulled Sinker back to the pod and force - pushed the hunters into the debris , destroying the remains of the boarding ship . However , Grievous and Dooku became suspicious when they lost contact with the pod hunter . Rescue . Chancellor Palpatine then contacted him and urged him to return to his fleet . Skywalker thus conceded to his wishes and ended his search . However , Tano then sensed Master Koon and was able to find his pod and bring him and the others aboard the " Twilight " . Wolffe and the other clones were then treated by TB - 2 while Koon joined them on the bridge , telling them of the " Malevolence " ' s ion cannons . The " Twilight " then detected the " Malevolence " approaching their position . Koon then shut down all the " Twilight " ' s systems and R2 - D2 to avoid detection . However , they forgot to turn TB - 2 off and were detected . As the " Malevolence " moved in to attack , Skywalker , Tano , and Koon turned all the systems back on and made their escape through the debris field . Dooku wanted Grievous to make sure there were no witnesses , ordered Grievous to destroy the " Twilight " . Thus Grievous fired the ion cannons , and the wave made its way through the debris field towards the " Twilight " . Skywalker , however , was able to get through the debris field and activate the hyperdrive , thus escaping the wave . Aftermath . Koon , Skywalker and Tano were able to inform the Council of the secret weapon . Because of this , Dooku saw this battle as a defeat now that the Republic knew about the " Malevolence " . Dooku lost faith in General Grievous ' s skills . Thus he would speak with Darth Sidious . . Despite his setback , Grievous continued his swath of destruction by attacking medical convoys . Following his attack on a medical convoy in the Ryndellia system , the Galactic Senate authorized Skywalker to lead Shadow Squadron ' s Y - wing bombers to destroy the " Malevolence " before it could attack . Skywalker ' s mission was able to disable the " Malevolence " ' s weapons and hyperdrive . However , Grievous was able to use Senator Padmé Amidala to stop the Republic ' s attack . Skywalker and Kenobi were then able to sneak aboard , rescue Amidala , and reprogram the hyperdrive . The " Malevolence " was destroyed when it crashed into the moon .