Attack on Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s fleet / Legends General Grievous of the Confederacy of Independent Systems attacked a Republic Navy fleet under the command of his longtime enemy , High Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi , in the third year of the Clone Wars . Launching a surprise assault on Kenobi ' s three - cruiser fleet in space , Grievous ' s armada gained a swift advantage , with the Confederate Navy battleships and droid starfighters summarily eliminating the Republic Star Destroyers and their outmatched starfighter squadrons . When Grievous arrived with a boarding party of battle droids aboard the Star Destroyer " Negotiator " , Kenobi mounted a defense of his flagship ' s main hangar with Marshal Commander CC - 2224 , nicknamed " Cody , " and their clone troopers from the 212th Attack Battalion . Yet Kenobi was unable to defeat Grievous in lightsaber combat and ordered all troop personnel to evacuate from the " Negotiator " , which he conceded to Grievous ' s control . Before jettisoning from the " Negotiator " aboard escape pods with Commander Cody and their men , Kenobi activated his crippled flagship ' s self - destruct sequence , forcing Grievous to abandon the ship aboard a shuttle before he could plunder the military intelligence stored in its computer databanks . The destruction of Kenobi ' s fleet prevented him from sending Cody to aid Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano , who had been captured by Captain Hondo Ohnaka and his pirates while overseeing a training mission with a class of Jedi Initiate s . Prelude . In 20 BBY , the third year of the Clone Wars , High Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi was out on patrol with a Republic Navy fleet of three " Venator " - class Star Destroyers when his flagship , the " Negotiator " , was hailed by the Jedi training cruiser " Crucible " . Kenobi learned from the Jedi Initiate Katooni — who spoke for her fellow Jedi - in - training , Petro , Byph , Gungi , Ganodi , and Zatt — that their ship had been raided by Captain Hondo Ohnaka and his gang of pirates , who had attempted to steal their valuable supply of lightsaber crystal s from Ilum . Having failed to pilfer the crystals , Ohnaka had instead captured the younglings ' chaperone , Padawan Ahsoka Tano , to sell her for profit . The damaged " Crucible " had subsequently been stranded near the planet Florrum , the site of Ohnaka ' s base . With his task force being the only one in a position to respond , Kenobi decided to send his clone marshal commander , CC - 2224 , to rescue the younglings and then mount a mission to save Tano . Before Commander CC - 2224 , nicknamed " Cody , " could depart from the " Negotiator " , General Grievous of the Confederacy of Independent Systems launched a surprise attack aimed at killing Kenobi , a longtime foe of his . Kenobi ' s position in space consequently became the site of a fierce engagement with Grievous ' s opposing fleet from the Confederate Navy . The attack . Grievous exited hyperspace with a fleet comprising two " Providence " - class carrier / destroyers , a " Recusant " - class light destroyer , and three " Munificent " - class star frigates . While all six Warships bore down on Kenobi ' s Star Destroyers and hammered out turbolaser fire , the frigates launched squadrons of Vulture droid starfighters to do battle with the Republic naval forces . When a bridge officer reported the Separatists ' arrival , Kenobi immediately ordered his clone naval officer crew and his clone troopers from the 212th Attack Battalion to their battle stations , deploying the entirety of his task force ' s starfighter complement against the Separatists . BTL - B Y - wing starfighter s and clone Z - 95 starfighters engaged the Vulture droids in starfighter combat , with dogfights breaking out around the larger warships . One of the clone trooper pilots , " Killer , " shot down a pursuant Vulture droid by cutting the engines of his Z - 95 starfighter to maneuver behind the droid . Other clone pilots did not have as much success , with their starfighters being blasted apart by enemy units . While the Republic and Confederate destroyer s fought ship - to - ship , the Republic task force also sent its escort cruisers — a pair each of " Arquitens " - class light cruisers and " Consular " - class cruisers — into the fray . Due to their smaller size , the light and escort cruisers were able to press forward to confront the Confederate battleships at a closer range . Although cruisers from both armadas sustained damage , Grievous ' s surprise attack quickly overwhelmed Kenobi and his flotilla , with ship after ship falling to the Separatists . The cyborg general pressed his all - out assault , setting out with a boarding party to confront the Jedi Master aboard the " Negotiator " . Upon learning of the inbound battle group from a naval officer , Kenobi ordered all of his embarked 212th troopers to the main hangar , where they would mount a defense to repel the battle droids . Grievous ' s " Sheathipede " - class transport shuttle was escorted to the " Negotiator " by droid tri - fighters , " Hyena " - class bombers , more Vulture droids , and HMP droid gunships , the latter of which transported the boarding squads of B1 battle droids and B2 super battle droids . The Vulture droids cleared a path by shooting down Killer ' s Z - 95 starfighter and then the BTL - B Y - wing starfighter of clone pilot " Engle , " which crashed in the " Negotiator " ventral hangar just as Kenobi arrived there with Cody and their men . Kenobi helped bring Engle to safety inside the magnetic shield , while astromech droids contained the blaze from the wreckage of his Y - wing starfighter . The 212th Attack Battalion was given little time to prepare its defenses , for four Vulture droids then landed in walking mode alongside the B1 and B2 battle droids , which followed Grievous and his two IG - 100 MagnaGuard bodyguards into the " Negotiator " hangar . A furious firefight erupted , with the 212th ' s only cover from the enemy droids being the LAAT / i gunships and various starfighters docked in the hangar . Members of the clone flight crew took up blasters alongside the 212th troops , who tried to push forward but were summarily overrun . As Kenobi and Cody entered the firefight , Grievous approached them from the other end of the hangar , butchering every single trooper in his path with his lightsabers and cybernetic limbs , while his IG - 100 MagnaGuards additionally joined the fight . He and Kenobi met in the middle and began a lightsaber duel , fiercely engaging in a saberlock while the clones and droids continued to battle around them . After Grievous kicked him backward , Kenobi hit the side of an LAAT / i gunship , where Cody pointed out one of the craft ' s fuel barrels to him . Kenobi used the Force to hurl the barrel at Grievous , and Cody placed a blaster shot on the flying projectile , detonating it and temporarily hindering Grievous so that they could escape from the hangar . With the battle droids pursuing them into the interior hallways , Kenobi , recognizing that his flagship had fallen to the Separatists , ordered all personnel aboard the " Negotiator " to abandon ship . Before joining the rest of the survivors at the escape pod launch bay , Kenobi and Cody initiated their cruiser ' s self - destruct sequence as a " parting gift " for Grievous . By that time , the " Negotiator " and another " Venator " - class Star Destroyer were all that remained of Kenobi ' s fleet . Their crews continued to return fire at the Separatist armada , destroying one of the " Munificent " - class frigates , but their main DBY - 827 turbolaser batteries were soon disabled by Vulture droid assaults . Aboard the " Negotiator " , a squad of B1 battle droids reached the bridge and eliminated the clone naval officers , securing the warship just as Grievous arrived with his IG - 100 MagnaGuards . Grievous ordered the battle droids to scour the computer systems for military intelligence , but he hurriedly made for the hangar upon learning of the active self - destruct mode from a holograph ic message that Kenobi had left for him . Four escape pods jettisoned with Kenobi , Cody , and their remaining troops aboard at the same time that Grievous escaped from the " Negotiator " aboard his " Sheathipede " - class shuttle , mere seconds before the ship self - destructed . The obliteration of the " Negotiator " consumed the entirety of the boarding party that Grievous had brought aboard . Aftermath . With the annihilation of Kenobi ' s task force , Grievous ' s assault resulted in a Confederate victory , though the " Negotiator " fell before the Separatists could gain access to the information stored in its databanks . The destruction of their fleet cut Kenobi and Cody off from the Jedi younglings , who were meanwhile forced to land the " Crucible " on Florrum on account of an engine problem . The Jedi Initiates launched a mission to rescue Ahsoka Tano , posing as performers in a circus troupe known as Preigo ' s Traveling World of Wonder so as to infiltrate Hondo Ohnaka ' s pirate base . With Kenobi ' s fleet decimated , Grievous moved in unopposed with his armada and seized control of the Outer Rim Territories ' Florrum system , which the Republic had held up until that point . Confederate Head of State Count Dooku , having been previously captured and held for ransom by the Ohnaka Gang , ordered Grievous to launch an assault on Florrum in retribution for Ohnaka ' s actions . Although Grievous demolished the pirate base , Ohnaka and several of his pirates survived the attack with the aid of Tano and the Jedi Initiates , who banded together with them against Grievous , their common enemy . After escaping from Florrum , Ohnaka transported Tano and the six Initiates to Kenobi , who had transferred to his new flagship , another " Venator " - class Star Destroyer , with Cody and their surviving clone trooper crew . The loss of the " Negotiator " — along with other debacles like the following Carida Incident , in which all personnel at the Republic strategy conference were nearly killed due to a Separatist terror plot — prompted critics of the Jedi Order , such as Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin of the Republic Navy , to further question the Jedi ' s capability as serving as commanders of the Grand Army of the Republic . Tarkin himself sent his misgivings directly to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , lobbying for alternatives to Republic Military leadership being entrusted to the Jedi . Behind the scenes . The attack on Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s fleet was created for " Bound for Rescue , " an episode in the of the . Prior to the release of " Bound for Rescue " on November 17 , 2012 , scenes from the battle were previewed in a trailer for the fifth season in June 2012 . As noted by Matthew Wood , the series ' voice actor for General Grievous , the battle featured another encounter between longtime foes Grievous and Kenobi , whose rivalry had been previously established throughout the series . It also depicted the destruction of the " Negotiator " , which had been created for the series as Kenobi ' s flagship . A location for the battle has yet to be established , as " Bound for Rescue " did not specify one . Holocron continuity database manager Leland Chee has stated that it was far off " enough " from the Florrum system to the point that Kenobi intended to send Commander Cody to rescue the Jedi Initiates . At one point in " Bound for Rescue , " a tactical hologram on the " Negotiator " bridge shows that there are three " Munificent " - class star frigates in the Confederate fleet . This is inconsistent with the rest of the battle sequence , in which only two frigates are depicted . This article assumes that the latter is correct .