Battle of Patitite Pattuna / Legends A battle broke out near the planet Patitite Pattuna in 21 BBY during the Clone Wars , when Jedi General Adi Gallia ' s flagship came under attack by a Confederate Navy fleet led by General Grievous . Gallia and her clone troopers of the 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps , who had been bound for Galactic Republic space , were caught by surprise by the Separatists , and the main reactor of their Star Destroyer was quickly disabled . Grievous then took a boarding party of battle droids aboard the Republic warship to capture Gallia . While nonessential personnel evacuated from her cruiser via LAAT / i gunships amidst ongoing starfighter dogfights , Gallia engaged Grievous in lightsaber combat , but she was overwhelmed and taken prisoner . Her Star Destroyer , meanwhile , fell to turbolaser fire from the enemy fleet . The Republic droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , who had been aboard Gallia ' s flagship , managed to escape to Patitite Pattuna aboard a BTL - B Y - wing starfighter . Jedi Master Plo Koon later launched a rescue mission to free Gallia from custody aboard Grievous ' s flagship . Prelude . In 21 BBY , the second year of the Clone Wars , Jedi General Adi Gallia and her flagship , a " Venator " - class Star Destroyer , set course to return to Galactic Republic space after assisting with a relief effort on the groundquake - devastated planet Aleen . Before leaving Aleen , Gallia received passengers in the form of protocol droid C - 3PO and astromech droid R2 - D2 , who had been involved in the relief efforts and were heading home to Senator Padmé Amidala on the galactic capital of Coruscant . The two droids were transported to Gallia ' s cruiser by Clone Commander CC - 3636 , nicknamed " Wolffe , " of the 104th Battalion ' s Wolfpack squad . While passing through the Patitite Pattuna system near the neutral world of Patitite Pattuna , Gallia ' s flagship was intercepted by General Grievous of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , who had located the Republic warship . With a history of targeting members of the Jedi High Council such as Gallia , Grievous launched an ambush with a fleet from the Confederate Navy in the hopes of capturing Gallia , with whom he had previously clashed at Saleucami . The battle . Grievous bore down on Gallia ' s Star Destroyer with a pair of " Munificent " - class star frigates and his own " Providence " - class carrier / destroyer . Caught unprepared and outnumbered , the Republic cruiser was dealt a serious blow by the enemy battleships when its main reactor was crippled by heavy turbolaser fire . From the bridge of her embattled ship , Gallia ordered a clone naval officer for their troops , the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic ' s 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps , to begin evacuating from the crippled cruiser . Launching from the ship ' s hangar , clone trooper pilots flew ARC - 170 starfighters and BTL - B Y - wing starfighter s into battle against the Separatist flotilla , targeting squadrons of Vulture droid starfighters that had been launched by the enemy fleet . Other clone pilots manned LAAT / i gunships to assist in the evacuation of the 91st troops , with the ship ' s clone flight crew overseeing launches . Moving in to capture Gallia , Grievous brought a boarding party of battle droids aboard the Jedi Master ' s flagship , while his frigates and destroyer continued to blast away at the cruiser . As nonessential personnel continued to evacuate , Gallia and others of her men met Grievous and his B1 battle droids in one of the ship ' s hallways to defend their transport , with the clone troopers exchanging the droids ' blaster fire while Gallia dueled Grievous in lightsaber combat . As the battle droids overwhelmed the Republic troops and dealt a number of casualties , so did Gallia lose ground to Grievous , eventually being kicked backward toward an adjacent wall by the cyborg general . In the midst of the battle , C - 3PO and R2 - D2 — searching for an escape pod — were able to commandeer a BTL - B Y - wing starfighter that had been assigned to the astromech droid R5 - L26 . Launching in the starfighter with C - 3PO , R2 - D2 piloted their ship out of the cruiser ' s hangar and escaped alongside other starfighters . Thanks to his extensive experience as the astromech companion to Jedi General Anakin Skywalker , R2 - D2 was able to pilot the starfighter safely through the enemy laser fire , and he even destroyed a Vulture droid starfighter . As her flagship began to break apart , Gallia was taken prisoner by Grievous and was brought aboard his " Providence " - class carrier / destroyer . The abandoned cruiser , meanwhile , was blasted apart by the Separatist fleet . C - 3PO and R2 - D2 were pursued in their starfighter by a Vulture droid to the skies of Patitite Pattuna , where the droid starfighter damaged their ship ' s reactor . R2 - D2 was forced to crash - land the starfighter on the world ' s surface , though not before circling around and eliminating the pursuant Vulture droid . Aftermath . With Gallia ' s capture and the destruction of her flagship , the battle resulted in a Confederate victory . Now a prisoner of Grievous , Gallia was handcuffed and held in custody aboard the bridge of the general ' s destroyer . Eventually , Jedi Master Plo Koon received word of Gallia ' s capture and mounted an operation with Commander Wolffe and the 104th Battalion to rescue her . Meanwhile , C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , having crash - landed on Patitite Pattuna , encountered the world ' s small but aggressive inhabitants , the Patitites . The two droids soon found themselves enveloped in a series of adventures that took them to the planet Balnab , the Weequay pirate ship " Marauder " , and , finally , Grievous ' s destroyer just as the battleship came under attack by Koon and his rescue fleet of Star Destroyers . Behind the scenes . The battle at Patitite Pattuna was featured in " Nomad Droids , " an episode of the that aired on October 14 , 2011 . Adi Gallia ' s duel with General Grievous , one of the battle ' s main elements , was first mentioned prior to then in Gallia ' s entry in the StarWars . com Encyclopedia .