Recapture of Tythe The recapture of Tythe took place on the planet Tythe in the third year of the Clone Wars , as part of the Outer Rim Sieges campaign . Four days after the Battle of Nelvaan , High Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker were dispatched by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , Jedi Master Mace Windu , and Jedi Master Yoda to the Outer Rim planet in an attempt to capture CIS Count Dooku . However , the whole engagement was , in truth , conducted by Palpatine ( under the guise of Darth Sidious ) to draw the Jedi away from the Core in advance of the Separatist invasion of Coruscant . Prelude . In an attempt to throw Republic Intelligence off his trail , Darth Sidious instructed General Grievous to send a small flotilla of warships to crush a Republic garrison on Tythe and occupy the world . As the former headquarters of LiMerge Power , a company connected to a secret Sith meeting area discovered in The Works , Sidious knew that the Jedi would think that he was trying to erase the trail they had been following . As an added bonus , he had Count Dooku remain on Tythe as bait for Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker . Ultimately , the entire engagement at Tythe was a diversion to draw Jedi away from the Core in advance of a massive Separatist invasion of Coruscant . Onboard a " MedStar " - class frigate orbiting Belderone , Kenobi and Skywalker ( who had rescued the planet Nelvaan four days earlier ) received word from Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , who stated that Dooku should be captured , and arranged for Kenobi and Skywalker , along with a full Republic battle group , to retake Tythe . The battle . The Separatists had quickly placed mines at several hyperspace entry points , forcing the Republic ships to revert to realspace in a narrow window in front of the Confederacy fleet . Both sides quickly deployed their starfighters and then closed in on each other . The Republic battle group moved first , breaking to port and delivering a long range broadside to the Separatist vessels , which responded with their own barrage . The opposing starfighter squadrons regrouped and attempted to reach the enemy capital ships before they could restore their shields . All this maneuvering by the Republic was a diversion , allowing Red Squadron to reach the surface of Tythe in order to capture Dooku alive . As a backup plan , it was deemed that saturation bombardment and limited starfighter engagement would send Dooku fleeing deeper into the Outer Rim . Anakin Skywalker led Red Squadron through the Separatist fleet , managing to destroy a Techno Union starship on the way . Once they reached the lower atmosphere , defending Hailfire droids , STAPs , and battle droids assailed the incoming starfighters , managing to destroy all but the interceptors flown by the two Jedi . Kenobi and Skywalker piloted their starfighters through the roof of the largest containment dome at the LiMerge Power facility , and then set off on foot to confront Dooku . Inside the enormous ruined archive hall , they encountered a life - sized holoimage of the Count , but before they could locate him , hundreds of infantry droids surrounded them and opened fire . Unable to reach Dooku , Skywalker called upon the Force with such ferocity that it brought down the ceiling of the vast hall . The Sith Lord managed to escape to his solar sailer before the two Jedi could dig themselves out of the rubble , and ordered a Separatist retreat . Through the Force , however , Skywalker realized that Tythe was a trap to lure Jedi away from Coruscant . Aftermath . After the battle , the Separatist forces fled Tythe , with most ships jumping Rimward and others ( led by Dooku ) headed for the planet Nelvaan in the Koobi system in an attempt to ward off Republic pursuit . The Count then set course for Coruscant to join General Grievous , who had just managed to abduct Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . Upon returning to the " Integrity " , Skywalker and Kenobi were welcomed back by the ship ' s crew , who had begun to suspect that both were killed in the battle by the CIS forces . Afterwards , from inside a private hangar , Skywalker and his astromech droid R2 - D2 made a number of modifications to the former ' s gold and black prosthetic arm . Kenobi then appeared ( pointing out how his former Padawan wasn ' t " in the med lab " ) , just as Skywalker was " finishing up " on tweaking his arm ( which he described as " good as new " ) . Kenobi , sensing that his former Padawan was feeling emotional about their Nelvaan journey , relinquished to the young Jedi that the Trial of Spirit ( where one would " look inside [ themselves ] " ) was the most difficult trial a Jedi must face , and while what a Jedi saw inside themselves was almost never pleasant , it was their decisions that shaped their destinies . Suddenly , R2 began to jolt and spasm . A message from Mace Windu was projected , stating that the Chancellor had been kidnapped by Grievous during the Battle of Coruscant . Skywalker , realizing the situation had worsened , ordered the crew to refuel their star fighters and prepare to jump to hyperspace . The two Jedi then set course for Coruscant and jumped to the Core ahead of their battle group . After the two reached Coruscant , they joined the battle against the Separatists , leading an assault on Grievous ' flagship the " Invisible Hand " . Behind the scenes . The Third Battle of Tythe first appeared in the novel " Labyrinth of Evil " by James Luceno , published January 5 , 2005 . Both the animated series " " and the novel contradict each other . In the novel , Skywalker and Kenobi search for Darth Sidious and pursue Dooku on Tythe , yet in the series , they investigate a possible base for Grievous on frigid Nelvaan ( which Dooku only pauses at in the novel ) . Initially , Leland Chee retcon ned this by stating that the Nelvaan events occurred after Tythe , but this was overwritten by " The New Essential Chronology " , which fixed the events the other way around . This article goes by the " New Essential Chronology " fix , integrating details from both " Labyrinth of Evil " and " Clone Wars " wherever possible .