Battle of Coruscant / Legends The Battle of Coruscant , also known as the First Battle of Coruscant , was a crucial Clone Wars battle in 19 BBY . Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , knowing the Jedi were close to discovering his alter ego , Sith Lord Darth Sidious , ordered his apprentice Darth Tyranus , also known as Count Dooku , public leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , to kidnap him . The Confederacy , led by General Grievous , swept into the system , catching the Republic completely by surprise . The Confederate Navy hammered the few defending warships , destroying them , before assaulting the planet itself . Meanwhile , Grievous , along with his MagnaGuard droid elite , landed on the planet , heading for Chancellor Palpatine ' s secret bunker . Grievous fought his way there , leaving destruction in his wake , as several Jedi and dozens of clone troopers were killed . He succeeded in taking Palpatine , before fleeing to his flagship in orbit , the " Invisible Hand " . However , the Separatists were unable to leave , as Republic reinforcements had arrived . The two fleets engaged each other , firing volleys back and forth . Two Jedi , Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker , who had just arrived at the battle , flew into the heart of it , determined to rescue Palpatine . They succeeded in boarding the " Invisible Hand " , and after a duel , Skywalker killed Dooku . The duo , along with the now - freed Palpatine , were unable to escape , however , as Grievous ' s droids captured them . Skywalker and Kenobi were able to best his MagnaGuards , forcing the General to flee . With that , the Separatist fleet retreated , having lost much of their fleet . Chancellor Palpatine was safe in Republic hands . However , the Jedi were unaware that Palpatine had orchestrated the battle , and was also testing Anakin Skywalker , whom he considered a good choice for his new apprentice . Prelude . Prior to the attack , the Outer Rim Sieges had enmeshed millions of Republic and Separatist warships in vast campaigns in the galaxy ' s spiral arms . As a result of this , most of the Republic ' s Jedi were locked up in battles far away from the Core Worlds , and thanks to carefully controlled propaganda , the general populace believed that a total Republic victory was near . With the Republic fleets spread throughout the Outer Rim Territories and the Coruscant Defense Fleet depleted and off guard , the Confederates had an opportunity to deal a mighty blow to the Republic by attacking Coruscant . Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , leader of the Republic , was aware that the Jedi were searching for a Darth Sidious , a mysterious Sith Lord who they believed had orchestrated the war . Unknown to them was that Palpatine was Sidious , and he was controlling both sides , in hopes of obtaining his true goal — complete galactic control . Palpatine planned a lightning raid on the planet led by General Grievous , Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies . Grievous assembled an armada of thousands of destroyers and frigates — led by the " Providence " - class destroyer " Invisible Hand " — for a strike on Coruscant . Meanwhile , the Republic Group , an anti - Palpatine , pro - Galactic Republic group , decided to retrieve and unveil the Insignia of Unity , which had earlier been stolen by them . They then sent a request for the spacers Tobb Jadak and Reeze Duurmun to come to Coruscant to discuss retrieving it . The battle . The Separatist invasion of the planet . General Grievous timed the strike to coincide with Chancellor Palpatine ' s State of the Republic address . Thousands of delegates , including Padmé Amidala and Bail Organa , who would otherwise not have been on Coruscant , remained planetside for post - speech celebrations , and would be there when the Separatists struck . Through the use of a secret hyperspace passage through the Deep Core supplied to them by Darth Sidious , the Separatists managed to jump right on top of the Coruscant Home Fleet , catching them completely by surprise . Most of the Republic ships , caught off - guard with their shields down , were destroyed instantly , but at least a thousand " Venator " - class Star Destroyers remained intact and functional . Using a jamming signal similar to the one deployed at the Battle of Praesitlyn , the Confederate Navy managed to disrupt all HoloNet transmissions throughout the planet . While the attack was taking place , an investigation conducted by a team consisting of Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Shaak Ti , Captain Dyne of Republic Intelligence , ARC commander Valiant , and his clone troopers within Darth Sidious ' hideout in the Works . Inside the building , they were able to track Sidious ' path from the building by his footprints ; following the trail , the team ended up in the sub - basements of 500 Republica , where they were temporarily halted by security . After being cleared by the building personnel , they continued to follow the trail , but found it to disappear in the middle of an unremarkable ferrocrete floor , and numerous other footprints covering the floor masked where it might have picked up again . It was at this point that a group of ships surrounding the Republica plummeted to the ground . Alarmed , Windu and Ti took half of Dyne ' s soldiers and left the building through one of its skydock tunnels . Outside , they realized that Coruscant was under attack , and Ti was dispatched to find Palpatine while Windu put the clones on crowd control and left to get backup . Dyne and Valiant , meanwhile , remained in the Republica to continue the search . After scanning the basement , Dyne realized that transmissions on regular frequencies were jammed , and sent a group of probe droids to search for more unusual frequencies ; they found one , emanating from the very spot Sidious ' trail had disappeared . After discovering a hydraulic turbolift , the two rode it into the depths of 500 Republica . There , they discovered a large metal doorway , behind which , the probe droids said , was one organic and several droids . Dyne and Valiant moved to advance on the door , but upon hearing someone speaking Geonosian , they turned around to find a pair of Geonosian guards aiming at them with sonic blasters . The Geonosians opened fire instantly , and their blasts sent Valiant and his soldiers ' mangled bodies flying into the door . Dyne slammed into a wall , his insides liquefied . As he lay there , the door opened and Sidious stepped through , observing the scene . In his dying moment , Dyne recognized him as Palpatine . Outside , the Republic fleet closed in on the Confederate ships and positioned themselves in a defensive screen around the planet . Grievous tried to create the impression that his strike was borne of desperation , as he haphazardly dispersed his warships to target communications satellites , orbital mirrors , and random targets on the surface . Numerically inferior due to half the home fleet being reassigned to the Outer Rim Sieges , the Republic naval commanders fought conservatively while they waited for reinforcements to arrive from the distant battlefields . Anticipating this , Grievous positioned warships at key hyperspace reversion points and deployed mass shadow mine s to delay the arrival of any additional Republic ships . The Republic quickly figured that the Confederacy was using the same jamming device as they did on Praesitlyn and were able to eventually return transmissions to normal . Thousands of new ships that had been secretly constructed by Kuat Drive Yards for Palpatine , along with many clone troops secretly bred on Centax - 2 made their combat debut and entered the battle . They began inflicting some losses on the CIS fleet , even managing to destroy several battleships . In retaliation , Grievous ordered Vulture droid fighters to perform suicide attacks on landing platforms , skyways , and pedestrian plazas in Coruscant ' s Senate District , causing many military and civilian casualties . Separatist landing craft were deployed onto the surface of the planet , unloading hundreds of thousands of battle droids to create an elaborate diversion while Grievous prepared a raiding party intent on capturing the Supreme Chancellor . Chaos ensued throughout the city , with much collateral damage inflicted in the fighting . Republic actions . Desperate to repel the Confederacy , the Jedi sprung into action alongside the Grand Army of the Republic . After Windu alerted Jedi Master Yoda of the attack , he joined fellow Jedi pilot Saesee Tiin in boarding their interceptors and engaging enemy starfighters in the skies above Galactic City . Windu ' s starfighter was eventually overwhelmed by a swarm of Separatist ships ; though his wings were rammed off , sending his fighter plunging down , he managed to jump out and take control of an enemy Vulture droid , which he used to assist ARC - 170 squadrons . Elsewhere , Yoda , leading the clone security forces on the surface in the defense of the besieged Senate District , used the Force to throw droidekas into enemy fighters and pull enemy landing craft into one another . Afterward , he moved to help clone forces being overrun by Separatist battle droids and super battle droids in Sector Four . The clone troopers were aided by Windu , who crash - landed his Vulture droid in the middle of the battle droid formation . Hoping to gain reinforcements , Yoda contacted the Jedi Aayla Secura , located on the Outer Rim world of Felucia , but Secura determined that she was too far away and so instead put in motion a plan to capture Shu Mai , one of members of the Separatist Council . The Republic ' s Special Operations Brigade began to mobilize and Yayax Squad was sent to defend HNE headquarters in support of an artillery division based near there , to ensure that it could continue to broadcast . Jedi Master Arligan Zey , the brigade commander , retreated to a secure command center and sent out a Code Five signal to all Special Operations Brigade personnel with the Mid Rim , recalling them to Coruscant . Omega Squad soon responded and arrived in a GAR rapid assault vessel . They contacted Zey , who ordered them to make their way to Coruscant ' s main utility stations and give ground support to mobile anti - aircraft batteries . However , before they could do this , they were attacked by a Separatist fightercraft and were forced to crash land . They received new orders to make their way to the tactical control center of GAR HQ and were able to hitch a ride there in a passing Coruscant Security Force assault ship . The assault ship had been deployed as part of a Coruscant Security Force operation to keep civilians away from the battlefield . They were eventually deployed at HNE HQ and fought alongside Yayax Squad there , under the command of the ARC trooper , Lieutenant Aven . The Separatists were trying to capture it intact , so had sent in ground troops , which they had to fight off . A wave of super battle droids attacked them , but were easily defeated as some were weakened due to the sabotage of the factories where they were produced , to make them produce inferior droids . They also received air support , in the form of two Low Altitude Assault Transport s , which finished off most of the droids . Afterward , the center ' s civilian staff prepared a mobile transmitter to move to a more safe location , while Aven received word over his comlink that the Separatist blocking of the system had been bypassed and thousands more Republic ships had joined the battle . The Mandalorian Kal Skirata decided to use the battle as an opportunity to break the captured Separatist scientist Doctor Ovolot Qail Uthan out of the Valorum Center . Skirata wanted Uthan , because he believed that he wanted her help to develop a cure to stop the accelerated aging in clone troopers . He entered the center along with Bardan Jusik , Ordo Skirata and Fi Skirata ; Kal and Jusik masqueraded as officials from the Chancellor ' s office , while Fi and Ordo dressed as regular clone troopers . They persuaded the center ' s staff that they had been authorized to take Uthan to a more secure location , to prevent the Separatists from freeing her . They also took with them Arla Fett , who they unexpectedly found in the facility . They left in an LAAT / i flown by Walon Vau and retreated to a safe house in the lower levels . Meanwhile , on Coruscant , Amidala was leading the evacuation of the Senate Apartment Complex with Captain Typho and her droid C - 3PO when she met up with fellow senators Bail Organa and Mon Mothma . On their way out , the three ran into the Jedi Shaak Ti and Stass Allie , who informed them that they were looking for the Supreme Chancellor . The Jedi lent the senators Allie ' s speeder to get them to a shelter . With Organa piloting , they fled for safety , but were shot down by Vulture droids and crash - landed in a public plaza . Unfortunately for them , the droids followed them and prepared to attack the three Humans . Amidala and Organa found blasters in a nearby crashed speeder and began to goad the droids into a position where Low Altitude Assault Transports could take them out . However , the droids suddenly stopped , and took off into the air . In space , Jedi Master Saesee Tiin led a group of twenty - two Jedi in Eta - 2 " Actis " - class interceptors past the Separatist blockade in order to relay a distress signal through the Jedi ' s emergency HoloNet beacon . Tiin then proceeded to help lead the orbital defense of Coruscant . He landed in the hangar of the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Impavid " . The vessel was critically damaged by enemy turbolaser fire , and Tiin and his troops boarded the " Providence " - class carrier / destroyer " Prosperous " , commandeering it and using the ship ' s turrets to blast other enemy ships . Despite these successes , the Jedi realized too late that the Republic had been lured into a feint and that General Grievous had outmaneuvered them to reach his primary objective — Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . The capture of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . Prior to the Separatist attack , Palpatine was awarding two Force - sensitive clone troopers , X1 and X2 , for their courageous efforts at the recent Tatooine invasion . Upon hearing the first sounds of the battle , the troopers left to join the fray . Meanwhile , Shaak Ti returned to 500 Republica with fellow Jedi Stass Allie , Roron Corobb , and Foul Moudama , this time to Palpatine ' s suite . They were at first denied access by Palpatine ' s Red Guards , but when Palpatine completed his trip from the basement , the guards let the Jedi in just short of Ti forcing her way through . Palpatine , along with his adviser Sate Pestage and Director of Republic Intelligence Armand Isard , met with the Jedi inside . The Chancellor refused to evacuate to a secure bunker , insisting that he set an example by not hiding away , though Isard , Pestage , and even the captain of Palpatine ' s guards agreed with the Jedi that he needed to leave . Sensing a perturbation in the Force , Ti and Allie tackled Palpatine to the ground as the gunships outside the suite ' s window exploded , and a Separatist craft carrying Grievous and a band of battle droids rose into view . Grievous blew open the window and , as the battle droids poured into the room , Allie and the Red Guards set up a defense while Ti hurried Palpatine deeper into the suite . The skimmers , meanwhile , had taken up the attack on Grievous ' ship , and soon enough the general and his droids were forced to withdraw . As Isard alerted Homeworld Security that Grievous had broken through Coruscant ' s defensive perimeter , Palpatine had decided it was indeed time to evacuate . Grievous , however , quickly returned , bursting through the window . Palpatine stood his ground , facing down Grievous , but Ti pulled him back with the Force and the group ran , with a squad of clone troopers remaining in an attempt to hold back Grievous . Suspecting that the prepared escape routes had been compromised , Ti had the party hurry to one of Republica ' s private turbo lifts . Having defeated the troopers blocking him , Grievous ambushed the Chancellor ' s party as they were waiting for the turbolift to arrive . Corobb , an Ithorian , used his four throats to emit a powerful blast that tore up the hallway and drove Grievous back long enough for them to enter the lift . Grievous attempted to catch up with the turbolift , but the Chancellor ' s clone trooper escort fired a rocket through the lift ' s wall , blowing Grievous off the side of the building . At the bottom , Ti saw no sign of Dyne and Valiant , and the group made their way through the tunnel to the east skydock . They had not escaped the Separatist forces yet , though ; Grievous was waiting with an army of B2 super battle droids outside . Corobb used his trick yet again , buying them the time they needed to escape . During his search , one of Grievous ' s Magnaguards faced off against X2 , who destroyed it . The clone trooper soon spotted the droid General himself and began following him through the battle - torn Coruscant ; X2 eventually tracked Grievous to a Skylane transportation hub . Tired of X2 ' s persistence , Grievous ambushed the trooper there and attacked him . X2 , however , used explosives against Grievous that threw him into the planet ' s traffic and injured him . Having faced with a challenging enemy , Grievous decided to retreat and continued his search for Palpatine . Rejoining with X1 , X2 took an ARC - 170 starfighter and joined the space battle . Meanwhile , the Jedi hurried through the city , leaping from platform to platform with two MagnaGuards closely in pursuit . They jumped onto a floating barge , but were shortly joined by four MagnaGuards and Grievous himself , who disabled the barge ' s repulsorlift generators . The Jedi fled into a subway station , leaping over trains and narrowly avoiding death as they fought the MagnaGuards on the tracks . Shaak Ti finally managed to destroy two of the droids , and Corobb destroyed another . As Grievous appeared and backed the Jedi into a tunnel , Shaak Ti used the Force to wrap his cape around a pipe on a train carriage . She activated the train , and Grievous was yanked down one of the tunnels . The Jedi decided that air vehicles would be too risky , and , meeting with Windu and Fisto , boarded a maglev train that would get them near the bunker . However , Grievous ' s gunboat retrieved the general and he caught up with the Jedi ' s train . Battle droids boarded the train , followed by Grievous himself ; Fisto took on two of the General ' s MagnaGuards , while Windu dueled the cyborg atop the train . The duel ended with Grievous being pushed off the train , although he was saved by a hijacked LAAT / i gunship , unknown to the Jedi . Once the train reached a repulsorlift platform , Ti Allie , and Palpatine , accompanied by Corobb , Moudama , Roth - Del Masona , and B ' ink Utrila , rode a gunboat to the Sah ' c District , where the secure bunker was waiting . Fisto and Windu split from the group and went in pursuit of Grievous ' droid gunboat . However , upon destroying it , they found nothing more than a super battle droid , and returned to the bunker , realizing this had been a diversion that would lead to the Chancellor ' s kidnapping . Outside the bunker , Corobb , Moudama , Masona , and Utrila led the Chancellor inside while Ti and Allie stayed outside to assist in defense . Grievous ' s hijacked LAAT / i gunship suddenly appeared , successfully penetrating the bunker ' s shield and crashing in the process . He then made his way inside , with six of MagnaGuards in tow . Shaak Ti , realizing the Chancellor ' s safety had been compromised , split off from Allie and joined the four Jedi Knights in protecting the Chancellor . Inside the bunker , Grievous and his bodyguards cut a bloody path of destruction throughout , defeating a number of clone troopers and security personnel . Using a code provided by Sidious , he made his way into the central room of the bunker . Meanwhile , the Chancellor and the Jedi found a turbolift that would lead them to the central room . Ti insisted that she stay behind to hold off any of their pursuers ; Palpatine and the Jedi felt unsure in abandoning Ti , but she claimed it was to assure the Chancellor ' s safety . As the turbolift hurried off , Ti engaged in combat with a large number of MagnaGuards emerged from the darkness . She was temporarily deprived of her lightsaber and nearly overwhelmed , but managed to obtain an electrostaff from one of the MagnaGuards , reclaiming her lightsaber and using both weapons to fight her enemies off . Once the four Jedi escorted the Chancellor to the center of the bunker , they were confronted by Grievous , who engaged them in a lightsaber duel . In the early stages of the fight , Corobb and Moudama managed to get the General into a saber - lock , but it was at this point that his arms split into four , grabbing the lightsabers on his waist and provoking the general to lunge forward at the Jedi . He toyed with his foes for a time before decapitating Masona first . Corobb , who accidentally kicked Masona ' s head across the room during the fight , lost his focus and became distracted long enough for Grievous to kill with a stab to the heart . Putting forth his best effort , Moudama charged the General but lost his lightsaber arm and then his left leg before being disemboweled . He then toyed with Utrila , letting her gain a slight advantage by striking the General in the arm . Finally , Grievous put his enemy out of her misery with a stab to the heart . Meanwhile , Shaak Ti finished off the last of Grievous ' s MagnaGuards , just as the droids retreated back into the shadows . Realizing they were a diversion for Grievous to reach the center of the bunker , she raced to the scene , just as Grievous was threatening Palpatine . As Shaak Ti ran into the room , she saw Grievous holding the Chancellor by the neck collar , the latter of which remarked dryly how she had come to his rescue . Charging at Grievous , Ti was quickly subdued and trussed into a stun - net as to warn the Jedi of the Chancellor ' s capture . As Grievous fled with his captor to a tri - wing shuttle stationed nearby , Windu and Fisto arrived in their gunship . The General , equipping his four lightsabers , prepared to confront the Jedi Master ; however , Windu Force crushed the plates covering Grievous ' s internal organ sac , injuring his lungs and aggravating the General ' s already irritating wheezing and coughing problems ; a result of his organic form not taking well to his cyborg implants . As the General coughed violently , the shuttle lifted off ; Windu leaped upward in an attempt to board it , but the shuttle ' s laser canons fired at him , knocking him back down to the landing platform and leaving him fuming . Windu and Fisto , meeting up with Stass Allie and Corrob ' s Padawan Drake Lo ' gaan , entered the bunker , searching for the occupants . Once at the central room , they found Shaak Ti incapacitated , with the four Jedi slain . Neither Grievous nor Palpatine were in sight , and Lo ' gaan , distraught , cradled the body of his dead master while Allie collapsed at the sight of the slain Jedi Knights . Shaak Ti , lamenting her failure , showed Windu and Fisto a security recording of Grievous ' s escape , while a clone trooper explained that the General had exited through way of the south tunnels . Although the two were astounded by the general ' s audacious move , Windu ordered the troopers to recall any Jedi pilots as to help them pursue Grievous . A failed rescue . As Grievous piloted the tri - wing shuttle into orbit , a number of Jedi pilots including Tiin , Kolar , L ' lacielo Sageon and Pablo - Jill joined Mace Windu and Kit Fisto in their pursuit of the General . As the shuttle carrying Palpatine and Grievous neared the " Invisible Hand " , several Republic frigates and corvettes diverted from the main battle and joined the Jedi in their pursuit . Windu and the Jedi were right behind Grievous when a swarm of five hundred droid fighters , launched from a Trade Federation battleship , enveloped the shuttle in a defensive screen . As the shuttle neared its destination , the flagship opened fire on the pursuing Jedi fighters . While one of their comrades was killed , Pablo - Jill and Sageon were captured by the " Invisible Hand " tractor beams and brought into hangar bay . The two Jedi attempted to defeat Grievous and rescue the Chancellor , but were killed by the droid general in a lightsaber duel . Their bodies were jettisoned into space for the Republic ' s citizens to see . Safely aboard his command ship , Grievous broadcast a message across the HoloNet , revealing the capture of the Chancellor , and proclaiming an end to the Republic ' s corrupt reign , inciting panic and fear among the Republic populace . However , before he could flee , thousands of Republic warships from the Open Circle Fleet arrived in system and engaged the Separatist fleet . The reinforcements and the beleaguered Home Fleet trapped the Separatist ships in Coruscant ' s upper atmosphere , under the planetary shields . Falling ships from both sides struck the planet ' s surface , the impacts destroying large sections of the city . During the battle , the spacers Tobb Jadak and Reeze Duurmon arrived in their ship , the " Stellar Envoy " , during the intense portions of the conflict to meet up with the Republic Group . Upon arrival at the planet , they are tasked to procure an object from an individual named Folee that would restore the Republic from Palpatine ' s nigh - dictatorial rule . However , the meeting was interrupted by the arrival of the Republic Director and avid Palpatine supporter , Armand Isard , who sent a battalion of clone troopers in pursuit of the spacers , having learned the Republic Group ' s plotting against Palpatine . Meanwhile , the Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker had been searching for Count Dooku , alias Darth Tyranus , on the planet Tythe in the Outer Rim Territories . After exploring a ruined building where Dooku had been , the two returned to their " Venator " - class Star Destroyer the " Integrity " , where word of the attack on Coruscant reached them . The Jedi immediately readied their interceptors and prepared for battle . Skywalker and Kenobi ' s intervention . Unable to escape Coruscant , the " Invisible Hand " had sustained heavy damage from the guns of Republic Star Destroyers over the course of a full day of battle . A screen of Separatist battleships , destroyers , and frigates sheltered the flagship from further harm , but after hours of sustained fighting , the craft ' s deflector shields were failing . The 501st Legion was immediately given mission objectives to board their starfighters in a " Venator " - class Star Destroyer ' s hangar and head out to counter the Separatist fighters , engaging them in fierce dogfights . Their goal was to clear a path for Skywalker and Kenobi . The pilots proceeded to destroy a number of Vulture droids and a " Munificent " - class star frigate , as well as the shields and communications array of a " Providence " - class carrier / destroyer . Several 501st fighters then landed in the enemy cruiser hangar , exited their vehicles , and manually blew up the inner engine cooling tanks and auto turret defense system . Jumping back into their fighters , the pilots circled the " Providence " cruiser , destroying its bridge . At that instant , Kenobi and Skywalker jumped out of hyperspace with a vanguard from the Fifth Fleet of the Open Circle Fleet . Taking advantage of the opportunity the 501st had created , they piloted their fighters towards Grievous ' flagship . They were unable to communicate with the Jedi High Command due to heavy Separatist ECM scrambling , and were unsure if any other Jedi were out there fighting to rescue Palpatine . As they approached , they found hundreds of Vulture fighters and tri - fighters swarming protectively around the general ' s command ship , and the Jedi engaged the fighters with the help of Clone Flight Squad Seven . The two Jedi were also assisted by X2 , who served as their escort and dispatched many Vulture droids . The clones took heavy casualties , and Skywalker was ready to go back and help them . Kenobi , however , would not let him , insisting they stick to the mission . As the duo closed in on the " Invisible Hand " , they noticed that another destroyer was moving in to assist Grievous ' s flagship . Kenobi dispatched X2 to hijack that ship . When the clone infiltrated the destroyer , Kenobi sent two more troopers to assist him . The clones successfully reached the starship ' s bridge and took control of the vessel , and X2 used its weaponry to destroy the " Invisible Hand " turbolaser defenses , as well as some Vulture droids that were attacking the approaching Jedi . Soon , Kenobi and Skywalker were attacked by a swarm of Vulture droids . The droids fired missiles at them , but Skywalker managed to evade them by barrel rolling , which caused the missiles ' flight paths to intersect . Kenobi , however , could not avoid the missiles targeting him , and they finally exploded , releasing buzz droids that attached themselves to his ship ' s hull . His astromech droid R4 - P17 was destroyed , and the droids were rapidly disabling Kenobi ' s Jedi interceptor as well . Skywalker saved his friend by firing on the buzz droids as well as smashing into Kenobi ' s ship and crushing them , but he also destroyed the port dorsal radiator on Kenobi ' s interceptor in the process . One surviving buzz droids also managed to climb aboard Anakin ' s Jedi interceptor , although R2 - D2 , at the guidance of Kenobi and Skywalker , managed to deactivate it by zapping it in the center eye with its lightning gun . As they hurtled toward Grievous ' s flagship , Skywalker , after being narrowly reminded by Kenobi and R2 that the flagship ' s shields were still up , took advantage of the fact that the warship ' s main deflector shields had been partially compromised and destroyed the atmospheric containment shield protecting the hangar bay entrance . With Kenobi ' s ship ' s engines failing , the two fighters breached the vessel ' s defenses and crash - landed in the hangar , where the Jedi quickly eliminated all security droid resistance . After R2 - D2 located Palpatine ' s homing beacon , they headed towards the signal emanating from the upper observation deck . But Grievous knew that the Jedi would come aboard his flagship , which Dooku had predicted beforehand . He was requested on the bridge via the ship ' s captain Lushros Dofine and heard that the Jedi were now being tracked . As the two Jedi headed towards Palpatine , they were confronted by more droids in the hall along with wreckage and locked doors , but were able to overcome these obstacles . After boarding a turbolift upon evading destroyer droids , Kenobi and Skywalker were held up by a battalion of B1 battle droids , although their request for the Jedi Knights to drop their weapons backfired when it caused them to drop their own guard instead , giving the Jedi Knights an opportunity to cut them all down . After a brief misadventure when the lift they were using was stopped , Kenobi and Skywalker were assisted by R2 - D2 in getting to the top of the " Invisible Hand " conning tower — the location of the general ' s quarters — where Palpatine was being held captive . Likewise , R2 - D2 was briefly captured by two patrolling B2 super battle droids shortly thereafter , although R2 - D2 managed to escape by spraying them with oil , and then igniting the oil when activating his thrusters to fly off , burning them . The Duel on the " Invisible Hand " . Before the Jedi could release Palpatine , however , Dooku arrived , flanked by two super battle droids . Leaping down from the balcony whence he came , he engaged the Jedi . Referring to their earlier failure to stop him on Geonosis , Kenobi told Skywalker that they ' re to fight him together , with Skywalker mentioning he was about to suggest the same . The two Jedi began the duel by utilizing basic attacks of the forms Ataru and Shien in an attempt to deceive Dooku . At first , Dooku was able to easily counter their attacks with his mastery of Makashi . However , he was caught off guard when they switched to their more advanced and preferred forms of Soresu and Djem So . Dooku , unable to combat both at once , Force - pushed Kenobi out of the way so he could focus on Skywalker . Despite this , Dooku still began to tire as Skywalker furiously drove him up the stairs to the balcony . Meanwhile , Kenobi brought down the two droids and headed over to attack Dooku from behind . However , Dooku kicked Skywalker aside and quickly incapacitated Kenobi , slamming him into one of the walls with the Force . In order to ensure Kenobi could not rejoin the fight , Dooku then used the Force to cause various debris to fall right on top of Kenobi , leaving him unconscious and pinned down . Enraged , Anakin kicked Dooku off the balcony and engaged him again . Dooku sensed through the Force that Skywalker was holding himself back , lest he give in to anger . Seeking to exploit this , Dooku then taunted Skywalker , attempting to apply the Sith Dun Möch technique with the hope of disrupting Skywalker ' s concentration . However , this attempt backfired , further infuriating Skywalker rather than causing him self doubt or distracting him . He attacked Dooku with rage and hatred , raining down fast , heavy power attacks against his opponent . Dooku was barely able to lift his arms to defend against Skywalker ' s powerful strikes let alone fight back , and at one point was even singed by his own blade being forced onto his shoulder . With his strength and aggressive lightsaber technique , Skywalker finally overpowered Dooku ' s defenses and cut off both his hands . Catching Dooku ' s lightsaber , he held both blades in a scissor arc toward the Sith Lord ' s neck . The shackled Palpatine commended Skywalker ' s victory and encouraged him to kill Dooku . Skywalker initially hesitated , claiming that it was not the Jedi way to execute a defenseless enemy . Despite his misgivings and with Palpatine goading him on , Skywalker gave in to his anger and desire for revenge and beheaded Dooku , bringing an end to the Separatist firebrand . Nonetheless , Skywalker immediately regretted the decision , with Palpatine feigning sympathy regarding Skywalker ' s regret , and also acknowledged it wasn ' t the first time Skywalker gave in to anger , alluding to Skywalker ' s slaughter of the Tusken Raiders after they tortured the latter ' s mother , Shmi Skywalker Lars , to death . Continuing battle . As the confrontation between the Jedi and Sith ended , the " Invisible Hand " entered a direct engagement with the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Guarlara " , exchanging broadsides with the warship . Both sides fired at the other with heavy turbolasers . The Republic destroyer managed to damage the " Invisible Hand " systems , causing it to lose control . Sustaining crippling damage , the Separatist command ship temporarily fell toward Coruscant before regaining control . However , with artificial gravity , tensor fields , and inertial compensator s failing , the ship had become a rapidly decaying space wreck . Escape was now Skywalker ' s priority . He gathered up the unconscious Kenobi , despite Palpatine ' s demand to leave him and headed back for the bank of turbolifts . However , due to damage sustained during its battle with the " Guarlara " , the turbolift system was rendered non - functional , and with the " Invisible Hand " accelerating a descent down to Coruscant , Skywalker and Palpatine were forced to travel directly down the shaft . Before they could reach their destination , however , the ship , due to the bridge crew activating the ship ' s emergency booster engines at Grievous ' s order , righted itself , thus causing Skywalker and Palpatine hang onto a ledge , the jolt of which also resulted in Kenobi regaining consciousness . To make matters worse , the turbolift Anakin called for earlier also descended to their location due to miscommunication with R2 - D2 , nearly crushing them . Skywalker attempted to call R2 - D2 to stop it , but Kenobi told him to jump , realizing there was no time for that . They eventually ducked inside an open elevator door , narrowly evading the speeding elevator . The Jedi then headed for the hangar with the Chancellor . As they headed back to the hangar , the Jedi were confronted by battle droids , which they dispatched . They then received word that a Republic cruiser was being attacked by a Separatist cruiser , and its systems were failing fast . Anakin took control of a laser turret nearby , and fired on the Separatist cruiser , eventually destroying it . After this , the Jedi continued on to the main hangar bay . Before they could reach it , however , Grievous learned that they were in Hallway 328 of the " Invisible Hand " and ordered that the ray shields be activated ; likewise , the shields dropped on the Jedi and Palpatine . Skywalker was sure that R2 - D2 would arrive and release the shields , but as the astromech came screeching in , droidekas unfolded and aimed at him ; a super battle droid even kicked him down to his back after being zapped in the blaster arm . The Jedi , along with the Chancellor and R2 - D2 , were captured and taken to the bridge and brought before Grievous . The droid general took Kenobi and Skywalker ' s lightsabers , boasting about adding them to his collection , but the Jedi , after warning him that he won ' t escape " this time , " were able to recover them with the help of R2 - D2 , who used beams of electricity to distract the guards . The Jedi were able to summon their lightsabers back as Grievous ordered his MagnaGuards to dispose of the Jedi and make sure they suffered . After a quick battle , the Jedi defeated the droid warriors ( with Obi - Wan initially having difficulty due to beheading the droid not destroying it ) and closed in on Grievous , intent on capturing him . Grievous , in his weakened state , grabbed an overloaded electrostaff wielded by one of his MagnaGuards and threw it into the damaged bridge viewport , shattering it violently . Grievous allowed himself to be sucked out into space , and later re - entered the ship through an escape pod hatch . In an attempt to foil the Jedi ' s escape , he launched every escape pod on his flagship and fled to a nearby Trade Federation battleship . Simultaneously , a communications error between Republic forces led to Home Fleet Strike Group Five savagely attacking " Invisible Hand " , this time dealing fatal damage to the ship ' s systems . The Separatist command ship began a meteoric plunge toward Coruscant . Taking control of the helm , Skywalker attempted to pilot the wreck to a safe landing on Coruscant . Losing structural integrity , the entire rear end of the " Invisible Hand " tore off due to atmospheric stresses . Despite this , Skywalker , in order to avoid adding to the already massive damage Coruscant had already sustained from the fighting , successfully crash - landed the ship on a long , seldomly - used landing platform at the industrial center in Galactic City with the help of Fire Team Three ( at the cost of two of its members ) , although the landing also resulted in the destruction of one of the observation towers on the platform in the process . With the loss of their flagship , the failure of their main objective , and the recovery of their supreme commander , Grievous , the surviving elements of the depleted Separatist armada retreated in disgrace to the Outer Rim . A few pockets of fighting carried on among the anti - Republic elements of the Coruscanti population , who had risen up during the battle . However , they were eventually defeated . While the battle had been raging above them , a group of agents from the Cularin system had been fighting the Dark Jedi Garth Ezzar in the Undercity and not long after the fall of the " Invisible Hand " , they finally succeeded in killing him . Aftermath . It was later revealed that the battle ' s only purpose was to get Darth Sidious off the capital to thwart the Jedi ' s attempts to track him down . Sidious also used the capture of his alter ego Palpatine to see if Skywalker could use his anger to defeat Darth Tyranus and become the perfect apprentice for Sidious . His ruse was so effective that even the Jedi were fooled . Afterward , Sidious contacted Grievous shortly after the latter arrived at his base at Utapau , ordering him to relocate the Separatist Council to Mustafar . Upon processing the order , Sidious then told the general that the war ' s end was near . Although Grievous protested that the loss of Count Dooku meant the Separatists are likely to lose the war , Sidious assured him that Dooku ' s loss was a necessary one , and inferred that he will soon gain a new Sith apprentice , one that would be much younger and more powerful . With the loss of Dooku , Grievous assumed the title head of state of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , but it greatly destabilized the Separatists ' power structure . Without the assurances of victory from the Sith Lord , the members of the Separatist Council began to doubt the abilities of their new leader to keep them safe for much longer . Back on Coruscant , the Jedi Council made tracking down Grievous and bringing him to justice their utmost priority . Coruscant itself suffered extensive damage , due to the combination of Separatist bombing , vulture droid strikes , wrecked ships crashing , and the harsh urban warfare on the surface . Some of the large craters created during the battle were still in existence even after the end of the Clone Wars . Meanwhile , the " Stellar Envoy " , due to it attempting to evade pursuing Republic forces , was forced to make an erratic jump in hyperspace to Nal Hutta , instead of Toprawa . The " Stellar Envoy " then crashed into the side of a bulk cruiser , significantly damaging it and resulting in Duurmun ' s death and placing Jadak into a seventy - year coma , to which his legs were later amputated due to being non - salvageable from the crash . 29 years later , a similar incident to the destruction and landing of the " Invisible Hand " would be practiced by Anakin Skywalker ' s son , Luke Skywalker , when he along with Lando Calrissian were shot down by Imperial Forces aboard the " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer " Liberator " over Coruscant in an infiltration mission gone awry . Like Anakin before him , he would safely land the remains of the " Liberator " on Coruscant with little casualties . Behind the scenes . The Battle of Coruscant was created for , where it serves as part of the exposition . The Battle of Coruscant has also been described in other sources such as the novel " Labyrinth of Evil " , which is actually its first appearance , and the animated television series " " . In video game s such as " " and , portions of the battle are playable . In the DVD commentary for " Revenge of the Sith " , George Lucas said that he wanted the Battle of Coruscant to serve as a bridge between the prequel and original trilogy , utilizing ARC - 170s as the precursor to X - wings , and including vulture droids from " " . " The New Essential Chronology " stated that the battle lasted for a week . However , the stated it lasted only a " long , long day . " Accounts of this battle have been conflicting and which version is the canon ical depiction is ambiguous . This discrepency is primarily due to the fact that the " Star Wars : Clone Wars " series and the novel " Labyrinth of Evil " ( published two months before the Battle of Coruscant " Clone Wars " episodes aired ) gave differing versions of what happened . In the animated series , Mace Windu and Yoda together destroyed a small army of battle droids , whereas " Labyrinth of Evil " did not show Yoda participating in the battle and depicted Windu helping to protect Palpatine , dueling Grievous aboard a maglev train , which was mentioned in the " Revenge of the Sith " novelization . In " Labyrinth of Evil " , the Jedi defending Palpatine in the bunker ( Roron Corobb , Foul Moudama , Roth - Del Masona , and B ' ink Utrila ) were defeated relatively quickly by Grievous and did not join in protecting him until relatively late in the battle , whereas in the animated series Corobb and Moudama assisted Ti in protecting the Chancellor from the beginning , going on a long chase through the city before finally being defeated by their quarry — Utrila and Masona were never present . Also , in " Labyrinth " , Stass Allie assisted Shaak Ti in protecting Palpatine , while in " Clone Wars " , Allie never appears . The webstrip " Reversal of Fortune " attempted to reconcile the two accounts somewhat . Another inconsistency between the two works is where Kenobi and Skywalker were located prior to returning to Coruscant . In the novel , they visit Tythe before Coruscant , but in the series , they visit Nelvaan instead ( 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 . Therefore , this article includes information from " The New Essential Chronology " , which integrates details from both " Labyrinth of Evil " and " Clone Wars " . In the GBA and DS versions of the video game adaptation of " Revenge of the Sith " , Anakin , shortly after learning about his secret mission to act as a spy for the Jedi Council regarding Palpatine ' s activities from Obi Wan , had to take out several Confederacy droids as well as an AAT that were suspected to have been secretly planted by the Separatists . In addition , in the DS version only , just before Anakin arrived at the Jedi Temple , Anakin had to take out a squadron of Vulture Droids that arrived to cause chaos throughout the city . The battle was also featured in the video game " " for the PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS . The two versions of the game are very different in their portrayal of the battle . This article currently describes the events as depicted in the Nintendo DS version . In the PSP edition , X1 and X2 participated in the battle and immediately engage Separatist forces in orbit around Coruscant . First , they fought enemy droid fighters , and eventually X2 and some clone troopers boarded a Providence - class carrier / destroyer . Inside the ship , X2 commandeered its orbital strike cannon and used it against Separatist ground forces that had been deployed onto Coruscant ' s surface . This provided the Republic support by hampering the Confederacy ' s ground invasion . Once complete , X2 and his clone brothers departed the ship in escape pods and reached the planet ' s surface in order to support the Republic ' s forces against the Confederacy . X2 reached Jedi General Mace Windu ' s location , and Windu tasked him with repairing a defense turret in order to blast Separatist barricades surrounding the Senate building . After X2 has completed the task , he and Windu reached the building and faced off against Grievous and his Magnaguards . After a short battle , the droid General retreated . Non - canon appearances . The Battle of Coruscant also appeared in the non - canon video games " " , " " , and " " . The first two functioned similar to the film and the " Revenge of the Sith " video game , with Kenobi and Skywalker battling droid starfighters in space , and then fighting battle droids in the hallways of the " Invisible Hand " . The latter resembled the space portion of the Battle of Coruscant .