Rising Malevolence " Rising " Malevolence " " is the second episode of of the television series " " . It is the second episode of the series overall . It aired on Cartoon Network October 3 , 2008 , following the premiere of " Ambush . " Official description . " Creating panic throughout the galaxy , a devastating Separatist mystery weapon terrorizes the clone starfleet . Anakin and Ahsoka race to save Jedi Master Plo Koon and his clone trooper s in time . Jedi Master Plo Koon and his squad barely survive an attack from a mysterious Separatist warship called the " Malevolence " . Can they stay alive long enough for Anakin and Ahsoka to find them ? " Plot summary . Aboard the " Triumphant " , Jedi Master Plo Koon and Clone Commander Wolffe locate the " Malevolence " in the Abregado system and immediately move the fleet into position to engage it . Before attacking , Plo orders Commander Wolffe to contact Coruscant and relay their position ; he then contacts Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano , who are stationed in the nearby Bith system , telling them that he has found the " Malevolence " and requires reinforcements . Anakin tells Plo that there is little he can do , as he has been ordered by the Jedi High Council to protect the Bith system . The " Triumphant " s communications are then jammed by General Grievous at the behest of Count Dooku . The " Malevolence " s massive ion cannon fires , knocking out power on all three Republic attack cruisers , and leaving them defenseless against Grievous ' turbolaser s . Plo Koon , along with clone troopers Sinker , Boost and Commander Wolffe , manage to board an escape pod , just before their cruiser is destroyed . Aboard the " Malevolence " , Dooku orders Grievous to deploy the pod hunters , in order to find and kill any survivors and keep their secret weapon ' s position a secret . Meanwhile , Anakin and Ahsoka inform Masters Obi - Wan Kenobi , Mace Windu and Yoda , and Chancellor Palpatine , about the loss of communication with Plo Koon . All four tell Anakin and Ahsoka not to go out to the Abregado system to look for survivors , despite Ahsoka ' s vehement objections . Mace tells Anakin that all their task forces have been assigned to defend their supply lines . After the meeting , Anakin scolds Ahsoka for her outburst of insubordination . Nevertheless , a short time later , they take off for the Abregado System in the " Twilight " . Huffily , she asks why she got scolded for wanting to do what Anakin has , in fact , decided to do . He explains that he always intended to look for survivors , but will obey the spirit of the Council ' s orders by leaving his fleet on station . Back on Coruscant , Obi - Wan , who knows Anakin all too well , guesses that Anakin has gone off alone , and both he and Palpatine issue repeated demands for Anakin to resume command of his fleet . Back in the debris field , while attempting to fix their escape pod , Plo and the clones spot another pod . However , upon closer inspection , they realize it has been broken open and the clones inside have been killed by the vacuum of space . The group then witnesses one of the pod hunters attack another nearby escape pod , breaking it open and killing all inside . Then the pod hunter crew notices their escape pod and latches onto it . Plo and his men fight and destroy the pod hunter , but this alerts Grievous that Republic survivors are still in the debris field . Soon after Plo ' s victory , Anakin and Ahsoka arrive and rescue him and his men . As they are preparing to depart , the " Malevolence " arrives near their location . Anakin and Ahsoka shut down the " Twilight " s systems , hoping to blend in with the debris and avoid detection . Unfortunately , they forget to shut down the on - board medical droid , whose faint signal alerts Grievous to their location . Forced to flee the blast from the ion cannon , the " Twilight " narrowly escapes with a desperate hyperspace jump . Grievous reluctantly informs Count Dooku that the survivors have escaped , meaning the Republic will learn of the Separatists ' secret weapon . Dooku , vexed , says he will have to contact his master . Once the " Twilight " reaches Anakin ' s fleet , Commander Wolffe thanks Anakin for assisting them . Anakin and Plo then contact the Jedi Council , informing them of the secret weapon and its capabilities . Anakin asks Ahsoka to come with him , claiming that they should both share the responsibility for their actions . Behind the scenes . The second escape pod , Pod 1977 , is named after the release year of the original . Boost and Sinker ' s attempt to restart the escape pod ' s power grid uses dialogue directly lifted from " " when Han Solo and Chewbacca are trying to fix the " Millennium Falcon " .