Clone Wars Chapter 23 " Chapter 23 " is the twenty - third episode of the " " animated television series , and the third episode in and . The episode originally aired on Cartoon Network on March 23 , 2005 . Plot summary . Master Yoda quietly meditates in his room in the Jedi Temple . Suddenly , he looks up in shocked surprise , using the Force to raise the window blinds . Outside , a massive Confederate battle fleet consisting of Vulture droids , tri - fighters and C - 9979 landing craft roars past the window . Mace Windu bursts in , announcing that Coruscant is under attack . The C - 9979s spill their deadly cargo of battle droids and Armored Assault Tanks onto the streets of the city . Saesee Tiin reports that Confederate ships continue to appear out of hyperspace , and Windu orders him to take command of Coruscant ' s space defense . The two Jedi board their starfighters and take off into the meleé . On Nelvaan , Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker and the Nelvaanian tribe ride banthas towards the village . Skywalker notices that the village is only populated by women and children . Taken to the very elderly village shaman , Kenobi translates the Nelvaanian ' s language for Skywalker . Skywalker ' s killing of the horax had interrupted the young boy ' s rite - of - passage trial . A great evil plagues their land , and none of the champions sent out from the village have ever returned . Back on Coruscant , missiles from some Hailfire droids strike the 500 Republica . Padmé Amidala , realizing the danger of the situation , orders Captain Gregar Typho to evacuate her , a panicking C - 3PO , and the other occupants of the building . Mace Windu flies through the city , destroying dozens of droid fighters as he goes . Flying into a massive swarm of Vulture droids , his starfighter is torn apart . Ejecting from the canopy , Windu lands on one of the droid fighters , which he cuts open with his lightsaber and hot - wires to ride it through the sky . Three clone pilots in an ARC - 170 watch in amazement as Windu destroys the trio of droid fighters on their tail . Saesee Tiin leads his squadron of fighters into the outer atmosphere of Coruscant , where hundreds of Trade Federation cruisers battle with similar numbers of Republic Star Destroyers . Landing in the docking bay of a heavily damaged Republic ship , Tiin leads the stricken vessel ' s clone troopers on a spacewalk to take over the nearest Trade Federation cruiser . Taking control , Tiin has the ship fire its cannons on the nearest Providence ship . In a ritual ceremony , the Nelvaanian shaman , Orvos , tells Kenobi of the prophecy of " Ghost Hand " — a stranger who will save their village . Kenobi shows them Skywalker ' s prosthetic arm . Skywalker asks what he was doing and Kenobi replies that it is what he is doing . Yoda stands in front the approaching Confederate army . Using the Force , he lifts hundreds of approaching droidekas into the air , where they collide with the droid starfighters . He then lifts several C - 9979s back into the sky , where they also collide with each other . Hearing that their forces are losing ground in Sector 4 , Yoda leaps aboard his kybuck and races to help . As part of the ritual , Orvos covers Skywalker in bruise - leech crawler s , which leave painful geometric tracks over the young Jedi ' s body . Told to follow the " frozen tears of the Great Mother , " Skywalker begins his long journey , an undertaking Kenobi tells him will be his final trial . Yoda and Windu bolster the faltering clone troops as the droid army closes in on the Senate building . Using a combination of their combined Force powers and combat skills , the two Jedi Masters begin to regain the upper hand . From his suite in the 500 Republica , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine watches the distant battle . Three Jedi — Shaak Ti , Roron Corobb and Foul Moudama — arrive and urge the Chancellor to make his way to his secure bunker . As Palpatine declines , saying there is no immediate danger , General Grievous smashes through the window . Continuity . The suit Saesee Tiin wears in this episode looks similar to the armor Darth Vader would later wear , while Tiin ' s helmet looks similar to Boba Fett ' s . The capital ships of the Confederate fleet are only " Providence " - class carrier / destroyers rather than " Lucrehulk " - class battleships , " Lucrehulk " - class Droid Control Ships , " Recusant " - class light destroyers , or " Munificent " - class star frigates . In the scene where the Orvos discusses the " Ghost Hand , " one of the red buttons tied to his hanging hair has the Japanese symbol that " " ( another series created by " Clone Wars " creator Genndy Tartakovsky ) displays from time to time . This episode marks the first appearance of a clone trooper pilot in Phase II clone trooper armor in the series . However , it is using an enclosed helmet simlar to the V - wing pilots . Their other appearance is " Chapter 25 . "