The Phantom Clone " The Phantom Clone " is the first episode of " " . It aired on May 29 , 2013 on Cartoon Network . Plot . It is a time of grave peril as the Clone Wars rage through the galaxy with no end in sight . But the Sith , lead by the sinister Palpatine and his henchman Dooku have concocted a plan that may about the downfall of the Republic . General Grievous , in his Starfighter , ambushes two Z - 95 Headhunters and confirms to Dooku that the plan is going perfectly while venturing to Coruscant . At the Jedi Temple , Yoda displays to Vaash Ti , Rako , Bobby and Bene the courage of Anakin Skywalker while C - 3PO brags of his connection to Anakin when he suddenly feels a disturbance and a powerful threat through Force . Darth Sidious instructs a holographic Grievous to launch the attack and sarcastically adds ' a week from now ' and then transforms back into Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in order to inform Yoda of a distress call from Obi - Wan Kenobi on Alderaan . Grievous calls back to make sure Sidious was being sarcastic and Sidious says to launch it now . He then transforms back into Palpatine but realizes that he ' s still chatting with Grievous . He ends up getting confused and frustrated with the transformations and gives up . Yoda puts C - 3PO in charge of his Padawans and sets out with Mace Windu , R2 - D2 and CC - 2224 in a Republic Gunship to rescue Obi - Wan . As they leave , Grievous breaks into the Holocron Vault and attacks the students . The Republic Gunship looms over Alderaan and answers Obi - Wan ' s plea , only to discover that he sent no distress call . Admiral Ackbar announces the trap as Separatist ships fly in for the kill . Grievous steals the padawans ' Lightsabers , and the children attempt to attack him . As Yoda , Mace , and R2 - D2 attempt to hold off the invasion of Vulture Droids , Tri - Fighters and Star Destroyers , Admiral Gial Ackbar and Cody make the jump to lightspeed as the gunship splits in half , leaving Mace , Yoda and Artoo stranded in space . As Grievous escapes in his Starfighter , the padawans , ignoring Threepio ' s protests , jump onto their school bus and attempt to track their weapons through the force . Bene reveals her modified engines on the bus , which shoots the gang into lightspeed , hurling to Tatooine . Yoda and Mace splash into the murky water of Dagobah ( Artoo has a parachute ) . As they set up camp , the two Jedi begin wondering who the hidden Sith Lord is , completely ignoring R2 - D2 ' s theory that it ' s Palpatine . Vaash Ti and the other land on Tatooine as Jabba the Hutt runs over C - 3PO in his sail barge , and is holding the lightsabers . The gang pursues . As R2 - D2 gives up , Lindo Calrissian and his son Lando land in the discoed - out Millennium Falcon and rescue the Jedi . C - 3PO knocks on the doors of Jabba ' s Palace and begins insulting Bib Fortuna and Malakili , who then send the Rancor after him . The padawans infiltrate the palace , sneak past the Gamorrean Guards and get the lightsabers , which are non - operational because the Kaiburr crystal s are missing . Bobby accidentally wakes Jabba , but luckily the padawans free Young Han Solo from a block of carbonite and meet up with C - 3PO , who rides the rancor to safety . On Kamino , Grievous and Count Dooku use the Kaiburr crystals to form an all - powerful crystal , to power their cloning chamber . Darth Sidious thanks them through hologram , and the Sith Clones begin to form . The Disco Falcon speeds towards Coruscant , C - 3PO contacts them through hologram , and Bobby fills Yoda in on what ' s happened . Lindo turns on the hyperdrive engine and make a rainbow jump to Lightspeed towards Kamino . As the Calrissians epart , Artoo and the Jedi break into the cloning chamber , but are stopped by Grievous . Luckily , Yoda force pushes Grievous into a pit and Mace battles Dooku . As Dooku gain the upper hand , Yoda grabs him and throws him at the Kaiburr crystal , deactivating the cloning chamber before the clones can activate - except for one . Jek - 14 activates and begins rebuilding the palace as Yoda battles Dooku and Grievous regains consciousness and ambushes Mace . C - 3PO senses that Artoo is in danger through the power of Wifi and the Padawans depart to Kamino . Outside , Grievous begins rusting in the rain and Mace rips his Blaster away from him . As Jek tortures a lightsaberless Yoda , Yoda grabs the blaster from Mace and fires at Jek , but the Sith Clone reflects them and sends the Jedi right back outside , knocking over Grievous as well . Dooku takes the crystal and begins reactivating the cloning machine as Jek prepares to finish the Jedi off . He force - chokes Yoda into unconsciousness but stops before he can kill him , which baffles everyone . Before anyone can ask , the school bus arrives and begins to detonate the cloning chamber with a giant laser cannon that Bene had added . Yoda and Mace jump on the ship , Artoo flies out of the palace with the crystal and the heroes escape the remains . Dooku and Jek hop in a Mandalorian Speeder and evacuate as the planet of Kamino collapses in a fantastic lightshow . Back in the Holocron Vault , Yoda congratulates the padawans with his own celebratory stickers , and reveals his intentions to hunt down Jek to the last brick . On Geonosis , Dooku reveals Jek to Darth Sidious . Grievous arrives from the ocean with a life tube and the Sith celebrate their ' victory ' .