Clone Wars Gambit : Stealth Clone Wars Gambit : Stealth is the fourth novel in the of novels that tie - in to " " television series . It was written by Karen Miller and was released on February 23 , 2010 . The audio version is narrated by Jeff Gurner . Publisher ' s summary . Planet by planet , darkness creeps across the galaxy . Among warriors and generals , among ordinary beings living in far - flung worlds , the fear will not go away : We are losing this war . . . . " Anakin Skywalker feels it , too . The Separatist Alliance , with ruthlessness and treachery , is beating the Republic to every strategic target . But after a costly clash with General Grievous for the planet Kothlis , Anakin has a mission that will focus his anxious mind . Alongside Obi - Wan Kenobi , he is posing as a long - lost native of Lanteeb , an impoverished world on the Outer Rim . This seemingly unimportant planet has drawn the interest of the Seps — and Anakin and Obi - Wan soon discover the disturbing reason : A scientist enslaved by General Lok Durd is drawing on Lanteeb ' s one natural resource for a devastating bioweapon . Now Anakin and Obi - Wan have entered the eye of a storm . Their presence has been exposed , Lok Durd ' s plans unveiled , and a fight has begun for survival behind enemy lines — and a chance of winning a war that must be fought at any cost . " Plot Summary . The novel starts out prior to the Battle of Kothlis as Anakin Skywalker , Obi - Wan Kenobi , Ahsoka Tano , and their allies prepare to battle against the Separatists at the aforementioned planet . When they do engage the Separatist forces led by General Grievous , the Republic forces find themselves blind and deaf in their communication systems among each other . Regardless , they fight against the Separatist forces , and despite heavy losses , they save the planet from Separatist occupation . In the aftermath of the battle , as the surviving Republic troops , including Skywalker , Kenobi , and Tano , begin their recovery from their wounds , Republic Intelligence agents begin looking in to find out how General Grievous was able to sneak in a computer virus and communication jamming device among the Republic forces . In the meantime , as Tano heals on the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center with the other surviving clone troops , Kenobi and Skywalker return to Coruscant for a five - day furlough . This is after they , along with Grand Master Yoda , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , and Senator Bail Prestor Organa , assess the situation on Kothlis . They also assess how this would have consequences for further engagements with the Separatists in the future . Senator Organa soon learns that a few months earlier , the Separatists took hold of a relatively insignificant planet in the Outer Rim Territories known as Lanteeb . Organa calls Skywalker , Kenobi , and Senator Padmé Amidala for a meeting in his home to find out what intrinsic value Lanteeb could possibly have for the Separatists . After collecting data from Kenobi , Tano , and Senator Amidala , they all hypothesize that the Separatists plan to use a certain mineral accessible only from Lanteeb and turn it into a biological virus against the Republic . So Kenobi and Skywalker go to Lanteeb disguised as locals who got back from labor on Alderaan , and they begin investigating where the virus is . On Lanteeb , Kenobi and Skywalker discover that the biological virus is being developed in a compound headed by Separatist General Lok Durd , and the virus designer herself is Dr . Bant ' ena Fhernan . Fhernan is being held against her will in the compound to create the virus , and Durd threatens that if she doesn ' t do what he tells her , he will eliminate all of her friends and family . As a result of this knowledge , Kenobi and Skywalker transmit a message to Master Yoda back on Coruscant , apprising him of the situation . Yoda assigns several Jedi teams to rescue Fhernan ' s friends and family , and all of the missions succeed , though one of Fhernan ' s loved ones is killed by one of Durd ' s henchmen once the rescue operations became known to the Separatists . Durd shows the death of Fhernan ' s loved ones and lies to her by saying that her other friends and family members are still in danger if she doesn ' t do what he says . So she ultimately betrays Kenobi and Skywalker to Durd ' s forces when they try to return to the compound , but the two Jedi barely escape death by hot - wiring a speeder and leaving . In order to hide out from Durd ' s forces , Kenobi and Skywalker decide to travel to one of the Lanteeban villages for help .