Skirmish in Theed / Legends A skirmish in Theed occurred between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Festival of Light on Naboo . Prelude . Phindian criminal Moralo Eval hatched up a plot to kidnap the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic Palpatine . Therefore , with Sith Lord Count Dooku ' s help , he recruited some of the deadliest bounty hunters in the galaxy including Cad Bane and Rako Hardeen who was actually Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi in disguise attempting to stop the plot . The bounty hunters were tested in a machine known as the Box . Five bounty hunters survived the box : Cad Bane , " Rako Hardeen " , Embo , Twazzi and Derrown . However , despite promising Eval the lead role , Dooku assigned Bane to be the leader of the team much to Eval ' s dismay . The team discreetly transferred to Naboo where they took control of a mechanics shop after eliminating all the personnel there . Over there , Bane briefed the team on their duties : Twazzi and Embo were to act as Senate Commandos for the chancellor as he will be attending the ceremony at a festival called the Festival of Light , Eval was the getaway driver , " Hardeen " would be the sniper that would be loaded with stun blasts to immobilize the chancellor , Derrown would pass through the ray shields due to his Parwan anatomy and Bane would be one of the spectators in the audience . He then brought out a holographic disguise matrix , disguising the rest of the four hunters ( excluding Eval ) as Senate Commandos . As the team departed , Dooku alerted Bane to " Hardeen " , tasking him to keep a close on " Hardeen " as he suspected something wrong about him . The skirmish . Bane ' s plan in action . Unknown to Kenobi , Dooku had bugged his briefcase that contained his sniper rifle . When Kenobi got to his position , a tower overlooking the plaza where Palpatine would give his speech , he contacted Jedi Master Mace Windu and alerted him to Bane ' s plan . As night fell and the festival started , Bane ' s plan was set in motion . Bane himself had disguised himself as a Neimoidian spectator and was seated in the platform where the chancellor gave his speech , the platform that was enveloped in a ray shield . While Palpatine gave his speech , Derrown , disguised as a Senate Commando secretly approached one of the speech generators . Kenobi spotted him and alerted Mace but it was too late . Before Skywalker could stop him , Derrown overloaded the generator and caused it to explode , dissipating the shield in the process . While Ahsoka led the audience to safety , Anakin engaged Derrown but was quickly knocked unconscious by the Parwan . However , Kenobi shot Derrown ' s jetpacks causing it to malfunction and sending Derrown spiraling towards the floor . Meanwhile , Twazzi used the disguise matrix and switched bodies with the chancellor whom Bane later grabbed . Anakin quickly regained consciousness and ran over to the speeder towards Embo and Twazzi , whom Skywalker believed was Palpatine . While Embo was arrested , Twazzi tried fighting her way out but Skywalker sliced her right arm off and demanded to know where the real Palpatine was . But by the time he found out , Cad Bane and Eval had already driven off with the chancellor . Kenobi spotted the hunters and chased them to a refinery , sending Mace and Skywalker the coordinates . However , Dooku didn ' t show up as planned so Bane decided to ransom Palpatine off themselves . Kenobi , however aimed a blaster at Bane , demanding he release the chancellor . Realizing " Hardeen ' s " betrayal , Bane attacked him but after a short struggle , Kenobi overpowered Bane and Republic forces , led by Windu and Skywalker arrived . Windu revealed " Hardeen " to be Kenobi , angering Bane . As the fugitives were led away , Windu congratulated Kenobi , believing it to be all over . Dooku ' s plan in motion . Despite the apparent success of the mission , Anakin was furious that the Jedi Council kept it a secret from him , and became outraged when Kenobi revealed that the idea to do so had been his . Anakin then sarcastically asked if the Jedi present if they had truly foiled Dooku ' s plot before storming away . This remark troubled Kenobi , and made him reconsider the fact that Dooku hadn ' t shown up at the rendezvous point . Suspicious , he returned to the tower where he had shot Derrown and inspected his briefcase . After thorough inspection , he found an activated com link and realized that Dooku had been listening to his entire conversation . This meant that Dooku had known that Hardeen was Kenobi all along , and meant too that the mission had been compromised . That night , with the Republic security forces having been sent back to Coruscant , Palpatine and Anakin took a walk through the palace . Palpatine broached the subject of the council ' s scheme with Anakin , commenting that the brilliant plan had to have been Anakin ' s idea . However Anakin , still bitter over what he perceived to be a betrayal by Kenobi and the Council , stated that he had been kept completely in the dark . Palpatine used the opportunity subtly needle the Council ' s actions as they entered the stately hall where the banquet was supposedly taking place . Instead of a banquet however , they instead came face to face with Dooku himself , flanked by two MagnaGuards . Dooku revealed that he had never intended for the other bounty hunters to kidnap Palpatine ; he had simply been using them as a diversion so he could launch his own kidnapping plot . With only Anakin left to protect Palpatine , Dooku asserted that he could easily kidnap the Chancellor , and had his MagnaGuards attack Anakin . With the Council ' s perceived betrayal still in the forefront of his mind , Anakin engaged the MagnaGuards , quickly and brutally destroying them both before instructing Palpatine to flee . However , the chancellor was intercepted by a third MagnaGuard as Anakin viciously attacked Dooku and rapidly drove him back . Overwhelmed by Anakin ' s strength , Dooku attempted to use the Force to stave the Jedi off , telekinetically blasting him back a short distance before using the Force to fling various bits of cutlery and a chair at his infuriated opponent . The small barrage of items did nothing but enrage Anakin further , and he attacked Dooku with renewed fury . Dooku managed to intercept a thrust from Anakin by telekinetically moving a chair in front of him , but could not hold his ground against Anakin ' s assault . As Anakin pressed his attack , Palpatine risked displaying a satisfied smirk at the power of his apprentice - to - be , though neither Dooku nor Anakin spotted it . Anakin pushed forward against the chair that had intercepted his attack , nearly driving his lightsaber through Dooku ' s skull before the Sith Lord managed to hit Anakin with another telekinetic blast . However the attack had virtually no effect on Anakin , and he quickly re - engaged the now visibly shaken Count . As the duelists began to ascend a flight of stairs , Anakin kicked Dooku in the abdomen , knocking him to the ground . Before the Count could regain his feet , Anakin fell upon him with a series of overhand power blows , pressing him into the stairs before reaching out to snag Dooku ' s throat with his mechanical hand . Holding off Dooku ' s lightsaber with his own , he began to throttle Dooku , drawing another delighted grin from Palpatine . However , Dooku managed to escape the choakhold by shocking Anakin with Force lightning and telekinetically blasting him backwards . With Anakin momentarily stunned , Dooku and the MagnaGuard that held Palpatine retreated . Kenobi , who had meanwhile caught wind of Dooku ' s plan , reached Anakin mere moments after the latter had been blasted away . The two of them caught up with Dooku just as he boarded his ship . As Anakin re - engaged Dooku , Kenobi quickly dealt with the remaining MagnaGuard before retrieving Palpatine . Thwarted , Dooku pushed Anakin off the boarding ramp of his ship and fled , but not before remarking that Kenobi had proven himself a ' worthy adversary ' . Later , Palpatine commented on how the Jedi saved him twice and what the galaxy would be like without the Jedi .