Cat and Mouse

"**Cat and Mouse**" is the sixteenth episode of Season Two of the animated television series *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*. It aired on March 20, 2010 in the UK and on March 26 in the US.

## Use of Aurebesh

### Republic monitors

A Republic monitor contains information on the *Invincible*:

SHIP PROFILE

PROFILE

THE DREAD-
NAUGHT IS KNOWN

TO BE UNDER THE

COMMAND OF

COMMANDER

TRENCH.

THE SHIPS *[sic]* WEAP-

ONS ARE DEADLY,

SHEALDS *[sic]* ARE VERY

STRONG.

SEPARATIST SHIP

POINTS OF

ATTACK HAVE

BEEN

PLOTTED OUT AND

SHOWN ON THE *[text ends]*

IN 1002 BBY, THREE

SHIPS OF THIS TYPE FORMED

PART OF LORD KAAN'S SITH

FLEET DURING THE FIRST
BATTLE OF RUUSAN.

THESE THREE SHIPS WERE

CONSIDERED A DEADLY

THREAT TO TWO HAMMER- *[text ends]*

THE SITH DREADNAUGHTS, SOME-

TIMES KNOWN AS A DREADNAUGHT
CRUISER OR SIMPLY A DREAD-

NAUGHT, WAS A TYPE OF WARSHIP

USED IN THE NAVY OF THE BROTH-
ERHOOD OF DARKNESS DURING THE

CLOSING STAGES OF THE NEW *[text ends]*

ARMED WITH POWER FUL *[sic]* HEAVY
LASER CANNONS IN FORWARD-

FIRING BATTERIES, THEY

WERE DESIGNATED AS CRUIS-
ERS, LARGER THAN CORSAIR
BATTLESHIPS AND

STARFIGHTERS.

Note that the excerpt about Lord Kaan and the Sith dreadnaughts is copied verbatim from Wookieepedia's article "Dreadnaught cruiser", as it appeared at the time of January 2009, although Lucasfilm Story Group member Matt Martin has stated he would consider it more of an Easter egg.

When the Republic forces attack Trench's ship, the shield display says "SHIELD STATION" and contains buttons for "ACTIVATE", "STANDBY" and "DEACTIVATE".

When the Republic attacks again, a Republic data screen says "TORPEDOS *[sic]* READY" and the missile trigger reads "FIRE".

### Yularen's report

Yularen's intelligence report says "IDENTIFICATION ANALYSIS..." • "*THE RIGHTEOUS*" • "*SWIFT RETURN*" • "SEARCH RESULTS" • "ADMIRAL TARANCH" (Admiral Trench's original name).

### Separatist monitors

When the Republic forces attack Trench's ship, a Separatist display says "RED ALERT".

When Trench orders his troops to lower the deflector shields, a computer display says "VISUAL RECOGNITION" and "MAG*[obscured]* SI*[obscured]*" (probably "MAGNETIC SIGNATURE").

Shortly before Trench's ship is hit, a Separatist display reads "CHRYSTOPSIS *[sic]* BLOCKADE". "13 BATTLESHIPS". "6 DREADNAUGHTS". "STATUS GREEN", and another one says "CONDITION RED".

## Unseen Aurebesh

The episode's Concept Art Gallery on StarWars.com shows some ideas from pre-production, that never made it into the actual episode. One piece of concept art shows "AE-1" being printed beneath the stealth ship antenna. Another piece shows "L-*[unknown symbol*-7" being printed beneath the stealth ship turret.

## References

1. ↑ Dreadnaught cruiser. Wookieepedia (January 30, 2009).
2. ↑  @missingwords (Matt Martin) on X, formerly known as Twitter (November 26, 2018). "@CharlyPyle I'd consider it more of an easter egg." (backup link)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3  Cat and Mouse Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com: “Among the Republic starships destroyed by Admiral Trench -- according to intelligence reports displayed on Admiral Yularen's screen -- are the cruiser The Righteous and the frigate Swift Return. / Early in production, Admiral Trench's name was rendered as "Admiral Taranch," a more obvious nod to his tarantula inspiration. Though his name was changed, Yularen's intelligence report shows the original spelling in Aurebesh.”  (Slide 1, 4)
4. ↑  Cat and Mouse Concept Art Gallery on StarWars.com: “Concept art of the stealth ship antenna detail / Concept art of the stealth ship turret rear detail”  (Slide 5, 10)