Destroy Malevolence

season 1, episode 4

## Cast

STARRING
Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker
James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano
Dee Bradley Baker as Rex\*
Catherine Taber as Padmé Amidala
Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress\*
Matthew Wood as General Grievous
Tom Kane as Yoda\*
and Corey Burton as Dooku
\*does not appear in this episode
ALSO VOICING
James Arnold Taylor as Plo Koon
Tom Kane as Wullf Yularen
GUEST STARRING
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
Olivia d'Abo as Luminara Unduli
\*\*no lines

"**Destroy *Malevolence***" is the fourth episode of the first season of the *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* television series. It is the fourth episode of the series overall, and concludes a three-part storyline. It aired on October 17, 2008 on Cartoon Network. Its title was first revealed on Anthony Daniels' website.

## **Plot Synopsis**

During the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula, the *Malevolence* is left heavily damaged and trailed by three Star Destroyers. Unable to jump to hyperspace, Grievous is forced to buy time. Luckily for him, Darth Sidious and Count Dooku had arranged for Senator Amidala (with C-3PO in her company) to fly directly onto his ship, herself believing that she was heading for negotiations with the InterGalactic Banking Clan Supreme Executive. Once Padmé comes out of hyperspace, she is pulled into the warship via a tractor beam. She manages to contact the Republic forces, asking them to continue their attacks, regardless of her own safety. However, Anakin orders their ships to cease their attack.

Padmé rigs her ship's engines to explode so that when Grievous comes on board to capture her, the galaxy would be rid of him. Unfortunately, he survives the blast and has his droids search for her and Threepio. Anakin heads a rescue mission composed of him, Obi-Wan and Artoo to save her. The *Twilight* then latches onto the *Malevolence* by an emergency air lock and they board the ship and manage to contact the senator, who gives them her location. They set a rendezvous point at the warship's transportation system. They each get on separate trains. Anakin uses the Force to bring Padmé over to him because a super battle droid destroyed the rest of Padmé's track. Their train goes into a tunnel, where they enjoy a brief romantic moment alone; Obi-Wan tries to get Threepio, but he gets hit by another train in transit. As they are about to kiss, Anakin is contacted by Obi-Wan about Threepio.

Anakin plans on rescuing him, but Padmé informs the Jedi that the hyperdrive is close to finishing; Obi-Wan goes to destroy the hyperdrive. However, Grievous learns of this and sends droids down to guard the drive. Meanwhile, Anakin and Padmé reach the bridge when the ship is almost ready to jump to hyperspace. They quickly destroy all the droids and rig the ship's navicomputer. They then leave the bridge, hiding the broken droids before others could find out what happened.

Obi-Wan duels with Grievous after dispatching his droids and manages to avoid the cyborg's clutches. He reaches the *Twilight* along with the rest of the group and as they leave the ship, Grievous pursues in his starfighter. The droids on the warship then try to jump to hyperspace, only to discover that Anakin rigged the navicomputer to set a course right into the moon. Grievous watches in horror as the ship crashes into a nearby moon, then flees the system.

While Grievous was not killed on the *Malevolence*, his warship is finally destroyed and Senator Amidala is rescued from the ship. The loss hurts Grievous's credibility with Count Dooku, the former ending communications with the Count due to the shame of the ship being destroyed.

## **Co-Stars**

* Dee Bradley Baker as Clone Troopers
* Matthew Wood as Battle Droids

### Non-speaking appearances

* R7-D4 *(in newsreel only)*
* Nala Se *(in newsreel only)*

## **Trivia**

* The opening quote of the episode is: *"A plan is only as good as those who see it through."*.
* When General Grievous and his droids surround Obi-Wan near the hyperdrive, he says "Hello there." Obi-Wan would later repeat this line to the General in *Star Wars*: Episode III *Revenge of the Sith* and would even later say the line to R2-D2 during his debut appearance in *Star Wars*: Episode IV *A New Hope*.
* Anakin's comments about spinning "being a good trick" are references to his line in *Star Wars*: Episode I *The Phantom Menace*.