Lair of Grievous

"Most powerful is he who controls his own power."

- Moral

"Lair of Grievous" is the tenth episode in Season One of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, directed by Atsushi Takeuchi. It features the debut of Nautolan Jedi Master Kit Fisto in The Clone Wars series.

Official description
General Grievous must prove himself worthy of the Separatists when Count Dooku leads Jedi Master Kit Fisto and his former Padawan, the Mon Calamari Jedi Nahdar Vebb to Grievous' villainous enclave.

Plot summary
Once alerted of Nute Gunray's escape, Jedi Master Kit Fisto and his former apprentice Nahdar Vebb follow the tracking beacon of his stolen ship to Vassek, but soon find that he is not there. They attempt to sneak up on him, but all they find is a gloating hologram. It turns out to be a trap for them and a test for Grievous, who has received a holo message from Count Dooku telling him that Darth Sidious wants more results — more dead Jedi.

Upon his arrival to his lair, Grievous is confronted by Fisto and Vebb, along with their squad of clones. A lightsaber duel breaks out, and Grievous ends up having his legs chopped off just above the knees. However, Grievous escapes to his control room where he undergoes repairs from his medic droid. Grievous then orders his MagnaGuards to blow up the clones' transport to cut off escape. They attempt to destroy Fisto's starfighter and his droid, R6-H5, also, but Arsix manages to pilot the fighter away from danger.

Meanwhile Fisto, Vebb and the remainder of their clone squad follow Grievous, finding many booby traps along the way. A trapdoor opens beneath them, and one of the clones is killed in the carbonite vat below. Fisto and Vebb force jump above the pit, and Clone Commander Fil uses a cable to cling to the side of the pit and climb up. After this debacle they meet Grievous' pet roggwart, Gor. After a short battle, Gor is eventually killed by Fisto. Unfortunately, Fil is killed, which enrages Nahdar. While Grievous is watching this all-playout, he is contacted by Count Dooku. This time the message confirms to Grievous that this is a test for him. He decides to play along, and he and his guards go hunting. When the two parties meet, Vebb skillfully defeats all five of Grievous' guards. During the fight, Fisto is locked into the control room, unable to help Vebb. Vebb proceeds to attack Grievous, but is shortly shot and killed. Fisto calls for R6-H5 to meet him at the south landing platform. After a brief but intense battle with Grievous, Fisto escapes and returns to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where he tells Yoda and Mace Windu about the confrontation. He tells them that, "Nadhar's heart was in the right place, but he tried to match Grievous' power with his own." Yoda says that in the war, there is a danger of losing who they are.

Cast

 * Phil LaMarr - Kit Fisto
 * Matthew Wood - General Grievous / battle droids
 * Tom Kenny - Nahdar Vebb / Nute Gunray
 * Dee Bradley Baker - clone troopers
 * David Acord - A-4D
 * Corey Burton - Count Dooku
 * Tom Kane - Yoda / Narrator
 * Ashley Eckstein - Ahsoka Tano
 * Terrence Carson - Mace Windu
 * Olivia d'Abo - Luminara Unduli

Characters

 * A-4D "Doctor"
 * Bel
 * Count Dooku
 * Fil
 * Kit Fisto
 * General Grievous
 * Nute Gunray
 * Neebo
 * Niner
 * R6-H5
 * Darth Sidious
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Luminara Unduli
 * Nahdar Vebb
 * Mace Windu
 * Yoda
 * Unidentified clone trooper (Vassek)

Creatures

 * Roggwart
 * Gor

Droid models

 * Astromech droid
 * R6-series astromech droid
 * B1 Battle Droid
 * EV supervisor droid(?)
 * A-4D
 * IG-100 MagnaGuard
 * TT-8L gatekeeper droid

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Mission to Vassek

Locations

 * Bestine IV
 * Coruscant
 * Jedi Temple
 * Vassek
 * Grievous' castle

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies
 * Galactic Republic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Clone trooper
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Master
 * Padawan

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Clone
 * Kaleesh
 * Cyborg
 * Mirialan
 * Mon Calamari
 * Nautolan
 * Neimoidian
 * Skrilling
 * Togruta
 * Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

 * Belbullab-22 starfighter
 * Soulless One
 * Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * Kit Fisto's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * Nu-class attack shuttle

Weapons and technology

 * Cybernetics
 * DC-15A blaster rifle
 * DC-17 hand blaster
 * Electrobinoculars
 * Grappling hook
 * Homing beacon
 * Hyperdrive ring
 * Lightsaber
 * Phase I clone trooper armor

Languages

 * Aurebesh
 * Basic
 * Binary

The Force

 * Dark side of the Force
 * Force Jump
 * Force Sense
 * Telekinesis

Behind the scenes
The Episode Guide reveals a couple of lines not shown in the actual episode. In addition to aforementioned joke, another usage of the famous line "I have a bad feeling about this", this time by the Jedi Nahdar Vebb, was cut probably because of the strong time limit on TV episode format. Fisto's fighting style resembles Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art.

Awards
This episode won a Golden Reel Award for best sound editing in television animation.

Notes and references
In den Fängen von Grievous

Lair of Grievous