Rising Malevolence

"Rising Malevolence" is the second episode of season one of the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It aired on Cartoon Network October 3, 2008, following the premier of Ambush.

Official description
''Creating panic throughout the galaxy, a devastating Separatist mystery weapon terrorizes the clone Starfleet. Anakin and Ahsoka race to save Jedi Master Plo Koon and his clone troopers in time.''

Plot Summary
Plo Koon's fleet found the secret weapon, and moved his fleet to engage it. He contacted Anakin and Ahsoka, telling them that he has found the weapon in the Abregado system before communications are cut off by General Grievous. The secret weapon then fires its ion cannon, knocking out power on all three star destroyers, leaving them to be destroyed by the ship's cannons. Plo Koon and a few clone troopers manage to escape via escape pods, just in time before their ship was destroyed. Aboard the Confederate flagship, Dooku orders Grievous to deploy Pod Hunters to find and kill any survivors. Meanwhile, Anakin and Ahsoka talk to the Jedi council who order them both not to go out to the Abregado system to look for survivors. However, Anakin disobeys them, taking the Twilight to look for Koon and any survivors. Back in the debris field, the Jedi and his clones spot another escape pod. However, on closer inspection, it has been broken open and the clones inside killed. They then spot one of the boarding craft hit a nearby pod, killing all inside and then spotting them. The pod hunter attacks their escape pod yet Master Koon and his men fight it off, destroying it and raising the alarm that survivors are putting up a fight, something Dooku doesn't want. Just as Plo defeated the pod hunter, Ahsoka and Anakin arrived and rescue him and his men. Now that they have picked up the few survivors, Anakin prepare to leave the system. Unfortunately, they are spotted by Grievous's flagship and narrowly escape being hit with the ion cannon. Once they reached Anakin's fleet, they contacted the Jedi Council, informing them of the mystery weapon or, the Malevolence's capabilities.

Cast

 * Matt Lanter - Anakin Skywalker
 * Ashley Eckstein - Ahsoka Tano
 * James Arnold Taylor - Plo Koon, Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Matthew Wood - Grievous, Battle Droid
 * Dee Bradley Baker - Clone Trooper
 * Corey Burton - Dooku
 * Tom Kane - Yoda, Wulf Yularen, Narrator
 * Terrence Carson - Mace Windu
 * Ian Abercrombie - Palpatine
 * Tim Brock - 2-1B

Individuals

 * Boost
 * Dooku
 * Grievous
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Plo Koon
 * Palpatine
 * R2-D2
 * Sinker
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Mace Windu
 * Yoda
 * Wolffe
 * Wullf Yularen

Droid models

 * B1 battle droid
 * Hunter battle droid
 * 2-1B surgical droid
 * R2-series astromech droid

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Abregado

Locations

 * Abregado
 * Bith system
 * Coruscant

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * General
 * Count
 * Galactic Republic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Admiral
 * Sergeant
 * Supreme Chancellor
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi Council
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Master
 * Padawan

Vehicles and vessels

 * Escape pod
 * G9 Rigger
 * Twilight
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
 * Malevolence
 * Medical frigate
 * Pod 1977
 * Pod hunter
 * Separatist boarding craft
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer
 * Resolute
 * Triumphant

Weapons and technology

 * DC-15 blaster rifle
 * Hyperdrive
 * Ion cannon
 * Lightsaber
 * Tow cable