Clone Wars Chapter 22

Clone Wars Chapter 22 is the twenty-second episode of the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated television series, and the second episode in Season 3 and Volume II. The episode originally aired on March 22nd, 2005.

Synopsis
General Oro Dassyne muses as to how many Jedi it would take to overrun his base on Bomis Korri IV. A scout battle droid reports that Jedi are approaching - the general is surprised to discover they number only two: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Under a barrage of firepower from overhead Republic Attack Cruisers and ARC-170 starfighters, the two Jedi take the base in seconds. A montage shows several of Anakin's heroic exploits during the clone wars: destroying several Tri-fighters in a daring dog fight alongside Saesee Tiin, and rescuing three Jedi (Voolvif Monn, Aayla Secura and Agen Kolar) from attacking crab droids.

Anakin's starfighter lands on Coruscant, and he and Padmé spend one last night together before he is assigned to Jedi missions in the Outer Rim. They spend the night together, though presumably not sleeping...

Obi-Wan Kenobi wakes in an uncomfortable trench, as Commander Cody reports that their barrage on the nearby droid base might succeed in lowering the shields in about three months. "Three months? But we have been here a month already!" "Yes, sir. we're right on schedule". Anakin enters bearing "lunch", a cloth full of live insects and worms, which he casually reports he got from inside the CIS base. The two Jedi make their way through the sewers under the base, commenting Anakin's choice of way with "What an incredible smell you've discovered". Anakin wants to fight the droids, but Kenobi simply blows up the shield generator by using small spherical bombs and the words "There are alternatives to fighting."

On Kashyyyk, two Wookiees, Tarkov and his son Jaccoba are hunting when they come across a camoflagued CIS droid invasion army. Across the galaxy, the droid armies continue their relentless invasion.

Count Dooku duels with General Grievous, urging him to use unorthodox rather than standard attacks. A hologram of Darth Sidious appears, and Grievous reports that the Jedi numbers are thinly stretched across the Outer Rim. Sidious congratulates them, Telling Dooku that his counsel is very wise, and orders Grievous to begin his "special mission".

Kenobi and Skywalker receive an urgent message from Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and Mace Windu on Coruscant - Palpatine's spies have located General Grievous on the planet Nelvaan, a planet currently in the grip of a sudden ice age. Kenobi's battle fleet arrives in the system, where they detect no enemy forces on the planet surface, just some strange geothermal readings.

On the planet surface, their squad of clone troopers is decimated when a massive Horax creature attacks them. Despite Obi-Wan's warning, Anakin kills the Horax single-handedly. A tribe of Nelvaanians appears, a young male very angry at Anakin's actions.

Dramatis personae

 * Anakin Skywalker (Mat Lucas)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor)
 * General Oro Dassyne (T.C. Carson)
 * Mace Windu (T.C. Carson)
 * Padmé Amidala (Grey DeLisle)
 * Nelvaanian (Grey DeLisle)
 * Clone Commander Cody (André Sogliuzzo)
 * Clone Trooper (André Sogliuzzo)
 * General Grievous (Richard McGonagle)
 * Count Dooku (Corey Burton)
 * Supreme Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Nick Jameson)

Species

 * Humans
 * Kaleesh
 * Koorivar
 * Nelvaanians
 * Wookiees
 * Horax

Locations

 * Bomis Korri IV
 * Kashyyyk
 * Nelvaan
 * Orto

Vehicles/vessels

 * Venator-class Star Destroyer
 * ARC-170 starfighter
 * C-9979 landing craft
 * Droid tri-fighter
 * Trade Federation Multi-Troop Transport
 * Armored Assault Tank
 * NR-N99 Persuader-class Droid Enforcer
 * IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tank
 * Heavy Assault Vehicle/wheeled A5 Juggernaut
 * All Terrain Recon Transport
 * CR20 troop carrier
 * Providence-class carrier/destroyer (Invisible Hand)
 * Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor

Behind the scenes

 * It is implied that Luke and Leia are conceived in this episode.
 * Although it is not seen in this episode how Anakin received his scar, it was revealed prior to this episode's airing that the scar was the result of a rematch with Asajj Ventress on Coruscant.
 * Although Eeth Koth remained canonically dead after the Battle of Geonosis, a Zabrak Jedi rescued by Anakin in one scene of Chapter 22 who is officially credited as Agen Kolar was animated instead with the unmistakable likeness of Eeth Koth. It is unknown if the character was originally intended to be Eeth Koth (in ignorance of his canonical death) and then retroactively credited as Agen Kolar to avoid a continuity problem, or if the Zabrak was always intended to be Kolar and the animators accidently used the wrong reference photographs. Although the character is canonically identified as Agen Kolar, the discrepancy of his appearance has confused some fans into believing that the character actually was Koth, coupled with the fact that Eeth Koth's death has as yet not been depicted or even directly referenced in any in-universe sources. Although some fans cite this would-be appearance as superceeding proof of Koth's survival of Geonosis, his death there remains canon.
 * The line said by Obi-Wan in this episode, "My, what an incredible smell you've discovered!" is an homage to Han Solo's similar line in Episode IV.