Clone Wars Chapter 25

Clone Wars Chapter 25 is the twenty-fifth and final episode of the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated television series, and the fifth and final episode in Season 3 and Volume II. The episode originally aired on March 25th, 2005.

Synopsis
Yoda and Mace Windu continue to cut a swathe through the invading droid army on Coruscant. They begin to wonder why such a massive invasion has not attempted to attack the Jedi Temple or the Republic Senate, and realize that the invasion is a distraction from the CIS's real target - Palpatine. Windu jumps aboard an overflying Republic gunship, and orders the pilot to turn around.

Palpatine and his three Jedi protectors reach a hover capsule in a tunnel, and Shaak Ti orders the others to get to the bunker while she holds off their pursuers. She ignites her lightsaber as a row of MagnaGuards troop out of the darkness.

On Nelvaan, Anakin Skywalker tries to fight off the Nelvaan mutants without hurting them. The latest subject manages to burst free of his restraints and smashes the tank. He rips the cybernetic chestplates off two of the Nelvannians - Anakin soon gets the idea and cuts the rest off using his lightsaber. The half-mutated Nelvaan points to a crystal in the middle of the energy chamber which is causing the damage to the planet.

As Shaak Ti is nearly overwhelmed by MagnaGuards, she manages to turn the tables, and destroy several of them with one of their own electrostaffs, and then her lightsaber.

The Nelvaan warriors are rampaging through the facility, tearing battle droids apart with their bare hands, and freeing their comrades from captivity. Anakin leaps to the top of the generator, then lowers himself into the crystal chamber. Screaming in agony, he reaches his prosthetic arm into the energy sphere, uses the Force to pull the crystal from its socket, and then shatters it into a thousand shards. The energy surge causes the generator to explode, and Anakin leaps to safety, his arm destroyed. The Nelvaan warriors reach the planet's surface, where the waiting battle droids are destroyed at the planet's ice age comes to an end. An enraged Skywalker clambers to the surface, where he kills the Techno Union scientists trying to flee in their ship. Seeing Anakin's ravaged arm, the Nelvaan mutants worship him as "holt kezed" - "ghost hand" - their saviour, and in solidarity they tear the implated weapons from their own arms. Anakin and the Nelvaans return to the village. The women are at first horrified by the mutants, but when a child recognises her father, the familial bonds are restored.

On Coruscant, Foul Moudama and Roron Corobb manage to get Palpatine into his secure bunker. Once they are locked inside, they realize that General Grievous has beaten them to it, and the two Jedi leap forward to defend their leader, who sinks, seemingly unconcerned by the danger, into the shadows. As the Moudama and Corobb manage to get Grievous in a saber-lock, his arms split apart into four, and armed with four lightsabers, he lunges forward.

Shaak Ti continues to fight off Grievous's MagnaGuards, but when the droids suddenly retreat, she realizes they've been keeping her busy while Grievous reaches the others. Using Force speed, she races to the bunker, where she is horrified to see the fallen bodies of her comrades. Grievous easily grabs the exhausted Jedi by the throat, relieves her of her lightsaber, and activates snaking cables from his wrist, announcing he has other plans for her.

The droids on Grievous's ship open fire on the gunship with Mace Windu on board. Windu jumps to safety, and as Grievous ignites four lightsabers, Windu uses the Force to squeeze the chest plates protecting the General's organs. Grievous turns and flees on board, coughing furiously. Windu tries to leap after the ascending ship, but it blasts into space. He rushes into the bunker to find the two dead Jedi, with Shaak Ti tied to the ceiling, devestated by her failure to protect the Chancellor.

R2-D2 is helping Anakin repair his arm, when an urgent message is received from Mace Windu on Coruscant - the planet is under siege and the Chancellor has been abducted. They are to return immediately and attempt to rescue Palpatine. As Anakin orders the cruiser into hyperspace, the Battle of Coruscant continues to rage around the planet-city...

Dramatis personae

 * Anakin Skywalker (Mat Lucas)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor)
 * Shaak Ti (Grey DeLisle)
 * Mace Windu (T.C. Carson)
 * General Grievous (Richard McGonagle)
 * Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Nick Jameson)
 * Clone Trooper (André Sogliuzzo)
 * Captain Fordo (André Sogliuzzo)
 * Nelvaanian child (Grey DeLisle)
 * Mutated Nelvaanian warrior #1 (James Arnold Taylor)

Species

 * Humans
 * Nelvaanians

Locations

 * Coruscant
 * Nelvaan

Vehicles/vessels

 * Providence-Class Carriers/Destroyers
 * Venator-class Star Destroyers

Behind the scenes

 * The events seen at the end of this episode occur chronologically only minutes before those seen at the beginning of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.