Mission to Vassek's third moon

"You can't defeat us all." "Of course I can."

- Nahdar Vebb and General Grievous

The Mission to Vassek was a mission to the remote world of Vassek in an effort to track down one of the Separatist leaders, Nute Gunray, who appeared to be taking refuge in Grievous's castle on a moon of the Outer Rim world. During the mission, a vicious lightsaber duel occurred when Jedi Master Kit Fisto and Jedi Knight Nahdar Vebb encountered General Grievous as he was lured into a trap set by Count Dooku.

Prelude
After Nute Gunray escaped from Luminara Unduli and Ahsoka Tano, the Jedi Council tracked him to a moon of Vassek and sent Kit Fisto on a mission to capture him. There Kit landed his Delta-7B in the fog and was reunited with his former Padawan and newly made Jedi Knight, Nahdar Vebb, who brought along a small squad of clones.

The Mission
The group then entered a castle where Gunray was thought to be hiding, however, the lead was a ruse. The beacon led only to a hologram of Gunray laughing derisively. Gunray's image was replaced by that of Count Dooku's, informing them of a trap, but not indicating whether it was for them or for someone else. They soon realized that they had entered the sanctuary of General Grievous, who happened to be approaching the citadel they were infiltrating. Grievous was caught by surprise when the Jedi and their squad of clones engaged him, and suffered the loss of his legs before he escaped and retreated to the control room of his castle. The team maneuvered around many booby-traps and battle droids, when Grievous released his pet, a roggwart named Gor, to keep them busy while he repaired his injuries.

After defeating the roggwart, which had finished off the clone escort accompanying the Jedi, Fisto and Vebb witnessed from a hiding place the General exiting his control room. After the area was clear, Fisto entered the sequence on the security door that he remembered by watching Grievous. Fisto's plan was to signal the clone troops back at the shuttle to alert the Republic as to the location of Grievous, and then withdraw until reinforcements arrived. Vebb, however, feeling a strong urge to defeat the Jedi killer once and for all, disputed with Fisto from the other side of the threshold. Vebb's fate was decided when A-4D remotely sealed the door between the two Jedi and alerted Grievous. The clones that were attempting to contact the Republic were killed when Grievous's MagnaGuards destroyed the shuttle they were in. Kit sliced A-4D in half as he witnessed Vebb's final moments against the Separatist General. Grievous defeated Fisto's colleague while dueling him by using a blaster with one of his free appendages. Kit then destroyed the console and retreated to the south landing platform of the castle to wait for R6-H5 to bring his ship.



Grievous climbed the side of the cliff to trap Kit, but the Jedi successfully dueled the cyborg, cutting off the hand that held Vebb's lightsaber. Grievous continued dueling Fisto, now armed with two sabers, his own and Vebb's. However, the situation came to be too much when Grievous signaled his MagnaGuards to surround Kit. Kit barely escaped Grievous's clutches as he leaped into the safety of his ship and exited the planet.

Aftermath
Upon Grievous's return to his castle, he encountered a hologram of Count Dooku and told him that he had passed his test. Dooku stated that victory over the clones and the former Padawan was to be expected but victory against a master was a great feat. A reluctant Grievous told Count Dooku that Kit Fisto had escaped. Disappointed, Dooku informed the Droid General that there was still room for improvement for Grievous which enraged the cyborg.

Meanwhile, Kit Fisto had returned to Coruscant to make his report to the Jedi Council. He informed them of his former Padawan's death and his ideal of meeting Grievous' power with his own, which was very disturbing to the Council. Jedi Master Yoda believed there was a danger that the Jedi would abandon their principles during the Clone Wars.