Shadow of Malevolence

"Shadow of Malevolence" is the third episode of season one of Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. It aired on Cartoon Network on October 10, 2008.

"Easy is the path to wisdom for those not blinded by themselves.&hellip;"

- Mantra

Official description
With the help of his Padawan Ahsoka and Jedi Master Plo Koon, Anakin utilizes new long-range Y-wing bombers to lead a bold strike on General Grievous' warship the Malevolence and its destructive weapon.

Plot summary
After several other attacks, all of which were conducted by the Malevolence, Anakin Skywalker decided it was time to strike back. His plan was to use the new Y-Wing bombers to destroy the Separatist flagship's bridge, killing General Grievous and destroying the ship. However, both Plo Koon and Ahsoka thought that his plan was too aggressive. Meanwhile, the Malevolence destroyed another supply convoy, somewhere in the Outer Rim. After finishing off the final ships, Dooku contacted Grievous and gave him a new target, the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center.

Admiral Yularen contacted the Kaminoan physician Nala Se on the Medical Center, warning her of a possible attack. However, she did not believe that they would have enough time to evacuate all of her 60,000 wounded patients.

Anakin and Ahsoka left their Venator-class Star Destroyer with their squadron of Y-Wing fighters along with the Kel Dor Jedi Master Plo Koon serving as a fighter escort in his modified Delta-7 Aethersprite Jedi starfighter. After a hyperspace flight, Anakin's Shadow Squadron of clone pilots reached the Kaliida Nebula. While traveling through it, Master Plo was horrified to learn that they are taking the Balmorran Run.

Before they could turn around though, they flew into a nest of Neebray mantas. Shadow Squadron was able to navigate through it although several ships were damaged. Just as they reached the Kaliida Medical Center, the Malevolence came out of hyperspace. After it fired its ion cannon at Shadow Squadron, Anakin lost almost half of his Y-Wings to its disabling blast and was forced to make a new plan of attack. The Malevolence then targeted the medical center.

As its ion cannon charged, Shadow Squadron opened fire on it, destroying some of its key components and causing it to overload when General Grievous tried to unleash it once more on the Republic ships. With newly arrived Republic capital ships led by Jedi High General Obi-Wan Kenobi and Admiral Yularen firing on him, Grievous ordered the wounded flagship back to CIS-held space. Anakin and the rest of Shadow Squadron then boarded the medical station, where they were congratulated by Nala Se. Anakin, however, mourned the losses of his men among Shadow Squadron, despite the great victory their lives had earned.

Cast

 * Matt Lanter - Anakin Skywalker
 * Ashley Eckstein - Ahsoka Tano
 * Tom Kane - Wullf Yularen / Narrator
 * James Arnold Taylor - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Plo Koon
 * Dee Bradley Baker - the Clone Troopers
 * Matthew Wood - General Grievous / Battle Droids
 * Corey Burton - Dooku
 * Gwendoline Yeo - Nala Se

Characters

 * Broadside
 * Dooku
 * Grievous
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Plo Koon
 * Matchstick
 * Matchstick's Gunner
 * R2-D2
 * Nala Se
 * Shadow 6
 * Shadow 10
 * Shadow 11
 * Shadow 12
 * Shadow Squadron's destroyed Astromech
 * Darth Sidious
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Tag
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Wolffe
 * Wullf Yularen

Creatures

 * Neebray manta

Droid models

 * 2-1B medical droid
 * Battle droid
 * B1 battle droid
 * Plunk droid
 * R2-series astromech droid
 * R5-series astromech droid
 * Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Ryndellia
 * Battle of the Kaliida Nebula

Locations

 * Balmorra Run
 * Naboo
 * Outer Rim Territories
 * Ryndellia system
 * Kaliida Nebula
 * Kaliida Shoals Medical Center
 * Tatooine

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * Count
 * General
 * Galactic Republic
 * Galactic Senate
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Admiral
 * Commander
 * Shadow Squadron
 * Shadow 2
 * Shadow 3
 * Shadow 4
 * Shadow 6
 * Shadow 7
 * Shadow 10
 * Shadow 11
 * Shadow 12
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi General
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Master
 * Padawan
 * Order of the Sith Lords
 * Sith Lord
 * Smuggler

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Naboo
 * Kaleesh
 * Kaminoan
 * Kel Dor
 * Togruta

Vehicles and vessels

 * BTL-B Y-wing starfighter
 * Delta-7B Aethersprite-class starfighter
 * Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter
 * Escape pod
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
 * Crumb Bomber
 * Malevolence
 * Republic medical frigate
 * V-19 Torrent starfighter
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer
 * Negotiator
 * Resolute

Weapons and technology

 * Bacta tank
 * Deflector shield
 * Hologram
 * Holoprojector
 * Hyperdrive
 * Hyperdrive ring
 * Imagecaster
 * Ion cannon
 * Lightsaber
 * Navicomputer
 * Proton torpedo
 * Turbolaser

Miscellanea

 * Hyperspace
 * Parsec

Behind the scenes
When Matchstick told Plo Koon the damage to his ship, which was "just a scratch", he was wearing a regular Shadow Squadron helmet, and not his custom painted one. A moment later he was wearing his regular customized helmet again.