Destroy Malevolence

"Destroy Malevolence" is the fourth episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, airing October 17, 2008 on Cartoon Network. Its title was first revealed on Anthony Daniels' website.

Official description
Padmé Amidala and C-3PO are taken hostage by General Grievous, leaving Anakin and Obi-Wan to save the Senator and complete the destruction of the Malevolence.

A plan is only as good as those who see it through.

After the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula, the Malevolence is left heavily damaged and trailed by three star destroyers. Unable to jump to hyperspace, Grievous is forced to buy time. Luckily for him, Darth Sidious had arranged for Senator Amidala to fly directly onto his ship, herself believing that she was heading for negotiations with a InterGalactic Banking Clan leader. Once she jumped out of hyperspace, she was pulled into the warship via a tractor beam. After hearing she is aboard the Malevolence, Anakin and Obi-Wan rush to save her. They board the ship and manage to contact the senator who gives them her location. After a skirmish with several droids on the warships transportation system, Obi-wan and 3PO are separated from the group with C-3PO being hit by another train and Obi-Wan going to destroy the hyperdrive. However, Grievous learns of this and sends droids down to guard the hyperdrive. Meanwhile, Anakin and Padme reach the bridge where the ship is almost ready to jump to hyperspace. They quickly destroy all the droids and rig the ship.

Obi-Wan duels with Grievous after dispatching his droids and manages to avoid the cyborg's clutches. He reaches the Twilight along with the rest of the group. They then leave the ship with Grievous in pursuit. The droids on the warship then try to jump to hyperspace, only to discover that Anakin rigged the navicomputer to set a course into the moon. Grievous watches in horror as the ship crashes into a nearby moon and flees the system.

While Grievous was not killed on the Malevolence, his warship was finally destroyed and Senator Amidala was rescued from the ship. The loss hurt Grievous's credibility with Count Dooku, the former ending communications to the count due to the shape of the ship being destroyed.

Voice cast

 * Olivia d'Abo - Luminara Unduli
 * Anthony Daniels - C-3PO
 * Ashley Eckstein - Ahsoka Tano
 * Tom Kane - Wullf Yularen
 * Matt Lanter - Anakin Skywalker
 * Catherine Taber - Padmé Amidala
 * James Arnold Taylor - Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon
 * Matthew Wood - Grievous, battle droids

Characters

 * Padmé Amidala
 * C-3PO
 * Dooku
 * Grievous
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Plo Koon
 * Palpatine
 * R2-D2
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Luminara Unduli
 * Wullf Yularen

Droid models

 * 3PO-series protocol droid
 * Battle droid
 * B1 battle droid
 * B2 super battle droid
 * Droideka
 * OOM command battle droid
 * Firefighting battle droid
 * R2-series astromech droid
 * Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Mission aboard the Malevolence

Locations

 * Sector IV
 * Secret Separatist Base

Organizations and titles

 * Admiral
 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * InterGalactic Banking Clan
 * Supreme Executive
 * General
 * Galactic Republic
 * Galactic Senate
 * Senator
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Clone trooper
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi General
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Master
 * Padawan

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Kaleesh
 * Cyborg
 * Kel Dor
 * Mirialan
 * Togruta

Vehicles and vessels

 * Belbullab-22 starfighter
 * Soulless One
 * H-type Nubian yacht
 * Malevolence
 * Rail jet
 * Substation 9 4
 * Munificent-class star frigate
 * Porax-38 starfighter
 * Twilight
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer

Weapons and technology

 * Blaster
 * Blaster pistol
 * E-5 blaster rifle
 * Comlink
 * Cybernetics
 * Docking clamp
 * Hyperdrive
 * Laser cannon
 * Lightsaber
 * Tractor beam

Behind the scenes
Anakin's comments about spinning "being a good trick" are references to his line in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

When General Grievous steps off the rail jet, a voice can be heard saying "mind the gap".

When General Grievous and his droids surround Obi-Wan near the hyperdrive, he says "hello there". Obi-Wan would later repeat this line to the General in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.