Lair of Grievous

"Lair of Grievous" is the tenth episode in Season 1 of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, directed by Atsushi Takeuchi. It features the debut of Nautolan Jedi Master Kit Fisto in The Clone Wars series.

Official Description
Most powerful is he who controls his own power.

General Grievous must prove himself worthy of the Separatists when Count Dooku leads Jedi Master Kit Fisto and his former Padawan, the Mon Calamari Jedi Nahdar Vebb to Grievous' villainous enclave.

Plot Summary
Jedi Kit Fisto and his former apprentice Nahdar Vebb are alerted that Viceroy Nute Gunray has escaped the Republic's hands. In an attempt to recapture the Viceroy they travel to Vassek, but soon find that he is not there. Instead it is a trap for them and a test for Grievous, who has gotten a Holo message from Count Dooku. During the message Dooku tells Grievous that Darth Sidious wants more results—dead Jedi.

Upon his arrival to his lair Grievous is confronted by Fisto and Vebb, along with their squad of Clones. A lightsaber duel breaks out and Grievous ends up having his legs chopped off just above the knees. However, Grievous gets away to his control room where he undergoes repairs from his medic droid. Grievous orders his guards to blow up the Clone's transport. Meanwhile Fisto, Vebb and the remainder of their clone squad follow Grievous, but find that the Lair is booby trapped. The floor falls from beneath them, and one of the clones is killed in the lava pit below. Fisto and Vebb force jump above the pit, and Clone Commander Fil uses a cable to cling to the side of the pit and climb up. After this debacle they meet Grievous' pet Gor. Gor is eventually killed by Fisto but, Fil was killed, enraging Nahdar. While Grievous was watching this all play out, he got another Holo from Dooku. This time the message confirmed to Grievous that this was a test for him. He decides to play along, and he and 5 of his guards go hunting. When the two parties meet up Vebb skillfully defeats all five of Grievous' guards. During the fight Fisto is blocked by the control room door, unable to help Vebb. Vebb proceeds to attack Grievous, but is shortly shot and killed by Grievous. Fisto calls R6-H5 to meet him at the south landing platform. This is how Fisto gets away and returns to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where he tells Yoda and Mace Windu about the confrontation.

Cast

 * Phil LaMarr - Kit Fisto
 * Matthew Wood - General Grievous / battle droids
 * Tom Kenny - Nahdar Vebb / Nute Gunray
 * Dee Bradley Baker - clone troopers
 * David Acord - A-4D
 * Corey Burton - Count Dooku
 * Tom Kane - Yoda / Narrator
 * Ashley Eckstein - Ahsoka Tano
 * Terrence Carson - Mace Windu
 * Olivia d'Abo - Luminara Unduli

Characters

 * A-4D "Doctor"
 * Bel
 * Count Dooku
 * Kit Fisto
 * Grievous
 * Nahdar Vebb
 * Fil
 * Niner
 * Nute Gunray
 * Darth Sidious
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Luminara Unduli
 * R6-H5
 * Mace Windu
 * Yoda
 * Jag

Creatures

 * Roggwart
 * Gor

Droid models

 * Astromech droid
 * R6-series astromech droid
 * B1 Battle Droid
 * EV supervisor droid(?)
 * A-4D
 * IG-100 MagnaGuard
 * TT-8L gatekeeper droid

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Mission to Vassek

Locations

 * Bestine IV
 * Vassek
 * Grievous' castle
 * Coruscant
 * Jedi Temple

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies
 * Galactic Republic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Clone trooper
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi Master
 * Jedi Knight
 * Padawan

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Clone
 * Kaleesh
 * Cyborg
 * Mirialan
 * Mon Calamari
 * Nautolan
 * Neimoidian
 * Skrilling
 * Togruta
 * Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

 * Belbullab-22 starfighter
 * Soulless One
 * Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * Kit Fisto's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * Nu-class attack shuttle

Weapons and technology

 * Cybernetics
 * Electrobinoculars
 * Homing beacon
 * Hyperdrive ring
 * Lightsaber
 * DC-15A blaster rifle
 * DC-17 hand blaster
 * Phase I clone trooper armor

Behind the scenes
The Episode Guide reveals a couple of lines not shown in the actual episode. In addition to aforementioned joke, another usage of the famous line "I have a bad feeling about this", this time by the Jedi Nahdar Vebb, was cut probably because of the strong time limit on TV episode format. Fisto's fighting style resembles Capoeria, a Brazilian martial art.

Notes and references
In den Fängen von Grievous