Rising Malevolence

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"Rising Malevolence"
Series	Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Season	One
Episode	2
Writer(s)	Steve Melching
Director	Dave Filoni
Production No.	1.07
Airdate	October 3, 2008
Episode chronology
Previous episode	"Ambush"
Next episode	"Shadow of Malevolence"

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"Rising Malevolence" is the second episode of Season One of the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It aired on Cartoon Network October 3, 2008, following the premier of "Ambush."

[edit] Official description

Creating panic throughout the galaxy, a devastating Separatist mystery weapon terrorizes the clone Starfleet. Anakin and Ahsoka race to save Jedi Master Plo Koon and his clone troopers in time. Jedi Master Plo Koon and his squad barely survive an attack from a mysterious Separatist warship called the Malevolence. Can they stay alive long enough for Anakin and Ahsoka to find them?

[edit] Plot summary

The clone starfleet is under siege!
Dozens of Republic warships have
been destroyed in merciless surprise
attacks that leave no survivors.
Rumors spread of a terrible new
Separatist weapon.

In the face of growing fear, the
Jedi Council sends Master Plo Koon to
hunt down the menace before
it strikes again....

When Jedi Master Plo Koon locates the Separatists' secret weapon in the Abregado system, he immediately moves his fleet to engage it. He contacts Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano, telling them that he has found the weapon before his communications are cut off by General Grievous. Then the secret weapon, a massive ion cannon emplaced within the superstructure of the immense Separatist flagship Malevolence, fires, knocking out power on all three Star Destroyers, leaving them to be destroyed by Grievous's cannons. Plo Koon and a few clone troopers manage to escape via escape pods, just before their ship is destroyed. Aboard the Confederate flagship, Dooku orders Grievous to deploy Pod Hunters to find and kill any survivors.

Meanwhile, Anakin and Ahsoka speak with the Jedi Council, who order them both not to go out to the Abregado system to look for survivors, despite Ahsoka's vehement opposition. Anakin chastises Ahsoka for her outburst as they take off in the Twilight. However, afterward, he reveals to Ahsoka that he never intended to obey the Council; he agrees with her opinion but tells her that if she is going to disobey the Council, she needs to do it carefully.

Back in the debris field, Koon and his clones spot another escape pod. However, upon closer inspection, they see that it has been broken open and the clones inside killed by the vacuum of space. They then witness one of the pod hunters attack a nearby escape pod, breaking it open and killing all inside; then the pod hunter crew notices their escape pod and latches onto it. Master Koon and his men fight it off, destroying it and raising the alarm that survivors are putting up a fight. Just as Koon defeats the pod hunter, Ahsoka and Anakin arrive and rescue him and his men, despite growing holographic pleas from both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine himself for Anakin to give up the search and rejoin his fleet.

Now that they have picked up the few survivors, Anakin and Ahsoka prepare to leave the system. Unfortunately, Grievous's flagship is nearby, so they shut down all systems, including Artoo, hoping to blend in with the debris from the destroyed Republic ships. However, they miss the onboard medical droid, whose faint signal alerts Grievous; forced to flee the blast from the ion cannon, the Twilight narrowly escapes the blast with a desperate hyperspace jump. Once they reach Anakin's fleet, Anakin and Koon contact the Jedi Council, informing them of the mystery weapon and its capabilities. Anakin asks Ahsoka to come with him, saying that they should both share the blame for their actions.

[edit] Cast

• Ian Abercrombie as Palpatine
• Dee Bradley Baker as Clone troopers
• Tim Brock as TB-2
• Corey Burton as Count Dooku
• Terrence Carson as Mace Windu
• Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano
• Tom Kane as Yoda, Wullf Yularen, Narrator
• Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker
• James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon
• Matthew Wood as General Grievous, Battle droids

[edit] Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Boost (First appearance) Dooku Grievous Obi-Wan Kenobi (Appears in hologram) Plo Koon Palpatine R2-D2 Ruggle Schmong (Mentioned only in Decoded episode) Sinker Anakin Skywalker Ahsoka Tano TB-2 Mace Windu (Appears in hologram) CC-3636 "Wolffe" (First appearance) Yoda (Appears in hologram) Wullf Yularen

Creatures

Wolf (Helmet design)

Droid models

Battle droid B-series battle droid B1 battle droid Rocket battle droid (First appearance) Astromech droid R2-series astromech droid Medical droid 2-1B surgical droid

Events

Clone Wars Battle of Geonosis (Mentioned only in Decoded episode) Battle of Abregado (First appearance) Battle of Bothawui (Appears in flashback(s))

Locations

Core Worlds Bith system Borderland Regions Abregado system Anza Coruscant sector Coruscant system Coruscant Republic Executive Building Chancellor's Suite Jedi Temple (Mentioned only) Mid Rim (Appears in flashback(s)) Bothan sector (Appears in flashback(s)) Both system (Appears in flashback(s)) Bothawui asteroid belt (Appears in flashback(s)) Golm (Appears in flashback(s)) Outer Rim Territories (Indirect mention only in Decoded episode) Arkanis sector (Indirect mention only in Decoded episode) Geonosis system (Indirect mention only in Decoded episode) Geonosis (Mentioned only in Decoded episode)

Organizations and titles

Confederacy of Independent Systems Corporal Count General Galactic Republic Supreme Chancellor Grand Army of the Republic Admiral Clone trooper Sergeant The Wolfpack (First appearance) Jedi Order Jedi High Council Jedi General Jedi Knight Jedi Master Padawan

Sentient species

Human Clone Korun (Appears in hologram) Naboo Kaleesh Cyborg Kel Dor Togruta Yoda's species (Appears in hologram)

Vehicles and vessels

Droch-class boarding ship (First appearance) Escape pod Pod 1977 (First appearance) G9 Rigger freighter Twilight Low Altitude Assault Transport Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry Munificent-class star frigate (Appears in flashback(s)) Pelta-class frigate (Mentioned only) Subjugator-class heavy cruiser Malevolence V-19 Torrent starfighter Venator-class Star Destroyer Dauntless (Appears in flashback(s)) Negotiator (First appearance) Pioneer (Appears in flashback(s)) Resolute Triumphant

Weapons and technology

Blaster Blaster rifle E-5 blaster rifle DC-15S blaster Cutting torch Cybernetics Mechno-arm Cyborg Distress beacon Emergency communication signal Hologram Holoprojector Hyperdrive Ion cannon Life support Lightsaber Curved-hilt lightsaber Navicomputer Phase I clone trooper armor Rocket Scanner Sensor Sensor jamming Tow cable Turbolaser

Miscellanea

Wookieepedia has a collection of images related to Rising Malevolence. Wookieepedia has a collection of audio files related to Rising Malevolence. Bath (Mentioned only) Bendu Bridge Double stripe Energy signature First officer Flotilla Hyperspace Jedi apparel Jedi cloak Taskforce Languages Aurebesh Binary Galactic Basic Standard Kel Dor language The Force Telekinesis

[edit] Behind the scenes

Pod 1977 was named for the release year of the original Star Wars.

[edit] External links

•  The Clone Wars Episode Guide: "Rising Malevolence" on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  The Clone Wars Premieres October 3 on Cartoon Network on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  Beware the Malevolence! on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  The Clone Wars Decoded Episode: "Rising Malevolence" on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)