Chapter 21

"Chapter 21" is the first episode of the third season of Star Wars: Clone Wars. It is the twenty-first episode of the series overall. It was released on March 21, 2005 on Cartoon Network.

Synopsis
Season 3 begins with ARC Troopers preparing for battle, lead by Commander Fordo aboard a lone gunship zooming through Hypori. The gunship approaches a downed Republic Cruiser, surrounded by super battle droids. The gunship drops dormant explosives amongst the droid crowd as the droids shoot at it. The gunship then bursts through a hole in the cruiser and lands. Fordo then sends two of his men to locate the the first two lifesigns (coming from the Shaak Ti - who was trapped under rubble and Aayla Secura - who was in the rafters). Fordo then told his men to follow him as he locate the third lifesign: Ki-Adi-Mundi. They run through the cruiser, where they find Ki-Adi fighting General Grievous. They begin shooting Grievous but he manages to escape. The gunship then comes and picks up Fordo, his team and Ki-Adi. Once inside, Ki-Adi is horrified to see Aayla and Shaak Ti unconscious on medical beds. Fordo says that they are stabilized and that they may survive. He then reveals that no one else survived, and Ki-Adi is appauled. Fordo then detonates the explosives while Grievous watches the ship fly away, stating that the Jedi "have only prolonged the inevitable".

The scene changes to Anakin Skywalker as a child on Dagobah with Qui-Gon Jinn. Qui-Gon tells Anakin to not be afraid and to enter the tree. Yoda then sighs. At the Jedi Council, the masters are discussing the war and General Grievous. Obi-Wan then suggests promoting Anakin to 'Knight status' to which some Jedi agree and some disagree. However, Yoda agrees and Anakin is knighted. He sends his former Padawan Braid to Padmé, where she places it in a box that also containes the necklace Anakin gave her in Episode I.

Cast

 * Mat Lucas as Anakin Skywalker
 * James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi /Agen Kolar
 * Tom Kane as Yoda
 * Grey DeLisle as Padmé Amidala /Shaak Ti /Stass Allie
 * Anthony Daniels as C- 3PO
 * T.C. Carson as Mace Windu
 * Andre Sogliuzzo as ARC Trooper /ARC Captain
 * Daran Norris as Ki-Adi-Mundi /Even Piell
 * Richard McGonagle as General Grievous /Kit Fisto
 * Frankie Ryan Manriquez as Young Anakin Skywalker
 * Fred Tatasciore as Qui-Gon Jinn /Oppo Rancisis

Crew
Produced and Directed by
 * Genndy Tartakovsky

Art Direction by
 * Paul Rudish

Storyboard by
 * Bryan Andrews

Characters

 * Padmé Amidala
 * C-3PO
 * Kit Fisto
 * Fordo
 * Adi Gallia
 * Grievous
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Agen Kolar
 * K'Kruhk
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi
 * Even Piell
 * Plo Koon
 * Oppo Rancisis
 * Aayla Secura
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Shaak Ti
 * Mace Windu
 * Yoda

Droid models

 * Battle droid
 * B2 super battle droid
 * OG9-homing spider droid

Locations

 * Coruscant
 * Jedi Temple
 * Coruscant Underworld
 * Hypori

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Hypori
 * Knighting of Anakin Skywalker