Destroy Malevolence

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

- Jedi Fortune Cookie

"Destroy Malevolence" is the fourth episode of the first season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It is the fourth episode of the series overall. It was released on October 17, 2008 on Cartoon Network.

Synopsis
With the Separatist flagship, the Malevolence, badly damaged from its last battle, the Republic set out to destroy the ship once and for all. While forces were rallied, Padmé Amidala and C-3PO were captured by the CIS while onboard their ship, and were trapped on the Malevolence. Upon finding out about this, Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi rushed to save them before the ship was completely destroyed. While Grievous was not killed on the Malevolence, Senator Amidala is rescued from the ship and Grievous' warship is finally destroyed when Anakin sabotaged its hyperdrive to cause the ship to crash into a moon. The loss hurts Grievous's credibility with Count Dooku, the former ending communications to the count due to the shame of the ship being destroyed.

Cast
Starring
 * Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker
 * James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi / Plo Koon
 * Catherine Taber as Padme Amidala
 * Matthew Wood as General Grievous / Battle Droids
 * Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
 * Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Clone Troopers
 * Tom Kane as Admiral Yularan / Narrator
 * Corey Burton as Count Dooku
 * Olivia d' Abo as Luminara Unduli

Crew
Created and Executive Produced by
 * George Lucas

Produced by
 * Catherine Winder

Supervising Director
 * Dave Filoni

Directed by
 * Brian Kalin O'Connell

Written by
 * Steven Melching

Supervising Writer
 * Scott Murphy

Staff Writer
 * Henry Gilroy

Score by
 * Kevin Kiner

Original Star Wars Themes and Score by
 * John Williams

Characters

 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Padmé Amidala
 * C-3PO
 * R2-D2
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Plo Koon
 * Wullf Yularen
 * Luminara Unduli
 * General Grievous
 * Count Dooku
 * Nala Se
 * Unidentified clone chief medic
 * San Hill Indirect mention only

Droid models

 * Astromech Droid
 * Protocol Droid
 * Droideka
 * B1 battle droids

Locations

 * Substation 9 4
 * Kaliida Shoals Medical Center
 * Sector Four
 * Sector Four Confederacy base

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Kaliida Nebula

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.
 * This is the first time that Obi-Wan, C-3PO, R2-D2, Padmé and Anakin are all displayed in the same sequence. They are shown together in several frames aboard the Twilight towards the end of the episode.
 * A robo-conductor aboard the Malevolence's rail train warns passengers to "mind the gap."