Diabolical defeat!
Though Republic victories outnumber their losses
the Jedi have been unable to stop
Separatist advances in the Outer Rim
The ever-elusive General Grievous
stays one step ahead of his opponents
With thousands of droid armies at his command
the Jedi can never predict where Grievous
will strike next until now
Stand by Grievous is boarding
- Status report - There's too many of them
Get yourselves to the escape pods I will deal with Grievous here
But, sir, they're commando droids
That does not matter, Captain Now go
Jedi
Grievous
Eeth Koth, isn't it?
I've been looking forward to meeting you
Your reputation precedes you General
Reputation of a coward and a murderer
Murederer?
Is it murder to rip the galaxy
of you Jedi filth?
Greetings, Jedi
it would seem, once again, one of your order has lost his way
and even better
a leading member of your Jedi Council
Listen to me, Jedi
I do not care about your politics
I do not care about your Republic
I only live to see you die
But death will not come so easily for Master Koth
I will make him suffer endlessly
because I know that is more painful for you all
He's a monster
Away with the younglings Much there is to discuss
It's time somebody finally put an end to that monster
On that, agreed we are
How to find him
the question remains
After engaging Grievous we lost contact with Master Koth
He could be anywhere
Commander Wolffe has found a message in the holo transmission
Play back the message
Look
Hand signals
I admit my skills are rusty, but...
Saleucami system
sector J-19
Zero-eight
zero-five
two-nine
Saleucami?
But intelligence reported Grievous has no ships near that sector
But so often inaccurate
our intelligence is
I shall go
So will I
And I
Are you ready?
Ready and waiting
I shall engage the Separatist fleet
and send you the coordinates of Grievous' command ship
Just make sure you get it right
I always do
How do you plan on getting Grievous aboard your ship?
Not to worry The good General and I have a history
I'm sure he'll want to even the score face-to-face
Meanwhile, we'll jump in undetected and board the command ship
If Master Koth is still alive you will find him
Hopefully, by the end of this mission
we will have saved Master Koth
and captured General Grievous
Sir, we have entered the Saleucami system
Begin preparations for our landing
Yes, my lord
There are several ships coming out of hyperspace
Are they Republic or Separatist?
Republic
Three cruiser-class four escort-class
You see?
Your compassionate friends have come to rescue you
just as I knew they would
One of the Republic ships is hailing us, my lord
Put him through
General I knew one day I'd catch up to you
Kenobi! What a surprise
I assume you are here to bring me to justice
You know me too well
Indeed, I do
Prepare to fire all cannons
And be alert
Where there is Kenobi
you will always find Skywalker not far behind
The enemy ships are faster and more maneuverable
I suggest caution
Draw them in
I want to board that vessel
I shall kill Kenobi face-to-face
We certainly have his attention
Admiral Yularen
keep Grievous' fleet occupied so Anakin's arrival is undetected
Yes, General
Commence attack
All ships fire at will
Yes, sir We're moving in
Commander Cody, do you have the exact coordinates of the command ship yet?
We're patching them through now, sir
We are receiving the coordinates from General Kenobi
How close are you going to jump in next to Grievous' ship?
Pretty close
Buckle up, boys
Define "pretty close"
Close enough to get the job done
Get me a tractor beam lock on Kenobi's ship and prepare a boarding party
Tractor beam has us, sir Shall we fire on the source?
No, Cody
Let them think they have us We need a diversion for Anakin
Coming out of hyperspace
Hang on
Primary power down
So, was that close enough for you?
Any closer and we'd be flying down hallways
Next time
Coast is clear, Rex Copy that, sir
Stay here and guard the entrance This may be our only way out
Skywalker, Master Koth is located on the bridge
This way
Remember
we need to keep Grievous on this ship until General Skywalker is clear
Kenobi
How we doing?
We are close
So, Kenobi
is everything going as planned?
That depends on your point of view, General
You wouldn't come here without a plan and you wouldn't come alone
Tell me
do you think Skywalker has rescued Master Koth yet?
Surprise
Not exactly
At least they're not destroyer droids
The General's description of your tactics
have been 100% accurate today
Very impressive
even by my standards
Your plans have come to ruination, Jedi
I hear a lot of talking, General
but in the final accounting, what does all the talk get you?
A futile quest for power
a mutilated body
and your place as Dooku's errand boy
I'm no errand boy
I am not in this war for Dooku's politics
I am the leader of the most powerful droid army
the galaxy has ever seen
An army with no loyalty, no spirit
just programming
Why do you need to show all your power? What have you to gain?
The future
a future where there are no Jedi
The story of Obi-Wan Kenobi ends here
One more step, and your friend will die
Your friends shall die, Kenobi,
and you shall soon follow
Got to get it
Behind you
I see you got my message
Where's Grievous?
If everything's gone according to plan
he's on board Obi-Wan's ship
He's been captured?
If we can cut off his escape
there's a good chance of that
Surrender, General
Never!
I hope you've rescued Master Koth
because Grievous is headed back to his ship
You both go
I'll make it back
I'll be fine
I'll have to disagree with you on that one
Master Gallia, you go ahead
I'll get Eeth back to the shuttle
May the Force by with you
Get back to the bridge We need to detach before Grievous jumps ship
Cody, come in
- Yes, sir - Grievous is heading your way
Open fire on the Republic ship
Target their engines
But, sir, the ships are still attached
It doesn't matter
Prepare all troops for our landing on Saleucami
The circuits are fried
We have no controls I can't even get the engines online
We've lost our stabilizers
I can't hold her steady
Until we meet again, Kenobi
Hurry We can still catch him
Obi-Wan, Anakin's leaving
We'll be trapped on the ship
Anakin, come in
We're in a bit of a spot, and we need a way off of Grievous' ship
There's a large hangar near your position
Make your way there, and I'll pick you up
All droids to the landing craft
Get to your stations We're going to detach
Prepare to launch
The reactor's been breached I can't lock it down!
Here we go
Anakin, get me Admiral Yularen
Several craft detached from Grievous' ship
and attempted to land on Saleucami
Then we'll have to land and follow them Prepare the tanks
Yes, sir
There must be several landing sites
It may be hard to locate the good General
You'll have to command the space battle
while Rex, Cody, and I head to the surface
You sure you can handle this on your own?
I think I can manage
I'll get Master Koth to a medical frigate
You all took a great risk rescuing me
You're welcome, Master Koth
Since you divided your forces,
Grievous is still at large
I would have gladly given my life
if it meant bringing that monster to justice!
At least we all live to fight another day
Fugitive!
Though the Republic has won many decisive battles
against the Separatist army in the Outer Rim,
the Jedi have failed to capture the elusive General Grievous
After specifically targeting members of the Jedi Council,
a trap was set,
but following a fierce confrontation,
the droid General managed to escape to the surface of the planet Saleucami
Now the chase is on
as General Kenobi leads a squadron of clone troopers
and closes in on his target
We must find a way off this planet
before they find us
We need to hurry
and find an escape pod
Instead of scattering our troops looking for all the escape pods,
we shall head towards the wreckage of the landing transport first
Contact the fleet
Our transmitter is destroyed
There is only one escape pod that survived
We must get there as quickly as possible
Let's hope the transmitter is still intact
Now, find me some transportation
Sir, the cruiser's returned to orbit
Any sign of Grievous?
I believe we've found Grievous' ship
Power low
Shutting down
I can't go on
Sir, we need to get our power recharged
Not this again!
How could your power cells be so depleted?
You would not let us ride on one of those creatures with you, sir
If you would allow us to close down for a few
Any more complaints?
I don't think so
That's what I thought
Now let's find that pod
Yikes
Normalizing intakes are still warm
This couldn't have happened too long ago
The crew compartment's almost entirely destroyed
We'll split into teams Rex, take Jesse, Hardcase, and Kix
- and search those wetlands - Yes, sir
Cody, you, Crys, and I will pick it up from here
And Rex,
if you get a visual on Grievous,
contact us before you engage
- Rex is a smart man - Indeed
Always thinking on his feet
These droids are too gone to give us any good intel
Here's one!
Let's load the droid in the tank
We'll inspect it on the go
In range
Take the shot
Protect the Captain
Commando droids
Jesse, you better get back here
What do you have?
We've broken the access codes and powered up the droid's guidance system
According to his memory logs,
he fired the emergency thrusters on the escape pod
to avoid a mid-air collision
- Collision with what? - Another escape pod
There was no time to correct for the steeper glide path,
which is why this droid's pod crashed
Can you pinpoint the landing zone for the other pod?
I can put us within two to three klicks of it, sir
Alert the men
We've picked up the scent
How bad?
Pretty bad
I need to remove his armor to see the full extent of the damage
Those snipers might have called for backup
Unless we want to start getting picked off one by one,
we should find a better cover first
Wait a minute
Those critters are domesticated
I think we're on farmland,
and where there's a farm, there's a usually a farmer
Let's find his homestead
We want no trouble here
Easy with that weapon, ma'am
We're here as friends
- State your business - Our Captain's been hurt We need
- I'm no doctor, so just - We have a medic, ma'am
We just need a place to tend him overnight
- Who's - Get back inside, both you
Mom
There are some benches out back in the barn
- It's the best I can do - That'll be fine, ma'am
What?
What happened?
Commando droids took a potshot
That would've gone through your heart
had it been two inches to the left
I can't move my arm
- You have some nerve damage - Understood
Now patch me up and let's get on with it
Sir, you're in no condition
It will heal, but it'll take time
We're getting under way, Kix That's an order
Sir, as the team medic,
when it comes to the health of the men, including you,
I outrank everyone
So, I respectfully order you, sir, to get some
Excuse me
- If there's not enough - That's plenty
- Thank you - Suu
I told you to stay in the house
I couldn't help it, mom
It got away
You look like my daddy
Don't bother the soldier
- Now get inside with your brother - Yes, mom
My husband is away
delivering our first harvest
Do you require anything else?
Resume the search without me
You're in command
I'll be fine
There's our escape pod
Any sign of Grievous?
It looks deserted
He must be heading to a second escape pod
- Captain Rex, come in, please - It's Jesse, sir
- Rex was injured - What's his condition?
He'll be fine, but we had to find him shelter tonight
Grievous is on the move
We're headed to the west
Swing around and we can meet up at the final escape pod
We're going to need all the firepower we can muster
Roger that, sir We're speeding towards you
We should be there by now!
We are, sir, there
Almost
You had better be interpreting the coordinates correctly
We're almost there, sir
One klick out Straight ahead
I'm losing power
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
You're a clone
So
I see the war has finally made its way out here,
and I guess I can expect a visit from some droids soon
What's your number and rank?
My name is Lawquane Cut Lawquane
And I'm just a simple farmer
You're a deserter
I like to think I'm merely exercising my freedom to choose:
to choose not to kill for a living
That is not your choice to make
You swore an oath to the Republic You have a duty
I have a duty, you're right
But it's to my family
Does that count, or do you still plan to turn me in?
- Do I have a choice? - Daddy!
You're home!
Look what I drew you, dad!
That's great, Jek
I see you two have met
He looks just like you, daddy I told him
You did
I was just making our guest, Captain
What's your number?
I also have a name, believe it or not
He was injured
His men brought him here
I told him he could stay just for the night
Of course he can
We never turn away those in need, do we?
No, we always help anyone we can
Right
You look hungry, Rex
No, I'm fine I'll stay here
- You have to eat with us Please - Please?
They're never going to stop till you say yes
All right I'll join you
You and I may be clones, but we're still individuals
You have a name rather than a number, Captain Why is that?
Perhaps our leaders feel it's a more efficient way of distinguishing us
More efficient than a number?
I doubt the Kaminoans think that way
Still,
a name has to make you feel unique,
especially in an army where everyone looks like you and talks
Actually, I never really thought about it
Yes, you have How would you know?
Because I'm as close to you as any life-form can be
I've seen how you look at my family, our home
Come on, Rex, admit it You've thought about what your life could look like
if you were to also leave the army, choose the life you want
What if I am choosing the life I want?
What if I'm staying in the army because it's meaningful to me?
And how is it meaningful?
Because I'm part of the most pivotal moment in the history of the Republic
If we fail, then our children and their children
could be forced to live under an evil I can't well imagine
If you were to have children, of course, but
that would be against the rules, wouldn't it?
Isn't that what somebody programmed you to believe, Captain?
No, Cut It's simply what I believe
It doesn't matter if it's my children or other people's children
Does that meet with your approval?
Perfectly To each his own That's what I always say
What does that mean, daddy?
It means you can do anything with your life that you want to
- How are you doing, Jesse? - Closing in, sir We have a visual
Very well We'll meet you in the middle
Is your transmitter working?
I don't know I haven't used it yet
All right I'll check on it
Stupid battle droids
Sir, you made it
Get back in the pod and send out a distress signal
towards the rest of our fleet
We need to get a shuttle down here immediately
Roger, roger But I must inform you, sir,
there are multiple life-forms approaching from the east and west
Battle positions!
Good move
Very good move
So what was it?
What made me decide to leave the corps?
Shortly after the battle of Geonosis,
our troop transport got caught between two Separatist gunships
They fired at us with everything they had
We crashed Most of us were either dead or severely injured
So when they started working their way through the wounded,
killing us off,
I knew there was no hope I ran
It still haunts me
I'm sorry
It's the day I felt my life didn't have any meaning
Everyone I cared about, my team, was gone
I was just another expendable clone
waiting for my turn to be slaughtered in a war that made no sense to me
Can you understand that, Rex?
I've been in countless battles and lost many brothers
They were my family
My home
Daddy, we finished our chores
- Can we go outside and play? - Please?
Okay, only for a few minutes
Thank you, daddy Come on, Jek
And keep the house in view
We will
You have wonderful children
I know you think I'm a coward, Rex,
but believe me,
I'll fight to my last breath to keep them safe
Fire!
Tank two! Port side!
Great shot!
Where is that ship?
Shaeeah?
Where are you?
Stop fooling around
You are not funny
Am too
Look
In the field
What is it?
It wasn't there before
It's some kind of spaceship, I think
Hello?
Do you think somebody's in there?
I didn't do it
You did
Monsters!
- What's wrong? - Monsters They're chasing us
What monsters? Honey, where?
They hatched from the big egg in the field
This is not good I count 20
Cut, what's out there?
Commando droids
What are they doing?
- Suu, get the kids upstairs - Come Come now
What weapons do you have?
We can catch them in a cross fire You take that corner
No, Captain With respect, you're not in charge here
I can be useful
You're injured You have only one good arm
But I can fight
So can I
Rex, I need you to be the last line of defense for my family
I'll take care of them
Thank you
Finally!
General Grievous, sir
We see you below us Are you ready to depart?
Concentrate your fire on that ship
They're shooting at us
Coming back around
Sir, that ship's coming around for another landing attempt
Keep firing Don't let that ship land
The guns are overheated!
Always something Cody, Jesse, cover me
General, behind you!
They're coming for you
Daddy?
I'm okay
It's over
Forget trying to land
Fire the engines
Jedi scum
Are you all right, sir?
We're right back where we started
Call the cruisers
- See if they can stop that ship - Right away, sir
And tell them to send someone to pick us up
All right,
- that should do it - Captain Rex
Are you going to turn in my husband?
I'm sorry, Suu It's my duty,
but in my condition, I probably won't remember any of this
Thank you
You're still a deserter, Cut,
but you're certainly not a coward
Captain Rex, are you still with us?
Yes, General Kenobi
I'm still with you and thankfully on the mend, sir
That's great news We certainly missed you at the party
Sorry, sir
I had to attend one of my own
Can't wait to hear about it We're standing by
You're welcome to stay, Rex
This is your home, Cut
My family
is elsewhere