History Recap / StarWarsTheCloneWarsMalevolenceArc

* ShoutOut: The entire storyline is taken directly from the real life hunt for the German Battleship Bismarck by the British Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Each episode parallels the three major parts of the event, Allied warships engaging the Bismarck and being either destroyed or heavily damaged, an airstrike that manages to cripple the Bismarck, and the final confrontation that ultimately sinks the ship.

* ShoutOut: The entire storyline is taken directly from the real life hunt for the German Battleship Bismarck by the British Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Each episode parallels the three major parts of the event, Bismarck destroying enemy warships, the airstrike that cripples the Bismarck, and the final confrontation that sinks the ship.

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''" [-(first of a three-parter)-]
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Shadow of]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Malevolence]]''" [-(second of a three-parter)-]
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E4DestroyMalevolence Destroy]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E4DestroyMalevolence Malevolence]]''" [-(third of a three-parter)-]

* ShoutOut: The entire storyline is taken directly from the real life hunt for the German Battleship Bismarck by the British Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* ShoutOut: The entire storyline is taken directly from the hunt for the German Battleship Bismarck by the British Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

General Grievous has launched a deadly new weapon called the ''Malevolence'', a ''Subjugator''-class heavy cruiser armed with dual mega-ion cannons that are capable of disabling the power systems of entire fleets in order to render them defenseless against the ship's massive array of turbolasers.

General Grievous has launched a deadly new weapon called the ''Malevolence'', a ''Subjugator''-class heavy cruiser armed with dual mega-ion cannons that are capable of disabling the power systems of entire fleets and rendering them defenseless against the ship's massive array of turbolasers.

General Grievous has launched a deadly new weapon called the ''Malevolence'', a Separatist ''Subjugator''-class heavy cruiser armed with dual mega-ion cannons that are capable of disabling the power systems of entire fleets and rendering them defenseless against the ship's massive array of turbolasers.

* WaveMotionGun: The giant, ship-mounted ion cannon that's on the ''Malevolence''.

General Grievous has launched a deadly new weapon called the ''Malevolence'', a ''Subjugator''-class heavy cruiser armed with dual mega-ion cannons that are capable of disabling the power systems of entire fleets and rendering them defenseless against the ship's massive array of turbolasers.

* ActivationSequence: During the first time that the ''Malevolence'' fires its fleet-disabling weapon in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''", the order is given, battle droids activate the system as an electronic hum begins building up, and the emitter near the front of the ship begins to glow before firing a disk of electromagnetic energy that leaves its targets helpless.
* BusFullOfInnocents: Kaliida Shoals Medical Center serves the role as this in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Shadow of]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Malevolence]]''", as the ''Malevolence'' intended to destroy it while it was full of injured clones and under the command of Dr. Nala Se.
* DramaticSpaceDrifting: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''", the first escape pod that Plo Koon and company encounter in the debris field is turned around to discover that it's been attacked and cut open, with a dead clone floating in the hole in the viewport. With the second pod, the one they witness being attacked by the podhunter, they see the clone officers inside being sucked out into space.
* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E4DestroyMalevolence Destroy]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E4DestroyMalevolence Malevolence]]''" presents the dangers of hitting a mass shadow in hyperspace firsthand when the ''Malevolence'' flies directly into a nearby moon after Anakin sabotages the navicomputer.
* SpaceIsAnOcean: After the ''Malevolence'' gets its primary weapons destroyed in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Shadow of]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Malevolence]]''", the ongoing fires around the damaged areas of the cruiser are accompanied by plumes of smoke billowing "upwards" as it cruises along. Not to mention the Republic ship that gets damaged and goes "down" later. It is particularly notable because the only planet in sight, and thus the only gravity well, is ''behind'' the ship.
* SpaceStation: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Shadow of]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Malevolence]]''", Grievous attempts to destroy a Republic medical base that can treat up to 60,000 clone troopers.

* BusFullOfInnocents: Kaliida Shoals Medical Center serves this role in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Shadow of]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Malevolence]]''", as the ''Malevolence'' intended to destroy it while it was full of injured clones and under the command of Dr. Nala Se.

* ActivationSequence: During the first time the ''Malevolence'' fires its fleet-disabling weapon in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''", the order is given, battle droids activate the system as an electronic hum begins building up, and the emitter near the front of the ship begins to glow before firing a disk of electromagnetic energy that leaves its targets helpless.

* DramaticSpaceDrifting: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''", he first escape pod that Plo Koon and company encounter in the debris field is turned around to discover that it's been attacked and cut open, with a dead clone floating in the hole in the viewport. With the second pod, the one they witness being attacked by the podhunter, they see the clone officers inside being sucked out into space.

* DramaticSpaceDrifting: The first escape pod that Plo Koon and company encounter in the debris field in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''" is turned around to discover that it's been attacked and cut open, with a dead clone floating in the hole in the viewport. With the second pod, the one they witness being attacked by the podhunter, they see the clone officers inside being sucked out into space.

* DramaticSpaceDrifting: The first escape pod Plo and company encounter in the debris field in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''" is turned around to discover that it's been attacked and cut open, with a dead clone floating in the hole in the viewport. With the second pod, the one they witness being attacked by the podhunter, they see the clone officers inside being sucked out into space.

* ActivationSequence: During the first time that the ''Malevolence'' fires its fleet-disabling weapon in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''", the order is given, battle droids activate the system as an electronic hum begins building up, and the emitter near the front of the ship begins to glow before firing a disk of electromagnetic energy that leaves its targets helpless.

* SpaceIsAnOcean: After the ''Malevolence'' gets its primary weapons destroyed in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Shadow of]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Malevolence]]''", the ongoing fires around the damaged areas are accompanied by plumes of smoke billowing "upwards" as it cruises along. Not to mention the Republic ship that gets damaged and goes "down" later. It is particularly notable because the only planet in sight, and thus the only gravity well, is ''behind'' the ship.

* ActivationSequence: During the first time the ''Malevolence'' fires its fleet-disabling weapon in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''", the order is given, battle droids activate the system as an electronic hum begins building up, and the emitter near the front of the ship begins to glow before firing a disk of electromagnetic energy that leaves its targets helpless.

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