History Recap / StarWarsTheCloneWarsChristophsisArc

Anakin contacts Obi-Wan, who explains that Trench's war record confirms his threat since he has defeated ships with cloaking devices before, but mostly in cruiser to cruiser engagements. In all previous cases, Trench used tracking torpedoes to destroy the enemy whether or not their ship was cloaked. Since none of the ships Trench has faced before were as small as the stealth ship (since ships this small don't usually have a cloaking device), Anakin guesses that Trench locks the torpedoes onto an enemy ship's magnetic signature. On board the ''Invincible'', Trench's tactical droid calculates that the Jedi will not turn back as the admiral suggested. Trench agrees, stating that a stealth ship could have slipped past the blockade, but this Jedi chose to attack instead. Sensing a way to use this against him, Anakin attacks again; the stealth ship's torpedoes are again ineffective, but Trench is able to lock onto the stealth ship's magnetic signature and fires tracking torpedoes, despite his tactical droid's warning that doing so requires them to lower the ship's shields.

* TheMole: Slick is a traitor to the Republic.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E16CatAndMouse Cat and Mouse]]", Yularen mentions how Admiral Trench apparently survived having his ship shot out from under him the last time he faced him. Naturally, he reappears later in ''The Clone Wars''' sixth season.

* TheMole: Slick.

Anakin, Obi-Wan, and their clone troopers prepare to ambush the advancing Separatist droid forces from two towers. Just as they are about to fire on the battle droids, the advances split into three columns and battle droids suddenly appear in Obi-Wan's building. Anakin calls in a gunship for immediate evacuation before leading his squad to assist Obi-Wan. They escape to the roof and the Separatist droids follow them. Their gunship arrives and picks them up, but not before taking the tactical droid's head to find out how the Separatists discovered their plan.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E16CatAndMouse Cat and Mouse]]", Yularen mentions how Admiral Trench apparently survived having his ship shot out from under him the last time he faced him. Naturally, he reappears later in ''The Clone Wars''.
* HollywoodTactics: The Battle of Christophsis in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] features the clone troopers running out of their hiding space into the beam spam. It also presents a clone trooper actually run up to a battle droid and try to punch it out with his fist. It doesn't work, as the action causes his hand to hurt and results in his getting blasted by the battle droid.

In the meantime, as Anakin and Obi-Wan race to the Separatist base on BARC speeders, they notice an increasing number of battle droids that are spying on them, but they still decide to continue the mission, despite the fact that it has been compromised. They arrive at the base. While inside, they meet Asajj Ventress again and begin to duel with her. The Jedi manage to overcome Ventress and demand her surrender, but as they edge closer to capture her, she creates a large hole in the floor beneath their feet with her lightsabers and pushes them one level down. Ventress taunts them and runs away and the Jedi follow her, discovering that she has set up a whole army to invade Christophsis. The Jedi engage Ventress again, overbalancing the tri-droid she is standing on before escaping on [=STAPs=]. Ventress dispatches Whorm Loathsom to take care of the Jedi while she moves on to the next phase of her master's plan. Ventress heads to the ''Trident''.

Rex and Cody enter the command center in search of Slick. They soon guess that he is hiding in the vents and inconspicuously act out a scene. Cody leaves his blaster on the table while Rex goes to "secure the lockdown". Slick comes down from the vents and grabs Cody's blaster, only to find that it is empty and Rex comes up from behind him and puts his blaster at Slick's head. Slick engages the commander and captain in physical combat, stating that he was tired of all the suffering and was offered freedom and money from Ventress. Cody manages to knock him out and they apprehend him. As they present Slick before Anakin and Obi-Wan, Slick snaps that his brothers are enslaved by the Jedi and he was striking a blow for all clones and that he loves his brothers, but Cody and Rex retort that he has now exposed them all to certain doom. Cody orders the other clone troopers to take the traitor to lockup.

Crossing over to Obi-Wan's cruiser, Anakin discovers that his Master has brought a new weapon with him: a heavily armed stealth ship equipped with a powerful cloaking device. Obi-Wan insists his new mission is not to engage the Separatist fleet; instead Anakin is to use the stealth ship to sneak through the blockade and deliver supplies to Bail on the planet. Meanwhile, Admiral Yularen does some research of his own and notices something on the enemy flagship: a strange emblem that he recognizes in horror. Catching up with Anakin as the Jedi is about to depart, Yularen explains that the symbol is the personal crest of the infamous Admiral Trench. Anakin is surprised since history tells Trench perished at the Battle of Malastare Narrows. Yularen, who fought at the battle, relates the known facts: Trench had been in command of a corporate fleet blockading Malastare and his tactics had been deadly enough to thwart the Republic fleet sent against him; Yularen comments that he lost many good men and the Republic fleet barely managed to survive. Only when a Jedi-led task force arrived did the tide of battle turn. It was assumed that Trench went down with his ship, but the tactics used in the earlier battle and the appearance of Trench's symbol makes Yularen believe his old enemy has returned.

In the meantime, as Anakin and Obi-Wan race to the Separatist base on BARC speeders, they notice an increasing number of battle droids that are spying on them, but they still decide to continue the mission, despite the fact that it has been compromised. They arrive at the enemy base. While inside, they meet Asajj Ventress again and begin to duel with her. The Jedi manage to overcome Ventress and demand her surrender, but as they edge closer to capture her, she creates a large hole in the floor beneath their feet with her lightsabers and pushes them one level down. Ventress taunts them and runs away and the Jedi follow her, discovering that she has set up a whole army to invade Christophsis. The Jedi engage Ventress again, overbalancing the tri-droid she is standing on before escaping on [=STAPs=]. Ventress dispatches Whorm Loathsom to take care of the Jedi while she moves on to the next phase of her master's plan. Ventress heads to the ''Trident''.

Rex and Cody enter the command center in search of Slick. They soon guess that he is hiding in the vents and inconspicuously act out a scene. Cody leaves his blaster on the table while Rex goes to "secure the lockdown". Slick comes down from the vents and grabs Cody's blaster, only to find that it is empty and Rex comes up from behind him and puts his blaster at Slick's head. Slick engages the commander and captain in physical combat, stating that he was tired of all the suffering and was offered freedom and money from Ventress. Cody manages to knock him out and they apprehend him. As they present Slick before the Jedi, Slick snaps that his brothers are enslaved by the Jedi and he was striking a blow for all clones and that he loves his brothers, but Cody and Rex retort that he has now exposed them all to certain doom. Cody orders the other clone troopers to take the traitor to lockup.

On the surface of Christophsis, Senator Bail Organa conferences via hologram with Anakin Skywalker and Admiral Wullf Yularen on-board the Star Destroyer ''Resolute''. The Separatist forces are on the verge of overrunning his position and his resources (food, water, and munitions) have all but run out. Unfortunately, the hologram is cut off while Anakin and Yularen desperately try to salvage their own losing battle against the Separatist blockade around Christophsis. The enemy flagship ''Invincible'' defeats the Republic fleet: the Separatist commander Admiral Trench concentrates his fire on the smaller Republic supply ships. As Anakin prepares to launch a full attack on the enemy flagship, another Republic Jedi cruiser called the ''Negotiator'' that is commanded by Obi-Wan Kenobi emerges from hyperspace. At the insistence of Obi-Wan (saying that he has a new toy) and Yularen, Anakin reluctantly orders a retreat to behind Christophsis' moon. Trench allows them to go, surmising that they will be back.

Crossing over to Obi-Wan's cruiser, Anakin discovers that his old Master has brought a new weapon with him: a heavily armed stealth ship equipped with a powerful cloaking device. Obi-Wan insists his new mission is not to engage the Separatist fleet; instead Anakin is to use the stealth ship to sneak through the blockade and deliver supplies to Bail on the planet. Meanwhile, Admiral Yularen does some research of his own and notices something on the enemy flagship: a strange emblem that he recognizes in horror. Catching up with Anakin as the Jedi is about to depart, Yularen explains that the symbol is the personal crest of the infamous Admiral Trench. Anakin is surprised since history tells Trench perished at the Battle of Malastare Narrows. Yularen, who fought at the battle, relates the known facts: Trench had been in command of a corporate fleet blockading Malastare and his tactics had been deadly enough to thwart the Republic fleet sent against him; Yularen comments that he lost many good men and the Republic fleet barely managed to survive. Only when a Jedi-led task force arrived did the tide of battle turn. It was assumed that Trench went down with his ship, but the tactics used in the earlier battle and the appearance of Trench's symbol makes Yularen believe his old enemy has returned.

Rex and Cody have Artoo analyze the communication history to find out if anyone had sent out any unauthorized transmissions. Rex notices an irregular wavelength that is too low and infrequent for them to normally detect. The transmission seems to be coming from Slick's barracks, so they decide to investigate. They question all of Slick's men: Jester was cleaning his weapon, Punch and Sketch were in the mess hall, and Gus was in the infirmary. The last one, Chopper, appears to be hiding something and reluctantly reveals that he was collecting battle droid fingers, which is forbidden by protocol. Chopper denies being a spy, and Slick offers a full investigation when the Jedi come back. However, Chopper snaps that from his hiding place, he saw Slick turn into the command center rather than the mess hall. Cody also notes that Slick somehow knows about the Jedi's departure when in reality only Rex and Cody knew about it. Slick, knowing he's been discovered, punches Cody and Chopper before escaping. Cody and Rex try tracking him, but they are too late: Slick blows up many of the gunships and [=AT-TEs=], as well as the weapons depot with charges he planted earlier. The other clone troopers inform Cody and Rex that Slick went into the command center and they order the others to secure the perimeter while they go inside.

* EarlyBirdCameo: General Whorm Loathsom briefly appears in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]". Due to the series' anachronic order, his cameo is technically this trope, even though the episode aired after the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] in which he had a slightly larger role.

Undeterred, Anakin takes off with the stealth ship while being accompanied by Yularen as a volunteer. Meanwhile, Trench, uneasy that the Republic fleet, has not resumed its attack and learns that there are still pockets of resistance holding out on Christophsis before dispatching several Hyena-class bombers to the planet surface in the hope of luring out the Fleet. Narrowly avoiding a collision with the bombers and after receiving a message from Obi-Wan regarding Bail's peril, Anakin decides to attack Trench's ship since he sees it as the only chance of helping the Senator and keeping Trench's attention on them than the planet. De-cloaking to attack, the stealth ship fires torpedoes, only for them to explode harmlessly against the ''Invincible''[='s=] shields. However, the stealth ship manages to re-cloak before Trench could counter-attack. Trench orders a barrage of laserfire, but Anakin skillfully avoids it. Trench's tactical droid tells him that they missed, but Trench states that they have learned that a Jedi is the pilot, since no clone trooper is skilled enough to avoid that many lasers. Trench sends out an open broadcast and commends Anakin's bravery and daring, but he warns Anakin that he has faced and beaten ships armed with cloaking devices before and that unless they retreat, he will destroy them as well and that Christophsis and their resources will soon join the Separatist Alliance.

After a few setbacks, Anakin and Ahsoka succeed in their mission and blow up the generator. With the shield gone, the cannons easily destroy the marching Separatist droids and Obi-Wan effortlessly takes Loathsom hostage, finally winning the battle. [[TheCavalryArrivesLate At this very moment, Yoda arrives with the reinforcements.]] Anakin finally loosens up towards Ahsoka and realizing that they're quite similar before he accepts her as his Padawan.

In the meantime, as Anakin and Obi-Wan race to the Separatist base on BARC speeders, they notice an increasing number of battle droids that are spying on them, but they still decide to continue the mission, despite the fact that it has been compromised. They arrive at the enemy base. While inside, they meet Asajj Ventress again and begin to duel with her. The Jedi manage to overcome Ventress and demand her surrender, but as they edge closer to capture her, she creates a large hole in the floor beneath their feet with her lightsabers and pushes them one level down. Ventress taunts them and runs away and the Jedi follow her, discovering that she has set up a whole army to invade Christophsis. The Jedi engage Ventress again, overbalancing the tri-droid she is standing on before escaping on STAPs. Ventress dispatches Whorm Loathsom to take care of the Jedi while she moves on to the next phase of her master's plan. Ventress heads to the ''Trident''.

On the surface of Christophsis, Senator Bail Organa conferences via hologram with Anakin Skywalker and Admiral Wullf Yularen on-board the Star Destroyer ''Resolute''. The Separatist forces are on the verge of overrunning his position and his resources (food, water, and munitions) have all but run out. Unfortunately, the hologram is cut off while Anakin and Yularen desperately try to salvage their own losing battle against the Separatist blockade around Christophsis. The enemy flagship ''Invincible'' defeats the Republic fleet: the Separatist commander Admiral Trench concentrates his fire on the smaller Republic supply ships. As Anakin prepares to launch a full attack, another Republic Jedi cruiser called the ''Negotiator'' (commanded by Obi-Wan Kenobi) emerges from hyperspace. At the insistence of Obi-Wan (saying that he has a new toy) and Yularen, Anakin reluctantly orders a retreat to behind Christophsis' moon. Trench allows them to go, surmising that they will be back.

On the surface of Christophsis, Bail Organa communicates via hologram with Anakin Skywalker and Admiral Wulff Yularen. The Separatist forces are on the verge of overrunning his position and his resources (food, water, and munitions) have all but run out. Unfortunately, the hologram is cut off while Anakin and Yularen desperately try to salvage their own losing battle against the Separatist blockade around Christophsis. The enemy flagship ''Invincible'' defeats the Republic fleet: the Separatist commander Admiral Trench concentrates his fire on the smaller Republic supply ships. As Anakin prepares to launch a full attack, another Republic Jedi cruiser called the ''Negotiator'' (commanded by Obi-Wan Kenobi) emerges from hyperspace. At the insistence of Obi-Wan (saying that he has a new toy) and Yularen, Anakin reluctantly orders a retreat to behind Christophsis' moon. Trench allows them to go, surmising that they will be back.

* ByWallThatIsHoley: In the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], Ahsoka saves Anakin from a bunch of Separatist droids by using the Force to bring a wall down on them. The droids are crushed, but Anakin is left unharmed as a result of being right under a hole.

* ByWallThatIsHoley: In the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], Ahsoka saves Anakin from a bunch of Separatist droids by using the Force to bring a wall down on the them. The droids are crushed, but Anakin is left unharmed as a result of being right under a hole.

With the torpedoes behind them, Anakin flies straight at the ''Invincible''. Realizing his mistake too late, Trench orders the shields be raised, but they are still recharging. As Trench watches in horror, Anakin flies the stealth ship past inches from the ''Invincible'''s bridge. Accepting defeat, Trench closes his eyes and awaits his fate. Seconds later, the tracking torpedoes slam into the bridge, killing Trench and destroying the ''Invincible''.

* ByWallThatIsHoley: In the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], Ahsoka saves Anakin from a bunch of Separatist droids by using the Force to bring a wall down on the them. The droids are crushed, but Anakin is left unharmed because he was standing right under a hole.

At the base, Clone Captain Rex and Cody analyze the droid's memory, but the best they can find before the head malfunctions is that the Separatists discovered their position ahead of time. Obi-Wan suggests that they may have a spy in their ranks. The Jedi decide to go behind enemy lines to investigate and tell the clone troopers to keep the mission classified. Anakin and Obi-Wan then sweep out of the base, but as the Jedi leave, Cody notices that someone left his comlink on and eavesdropped on them. They spot someone running off and chase him. Unfortunately, they lose him in the mess hall among their many brothers, meaning that one of the clone troopers is a traitor. They decide to contact the Jedi, but the Separatist droids are keeping the communications jammed.

* AnachronicOrder: The chronological order of the story arc is "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E16CatAndMouse Cat and Mouse]]" (2:16), "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]" (1:16), and the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]]. The Christophsis arc is also chronologically the first story arc in ''The Clone Wars''.

* AnachronicOrder: The chronological order of this story arc is "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E16CatAndMouse Cat and Mouse]]" (2:16), "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]" (1:16), and the first act of the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]]. The Christophsis arc is also chronologically the first story arc in ''The Clone Wars''.

With most of their heavy weaponry destroyed by the traitor Slick, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and their clone troopers are in a tough situation. Since their fleet was sent for supplies and the Separatists re-blockaded the planet, they are forced to hold out long enough until reinforcement arrives. With the help of the Jedi and the heavy canons, the clone troopers are able to repel the first wave of the droid army, but at the cost of heavy casualties. Their problems seem to be solved when a Republic shuttle arrives. Obi-Wan gets relaxed and muses on whether they brought his new Padawan with them. He suggests Anakin ask one for himself. Anakin, claiming that a student would only him down, declines.

In the meantime on Christophsis, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka introduce themselves to each other. Obi-Wan suspects that the young girl is indeed the Padawan he requested. Ahsoka, however, respectfully rebuffs and states that Master Yoda was very specific when he assigned her to be Anakin's student. To prevent a quarrel between them, Obi-Wan orders Anakin to check on the clone troopers and to take Ahsoka with him. Despite this, the two quickly clash on Anakin's denial of being her Master and Ahsoka's disrespectful attitude towards him. Anakin orders Rex to take her around the base in order to get rid of her. Rex and Ahsoka soon get friendly with each other, but their getting to know each other is cut short by the second Separatist attack.

* ByWallThatIsHoley: Ahsoka saves Anakin from a bunch of Separatist droids by using the Force to bring a wall down on the them. The droids are crushed, but Anakin is left unharmed because he was standing right under a hole.

On the surface of Christophsis, Bail Organa communicates with Anakin Skywalker and Admiral Wulff Yularen via hologram. The Separatist forces are on the verge of overrunning his position and his resources (food, water, and munitions) have all but run out. Unfortunately, the hologram is cut off while Anakin and Yularen desperately try to salvage their own losing battle against the Separatist blockade around Christophsis. The enemy flagship ''Invincible'' defeats the Republic fleet: the Separatist commander Admiral Trench concentrates his fire on the smaller Republic supply ships. As Anakin prepares to launch a full attack, another Republic Jedi cruiser called the ''Negotiator'' (commanded by Obi-Wan Kenobi) emerges from hyperspace. At the insistence of Obi-Wan (saying that he has a new toy) and Yularen, Anakin reluctantly orders a retreat to behind Christophsis' moon. Trench allows them to go, surmising that they will be back.

* AnachronicOrder: The chronological order of the story arc is "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E16CatAndMouse Cat and Mouse]]" (2:16), "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]" (1:16), and the first act of the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]]. The Christophsis arc is also chronologically the first story arc in ''The Clone Wars''.

On the surface of Christophsis, Bail Organa communicates via hologram with Anakin Skywalker and Admiral Wulff Yularen. The Separatist forces are on the verge of overrunning his position and his resources (food, water, and munitions) have all but run out. Unfortunately, the hologram is cut off while Anakin and Yularen desperately try to salvage their own losing battle against the Separatist blockade around Christophsis. The enemy flagship ''Invincible'' defeats the Republic fleet: the Separatist commander Admiral Trench concentrates his fire on the smaller Republic supply ships. As Anakin prepares to launch a full attack, another Republic Jedi cruiser called the ''Negotiator'' (commanded by Obi-Wan Kenobi) emerges from hyperspace. At the insistence of Obi-Wan (saying that he has a new toy) and Yularen, Anakin reluctantly orders a retreat to behind Christophsis' moon. Trench allows them to go, surmising that they will be back.

At the base, Clone Captain Rex and Cody analyze the droid's memory, but the best they can find before the head malfunctions is that the Separatists discovered their position ahead of time. Obi-Wan suggests that they may have a spy in their ranks. The Jedi decide to go behind enemy lines to investigate and tell the clone troopers to keep the mission classified. Anakin and Obi-Wan then sweep out of the base, but as the Jedi leave, Cody notices that someone left his comlink on and eavesdropped on them. They spot someone running off and chase him. Unfortunately, they lose him in the mess hall among their many brothers, meaning that one of the clone troopers is a traitor. They decide to contact the Jedi, but the droids are keeping the communications jammed.

* EarlyBirdCameo: General Whorm Loathsom briefly appears in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]". Due to the series' anachronic order, his cameo is technically this trope, even though the episode aired later than the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] in which he had a slightly larger role.

* EarlyBirdCameo: General Whorm Loathsom briefly appears in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]". Due to the series' anachronic order, his cameo is technically this trope, even though the episode aired later than the pilot movie in which he had a slightly larger role.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Yularen mentions how Admiral Trench apparently survived having his ship shot out from under him the last time he faced him. Naturally, he reappears later in ''The Clone Wars''.