Star Wars - The Clone Wars - Season 1 Recap

This video is intended to provide a quick recap of Star Wars The Clone Wars Season 1. It will likely make the most sense to people that have watched the Clone Wars series and is a good refresher to prepare for the release of Star Wars The Clone Wars Season 7 in February 2020 on Disney+. -- Season 1 (2008–09) 1 "Ambush" October 3, 2008 Jedi Master Yoda must face off against Count Dooku's dreaded assassin Asajj Ventress and her massive droid army to prove the Jedi are strong enough to protect a strategic planet and forge a treaty for the Republic. 2 "Rising Malevolence" October 3, 2008 An attack by a devastating new Separatist weapon—the powerful starship Malevolence—leaves Jedi Master Plo Koon and his clone troopers struggling to survive until Anakin and Ahsoka can find them. 3 "Shadow of Malevolence" October 10, 2008 With the help of his Padawan, Ahsoka, and Jedi Master Plo Koon, Anakin utilizes new long-range Y-wing bombers to lead a bold strike on General Grievous's warship, the Malevolence, and its destructive weapon. 4 "Destroy Malevolence" October 17, 2008 Padmé Amidala and C-3PO are taken hostage by General Grievous, leaving Anakin and Obi-Wan to save the senator and complete the destruction of the Malevolence. 5 "Rookies" October 24, 2008 Alone on a distant outpost, clone officers Rex and Cody must inspire their rookie unit to believe in themselves to stave off a droid commando invasion. 6 "Downfall of a Droid" November 7, 2008 R2-D2 is lost during a fierce space battle—and Anakin must find him before the Separatists discover the Jedi military secrets locked in his memory banks. 7 "Duel of the Droids" November 14, 2008 Anakin, Ahsoka, and replacement droid R3-S6 embark on a dual rescue/sabotage mission when they discover that R2-D2 is being held at General Grievous's secret enemy listening post, Skytop Station. 8 "Bombad Jedi" November 21, 2008 On a diplomatic mission to the planet Rodia, Padmé discovers that her old friend and fellow Republic senator Onaconda Farr has allied his planet with the Separatists. 9 "Cloak of Darkness" December 5, 2008 Ahsoka and Jedi Master Luminara Unduli escort the captured notorious Separatist leader Nute Gunray to Coruscant so he can stand trial for his crimes. 10 "Lair of Grievous" December 12, 2008 Jedi Master Kit Fisto and his former Padawan, the Mon Calamari Jedi Nahdar Vebb, track escaped prisoner Nute Gunray to a remote world. 11 "Dooku Captured" January 2, 2009 During their own attempt to kidnap Dooku, Anakin and Obi-Wan discover that the Sith lord has already been captured by pirates. 12 "The Gungan General" January 9, 2009 Anakin and Obi-Wan have been duped and are being held for ransom, along with Count Dooku, by the pirate chief Hondo Ohnaka and his second-in-command, Turk Falso. 13 "Jedi Crash" January 16, 2009 Anakin and Ahsoka arrive at a pitched sky battle to help besieged Jedi General Aayla Secura. Anakin is gravely injured in the fight. Aayla and Ahsoka, along with the now-wounded Anakin, Rex, and the surviving clones, crash land on the uncharted grass-covered planet, Maridun. 14 "Defenders of Peace" January 23, 2009 Tee Watt Kaa refuses to shelter the Jedi from arriving Separatist forces, fearing that such an action would unnecessarily bring his neutral people into the war. 15 "Trespass" January 30, 2009 Arriving on the desolate ice world of Orto Plutonia, Anakin and Obi-Wan investigate the disappearance of a clone security force stationed on a remote outpost. 16 "The Hidden Enemy" February 6, 2009 Anakin and Obi-Wan lead Republic forces in an attempt to defeat the droid armies and free the planet of Christophsis from the Separatist siege. 17 "Blue Shadow Virus" February 13, 2009 The Republic discovers a Separatist bio-weapon lab hidden on the planet of Naboo. 18 "Mystery of a Thousand Moons" February 20, 2009 Even though the lab has been shut down, Dr. Vindi manages to activate the dreaded Blue Shadow Virus, infecting Ahsoka, Padmé, and many clone troopers. 19 "Storm Over Ryloth" February 27, 2009 Ryloth, home world of the Twi'lek people, has been subjected to military occupation by the droid army of the Separatists, and surrounded by a blockade of Trade Federation battleships. 20 "Innocents of Ryloth" March 6, 2009 With the space blockade around Ryloth destroyed, Obi-Wan must lead a small clone force into a droid occupied town to sabotage their anti-aircraft guns. 21 "Liberty on Ryloth" March 13, 2009 The battle for Ryloth rages as the Republic attempts to drive off the occupying droid army led by Separatist Leader, Wat Tambor. 22 "Hostage Crisis" March 20, 2009 In an attempt to force the release of the crime lord Ziro the Hutt from prison, bounty hunters seize control of the Senate Building and hold members of the Senate hostage.