Airdate: April 8, 2004
The IG Banking Clan surrendered to the Galactic Republic, which made a successful turning point for the war. Meanwhile, on planet Hypori, countless Jedi were slaughtered by the new leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems: General Grievous.
Chapter 20 contains examples of:
- Action Girl: Shaak Ti and Aayla Secura.
- All There in the Manual: Master Barrek's first name is given as Daakman in the online Databank. The Databank also provides the names Sha'a Ginote and Tarr Seirrnote .
- Badass Boast: An epic one for General Grievous, which helps set up his Establishing Character Moment."Jedi! You are surrounded, your armies decimated. Make peace with the Force now, for this is your final hour. But know that I, General Grievous, am not completely without mercy. I will grant you a warrior's death. Prepare!!!"
- Big Entrance: Our introduction to General Grievous.
- Bloodless Carnage: Taken to ridiculous extremes when Sha'a Gi's body completely disappears after General Grievous Goomba Stomps him.
- Bolivian Army Ending: The chapter ends with a handful of Jedi holding out against an army of Battle Droids and the newly introduced General Grievous.
- Captain Ersatz: The Jedi Sha'a Gi. Genndy says on the commentary he wanted to initially give him a more Shaggy-like voice, but thought it might come off as too goofy.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Grevious spends most of his time stomping Jedi.
- The Dreaded: General Grievous. His near-victory against five (albeit exhausted) Jedi established him as a fearsome enemy.
- Establishing Character Moment: Revenge of the Sith doesn't allow you to see just how vicious General Grievous can be. His first entrance here has him taking on, and beating, no less than 5 Jedi at once. And we do mean beating.
- Expy: Sha'a Gi is an expy of Shaggy. He was intended to have the exact same voice, but the producers decided against it because they felt it would have given his death an overtone of inappropriate humor.
- Facepalm of Doom: Grievous does this to one Jedi. With his foot.
- Family-Unfriendly Death: General Grievous gets two of these as part of his Establishing Character Moment. First a hapless Padawan is crushed as Grievous lands on him. Then he grabs another Jedi with his mechanical foot, and visibly snaps his neck before tossing his corpse into the ceiling.
- Fear-Induced Idiocy: The episode has him and a droid army cornering a group of seven Jedi on the planet Hypori. The group of Jedi are backed into the wreckage of a ship by General Grievous and his droid army, and they are all on edge after being thoroughly demolished by him and his fighting force. As they await the general's arrival, they hear a mechanical clanking but it doesn't seem to be coming from anywhere, ramping up the tension. Sha'a Gi, one of the Jedi, is overcome by terror, breaks ranks and rushes out into the open, leading to him being killed immediately by Grievous by being crushed by him from above.
- Goomba Stomp: How Grievous kills the Jedi Sha'a Gi.
- Handy Feet: General Grievous has this as a feature of his cyborg body.
- Hero Killer: General Grievous. He effortlessly kills Daakman Barrek, Sha'a Gi and Tarr Seir.
- Impending Clash Shot: A terrifying one occurs at the end. Weaponless, Master Ki-Adi Mundi's spirit breaks as he watches General Greivous, wielding a lightsaber in each hand, strike the fourth of a five Jedi team across the length of the room and into a pillar, which collapses upon them. Greivous turns his attention to Ki-Adi before picking up a third lightsaber; he prepares to strike. Ki-Adi's spirit returns and he grabs another lightsaber from Grevious's belt with the Force. They wait. Suddenly Grievous leaps at him — all three blades drawn; Ki-Adi plants one foot behind and prepares to engage him. End of the chapter.
- Implacable Man: Grievous, who seems to be constantly aware of everything going on around him, allowing him to block and counter nearly anything thrown at him. It helps that he belonged to a race of proud warriors.
- Knight of Cerebus: General Grievous. He's introduced by his troops surrounding a small group of Jedi, then orders them to stop while he deals with the Jedi personally. Before he even appears on-screen, his voice booms, warning the Jedi about their impending doom. He kills a frightened Padawan, then mercilessly slaughters his way through several others.
- Meaningful Name:
- There's a wolf-man Jedi named Voolvif Monn.
- Neck Lift: General Grievous does this in his introductory scene with his cybernetic leg before slamming the victim through the ground.
- One-Man Army: General Grievous is able to cut through Jedi with his usual psychopathic zeal.
- "Psycho" Strings: Used to introduce Grievous.
- Series Fauxnale: After season 3 was confirmed.
- Shout-Out:
- One of the first Jedi killed by Grievous is named Sha'a Gi, and he's a dead ringer for Shaggy.
- More of an allusion, and most likely not deliberate, but the last two thirds of the chapter showcase almost an identical scenario — in mood, conflict, and soundtrack and sound effects — to the episode "Jack and the Ultra-Robots" from Genndy Tartakovsky's Samurai Jack.
- Spam Attack: General Grievous performs a defensive version of a spam attack while holding five Jedi at bay simultaneously, using their slain comrades' lightsabers!
- Spin to Deflect Stuff: General Grievous attacked five Jedi at once via judicious spinning of two lightsabers and his own rotating torso.
- A Storm Is Coming:Yoda: Mmm. Darker, the coming storm grows. I fear the dark cloud of the Sith shrouds us all.
- Super-Soldier: General Grievous, one of the greatest badasses in the Star Wars universe, was a cyborg. His finest display of power was shown here; at the Battle of Hypori, his first public appearance in the Clone Wars, he single-handedly defeated a team of seven Jedi, including Council members Ki-Adi Mundi and Aayla Secura. He killed four of them. Grievous himself summed up this victory with a declaration of their imminent demise prior to the fight:Grievous:"Jedi! You are surrounded, your armies decimated. Make peace with the Force now, for this is your final hour. But know that I, General Grievous, am not completely without mercy. I will grant you a warrior's death. Prepare!!!"
