The Hidden Enemy
"The Hidden Enemy"
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- "Truth enlightens the mind, but won't always bring happiness to your heart."
- ―Moral[4]
"The Hidden Enemy" is the sixteenth episode ofSeason One of theStar Wars: The Clone Wars television series. It is the sixteenth episode of the series overall. It serves as a prequel toThe Clone Wars movie, and chronologically takes place between theSeason Two episode "Cat and Mouse" and the film.[5]
Official description[]
Anakin and Obi-Wan discover evidence of a traitor amongst their ranks while attempting to lead Republic forces to liberate the planet of Christophsis from a Separatist siege. When the Republic is ambushed on Christophsis, it becomes clear that someone has set them up. The Jedi suspect the Sith, while Rex and Cody uncover information that points to a spy amongst them.
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| Episode 16 THE HIDDEN ENEMY |
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A planet under siege! Separatist forcesmercilessly batter the beautiful andelegant world of Christophsis. Unable todefend themselves any longer, the peopleof Christophsis call upon the Jedi forassistance. Hoping to save lives andprevent further destruction, Obi-WanKenobi and Anakin Skywalker plan adaring ambush which can turn the tide inthe fight for this crucial star system... |
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- "Perhaps it's time we made a visit behind enemy lines. I think we'll find our answers there."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Commander Cody[4]
Anakin,Obi-Wan, and their clones prepare to ambush the advancing droid forces from two towers overlooking the road the droids are taking. Just as they are about to fire on the droids, the advances split into three columns and droids suddenly appear in Obi-Wan's building. Anakin calls in agunship for immediate evacuation before leading his squad to assist Obi-Wan. They escape to the roof, and the droids follow them. Their gunship arrives, picking them up, but not before taking the commandtactical droid's head to find out how theSeparatists discovered their plan.
At the base,Rex andCody analyze the droid's memory, but the best they can find before the head burns out is that the Separatists knew of their position beforehand. Obi-Wan suggests that they may have aspy in their ranks. TheJedi decide to go behind enemy lines to investigate and tell the clones to keep the mission classified. However, as the Jedi leave, Cody notices that someone left hiscomlink on, eavesdropping on them. Rex and Cody spot someone running off and chase him. Unfortunately, they lose him in the mess hall amongst their many brothers, meaning that one of the clones is a traitor. They decide to contact the Jedi, but the droids are keeping the communications jammed.
Commander Cody and Captain Rex examine a severed tactical droid head.
Rex and Cody haveR2-D2 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 fromSlick'sbarracks, so they decide to investigate that end. They question all of Slick's men:Jester was cleaning his rifle,Punch andSketch were in the mess hall, andGus was in the infirmary. The last one,Chopper, appears to be hiding something, and reluctantly reveals that he was collecting droid fingers as war trophies, 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 go into thecommand center rather than the mess hall, and Cody also notes that Slick somehow knows about the Jedi's departure. Slick, knowing he's been discovered, escapes. Cody and Rex try chasing him down, but they are too late: Slick blows up most of the gunships andAT-TEs, as well as the weapons depot, with earlier-placed charges. The other clones inform Cody and Rex that Slick went into the command center, and they order the others to secure the perimeter while they go inside.
In the meantime, as Anakin and Obi-Wan race to the Separatist base onBARC speeders, they notice an increasing number of droids spying on them, but still decide to continue the mission, despite the fact that it has been compromised. They arrive at the enemy base and inside, they meetAsajj Ventress again and begin toduel 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 herlightsabers, pushing 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 invadeChristophsis. The Jedi engage Ventress again, overbalancing thetri-droid she is standing on before escaping onSTAPs. Ventress dispatchesGeneral Loathsom to take care of the Jedi while she moves on to the next phase of her master's plan, and she heads to theTrident.
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'sblaster, only to find that it is empty, and Rex comes up from behind him. 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 apprehended him. As they present Slick to the Jedi, Slick snaps that his brothers areenslaved by the Jedi, that 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 clones to take the traitor to lockup. Rex reports that though most of their weapons are trashed, they managed to save theheavy cannons, which will prove to be useful in the comingbattle.
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The script originally dictated the start of the episode to involve the clones setting up a combat droid nicknamed "The Beast," similar in design to the dome-shaped mining droids seen inA New Hope. However, to keep the war defined as clones vs. droids and not clones using droids vs. droids, and since the sequence didn't even explain the droid's use, the sequence was cut.
At the beginning of the episode, when Cody and Slick return, Cody is carrying a plain white clone helmet. He is seen holding his rightful helmet later on in the episode.
When Obi-Wan is explaining the Jedi's mission behind enemy lines to Cody and Rex, he calls Cody "Captain" when Cody is clearly aCommander. The mistake arose during the editing process, since originally Obi-Wan was talking to Rex. Also, before Cody and Rex speak to Slick's men, Slick says, "Captain, give me just a moment with them..." To this statement, Cody turns and looks at Slick.
During the episode, Chopper's right eye changes color. When he is first cast under suspicion, his right matches his left eye's brown color. Later, however, his right eye is an off-white color.
Much of the background music consisted of an edited version of the "Battle of Christophsis" track fromThe Clone Wars filmsoundtrack. Additionally, the music for the brawl between Rex, Cody and Slick is a variation of the speeder chase music fromAttack of the Clones.
The Hidden Enemy had aired on September 16, 2012 on Atlanta's MyNetworkTV prior to a televised airing ofRevenge of the Sith.[6]
When Kenobi, Skywalker, Cody, and Rex are examining the tactical droid's severed head, the word 'tactical' is written in Aurebesh on the side of the droid's head.
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Rex and Cody must Uncover a "Hidden Enemy" onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: The Hidden Enemy onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)
- "Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season One Episode Guide, Part Two" —Star Wars Insider 110
- "The Hidden Enemy" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars onStarWars.com(backup link)
- The Clone Wars Rewatch: A Betrayal of Brothers in "The Hidden Enemy" onStarWars.com(backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.8
The Clone Wars Episode Guide: The Hidden Enemy onStarWars.com(original site is defunct) - ↑Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "The Hidden Enemy" to22 BBY.
- ↑The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 11322 BBY 81-84: The War Deepens dates the events of "The Hidden Enemy" to22 BBY.
- ↑4.04.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Hidden Enemy" - ↑
Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) onTwitter (post onMarch 10,2014):"216 116 T 301 303 101-115 117-121 201-203 217-219 204-214 220-222 305-307 302 304 308 122 309-311 215 312-322 S4 502-513 501 514-520 601-613"(original link is obsolete) - ↑ What's On the Networks of 11Alive onwww.myatltv.com (backup link archived onJanuary 25,2012)
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- "The Hidden Enemy" on theAurebesh Wiki
