The smoldering warship Malevolence limps away from the barrage of turbolaser fire from a trio of pursuing Republic Star Destroyers. Count Dooku contacts Grievous holographically. The count has arranged a trap that will give Grievous an advantage over the Jedi.

A Naboo yacht hurtles through hyperspace with Senator Padmé Amidala and C-3PO at the helm. She is on a diplomatic mission arranged by Chancellor Palpatine. Emerging from hyperspace, the ship nearly collides with the fleeing Malevolence.

Ahsoka Tano picks up the incoming vessel on the Republic flagship's scanners. The Jedi desperately try to contact Padmé's ship while the Republic taskforce holds its fire. The Malevolence snags the yacht in its tractor beam and reels the unarmed ship into its hold. Padmé demands that the Jedi continue their attack, but Anakin cannot bring himself to order fire to resume with her aboard.

General Grievous orders a repair crew to resume work on the ship's hyperdrive while he goes to the main hangar. There, Padmé begins overloading the yacht's power systems and flees the ship with C-3PO.

Grievous spots the explosive trap before it is too late, and leaves the captive yacht before it erupts in flames. Firefighting battle droids try to douse the flames while Grievous orders an alert to capture the stowaways.

Padmé attempts to rig a comm panel to contact the Republic fleet, but her work is cut short when she and Threepio hide from Grievous. She overhears that the Malevolence's hyperdrive was not as badly damaged as originally feared, and the ship should soon be able to escape.

Obi-Wan and Anakin use the Twilight to dock with the Malevolence's emergency airlocks.

The central channel of the Malevolence is dominated by an extensive rail jet system, where the heroes reunite. As one of the trains enters a tunnel, Anakin and Padmé share a brief private moment of affection.

Poor C-3PO falls onto another rail car and into a crate. Obi-Wan Kenobi tries to lift him to safety using the Force, but the droid instead is intercepted by another rail jet car, taking him deeper into the ship.

Padmé informs the Jedi that the hyperdrive is nearing reactivation, so Kenobi ventures towards the ship's engineering station to ensure that it remains offline. Grievous intercepts Kenobi, eager to fight. Kenobi leaps past battle droid fire, and uses the Force to shove the droidekas into wheel form, bowling over his attackers. He flees engineering, and Grievous orders the droids to guard the hyperdrive while he gives pursuit.

Skywalker and Padmé arrive at the Malevolence's bridge. Anakin cuts through the guards and hotwires the ship's guidance systems to give General Grievous "a little surprise."

Anakin, Padmé, Obi-Wan, R2-D2 and C-3PO reunite at the Twilight. The spice freighter undocks from the Malevolence and flies away. Grievous is determined to catch these Jedi, so he leaps aboard his starfighter and lifts off, accompanied by vulture droid wingmates. Padmé mans the turret guns, blasting away at their pursuers.

The Malevolence begins its jump sequence... but something is wrong. The ship is aiming toward a dead moon. Grievous orders the hyperdrive to reset, but it is too late. Just then, Count Dooku contacts the general for an update. Grievous cuts off all communication as the cruiser slams into the moon. The threat of the Malevolence is over. Grievous flees into parts unknown.