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The Clone Wars – S3E19 : Counterattack

Aired March 4th, 2011

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Counterattack is the sixty-third episode of the canon television series The Clone Wars, set in the prequel era. It was aired on March 04, 2011, as part of Season 3.

Overview

Info

  • TypeAnimated
  • FormatEpisode
  • SeriesThe Clone Wars
  • Release StatusReleased
  • Release Date03/04/2011
  • Season Number#3
  • Episode Number#63
  • CertificationTV-G

Official Synopsis

With freed prisoners in their possession and the brutal warden attempting desperately to thwart them, Obi-Wan and Anakin search for a way out of the Citadel and back to Coruscant. The prison, however, has more traps, perils, and pitfalls in store for them than they had imagined and they must work past their differences if they are to escape. Their bid to board their shuttle fails when heavy weapons fire destroys the escape craft. ARC trooper Echo dies in the blast. The escapees then flee to the caves and call for rescue from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

Opening Crawl

Episode 19
COUNTERATTACK

Escape from a Separatist prison! Carrying information about secret routes into the heart of the Republic and Separatist homeworlds, Jedi Master Even Piell was captured and imprisoned in a fortress known as the Citadel.

Leading an elite strike team, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker rescue Master Piell and his officers. Now the Jedi have split up to evade Separatist forces as they attempt to escape the Citadel….