Eftersom filmen officiell novellering säger, det var inte en invasionskraft, det var en " blixtnedslag " djupt in i Republiken territorium. Syftet var här att fånga kanslaren oavsett kostnaden för liv och utrustning till separatisterna.
Inom några minuter efter deras ankomst var deras (små antal) huvudfartyg under tung attack och de överfallstrupper som de hade landat flydde tillbaka till rymden:
We won! beings tell each other. We held them off!
But then new reports trickle in - only rumors at first - that the attack wasn’t an invasion at all. That the Separatists weren’t trying to take the planet. That this was a lightning raid on the Senate itself.
The nightmare gets worse: the Supreme Chancellor is missing.
Observera att denna attack speglar riktiga försök för att fira fienden under krigsföring.
Junior Novelisation ger också ett liknande konto (och lite mer info) i dess prolog
Then the Separatists struck a paralyzing blow, straight at the heart of the Republic. A fleet of ships commanded by the dreaded Separatist General Grievous slipped through the outer line of defenses to attack Coruscant itself. In the confusion the Separatists kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, the elected leader of the Republic.
But Coruscant was not only the heart of the government and the location of the Galactic Senate. It was also the home of the Jedi Temple. As the Separatist attack began, a message was beamed to the Outer Rim, summoning the Jedi’s greatest warriors home. Before the Separatist fleet could leave the Coruscant star system with the Chancellor, they found themselves under attack. Waves of clone starfighters, led by Obi-Wan and Anakin, stormed around their ships….