Como a novela oficial do filme diz que esta não foi uma força de invasão, foi um " relâmpago " no território da República. O objetivo aqui era capturar o Chanceler, qualquer que fosse o custo em vidas e equipamentos para os Separatistas.
Poucos minutos depois de sua chegada, seu (pequeno número de) navios capitais estava sob strong ataque e as tropas de assalto que haviam desembarcado estavam fugindo de volta ao espaço:
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.
Note que este ataque espelha tentativas do mundo real de decapitar o inimigo durante a guerra.
A Junior Novelisation também oferece uma conta semelhante (e um pouco mais de informação) em sua prólogo
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….