Deception

"All warfare is based on deception."

- Moral

"Deception" is the fifteenth episode of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series' fourth season. It aired on January 20, 2012.

Official description
"When the Jedi learn of a Separatist plot to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine, one of them must go deep undercover as a hardened criminal to extract information from the conspirators."

Synopsis
After a Jedi council meeting, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Ahsoka Tano are talking when a sniper opens fire on them. The Jedi dodge the shots, and Obi-Wan and Anakin chases after the sniper. They lose him, and Obi-Wan moves out onto the open to look for him, when the sniper fires and kills Obi-Wan Kenobi. Anakin tries to chase the sniper, who escapes on a speeder and prevents Skywalker from catching him with a smoke grenade.

A Jedi funeral is held for Kenobi, and Ahsoka is worried for Skywalker, who hasn't said a word after the death of Obi-Wan.

Meanwhile, Rako Hardeen celebrates his victory for killing Obi-Wan. However, Obi-Wan is not dead, and it was all a plan made by the Jedi. In reality, Obi-Wan was wearing armour which blocked the shot. The Jedi was planning to fake his death so he could pretend to be a member of the Separatist plot to kill Palpatine. Kenobi then undergoes a facial transformation to disguise himself as the sniper.

Kenobi then takes the clothes of the sniper, who is surprised because Obi-Wan now has his face. When word of the sniper reaches Skywalker and Ahsoka, they wish to kill him as revenge for Obi-Wan.

Meanwhile, Mace Windu is interrogating the sniper to record his voice for Kenobi. Kenobi then swallows the recording droid to have the sniper's voice. Anakin and Ahsoka, unaware that Rako is really Obi-Wan now, arrest him and transport him to prison.

There, Obi-Wan was met with mostly disgust by the fellow prisoners. All except Moralo Eval, that is. Moralo seems interested in including 'Rako' in his plot but quickly changes his mind when Cad Bane starts picking a fight with the disguised Jedi. Obi-Wan secretly contacts Windu and Yoda about the complication concerning Bane. Later, Cad Bane prompts Boba Fett to pick a fight with 'Rako' which starts a riot and Bossk steps in when Obi-Wan pins Boba down, only to be electrocuted by the clones. Bane and Moralo make their escape, but Obi-Wan finds his way into helping the two escape secretly using his Jedi powers. After the three made it out safely in an stolen transport, Bane slaps 'Rako' for hesitating to fire and the latter counters that if it weren't for him, they would still be trapped. Moralo remarks that there is a place for 'Rako' in his plot after all.

Cast

 * James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rako Hardeen, and Bartender
 * Corey Burton as Cad Bane, Medical Droid, and Karkarodon Thug
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Clone Troopers, Bossk, and Quarren
 * Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker and Prisoner
 * Terrence Carson as Mace Windu
 * Stephen Stanton as Moralo Eval
 * Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano and Female Patron
 * Tom Kane as Yoda and the narrator
 * Daniel Logan as Boba Fett
 * David Acord as Servant Droid

Behind the scenes
When talking to Mace Windu and Yoda in the prison, Obi Wan uses the code name Ben, a reference to the name he used while in exile on Tatooine.

When the 3 fugitives take the cargo ship, its Quarren owner yells; "Hey, my ship! Come back here!" This may be a reference to Star Wars Bounty Hunter, when Meeko Ghintee steals a ship, and its Quarren owner yells a similar phrase.

This episode marks the first time a Karkarodon can be seen out of water.