Defenders of Peace

"When surrounded by war, one must eventually choose a side."

- Moral

"Defenders of Peace" is the fourteenth episode in Season One of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.

Official description
''While the Jedi combat a new Separatist weapon, the pacifist Lurmen must decide whether they will lay down to the oppressive Separatists or fight with Anakin, Ahsoka and Jedi General Aayla Secura./The Lumen village refuses to hide the Jedi from the Separatists. But when the droid army attacks, the villages must decide whether to bow to the Separatists, or help the Jedi defend their home.''

Plot summary


A Separatist dropship descends near the Lurmen village. Tee Watt Kaa fears the Jedi brought the enemy to them; Ahsoka protests that the Separatists don't even know they are here; Aayla states that it is best that they leave for the Lurmen's safety. Tee Watt Kaa goes to meet the newcomers, so that they won't destroy their village. The Separatist commander, Lok Durd imposes his "protection" upon the Lurmens and orders the village to be ransacked to secure his "new colony". The Jedi, Rex and Bly beat a strategic retreat into the tall grass; Wag Too sends his friend Tub after them to watch their departure from the planet.

In the tall grass, the Jedi and clones recover and discuss the Lurmen's beliefs. Unfortunately, they are overheard by a scout droid which rushes off to inform the base. After a long chase, Aayla intercepts it and slices it in half. Wondering where it was going, they climb a giant tree and notice a recently built, heavily guarded Seperatists' base. Anakin notices a shuttle but the base is too well guarded. Also, they see the Separatists deploying some form of artillery, which Rex and Bly decide to scout up.

Lok announces to his droids that he had developed a defoliator capable of destroying organic life, but leaving non-organics unharmed; he asks for volunteers. Two droids who didn't step back are chosen. Once they get to a proper distance, Lok contacts Dooku via hologram. The weapon is fired, leaving the droids unharmed; Rex and Bly try to escape the blast; the former manages to grapple the tree, but Bly trips and misses, so Aayla swings with a vine and saves him before the blast hits. Lok declares the test a success; Dooku suggests that it would be best to test the defoliator on living targets, like the Lurmen.

Anakin predicts that the Seps are headed for the Lurmen, so he tells everyone that they will take out a communications station, steal the shuttle and then return to help the Lurmen. Ahsoka points out that Tee Watt Kaa didn't want their help; Anakin justifies that there is a difference between pulling innocents into a war and leaving them to extinction. At an adjourning tree, Tub tells a carrier butterfly to inform Wag Too about the Separatists.

As night falls, the Jedi and clones sneak near the base. Anakin distracts the guards by levitating a rock to give an opening for attack, while Aayla and Ahsoka infiltrate the base.

At the village, Tee Watt Kaa refuses to believe that the Separatists are returning and refuses to fight, holding onto their people's beliefs, despite Wag Too's pleas that they must at least defend themselves.

The Jedi and clones take the shuttle and two shield generators with them. They arrive at the Lurmen village, informing them about the impending attack. However, Tee Watt Kaa stubbornly says that if they are to die, then so be it.

The Jedi and clones use giant pods to build a barricade around the village and set up the shield generators. Tee Watt Kaa yells at them to stop, but Anakin interjects that they all must stand by their beliefs. Wag Too agrees with them, but the Lurmen are too set in their codes. A defoliator round is fired at the village, but the shield protects the village. This forces Lok to send his troops forward. The Jedi and clones then race outside to meet their foes. Unfortunately, there are too many droids, who get behind the shield and destroy the generators. Defying his father, Wag Too and his friends engage the droids, toppling them down to be decapitated. Meanwhile, Anakin slices his way to Lok, capturing him through levitation.

As they prepare to leave, Wag Too and Tee Watt Kaa offer their thanks. However, the latter says, "I still wonder, at what cost?" as three Republic cruisers appear in the sky

Cast

 * Matt Lanter - Anakin Skywalker
 * Ashley Eckstein - Ahsoka Tano
 * Jennifer Hale - Aayla Secura
 * George Takei - Lok Durd
 * Tom Kane - Narrator
 * Dee Bradley Baker - clone troopers
 * Matthew Wood - battle droids
 * George Coe - Tee Watt Kaa
 * Alec Medlock - Wag Too
 * Corey Burton - Count Dooku
 * David Acord - Aqualish technician

Characters

 * 4724
 * CC-5052 "Bly"
 * CC-7567 "Rex"
 * Dooku
 * Lok Durd
 * Tee Watt Kaa
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Aayla Secura
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Wag Too
 * Tub
 * Unidentified Aqualish technician

Creatures

 * Carrier butterfly

Droid models

 * B1 battle droid
 * B2 super battle droid
 * B2 super battle droid commander
 * DSD1 dwarf spider droid
 * OOM-series battle droid
 * OOM command battle droid
 * Probe droid
 * Separatist probe droid

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Maridun

Locations

 * Maridun

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * General
 * Galactic Republic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * 327th Star Corps
 * 501st Legion
 * Captain
 * Clone troopers
 * Commander
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Master
 * Padawan
 * Order of the Sith Lords
 * Dark Lord of the Sith

Sentient species

 * Aqualish
 * Human
 * Clone
 * Lurmen
 * Neimoidian
 * Togruta
 * Twi'lek
 * Rutian

Vehicles and vessels

 * Armored Assault Tank
 * C-9979 landing craft
 * Sheathipede-class transport shuttle
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer

Weapons and technology

 * Blaster rifle
 * DC-15 blaster rifle
 * Defoliator
 * Electrobinoculars
 * Hologram
 * Lightsaber
 * Phase I clone trooper armor
 * Kama
 * Pauldron
 * Shield generator

Miscellanea

 * The Force
 * Telekinesis