Menace of the Sith

Menace of the Sith is the second episode of LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles. It aired on September 4, 2013 on Cartoon Network.

Plot
Palpatine summoned all of the Separatist leadership to Geonosis, where he would unveil a new secret weapon, which will ensure ultimate victory for the Sith.

As the Separatist leaders fly to Geonosis, there becomes a delay, as several of them have to wait for Nute Gunray to finish drinking his coffee and to land. When all the leaders are gathered in the Petranaki Arena, Palpatine tells the other Separatist, that the Clone Wars are not going well for them, but that things are going to change, due to the new ultimate weapon of the Sith, Jek-14. Unbeknownst to the Sith, Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda are disguised as Sith in the Arena, listening to the Dark Lords plot.

At first the Separatist leadership isn't impressed with Jek, especially Nute Gunray who openly questions the clone. Things change when Jek shows the Separatist his skills, destroying several pillumns, Nute Gunray's hat and even manages to make a sign saying 'GO SITH' from the debris, to the astonishment of everyone, to which Darth Maul adds that Jek stole his theme song, to which Asajj Ventress replies that he is being a diva.

Back in the Jedi Temple C-3PO begs the Jedi council to remove him as a substitute teacher for the young Padawans because they put him in grave peril, which he can't stand and says that he will suffer from an internal meltdown soon, as the stress is getting to him. The Jedi agree and transfer him to Jedi Temple Food Services, for which C-3PO is grateful. The Padawans get a new teacher, Anakin Skywalker, who hates the thought of baby-sitting Padawans. When the Padawans ask him where he was taking them, he replies that they were going on a journey of discovery, to Hoth, which the Padawans are not fond of. Anakin tries to persuade the students to no avail as the Padawans add that he is a great Jedi but a horrible actor.

Meanwhile of Geonosis Jek continues to wow the crowd with his skills, to which Palpatine adds that his skills are pretty cool and he will create thousands of Jek clones, as Dooku has perfected the cloning of clone clones and shows the Separatists the new clone machine. But the new clone is a failure, as it is extremely small and vulnerable. Obi-Wan and Yoda show themselves and a battle erupts in the Arena. After only a few swift moves all of the Sith are defeated, but Darth Sidious manages to escape. Obi-Wan adds that the Sith is truly an evil man as he stole Palpatine's space gunship, to which Darth Maul adds that they just don't get it, but keeps quiet, so to reveal the Sith Lord's identity. Back on Hoth Anakin tries to show the Padawans what an interesting place this is but gets trampled by Tauntauns in the process, to the amusement of the Padawans.

Back on Geonosis Obi-Wan and Yoda are forced to fight Jek who easily defeats them, but decides not to finish them to the dismay of Dooku. Jek decides that he won't either be Sith or Jedi and decides to run away, as he wants to be himself. Both the Jedi and Sith chase after him as their ships get damaged in an asteroid field. Jek goes into Hyperspace and says farewell forever.

Back on Hoth, Anakin finally managed to calm the Padawans down, by giving them his metal hand to play with, on the advice from C-3PO, who says that he is always happy to assist and adds that he shouldn't feel embarrassed. Meanwhile, C-3PO is serving burgers at the Jedi Temple Restaurant, but is attacked by Cad Bane, for not giving him light mayonnaise in his sandwich. C-3PO accidentally pulls one of his breathing tubes out of his head, and puts them back on wrong. Cad Bane, now furious starts shooting at C-3PO and the droid runs away. As Cad Bane accidentally shoots at a fellow bounty hunter, a fight begins in the restaurant.

Meanwhile Dooku and Grievous are stationed on a Subjugator-class heavy cruiser, furious that none of the bounty hunters are refusing to work for them in the wake of Jango Fett's death. Dooku orders Grievous to deploy the Probe droid to find Jek. Some of the droids reach Hoth, where Anakin argues on why he cannot search for Jek, and angrily adds that the rest of the Jedi don't think that he is ready. The Padawans leave Echo Base, find Jek and watch him create beautiful things. Jek confesses that he doesn't want to fight, but to create things and to be left alone. Anakin tries to attack Jek but is not able to pass through the energy shield. Jek says goodbye to the Padawans and adds the he has to find a new home. As he takes of he is attacked by probe droids, captured by Grievous and brought back to his ship. R2-D2 wakes Anakin, to which the latter responds that he thinks he can be too impulsive sometimes.

Meanwhile Dooku and Grievous start cloning Jek and depart for Coruscant. On Coruscant the Jedi order is debating on what course of action should they partake, while Palpatine eavesdrops on them. Obi-Wan orders Anakin to stay put, but it is too late as he is already battling the Separatist over Coruscant. Yoda argues that it was too risky to train Anakin, but Obi-Wan answers that it was Qui-Gon Jinn's final wish. Qui-Gon appears as a force ghost and tells Obi-Wan not to blame that on him. As the battle over Coruscant rages on, Dooku produces several new Jek clones. Anakin's ship is blown up and Padawans and he are forced to create new ships with the help of the Force, while Artoo flies towards Coruscant, landing in C-3POs kitchen and destroying it in the process. Anakin tries to destroy the Malevolence to no avail, until he finds the ships "weak spot", which destroys it and sends the debris flying onto Coruscant. On Coruscant, everyone cheers, util Darth Sidious halts the ship's descent and saves Dooku, Grievous and the rest of the Jek clones. Dooku gives them Jek, and shows them his new army of Jek clones. As the clones attack, Jek awakes and saves the Jedi by destroying the clones and sending Dooku and Grievous flying into the air, saying that he wanted to be left alone. Jek decides to go his own way and begs his friends not to call him.

The episode ends with Yoda putting the memories of the mission into the Jedi Chronicles. He tells how proud he was of his Padawans and compliments the valor of Anakin, who will no longer be teaching the Padawans, as C-3PO asked for the job once more. After a brief exchange, Obi-Wan chases his master's spirit for the earlier argument.