Dooku Captured

"The winding path to peace is always a worthy one, regardless of how many turns it takes."

- Moral "Dooku Captured" is the eleventh episode in Season 1 of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.

Official description
During their own attempt to kidnap Count Dooku, Anakin and Obi-Wan discover that the Sith Lord has already been captured by pirates.

Plot summary
In 26 BBY, after Anakin Skywalker is 'captured' and held on Dooku's Munificent-class star frigate in a remote system, Obi-Wan Kenobi infiltrates the ship to release him in order to help apprehend the Count. Dooku escapes in his solar sailer with the two Jedi on his tail in a Sheathipede-class transport shuttle. Direct hits on the solar sailer force the Count to make an emergency landing in a wilderness on the nearest planet. When the Jedi suffered a hit from a droid fighter, they were forced to crash land, as well.

In a nearby cave, the two Jedi begin to hunt for Dooku, but the Dark Lord of the Sith ambushes them by causing a sudden collapse in the cave ceiling, causing Anakin to lose his lightsaber, which Dooku retrieves. This distraction allows Dooku an opportunity to exit and seal the cave with Anakin and Obi-Wan still inside. While the Jedi try to find a way out, Dooku comes upon Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang looting his ship. Outnumbered, the Count considers his options and chooses to accompany the pirate gang on their ship off the planet as a ransom to the Confederacy of Independent Systems, or a prize to the Galactic Republic.

Meanwhile, the Jedi inadvertently disturb "the mother of all gundarks" in the cave as they try to find their way back out. Finding the gundark, they conclude that they are on Vanqor. After rendering the gundark unconscious, they almost succumb to poison gas released from a trapped pocket in the cave, when Ahsoka Tano and a detachment of clone troopers uncover the entrance to cave.

After Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and representatives receive a message from the leader of the Weequay pirates, Hondo Ohnaka, concerning the reward for the capture of Count Dooku, at the suggestion of Senator Padmé Amidala, the Jedi Council assigns Anakin and Obi-Wan to meet with the pirates to verify that they do indeed have the Count in custody, agreeing to the condition that they must arrive unarmed. Upon arriving in the Twilight, the Jedi are met at gunpoint and escorted to the pirate leader, who arranges a meeting with their prisoner.

After Anakin and Obi-Wan enter Dooku's cell and subtly mock his current imprisonment, Dooku warns them that the Weequay are "devious and deceitful, and most importantly...stupid" and that they 'underestimate them at their own peril', relishing in the thought that the Jedi will soon join him in captivity.

Upon leaving Dooku's cell, the Jedi are 'invited' to attend a banquet in their grand hall, which the Weequay have no intention of letting the Jedi miss. Informing Mace Windu and Palpatine that Dooku is indeed being securely held by the pirates, Palpatine tells them that he is sending Senator Karis and Senator Binks with the ransom in exchange for the Sith Lord.

The Jedi take their seat at the banquet and are provided with refreshments - drugged beverages. As the pirate leader makes a toast to a successful transaction, the two Jedi switch their drinks with those of the Weequay sitting next to them, returning the toast to an 'alliance' with the "powerful pirates and...new friends". As their neighbors pass out, Anakin reflects on how drunken pirates were able to capture the Count when the Jedi could not. Obi-Wan tells him not to be to proud to accept a gift that comes their way, upon which Anakin makes a toast to unexpected gifts.

Cast

 * Catherine Taber - Padmé Amidala
 * Matt Lanter - Anakin Skywalker
 * James Arnold Taylor - Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Jim Cummings - Hondo Ohnaka
 * Corey Burton - Count Dooku
 * Ashley Eckstein - Ahsoka Tano
 * Ian Abercrombie - Chancellor Palpatine
 * Tom Kane - Yoda / Narrator
 * Terrence Carson - Mace Windu
 * Greg Ellis - Turk Falso
 * Dee Bradley Baker - Pilf Mukmuk

Characters

 * Padmé Amidala
 * Jar Jar Binks
 * CC-7567 "Rex"
 * Dooku
 * Kharrus
 * Turk Falso
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Palpatine
 * Plo Koon
 * Pilf Mukmuk
 * Hondo Ohnaka
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Mace Windu
 * Yoda

Creatures

 * Gundark

Droid models

 * B1 battle droid
 * FA-4 pilot droid
 * OOM command battle droid
 * RA-7 protocol droid
 * Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I

Events

 * Battle of Teth
 * Duel on the Dune Sea
 * Battle of Vanqor

Locations

 * Coruscant
 * Republic Executive Building
 * Florrum
 * Pirate outpost
 * Vanqor

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * Separatist Council
 * Galactic Republic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Clone trooper
 * Supreme Chancellor
 * Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang
 * Jedi Order
 * Grand Master
 * Jedi Commander
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Master
 * Padawan
 * Order of the Sith Lords
 * Dark Lord of the Sith

Sentient species

 * Bith
 * Gran
 * Gungan
 * Human
 * Clone
 * Jawa
 * Kel Dor
 * Kowakian monkey-lizard
 * Nikto
 * Togruta
 * Weequay
 * Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

 * Munificent-class star frigate
 * Count Dooku's frigate
 * Nu-class attack shuttle
 * Punworcca-class interstellar sloop
 * Sheathipede-class transport shuttle
 * G9 Rigger
 * Twilight
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer
 * Resolute
 * Weequay pirate ship
 * Weequay saucer craft

Weapons and technology

 * Blaster rifle
 * Hologram
 * Homing beacon
 * Lightsaber
 * Magcon field
 * Transparisteel

Miscellanea

 * Airlock
 * Credit
 * The Force
 * Spice

The Force

 * Telekinesis
 * Force Sense
 * Force Speed
 * Force lightning
 * dark side

Behind the Scenes
Kenobi's line to the Niktos, "You're not the prisoners I'm looking for," echoes his line in A New Hope, "These aren't the droids you're looking for".

The prison that Dooku is held in appears to be a Geonosian containment field, which is what Dooku had Obi-Wan imprisioned in during Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

=External links==

Die Ergreifung des Count