Downfall of a Droid

"Downfall of a Droid" is the sixth episode of the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Its title was first revealed by Henry Gilroy in an interview that featured in Star Wars Insider 103. It was postponed for one week, in observance of Halloween, and aired on November 7.

Official description
R2-D2 is lost during a fierce space battle - and Anakin must find him before the Separatists discover the Jedi military secrets locked in his memory banks.

Trust in your friends, and they'll have reason to trust in you.

Plot
Because Grievous has been ambushing Republic fleets, Obi-Wan advises that Anakin take his fleet out of the Bothawui system but he has a plan to defeat Grievous. At that moment, Grievous' fleet is advancing on his. Anakin leads Gold Squadron in a frontal assault, informing his forces to wait for the right moment as Grievous' fleet advances through the asteroid belt. This gives Rex and his brigade of AT-TEs a chance to ambush the Munificent frigates from behind.

Because his droid commander is too incompetent on where to retreat to, Grievous flees the ship on the Soulless One. Anakin and Artoo pursue him only a for a shrapnel embedded in the fighter to cause it to careen off course. Anakin later wakes up, learning that he was salvaged from his fighter; Artoo was not. However, he informs Obi-Wan that he didn't erase Artoo's memory, which would a severe liability should the astromech fall into Separatist hands. Anakin heads a salvage operation to recover Artoo, but Ahsoka shows him the new R3-S6, who has better skills than an R2-unit, calling him Goldie. As they search the debris field, they spot a freighter and dock with it. The Trandoshan captain, Gha Nachkt, claims there is no R2 unit onboard but allows them to search anyway. Anakin hears Artoo's beep and begins to slice through the door he thinks he heard it. But Goldie accidentally activates two IG-86 units instead of opening the door. The two Jedi manage to slice the droids in pieces as Anakin gets through the door, only to find Gha, who is angry that his droid were destroyed. Ahsoka concludes that Artoo is not onboard and they leave. But unfortunately, Gha had the little droid locked in a crate with a restraining bolt on and contacts Grievous, informing him that the droid is of great strategic value. Artoo later escapes while Gha is sleeping, flushing one of his IG units out of the airlock, only to be discover by the Trandoshan.

Figuring that Grievous has a listening post somewhere, Anakin decides to go scouting but Ahsoka sents along R3, saying they could bond. But what the droid did was get him in trouble, as he accidentally turned on the tracking device, alerting Grievous to his position. He is luckily saved by Ahsoka and Rex in the Twilight. He chastises the incompetent droid over nearly getting him killed and hopes that Artoo is still out there.

Cast

 * Matt Lanter - Anakin Skywalker
 * Ashley Eckstein - Ahsoka Tano
 * Matthew Wood - General Grievous / battle droids
 * Ron Perlman - Gha Nachkt
 * James Arnold Taylor - Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Dee Bradley Baker - clone troopers
 * Tom Kane - Wullf Yularen / narrator

Characters

 * CC-7567
 * General Grievous
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Gha Nachkt
 * R2-D2
 * R3-S6
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Gold Squadron Clone Trooper Pilot

Creatures

 * Mynock

Droid models

 * B1 battle droid
 * C-14 droid
 * Astromech droid
 * IG-86 assassin droid
 * OOM command battle droid
 * TT-8L gatekeeper droid
 * 2-1B medical droid

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Bothawui
 * Battle of Falleen

Locations

 * Bothawui
 * Falleen

Organizations and titles

 * Gold Squadron

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Kaleesh
 * Cyborg
 * Trandoshan

Vehicles and vessels

 * All Terrain Tactical Enforcer
 * Belbullab-22 starfighter
 * Soulless One
 * Delta-7B Aethersprite-class starfighter
 * Anakin Skywalker's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * G9 Rigger
 * Twilight
 * Munificent-class star frigate
 * V-19 Torrent starfighter
 * Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I
 * Vulture's Claw
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer
 * Resolute

Weapons and technology

 * Blaster
 * Cybernetics
 * Mechno-arm
 * Lightsaber