Innocents of Ryloth

"The costs of war can never be truly accounted for."

- Moral

"Innocents of Ryloth" is the twentieth episode in Season One of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.

Official description
To sabotage a powerful Separatist weapon, Obi-Wan and a small clone force enter an occupied town, and discover that its residents are being used as a living shield.

Plot summary
Aboard an Acclamator I-class assault ship, Obi-Wan Kenobi boards the Crumb Bomber, planning on taking the city of Nabat as a landing zone for the ground assault forces. However, Wat Tambor anticipates this, and Tactical droid commander TX-20 readies the proton cannons, while using captive Twi’leks as a “living shield” to further protect them.

Obi-Wan and Clone Commander Cody brief Ghost Company on their mission, and while they must retake the city, they cannot destroy the Twileks’ home, and are only allowed to use blasters and droid poppers. Above, the Acclamator assault ships are attacked by the proton cannons below, and Mace Windu tasks Obi-Wan with taking the cannons out so that the transports can land. The Crumb Bomber lands with the other gunships, and Obi-Wan and Ghost Company utilize droid poppers to take out the droids in the bunkers.

Upon losing contact with the droids on the village’s outer perimeter, TX-20 sends recon droids to find out the Jedi’s plan, while Obi-Wan dispatches Cody, Wooley, Waxer and Boil to scout ahead. Waxer and Boil head south, while Cody and Wooley go to the courtyard, and they discover that the Twi’leks are being held hostage. The two return and report their findings to Obi-Wan and Mace Windu. Obi-Wan hits upon a plan to disable the guns without letting the hostages come into any danger, but unfortunately a recon droid broadcasts their conference to TX-20, who recognizes Kenobi and begins researching his opponent.

Waxer and Boil stumble across the young Twi’lek orphan Numa, who at first is fearful of them. After they remove their helmets, Numa relaxes a bit; she calls them both “Nerra”, and takes a ration bar that they give her. Waxer and Boil move out to finish their scouting, Waxer doing so reluctantly, but Numa follows the two clones. Waxer is still worried about her, while Boil tries to keep him focused on the mission. Numa somehow gets ahead of them and leads her to a shattered building that was once her home. Waxer and Boil, moved by the losses the war has inflicted upon the child, take it upon themselves to keep her safe.

TX-20 reveals his plan: to use starved gutkurrs to take out the Republic forces. Back at the Republic camp, Cody has noticed Waxer and Boil’s absence, and broadcasts a transmission to contact them. Seeing the Republic troops on the move, TX-20 orders the gutkurrs released. The two clones receive the transmission. Realizing that they are severely late, they try to brainstorm possible excuses. However, the gutkurrs suddenly appear, and the two clones and Numa rush back into the house. Numa shows the clones an escape passage, and they run into the underground tunnels just in time.

Meanwhile, Ghost Company is attacked by the gutkurrs. Obi-Wan lures the creatures into an alley bordered by a bridge with the Force. Cody and his men fire at the bridge, and the gutkurrs are trapped, while Obi-Wan leaps out. Suddenly, Waxer and Boil emerge from a hatch in the street nearby, with Numa in tow. Obi-Wan converses to Numa in Twi'leki, who agrees to lead them to the prisoners. Cody and his men create a diversion, while Obi-Wan, Waxer and Boil rescue the Twi’lek prisoners, and Numa is reunited with her uncle, Nilim Bril. However, a battle droid reports the rescue attempt, and TX-20 turns his AAT around.

Obi-Wan takes control of a proton cannon, and with the help of Waxer and Boil, he manages to destroy the other cannons. However, a blast from TX-20’s tank destroys their cannon and knocks the three to the ground. Numa runs to her clone friends and Obi-Wan to help. TX-20 targets Obi-Wan and Numa, but the Twi’leks return, overrun the tank, and tear TX-20 to bits.

The Acclamator transports land, and Mace Windu commends Obi-Wan on his victory. However, their new objective is much harder: to take the Ryloth capital of Lessu. Waxer and Boil say goodbye to Numa. As the army heads toward the capital, Numa calls “Nerra!” out to Waxer and Boil again, and Obi-Wan translates: “Nerra” means “brother”.

Cast

 * James Arnold Taylor - Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Terrence Carson - Mace Windu
 * Tom Kane - Narrator
 * Corey Burton - TX-20 / Nilim Bril
 * Dee Bradley Baker - Clone troopers
 * Matthew Wood - Wat Tambor / Battle droids
 * Catherine Taber - Numa

Characters

 * Boil
 * Nilim Bril
 * CC-2224 "Cody"
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Numa
 * Ponds
 * Wat Tambor
 * TX-20
 * Waxer
 * Mace Windu
 * Wooley

Creatures

 * Can-cell
 * Gutkurr

Droid models

 * B1 battle droid
 * B2 super battle droid
 * Flak gun droid
 * R2-series astromech droid
 * Separatist probe droid
 * Tactical droid

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Ryloth

Locations

 * Ryloth
 * Lessu
 * Nabat

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * Techno Union
 * Emir
 * Galactic Republic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Clone Trooper
 * 212th Attack Battalion
 * Ghost Company
 * Clone trooper commander
 * Jedi Order
 * High Jedi General
 * Jedi Master

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Clone
 * Korun
 * Skakoan
 * Twi'lek

Vehicles and vessels

 * Armored Assault Tank
 * Acclamator I-class assault ship
 * All Terrain Tactical Enforcer
 * BTL-B Y-wing starfighter
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
 * Crumb Bomber
 * Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ship
 * Munificent-class star frigate
 * Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer

Weapons and technology

 * Blaster rifle
 * DC-15S blaster
 * EMP grenade
 * Proton cannon
 * Hologram
 * Lightsaber

Miscellanea

 * Tooka doll
 * Twi'leki
 * Ration bar

Behind the scenes
Production-wise, this is the first episode to feature the Tactical droids, which were created to provide a non-organic commander that would then need to be eliminated later, such as the likes of Whorm Loathsom, Lok Durd and Mar Tuuk.