Coby and the Starhunters

"Coby and the Starhunters" is the ninth episode in season one of the Star Wars: Droids animated television series.

Synopsis
Prince Coby has been accepted into the Academy. Jann Tosh, who is still awaiting the results of his senior application, C-3P0 and R2-D2 have been assigned to accompany Coby to the Academy. As the young prince bids goodbye to King Julpa}} and [[Gerin|Princess Gerin, his father, Lord Toda indicates he is hoping the re-training programme will do Coby some good. Coby has recently inherited some money from his great-uncle, and wants to spend it on a couple of war-droids at the Tammuz-an space port, but Threepio and Artoo stop him from doing so. Preparing to change ships at Zelakesh, Jann has to check on their connections, leaving Coby in the care of the droids. At the spaceport they pass a ship labelled the Starhunter's Intergalactic Menagerie. As soon as Captain Stroon and his assistant Mr. Slarm catch sight of Coby's rare and valuable pet, Ingey, they decide to steal it. Cody blaims Artoo and Threepio and forces them to 'borrow' a Blackhawk Destroyer which he was admiring earlier. Leaving the planets atmosphere, they catch up with the Starhunter's ship just in time to attach themselves to their hull with their magnetic landing gear before the larger vessel jump to lightspeed.

After dispatching from the Starhunter's ship, Artoo crashes the Blackhawk Destroyer on an unknown planet. There, the droids and Cody are caught by a group of bird like natives carrying spears. The natives have been bought out of their caves by the Starhunters, and are now being hunted and used as slaves by them. Threepio and the native clan come up with a plan that has only one in seven thousand chances of succeeding. The golden protocol droid creates a diversion by imitating the call of a spotted Jugaloo. Cody and Artoo sneak to the cages and find Ingey locked up with a near human alien called Greej. After Coby releases them from their cage, they are spotted by a patrol droid. Artoo shoots off flares to signal the native clan, who set about freeing the rest of the captured creatures. During the fight, Artoo blows a fuse and shuts down. Meanwhile, C3PO has attracted the affections of a real spotted Jugadoo and the bumbling Starhunters have been caught in their own nets while chasing the creature. During a face off against the Starhunters, Jann Tosh arrives, having followed the Blackhawk's distress call.

As they reactivate Artoo, Greej recounts how he used to run a traveling animal sanctuary, before Stroon and his gang took it over. The good natured Greej planned to return the animals to their natural planetary habitats, but he was short of money. Cody decides to give Greej his uncle's inheritance, after which the older alien takes on the young prince as a partner. Jann Tosh reveals he has been accepted into the Academy. Since he is not allowed to take his drois with him, Artoo and Threepio take their leave of Jann and remain on the unknown planet surrounded by dancing natives and a lovestruck Jugaboo.

Voice cast

 * Anthony Daniels

Characters

 * C-3PO
 * Coby
 * Gerin
 * Greej
 * Mon Julpa
 * Mr. Slarm
 * Stroon
 * Jann Tosh
 * R2-D2
 * Toda

Creatures

 * Ingey

Locations

 * Tammuz-an
 * Zelakesh

Sentient species

 * Jugaloo
 * Tesselated Arboreal Binjinphant

Vehicles and vessels

 * Blackhawk Destroyer
 * R-22 Spearhead

Behind the scenes

 * Coby and the Starhunters was the ninth episode of Star Wars: Droids – The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO''.
 * This episode is the fifth part of a five-episode story-arc commonly referred to as The Mon Julpa Cycle. The first four episodes were released in VHS format in 1999 and on the Star Wars: Droids DVD in 2004, but 'Coby and the Starhunters' has never been available in either form.
 * This episode takes place at some point between 10 BBY and 5 BBY.
 * This episode is listed as production code: D13. It first aired on November 2nd, 1985.
 * This episode was co-written by Joe Johnston, who served as art director for Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, as well as Production Designer for Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure. Prior to his work on this episode, he wrote the book The Adventures of Teebo: A Tale of Magic and Suspense.