Slaves of the Republic

"Those who enslave others inevitably become slaves themselves."

- Moral

"Slaves of the Republic" is the twelfth episode of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series' fourth season. It aired on December 2, 2011.

Official description
"To locate the missing colonists, Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka go undercover to infiltrate the slavers on Zygerria. Anakin struggles with his emotions as a wily Zygerrian queen forces him to take questionable actions in order to carry out his mission."

Behind the scenes

 * The que gesture Anakin makes at R2-D2 during the slave auction and the subsequent launch of the lightsabers from inside the droid originate from the Battle of Carkoon scene from Return of the Jedi.