Mission to Rugosa/Legends

"Great leaders inspire greatness in others."

- Jedi fortune cookiee at the beginning of the episode.

The Mission to Rugosa was a Republic operation that took place on the neutral Outer Rim Territories moon of Rugosa, during the Clone Wars.

The Mission
As the Clone Wars continued to rage on across the galaxy, the Republic sought the means of further establishing its power base for use against the Separatists by asking the King Toydaria to allow a base to be established in their territory. King Katuunko agreed to engage in negotiations at a neutral sight which was the moon of Rugosa.

To serve as its ambassador, the Republic asked Master Yoda to spearhead the diplomatic negotiations with the Toydarians.

Ambush
"I ask, how can the Jedi protect you if they can not protect themselves?"

- Count Dooku to King Katuuko before the Separatist warships ambush Yoda's ship.

Being the first to arrive, Katuunko noted that the Jedi were not typically late at which point he was surprised by two B1 battle droids and Asajj Ventress. She claimed to be an emissary for her master and displayed a holographic projector allowing for communication between Count Dooku and the King. After the intial greeting, the Count revealed that he was aware of the Republics desire to establish a base in Toydarian space to which Katuunko stated that the Count's spies served him well. Dooku further commented on the inability of the Jedi Order of protecting others as they were unable to protect themselves.

In space, a Republic Consular-class space cruiser had arrived holding Clones and Master Yoda himself. They had been hailing the Toydarian royal delegation but had recieved not response. At that point, a Banking Clan frigate had come out of hyperspace and began firing on the Consular vessel. Yoda noted that the trap had been sprung and another Munificent-class vessel arrived which began firing their weapons in order to destroy the diplomatic transport. The clone captain of the Republic ship was willing to abandon the mission in order to save Yoda by returning him to Coruscant. However, the General said that his mission was on the moon's surface and that they should flee while he took three Clone troopers to the moon. The clone captain believed that such a move was crazy as the enemy would shoot down their escape pod to which Yoda countered by saying that all of them should be launched.

King Katuunko asked if the Separatist Droid Army could do better to which the Count said yes as they outnumbered the Republic's clone troopers a hundred to one. However, the King countered by saying he heard that a single Jedi was worth a hundred battle droids.

With all the pods being launched, the Republic ship left the system while the Separatist warships attempted to shoot down the escape pods but managed to miss Yoda's pod.

The Trial
"If Master Yoda is indeed the Jedi warrior he claims to be, let him prove it. Let me send my best troops to capture him. If Yoda defeats them, join the Republic. But if my forces were to defeat Yoda, consider an alliance with the Separatists."

- Asajj Ventress places the terms of the competition.

With King Katuunko watching through his rangefinder, he noted the Republic ship leaving. Assajj Ventress attempted to convince the King to join the Separatists by saying that the ship fleeing highlighted the Jedi's weakness. Further away in the jungle, Clone trooper Lieutenant Thire managed to patch into the King's communication system allowing Yoda to speak to him. After being introduced, the King commented that it was good to see Yoda and that he was scared that Dooku had frightened him away. Yoda replied by saying that he had been delayed as he was not aware of Dooku being invited to the negotiations to which the King said that the Count had invited himself. The King also told Yoda that Dooku claimed that his forces would provide better protection then the Jedi Knights. Yoda said that such a statement was debatble to which point the Jedi master became aware of Ventress's presence as the Dark Acolyte offered a contest to convince the King on which side was superior. The terms were that her forces would be dispatched to capture Yoda and if he defeated them then the Toydarians should join the Republic. However, if the droid forces defeated Yoda then the King should consider an alliance with the Separatists. Katuuko was at first opposed to such a contest as he did not bring the Jedi master for a fight but Yoda agreed to the terms. Once communications ended with Yoda, the King informed Ventress that Yoda was to be given a fair fight to which Ventress agreed.

After returning to her base, Ventress contacted Dooku and informed him of the situation who ordered her to deal with Yoda. She said that her forces were being deployed and stated that tha Jedi was not going to get his fair fight. She dispatched OOM-224 with the task of leading the Separatist forces to destroy the Jedi. Elsewhere, Yoda and his men made their way to the rendevous position but on a different path as Yoda was certain that their enemies were lying in ambush for them. As they made their way through the jungle, the Jedi and clones engaged as well as destroyed the advance droid troops sent to kill them. Escaping from their enemies, the Grand Master of the Jedi Order imparted his wisdom on the clone troopers to further inspire their efforts. Yoda then faced a large number of battle droids and several AATs. He managed to destroy all of them, leaving Katuunko laughing and Ventress angry. However, Asajj didn't give up that easily. She next sent droidekas to deal with the bothersome Jedi Master. While Yoda fought the droidekas, blocking their attacks, Thire launched a rocket, causing an avalanche to crush the droids.

Aftermath
"In the end, cowards are those who follow the Dark Side."

- Yoda after defeating Ventress.

King Katuunko was greatly amused by the droids defeat and informed Dooku that the Jedi were not worth a hundred battle droids but were worth a thousand. He clearly stated his intentions of joining the Republic. The Count seeing that his plan had failed ordered Ventress to kill the King but before her lightsaber could kill him, Master Yoda had arrived and used the Force to stop the blades. With her droid escorts dispatched by the clones, the Republic had won and Yoda easily disarmed Ventress.

In order to escape, Ventress caused the hill side to collapse forcing Yoda to stop the rocks from killing himself, the King's forces and the clones. This allowed Ventress to escape in her fighter and leave the planet. With the Separatist threat over, Yoda was not willing to begin negotiations but the King said it was unnecsssary as the Jedi had proven his worth. He stated that it would be an honor to fight on their side and pledged Toydaria's support to the Republic.

With the negotiations over, a Venator-class star destroyer had arrived with LAAT arriving to take the victors to the Republic ship as the mission was now complete.