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''':Instead:''' All three of them employ ForgotAboutHisPowers (a recurring problem throughout the series) and instead are forced into an EnemyMine situation and ultimately need to be saved by Jar Jar [[TheScrappy of all characters]].\\

'''TheResult:''' Hondo gets away scott free, is never shown to have learned any kind of lesson from this and even, in his next appearence, kills an innocent person. This could have been entirely avoided if Obi-Wan had just done his job!\\

* "Dooku Captured": Some pirates have caputred Count Dooku and ransom him to the Republic. Anakin and Obi-Wan come to collect him and are asked to turn over their lightsabers.
'''You'd Expect:''' Since Obi-Wan himself has often lectured Anakin about the importance of a Jedi's lightsaber ("This weapon is your life!"), the two would either politely refuse or, if they wanted to keep up appearences, bring a couple of back-ups, or even fakes which they could hand over, while keeping their real weapons concealed. Especially considering these pirates apparently overpowered a Sith Lord renowned for his own combat prowess ''and'' the fact that the pirates aren't exactly being subtle with how duplicitous they are.
'''Instead:''' They hand over their weapons without question or protest and later get captured so the pirates can hold ''them'' to ransom as well.
* "Gungan General": Anakin, Obi-Wan and Dooku are held hostage by pirates and need to escape. There are multiple occasions throughout the episode where using the Force would be greatly beneficial (such as breaking their restraints, leaping over a wall, overpowering guards).
'''You'd Expect:''' For them to ''do'' literally any of these things. After all, learning to use the Force is the foundation of the training all three of them have dedicated their lives to. Plus each of them is missing their lightsaber, so there's no other real option, ''and'' the pirates don't have much in the way of resources to prevent them from using said Force powers.
''':Instead:''' All three of them employ ForgotAboutHisPowers (a recurring problem throughout the series) and instead are forced into an EnemyMine situation and ultimately need to be saved by Jar Jar [[TheScrappy of all characters]].
** From the same episode, Obi-Wan and Anakin finally gain the upper hand and have Hondo, leader of the pirates at their mercy.
'''You'd Expect:''' For the Jedi to place the pirates under arrest on the charges of luring them in under false pretenses, drugging them without their knowledge and against their will, wrongful imprisonment and torture. Even Hondo expects this to happen, indicating that this would be perfectly within a Jedi's rights to do.
'''Instead:''' Obi-Wan, for no apparent reason, tells Anakin to let them go. He warns them that Dooku will be less merciful, implying that he's simply going to let Dooku come and wipe them out instead, but that seems to be a rather Darkside action for a Jedi to take, and is still going against due process. In any case, by giving them the warning, it just gives them a chance to pack up and leave before Dooku arrives anyway.
'''TheResult:''' Hondo gets away scott free, is never shown to have learned any kind of lesson from this and even, in his next appearence, kills an innocent person. This could have been entirely avoided if Obi-Wan had just done his job!

'''Instead:''' They don't bother checking the holocron gate. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Of course, they might have suspected that Bane had already stolen from the vault and escaped and were attempting to catch up to him through the hole,]] but that doesn't stop at least one of them going in the vault to check for themselves.\\

* “The Zillo Beast”: At the end of the episode, the Republic’s army has successfully captured and sedated the titular creature. Impressed by the Zillo Beast’s [[NighInvulnerability nigh-impenetrable armor]], Palpatine wants to have the creature studied in hopes of replicating its armor for the Republic’s military.\\

'''Even Worse''': Instead of containing the Zillo Beast in an abandoned area of Coruscant (like the Works), Palpatine decides to have the creature studied in a facility that’s located in the middle of the city and near the Senate building.\\
'''As A Result:''' Unsurprisingly, the Zillo Beast easily escapes its bonds and proceeds to go on a rampage across Coruscant, resulting in numerous deaths and large amounts of property damage. The beast even makes its way to the Senate building and comes very close to killing Palpatine.

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'''Instead:''' Anakin just stays hidden and Padmé shoves the lightsaber up her sleeve. And she ''never'' thinks of giving it back to Anakin after talking with Bail and 3PO.\\

'''You'd Think:''' Bane would execute Anakin instead of just leaving him unconscious. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even if Bane has some standards]], Anakin is a Jedi and thus dangerous regardless of whether he has his lightsaber or not. So Bane should make an exception.\\

'''As A Result:''' Anakin regains consciousness and manages to save everybody in the room by cutting a hole in the ground so that they would not get blown up.
** Also in "Hostage Crisis", Commander Fox and his troops try to apprehend Cad Bane as he leaves the Senate Building. Cad Bane threatens to blow up the hostages if they don't stand down, so they do. Bane and his posse walk off.\\

* In "The Academy", Ahsoka infiltrates a Mandalorian prison to free Satine after the [[EvilChancellor corrupt prime minister]] named Almec imprisons her. Almec and his henchmen eventually catch Ahsoka in the act, revealing that the mind tricks don't actually work on his guards and, as a result, revealed herself (in his eyes) as a conspirator. He then weakens her with a stun shot from one of the auto turrets in the room. Ahsoka is then captured.\\

'''Instead:''' He just has a guard handle Ahsoka and, as he has one of his goons put a shock collar on Korkie, she starts attacking [[WithMyHandsTied with her hands cuffed]], beating up Almec's henchmen and eventually putting the shock collar on him and thus foiling his plans and getting him imprisoned.
* In "Altar of Mortis", when Obi-Wan throws Anakin the Dagger of Mortis to use it to kill the Son of Mortis, Ahsoka, who was possesed by the Son, catches it. The Son tells Ahsoka to give him the Dagger so he can use it to kill the Father of Mortis.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Anakin to use the Force to pull the Dagger of Mortis out of Ahsoka's hand and eventually try to kill the Son with it and possibly un-possess Ahsoka.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Since they're inside the enemy's base, Ahsoka and Barriss would check whether they're being followed or not.\\

'''Instead:''' Obi-Wan, who apparently has the diplomacy skills of a rock, decides to simply state that the Republic is already in full control of the planet and demand Luminara's release.\\

'''It Gets Worse:''' Obi-Wan decides to wait until the worm is crawling on Luminara's face to make his move to rescue her, as opposed to long before, then wants to take the worm with them to study it despite the obvious dangers until Anakin does the sensible thing and just crushes it. The entire thing seems to boil down to scholarly interest on Obi-Wan's part.\\

* In "Duel of the Droids", Captain Rex threw a droid popper grenade at a group of Super Battle Droids, who reasonably attempt to shoot it so it doesn't go off (which fails). Then, he did the same to another group of Battle Droids who had just witnessed this.\\

'''Instead:''' He doesn't put his helmet back on, wastes precious time [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim gloating to Argyus about disagreeing on what makes a good soldier]], and gets clubbed by Viceroy Gunray (ouch). \\

'''Instead:''' They don't bother checking and go back into the shuttle, which leads to the Magnaguards blowing them up and the shuttle, making contact with the fleet impossible.

** In the same episode, Bane has Anakin unconscious and captured and tosses him in with the other senators. He then plans to blow them all up to eliminate witnesses and leave no survivors.\\

** Also in this episode, Obi-Wan and Mace Windu go to Black Stall Station -- after interrogating Cad Bane -- to get the holocron back. Bane says "There is your precious holocron." Mace prevents him from going to get it because he doesn't want anymore of his tricks. However, there is a laser field in the floor that will set off the alarm.\\

'''Instead:''' They don't bother checking, which leads to the two of them being discovered and their explosives taken away after Ahsoka is knocked out.\\

*** Partially justififed. Encryption in the Star Wars univers seems to be relatively ineffective, with slicers being able to decrypt most data in record times. In a universe the produces sapient artifical inteligences, computer power may be so great that brute force decryption can overwhelm all attempts at encryption.
* In "Duel of the Droids", Captain Rex threw a shock grenade at a group of Super Battle Droids, who reasonably attempt to shoot it so it doesn't go off (which fails). Then, he did the same to another group of Battle Droids who had just witnessed this.\\

* "Counterattack": The Jedi and their Clone Troopers are attempting to escape from the Citadel on Loyla Sayu. A commando droid mans one of the turrets and is ready to destroy the shuttle, which is the group's one way ticket out.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Anakin to immediately have it sent in for repairs and get a new one which isn't broken. It's not like he can't find one on a warship.\\

'''Instead:''' R2 carries around copies of potentially damaging material for no reason, and it nearly falls into Separatist hands.\\

* In "Duel of the Droids", Clone Captain Rex threw a shock grenade at a group of Super Battle Droids, who reasonably attempt to shoot it so it doesn't go off (which fails). Then, he did the same to another group of Battle Droids who had just witnessed this.\\
'''You'd Think:''' If nothing else, this group of Battle Droids would do the same, or kick/throw the grenade back.\\
'''Instead:''' One of the Battle Droids proceeds to pick the grenade up as if it's a mysterious device and predictably get zapped.

'''You'd Expect:''' Commander Gree to put his helmet back on, or at least take notice that Viceroy Gunray is about to knock him out by hitting him with a blaster rifle as a club and then subdue Argyus.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Niner and Bel to check the area for if Separatist droids are spying on them since the heavy fog impedes visibility and makes a surprise attack simple. And once they take care of the Separatist droids, they can then warm up the shuttle's long range transmitter and then contact the Republic fleet at Bestine.\\

'''The Result:''' Because of this, Cad Bane manages to get away with the hostage crisis! [[SarcasmMode Nice job, Anakin and Padmé!]]

'''You'd Think:''' Bane would execute Anakin instead of just leaving him unconscious. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even if Bane has some standards]], lightsaber-less or not, Anakin is a Jedi and thus dangerous. So Bane should make an exception.\\

'''The Result:''' Cad Bane starts kidnapping Force sensitive infants.

* "Lair of Grievous": After Kit Fisto, Nahdar Vebb, and their clone troopers (including Commander Fil) are unable to retreat from Grievous's lair, Commander Fil contacts the two clone troopers watching Kit Fisto's fighter and Nahdar’s shuttle, Niner and Bel. He tells them to contact the fleet at Bestine to tell them that they engaged Grievous and require reinforcements. Unfortunately, three Magnaguards are watching the clone troopers.\\

* "Counterattack": The Jedi and their clone troopers are attempting to escape from the Citadel on Loyla Sayu. A commando droid mans one of the turrets and is ready to destroy the shuttle, which is the group's one way ticket out.\\

'''It Gets Worse:''' Tamson collected all the prisoners his army captured during the earlier battles to make them watch Lee-Char's execution (clone troopers and gungans for whom the prince meant basically nothing, included) and he didn't even have them handcuffed!\\

* In "Carnage of Krell", the clone troopers attempt to arrest Krell for treason, who escapes from the base easily and runs into the dark and foggy jungle.\\

'''Instead:''' He starts slaughtering the clone troopers who followed him, apparently just ForTheEvulz. You could say that he engaged them to prevent them from pursuing, except for the fact that the clone troopers admittedly had problems following him even on a short run. He could've escaped them easily.\\
'''It Gets Worse:''' When it became apparent that the clone troopers are absolutely no match for Krell, Tup pulled a BringIt ploy while standing right next to a [[CombatTentacles Combat Tentacled]] ManEatingPlant.\\
'''You'd Think:''' Krell, who was pursuing other clone troopers, would casually use the Force and break Tup's neck or something similar from afar.\\

'''Instead:''' The Jedi discuss the troubling implications of this for a bit, but decide the clone troopers have proven themselves and so continue to trust them completely. No one follows up up on this.\\

* In "The Rise of Clovis", Clovis discovers the truth about Anakin and Padm&eacute's relationship and knows that Anakin could be expelled from the Jedi Order for it. Padm&eacute insists they're just friends, so Clovis tries to get her to prove it by kissing her. Anakin walks in and goes berserk on him, using the Force to toss him against the wall.\\

'''Instead:''' He just charges right next to the shuttle they were supposed to protect and tries to shoot the droid from there while it fires a turret at him.\\

* In "Downfall of a Droid", Anakin is given a new astromech droid that is an R3 unit after losing R2-D2. It proves to be completely incompetent because it's secretly a Separatist spy.\\

** Also, earlier in "Downfall of a Droid", Anakin is able to get authorization to find R2 because R2 has vital intelligence on the Republic military in violation of protocols. Anakin does this deliberately since mind-wiping R2 per protocol would take away the quality which makes R2 so effective.\\

* In "Duel of the Droids", Clone Captain Rex threw a shock grenade at a group of Super Battle Droids, who reasonably attempt to shoot it so it doesn't go off (which fails). Then, he did the same to another group of regular B1 Battle Droids who had just witnessed this.\\

* In "Landing at Point Rain", the Jedi launch a massive attack to destroy the shield generator of a massive weapons factory, which they plan to destroy in the next episode "Weapons Factory".\\

** In "Downfall of a Droid", Anakin is given a new astromech droid that is an R3 unit after losing R2-D2. It proves to be completely incompetent because it's secretly a Separatist spy.\\

*** Also, earlier in "Downfall of a Droid", Anakin is able to get authorization to find R2 because R2 has vital intelligence on the Republic military in violation of protocols. Anakin does this deliberately since mind-wiping R2 per protocol would take away the quality which makes R2 so effective.\\

** In "Duel of the Droids", Clone Captain Rex threw a shock grenade at a group of Super Battle Droids, who reasonably attempt to shoot it so it doesn't go off (which fails). Then, he did the same to another group of regular B1 Battle Droids who had just witnessed this.\\

** In "Cloak of Darkness", Commander Gree fights the traitorous Senate Commando Captain Argyus, who has freed Nemodian Separatist Viceroy Nute Gunray. During one point in the fight, Argyus kicks Commander Gree, knocking his helmet off. Gree eventually beats down Argyus.\\

** "Lair of Grievous": After Kit Fisto, Nahdar Vebb, and their clone troopers (including Commander Fil) are unable to retreat from Grievous's lair, Commander Fil contacts the two clone troopers watching Kit Fisto's fighter and Nahdar’s shuttle, Niner and Bel. He tells them to contact the fleet at Bestine to tell them that they engaged Grievous and require reinforcements. Unfortunately, three Magnaguards are watching the clone troopers.\\

** "Hostage Crisis": Anakin visits his secret wife, Padmé. During the first scene with the two of them, Anakin gave his lightsaber to Padmé as a proof of his love. They get interrupted by Bail Organa and C-3PO, forcing Anakin to hide under her desk.\\

*** In the same episode, Bane has Anakin unconscious and captured and tosses him in with the other senators. He then plans to blow them all up to eliminate witnesses and leave no survivors.\\

*** Also in "Hostage Crisis", Commander Fox and his troops try to apprehend Cad Bane as he leaves the Senate Building. Cad Bane threatens to blow up the hostages if they don't stand down, so they do. Bane and his posse walk off.\\

** "Holocron Heist": Cad Bane has Todo 360 create a hole to go to the communications center, while Cad Bane blows up the gate to the holocron vault. An explosion goes off. Anakin and Obi-Wan see the hole Todo made, but unfortunately, the holocron vault gate has been opened.\\

** "Cargo of Doom": After Ahsoka is knocked out and captured by Cad Bane, he uses her as Jedi-bait to lure Anakin into an unfair deal. If he doesn't unlock the holocron for Cad Bane, he'll open the airlock door and Ahsoka will be pulled out into space and die. Anakin ends up submitting to Bane's request (despite Ahsoka not wanting Anakin to do it, which is sort of like a "forget about me and save yourself and the holocron!" type thing) and drops his lightsaber on the ground, saying "We'll deal with the holocron later."\\

** "Children of the Force": Cad Bane kidnaps two Force-sensitive infants, using information from the holocron that Anakin opened in the previous episode. He manages to wipe clean the navigation records so that the Jedi don't discover that he went to Mustafar.\\

*** Also in this episode, Obi-Wan and Mace Windu go to Black Stall Station -- after interrogating Cad Bane -- to get the holocron back. Bane says "There is your precious holocron." Mace prevents him from going to get it because he doesn't want anymore of his tricks. However, there is a laser field in the floor that will set off the alarm.\\

** In "Landing at Point Rain", the Jedi launch a massive attack to destroy the shield generator of a massive weapons factory, which they plan to destroy in the next episode "Weapons Factory".\\

** In "Legacy of Terror", Anakin and Obi-Wan head to the catacombs of the Geonosian Temple to try and save Luminara, who has been captured by the Genonosian Queen, Karina, with a legion of near unkillable undead Geonosians at her back while trying to capture Separatist leader Poggle. Karina intends to infest her with a Brain Worm and control her. Anakin and Obi-Wan walk up to the queen and attempt to talk to her, right in the middle of a group of those nigh unkillable Geonosians.\\

'''Also, You'd Think:''' Queen Karina would simply have infested Luminara long before they ever got there, maybe subsequently "letting her go" as a Jedi mole in exchange for Poggle's freedom if she wanted to be a MagnificentBastard.\\

** In "Lightsaber Lost", a pickpocket stole Ahsoka's lightsaber. After a long investigation, she finds it in the hands of an amateurish bounty hunter named Cassie Cryar.\\

** In "The Mandalore Plot", Obi-Wan gets knocked out and captured by a couple of Death Watch members on Concordia while he investigated a mining facility to see if it is abandoned and not operational. They then put Obi-Wan on a ConveyorBeltODoom.\\

** In "Voyage of Temptation", when Obi-Wan finally finds Tal Merrick (who kidnapped the Duchess of Mandalore, Satine), he demands that Merrick should surrender and release the duchess. Senator Merrick then shows that he holds a remote detonator and has set explosives on the ship. One press of a button, and everybody on it is blown to kingdom come. And this puts pressure on Obi-Wan.\\

** In "The Academy", Ahsoka infiltrates a Mandalorian prison to free Satine after the [[EvilChancellor corrupt prime minister]] named Almec imprisons her. Almec and his henchmen eventually catch Ahsoka in the act, revealing that the mind tricks don't actually work on his guards and, as a result, revealed herself (in his eyes) as a conspirator. He then weakens her with a stun shot from one of the auto turrets in the room. Ahsoka is then captured.\\

** In "Altar of Mortis", when Obi-Wan throws Anakin the Dagger of Mortis to use it to kill the Son of Mortis, Ahsoka, who was possesed by the Son, catches it. The Son tells Ahsoka to give him the Dagger so he can use it to kill the Father of Mortis.\\

** "Counterattack": The Jedi and their clone troopers are attempting to escape from the Citadel on Loyla Sayu. A commando droid mans one of the turrets and is ready to destroy the shuttle, which is the Jedi's one way ticket out.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Echo to use his viewfinder and maybe snipe the commando droid.\\
'''Instead:''' He just charges right into the shuttle they were supposed to protect while a commando droid fires a turret at him and takes cover under the shuttle.\\
'''As A Result:''' The shuttle, which is the group's one ticket out, is blown to smithereens.
** In "Padawan Lost", the Republic and the Separatists are battling on Felucia.\\

** "Prisoners": After Anakin and Kit Fisto are captured by Riff Tamson, he imprisons them in a couple of cages made from very dangerous electric eels and uses them for interrogation. Tamson refuses to help Padmé from drowning due to a cracked helmet, claiming that he doesn't have to, and he exits the room. Anakin and Kit Fisto manage to create a bubble for Padmé to breath in to prevent her from drowning, but Jar-Jar uses his spit to seal the crack. So that clearly means Jedi can still use the Force under water.\\

*** Also in "Prisoners", when Prince Lee-Char is caught and demands to have an audience with Riff Tamson and Nossor Ri, he tries to convince him about the unity between the Quarren and Mon Calamari once had when his father was king, and how he worked with Nossor Ri on having a better relationship. However, the words seemed to be in vain. Riff knows that Lee-Char is the symbol of hope for the Mon Calamari people. His plan: kill him and kill hope for the Mon Calamari by executing him.\\

** In "Carnage of Krell", the clone troopers attempt to arrest Krell for treason, who escapes from the base easily and runs into the dark and foggy jungle.\\

** "Slaves of the Republic":
*** Obi-Wan finds the ailing governor of Kiros in one of the slave pits.\\

*** Ahsoka grabs her lightsabers and takes out the Zygerrian queen's guards during the auction. Anakin then tells her to hold her hostage after the queen orders the Zygerrians to subdue Anakin and Obi-Wan. Ahsoka still has her slave shock collar on her.\\

** In "Tipping Points", King Dendup and his body guards are trapped inside the cave the rebels used as an HQ, with droids outside. The cave only has one narrow tunnel as an entrance, which could be protected easily from the inside.\\

** In "A Necessary Bond", General Grievous is dueling Ahsoka and he grabs her head in one of his fully prehensile robotic feet.\\

** In "Eminence", when Maul and Pre Vizsla talk about the fact that Death Watch is waiting to retake Mandalore, Maul offers that he could help Pre Vizsla with that task. Pre Vizsla likes this idea because he can then punish Obi-Wan Kenobi for being the cause of their exile from the Mandalore system and that he and Maul have a common enemy. Bo-Katan doesn't like the idea of working with Maul because Sith can't be trusted as a result of the fact that Death Watch ended up concluding its working relationship with Count Dooku after failing to takeover Mandalore during the events of the second season. \\

*** Also in "Eminence", Maul, Savage, Pre Vizsla, and Death Watch go to Mustafar to recruit the Black Sun into the Shadow Collective. The council of the Black Sun says no, claiming that they are no mercenaries. Savage then breaks one of the guards' neck and throws his corpse on the table. Maul then warns the council saying, "This is your last opportunity to join us."\\

** In "Shades of Reason", Pre Vizsla and Death Watch's plan on taking over Mandalore gets completed. Maul then arrives and Vizsla betrays him by arresting him.\\

** In "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much", Ahsoka gets framed for murdering Letta, the saboteur who bombed the Temple, which also makes her the prime suspect of being the master mind behind the bombing. A while later in her cell, she spots a keycard lying in front of her cell door and her lightsabers.\\

** In "To Catch a Jedi", Ahsoka is on the run from the authorities because she has been framed by a Dark Jedi who is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: Barriss Offee]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Ahsoka to not trust anyone, not even her best friend [[spoiler: Barriss]] because the Dark Jedi could be anyone.\\
'''Instead:''' Ahsoka trusts [[spoiler: Barriss]] and because of that, [[spoiler: Barriss]] is able to go to the coordinates to the bomb warehouse and get Ahsoka framed even further.\\

** During the Fugitive arc in the fifth season, a hanger in the Jedi Temple gets bombed. The perpetrator is revealed at the end of the arc as [[spoiler: Barriss Offee, Luminara Unduli's Padawan]]. In the second to last episode "To Catch a Jedi", while [[spoiler: Barriss]] goes to the abandoned warehouse that she sent Ahsoka to, she knocks out Asajj Ventress and takes Ventress's mask and lightsabers.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: Barriss Offee]] would kill Assaj Ventress as well after taking her equipment to pose as her when she confronts Ahsoka. [[spoiler: Barriss]] would then destroy Ventress's lightsabers, so that there is no proof that she attacked Ahsoka. Then, she will have gotten away with bombing the Jedi Temple while Ahsoka gets tried and executed for the crime.\\

'''As A Result:''' Anakin eventually finds out from Ventress that Ahsoka contacted [[spoiler: Barriss]], [[spoiler: Barriss]] gets caught, and Ahsoka doesn't get executed.\\
'''It gets worse:''' Not only does [[spoiler: Barriss]] not destroy the lightsabers, she keeps them in her room and USES them against someone who has just questioned her about the owner of those same lightsabers.
** During the aforementioned story arc, [[spoiler: Ahsoka]] is on trial before the Jedi Council for the bombing.\\

** During the Order 66 arc, Fives, who is investigating what caused the now-dead Tup to go crazy and kill a Jedi General, has his inhibitor chip removed to prove he's not crazy without it. Shaak Ti decides to take Fives back to Coruscant to prove his case.\\

** In "The Rise of Clovis", Clovis discovers the truth about Anakin and Padm&eacute's relationship and knows that Anakin could be expelled from the Jedi Order for it. Padm&eacute insists they're just friends, so Clovis tries to get her to prove it by kissing her. Anakin walks in and goes berserk on him, using the Force to toss him against the wall.\\

** In "The Lost One", the Jedi discover the person who commissioned their clone army was none other than Count Dooku.\\

** In "Downfall of A Droid", Anakin is given a new astromech droid that is an R3 unit after losing R2-D2. It proves to be completely incompetent because it's secretly a Separatist spy.\\

*** Also, earlier in that episode, Anakin is able to get authorization to find R2 because R2 has vital intelligence on the Republic military in violation of protocols. Anakin does this deliberately since mind-wiping R2 per protocol would take away the quality which makes R2 so effective.\\

** "The Lair of Grievous": After Kit Fisto, Nahdar Vebb, and their clone troopers (including Commander Fil) are unable to retreat from Grievous's lair, Commander Fil contacts the two clone troopers watching Kit Fisto's fighter and Nahdar’s shuttle, Niner and Bel. He tells them to contact the fleet at Bestine to tell them that they engaged Grievous and require reinforcements. Unfortunately, three Magnaguards are watching the clone troopers.\\

** "Hostage Crisis" (which is chronologically set after the season three episode "Evil Plans"): Anakin visits his secret wife, Padmé. During the first scene with the two of them, Anakin gave his lightsaber to Padmé as a proof of his love. They get interrupted by Bail Organa and C-3PO, forcing Anakin to hide under her desk.\\

*** In the same episode, Bane has Anakin KO'd and captured and tosses him in with the other senators. He then plans to blow them all up to eliminate witnesses and leave no survivors.\\

'''Instead:''' They let him go and don't follow him, not only letting him escape the area but the entire planet, leading to the events of the season three episode "Hunt for Ziro".

** "Counter Attack": The Jedi and their clone troopers are attempting to escape from the Citadel on Loyla Sayu. A commando droid mans one of the turrets and is ready to destroy the shuttle, which is the Jedi's one way ticket out.\\

'''You'd Think:''' Grievous would maybe crush Ahsoka's head either between his talons or just by shifting his entire massive weight on top of her. It’s either that or stab her in the gut. Another lightsaber for his "collection".\\

** In "The Rise of Clovis", Clovis discovers the truth about Anakin and Padme's relationship and knows that Anakin could be expelled from the Jedi Order for it. Padme insists they're just friends, so Clovis tries to get her to prove it by kissing her. Anakin walks in and goes berserk on him, using the Force to toss him against the wall.\\

'''Instead:''' The Jedi discuss the troubling implications of this for a bit, but decide the clones have proven themselves and so continue to trust them completely. No one follows up up on this.\\

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'''As A Result:''' Queen Miraj presses a button and electrocutes Ahsoka (who still had the shock collar on) and knocks her out. This also leads to the queen not being held hostage and then the Zygerrians guards defeating Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Rex, leading to the episode's DownerEnding.

** In "To Catch a Jedi", Ahsoka is on the run from the authorities, because she has been framed by a Dark Jedi, eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: Barriss Offee]].\\

** During the Fugitive arc in the fifth season, a hanger in the Jedi Temple gets bombed. The perpetrator is revealed at the end of the arc as [[spoiler: Barriss Offee, Luminara Unduli's Padawan]]. In the second to last episode, "To Catch a Jedi", while [[spoiler: Barriss]] goes to the abandoned warehouse that she sent Ahsoka to, she knocks out Asajj Ventress and takes Ventress's mask and lightsabers.\\

'''Instead:''' He just begs to Ahsoka not to give the Dagger to the Son and basically for allows Ahsoka, who doesn't listen to Anakin, to give the dagger to the Son.\\

** In "The Academy", Ahsoka infiltrates a Mandalorian prison to free Satine after the [[EvilChancellor corrupt prime minister]], named Almec, imprisons her. Almec and his henchmen eventually catch Ahsoka in the act, revealing that the mind tricks don't actually work on his guards, and as a result, revealed herself (in his eyes) as a conspirator. He then weakens her with a stun shot from one of the auto turrets in the room. Ahsoka is then captured.\\
'''You'd Think:''' Prime Minister Almec would put Ahsoka into the already opened cell so that he can torture Satine and her nephew, Korkie, to death, and Ahsoka would not be able to intervene.\\
'''Instead:''' He just has a guard handle her and, as he has one of his goons put a shock collar on Korkie, Ahsoka starts attacking [[WithMyHandsTied with her hands cuffed]], beating up Almec's henchmen and eventually putting the shock collar on him and thus foiling his plans and getting him imprisoned.

'''Instead:''' He just begs to Ahsoka not to give the Dagger to the Son and lets Ahsoka, who doesn't listen to Anakin, give the dagger to the Son.\\

'''Instead:''' He just charges right to the shuttle they were supposed to protect while a commando droid fires a turret at him and takes cover under the shuttle.\\

'''You'd Think:''' the two warring sides would have at least a few battle ships stationed above the planet in order to prevent the other side from both sending in reinforcements and/or evacuating their troops.\\

** "Prisoners": After Anakin and Kit Fisto are captured by Riff Tamson, he imprisons them in a couple of cages made from electric eels (very dangerous) and uses them for interrogation. Tamson refuses to help Padmé from drowning due to a cracked helmet, claiming that he doesn't have to, and he exits the room. Anakin and Kit Fisto manage to attempt to create a bubble for Padmé to breath in to prevent her from drowning, but Jar-Jar uses his spit to seal the crack. So that clearly means Jedi can still use the Force under water.\\

'''You'd Think:''' Riff Tamson would simply have Lee-Char taken away after saying "Hmm, 'hope'. We are of the same mind, Prince." and without saying to Lee-Char that he has scheduled his execution. He would also then keep the details of Lee-Char's public execution a secret from Nossor Ri so that he could not regret his mistake for joining the Separatists until it is far too late after the prince is eaten [[TheBadGuyWins and Riff would become permanently victorious on Mon Calamari]].\\

'''The Result:''' Lee-Char defeats Riff Tamson and succeeds his father as king of Mon Cala. The Mon Calamari and the Quarren go back having a positive relationship with each other.

'''Instead:''' He starts slaughtering the clone troopers who followed him, apparently just ForTheEvulz. You could say that he engaged them to prevent them from pursuing, except the clone troopers admittedly had problems following him even on a short run. He could've escaped them easily.\\
'''It Gets Worse:''' When it became apparent that the clone troopers are absolutely no match for Krell, Tup pulled a BringIt ploy, standing right next to a [[CombatTentacles Combat Tentacled]] ManEatingPlant.\\

'''Instead:''' He gives up his pursuit, decides to gut Tup with his lightsabers and promptly triggers the trap, sealing his fate.

'''You'd expect:''' That he makes some kind of ''plan'' to get him out at a less obvious time than sunny midday or if he can't, that he at least attempt to bluff or mind-trick his way out since the pits are naturally heavily guarded.\\

'''You'd Think:''' Grievous would maybe crush Ahsoka's head, either between his talons or just by shifting his entire massive weight on top of her. Either that, or stab her in the gut. Another lightsaber for his "collection".\\
'''Instead:''' He flips her over his head and onto the ground before trying to cut her up with his lightsabers. Seconds later, she escapes.