History Recap / StarWarsTheCloneWarsZiroTheHuttArc

* TheBadGuyWins: In "Hostage Crisis", Cad Bane successfully broke Ziro out of prison. In "Hunt For Ziro", Jabba got his revenge on Ziro for helping the Separatists kidnap his son and obtained the holodiary (which contained an extensive list of the crimes comitted by the other members of the Hutt Council, thus gaining control over them). Instead of having to pay another fortune to Cad Bane for the job, Sy Snootles did it for change.

** YouJustHadToSayIt: Anakin replied with "I wish you wouldn’t say that." And indeed a few minutes later, things became complicated for them.

As the conference begins and Padmé makes her speech, Ahsoka's fears come true as Aurra Sing has indeed smuggled herself into the conference building and is preparing to kill Padmé. Ahsoka arrives just in time to prevent Sing from hitting Padmé dead on target with a sniper blaster, but the senator suffers a flesh wound on her shoulder and Sing manages to get away. Ahsoka devises a trap to catch the assassin by having a luxury droid that’s wreathed in a robe take Padmé's place at the conference while Padmé casts her speech through the droid via telecommunication from her quarters. Nevertheless, Sing sees through that plan and prepares to ambush Padmé. Just in time, Ahsoka senses Sing's intent and intercepts her before she can carry out her assassination attempt. After Sing manages to wound Ahsoka, she gloats that she was sent by an old enemy of Padmé's to carry out revenge just before Padmé manages to surprise the bounty hunter with a hidden blaster, stunning her to be picked up by Captain Typho.

Following his liberation, Ziro has been brought to the swampy Hutt homeworld of Nal Hutta since he is holding critically incriminating information about the Hutt Clan that’s stored in a holo-diary whose location only he knows. Ziro ensures his own safety by claiming that if something happens to him, the information would be immediately sent to the Republic authorities. However, Ziro has an ally in the singer Sy Snootles, with whom he had entertained a romantic relationship. After learning that Ziro is being held captive in the Hutt stronghold, she secretly visits him. Ziro exploits her affection for him to have her break him out and the two escape into the swamps to the abode of Mama the Hutt (Ziro’s grotesque mother), who provides him with a starship so he can travel to Teth.

* AnachronicOrder: After the second act of the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie Pilot Movie]], the first episode of the arc to be aired was "Hostage Crisis". However, as it turned out, it was chronologically the second to last episode.

* RotatingArcs: There was the entire first season before ''The Clone Wars'' first returned to Ziro following his arrest in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie Pilot Movie]]. Then, the story arc was left alone for ''another'' entire season. It takes almost a quarter of season three to conclude the story.

* RotatingArcs: There was the entire first season before ''The Clone Wars'' first returned to Ziro following his arrest in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie Pilot Movie]]. Then, the story arc was left alone for ''another'' entire season. It almost a quarter of season three to conclude the story.

!! Warning! This story arc recap page contains unmarked spoilers! Read at your own peril!

!! List of episodes in this story arc

!! Plot Summary
!!! A Plot against Jabba

!!! Assassination attempt

!!! On the Run

!! This story arc provides examples of:

Following his liberation, Ziro has been brought to the swampy Hutt homeworld of Nal Hutta since he is holding critically incriminating information about the Hutt crime lords that’s stored in a holo-diary whose location only he knows. Ziro ensures his own safety by claiming that if something happens to him, the information would be immediately sent to the Republic authorities. However, Ziro has an ally in the singer Sy Snootles, with whom he had entertained a romantic relationship. After learning that Ziro is being held captive in the Hutt stronghold, she secretly visits him. Ziro exploits her affection for him to have her break him out and the two escape into the swamps to the abode of Mama the Hutt (Ziro’s grotesque mother), who provides him with a starship so he can travel to Teth.

After her successful mission on Mandalore, Ahsoka Tano is assigned by the Jedi Council and her master to take a break from the action, which is a decision she accepts grudgingly. But in a short order, Ahsoka begins to have disturbing dreams of the bounty hunter Aurra Sing, who threatens to come after someone close to her. The visions get more and more troubling, but Ahsoka is gradually able to discern the target: Senator Padmé Amidala.
Padmé is preparing to attend a conference hosted by Senator Bail Organa on Alderaan, which is to address the increasing humanitarian problem of the war refugees. Ahsoka gets permission to join the entourage, but her visions are getting so intense that Ahsoka gets close to paranoia and begins to feel unsure of her ability to cope with the stress. Padmé tries to assure her that she had felt the same sense of insecurity when she was Queen of her homeplanet Naboo. This encouragement which eases Ahsoka a little.

At the market, Threepio chastises Artoo for his (at least what he considers) incompetence, but gets himself swindled by the fruit vendor. Right after the purchase is made, a droid named Todo-360 approaches them and suggests that they take a break at a nearby Droid Spa for a cosmetic overhaul. Artoo takes the offer enthusiastically, but as he races off to the facility, Threepio is kidnapped by Cad Bane's droid gang.

!! Warning! This story arc recap page contains major unmarked spoilers! Read at your own peril!

!! List of episodes

!! List of Episodes

An unconscious Anakin is dragged into the lobby, where the Bounty Hunters start to plant bombs that can go off if their laser detectors are triggered. This enables the Bounty Hunters to leave the Senate unhindered, despite an attempt by Orn Free Taa, Palpatine, and Clone Commander Fox's detachment of the Coruscant Guard to have them arrested. Anakin wakes up and Padmé gives him back his lightsaber. He then manages to save everyone by cutting a hole in the floor and dropping everyone one floor down right before Bane triggers the bombs anyway for the clone troopers' interference. Padme then thanks Anakin for his daring escape.

* BattleInterruptingShout: At the end of the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie Pilot Movie]], Dooku warns Anakin that once his droids killed Rotta, they'd drag Ahsoka before Jabba to punish her for murdering the Huttlet. Anakin, scared for Ahsoka's life, rushes to Jabba's palace, and misses Ahsoka's fight with the [=MagnaGuards=]. When he's brought before Jabba, they both believe the other has killed their loved ones. As Jabba's henchmen prepare to attack Anakin while he has Jabba at lightsaber-point, Ahsoka arrives with Rotta on her arms and stops them with shouting at them. {{Subverted}} however, as Jabba -after Ahsoka returned Rotta to him- orders his men to execute them both, and stopped only by Padme's call, which reveals Ziro's and Dooku's plot.

* BattleInterruptingShout: At the end of the PilotMovie, Dooku warns Anakin that once his droids killed Rotta, they'd drag Ahsoka before Jabba to punish her for murdering the Huttlet. Anakin, scared for Ahsoka's life, rushes to Jabba's palace, and misses Ahsoka's fight with the [=MagnaGuards=]. When he's brought before Jabba, they both believe the other has killed their loved ones. As Jabba's henchmen prepare to attack Anakin while he has Jabba at lightsaber-point, Ahsoka arrives with Rotta on her arms and stops them with shouting at them. {{Subverted}} however, as Jabba -after Ahsoka returned Rotta to him- orders his men to execute them both, and stopped only by Padme's call, which reveals Ziro's and Dooku's plot.

* RotatingArcs: There was the entire first season before ''The Clone Wars'' first returned to Ziro following his arrest in the PilotMovie. Then, the story arc was left alone for ''another'' entire season. It almost a quarter of season three to conclude the story.

!! This storyline provides examples of:
* AnachronicOrder: After the second act of the PilotMovie, the first episode of the arc to be aired was "Hostage Crisis". However, as it turned out, it was chronologically the second to last episode.

* BattleInterruptingShout: At the end of the PilotMovie, Dooku warns Anakin that once his droids killed Rotta, they'd drag Ahsoka before Jabba to punish her for murdering the Huttlet. Anakin, scared for Ahsoka's life, rushes to Jabba's palace, and misses Ahsoka's fight with the MagnaGuards. When he's brought before Jabba, they both believe the other has killed their loved ones. As Jabba's henchmen prepare to attack Anakin while he has Jabba at lightsaber-point, Ahsoka arrives with Rotta on her arms and stops them with shouting at them. {{Subverted}} however, as Jabba -after Ahsoka returned Rotta to him- orders his men to execute them both, and stopped only by Padme's call, which reveals Ziro's and Dooku's plot.