History Recap / StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E13VoyageOfTemptation

-->"Come on then! Who will strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?" ''[=[=][[BigDamnHeroes Anakin]] [[InTheBack ends up doing it]][=]=]''

Obi-Wan and Anakin accompany Duchess Satine and a group of senators to Coruscant. An SD-K4 assassin droid (along with its Probe killers) have been planted on the ship, however. This indicates that one of the senators is a traitor to the Republic.

* BoardingPod: Three Separatist pods containing Super Battle Droids are launched at the ''Coronet''.
* CallForward:
** Merrik, mocking Obi-Wan and Satine for not killing him, asks, "Come on, then! Who will strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?" Cue Anakin's lightsaber emerging from his chest.
** On top of this, the ''Imperial March'' plays briefly when this happens.

* DeadGuyPuppet: One of the SD-K4 assassin droids uses the bodies of Clone Troopers Mixer and Redeye like this.

'''Obi-Wan:''' Yes, right ... No! Anakin! She's not my ...

** Obi-Wan finds out the identity of TheMole by capturing one of the Probe killers (which look like grey spiders with one red eye) and showing it to each of the guests in turn. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld Where have we seen this before?]]
** It also resembles the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles The Trouble with Tribbles]]", in which Kirk determines the true identity of a human-looking Klingon agent by a Tribble's violent reaction to being near him (they were shown earlier in the episode to only react that way when near a Klingon). In contrast, the Probe droid Obi-Wan has contained calmed down only when near Merrik.

* SummationGathering: Obi-Wan arranges one of these when he figures out that one of the senators must be a traitor. He identifies the culprit by seeing who one of the Probe killers won't attack.

--> "Come on then! Who will strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?" [[BigDamnHeroes (Anakin]] [[InTheBack ends up doing it.)]]

* CallForward: Merrik, mocking Obi-Wan and Satine for not killing him, asks, "Come on then! Who will strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?" Cue Anakin's lightsaber emerging from his chest.

** Merrick's headpiece looks quite similar to the one worn by Janus Greejatus, one of Palpatine's advisors first seen in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''

* Foreshadowing: [[KnightinShiningArmor Obi-Wan]] and [[ActualPacifist Duchess Satine]] are both completely frozen, unwilling to kill the unarmed Merrik even to save the lives of everyone aboard. Cue Anakin casually plunging his lightsaber through Merrik's chest without a second's hesitation.
-->'''Anakin:''' What? He was gonna blow up the ship.

* DeadGuyPuppet: One of the SD-K4 assassin droids uses the bodies of clone troopers Mixer and Redeye like this.

Obi-Wan and Anakin accompany Duchess Satine and a group of senators to Coruscant. Assassin droids have been planted on the ship, however, indicating that one of the senators is a traitor.

* BoardingPod: Three Separatist pods containing super battle droids are launched at the ''Coronet''.
* CallForward: Merrik, mocking Obi-Wan and Satine for not killing him, asks, "Who will strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?" Cue Anakin's lightsaber emerging from his chest.

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Due to the SadisticChoice Merrik set up, Satine and Obi-Wan look at him rather reproachfully.
-->'''Anakin:''' What? He was going to blow up the ship!
* DeadGuyPuppet: One of the large assassin droids uses the bodies of clone troopers Mixer and Redeye like this.
* GiantSpider: The assassin droids are mechanical versions of this.

* NotAfraidToDie: Merrik says he'll blow up the ship along with himself if anyone tries to stop him, and he seems completely serious.
* SadisticChoice: Merrik gives this to Satine at the end: either violate her pacifist beliefs and shoot him, or let him escape and destroy the whole ship. Even Obi-Wan, who would probably consider this justifiable homicide, seems reluctant to do it in front of Satine. [[CombatPragmatist Anakin,]] [[TakeAThirdOption on the other hand...]]

** Obi-Wan finds out the identity of TheMole by capturing one of the mini assassin droids (which look like grey spiders with one red eye) and showing it to each of the guests in turn. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld Where have we seen this before?]]
** It also resembles the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles The Trouble with Tribbles]]", in which Kirk determines the true identity of a human-looking Klingon agent by a Tribble's violent reaction to being near him (they were shown earlier in the episode to only react that way when near a Klingon). In contrast, the mini assassin droid in this episode calmed down only when near Merrik.

* SummationGathering: Obi-Wan arranges one of these when he figures out that one of the senators must be a traitor. He identifies the culprit by seeing who one of the small assassin droids won't attack.

* TemptingFate: Merrik during the SadisticChoice:
--> "Come on then, who will strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?" [[BigDamnHeroes (Cue]] [[InTheBack Anakin.)]]

* SadisticChoice: Merrik gives this to Satine at the end: either violate her pacifist beliefs and shoot him, or let him escape and destroy the whole ship. Even Obi-Wan, who would probably consider this justifiable homicide, seems reluctant to do it in front of Satine. [[CombatPragmatist Anakin,]] [[TakeAThirdOption on the other hand...]

* SadisticChoice: Merrik gives this to Satine at the end: either violate her pacifist beliefs and shoot him, or let him escape and destroy the whole ship. Even Obi-Wan, who would probably consider this justifiable homicide, seems reluctant to do it in front of Satine.

* CallForward: Merrik, mocking Obi-Wan and Satine for not killing him, says, "Who'll strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?" Cue Anakin's lightsaber emerging from his chest.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Merrik, mocking Obi-Wan and Satine for not killing him, says, "Who'll strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?" Cue Anakin's lightsaber emerging from his chest.
** On top of this, the ''Imperial March'' plays briefly when this happens.

'''Obi-Wan:''' Yes, right . . . No! Anakin! She's not my . . .
* ShoutOut: Obi-Wan finds out the identity of TheMole by capturing one of the mini assassin droids (which look like grey spiders with one red eye) and showing it to each of the guests in turn. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld Where have we seen this before?]]

Obi-Wan and Anakin accompany Duchess Satine and a group of Senators to Coruscant. Assassin droids have been planted on the ship, however, indicating that one of the senators is a traitor.

Obi-Wan and Anakin accompany Duchess Satine and a group of Mandaloran senators to Coruscant. Assassin droids have been planted on the ship, however, indicating that one of the senators is a traitor.

!!This episode contains examples of:

* MusicalSting: The Imperial March is briefly played as Anakin kills Merrik, implying that his attitude towards killing has become a bit too casual.

* SummationGathering: Obi-wan arranges one of these when he figures out that one of the senators must be a traitor. He identifies the culprit by seeing who one of the small assassin droids won't attack.

* TheSwarm: The backup method of attack for the GiantSpider assassins: if one is deactivated, a whole bunch of little ones emerge from its "corpse."

->''"Fear not for the future, weep not for the past."''

Obi-wan and Anakin accompany Duchess Satine and a group of Mandaloran senators to Coruscant. Assassin droids have been planted on the ship, however, indicating that one of the senators is a traitor.

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Due to the SadisticChoice Merrik set up, Satine and Obi-wan look at him rather reproachfully.

* MusicalSting: The Imperial Death March is briefly played as Anakin kills Merrik, implying that his attitude towards killing has become a bit too casual.

* SadisticChoice: Merrik gives this to Satine at the end: either violate her pacifist beliefs and shoot him, or let him escape and destroy the whole ship. Even Obi-wan, who would probably consider this justifiable homicide, seems reluctant to do it in front of Satine.

* LoveConfession: Satine blurts this out to Obi-wan when she thinks they'll never see each other again. Obi-wan reluctantly reciprocates.

-->'''Anakin''': What? He was going to blow up the ship!

* MusicalSting: The Imperial Death March is briefly played after Anakin kills Merrik, implying that his attitude towards killing has become a bit too casual.

-->Anakin: What? He was going to blow up the ship!