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3->''Courage makes heroes, but trust builds friendship.''
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5'''This is the recap page of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. You might be looking for the BountyHunter trope.'''
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7After the Republic loses contact with a medical station above Felucia, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka are sent to investigate. Soon they discover that the station was destroyed by the Separatists, falling under attack from Vulture droids left behind as patrol units. The Jedi's ship is shot down and they're forced to crash-land on Felucia. Stranded, they ask for help from villagers, who have their own problems: Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang is extorting them for the valuable medical herbs they're harvesting.
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12* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: When their ship is about to crash Anakin asks if Obi-Wan is thinking what he's thinking and, while Obi-Wan says "Most assuredly not," he rather obviously knows what Anakin is thinking, as he grabs his mask before Anakin grabs his or explains any further.
13* BadassNormal:
14** While Hondo has done his best to avoid having to actually fight by playing dumb in his previous appearances in the series via outmaneuvering opponents to force surrender and using his silver tongue, he finally proves that he is an incredibly dangerous fighter when he survives a fight against Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker armed with only an electrostaff.
15** All of the bounty hunters.
16* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Embo is separated from his weapon during the battle when a pirate shoots it out of his hand.
17* BloodlessCarnage: This episode has a slightly higher than usual body count, made all the more apparent since those who die aren't Clone Troopers, but (mostly) farmers and pirates. One pirate is even impaled with a spear, though no blood shows.
18* {{Bounty Hunter}}s: Sugi, Seripas, Embo, and Rumi Paramita, as indicated by the title.
19* CaptainCrash: Once again, a ship is crashed under Anakin's command. Lampshaded by Ahsoka:
20-->'''Ahsoka:''' How come every time you fly, we crash?
21* CastingGag: Casiss, the leader of the Felucian farming village, is wise and older than any of the other characters in this episode. He's played by Greg Baldwin, who previously played Iroh on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
22* CoolVersusAwesome: [[MagicKnight Jedi Knights]] and {{Bounty Hunter}}s vs SpacePirates!
23* ClickHello: The bounty hunters are introduced when Rumi sneaks up behind Ahsoka and tells her to drop her lightsaber, with her blaster rifle pointed at the back of Ahsoka's head.
24* CrazyPrepared: Hondo brought a ''tank'' with him to take on peaceful villagers. Just in case they hired protectors.
25* CreatorCameo: Embo is voiced by supervising director Creator/DaveFiloni.
26* CypherLanguage: The Aurebesh on the ejection globes says "Caution explosive extrusion".
27* DeadpanSnarker: Sugi is quite snarky and critical of the Jedi, and understandably. As she says of Anakin's assessment that she's in over her head, "Says the peacekeeper, who fails to keep the peace." She seems to like Ahsoka, though, possibly because Ahsoka's desire to help even if it delays their mission is much more in keeping with what most think the Jedi are meant to be rather than military generals.
28* DroneDeployer: The Separatist satellite launches vulture droids when its scanners pick up the approaching ship.
29* EjectionSeat: The Jedi shuttle has them, which Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka are forced to use.
30* FantasticFlora: The towering glowing plant life and fungi of Felucia are on full display.
31* FlyingSaucer: Hondo's ship is shaped like a large flying saucer.
32* GlowingMechanicalEyes: Seripas' MiniMecha has these.
33* GoodIsNotSoft: Sugi and the other bounty hunters can be jerks (Embo, in particular, makes no secret of how laughable he finds Anakin training the villagers), but they are honorable: they were hired in good faith to protect the village, and they intend to see the job through or die trying, with Sugi flatly rejecting Hondo's offer to buy them off.
34* HealingHerb: The villagers are growing the healing herb nysillin, which Obi-Wan points out as being one of the most valuable crops in the galaxy.
35* {{Homage}}: To ''Film/SevenSamurai''. Ironically, it also pays tribute to ''Film/{{The Magnificent Seven|1960}}'', which is itself a remake of ''Seven Samurai''.
36* HornedHumanoid: Sugi is a Zabrak.
37* HypocriticalHumour: When they first meet, Seripas calls Ahsoka a "knee-high". A little bit later, we find out that he's a [[LittleGreenManInACan small frog-sized alien]] using a MiniMecha.
38* KeystoneArmy: The pirates fall back when they spot that Captain Hondo Ohnaka is in trouble. Justified in that he's the Captain, and he's the only one with a long-term plan on how to gain profit for them.
39* KilledOffForReal: The fate of Rumi Paramita was left a bit ambiguous until Filoni confirmed her death in a Q&A video. A bunch of pirates and a few villagers also lose their lives in the battle.
40* KillerRabbit: During the battle against the pirates, Seripas' armor is quickly destroyed. After escaping from it, he still manages to take out one of the pirates, despite being the size of a large frog.
41* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After having fought the Jedi and the bounty hunters for what should have been an easy grab, Hondo decides that:
42-->'''Hondo:''' This effort... is no longer... profitable!
43* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: Well, three space samurai-monks and four {{Bounty Hunter}}s.
44* MiniMecha: Seripas uses one. It's rather [[AwesomeButImpractical useless]].
45* MobileSuitHuman: Seripas' MiniMecha is nearly two metres tall. He himself is around half a metre.
46* NeckSnap: Embo kills the pirate scout, and later a pirate swoop biker, this way.
47* PummelingTheCorpse: Embo snaps a pirate swoop biker's neck, then casually tosses his body into the electric fence protecting the village.
48* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Sugi refuses Hondo's offer to pay her and her crew double what the villagers offered for her gang's protection if they step aside, claiming that they don't break deals.
49* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Hondo and his gang are threatening the villagers because they want to become rich with the herbs the villagers harvest.
50* ShockStick: Hondo uses an electrostaff in his duel against Anakin.
51* ShoutOut: Hondo's line "You know what I always say: 'Speak softly and drive a big tank'!" line is a reference to Teddy Roosevelt's famous line "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
52* SpacePirates: Hondo's gang makes its second appearance.
53* TankGoodness: Hondo isn't stupid when he takes on Jedi or people getting ready to fight him.
54-->'''Hondo:''' But as I always say: Speak softly, and drive a big ''tank''.
55* TookALevelInBadass:
56** Instead of relying on trickery, Hondo steps into the field and actually goes toe to toe with Anakin.
57** The villagers undergo this after the Jedi decide to start...
58* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: Anakin gives the villagers some lessons on how to use their farming tools as weapons.
59* UngratefulBastard: Hondo asks Anakin for help to get pulled up a cliff under the pretense he can call off his men in return, but instead he pushes Anakin into his tank's line of fire.
60* WeaponizedHeadgear: Embo has a hat that doubles as a reference to the traditional Japanese kasa, but it also acts as armor against blaster fire as a result of being made of metal. Then he goes and uses it as a weapon, like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield.
61* WholePlotReference: To ''Seven Samurai'', a film by Akira Kurosawa, to whom the episode is dedicated.
62* WronskiFeint: Anakin pulls one on the vulture droids chasing their damaged shuttle. Rather than exploiting any superior mobility of their crippled ship, he aims for a rocky outcropping and allows the ship to crash into it, ejecting at the last second.
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