Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season 5

Darth Maul and Savage Opress steal a fortune of Republic credits, and bribe a squad of pirates to take down a pirate stronghold run by Hondo. Obi-Wan and Jedi Master Adi Gallia intervene, but Savage kills Adi. Hondo ambushes the pirates and wins their loyalty back, while Obi-Wan fights Savage and Maul and cuts off Savage's left arm. The brothers flee to their ship under fire from Hondo and the pirates, but are forced to board an escape pod when the ship is damaged. Obi-Wan returns to Coruscant w

On the Separatist world of Onderon, a group of rebels call for the assistance of the Jedi. Ahsoka, Anakin, Rex, and Obi-Wan go to train the rebels to fight, and see that former Separatist and Ahsoka Tano love interest Lux Bonteri is among them, as well as Saw and Steela Gerrera, as Onderon is their homeworld.

Ahsoka Tano, now leading the rebels on Onderon, but forbidden to fight, puts their training to use by having them hijack an AAT and blow up the main power station for the capital city of Onderon, so that the rebels can wreak havoc.

Sanjay Rash, Onderon's puppet king, accuses Ramsis Dendup, the deposed king, of inciting the rebellion against his rule and orders his execution. After an ill-concocted solo effort by Saw Gerrera to rescue Dendup, Steela, Lux Bonteri, and Ahsoka, with no help from the Republic, devise a plan to retrieve the King from the Palace. The plan fails, but as Dendup is about to be executed, the rebels are saved by General Tandin and the Onderonian militia, whom Saw has managed to sway to their side. Now

The rebels on Onderon struggle to reclaim their home planet. After the Republic and the Jedi High Council refuse to give Ahsoka Tano and the rebels assistance, Anakin Skywalker persuades Hondo Ohnaka to supply illegal rocket launchers to the rebels to combat the Separatists' new gunships. The rebels succeed in taking back Onderon, but Steela is killed in a fall during the battle. With Onderon lost to him, Dooku executes Sanjay Rash and has his forces depart the planet.

Ahsoka and Yoda take a group of younglings to a cave on Ilum to perform a Jedi rite of passage called "The Gathering", where they will each have to face an internal fear or flaw in order to retrieve a Kyber crystal so they can begin building their own lightsabers. ---- The episode marks the first in the series' Young Jedi arc, the entirety of which was screened at the Star Wars Celebration VI convention on August 25, 2012. Critics praised the episode's animation and imagery, as well as the intro

While returning to Coruscant with their lightsaber crystals, the younglings are attacked by Hondo, who wants to steal their crystals and sell them. Ahsoka must defend the younglings from the pirates.

With Ahsoka captured by Hondo, the younglings go to Florrum to rescue her, against the wishes of Obi-Wan Kenobi. However, before Obi-Wan can help the younglings, he is attacked by General Grievous and defeated, but nearly kills the droid general by setting the self-destruct on the Negotiator, allowing his escape. The younglings succeed in infiltrating Hondo's lair, but end up as prisoners themselves.

To revenge himself on Hondo for his past capture, Count Dooku has General Grievous attack the pirates' lair on Florrum, so Ahsoka and Hondo must join forces in order to survive this encounter.

R2-D2 is part of a team of Republic droids chosen for an important mission led by the diminutive Colonel Meebur Gascon to obtain an encryption module from a Separatist dreadnought. The droids must overcome numerous challenging obstacles to succeed in this crucial assignment. ---- Note: This episode's title card is light blue instead of yellow.

After their ship crashes on a desolate planet, D-Squad and Colonel Gascon must find a way off to get back to Coruscant, or be stranded forever. ---- Note: This episode's title card is light blue instead of yellow.

Colonel Gascon and D-Squad discover that Abafar, the planet they are trapped on, is Separatist-controlled, but they also discover a Republic Clone Commando named Gregor, who has been stranded on the planet as well. They must work together to get off the planet safely. ---- Note: This episode's title card is light blue instead of yellow.

After believing themselves safe, Colonel Gascon and D-Squad discover that they are prisoners of the Separatists in a captured Republic cruiser, finding themselves enmeshed in thwarting a plot to destroy a Republic space station holding a strategic conference. ---- Note: This episode's title card is light blue instead of yellow.

Darth Maul and Savage Opress form an alliance with the Mandalorian terrorist group Death Watch and several crime syndicates, including the Black Sun, the Pyke Syndicate, and the Hutt Cartel, in order to take over Mandalore and defeat Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Maul's alliance helps the Death Watch and their leader, Pre Vizsla, conquer Mandalore and imprison Duchess Satine, but Vizsla's ambitions surface and he betrays Maul, who later challenges him to a duel. After killing Vizsla, Maul assumes control over a majority of the Death Watch.

Maul proceeds to lure Obi-Wan Kenobi to Mandalore with news of Satine's capture. Obi-Wan infiltrates Mandalore, but ends up captured himself. Maul murders Satine, but Obi-Wan is rescued by Bo-Katan (who is revealed to be Satine's sister) and her Death Watch faction, who trigger a civil war against Maul. Meanwhile, the takeover captures the attention of Darth Sidious, Maul's former master, who travels to Mandalore to deal with the rogue Sith brothers. Seeing Maul as a rival, he duels Maul and Opr

After Ahsoka manages to rescue Anakin from certain peril on Cato Neimoidia, the two are called back to Coruscant from the front lines to investigate a terrorist bombing at the Jedi Temple.

Ahsoka Tano goes to the cell of Letta Turmond, the key suspect in the bombing, to question her, but Letta is Force-strangled to death by an unidentified assassin. Ahsoka is framed and detained by Admiral Tarkin. Despite Anakin's best efforts to exonerate her, she is forced to escape the military prison where she is incarcerated and flee into the Coruscant underworld to find the actual perpetrator and prove her innocence.

While on the run in the Coruscant Underworld, pursued by Republic authorities, Ahsoka makes a deal with Asajj Ventress to find out who the actual murderer of Letta Turmond really is. She talks to Barriss Offee to find out where the weapons used in the bombing of the Temple are located. When the pair go their separate ways, Ventress is knocked unconscious by a mysterious but Force-sensitive figure, who takes her lightsabers, and duels Ahsoka, who believes the unknown person is Ventress. While the

The prosecution of Ahsoka begins in the High Courts after the Jedi Council expels her from the Jedi Order. As Padmé fights to prove Ahsoka's innocence, Anakin finds Asajj Ventress in the Coruscant Underworld and reveals that Ahsoka had spoken to Barriss Offee while she and Ventress were still together. Back at the Jedi Temple, Anakin confronts Barriss, leading to a duel that reveals that she was the true culprit behind the crimes. Before Ahsoka can be sentenced, Anakin arrives with Barriss, who