When we rescue others, we rescue ourselves.
Although Ahsoka saved the younglings from Hondo's pirates, she was captured in the process, and their ship was heavily damaged. After Obi-Wan's rescue mission is thwarted by a surprise attack from General Grievous, the younglings discover that their ship will explode if they don't land soon and let the engines cool off, so they're left with one option: go to Florrum and rescue Ahsoka.
Tropes:
- The Alcoholic: Hondo Ohnaka, to the point where it is played for laughs.
- Back for the Dead: Obi-Wan's Venator-Class Star Destroyer, the Negotiator which was a semi-recurring ship in Season 1, returns to be invaded by Grievous and his droid army, forcing Obi-Wan and Cody to set the ship to explode while they flee in escape pods.Cody: Sir? Shouldn't we stay and fight? We can't lose the ship now!Obi-Wan: Cody, the ship is already lost. We must face it. You and I are going to give Grievous a little parting gift.
- Badass in Distress: Continuing from the end of the previous episode, Ahsoka Tano.
- Bad Boss: As soon as he realises the Republic cruiser is rigged to self-destruct, Grievous promptly flees and leaves the rest of the droids aboard to go down with the ship.
- Chekhov's Skill: In the newsreel at the beginning of "The Gathering", the younglings were shown practicing acrobatic moves. They use these moves to con their way into a travelling circus as acrobats, so they can sneak inside Hondo's base and rescue Ahsoka.
- Circus Episode: The younglings join a circus to infiltrate Hondo's camp and rescue Ahsoka.
- Not the first time Olivia Hack has joined the circus.
- Continuity Nod: Obi-Wan and Cody pull the same "shoot the fuel canister" move against Grievous that Anakin and Rex used against vulture droids in "Duel of the Droids".
- Creation Sequence: The younglings finally completing their lightsabers.
- Dramatic Irony: The younglings have no idea why rescue fails to arrive after they made contact with Obi-Wan, unaware that his fleet was attacked by that of Grievous immediately after he and Cody signed off.
- Escape Pod: Obi-Wan and Commander Cody are last seen stuck in one of these after having to self-destruct their ship to ward off Grievous.
- Fanservice: The Twi'lek and Togruta girls working in the circus are dressed in rather revealing and form-fitting outfits.
- Foreshadowing: It's awfully convenient that Grievous ran into Obi-Wan's fleet when he was the Jedi General closest to Florrum and thus able to receive the younglings' Distress Call, now isn't it?
- Neck Snap: Grievous kills a clone trooper this way.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Obi-Wan lays a trap for Grievous by setting the Republic’s hijacked cruiser to self-destruct, but boasts about it in a message left on the ship, giving Grievous enough warning time to flee the cruiser’s explosion.
- Noodle Incident:
- Hondo apparently had the travelling circus' previous performers beheaded. What their act was, and why he disliked it enough to have them killed, is never elaborated upon.
- When the younglings send Hondo flying into a pile of crates, incapacitating him, one of the pirates yells, "Not again!", implying this has happened before.
- Self-Destruct Mechanism: Obi-Wan leaves a "parting gift" for Grievous by setting his flagship to self-destruct, causing Grievous to make a hurried escape before the ship blows.
- Shoot the Fuel Tank: While fighting Grievous, Cody points out fuel canisters to Obi-Wan, and shoots the one that Obi-Wan subsequently hurls at Grievous. The explosion naturally doesn't kill him but it does slow him down enough for Obi-Wan and Cody to escape.
- Took a Level in Badass: Grievous regains enough levels to put him on par with his Star Wars: Clone Wars incarnation: his fleet routs Obi-Wan's and he tears his way through the clone troopers in addition to pretty much curbstomping Obi-Wan himself, forcing him to flee. Obi-Wan gets the last laugh by having the ship self-destruct, however.
- Tranquil Fury: Obi-Wan's reaction to Grievous murdering a clone trooper in front of him.Obi-Wan: You'll regret that.
- You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Ahsoka's reaction when she sees that the "Animal Instincts" are actually the younglings in disguise who came to rescue her (though she says it as "Oh no...").
