"Defenders of Peace"
Series	Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Season	One
Episode	14
Writer(s)	Bill Canterbury
Director	Steward Lee
Production No.	1.24
Airdate	January 23, 2009
Episode chronology
Previous episode	"Jedi Crash"
Next episode	"Trespass"

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"Defenders of Peace" is the fourteenth episode in Season One of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.

Official descriptionEdit

While the Jedi combat a new Separatist weapon, the pacifist Lurmen must decide whether they will lay down to the oppressive Separatists or fight with Anakin, Ahsoka and Jedi General Aayla Secura.

Plot summaryEdit

Republic forces in retreat! While rescuing 
General Aayla Secura from certain defeat, 
Anakin Skywalker has been seriously 
injured. After a narrow escape, our heroes 
crash-landed on the remote world of 
Maridun. Stranded, and with no way to 
contact the Republic, the Jedi receive 
medical aid from the peaceful Lurmen
colonists.

But even on this tiny planet, the
war threatens to follow the Jedi....

As Anakin recovers from his injuries obtained during the Sky Battle of Quell, Rex spots a Separatist dropship which descends near the Lurmen village. Tee Watt Kaa goes to meet the newcomers, while the Jedi escape, to avoid the Lurmen having to pay the price for their presence. The Separatist commander, Lok Durd imposes his "protection" upon the Lurmens and orders the village to be ransacked to secure his "new colony". The Jedi, Rex and Bly retreat into the tall grass; Wag Too sends his friend Tub after them to watch their departure from the planet.

In the tall grass, the Jedi and clones recover and discuss the Lurmen's beliefs. Unfortunately, they are overheard by a scout droid which rushes off to inform the base, but after a long chase Aayla intercepts it and slices it in half. Wondering where it was going, they climb a giant tree and notice a recently built, heavily guarded Separatist communication base. Anakin notices a shuttle, but the base is too well guarded. Also, they see the Separatists deploying some form of artillery, which Rex and Bly decide to scout up.

Lok announces to his droids that he had developed a defoliator, capable of destroying organic life while leaving non-organics unharmed. The weapon is test-fired, leaving the droids assigned to the test intact, but destroying the local vegetation in a wide area and almost Rex and Bly as well. Lok declares the test a success, but Dooku suggests that it would be best to test the defoliator on living targets, like the Lurmen.

Anakin predicts that the Separatists are headed for the Lurmen, so he tells everyone that they will take out the communications station, steal the shuttle and then return to help the Lurmen. Ahsoka points out that Tee Watt Kaa didn't want their help; Anakin justifies that there is a difference between pulling innocents into a war and leaving them to extinction. At an adjourning tree, Tub tells a carrier butterfly to inform Wag Too about the Separatists. As night falls, the Jedi and clones infiltrate the base, take the shuttle and two shield generators with them, and return to the Lurmen village, informing them about the impending attack. However, Tee Watt Kaa refuses to fight, holding onto their people's beliefs even if it means their death, despite Wag Too's pleas that they must at least defend themselves.

The Jedi and clones use giant pods to build a barricade around the village and set up the shield generators, despite Tee Watt Kaa stubborn protests. A defoliator round is fired at the village, but the shield protects the village, which forces Lok to send his troops forward. The Jedi and clones then go outside to meet their foes. They manage to fend off the first wave, but the second wave of droids gets behind the shield and destroys the generators. Defying his father, Wag Too and his friends engage the droids, toppling them down to be decapitated. Meanwhile, Anakin destroys the defoliator cannon and slices his way to Lok, capturing him through levitation.

As Anakin and his companions prepare to leave, Wag Too and Tee Watt Kaa offer their thanks. However, the elder says, "I still wonder, at what cost?" as the Resolute and two other Republic cruisers appear in the sky.

CastEdit

• David Acord as Pune Zignat
• Dee Bradley Baker as Clone troopers
• Corey Burton as Count Dooku
• George Coe as Tee Watt Kaa
• Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano
• Jennifer Hale as Aayla Secura
• Tom Kane as Narrator
• Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker
• Alec Medlock as Wag Too
• George Takei as Lok Durd
• Matthew Wood as Battle droids

AppearancesEdit

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

4724 (First appearance) CC-5052 "Bly" CT-7567 "Rex" Dooku (Appears in hologram) Lok Durd (First appearance) Nute Gunray (Mentioned only in Decoded episode) Tee Watt Kaa Aayla Secura Anakin Skywalker Ahsoka Tano Wag Too Tub Unidentified OOM command battle droid (Maridun) (First appearance) Pune Zignat (First appearance)

Creatures

Carrier butterfly

Droid models

Battle droid B-series battle droid B1 battle droid B2 super battle droid B2-HA series super battle droid B2-RP battle droid (Appears in flashback(s)) Droid starfighter (Appears in flashback(s)) Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I (Appears in flashback(s)) DSD1 dwarf spider droid OOM-series battle droid OOM command battle droid Probe droid Recon droid (First appearance)

Events

Clone Wars Sky Battle of Quell (Appears in flashback(s)) Defense of Maridun (First appearance)

Locations

Outer Rim Territories Imperial Space (Indirect mention only in Decoded episode) Mygeeto system (Indirect mention only in Decoded episode) Mygeeto (Mentioned only in Decoded episode) Maridun Lurmen colony Quell system (Appears in flashback(s)) Quell (Appears in flashback(s))

Organizations and titles

Confederacy of Independent Systems Count (Appears in hologram) Separatist Droid Army Lok Durd's Squad 1 (First appearance) Lok Durd's Squad 2 (First appearance) Lok Durd's Squad 3 (First appearance) General Galactic Republic Grand Army of the Republic 327th Star Corps 501st Legion Clone trooper Clone trooper captain Clone trooper commander Jedi Order Jedi General Jedi Knight Jedi Master Padawan Order of the Sith Lords (Appears in hologram) Dark Lord of the Sith

Sentient species

Aqualish Quara Human Clone Lurmen Neimoidian Togruta Twi'lek Rutian

Vehicles and vessels

Armored Assault Tank C-9979 landing craft Consular-class cruiser (Appears in flashback(s)) Charger c70 retrofit (Appears in flashback(s)) Unidentified Consular-class cruiser (Appears in flashback(s)) Defoliator Deployment Tank (First appearance) Sheathipede-class transport shuttle Unidentified Sheathipede-class transport shuttle (First appearance) V-19 Torrent starfighter (Appears in flashback(s)) Venator-class Star Destroyer Resolute Liberty (Appears in flashback(s))

Weapons and technology

Wookieepedia has 23 images related to Defenders of Peace. Wookieepedia has 7 audio files related to Defenders of Peace. Armor Phase I clone trooper armor Blaster Blaster pistol DC-17 hand blaster Blaster rifle DC-15A blaster rifle E-5 blaster rifle DC-15S blaster CIS mobile command center (First appearance) Cybernetics Mechno-arm Deflector shield generator Defoliator Electrobinoculars Hologram Holoprojector Lightsaber Rangefinder

Miscellanea

Akul-tooth headdress Aqualish language Aurebesh Basic Burrfruit Chewgrub (Mentioned only in Decoded episode) Concentrate stick (Mentioned only in Decoded episode) Egg (Mentioned only in Decoded episode) The Force Force speed Telekinesis Jaig eyes Jedi apparel Jedi cloak (Appears in hologram) Kama Lekku Neimoidian headgear Padawan braid Pauldron Ration bar

External linksEdit

Wookieepedia has 23 images related to Defenders of Peace.

•  The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Defenders of Peace on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
•  The Lurmen Must Choose a Side in The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
•  "Defenders of Peace" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (archived original article; backup link on Archive.org)