Rescue on Florrum / Legends In 20 BBY , a class of Jedi Initiate s — Byph , Ganodi , Gungi , Katooni , Petro , and Zatt — launched a mission to rescue Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano , who had been captured by Captain Hondo Ohnaka and his pirates and taken to the pirates ' stronghold . The younglings disguised as an Animal Instincts to rescue her and was successful , but the pirates led by Gwarm begun to chase them . When they reached " Crucible " , they took off , but the ship ' s engines were shot by a WLO - 5 speeder tank , it crashed , and the younglings and Tano were recaptured by the pirates . Prelude . After being attacked by Ohnaka and his pirates , the younglings were stranded and alone in the deep space . Jedi Initiate Katooni was able to contacts Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi . Kenobi hailed the younglings and promised to send Commander Cody to first pick up the younglings . However , Kenobi suffered a surprise attack by Confederate General Grievous and Kenobi was defeated . Meanwhile , the younglings decided to disobey Kenobi ' s orders to stay where they were and went to Florrum in order to rescue Tano on their own . The mission . The Infiltration . Upon landing on Florrum , the Younglings except Ganodi set off their way towards the pirate base . On their way through the Florrum wastelands , the younglings happened to come across a traveling carnival troupe en route to Ohnaka ' s base to business . Petro saw an opportunity , claimed that he and the younglings were junior acrobats and they managed to disguide as acrobats . Preigo then took them to the pirate base with the rest of his acrobats . When Preigo ' s troupe arrived later in the evening , Ohnaka joined the expectant audience under the company of Tano . The younglings appeared before Ohnaka , disguised , performed an entry act and finally get a drunken Ohnaka to join in on the next stunt . Unnoticed , Katooni stole Tano ' s lightsabers and freed Tano . But as the younglings ran , they were recognized by the pirates and taken under fire , but they managed to steal one of the WLO - 5 speeder tank and made their way to the " Crucible " . As the Jedi head back to their ship , Petro contacted Ganodi to ready the ship for an immediate takeoff , however , the pirates began to pursuit them across the wasteland . Pirates ' pursuit . While Tano and the younglings were returning to the " Crucible " , a team of Ohnaka ' s Weequay pirates led by Gwarm inside a WLO - 5 speeder tank begun to pursuit them across the wasteland . After some frantic attempts , Petro finally managed to contacts R2 - D2 and Ganodi aboard the " Crucible " , who had just restored Huyang to an operative state once more . Ganodi , R2 - D2 and Huyang set off to aid their comrades at once , and attempted to pick them up in mid - run via the cruiser ' s boarding ramp . But in the midst of the evac attempt , their speeder raced to a ravine , forcing Petro to turn about , left Byph and Gungi to hang precariously from the ramp . During a second attempt , however , the pirates managed to hit the cruiser ' s engines critically , forcing an immediate evacuation of the " Crucible " before it crashed down on the Florrum plains . As the ship was shot down , Tano and the Younglings were captured by the pirates . Aftermath . After the " Crucible " crashed , Tano and the younglings were recaptured by the pirates . While Gwarm and his pirates returning to the their outpost , General Grievous , after defeating Obi - Wan Kenobi who the Younglings had been calling for help , landed on Florrum and prepared to defeat Ohnaka ' s pirate gang and conquer the planet . The Separatists sought revenge on Ohnaka , because he had held Dooku , head of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , for ransom .