Hunt for Ziro " Hunt for Ziro " is the ninth episode of the ' . It aired on November 12 , 2010 . It is a sequel to " Hostage Crisis . " Plot summary . Publisher ' s summary . " Cad Bane has broken Ziro the Hutt out of prison and the Hutt Council demands that Ziro tell them where he ' s hidden vital - - and incriminating - - information : a journal detailing the criminal activities of the five Hutt families . Ziro makes another daring escape with the help of his estranged ( and strange ) lover , Sy Snootles . Bane is back on the Hutt ' s trail - - but he ' s not the only one . The Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos need to find him too . " " A chase through the swamps of Nal Hutta leads the pursuers to Ziro ' s enormous mother , Mama the Hutt , who points them to the direction of Teth . It is here , in the secret grave of Ziro ' s father , that the fugitive Hutt has hidden the diary . When he retrieves it , Snooty reveals her true spots . She ' s a deadly woman scorned and a bounty hunter for hire . She kills Ziro , and returns the journal to her client : Jabba the Hutt . " Plot . Following his liberation by Cad Bane , Ziro has been brought to the swampy Hutt homeworld of Nal Hutta , since he is holding critically incriminating information about the Hutt Crime lord s , stored in a holodiary whose location only he knows . Ziro ensures his own safety by claiming that if something happens to him , the information would be immediately sent to the Republic authorities . However , Ziro has an ally in the singer Sy Snootles , with whom he had entertained a romantic relationship . After learning that Ziro is being held captive in the Hutt stronghold , she secretly visits him . Ziro exploits her affection for him to have her break him out , and the two escape into the swamps , to the abode of Mama the Hutt , Ziro ’ s grotesque mother , who provides him with a starship so he can travel to Teth . On Coruscant , Obi - Wan is entrusted by the Jedi Council with the task of retrieving Ziro and bringing Cad Bane to justice with the help of the skilled , but rather free - minded , crazy and impulsive Jedi Master Quinlan Vos , whose company is not exactly a delight for Obi - Wan . Nevertheless , Vos is well - informed about the possible reason why Ziro has been freed , so they travel to Nal Hutta . The Hutt Council denies any knowledge of Ziro ’ s and Bane ' s whereabouts , and Obi - Wan is reluctant to confront them openly since the Republic owes the Hutts for , but Vos states that they could have freed him , to Gardulla ' s resentment . He then detects Ziro ’ s presence by psychometrically scanning a cup Ziro has drunk from . As the two arrive at Ziro ’ s detention cell , they find him already missing and promptly attempt to track him down . Shortly afterward , the Hutt Council also learns of Ziro ’ s flight , and once more Cad Bane offers his services ( for a fee ) to retrieve the renegade Hutt . The two parties successively follow Ziro ’ s trail to Mama ’ s abode and learn of his intent to get to Teth . In the meantime , Ziro and Sy retrieve the diary from its hiding place , the grave of Ziro ' s father , but then Sy , out of greed and a grudge against Ziro for having abandoned her , turns on the Hutt and blasts him to death . The Jedi and Bane meet beside the corpse and immediately begin to slug it out between themselves : While Obi - Wan intends to bring Bane to justice for the Senate hostage incident , Bane is tempted by the reward for each dead Jedi delivered to the Separatists . The Jedi press Bane hard , however , and he barely manages to get away with his innate skills and the help of his droid aid Todo . But while this is going on , Sy delivers Ziro ' s holo - diary to her true master . . . Conception . The idea of using Quinlan Vos in the animated television series " " came from writer Henry Gilroy as early as 2005 , soon after he became attached to the show . Vos was a fan - favorite Expanded Universe character who had appeared in numerous issues of Dark Horse Comics ' " " series , though his original character design came from a background extra in the 1999 film . Gilroy contacted John Ostrander , who had penned most of " Republic " Vos - centric issues , to ask if he would be interested in writing the episode which featured the character ' s first appearance . However , the producers of " The Clone Wars " ultimately decided to employ experienced television animation writers early in the show ' s production , and Ostrander ' s involvement was nixed . Vos was written into an early draft of the show ' s episode " Bombad Jedi , " but was cut due to limitations involving how many new character models a single episode could introduce . His first appearance thus did not come until the episode " Hunt for Ziro , " which drew on his character traits from the " Republic " comics , including his powers of psychometry and his tendency to bend the rules of the Jedi Order . Various pieces of concept art were created for the episode , including art of Vos , Vos ' s gunship , the swamp speeder , Mama the Hutt ' s home , the musical number performed by Sy Snootles , and various locations on both Teth and Nal Hutta . A maquette of Mama was also built . Production . " Hunt for Ziro " drew inspiration from various sources . Mama was partially inspired by the obese vampire Pearl from the 1998 film " " ; the Ran - D housekeeper droids in Mama ' s hut were an homage to the 1987 film " " ; and when Ziro dies , he says " What a world , what a world ! " in reference to a line spoken by the in 1939 ' s " " . Additionally , the musical number in Gardulla ' s palace was a tribute to the opening scene of 1984 ' s " " . The number was inserted into the episode as a throwback to the Chicago nightclub scenes often seen in . Designer Darren Marshall and Supervising Director Dave Filoni designed the headdresses worn by Snootles ' s backup dancers ; the headdresses have been compared to those found in Director staging of . Originally , Jabba the Hutt was intended to be present in the palace along with his protocol droid , TC - 30 . He was replaced by Gardulla late in the episode ' s production , and TC - 30 was swapped for Gardulla ' s droid MF - 80 . TC - 30 has not gone on to appear in " Star Wars " canon . In May 2010 , Dan Curto of Rebelscum . com reported a rumor that Quinlan Vos would be included in " The Clone Wars " season three action figure line . An image of Vos ' s Hasbro figure was first spotted by Yakface . com in August of the same year , and images of the character were used in official promotional materials for the series in the subsequent months . An official preview of " Hunt for Ziro " was included in the 121st issue of " Star Wars Insider " magazine ( October 2010 ) , consisting of several still images and a brief plot summary . Additionally , three official preview clips were released online by Lucasfilm Ltd . and the Cartoon Network . " Hunt for Ziro " aired on the Cartoon Network on November 12 , 2010 . It featured one voice actor who had never worked on " The Clone Wars " before : Al Rodrigo as Quinlan Vos . The episode was posted on StarWars . com three days later , and was later included in , which was released on October 18 , 2011 . Continuity . In addition to using Quinlan Vos and his psychometric powers , " Hunt for Ziro " drew on other elements of the Expanded Universe as well — the Hutt homeworld of Nal Hutta has existed in " Star Wars " lore since as early as 1993 ' s " Dark Empire Sourcebook " . The names of the Hutt family leaders present on Nal Hutta in the episode were revealed in " Hunt for Ziro " ' s StarWars . com episode guide , although they had already appeared in holographic form in the previous episode , " Evil Plans . " Also revealed were the names of some of the creatures seen on Nal Hutta and one that sits atop the head of Marlo the Hutt . The episode marks the first appearance of Sy Snootles in " The Clone Wars " ; Snootles originally appeared on the screen in the 1983 film . Snootles ' lover , on the other hand , dies and is seen onscreen for the last time — Ziro had been a supporting character since the 2008 release of the . Another Hutt whom appears in " Hunt for Ziro " is Gardulla Besadii the Elder , despite having previously been fed to a krayt dragon in the 2002 video game " " , which is set prior to the Clone Wars . After " Hunt for Ziro " aired , Leland Chee declared that the krayt dragon had found Gardulla " indigestible , " echoing a similar line spoken by Boba Fett in a 1992 of the comic series " Dark Empire " . However , " Star Wars " author Adrick Tolliver pointed out that continuity errors surrounding Gardulla ' s death had existed for some time , with both the " Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide " and the novel " Tatooine Ghost " mentioning her as being alive after the events of " Bounty Hunter " . Chronologically , the events of " Hunt for Ziro " immediately follow the events of " Hostage Crisis , " an episode from " The Clone Wars " first season . Together with " Evil Plans , " which is set just prior to " Hostage Crisis , " the three episodes form a story arc that tells the tale of Ziro ' s escape from a Republic prison . Their viewing order was confirmed in the 2012 reference book " " , which also places the comic story arc " " at just after " Hunt for Ziro . " In March 2014 , Keeper of the " Star Wars " Holocron continuity database Leland Chee revealed the chronological episode order of " The Clone Wars " six seasons in a tweet , and the information was later posted in a StarWars . com blog entry . Both confirm that " Hunt for Ziro " follows " Senate Murders , " with season three ' s tenth episode , " Heroes on Both Sides , " being the next episode of the show in the timeline . Reception . " Hunt for Ziro " was received well by reviewers . Eric Goldman of gave the episode a score of 8 / 10 ; although he found the horrifically obese Mama the Hutt to be awkward and the episode to be odd overall , he praised Snootles ' s surprise betrayal and a well - sustained action sequence between Bane and the two Jedi . Another " Eric , " writing for TheForce . net , also named the climactic fight as his favorite part of the episode , asserting that it felt like a scene from one of the main " Star Wars " films . To Eric , the episode redeemed a thus - far disappointing third season . Filmmaker , writing for Examiner . com , rated " Hunt for Ziro " five stars out of five , stating that it had " just about anything I could want in an episode of Clone Wars . " Young singled out the dance number ' s impressive animation , fun factor , and nod to " Indiana Jones " as making up for overall slow pacing and for the disappointment of Kenobi being fought to a standstill by a non – Force sensitive bounty hunter . He also favorably compared Vos to " " " The Dude , " including his use of the line " That ' s just your opinion , man . " A review posted by " Cameron " at Denofgeek . com likened Vos to Han Solo , but found Snootles to be the episode ' s main star . Although he opined that the bizarre and inappropriate actions of Snootles and Ziro contrasted sharply with the tale of two Jedi on the hunt , Cameron concluded that " variety is the spice that keeps the show so dynamic and worth tuning in for every week . " Jawajames of gave the episode an overall grade of Aurek ( A ) , also praising the animation , dance number , betrayal , and climactic fight scene . Elements he disliked , though , included Ziro ' s unclear motivation for seeking out the holodiary , an out - of - place robot DJ , and a seeming overwrite of Sy Snootles ' s existing backstory . Responding to jawajames ' s review , " Star Wars " author Pablo Hidalgo revealed that he loved both the episode and " Star Wars " dark comedies in general . On dauntlessmedia . net , reviewer Samuel Walters assigned " Hunt for Ziro " a grade of B due to its mob - movie homage , dark romance , and appearance of Quinlan Vos . He called the episode " pure fun , pure adventure , pure entertainment . " Jan Duursema , an artist who had collaborated with Ostrander on many of " Republic " Vos - centric issues , responded positively to the character ' s appearance in " The Clone Wars " , naming the showcasing of his flair for the dramatic and his interactions with Kenobi as highlights of an enjoyable episode . " Star Wars " author Daniel Wallace saw a discrepancy between the two depictions of Vos , however , calling the " Republic " version " brooding and stoic " and " The Clone Wars " version as " an overenthusiastic bull in a china shop . " Before the episode aired , Ostrander stated that a potentially alternate take on Vos was within the purview of " Star Wars " creator George Lucas , who ultimately owned the character . Like Duursema , he was pleased to see one of his comic book characters make the jump to " Star Wars " television . In April 2011 , the 125th issue of " Star Wars Insider " included an article titled , written by Daniel Wallace , Pablo Hidalgo , and Leland Chee . " Hunt for Ziro " contributed six items — more than any other episode — to the list : Quinlan Vos ' s rudeness and the script ' s " The Big Lebowski " reference ; the sensational musical number ; the presence of a mummified Hutt ; the slyness of Sy Snootles ; the battle between Bane , Kenobi , and Vos ; and the outrageous character of Mama the Hutt . Legacy . Quinlan Vos went on to appear in just one additional episode of " The Clone Wars " : the episode " Destiny " , as one of many Jedi gathered around Coruscant ' s Jedi Temple in a vision experienced by Jedi Master Yoda . He also appears in the " " MMORPG . An action figure of Vos , complete with his speederboard , was produced by Hasbro as part of their . Behind the scenes . The Jedi Temple Archives feature on Blu - ray includes the deleted scenes " Ziro Loses the Bracelet " and " Quinlan Finding Snooty ' s Bracelet " .