Children of the Force " Children of the Force " is the third episode in of the . It is the twenty - fifth episode of the series overall . Official description . " Darth Sidious has a new dark assignment : kidnap Force - sensitive children from across the galaxy and bring them to Mustafar . " Plot summary . Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano , returning from their failed mission to recapture the holocron captured by Cad Bane , whom they believe to be dead , land on the " Resolute " orbiting the Devaron System . Tano follows the clone trooper Denal , who supposedly killed Cad Bane and is injured , constantly asking questions with no answer from the clone . Skywalker , in the meantime , investigates a drop of green Duros blood on the floor of the shuttle they returned on and is alerted to the danger . He warns Tano , but it is too late . She is kneed in the chest by Cad Bane , disguised as the clone trooper , and he runs to the fighters to get away . Skywalker attempts to stop him by jumping onto the fighter , but Bane swerves the ship into the vacuum of space and he is forced to jump off . Skywalker then helplessly contacts Admiral Yularen and tells him to deactivate the hyperspace transport ring s , but Yularen , too , is not in time , and Cad Bane escapes . Back on Coruscant , Skywalker and Tano report to the Jedi High Council of the unfortunate turn of events . With Bane having access to the list of all Force - sensitive children in the holocron , that information is now in Separatist hands , which could be disastrous for the Order . Their only hope is to search through the Force to watch for any kidnappings . Elsewhere , Bane is instructed by Sidious to capture a few Force - sensitive children and bring them to Mustafar ; Bane considers it rash to kidnap innocents , but doesn ' t care , as long as he gets paid . Yoda , Obi - Wan Kenobi , Mace Windu and Skywalker meditate , trying to detect any children through the Force , as many are being overshadowed by the dark side . Skywalker then heads to Naboo to secure a Gungan child , and Kenobi to Rodia . On Rodia , Bane poses as a Jedi , claiming that he is to take the child Wee Dunn to Coruscant ; his mother protests that Master Bolla Ropal insisted that he is too young to do so ; Bane insists , bluffing that there are " impostor " Jedi roaming around but Wee ' s mother refuses to let him go . Bane then uses a spinning device to " relax " her . Kenobi then arrives on Rodia , hurrying to the Dunn home . However , Wee ' s mother threatens Kenobi with a blaster , but he pulls it out of her hands , demanding to know where Bane is . Bane then appears in the door , before flying off to his fighter and escaping . On Naboo , Skywalker and Tano arrive to secure the Gungan child Roo - Roo Page . The latter goes to Jan - gwa city to watch over her . Later that night , Bane arrives , sneaking onto the Gungan city . He then sneaks into Roo - Roo ' s room , only to find Tano waiting for him . They engage in a small fight before he is captured ; Tano takes back her Padawan braid . On a " Venator " - class cruiser , Bane refuses to talk about where the other children he captured are , and his ship ' s navigation logs had been wiped . So Skywalker , Windu and Kenobi try simultaneously to force Bane to divulge their location , with the risk of destroying his mind . The experience is hard on Bane and he cooperates . With Bane as their guide , Kenobi and Windu prepare to go find the children . Windu points out that they must report to the Chancellor about this , but Kenobi insists that this is a Jedi affair ; Skywalker advocates contacting Palpatine . On Coruscant , Skywalker reports to Palpatine of the plot . He expresses his belief that not even Count Dooku is behind it . The Chancellor asks Skywalker who he thinks is behind it , and he answers that he doesn ' t know ; Palpatine tells him to have patience . On Mustafar , Palpatine , as Sidious , appearing via hologram , tells the surgical droid s to prepare the surgery for the children . He tells the droids that it is his intention to create an army of Sith spies to overwhelm the Jedi . If the children don ' t survive the procedure , he will have lost nothing . The Jedi shuttle arrives at the station Bane specified , but the masters don ' t sense the children . Bane says that the children are safe ; he only brought them to the holocron . He offers to get it , Windu refuses to be tricked , but accidentally trips the bridge ' s sensors , activating a number of turrets . The Jedi defend themselves as Bane leaves the station in an escape pod . Luckily , they grab the holocron and escape the station before it self - destructs . Back on the " Resolute " , Skywalker and Tano check Bane ' s fighter for any clues . Tano finds volcanic ash on its hull , while Skywalker looks through its fueling log , determining that Bane had dropped his hostages on Mustafar . They then head out in the " Twilight " . However , their approach is detected and Sidious orders the children to be moved elsewhere and the facility destroyed . The Master - Padawan duo then enter the facility , drawn by Wee ' s cries . However , the droids use the children as shields while fighting the Jedi , as the facility tears itself apart . However , the Jedi managed to snatch the children away from the droids and escape before the entire facility falls into the lava . When they return to Coruscant , Skywalker admits to the Council that they were unable to find out who was behind the kidnappings . Yoda advises caution in the path ahead . Continuity and development . There were plans to implement the Gampassa , a gargantuan turtle - like creature based on the Hah - nu - nah from Native American oral mythology , but it was cut . The first scene replays the last one from " Cargo of Doom " , this time focussing on the clones instead of the Jedi . However , in the earlier version , Cad Bane ( disguised as Denal ) passed Anakin and Ahsoka as he walked out of the ship . This time they are in a different place and talking to another clone trooper instead of Admiral Yularen . While attempting to lock down the hyperdrive rings , Admiral Yularen says , " No , lock them all down ! Hurry ! " a line very similar to one said by C - 3PO when telling R2 - D2 to shut down the Death Star ' s trash compactors in " " . On Black Stall Station , Mace Windu rolls under a closing door , but then reaches back under it and uses the Force to grab his lightsaber . This is a reference to a recurring gag in George Lucas ' " Indiana Jones " film series , where Indiana Jones reaches under a closing door to grab an important item such as his hat or whip .