Senate Murders " Senate Murders " is the fifteenth episode of of the . It aired on March 12 , 2010 in Canada , March 13 in the UK , and March 19 in the US . While released as part of Season Two , " Senate Murders " actually occurs during the course of , between " Pursuit of Peace " and " Nightsisters . " Official description . " " When Senator Onaconda Farr dies under suspicious circumstances , Padmé sets out to find the person responsible for the death of her favorite " ' " uncle . " Plot summary . Padmé ' s party loses another Senator ' s support , who was worried about public opinion . However , Onaconda Farr is optimistic that they win this matter . When Padmé goes on the floor of the Grand Convocation Chamber in the Senate , she reasons that increasing clone production would only strain the Republic ' s finances and only lead to more bloodshed . She advocates that if they put a stop this , then they can return to the use of diplomacy . Everyone applauds her speech as a result . However , when she exits her hover platform , Senator Mee Deechi comments on her performance , though not as a compliment , just considering it " unpatriotic " . Padmé retorts that the only unpatriotic thing she finds is his advocation of war . Padmé , Bail Organa , Farr , Lolo Purs and Mon Mothma celebrate with drinks . However , their celebration is rudely interrupted by Senator Halle Burtoni , who accuses them of being Separatist supporters for opposing the production bill . Padmé and Lolo protest that they were only trying to return to the use of diplomacy , to which Burtoni claims had failed the Republic long ago . Farr ushers her out , reminding her that though the Kaminoan s ' contribution with the clones may have gotten them into the Republic , it does not give her free reign around the Senate . Burtoni leaves anyway , but not before warning that the war will not end soon . As the Senators toast , Farr suddenly has trouble breathing before collapsing . Later , Farr is a given a funeral , before being transported back to Rodia . Padmé tries comforting Lolo , who was Farr ' s protege , before they are summoned to Chancellor Palpatine ' s office , where multiple police droids are . Inspector Tan Divo explains to them that Farr was murdered , instantly killed by poison . He believes that some secret of his came out and one of his political opponents decided to eliminate him . Padmé and Organa insist that Farr had no secrets and even his enemies respected him . Divo states that he will carry out this investigation his way . Padmé and her group try speculating who would want to kill Farr and if they are next . However , Padmé decides to investigate this alone , though Mothma advises that Organa accompany her , while the bill is delayed . They both go the most likely suspects : Deechi and Burtoni . However , their opposition denies doing so , as they respectively respected Farr and considered his words a cause for more credits . Deechi lets slip that the night before Farr died , he had a clandestine meeting at the docks ; when asked how he knew , Deechi states that though he and Farr were political enemies , he respected him and would not kill him . Padmé and Organa arrive at the docks , only to be attacked by a hooded figure , who shoots at them atop cargo containers . Their attacker escapes by releasing a container right by them after a chase , knocking Organa off and left him hanging on the edge . Padmé is forced to help him , just before Coruscant Security Force arrives . Divo isn ' t happy that they took matters into their own hands , and tells them that they should ' ve come to him first , for they ' ve now alerted the killer . Padmé then realizes that Deechi must have set them up . But when they returned to the Senate , they find Deechi ' s corpse , stabbed in the chest . Divo puts the Senators under protective custody , in case the killer is after them . Lolo however , refuses to cooperate and walks out . Divo then asks the others who else knew that they were at the docks . When Padmé answers that it is Burtoni , Divo goes to her office , only for his droids to inform him that she had already left . When he returns to the Senators , Lolo comes rushing in , stating that Burtoni had attacked her . Coruscant Security Force arrests Burtoni , who denies murdering Farr or attacking Lolo . Divo attempts to trick her into confessing , putting together that she conveniently was in both Padmé and Deechi ' s office and may have been at the docks . He further presents a datapad detailing that Farr was killed by a Kaminoan - made poison that only affects Rodians . Despite Burtoni ' s protests , Divo orders her to be taken away , seeing that all the evidence points against her . Padmé , however , realizes that the poison must have been in all their drinks earlier and Lolo might ' ve been poisoned too . Found out , Lolo pulls out her blaster and takes Padmé hostage . She reveals that she hated Farr for bringing the war to Rodia , so she had to kill him after failing to frighten him at the docks and Deechi too , since he learned about it . Divo summons police droids to surprise her from behind , before Padmé knocks the blaster out of her hand and delivers a knockout punch . Later , the bill for clone production has been passed . Padmé runs into Palpatine in the halls of the Senate , who tells her that the reinforcements will help further their way to peace . Behind the scenes . The episode aired in both and the a week before it was scheduled to air in the . However , the American released " Senate Murders " for download a week before the American air date as well . It was taken down from a short while after being posted . About eight months after this episode aired , two prequel episodes to " Senate Murders " aired on Cartoon Network . The first aired , " Heroes on Both Sides , " depicted the events that caused the Senate to create a bill proposing more troop production . The following episode , " Pursuit of Peace , " introduced the bill and the opposition , as well as how the opposing Senators were threatened by outside forces .