Skirmish in the Qulun camp In 22 BBY , during a Jedi Order diplomatic mission to the planet Ansion , a skirmish occurred in a camp belonging to the nomadic Qulun clan . Four Jedi — Masters Luminara Unduli and Obi - Wan Kenobi , and their respective Padawans , Barriss Offee and Anakin Skywalker — were dispatched to Ansion to prevent its secession from the Republic . However , they were drugged by the Qulun chieftain Baiuntu and taken captive alongside the clanless Ansionian s Kyakhta and Bulgan in an attempt to stop them from completing their mission , as Soergg the Hutt promised a reward to those who delayed the offworlders ' return to Cuipernam , the planet ' s capital city , until after the vote for secession had taken place . The captives were soon freed by the Gwurran Tooqui , and the group promptly escaped the camp . Prelude . During the Separatist Crisis in 22 BBY , in which many star systems seceded from the Galactic Republic to form the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the planet Ansion became a target in a plot led by Sith Lord Darth Tyranus and Commerce Guild Presidente Shu Mai , to have it secede from the Republic . Ansion lay at the heart of several treaties , meaning that if it seceded , many other worlds would have to follow . The Jedi Order dispatched four of its members — Jedi Masters Luminara Unduli and Obi - Wan Kenobi , along with their respective Padawans , Barriss Offee and Anakin Skywalker — on a diplomatic mission to Ansion to reach an agreement with the Unity of Community , Ansion ' s government . The Jedi hoped to negotiate an arrangement between the Unity of Community and the Alwari , the Ansionian nomadic tribes of the Ansion plains , to end the protracted conflict between the two dominant groups . To that end , the Jedi sought out the Borokii , the most powerful overclan of the Alwari , and they were joined in this endeavor by Kyakhta and Bulgan , two clanless Ansionian males . It was shortly after Tooqui , a male Gwurran , joined their group , that the Jedi and their companions encountered a patrol of the Qulun , a non - traditional Alwari clan that was essentially a trading faction . Baiuntu , the clan ' s chief trader , invited the Jedi to join him in the Qulun camp . After Baiuntu showed them the Qulun ' s varied artware and allowed them to sample fragrant essences which they sold , the Jedi and their two Ansionian companions were drugged . Paluruvu , an extract containing a powerful sedative , was the deceptive catalyst that the chief trader employed to sedate both himself and his guests . When the Jedi and their Ansionian companions awoke , Baiuntu informed them that they were being held because of a large reward promised by Bossban Soergg to those who could delay the group ' s return to Cuipernam until after the vote for secession had taken place . He also told them that he had destroyed their comlinks in order to keep them from informing anyone in Cuipernam of their progress with the Alwari tribes . Tooqui , however , had evaded capture , as he was not with the group at the time they were drugged . As such , he was able to shortly thereafter return to the camp and free his companions . The skirmish . Tooqui , having escaped the Qulun camp , agitated a local herd of native lorqual by throwing rocks at them , causing them to stampede toward the camp . Though some of the animals were stopped by sentries , the rest reached the camp . While the Qulun were distracted by the stampeding lorqual , Tooqui sneaked into the transport where the Jedi and their companions were being held and freed them using a knife belonging to Bulgan . After being freed , the Jedi engaged four nearby sentries , quickly killing them before leaving the camp to continue the search for the Borokii overclan . Aftermath . While attempting to organize a pursuit of the group , Baiuntu was killed by a pack of shanh s , predatory animals native to Ansion . Shortly after escaping , the Jedi and their companions found the ruling Borokii and fought in a skirmish between the Borokii and the Januul , who were overclan rivals and traditional enemies . Behind the scenes . The skirmish in the Qulun camp first appeared in the 2002 novel " The Approaching Storm " , written by Alan Dean Foster .