Mission to Mon Gazza This mission to Mon Gazza took place around 22 BBY , during the Clone Wars — the conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The Jedi High Council dispatched Jedi Master Ki - Adi - Mundi to investigate a corrupt senator , who recently smuggled a data disk , which contained Republic strategic battle plans . Unbeknownst to the Jedi , the senator pledged his allegiance to Confederate Head of State Count Dooku . Dooku ' s Dark Acolyte , Asajj Ventress , landed on Coruscant to collect the disk . However , Mundi and his squad of clone troopers attacked Ventress , but she escaped to the planet of Mon Gazza . After discussing the matter with Chancellor Palpatine , Mundi and Grand Master Yoda contacted Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , on Queel to give them their assignment to Mon Gazza . On Mon Gazza , Skywalker , Tano and Clone trooper Captain CT - 7567 , nicknamed Rex , went undercover to find the stolen datadisk . The datadisk was stolen by the deceased senator ' s aide , Messo , who soon was killed by Skywalker . While the disk was not with the aide , the Jedi Knight concluded that the disk was with another Confederate spy on Mon Gazza . The group noticed a Twi ' lek podracer , named Kidd Kareen , won a podrace . Kareen and his closest friend , Maxus , became Skywalker ' s suspects . Telling Tano to become friends with Kareen , Skywalker soon began to snoop around Kareen ' s pit inside a podrace hangar . Soon after , the first Mon Gazza podrace began . Skywalker entered Tano into the race , however she crashed her pod . After Kareen gave the Togruta a spare pod , Skywalker and Rex followed Maxus to a cantina , where they found him contacting Dooku . The following day , Tano was racing in the Mon Gazza Maze with Kareen and Maxus . Skywalker and Rex watched her progress when they noticed Maxus had the data disk . Maxus soon began to bump into Tano ' s pod , threatening to kill the revealed Jedi . However , Kareen saved Tano by allowing her to jump onto his pod . Confronting the racers , Ventress jumped onto Maxus ' s pod and engaged Tano in a duel . Skywalker left Rex to save his padawan on a speeder bike . Ventress soon grabbed the data disk , though it was soon Force crushed by Skywalker . As Ventress escaped the scene ; Skywalker , Tano and Kareen met up with Rex near the hangar . After leaving Kareen , the group departed Mon Gazza . Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi contacted Skywalker via hologram and discussed about Skywalker ' s successful mission . Prelude . Around 22 BBY , during the early stages of the Clone Wars — the conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems — Confederate General Grievous had ambushed and defeated Republic forces on multiple worlds in the Mid Rim . The Jedi High Council concluded that a spy was giving the Separatists information . The Council dispatched High General Ki - Adi - Mundi to investigate . Mundi identified a traitor within the Galactic Senate leadership on Coruscant . Meanwhile , the traitorous senator revealed to his aide , Messo , that he pledged his support to Confederate Head of State Count Dooku . The senator smuggled a secret recording of the Jedi ' s strategic plans and logs of the Republic offensive formations . Dooku ' s Dark Acolyte apprentice , Asajj Ventress , landed on Coruscant to collect the datadisk from the senator ' s aide . Before Messo could give Ventress the disk , Mundi and his squad of clone troopers attacked the Dark Acolyte . Ventress betrayed and sliced the senator through the torso , while his aide ran away from the area with the datadisk . A LAAT / i gunship approached the scene and covered Mundi ' s attack . However , Ventress Force jumped to the gunship and killed a few stationed clone troopers . As she continued to destroy the ship , Mundi confronted her but she escaped . The gunship crashed onto the platform were the injured senator was . Before he died , the senator told Mundi that his aide would rendezvous with the Confederate spies on Mon Gazza and deliver the datadisk to them . Mundi met with Grand Master Yoda in the Chancellor ' s Suite . Chancellor Palpatine told the Jedi Masters that a breach within the Republic ' s security could be threat to them . Mundi dictated that if they attack the Separatists to find the traitor , it would cost lives of Jedi and clone troopers . Yoda agreed , and soon the Jedi left Palpatine ' s suite . Mundi and Yoda conferred outside his suite to discuss the rising situation . Mundi showed Yoda a hologram of the datadisk that was stolen by the deceased senator ' s aide . Yoda told him that once they rescue the datadisk , many lives would be saved . Meanwhile on the planet of Queel , Commander CC - 2224 contacted both High General Obi - Wan Kenobi and General Anakin Skywalker through a hologram transmission . He alerted them of Mundi and Yoda ' s distress call from Coruscant . Inside a heavy assault vehicle , the group contacted Mundi and Yoda via hologram . Yoda told Skywalker that he would go to Mon Gazza to collect the stolen datadisk . Kenobi insisted that he would go along with Skywalker , but he told his former master that he would bring his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , and Clone trooper Captain CT - 7567 — nicknamed Rex — along to help him . After Kenobi agreed to stay behind and decimate the Separatist forces on Queel ; Skywalker , Tano and Rex left Queel on the " Twilight " and departed for Mon Gazza . Mission . The " Twilight " landed in Miner ' s Town , the capital of Mon Gazza . Skywalker conferred with Tano and Rex about Mon Gazza ' s reputation of being a former spice mining world . Skywalker soon departed the freighter and told Tano to get the " Twilight " stowed . Rex and her will rendezvous with him in the downtown district of the city . Upon docking the ship , Rex took off his customized phase I armor and disguised himself to fit with the crowd , and like Skywalker , Tano wore a poncho over her Jedi apparel . The two soon left the " Twilight " with astromech droid R2 - D2 . Meanwhile , Skywalker used the Jedi mind trick on two guards blocking a podracing hangar . He entered only to find podracers preparing their pods . Tano contacted him via comlink and asked if he found Messo and the datadisk . Skywalker noticed Messo walking up a flight of stairs . He chased the senator ' s former aide up the stairs and onto a balcony overlooking the city . Messo took out a blaster and began to fire on Skywalker , though the Jedi Knight used his lightsaber to deflect the blaster bolts back at him . One of the bolts hit Messo which caused him to fall over the edge of the balcony to his death . After the brawl , Tano and Rex met Skywalker , who was watching a podrace . The group noticed a Twi ' lek , named Kidd Kareen , won the race , which was brought to Tano ' s attention . However , she reminded herself of the datadisk and asked Skywalker once more . Skywalker told his apprentice that Messo was dead and did not have the datadisk with him . He concluded that Messo must have gave it to the Separatist spy , who could be a podracer . Prior to the race , Skywalker entered his apprentice for the next podrace because he wanted them to go undercover to find the spy . After Skywalker told her that he entered her , Tano was shocked about his decision without consulting her first . Skywalker took Tano and Rex to the podracer that he found eariler . Skywalker revealed that Jedi intelligence reported that the enemy was in the same system they are on . Kareen was Skywalker ' s first suspect , and soon he told Tano that she must get closer to him to find information about the disk . The young Twi ' lek son approached them and bragged about his latest victory to Tano . The first podrace . As Kareen and his team left , Tano became imitated by the Twi ' lek ' s arrogance and wanted to hurt him through the Force , though Skywalker dismissed her . He reminded Tano that she must get closer to him and behave , though she mustn ' t get too attached because her judgment will be clouded . Tano agreed and soon walked over to Kareen , who was near his podracer . The young Togruta told Kareen that she was wrong about him and it would be appreciated if he showed her around the track . Meanwhile , Skywalker told Rex to watch after Kareen ' s crew while he searched for evidence . Skywalker found a Separatist comlink in Maxus ' s , who was close friend of Kareen , toolbox . Though Maxus returned , only to find Skywalker snooping around Kareen ' s pit . Outside , Kareen took Tano on a tour around the city . He brought her to a old bridge where he wanted to race her . Tano accepted and used the Force to speed through the bridge , beating Kareen . The Twi ' lek was impressed by Tano ' s speed and began to develop feelings for her . The two sat down at the edge of the bridge while Kareen discussed about the Mon Gazza Maze , the amateur podrace track where Tano would soon race Kareen . The two discussed about the Clone Wars and how it affected Kareen . The Twi ' lek soon dejected the Jedi by claiming that they enforced the war . However , Tano — who is undercover as a podracer — defended the Jedi , but not enough to reveal her true identity . Soon after the two departed the area and returned to the podrace hangar . Skywalker engaged Maxus in a hand - to - hand brawl and soon Rex intervened . Kareen and Tano witnessed the fight , though it was broken up by Kareen . Maxus revealed to Kareen that Skywalker was caught snooping around their pit . Unwillingly , Kareen blamed Tano for the matter and thought she only wanted to be friends to sabotage his crew . But , Tao defended herself by saying it was a misunderstanding . Skywalker , Tano and Rex soon returned to Tano ' s pod and prepared for the next race . Maxus told Kareen that he doesn ' t like them and Tano wasn ' t a podracer . On the track , Skywalker went over the basics of podracing . He told Tano to concentrate and feel , don ' t think . Kareen helped Maxus assemble his pod on the track and awaited the single to begin the first lap . Skywalker and Rex watched Tano ' s progress by the crowd bleachers . Soon the first lap began and Tano raced up towards first place . Maxus , who was in first , saw the Togruta approach him and blocked off her advance . Another podracer crashed into Tano , which caused her pod to spin out of control . She saved her pod and continued to race up towards Maxus , who remained in first . However , Tano soon crashed when another podracer rear - ended her pod . Skywalker and Rex ran towards Tano and her wrecked podracer . While Rex helped her up , Kareen approached her . Though she crashed , Tano finished in tenth place , which earned her a spot on the Mon Gazza Maze race . Kareen told Tano that she can borrow one of his spare pods for the next race . Maxus confronted Kareen and was angered when his friend let Tano borrow one of their pods . Kareen defended Tano , though Maxus was unsatisfied with Kareen ' s behavior . After the race , Skywalker and Rex tracked Maxus into a cantina , in Miner ' s town . Maxus contacted Dooku via hologram and told him about the suspicious new racer . Dooku sent Maxus a holovid recording of Skywalker and Tano , which revealed them to be Jedi . Meanwhile back at the hangar , Kareen showed Tano the controls to her new podracer . Kareen wanted to know more about Tano , though denied . Before the two kissed , Skywalker and Rex intervened . Before the Twi ' lek left , he kissed Tano on the cheek for luck . Skywalker did not hesitate to tell Tano their discovering in the cantina . He revealed to her that Maxus contacted Dooku , and that Kareen maybe apart of the scheme . Tano remained hurt for a while though soon told Skywalker that they will bring Maxus and Kareen to justice in the next race . The Jedi revealed . Preparing his pod , Maxus showed Kareen the recording that Dooku sent him . Revealing that Tano is actually a Jedi , Kareen was hurt because Tano lied to him . He told Maxus that he needs to stop being a spy , however the Devaronian told Kareen that no one would believe him if he told anyone about Maxus ' s connection with Dooku . Later on , the Mon Gazza Maze race had began . Tano raced up towards Kareen , who was racing against Maxus . Soon , Maxus stopped near his pit stop . Tano questioned the situation to Skywalker and saw that Maxus is delivering the datadisk to a Rodian . Skywalker and Rex soon ran towards them , however , Maxus jumped back into his podracer and took off . Skywalker and Rex confronted the Rodian , who was part of Kareen ' s crew . On the track , Kareen told Maxus to stop with spying and end his affiliation with the war . However , soon Tano drove up behind Kareen and shouted him to stop . Maxus soon bumped into Tano ' s pod , which alerted Skywalker and Rex . Tano felt that both Kareen and Maxus would kill her , but soon Kareen defended Tano by bumping into Maxus ' s pod . Unbeknownst to Tano , Maxus sabotaged her new pod before the race which caused it to malfunction . Kareen told her to jump onto his pod before her pod crashed . Back at the hangar , Skywalker departed on a speeder bike to save his struggling padawan . Confronting the racers , Ventress soon appeared on the track and jumped on Maxus ' s podracer . Noticing Ventress , Tano Force jumped onto Maxus ' s pod and engaged her in a duel . Though , Ventress Force pushed Tano which caused the Togruta to lose her balance . While the group thought Maxus gave the data file to a Rodian , he actually kept the disk . Before handing it to Ventress , Tano prepared to grab the file but the Dark Acolyte grabbed it from Maxus . Before she stored the disk , Skywalker raced towards the pod on a speederbike and Force crushed the disk , destroying it . Ventress soon dismissed the broken data disk and escaped from the scene . Before jumping onto Kareen ' s pod , Tano used her lightsaber to destroy Maxus ' s pod , which caused it to crash . Skywalker met up with Kareen and Tano near the hangar . Before Skywalker , Tano , and Rex departed Mon Gazza on the " Twilight " , Kareen apologized to Tano . He kissed Tano ' s hand before she boarded the freighter and promised Kareen that they would return after the war was over . After their successful mission , Kenobi contacted Skywalker . Telling his former master that he destroyed the data file , the Republic is safe . The Jedi Knight then directed his attention to Tano and explained her behavior she displayed during her part of the mission . However , the Togruta dismissed her master by saying she can handle any situation he gives her .