The Clone Wars : Bait " The Clone Wars : Bait " is a six - page webcomic and the eleventh installment in the . Its story takes place prior to the episode " Dooku Captured " . Posted on StarWars . com January 2 , 2009 , " Bait " was written by Pablo Hidalgo and illustrated and lettered by Grant Gould . " Bait " shows how Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker was captured while attempting to board a Separatist frigate . This set up Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s rescue of Skywalker , shown in " Dooku Captured " . Plot summary . Aboard the " Twilght " , his personal freighter , Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker is working on his Delta - 7B starfighter with the assistance of his astromech droid , R2 - D2 . While altering the appearance of his starfighter to make it appear heavily damaged , Skywalker notes to R2 - D2 that the fighter ' s fake battle scars must look very realistic . Skywalker ' s former Master , Obi - Wan Kenobi , congratulates Skywalker on his work , while Skywalker ' s apprentice , Ahsoka Tano , states that the " Twilight " is approaching their destination , an ice field . Although Tano is skeptical of their plan , Skywalker believes that the Confederate battle droids are so gullible that they will be tricked by anything . With his starfighter now appearing disabled , Skywalker boards it , and the " Twilight " releases both the fighter and a broken hyperspace docking ring into the ice field . Nearby , on a Confederate " Munificent " - class frigate , a B1 battle droid informs the ship ' s droid captain that they have found the remains of a Jedi starfighter with a single life - sign aboard . The Captain orders his subordinates to bring the ship aboard — which was Skywalker ' s plan all along — but also to have a security detachment ready . In the frigate ' s hangar , Skywalker ' s fighter is brought in , with several armed battle droids ordering the Jedi to come out . Skywalker jumps out of the fighter , attacking and destroying several droids with his lightsaber . However , a B2 super battle droid manages to disarm the Jedi by shooting Skywalker ' s lightsaber out of his hand . Defenseless , Skywalker surrenders , and the droids inform him that they are elite unit s , for Skywalker is aboard the personal frigate of Count Dooku , the leader of the Separatist movement . Meanwhile , on the " Twilight " , it is revealed that Skywalker took a fraudulent lightsaber with him , as Kenobi picks up Skywalker ' s real lightsaber . Kenobi orders Tano to take the freighter back to the Republic fleet , as Kenobi dons a spacesuit and prepares to leave the " Twilight " in order to rescue Skywalker . Conception . " The Clone Wars : Bait " is a six - page webcomic in the , which ties into the of the same name . " Bait " leads directly into " Dooku Captured " , an episode in the of " The Clone Wars " series , which aired on January 2 , 2009 . The comic reveals how Anakin Skywalker got himself captured while trying to board Count Dooku ' s frigate , and how Obi - Wan Kenobi prepared to rescue him , which would later be shown in " Dooku Captured " . According to the 2010 " Star Wars Annual 2011 " , " Bait " , along with the rest of " The Clone Wars " events , takes place sometime around the year 21 BBY . Production . Posted on StarWars . com on January 2 , 2009 , " Bait " was written by Pablo Hidalgo and illustrated and lettered by Grant Gould . Special thanks were also given to Leland Chee , the keeper of the Holocron continuity database ; Sue Rostoni , the executive editor at Lucas Licensing ; and Dave Filoni , the supervising director of " The Clone Wars " TV series .