Slaves of the Republic " Slaves of the Republic " is the twelfth episode of the . It aired on December 2 , 2011 . Official description . " " To locate the missing colonists , Anakin , Obi - Wan and Ahsoka go undercover to infiltrate the slavers on Zygerria . Anakin struggles with his emotions as a wily Zygerrian queen forces him to take questionable actions in order to carry out his mission . " " Synopsis . Anakin Skywalker , Obi - Wan Kenobi , Ahsoka Tano and Rex travel to Zygerria aboard the ship they have obtained from Darts D ' Nar , only to find the orbit of the planet crawling with spaceships , a sign of an important event . Before they disembark , they disguise themselves and form two teams : Obi - Wan and Rex are to find out the location of the kidnapped Togruta colonists , while Anakin and Ahsoka , disguised as master and slave respectively , go to meet the Zygerrian queen . In the slave markets near the palace , Ahsoka draws unwelcome attention when she prevents a Zygerrian slaver from whipping one of his slaves . Anakin slyly drops a hint that he has news for the Queen regarding one Bruno Denturri , whereupon he and Ahsoka are invited to the palace by order of the queen herself . Posing as a slaver by the name of Lars Quell , Anakin is quick to win the queen ’ s favor , and he claims that he killed Denturri and seized Ahsoka from his abode . While Anakin is conversing with the Queen , one of her slaves atempts to stab her . When Anakin prevents the slave girl from murdering the Queen , and facing reprocessing , the girl throws herself off the balcony to her death . Queen Miraj decides to take Ahsoka as her new slave , whereupon Anakin quickly grants Ahsoka as a gift , winning Miraj ’ s trust even more . Enchanted by Anakin , she invites him to attend that night ’ s slave auction by her side . In the meantime , Obi - Wan and Rex proceed to the slave pits where they find the Togruta governor of Kiros , Roshti , weak and broken from his ordeal . Unable to learn from him where the other colonists have gone , Obi - Wan decides to free him first . However , the alerted guards manage to stop and capture Obi - Wan and Roshti , while Rex escapes . The Zygerrian s torture Obi - Wan , trying to find out who he is . However Atai Molec recognizes Obi - Wan from his conversation with Darts D ' Nar on Kiros . At the auction , Roshti is the first slave to be put on offer , as a sample of the Togrutan people . Suddenly , the Queen announces a special guest , Obi - Wan Kenobi . The Queen orders Anakin to whip Obi - Wan with a Electro - whip before the eyes of the assembled bidders , to prove his motivations . With the aid of Ahsoka , R2 - D2 and Rex , who has managed to sneak his way into the auction , Anakin improvises an escape . However , in a short battle that followed , they were taken down , first Ahsoka , then Rex , Obi - Wan , and Anakin . Miraj has Anakin brought to her bedchamber and announces to him that he will serve her as her personal slave and bodyguard , in exchange for the lives of his friends . Ahsoka remains in the palace , locked in a cage as a slave while Obi - Wan , Rex and Roshti are brought to the Zygerrian reprocessing center on Kadavo , where the other Togrutans are also being held . Obi - Wan is forced into submission by the center ’ s warden , Keeper Agruss , who emphasizes his point by slaying several Togrutan prisoners and threatening to do worse to the others , should Obi - Wan ever think of rebellion . Miraj , trying to draw Anakin to her side , points out that as a Jedi and servant of the Republic , he is a virtual slave already . She offers to free his friends if he joins her willingly ; an offer which leaves Anakin thinking . Behind the scenes . This was the second - least watched episode of the series with only 1 . 36 million views . The scene in which Anakin salutes to R2 to signal him to eject his lightsaber is an homage to , with the characters taking place of the movie ' s lead characters . Obi - Wan is in Han ' s place , Rex is in Lando ' s place , Anakin is in Luke ' s , the Queen is in Jabba ' s , Ahsoka is in Leia ' s and Artoo is consistent with his own movie placement . During the scene where Anakin , Ahsoka and Rex attempt to rescue Obi - Wan and Roshti , Ahsoka uses her lightsaber to threaten the queen in to submission , however when she is knocked unconscious it is her shoto that drops to the ground .