The Pirates of Tarnoonga " The Pirates of Tarnoonga " is the seventh episode of " " . Written by Peter Sauder and directed by Ken Stephenson , it originally aired on ABC on October 19 , 1985 . Plot summary . Jessica Meade and the droids , C - 3PO and R2 - D2 are on board her freighter ship transporting fuel supplies to King Mon Julpa on Tammuz - an . Jann Tosh pilots an RZ - 1 A - wing interceptor and escorts the freighter back towards the planet . He mentions that an empty decoy ship has been deployed and dispatched in a different direction in the hopes of discouraging possible pirate attack . As luck would have it though , Captain Gir Kybo Ren - Cha and his pirates , piloting stolen Imperial TIE / LN starfighter s attack the freighter ship . They latch onto Jessica ’ s freighter with a tractor beam and bring it back to a hidden mountain base on the watery planet known as Tarnoonga . Ren secures Jessica in his ready room . He becomes infatuated with the young pilot ’ s enthusiasm and brazen demeanor . He decides to keep her as his personal consort . Jann meanwhile , follows the pirates back to Tarnoonga . He sends a coded emergency message to King Julpa informing him of the attack . As soon as he lands within the mountain base , Ren ’ s henchmen swarm upon him and imprison him in the dungeon hold of a sail skiff . Jann is reunited with the droids and the pirates force them to walk the plank into the seas below . A large green sea - monster , known as Miridon , rises from the ocean depths and begins attacking them . R2 - D2 activates a propeller system from the top of his dome and begins swimming away . 3PO and Jann grab a hold of R2 ’ s legs as the small astromech droid evades Miridon ' s powerful teeth . R2 manages to outmaneuver the sea - monster and causes him to ensnare himself within the wreckage of a sunken freighter ship . Meanwhile , Jessica Meade escapes from Ren ’ s ready room . She keeps him distracted with a remote seeker , while she makes her way down the corridor . Ren ' s henchman , Jyn Obah tries to catch Jessica , but she succeeds in getting back to her ship . She traps Jyn within the blast doors of her freighter . Back at the sea caverns , Jann and the droids steal a sea - skimmer and try to find Jessica . Ren ' s men open fire on the skimmer from a cliff - side mounted laser cannon . Fortunately for the heroes , Miridon resurfaces and sends Ren ’ s men scurrying for higher ground . Ren eventually gets the upper hand however . He captures Jann , Threepio and Artoo and brings them aboard his personal capital ship – a stolen Imperial Star Destroyer known as the Demolisher . Ren sets a course for Tammuz - an . He brags about his ability to completely deplete the planet of its supply of riches . Ren notices Jessica ' s freighter sailing away from Tarnoonga and opens fire on it . She manages to reach an escape pod however , and jettisons herself before her ship is destroyed . The Demolisher approaches Tammuz - an . King Mon Julpa sends out the entire Tammuz - an space navy . Squads of A - wing fighters swarm over the Demolisher and engage Ren ' s TIE fighters . Inside the Star Destroyer , R2 - D2 sabotages the ship ’ s weapons systems by inverting a proton torpedo tube inside the launch bay . As the ship ' s systems begin going haywire , Jann , 3PO and R2 manage to get back to Jann ' s fighter and escape from the ship . They reunite with Jessica Meade and return to Tammuz - an . The other pilots of the space navy successfully repel Ren ' s fighters , forcing them to retreat . Behind the scenes . " The Pirates of Tarnoonga " was released on DVD in 2004 as part of the feature film " The Pirates and the Prince " . The English subtitles on the DVD spells Captain Kybo ’ s name as Kyboren . Information supplied by the Databank provides the correct spelling . The episode was adapted into the children ' s storybook entitled " " by Ellen Weiss . The landscape of the interior caverns of Tarnoonga bears a striking resemblance to the sinkhole grottos of Utapau as seen in . Whether the production design for the Utapau landscapes were inspired from the animated series or not is unknown . The red symbols seen painted on the deflector wings of Kybo ' s TIE fighters are meant to represent Wampa skulls . Kybo has a similar design painted on the front of his shirt .