First Skirmish on Carlac A skirmish occurred on Carlac around 21 BBY between R2 - D2 , Lux Bonteri , Ahsoka Tano and Pre Vizsla ' s Death Watch warriors . The skirmish started when the Death Watch warriors , under Vizsla ' s command started to torch the Ming Po town . Tano was captured during her attempt to halt the slaughter , but eventually escaped with R2 - D2 and Bonteri . Prelude . After their failure to capture Mandalore and subsequent abandonement by Count Dooku , the Death Watch had set up a new camp on Carlac . They subjugated the populace of a nearby Ming Po town and kidnapped the women as servants . Meanwhile , on Mandalore , during the Confederate – Republic peace conference , Lux Bonteri accused Count Dooku of murdering his mother , Mina Bonteri . He was taken away by the Separatists and brought before a hologram of Count Dooku . While talking to Dooku , Bonteri activated a holotrace device in order to pinpoint Dooku ' s location . Dooku ordered Bonteri killed but Ahsoka Tano , who ' d been accompanying the Galactic Republic delegates , managed to rescue Bonteri from the battle droids and they escaped the planet aboard the " Phoenix " . Not wishing to ally himself with the Republic , Bonteri stunned Tano and piloted the ship to Carlac in order to provide the Death Watch with Dooku ' s location . There , they were met by Bo - Katan Kryze and several Death Watch warriors , who were expecting Bonteri ' s arrival . In order to hide her identity as a Jedi , Tano announced herself as Bonteri ' s betrothed , and got R2 - D2 to hide her lightsabers in his chassis . Unable to stay with the ship without giving themselves away , Tano and R2 - D2 accompanied the Death Watch warriors back to their camp . Later that evening while the Death Watch celebrated , Chief Pieter of the local town arrived , demanding that the women be returned , and that the Death Watch leave their planet . Pretending to accept the demands , Vizsla and the Death Watch brought the women to the town the next morning . However , Pre Vizsla stabbed the Chiefs grand - daughter , Tryla , killing her , and ordered the Death Watch to destroy and torch the town . The skirmish . Tano , though devoid of her lightsabers , attempted to protect the Ming Po from the Death Watch . Seeing a Death Watch warrior targeting a citizen with his flamethrower , she grabbed a pole , throwing it and impaling him . She attack two more members of the Death Watch , knocking them to the ground before she was attacked by Vizsla armed with his darksabe . She managed to dodge his swings before being immobilized by the cables of several Death Watch warriors . Announcing the capture of a Jedi , Vizsla ordered Tano dragged back to the camp . Upon seeing Tano captured , R2 - D2 asked the other droids in the camp for help . He had just recently repaired them all and wishing to repay him they agreed to help him rescue Bonteri and Tano . Meanwhile , Bonteri tried to convince Vizsla to let Ahsoka go . Vizsla however was determined to kill the Jedi , maintaining that they had committed countless crimes against Mandalore . About to behead Tano , he was interupted by R2 - D2 , wheeling about the tent , emmitting smoke and distracting the assembled warriors . Bonteri broke free , pushing Vizsla away from Tano and heading towards the entrance of the tent . Quickly , R2 - D2 rolled up to Tano , and passed her lightsabers to her . Tano sliced the cords binding her and in a single move beheaded the four Death Watch warriors who had been holding her . Vizsla ordered his warriors back , claiming the Jedi as his own . Tano directed Lux to go find a ship before turning back to Vizsla . He ignited his darksaber and attacked her . The two dueled around the tent before Vizsla kicked Tano through the entrance and outside . R2 - D2 had assembled the droids outside with Bonteri and , as the Death Watch followed Tano outside , engaged them . Tano continued her duel with Vizsla while Bonteri and R2 - D2 commandeered a RGC - 16 airspeeder and the droids were systematically disabled by the Death Watch . Leaping over Vizsla , Tano managed to slash his jetpack , forcing him to drop it to the ground where it promptly exploded . The explosion allowed Tano enough of a distraction to jump on the back of the airspeeder , all three of them fleeing the camp . Vizsla ordered Kryze to pursue the speeder with two other warriors of the Nite Owls . Using their jetpacks , they caught up with the speeder , firing at it . Tano deflected the blaster bolts back at one of the warriors , causing his jetpack to explode . The second warrior flew down to the airspeeder , knocked the lightsabers out of Tano ' s hands and attempted to strangle her . However R2 - D2 sprayed oil on his helmet , obscuring his vision and allowing Tano to Force push him off the speeder . Kryze landed on the speeder quickly overpowering Tano and knocking her off the feet , leaving her hanging off the edge of the speeder . Preparing to shoot Tano , she temporarily lost her balance as Bonteri swerved the airspeeder . Swinging herself back on to the airspeeder , Tano attacked Kryze again , fighting her hand to hand , this time managing to push her off the front of the airspeeder with the Force . Aftermath . Tano , Bonteri and R2 - D2 managed to escape the planet aboard the " Phoenix " , leaving the Death Watch on Carlac . Bonteri subsequently decided that while he was no longer allied with the Separatists , he could not join the Republic . He jettisoned away in the escape pod leaving Tano and R2 - D2 on the ship . Behind the scenes . This skirmish first appeared in " A Friend in Need " , but was later mentioned in " A War on Two Fronts . " At the end of " A Friend in Need " Lux Bonteri , Ahsoka Tano , and R2 - D2 manage to escape but leave the Death Watch on the planet , presumably able to still destroy the Ming Po village . However , the encyclopedia article for Tryla states that she " did not live long enough to see her town liberated , " implying that the village was at some point liberated .