Mission to Radnor The Mission to Radnor took place in 27 BBY . Following an accidental leak of deadly toxins into the atmosphere of the planet Radnor , the Jedi Council ( at the request of the Galactic Senate ) sent four Jedi ― Obi - Wan Kenobi , Siri Tachi , Soara Antana , Ry - Gaul , and their Padawans ( Anakin Skywalker , Ferus Olin , Darra Thel - Tanis , and Tru Veld , respectively ) ― to aid in the evacuation of the surviving populace from the Twin Cities , Aubendo and Tacto . The Mission . Arrival on Radnor . Once they had landed on Radnor , the group of Jedi met with a Radnoran named Galen , a scientist who was put in charge of the evacuation effort after the government officials and most of the security personnel panicked and fled the planet . One of the many problems Galen introduced the Jedi to was the looting . A band of raiders had managed to steal a small army of prototype battle droids from a research laboratory , and used it as cover while they continued to loot abandoned businesses , residences , and shops . As Galen led the Jedi towards the Isolation Sector , they witnessed the raiders terrorizing a Radnoran family . The Jedi quickly stepped in and engaged the looters and their droids in battle . Siri ordered the Padawans to protect the family while the Masters dealt with the battle droids . All of the Padawans , except for Anakin , obeyed her command . Anakin , who felt that the other Padawans could handle the situation without him , decided to assist the Masters in eliminating the droids . Once the raiders began to fall back , he returned to the other Padawans and helped them deflect blaster fire aimed at the Radnoran family . As the Padawans fought off the onslaught , Anakin let his minor jealousy of Ferus begin to annoy him , and the two , from that point on , began to get in each other ’ s way , on each other ' s nerves , and to set each other off balance . Though the looters managed to escape , the attacking droids were soon defeated . The Isolation Sector . As Galen prepared to take the assaulted and injured Radnoran family in a transport for medical care and evacuation , he gave the Jedi directions to the Isolation Sector and presented them with a case of medication , to be dispensed among the afflicted people there , and also the four remaining " bio - iso " ( biological isolation ) suits in his possession , which they would need before passing beyond the energy gate that separated the two sectors . The Masters decided that they , among the Jedi , should be the ones to take the suits and enter the sector to dispense the medication and investigate ; the Padawans they directed to stay behind to tend to the needy and the wounded , endeavor to maintain order and calm , and prevent rioting and violence . Galen returned to escort the Jedi Masters to the Isolation Sector after taking the Radnoran family and the Padawans to the med center . Upon entering the Isolation Sector , the Masters met Galen ’ s sister , Curi , who was caring for the dying survivors of Aubendo . Curi informed the Jedi that it was her and her brother ’ s fault for the catastrophe , as they were the ones who owned the bio - weapons lab that accidentally leaked the toxin into the air . She also told them that now that they had entered the Isolation Sector , it would be too much of a risk to reenter the Clear Sector . The Jedi were surprised that Galen would have failed to give them such an important piece of information ; as a result , Obi - Wan soon contacted Anakin and the other Padawans to tell them of their newly changed situation . Infiltration . The Padawans , now cut off from their Masters for the duration of the mission , were assigned to keep the Clear Sector firmly under control , without bloodshed , through the setting up of safety patrols . Under the advice of Anakin , they decided to search for the raiders who were continuing to terrorize other defenseless Radnorans . To find them , Anakin ( with the help of Tru ) , managed to circumvent the mind wipe of one of the battle droids they had faced and incapacitated earlier . They then followed it back to the raider ’ s hideout . What the Padawans did not expect after they found the raiders ' location was that the droid they reactivated suddenly gave off an intruder signal , immediately informing the raiders of their presence . Again the young Jedi faced off with more battle droids . By the time they ' d silenced them , however , the raiders were gone . The Padawans decided to rethink their strategy , but Anakin and Ferus held different opinions on what the best plan of action should be . Ferus thought the best course of action , for the good of the planet , should be to gather more information , while Anakin felt that seizing the moment to capture the raiders was most important . Ferus pointed out that Anakin , by his own inadvertent admission , simply wanted to impress his Master by showing him that he was capable of handling a complicated mission . Because he knew that Ferus was right , the accusation agitated and angered Anakin even more , further distancing the two Padawans . While Anakin investigated on his own , Ferus , Darra , and Tru searched the hideout until Darra found a stash of files detailing the evacuation process . The holographic files were also coded " ECC , " marking them as coming from Radnor ’ s emergency command center : someone was providing information access . The raiders , by studying which areas of Tacto were scheduled for evacuation first , had an easy , well - planned strategy . Clearly , someone on the evacuation team was tipping the raiders off , either with bribes or for more sinister reasons . The Avoni Fleet . The Masters split up into pairs and patrolled Aubendo . As Obi - Wan and Siri were making their rounds among the dead and dying , Curi met up with them and introduced them to Dol Heep , an ambassador from the nearby planet of Avon who was stranded on Radnor due to the plague . Heep sympathized with the Radnorans and informed the Jedi that his planet was sending a large fleet to transport safely offworld any of Radnor ’ s survivors , despite the fact that the Galactic Senate was already sending transports of their own . The Avoni transports simply awaited orders from the Jedi to proceed . After Dol Heep left , Obi - Wan and Siri discussed their doubts about his " offer . " After speaking with Curi , who informed them of Radnor ’ s general distrust of the Avoni , the Jedi suspected that Avon intended to use their fleet for a temporary occupation instead of rescue . Questioning Galen . After discovering the files from the raiders ’ hideout , the Padawans traveled to the emergency command center to question Galen . Ferus suggested to his companions , so as to not intimidate or corner Galen , that only one of them question him . They voted to send Ferus as the questioner , as he among the Padawans had the most experience ( though Anakin was reluctant to agree ) . Ferus , who kept a polite tone , asked Galen about the possibility of someone getting a hold of the important and sensitive evacuation information . Galen , who dismissed the Padawans patronizingly , as if they were helpless little children , said that , even if such had occurred , it wasn ’ t important to stop the raiders , and that their top priority was to keep the remaining survivors alive . Their discussion was interrupted by a transmission from the Senate transports : apparently the ships were being delayed by engine troubles . Galen clearly appeared more stressed than he ' d already been : the wind currents would soon bring the toxic clouds of Aubendo to the Clear Sector . Time was running out . The immune Radnoran . After Obi - Wan and Siri regrouped with Soara Antana and Ry Gaul , Curi informed them of the Senate ’ s transmission . The Jedi thought about reconsidering Dol Heep ’ s offer , but before they could discuss the matter further , Soara and Ry - Gaul announced a discovery they ' d made . While they were on patrol in the Isolation Sector , the two Masters had encountered a Radnoran named Wilk " without " a bio - iso suit , who was apparently immune to the effects of the toxin . Curi , hopeful , immediately requested a lab analysis of the Radnoran and excused herself from the Jedi . The Masters soon encountered again Dol Heep , who was still awaiting the Jedi ’ s decision on whether or not to accept Avon ’ s fleet . With the Senate transports delayed and time running out , the Jedi reluctantly accepted Heep ’ s offer , informing their Padawans to expect the imminent arrival of Avoni transports . Communications disruption . The Padawans had just enough time to hear their Masters ' brief message before the comlinks cut off . They concentrated next on the breakup of a riot in front of the last store in Tacto selling bio - isolation suits , after which Anakin and Tru attempted to restore the communication signal while Ferus and Darra headed off to further investigate how the raiders had obtained their high - tech battle droids ( which Anakin had recognized earlier as being similar to the Baktoid B1 battle droid he ' d observed in the Battle of Naboo ) . Anakin and Tru returned to the command center to get permission from Galen before attempting to access the central communications power source . Galen granted them access to the power source , but it was only shortly after they had begun their examination that Anakin and Tru became puzzled about something : the planet ' s communications should not have been disrupted because of toxic particles in the planet ' s atmosphere ; they had to have been jammed by something external , emanating from space . In light of this and the other information they ' d gathered , the Padawans immediately realized that the Avoni fleet was preparing for invasion . Back in the Isolation Sector , Curi informed the Masters that her and her scientists had not been able to discover what had caused Wilk ’ s immunity . Curi also was investigating more into the cause of the plague and was beginning to believe that the supposed accidental release of toxins , because of missing gaps in the research data , was not an accident after all . Before they could discuss it further , they received reports of the Avoni ships landing in the Isolation Sector . Obi - Wan and Siri took an airspeeder to the landing site on the outskirts of Aubendo . Keeping themselves hidden , they saw Avoni officers and personnel dressed in bio - iso suits unloading skiffs containing durasteel crates . Upon further investigation , the two Jedi came across a large cargo bay filled with a contingent of all - too - familiar battle droids , the same caliber as those they ' d faced when they encountered the raiders in the Clear Sector . The Jedi were quickly detected and forced to defend themselves . But after a quick battle , Obi - Wan and Siri escaped to regroup with Soara , Ry - Gaul , and Curi . Curi informed them that she ' d at last discovered what had caused Wilk ’ s immunity — he hadn ' t been infected at all . Moreover , Wilk had actually escaped to the Clear Sector , then crept back in to the Isolation Sector days later to see his wife . The weapons toxin clearly had a short half - life and was now benign . To prove her hypothesis , Curi courageously took off her bio - iso suit ( suggesting for insurance , however , that the Jedi continue to keep theirs on , in the event she started showing symptoms ) . Knowing now that Avon ' s intent was clearly invasion , the Avoni " had to know " that the toxin had long dispersed and were simply feigning ignorance , should any notice , by donning the bio - iso suits that Siri and Obi - Wan had seen their workers wear . With faith in the high probability that the threat of the bioplague was now over , the Masters directed their attention to the Avoni . As they contemplated this new threat , Curi informed them of news she ' d felt compelled to hold back from them : she already was acquainted with Dol Heep through her business activities prior to the release of the toxin . Somehow Heep had learned of Radnor ’ s use of the toxin in the development of its high - tech and bio - weapons , and the Avoni had demanded " exclusive rights " to it , offering Galen and Curi a fortune for it . While Curi was firmly against such a deal , Galen wanted to embrace it , claiming that anyone in the galaxy , including the Avoni , were equal customers . The two siblings had argued heatedly over what to do until Galen ostensibly decided to accept Curi ’ s position on the matter . Dol Heep was furious . But now Curi began to wonder how Galen , one of the top scientists in the toxin ' s development , did not know of its short half - life . Obi - Wan suggested to her that Galen , in fact , did know . Ruuin . When the Padawans regrouped , Ferus and Darra reported that they ' d discovered that the battle droids were from a factory " owned " by Galen and Curi . Though they didn ’ t point fingers at anyone specifically , they guessed that someone in their recent circle of contacts was somehow involved . Anakin declared that it would be best for them to go to the Isolation Sector and inform their Masters of what they had learned , in case Curi was involved and dangerous . Ferus was against the idea , claiming that it would go against their original orders to stay in the Clear Sector , trusting their Masters ' abilities to contain the situation and take care of themselves . The two Padawans quarreled until Darra and Tru intervened . Tru felt that both of them were right and suggested that they allow the Avoni to proceed until the Radnorans were evacuated , and only then do what they might to prevent their invasion . To make sure the evacuations went smoothly , the Padawans split into pairs again and headed for the evacuation points . On their way , Anakin and Tru discussed the possibility of a connection between the raiders and the Avoni ; with neither of them wanting the opportunity to escape of discovering the truth , they decided to return to the raiders ' hideout . When they got there , the two Padawans encountered a Radnoran named Ruuin , whom they caught red - handed , feverishly loading stolen goods for transport onto a gravsled . They convinced him to reveal who he was working for ― someone named Nonce . Ruuin claimed that it was Nonce who obtained the evacuation files from an unknown insider at the command center . He also confirmed that the raiders were , in fact , dealing with the Avoni , who planned to airlift them off - planet to new lives and possessions after fulfilling their task of agitating panic , unrest and disruption among the Radnorans , but before the Senate evacuation ships arrived . That ' s why Ruuin and his accomplices were now rushing to get off - planet , to avoid detection . Attack on the Jedi . After further tests confirmed that the plague was no longer a threat , the Masters were allowed to take off their bio - isolation suits . They then decided to depart Aubendo and head back to the Clear Sector to stop the evacuations , knowing that those evacuations would only clear the way and help the Avoni in their takeover . Taking two speeders , the Masters paired up and headed for Tacto . On their way they encountered a smaller version of what seemed to be a Trade Federation MTT ( Multi - Troop Transport ) moving towards Tacto . Obi - Wan , who was familiar with the MTTs that the Trade Federation used in the Battle of Naboo , knew that the transport could carry a large number of battle droids ; this one carried perhaps 70 - 100 . But , suddenly , the Jedi realized , the MTT had shifted its trajectory and was now heading for them ( Dol Heep , it was later learned , had planted tracking devices in the Jedi ' s airspeeders ) . The MTT chased them into the nearby " ground canyons , " where it cornered them after injuring Soara Antana . It then unloaded its battalion of battle droids . Connections revealed . After leaving Ruuin in the custody of a nearby security officer ( one of the few still left on the planet ) , Anakin and Tru regrouped with Ferus and Darra . Anakin suggested that they confront Galen , now that " his " high - tech battle droids had unquestionable ties to both the Radnoran raiders and the Avoni invaders . When they found him , Galen was preparing to leave in his airspeeder . The Padawans ' quick thinking stopped him , however , and they discovered that the files in his datapad matched those of Ruuin ’ s datapad : both disclosed the coordinates of the same Avoni landing site at which Galen now rushed to rendezvous . There was now proof that Galen , at least , was involved in the Avoni ’ s plans for invasion . Having eavesdropped on the conversation , Curi , only just arrived from the Isolation Sector , was deeply distressed upon learning of her brother ’ s betrayal . She informed the Padawans that while the plague was no longer a threat , their Masters , she ' d only just discovered , were being pinned down in the " ground canyon fields " outside Aubendo by the Avoni invaders , who had destroyed their speeders . Because Curi found that Dol Heep had had all of them under surveillance the entire time , and had also placed trackers in her own transports , she had raced to warn the Jedi , when , suddenly , she ' d come upon their plight in the canyons as an MTT forced them down : " They are under attack from a platoon of Battle Droids . " Our " Battle Droids , " she added , glancing at Galen . Clearly , the Avoni ' s plan was to pin down the Jedi as they conducted their " bloodless " invasion . Reaching out with the Force , Anakin felt strongly that they could trust Curi ' s information . The plague was no longer a threat : " they must trust this " . The other Padawans , surprised at Anakin ' s depth of contact with the Force , unanimously agreed — commandeering Galen ' s airspeeder , all rushed off to rescue their Masters . Perilous rescue . Arriving in the canyons , Anakin also readily recognized the droid transports as being similar to , but somewhat smaller than , the Federation ' s MTTs . Judging by how many droids they were up against , however , the Padawans decided that stealth was the best course of action . Anakin and Tru , who knew the most about the technical schematics of that type of transport , would attempt to hijack it ( gaining entrance through its idling exhaust vents ) , while Ferus and Darra sought out the Masters to advise them not to attack the Padawan - bearing MTT , which would ambush the droids after the Jedi had drawn them into a predesignated clearing . Upon reaching their Masters ( who ' d taken down twenty or more droids while sustaining , beyond Antana ' s ankle , additional injuries to Gaul ' s shoulder and Tachi ' s brow above the eye ) , Ferus and Darra informed them of Anakin and Tru ’ s plan . Together , the six of them faced off the onslaught of battle droids as they executed their planned retreat , battling their way back towards the clearing where the MTT would strike . But in retracing their steps to the clearing , they realized that the entrance they ' d initially come through was now blocked by a rock - slide . Boldly accepting their lot , they faced the Avoni droids with a " do your worst " attitude . Suddenly , a tremendous noise shook the canyon as the Padawan - controlled MTT bashed its way through the sheer rock of the blocked entrance , its engines belching smoke beneath bashed casings . Lurching forward , its proton cannon - fire roared to life : " " Obi - Wan had no doubt who was at the controls " . " The Jedi , as one , leapt towards the battered and bent transport hatch . When all were safely on board , Anakin and Tru commandeered the MTT to finish off the remaining droids . The Jedi team then headed back to Aubendo and the Isolation Sector . Conclusion . Upon returning to Aubendo , the Jedi found that the Avoni lacked the firepower to defeat " a roused population . " When they confronted Dol Heep , the Avoni ambassador called the ruse " a complete misunderstanding " in his people ' s attempt to " help Radnor " and denied that his planet had anything to do with an invasion ( when , in fact , it was an enraged Heep who ' d " prepared " the planet for invasion by " releasing , by his own devices " , Galen ' s toxin to the air ) . He maintained further that the battle droids were there merely " for crowd control " and apologized for their " malfunction . " Claiming also that the sabotaging of Radnor was not their doing , Heep immediately had his Avoni " tech experts " restore communications , whereupon the fleet departed . The Senate ships , which ostensibly had been sabotaged ( it was only suspected , for there was no proof ) , were ordered to return to Coruscant . The Jedi knew that there was nothing they could do about such blatant and criminal duplicity as they ' d witnessed in the Avoni . Even if they did take Heep into custody , the Avoni wouldn ’ t pay for their crimes for years , unfortunately , due to the typical but never - ending debates that such a scandalous affair would inevitably cause within the Senate . However , the Jedi did manage to place Galen into custody . Arriving at the Tacto prison where Galen was being held , the Jedi found him with Curi . A guard informed them that she ' d held a blaster to his head for nearly two hours out of rage . Aftermath . As the Jedi left Radnor , the Radnorans were beginning to rebuild , even as they mourned their dead . Fending for themselves , the citizens of Tacto and the Clear Sector did nothing to help those in Aubendo and the Isolation Sector . In some ways the situation on Radnor was now worse than when the Jedi first arrived . Even so , it was neither the Jedi ’ s mission nor their mandate to rebuild Radnor .