Mission to Ord Cestus The Mission to Ord Cestus was an operation by the Galactic Republic to cease the production of JK - 13 " Jedi Killer " droids that were to be sold to the CIS and represented a threat to the survival of the Jedi Order . History . Background . The mission was led by Generals Obi - Wan Kenobi and Kit Fisto , and supported by an ARC trooper captain A - 98 " Nate " , and four clone troopers : Sirty , Xutoo , Forry , and Seefor . The JK - 13s were a specialized Force - sensitive non - sentient security droid that was extremely hard to defeat , even for a Jedi Knight , and so Supreme Chancellor Palpatine dispatched Kenobi , Fisto , and their strike team , along with the mollusk - like barrister Doolb Snoil , to stop the production of the droids . The strike team ' s first plan was to use diplomacy to convince the leader of Ord Cestus , G ' Mai Duris , to sign a contract with the Republic " instead " of the CIS . While Kenobi and Snoil handled the negotiations , Fisto and his strike team started training recruits to overthrow the government if need be . During this time , the strike team made contact with the Desert Wind terrorist group , a cell of men and women who were fighting for freedom from the Five Families , a tyrannical group of families controlling the economy and government of Ord Cestus . Beginning . After a long time deliberating , Kenobi decided they needed a way to pressure the Five Families into signing a contract with the Republic . Unbeknownst to Kenobi or Fisto , Separatist commander and Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress had arrived on Cestus shortly after Kenobi , and was there to make sure that the Five Families did " not " sign a contract with the Republic . Kenobi contacted Fisto secretly and developed a cunning ruse to pressure the Five Families . Using a lightwhip and posing as one of Dooku ' s dark Jedi , Fisto , A - 98 , and several Desert Wind guerrillas , " kidnapped " four members of the Five Families en route to a conference with Kenobi . Kenobi " figured out " the precise location of the kidnapped members and " rescued " them , staging a mock battle with Nemonus ( i . e . Kit Fisto ) and several other Desert Wind soldiers and " rescued " the members of the Five Families . Grateful , the Five Families decided to sign a contract with the Republic . Just before the signing of a contract , however , one of the members of the Families delivered a holovid of Kenobi ' s " battle " with A - 98 , taken via a hidden holocam by Asajj Ventress . This proof shattered the negotiations , and Kenobi and Snoil were forced to leave the planet on board their transport . However , Kenobi used an escape pod to transport himself to a rendezvous point with Kit Fisto and Desert Wind . The Five Families attempted to destroy Kenobi ' s transport using Hunter - Killer s , unaware that Kenobi was already planetside . They did however manage to destroy the ship , killing the pilot , Xutoo . Snoil escaped in an escape pod back to the surface as well , and was later picked up by Desert Wind . Desert Wind began to pressure the Cestian government by carrying out insurgent strikes on Cestus Cybernetics facilities , attempting to avoid fatalities for both sides while crippling the Cestian economy and forcing G ' Mai Duris to sign a contract with the Republic . Their efforts seemed to be working until a group of JK - 13 and infiltrator droids invaded Desert Wind ' s hideout , capturing and killing several members of Desert Wind . It turned out that Asajj Ventress had used the Force to pinpoint Kenobi ' s location for the Five Families , allowing them to launch a strike . During the fighting Captain Nate was injured and Sheeka Tull , one of the Jedi ' s contacts on Cestus , escaped with him and brought him to some Cestian healers . Asajj ' s plot . Desert Wind , despite this setback , set up for a final strike against Cestus Cybernetics . With a Republic " Acclamator " - class assault ship on - station , Kenobi and Fisto planted homing beacons in Cestus Cybernetics ' main factory center so that the Acclamator could bombard the factory and cease the production of battle droids . The plan seemed to be working , but Kenobi and Fisto had some unfinished business to attend to before executing their plan . Before they left , Nate returned , totally recuperated from his injuries sustained in action . Kenobi and Fisto ordered the clone troopers not to leave their posts no matter what until the bombardment was finished or the two generals returned . After the troopers acknowledged this order , the two Jedi left to meet one of their contacts : a X ' Ting gangster known as Trillot , who would be supplying them with equipment . The whole meeting turned out to be a trap laid by the assassin , Ventress , so that she could finally kill the two Jedi . Before forcing the Jedi to fight unarmed against a horde of young X ' Ting warriors , knowing the Jedi would not draw their weapons to slaughter unarmed beings while she observed and studied their fighting style , Ventress revealed that the whole purpose of the Confederacy purchasing the JK - 13s was to draw the Republic ' s attention to Cestus . She revealed that she had moved the homing beacons that were to designate the targets for the assault ship so that the bombardment would kill " millions " of innocent civilians and thereby cause other systems to secede from the Republic . Duel . As Kenobi and Fisto fought on Ord Cestus , the two Jedi ran into Ventress . Ventress sent X ' Ting thugs to soften them up . Fisto was able to break away from the pack , and pursued Ventress . Fisto ' s one lightsaber was unable to block both of Asajj ' s . She was able to deal a blow to Fisto . As she came in for the kill , Fisto rolled off a dock and into an underground river . Meanwhile , Kenobi broke free and engaged Ventress , gaining leverage initially . He blocked all strikes , and pinned her lightsabers down . She freed her right hand , nearly decapitating Kenobi . As he moved to the left , Asajj ' s spin - kick caught him and knocked him onto the dock . Sensing , through the Force , that Kenobi was in trouble , Fisto summoned strength and severed the dock . It collapsed , sending Kenobi and Ventress into the river . Fisto then lost consciousness . Kenobi fitted a rebreather into his mouth , but since Ventress held two lightsabers , she could not . Obi - Wan pressed the sudden advantage until she dropped one of her lightsabers to grab her rebreather . In the murky water , Kenobi struck a blow against her ribs . Ventress headbutted Kenobi , causing them both to drop their rebreathers . Fighting underwater with no air , they realized that the first one to go up for air would be vulnerable . Seeing that she was stuck , Ventress released a black ink from her belt , and escaped . Kenobi and Fisto climbed out of the water . End of the Five Families . Meanwhile , Nate ( now calling himself Jangotat ) had located , with the help of a X ' Ting named Resta , the Five Families ' private resort / bunker , where the Five Families had retreated when they heard about the Republic Assault Ship in orbit . With the help of Resta and the Desert Wind ex - leader , Jangotat made his way into the bunker . He then knocked out Resta so that she would survive to live her life and made his way inside . Inside he found the bunker protected by a JK - 13 , and a battle ensued , which ended with the Desert Wind leader blowing himself up with a mine to try and destroy the JK - 13 . Despite his sacrifice the JK - 13 survived , but the droid went insane , smashing itself into the rock wall continuously . At first Jangotat was stumped , but then he figured it out . The dashta eel s , the Force - sensitive creatures which were housed " inside " the JK - 13s , were peaceful , and so , when the terrorist leader died in its arms , the eel inside the JK went insane . The Five Families had been " tricking " the Confederacy in an attempt to get richer and then escape the planet . Despite this information , Jangotat knew that the Five Families must be destroyed , and so he called in an orbital strike right on top of his position , killing himself as well as the Five Families and saving millions of lives . However , before his death , Jangotat recorded a last message , telling the Jedi about his discovery of the Cestus ' deception , as well as telling his lover , Sheeka Tull , that he would have returned to the GAR despite her love , because it was his duty . Aftermath . Following this , the Cestian government signed the contract with the Republic and the mission was a success . Before leaving the system , the strike team , Kenobi , Fisto , and Sheeka Tull , who had become romantically attached to Jangotat and was now carrying his child , said their goodbyes to Jangotat . Following this , the strike team and the two Jedi returned to Coruscant , their mission complete . Elsewhere , Ventress killed Trillot for failing her and left Cestus to meet up with Count Dooku and General Grievous .