A Necessary Bond " A Necessary Bond " is the ninth episode of the . It aired on November 24 , 2012 . Official description . " " When General Grievous launches a full - scale attack on the pirate base on Florrum , Ahsoka and the youngling s fight side - by - side with Hondo and his pirates to turn back the Separatist forces . " " Plot summary . Ahsoka and her youngling rescuers haste to return to the " Crucible " , with a team of Hondo Ohnaka ' s Weequay pirates inside a speeder tank in hot pursuit . After some frantic attempts , Petro finally manages to contact R2 - D2 and Ganodi aboard their cruiser , who have just restored Huyang to an operative state ( minus his arms ) once more . The three of them set out to aid their friends at once , and attempt to pick them up in mid - run via the cruiser ' s boarding ramp . But in the midst of the evac attempt , their speeder races to a ravine , forcing Petro to turn about , leaving Byph and Gungi to hang precariously from the ramp . During a second attempt , however , the pirates manage to hit the cruiser ' s engines critically , forcing an immediate evacuation of the " Crucible " before it crashed down on the Florrum plains , taking the Jedi ' s ride with it . With the Jedi in shackles , the pirates return to their base , only to suddenly find it being paid an unpleasant surprise visit by a Separatist droid army under the command of General Grievous in person . Taking the baffled band by surprise , Grievous opens a holo - communication channel through which Count Dooku contacts Ohnaka . The Count , having neither forgotten nor forgiven Hondo ' s questionable hospitality during their first encounter , announces that he takes control of the planet and plans to dismantle Ohnaka ' s arsenal , and when Ohnaka protests against this , he is swiftly incarcerated . In the face of this common crisis and need to escape the Separatists ' clutches , Ahsoka begins to argue with her captors . Following her suggestion that the pirates must have some additional ships stashed away somewhere , the pirate leader reveals that Hondo does have a private fleet , but only he knows where it is hidden . Ahsoka argues that as with her knowledge of Grievous , she could be a valuable help for them all , whereupon the pirates release her and the younglings . Ahsoka then devises a plan to use R2 and the pirate ' s tank to divert the droids ' attention for a bit while she and part of her entourage sneak into the pirate base and find their way to Hondo ' s cell . After some arguing , Hondo demands that the younglings show him their lightsaber s to demonstrate their readiness for the fight ahead . All the younglings ignite their sabers , except for Katooni , who still hasn ' t managed to make hers work . With some encouragement from Huyang and Hondo , however , Katooni finally succeeds in correctly assembling her weapon and freeing Hondo from his electronic field shackles . The united Jedi and pirates proceed to liberate the rest of Hondo ' s men , but one droid manages to alert Grievous to their presence , and Grievous decides to cut the problem short by having the prison section levelled by his tanks . But their opposition manages to break out and flee the base with their remaining vehicles , whereupon Grievous and several STAPs give chase . Barely evading their pursuers , who continue to chase after Ahsoka and the other Jedi , Katooni , Hondo and his pirates reach a hidden hangar wherein Hondo ' s secret ships are kept . Hondo decides to fly away from the battle at first , but Katooni succeeds in appealing to his sense of honor . In the meantime , Grievous prepares to board the Jedi ' s speeder tank , which forces R2 to execute some risky maneuvers in an attempt to shake him off . However , this move leaves the tank crashed instead . The stunned Jedi recover just as Grievous moves in for the kill when Ohnaka ' s escape ship , the rebuilt " Slave I " , arrives on the scene to pick him up . Ahsoka sends her youngling charges to the craft and engages Grievous in combat to cover their escape . She then barely escapes onto the ship on her own , and before Hondo has a chance to properly repay Grievous for his cordiality , a squad of AATs forces them to withdraw for good . After meeting with a Republic rescue team which has already picked up Obi - Wan Kenobi and the renmants of his men following their near - fatal defeat by Grievous ' hands , Ohnaka boldly attempts to weasel his way out of trouble by claiming that his previous attack on the Crucible was merely a " rescue mission , " and due to bemusement and Hondo ' s aid to the younglings , Obi - Wan decides to leave it at that . Hondo departs , but not before giving Katooni a nod of appreciation . Obi - Wan approaches Ahsoka , and expresses relief in seeing her and the younglings unharmed . Ahsoka ' s reply sparks Huyang to remark on their mission as being as eventful as when Master Yoda went to get his kyber crystal . After lauding the younglings for their success in the liberation mission , Obi - Wan invites them to form a wheel with their ignited lightsabers , formally welcoming the younglings into the Jedi Order . Continuity . " A Necessary Bond " is the conclusion to a four - part story arc , which was titled " Young Jedi " and previewed as a full - length 80 - minute feature at Celebration VI in August 2012 to family viewers . It replaced " Secret Weapons , " originally reported by " Star Wars Insider " 137 , as the ninth episode in Season Five .