A Sunny Day in the Void " A Sunny Day in the Void " is the eleventh episode of the . It aired on December 8 , 2012 . Official description . " " After a comet damages their shuttle , R2 - D2 , Colonel Gascon , and the other droid s crash on a desolate planet where they must make their way across a bewildering expanse of emptiness to carry out their mission . " " Plot summary . While the D - Squad is on its way back to Coruscant , the astromech droid s take the opportunity to try and repair their damaged comrade M5 - BZ . Just as they succeed , an ice comet swarm intercepts their course . WAC - 47 manages to get their shuttle out of hyperspace before a collision can yield more catastrophic results , but the ship is nevertheless caught in the middle of the swarm and hit by several ice comets , which disable the power feed . Under the constant danger of getting hit and swept off into space by ice fragments , the astromechs manage to restore power at the very last instant , but another hit damages the ship critically and QT - KT nearly ends up lost in the void of space ; only a combine effort by her droid comrades saves her from certain doom . With the ship being unable to continue its journey , the team is forced to crash - land on a nearby wasteland planet named Abafar . Meebur Gascon insists on waiting near the ship , but R2 - D2 , who has taken possession of the encryption module , takes matters into his own hands and rolls off into the wasteland to conclude the mission . He is promptly joined by his droid comrades and , finally , Gascon himself , who does not want to lose his prestige of being the one who made this mission a success . As the group travels across the featureless waste , Gascon once again begins to lose his temper and claims himself better due to his training and supposed mental flexibility while the droids " merely " act on their programming . WAC , however , manages to point out the flaws in Gascon ' s reasoning , and a chance encounter with another shipwreck and the dead renmants of its crew tears the last shred of resolve from Gascon . In his desperation , he begins to lose his mind , and when as a result WAC impertinently announces himself the new leader of the group , he finds himself overruled and abandoned by the others . While remaining with the Colonel , it is ironically WAC ' s single - mindedness in going ahead no matter what which revives Gascon ' s will to live . But then they are surprised to discover that Afabar is not completely lifeless when a whole herd of strange , rat - like creatures comes stampeding across the plain . Trusting the creatures ' survival instincts , Gascon makes himself and WAC hitch a ride on their backs , and indeed the creatures take them to a waterhole and a nearby city sunken into the surface of the planet , where to their surprise they find the rest of the D - Squad already present . With WAC having proven himself so much alike him , Gascon field - promotes the delighted droid to Corporal , while the astromechs are left a bit baffled at this new development . Continuity . The episode was first mentioned as " The Void " at Celebration VI by Series Director Dave Filoni . Some aspects of the episode were based on the work of the comic artist . " A Sunny Day in the Void " was originally reported by " Star Wars Insider " 137 as the tenth episode of Season Five , but the reported order was revised following the magazine ' s publication . This was the second episode ( the first being " Secret Weapons " ) to feature a light blue opening logo , which serves as a salute to R2 - D2 . The following two episodes ( " Missing in Action " and " Point of No Return " ) , which are also parts of the arc , also feature this logo . However , it is not the first time the logo changes color . In last two episodes ( " Brothers " and " Revenge " ) , the logo was painted red , on the reason of the return of Darth Maul .