Hostage Crisis " Hostage Crisis " is the twenty - second and final episode in of the " " television series . It is the twenty - second episode of the series overall . Official description . " To free crime lord Ziro Hutt , bounty hunter s seize control of the Senate Building and take hostages — completely unaware at first that Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker is still inside . " Plot summary . Cad Bane and his crew of bounty hunter s , along with a few droid enforcers , arrived at the Senate landing zone , where they meet a host of Senate Commando s , who were not happy with their unauthorized arrival and tried to arrest him . However , three commandos are sniped by Aurra Sing from long - range and the rest of the bounty hunters overwhelm the members of the squad . A commando droid fools security into thinking that the Senate Commando squad had taken care of a group of protesters against the war before promptly taking their uniforms . Aurra Sing and the rest of the bounty hunters then meet the group on the landing platform . A few levels above , in Senator Padmé Amidala ' s office , her husband , Anakin offers to take her to somewhere in the galaxy for a few weeks , where no one will recognize them , but Padmé is too focused on her work . Anakin then gave his lightsaber to Padmé to show that he trusts her with his life . However , he has to hide , as Threepio and Senator Organa are about to enter . Padmé quickly took the lightsaber off of her desk and hid it in her sleeve . Organa informs Padmé that they must meet in the lobby to discuss the Enhanced Privacy Invasion Bill . Meanwhile Bane and his crew take out the rest of the senate commandos and then go down to the control panel room and subdue the droids there , leaving Robonino to get the power down . The bounty hunters then leave to " talk " to some senators . Suddenly , once all the senators are gathered , the bounty hunters surround and take them hostage . Senator Philo attempts to leave only to be shot by Bane in the back . He then communicates with Chancellor Palpatine , demanding the release of Ziro the Hutt from captivity . Palpatine refuses to do so . Unfortunately , Bane proves his point by locking down the entire building , severing all communication with the outside . He then took every person ' s comlinks , but before he could search Padmé , who is holding Anakin ' s lightsaber in her sleeve , Bane noticed Anakin in the upper levels . Bane shot at him and then orders an IG - 86 sentinel droid and Shahan Alama to get him . Anakin manages to elude his pursuers and hot - wires a terminal to communicate with Palpatine . The Chancellor advises Anakin to get to the central power core to contact for help . Anakin managed to disconnect and hide before the bounty hunters find him , and then used a mind trick to convince Alama to check the other two floors . As the hunters split up , Anakin followed the IG - 86 sentinel droid and managed to bash it into submission . Alama came back down to check and found the droid ' s mangled remains . Noticing no lightsaber slashes , he quickly figured out that Anakin wasn ' t armed . He reported this to Bane , who then sent Sing to assist Alama in the search . Anakin managed to locate the power core , but a panicked Robonino shut the door behind him . Alama then come up behind Anakin . Though Anakin grabbed his gun , Sing then attacked Anakin , and Robonino shocked him into unconsciousness . Bane then gave Palpatine instructions to give a pardon chip to Orn Free Taa to be transported to the prison where Ziro was being held . HELIOS - 3D then came in to take the Senator . They arrived at the prison and shipped Ziro away . An unconscious Anakin was dragged into the lobby , where the bounty hunters started to plant bombs that will go off if their laser detectors are triggered . This enabled the hunters to leave the Senate unhindered , despite an attempt by Orn Free Taa , Palpatine and Clone Commander Fox ' s detachment of the Coruscant Guard to have them arrested . Anakin woke up and Padmé gave him back his lightsaber , playing it off as that Anakin had " dropped " it . He then managed to save everyone by cutting a hole in the floor and dropping everyone one floor down , just before Bane triggered the bombs anyway for the clone troopers ' interference . Padmé thanked Anakin for his daring escape . Cad Bane had liberated Ziro from prison , and the group escaped successfully . Ziro congratulated Bane on a job well done — but Bane stated that it was time to pay , pointing out that he doesn ' t work for free . Behind the scenes . According to USA Today , " Hostage Crisis " had 3 . 3 million viewers — the series ' highest ratings since the premiere . In one version of the script , Senate Vice Chair Mas Amedda was to be in the executive office with Palpatine . However , the character was changed to Senator Orn Free Taa , as his character model already existed , and would not require more work to produce . The text on the back of Robonino ' s backpack reads " PATSFAN - 01 " in Aurebesh . This marks the first time the LEP servant droids are seen in the service of the Republic , as all previous appearances had them as Separatist droids — albeit non - combatants . Clone Commander Fox ' s appearance in the episode was not confirmed until its " " airing .