Senate Spy " Senate Spy " is the fourth episode in of the " " television series . It is the twenty - sixth episode of the series overall . It is the first in a five part storyline . Official description . " At the Jedi High Council ' s request , Padmé investigates a Separatist conspiracy in the Senate . " Plot summary . Anakin discreetly returns to Coruscant to his wife Padmé ' s apartment . They prepare for a romantic evening , when Anakin gets signaled by the Council to return to the Jedi Temple , forcing him to cut his evening short . Before the Council , he is told that they need a spy in the Senate to spy on Senator Rush Clovis , who is suspected of being a Separatist supporter . However , they can ' t afford to have Jedi taking official action in this , thus they need to convince Padmé to join their cause , as she is close to Clovis . Though Anakin doesn ' t believe that she would be right for the job , the Masters insist on him appointing her , because she trusts him ; Yoda attempted to enlist her earlier but was rebuffed . The next day , at the Senate , Anakin locates his wife , who is obviously resentful of him leaving her last night . He asks her about Clovis , and she says she already told Yoda she doesn ' t want to spy on him , as he is a colleague and an old friend . However , when she learns that Clovis is collaborating with the Separatists , she immediately agrees to do it . Anakin tries to convince her not to , considering that it may be dangerous , but she reminds him that she is doing her duty . They both go before the Jedi Council , where Padmé admits that she hasn ' t seen Clovis for a long time . They were close in the past , but she wanted to maintain a professional relationship , which he took very hard . The Masters encourage her to regain his trust in finding out his treachery . She meets with Clovis at a bar , where he explains that he ' s planning on going to Cato Neimoidia to negotiate with the Trade Federation ; he offers her to come along , for political and personal reasons . As they prepare to depart , Anakin , being the pilot for Padmé ' s ship , becomes jealous when Clovis kisses her on both cheeks . He assists them with getting seated on the ship , preparing a seat for Padmé , and breaking the one next to it , so that it can ' t get fastened . On takeoff , he jerks the ship around to prevent Clovis from kissing Padmé again . As soon as they arrive on Cato Neimoidia , they are greeted by Neimoidian Senator Lott Dod . Padmé is shown to her quarters while Dod and Clovis discuss " business " — which involves the amount of credits needed to build the new droid foundry — with Poggle the Lesser . Clovis refuses to lend them any more credits . Padmé attempts to spy on them while taking a " walk " , but they shut down the holographic blueprints . As Clovis leads Padmé away , Dod and Poggle realize that she is Clovis ' weakness and plan on poisoning her to force him to cooperate . While Anakin and R2 - D2 wait outside for Padmé ' s signal , she gets into an elegant dress for dinner with the other Senators . Dod tricks her into sharing his drink after smearing the rim with poison . Once dinner is finished , Clovis takes Padmé on a tour of the palace , both unaware of the symptoms of the poison , including thirst and head throbbing . While Clovis goes to fetch a drink , Padmé attempts to access the palace ' s files , but is barred by the computer ' s demand for a passcode . She soon figures out that it is her name , and sees the diagram from Dooku ' s new droid foundry . She signals Anakin , who sneaks into her quarters . As soon as she takes the hologram disc with the plans , she hides it from Clovis , who enters the room . When he asks to hold her hand , she spontaneously embraces him to hide the disc . She notices Anakin in the shadows , his face bursting with anger and jealousy , but she calms him down by brandishing the disc . She discreetly gives it to him , but as he slips away , Padmé passes out . Clovis reports this to Dod , but is informed that Padmé is a spy . At first he refuses to believe it , but is convinced when he finds the disc missing . He angrily confronts her for betraying him , but then Anakin then enters , demanding that he step away from her . Clovis realizes that he loves Padmé enough to save her , so he offers to get the antidote in exchange for the disc . As they carry Padmé back to the ship , they run into Dod and his aides . Clovis attempts to bluff his way out , but Dod refuses to let them leave , so Clovis pulls out a blaster . Dod is forced to give up the antidote , and the three run away . However , Anakin purposely leaves Clovis on the planet , who is forced to " talk " with Dod , as he himself injects Padmé with the antidote . Behind the scenes . Although Captain Typho has a speaking line in the episode , neither the character nor the actor who usually voices him , James Mathis III , appears in the cast listing . The Jedi Temple Archives feature on Blu - ray includes the short deleted scene " Padmé Glances Over Shoulder " . In an entry on the Star Wars Blog , Bryan Young , the editor of bigshinyrobot . com , drew connections between the episode ' s story and director 1946 thriller / spy film " " .