Bound for Rescue " Bound for Rescue " is the eighth episode of the . It aired on November 17 , 2012 . Official description . " " With Ahsoka captured by Hondo ' s pirates , the youngling s work together to infiltrate the pirates ' den , using their wits and courage to deceive Hondo Ohnaka and launch a daring rescue . " " Plot summary . After some effort , the youngling s on board the drifting Jedi cruiser manage to establish communication with the next available Republic fleet . Obi - Wan hails the younglings and promises to send a rescue team to first pick up the stranded younglings , then go after Hondo Ohnaka and his pirate gang on Florrum to rescue their hostage Ahsoka . Determined to aid Ahsoka as soon as possible , Petro boldly announces that he and the others want to get to her first , but Obi - Wan vetoes this , for the sake of all their safety . But before he and his men can even start their rescue attempt , they suffer a surprise attack by a Separatist battle fleet led by General Grievous . When their ship is finally taken , Kenobi and Cody set its systems to self - destruct , thus forcing Grievous to retreat but ultimately leaving them unable to come to the aid of both Ahsoka and the younglings as they flee in escape pods . With additional time on their hands , the younglings finish the assembly of their lightsaber s aboard the " Crucible " , with only Katooni being unable to ignite her weapon following its assembly due to an error . Petro overconfidently suggests to mount a rescue mission by themselves , which is seconded by Gungi and Byph , but vetoed by the level - minded Katooni . The results of Zatt and Ganodi ' s inspection of the ship ' s systems , however , suspends her disagreement : the engines ' cooling system has been critically damaged during their scuffle with the Weequay pirates , forcing them to land on the nearest habitable planet - which happens to be Florrum - to let the engines cool down , lest they explode if left unchecked . Leaving R2 and Ganodi to fix up Huyang and prepare the ship for a quick escape , the rest of the younglings set off toward the pirate base . On their way through the Florrum wastelands , the younglings happen to come across a traveling carnival troupe en route to Hondo ' s base to business . Passing themselves off as junior acrobats , they manage to persuade the show ' s propietor , Preigo , to take them to the pirate base . Held captive by Hondo in the same location , a manacled Ahsoka suffers under the pirates ' taunts . While she tries to persuade Hondo to release her , she learns from him that he intends to sell her to a certain " business man " who will pay " handsomely " for a female Jedi - dead or alive . When Preigo ' s troupe arrives later in the evening , Hondo joins the expectant audience under the company of Ahsoka . The younglings appear before Hondo , disguised , perform an entry act and finally get a drunken Hondo to join in on the next stunt . Unnoticed , Katooni steals back Ahsoka ' s lightsabers and frees the Padawan as the act is underway . As the young Jedi run for it , they are recognized by the pirates who then fire at them , but they manage to steal one of the pirates ' s speeders and make off for the " Crucible " . Fortuitously , the troupe decide to leave , fearing that Hondo will kill them for allowing the younglings to infiltrate them , and in starting up their ship , they inadvertently create a cloud of dust that delays immediate pursuit by the pirates . As the Jedi head back to their ship , Ahsoka expresses her gratitude to the younglings , admitting to them that , as her master had taught her , " doing the right thing sometimes means bending the rules " , and Petro contacts Ganodi and R2 to ready the ship for immediate takeoff . Continuity . " Bound for Rescue " is the third episode in 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 " Crisis at the Heart , " originally reported by " Star Wars Insider " 134 , as the eighth episode in Season Five .