Mission to Florrum / Legends A mission to Florrum took place in 22 BBY , during the Clone Wars . The mission was to give spice ransom to a group of pirates on Florrum , who captured Confederate Head of State Count Dooku for ransom . After High General Obi - Wan Kenobi and General Anakin Skywalker were ordered to make sure that Count Dooku was really captured by the pirates and to then make contact with the Chancellor . Hondo Ohnaka wanted to triple his spice payment and the Jedi were taken prisoner by the pirates and were held captive in the same cell as Dooku . Prior to the Jedi ' s capture , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine dispatched Senator Kharrus and Representative Jar Jar Binks to Florrum with a squad of clone troopers , led by Commander Stone . The group ' s objective was to deliver the ransom of spice to the pirates . Unbeknownst to them , the pirates had already captured Kenobi and Skywalker . After the group arrived in Florrum , Barb Mentir , a member of the pirate gang shot down their Nu - class attack shuttle , killing Kharrus and the pilots . Binks was then named leading commander of the group , though Commander Stone had doubts of Bink ' s leading the mission . Weequay pirate , Turk Falso , the lieutenant of Ohnaka tried to stop the group and take the ransom for himself . However , Binks and the clones managed to stop Falso and his men before proceeding to the pirate camp . In the camp , Kenobi , Skywalker and Dooku tried to escape from Ohnaka , though failed . Dooku is locked up back in his cell , while the Jedi were being tortured by Ohnaka . Binks disabled the electricity to the pirate camp before entering it , which allows Dooku to escape his cell and steal a ship to leave Florrum . Kenobi and Skywalker escape from their torture device and kidnap Ohnaka by using a lightsaber . Jar Jar then enters the base with two stolen tanks and he and the clones and the Jedi departure from Florrum in the Twilight . Prelude . After Count Dooku was captured by Hondo Ohnaka and his pirate gang , Ohnaka contacted the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic and offered to turn him over for one million credits ' worth of spice . Palpatine was reluctant to believe Dooku had been captured by a group of simple pirates , despite being shown holographic proof . Senator Padmé Amidala suggested sending a pair of Jedi to Ohnaka ' s base in order to confirm the pirate ' s claim . Once assured Dooku was indeed captured , the Republic would pay the demanded ransom for the Separatist leader . Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker were dispatched to verify the veracity of Ohnaka ' s claim . When they arrived on Florrum , and after meeting Hondo Ohnaka , the two Jedi were taken to Dooku ' s holding cell . There , Skywalker proceeded to taunt the Sith Lord . Dooku replied by warning them that the pirates were lacking intelligence and not to be trusted . Kenobi and Skywalker were then invited to a banquet with the pirate leader . During the feast , several attempts were made to incapacitate the Jedi by drugging their drinks and food . These all were foiled by the pair until Ohnaka ' s pet monkey - lizard , Pilf Mukmuk succeeded in dispersing the drug into the ventilation system , rendering the Jedi unconscious . The Mission . Unaware that the Jedi had been taken prisoner , Chancellor Palpatine sent the requested ransom with senator Kharrus of Malastare and representative Binks , who were accompanied by a team of clone troopers . However , as they arrived on Florrum , a saucer craft pursued them , shooting them down . Kharrus and both pilots were killed in the crash . Meanwhile , Dooku used the Force to levitate a knife into the key slot of their holding cell , overriding the locking mechanism . Their escape was short - lived however , as they were re - captured and chastised by Ohnaka . Kenobi then used a mind trick to convince their guard to open the door and go get something to drink . The trio escaped again and made their way , unimpeded , through the halls to the base exterior . At the crash site , the surviving clone troopers informed Jar Jar that he was now in command of the mission following Kharrus ' s death . Jar Jar and the clones buried the Gran senator before a group of pirates , led by Turk Falso , showed up to steal the ransom and kill the crash survivors . Jar Jar and the clones took cover in a geyser while the pirates took the spice . The pirates fled with Jar Jar and his troops in pursuit riding native skalders . The pirates were fired on from behind , destroying several of their speeders and losing the spice in the process . Meanwhile , the three escapees reached the exterior of the building though they were now spotted after tripping an alarm . Skywalker attempted to poll vault the three over the wall but came up short , all while being shot . While struggling to hang on to the perimeter wall , Ohnaka came and stood over his prisoners , once again taking them into custody . Falso , having survived the skirmish with Binks and his troops , falsely reported that the Republic had sent an army to wipe out the pirates and take their prisoners by force . He convinced Ohnaka to send tanks out to destroy the Republic forces . Ohnaka then personally oversaw the torture of Skywalker and Kenobi . Dooku escaped once more , make his way to the hangar and stole a saucer craft , killing Falso and his partner in the process . Binks and the clones , having taken shelter behind an outcropping of rocks , spotted the tanks sent to destroy them . Commander CC - 5869 , nicknamed " Stone , " sent Binks to negotiate with them , knowing that the pirates would be distracted by the bumbling Gungan . As Binks climbed aboard one of the tanks , he slipped , causing the driver to lose control and send the tank crashing into another pushing them both into the power lines . This knocked out power to the base and inadvertently freed Anakin and Obi - Wan . The two Jedi quickly recovered their weapons and proceeded to capture Ohnaka . Using the Weequay as a shield and hostage , they made their way out of the base to the landing pad where the " Twilight " was docked . There , Jar Jar and his clones arrived in the remaining commandeered Weequay tank . The Jedi let Ohnaka go and told him that they did not want revenge for all he had done to them . Though they warned Ohnaka that while they were forgiving , Dooku would not be , and he now knew where the pirates lived . The group then departed , leaving Florrum behind .