Nomad Droids " Nomad Droids " is the sixth episode of the . It aired on October 14 , 2011 . Official description . " " C - 3PO and R2 - D2 ' s bizarre caper continues . Forced to escape a Separatist attack in a Y - wing fighter , the droid s visit the world of the Patitite s , the odd planet Balnab , and the inside of a pirate warship where they are forced to fight in a gladiator ial arena . " " Synopsis . In a cabin on Adi Gallia ' s cruiser , C - 3PO and R2 - D2 report to Senator Amidala about their recent — and most peculiar — adventure on Aleen . Just in the midst of communication , three Separatist cruisers under the command of General Grievous launch a surprise attack on their ship , crippling it critically and forcing an evacuation of the vessel . In lack of an escape pod , R2 commandeers a Y - Wing , and the two droids barely make it out of the battle and their disintegrating cruiser to the nearby planet of Patitite Pattuna before a pursuing Vulture Droid shoots them out of the sky . After crash - landing on a grassy plain , they are attacked by the diminutive natives and , underestimating their capabilities , are shocked into unconsciousness . When the two droids come to , they find themselves tied to the ground and facing a bunch of rather unfriendly Patitites who declare that , under the orders of their leader Hay - Zu , all off - worlders are to be considered enemies . Soon Hay - Zu comes to see them , revealing himself to be a bloated , despotic specimen of his people . C - 3PO successfully manages to arrange their release , but when R2 talks back to Hay - Zu for his unfriendliness , C - 3PO admonishes him with a slap , which makes R2 topple over and accidentally land on Hay - Zu , squashing him . To their surprise , the other Patitites celebrate the loss of their tyrannical leader and subsequently aid the two droids in repairing the Y - Wing . When the Patitites offer the leadership over them to C - 3PO , he declines in favor of three popular candidates from among the natives . But things head off to a bad start as the three newly elected leaders begin to slug each other about leadership issues and who has the most votes , prompting the droids to depart swiftly and let the Patitites sort this particular problem out for themselves . However , once in space the two droids are quick to discover that their Y - Wing ' s power system is damaged and running down , so they prepare to land on the next available planet . Balnab is still a young planet with a biosphere yet in development , but not devoid of intelligent beings walking its surface ; a band of Balnabs quickly stumbles upon them and capture them in a stun net . The two droids are brought before the Balnabs ' " great leader " , who is really a holo - projection created and controlled by a group of rogue pit droids from a crashed starship who have fooled and intimidated the native population into service as their slave working force . R2 exposes the sham , and leaving the Balnabs to deal with their oppressors ( violently ) , he and C - 3PO resume their search for a replacement power unit for their fighter . But a new and more urgent problem forces them to give up on their search , since their own power reserves are beginning to run out . Eventually , they both shut down and are discovered by a band of Weequay pirates , who as a price for their reactivation , herd them to a gladiatorial pit for a fight to dismemberment with other droids . But just at that very instant , the pirate ship is discovered by Grievous ' cruiser , who intends to have his droids practice their gunnery skills on it . The droids are sucked through a hull breach into space , but R2 ' s rocket boosters manage to ferry them aboard Grievous ' ship , where a reception committee of battle droids awaits them . Upon R2 ' s prompting , C - 3PO claims that they are pirate droids , whereupon they are sent to be melted down for replacement parts . But right before they can be plunged into the incinerator , a fleet of Republic cruisers under the command of Master Plo Koon jumps out of hyperspace and launches an attack to free Master Gallia , who is held captive aboard Grievous ‘ ship , forcing the droid general to flee once again . In the aftermath of the mission , R2 and C - 3PO rejoin the Republic forces , and much to Commander Wolffe ' s frustration , the golden droid begins to launch into an account of their most recent adventures . Behind the scenes . The moral of this episode is a direct quote from Obi - Wan Kenobi from after Luke Skywalker , Chewbacca , Han Solo and R2 - D2 and C - 3PO evade capture from stormtrooper s by hiding in the " Millennium Falcon " smuggling compartments . The Patitite s were intended to be similar to the Brownies from " Willow " . C - 3PO and R2 - D2 being tied up by the Patitites is a reference to the book " " . However , in the book Gulliver travels to four places , while the droids only travel to two : the planet Aleen and the planet Patitite Pattuna . The reaction of the Patitites to the death of Hay - Zu is a reference to " " , in which the muchkins are happy when Dorothy ' s house falls on and kills the witch . The droids ' adventure on Balnab is another " Oz " reference , this time to the " Great Wizard " of Oz , up to and including the exposure of the pit droids . One final reference is to " Gulliver ' s Travels " ; just as Gulliver is attacked by pirates as he leaves for his third adventure , the same happens to the droids upon leaving after their third adventure . During the incinerator scene , there are two RA - 7 protocol droid s present . However , when the one in front attempts to run away and is shot , the second one is missing , showing only the power droid . In the next scene , the second RA - 7 droid is present again .