Second battle of Florrum A battle on the Outer Rim planet of Florrum took place in 20 BBY . The battle was fought between Hondo Ohnaka ' s pirates , backed by the Jedi Order , and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Because Ohnaka had held Count Dooku for ransom , General Grievous launched an assault on Ohnaka ' s pirate outpost . Catching the pirates by surprise with his attack , Grievous entered the outpost and met Ohnaka in person . Grievous then opened a holo - communication channel through which Count Dooku spoke with Ohnaka . The Count , who had neither forgotten nor forgiven Ohnaka ' s questionable hospitality during their first encounter , announced that he was taking control of the planet and planned to dismantle Ohnaka ' s arsenal . When Ohnaka protested against this , he was swiftly incarcerated . Gwarm , who was returning from recapturing Ahsoka Tano and the six Jedi younglings , was surprised upon seeing droids in the outpost . Tano convinced her captors that the Jedi and pirates needed to join forces against the invaders . When they agreed , the Jedi and pirates proceeded to free Ohnaka and the captured pirate forces . Grievous , however , learned of their presence and ordered AATs to destroy the outpost . After a chase through the trenches of a dried geyser field and a brief confrontation with Grievous , the Jedi and pirate forces escaped Florrum aboard " Slave I " to Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s flagship . Prelude . During the Clone Wars , Hondo Ohnaka and his pirates had hijacked a Jedi training cruiser , the " Crucible " , in an attempt to steal lightsaber crystals . They were repulsed from the ship , but they captured Padawan Ahsoka Tano as they escaped . The Jedi younglings on the " Crucible " , Byph , Ganodi , Gungi , Katooni , Petro , and Zatt , rescued Tano from the pirates by disguising themselves as circus performers within Preigo ' s Traveling World of Wonder , but the pirates began chasing them once they figured out their plan . When they reached the " Crucible " , they took off , but the ship ' s engines were shot by a pirate ' s WLO - 5 speeder tank . The " Crucible " crashed and Tano and the younglings were recaptured by the gang . When the pirate captors returned to the outpost , they spotted a droid army massing an invasion against the base . The Separatist forces , led by General Grievous and a tactical droid , had first seized control of the Florrum system , which the Republic had held up until that point , before leading an attack on Florrum itself . Confederate Head of State Count Dooku , having been previously captured and held for ransom by the Ohnaka Gang , ordered Grievous to launch an assault on Florrum in retribution for Ohnaka ' s actions . The battle . With the Jedi and the pirate joined forces together , Tano devised a plan to use R2 - D2 and the pirate ' s tank to divert the droids ' attention for a bit while they sneaked into the pirate base and freed Hondo Ohnaka from the captivity . After they rescued Ohnaka , they freed the rest of the pirate forces , but one droid managed to alert Grievous to their presence . Grievous decided to cut the problem short by having the prison section leveled by his tanks , but the Jedi and the pirates managed to break out , fight through the droid forces , and flee the outpost . Ohnaka , his pirates , and Katooni piloted Starhawk speeder bikes , while Tano , Professor Huyang , R2 - D2 and the other younglings piloted a WLO - 5 speeder tank . Grievous then pursued them in his combat speeder with three commando droids piloting STAPs for support . During the chase , the Jedi and pirates were separated ; Ohnaka , Katooni and pirates were able to reach Hondo Ohnaka ' s secret starship vault , while Tano ' s team were still pursued by Grievous . Ohnaka was going to fly away from the battle at first , but Katooni succeeded in appealing to his sense of honor . In the meantime , Grievous prepared to board the Jedi ' s speeder tank , which forced R2 - D2 to execute some risky maneuvers in an attempt to shake him off . However , this move crashed the tank , causing both Grievous and the Jedi to fall from the vehicle . The stunned Jedi were recovering just as Grievous moved in for the kill when " Slave I " arrived to help the Jedi . Tano sent her youngling charges to the craft and engaged Grievous in combat to cover their escape . She then barely escaped onto the ship on her own , and before Ohnaka had a chance to properly repay Grievous for his cordiality , a squad of AATs fired at them and forced them to escape . Aftermath . With the last of Ohnaka ' s pirates and the Jedi retreated from Florrum , the planet was fully conquered by the Separatists . The pirates and the Jedi met with Obi - Wan Kenobi , who had been defeated by Grievous and rescued by the Republic rescue team . Aboard Kenobi ' s Jedi cruiser , Ohnaka boldly attempted to weasel his way out of trouble by claiming the various expenses he incurred saving the younglings , so Kenobi decided to leave it at that . Ohnaka then departed and the younglings were invited by Kenobi to form a wheel with their ignited lightsabers . Later during the Clone Wars , Ohnaka returned to his destroyed base with the remaining of his pirates . The resurfaced Darth Maul and his brother Savage Opress launched an attack on Ohnaka ' s destroyed outpost with his renegades pirates . However , they were repelled from the outpost and eventually defeated with Kenobi ' s help , forcing the brothers to retreat . Behind the scenes . The battle was first mentioned by Hondo Ohnaka in " Revival " then , StarWars . com ' s episode guide wrote that " A Necessary Bond " answers what exactly happened to Hondo Ohnaka ' s base , which was seen destroyed in " Revival , " the season opener . Originally , " Revival " was planned to air later in the season , in proper chronological order , but it was moved to the start in order to better showcase the Darth Maul storyline . In " Revival , " Ohnaka describes his base being overrun by General Grievous . "