Pursuit of Peace " Pursuit of Peace " is the eleventh episode of the ' . It aired on December 3 , 2010 . Official summary . " " Padmé , Bail Organa and Onaconda Farr attempt to rally Senator s in opposition to a bill that would appropriate funds for millions of new clone troops and have disastrous financial consequences for the Republic . Their opposition to the measure , however , soon makes them targets for intimidation and attacks by hired guns . After escaping two hired thugs - - Chata Hyoki and Robonino - - in a harrowing speeder bike chase , Padmé , is able to sway the Senate with a stirring account of how the war has affected an everyday civilian , her handmaiden Teckla Minnau . " " Plot summary . The droid suicide attack has dramatically swung the Senate towards continuing the war and funding the creation of more clone troops . Padmé Amidala desperately tries to convince her fellow senators that not all Separatists are warmongers , but this turns the general mood against her . In addition , Count Dooku suddenly contacts the Senate and declares that the Republic armies have carried out a devastating attack on Confederate territory , killing Mina Bonteri in the process ( though the Republic contends that she was murdered by Dooku ' s agents for her peace efforts ) , and officially withdraws the Confederate Senate ' s peace proposal , further agitating the diplomats . In a private conversation afterward , Padmé , Onaconda Farr , and Bail Organa decide to approach the Banking Clan for a loan for more logistic supplies in order to gain some means of fighting the deregulation bill . From the Banking Clan representative , Padmé and Farr learn to their outrage not only that the Clan is charging the Republic an extraordinarily high interest rate of 25 percent , which by itself would drain public funds for many of their social programs , but also that they are financing more than three million Separatist battle droid s as well . Also , Senator Organa tells Padmé that several of the more upright senators were threatened into voting in favor of the bill , which frightens other senators so much that they decide not to fight the bill , the alternative being ending up like Bonteri . The same night , Farr is accosted and brutally beaten by bounty hunter s Robonino and Chata Hyoki but doesn ' t back down from his decision to fight the bill , making Count Dooku urge the two deadbeats to employ some more drastic measures . The next night , Padmé asks Organa to speak to the assembled Senate and present the facts , while Padmé tries to personally approach those still undecided . After she and Farr pay a rather futile visit to Senator Christo , Padmé decides to take a walk to relax her mind . Robonino and Hyoki assault her , but two police droid s buy her just enough time to prevent worse . Bereft of her driver , she promptly mounts a nearby speeder bike and manages to shake off her attackers in a vicious chase , but that results in the police taking an undue interest in her , and Padmé is held up while the thugs escape . Back in her quarters , Padmé is taken care of by the handmaiden Teckla Minnau , who expresses her admiration to the senator . Upon learning that Teckla ' s family is severely affected by the war , the two young women get into a talk . The next morning , Robonino and Hyoki attack Senator Organa as well . Organa manages to summon his guards and the police , and the two thugs are arrested , but he is severely injured in the struggle and therefore asks Padmé to deliver his speech . After some encouragement by Teckla and Farr , Padmé steps before the Senate and delivers an impromptu and passionate speech , recounting the problems of the simple people ( like Teckla ' s family ) due to the financial strain the war has already brought upon the Republic , arguing that the bill ' s passage would harm the citizens of the Republic they ' ve sworn to protect . The speech wins reluctant favor and respect from the entire Senate . Later in his quarters , Chancellor Palpatine angrily muses to Mas Amedda about the success one passionate voice can have over his own power , showing his true face for the first time . But he decides to wait until fate — and the Senate — will work in his own favor once again .