Mission to Tatooine ( Kyber Saber ) In 3 ABY , the Freemakers undertook a mission to the planet Tatooine to service the Toong podracing pilot Ben Quadinaros ' podracer . However , this was a trap set by the Hutt crime lord Graballa , who wanted to capture Rowan Freemaker in order to find more Kyber Saber crystals . The Freemakers managed to evade Graballa and his henchmen by taking part in the 29th Annual Bricklayers ' Classic . Graballa and his henchmen cornered them at a wrecked sandcrawler where a siege took place . The Freemakers were rescued by the undercover Sith Naare , who defeated Graballa ' s forces and helped them escape offworld . Prelude . After escaping from their prison cell in Cloud City , the bounty hunter s Dengar , Baash , and Raam returned to the Hutt crime lord Graballa ' s starship " Rancor ' s Fist " . There , Dengar informed Graballa that they had found the identity of the mysterious Force - sensitive boy Rowan Freemaker . Graballa was pleased with this news because he had failed a second time to convince his cousin Jabba to loan him enough money to build a beachside resort and cafe . Graballa engineered a trap for the Freemakers by coercing the Toong podracing pilot Ben Quadinaros to hire the scavengers to service his podracer at Mos Espa . The mission . The unplanned podrace . Since the Freemakers were low on funds to pay their rent , Zander accepted Ben ' s offer . The Freemakers including their B1 battle droid Roger traveled to Mos Espa . When Zander asked Quadinaros to pay his bill , Ben summoned Graballa and his henchmen . Graballa confronted Rowan and his siblings and demanded that the boy help him to find other Kyber Saber crystals . Before Graballa could question the Freemakers further , Jabba and his entourage including the bounty hunter Boba Fett entered the workshop and confronted Graballa for making an unauthorized visit to Tatooine . While Graballa tried to convince Jabba that his business with the Freemakers did not concern him , the Freemakers took their opportunity to escape on the podracer they were repairing . Graballa ordered Dengar , Baash , and Raam to give chase on their speeder bike s . With Graballa on their trail , the Freemakers had no choice but to participate in the upcoming 29th Annual Bricklayers ' Classic in an attempt to lose their pursuers . Dengar pursued the Freemakers through the race course and fired his blaster at them . After the Freemakers ' podracer headed inside a tunnel , they managed to damage Dengar ' s bike . However , Dengar hijacked a blue podracer and continued pursuing the Freemakers , who had reached fourth place . By the second round , Baash and Raam had entered the race and tried to ambush the Freemakers with their bikes . However , Zander sped up his podracer , causing the two Iktotchi to crash their bikes into each other . By the third round , the Freemakers had managed to beat several other podracers including Ben Quadinaros . Dengar eventually caught up with the Freemakers and fought Rowan atop their podracer . However , Rowan managed to hit Dengar with the stabilizer control , causing the bounty hunter to lose his grip . Standoff at the sandcrawler . The Freemakers then crashed their podracer in the Dune Sea . The Freemakers then sought refuge in a nearby sandcrawler , which had been abandoned by its Jawa occupants . Despite Rowan ' s concerns , Kordi and Zander decided to contact Naare for help . They used Roger ' s transmission pack as an improvised long - distance transmitter and homing beacon . Zander managed to summon Naare for help just as Graballa and his henchmen caught up with them at the sandcrawler . After failed negotiations , the Freemakers managed to hold Graballa and his henchmen off by hurling thermal detonator s . Graballa and his henchmen were forced to scatter and hide in the sand dunes until the Freemakers ran out of detonators . Graballa then ordered his henchmen to storm the sandcrawler but they were attacked by Naare , who had arrived in her starship " Eclipse Fighter " . Naare used her lightsaber and Force powers to overpower Graballa ' s henchmen . She then told the Freemakers to flee into her ship . Rowan managed to escape but Roger , Zander , and Kordi were captured . Naare used her Force powers and lightsabers to free them . Meanwhile , Rowan discovered Naare ' s Sith lightsaber and overheard a transmission from Emperor Palpatine telling Naare to use force against Rowan to ensure better results . Shortly later , Naare returned with the other Freemakers and they returned back to the Wheel . Aftermath . Graballa was unable to pursue the Freemakers because Naare destroyed his sail barge . To add to his humiliation , Graballa was forced to call his cousin Graballa for a ride . Meanwhile , Naare returned to the Wheel . She warned Rowan not to run off again . However , the boy stole her Sith lightsaber . Later , he informed his siblings about Naare ' s true identity . As a result , the Freemakers made preparations to flee the Wheel . Behind the scenes . The Mission to Tatooine serves as the main plot of the " " episode " Race on Tatooine " , which premiered on July 18 , 2016 .