Deception " Deception " is the fifteenth episode of the . It aired on January 20 , 2012 . Official description . " " When the Jedi learn of a Separatist plot to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine , one of them must go deep undercover as a hardened criminal to extract information from the conspirators . " " Synopsis . After a Jedi High Council meeting , Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , and Ahsoka Tano are taking a walk through the nightly streets of Coruscant when a sniper opens fire on them . The Jedi dodge the shots , and Obi - Wan and Anakin take to the roofs to chase after the sniper . They lose him , and Obi - Wan moves out into the open to look for him , when the sniper fires and hits him dead on . He falls to the street below , crashing into a pile of crates , as Ahsoka runs to him . Anakin tries to chase the sniper , who escapes on a speeder , and when he returns to Obi - Wan and Ahsoka , he has to learn that his old master and friend is dead . A Jedi funeral is held for Kenobi , but Ahsoka is worried for Skywalker , who has become withdrawn and grim . Meanwhile , the assassin , a bounty hunter named Rako Hardeen , celebrates his victory in killing Obi - Wan . However , Obi - Wan is not dead . It turns out that it was all a plan made by Obi - Wan , Yoda and Mace Windu , who decided to fake Obi - Wan ' s death so he could pretend to become a member of a looming Separatist plot to kidnap Palpatine . Kenobi then undergoes a facial transformation via nanotechnology to disguise himself as Hardeen , captures his would - be assassin as he prepares to collect his reward from his employer ( again Kenobi ) , and completes his disguise with a voice emulator droid and a voice sample from Hardeen . Anakin and Ahsoka , who have not been made aware of the plan in order to assure its success , track down Hardeen ' s location and arrest the disguised Obi - Wan , ferrying him to the Republic jail . Once inside the prison , Obi - Wan proceeds to make contact with another inmate , Moralo Eval , who is suspected to be a key figure in the plot against the Chancellor . Eval expresses his respect to " Hardeen " for having killed a Jedi ; but things are complicated by the presence of Eval ' s cellmate , Cad Bane , who does not even bother to hide his distrust of the newcomer . In addition , Obi - Wan learns that both of them plan to break out of prison very soon . He manages to relay as much to Yoda and Windu through a concealed comm device , but nevertheless is forced to carry on with his plan . In due time , Bane stages a breakout by having Boba Fett start a fight with Obi - Wan , triggering a general riot which Eval and Bane use as a cover for their escape . Obi - Wan joins them uninvited and surreptitiously aids them in escaping the prison through the morgue and incineration facility , though several of the prison ' s personnel are killed by Eval and Bane in cold blood on the way . Commandeering a freighter , the three make their way off - planet . Despite Bane ' s continuing hostility , Obi - Wan has managed to win Eval ' s trust , who declares that they will let him join in on their next hit . Continuity . When talking to Mace Windu and Yoda in the prison , Obi - Wan uses the code name Ben , a reference to the name he used while in exile on Tatooine .