Sabotage ( episode ) " Sabotage " is the seventeenth episode of the . It aired on February 9 , 2013 . Official description . " " Anakin and Ahsoka investigate a deadly bombing at the Jedi Temple . " " Plot summary . Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano are sent to a battle on Cato Neimoidia by the Jedi High Council to rescue the world from an invasion set by the Separatists . Anakin ' s starfighter is attacked by buzz droids , who severely damage the ship . Anakin is knocked out by a powerful shock from his damaged starfighter leaving R2 - D2 in control of the ship . Ahsoka instructs R2 - D2 to land the ship while she pulls Anakin out . Shortly after they are contacted by Yoda , summoning them back to the Jedi Temple to investigate a bombing . It is rumored that a Jedi may have caused the blast , so Anakin and Ahsoka , having been off - world at the time , have been selected to lead the investigation . They are aided by the droid Russo - ISC in their investigation and together he and Tano go to interview the survivors of the blast . There they find a potential suspect , Jackar Bowmani . Anakin finds Bowmani ' s wife , Letta Turmond , in a protest outside the temple . She protests that her husband could not have had anything to do with the explosion . While analyzing the explosion , they discover the blast origin , a transport , and find that is is covered in explosive Nano - droid s . They also manage to find Jackar ' s hand , the only part of him that survived the explosion . Nano - droids are discovered in his bloodstream , leading them to believe that he " was the bomb " . Together , Anakin and Ahsoka go to his house to search for more nano - droids , finding them in the food . Suspecting that someone fed the droids to Jackar , they are interrupted by Letta . They decide to bring her back to the temple for more questioning , suspecting that she might know more than she is telling them . However , Letta makes a run for it and the two Jedi follow , chasing her through the streets . Finally they corner her in an alley . Both of the Jedi now believe that she was responsible for the explosion and faced with Anakin ' s anger she admits to it . The Jedi bring her back to the temple . Although still unaware of her motives , they intend to question her further . Back at the Jedi Temple , Russo informs Anakin and Ahsoka that his investigation confirms no Jedi were involved in the explosion . Mace Windu voices his opinion that the reason behind the bombing was meant to turn public sentiment against the Jedi and the Clone Wars . Anakin and Ahsoka discuss their own fears that a Jedi might have been the perpetrator ; Anakin remarks that while there will be Jedi who disappoint , the greater number of Jedi fighting for the right thing will balance it out . Behind the scenes . The episode was named for 1936 film " " . All four episodes of the story arc in fact were named after various Hitchcock narratives . Anakin Skywalker ' s statement to Ahsoka Tano , " I ' m afraid one can become the other , " was in reference to past betrayals of the Jedi by political idealists , including Count Dooku and Season 4 ' s General Pong Krell . Russo - ISC ' s characterizations and name alluded to David Caruso ' s role in the crime drama series " CSI Miami " . The gunship that delivers Captain Rex to Cato Neimoidia was the Lucky Lekku . The guards seen at the temple during Anakin ' s interaction with Cin Drallig , named Temple Guards , were confirmed to be making more appearances throughout the arc . The signs among the temple protest groups included a clone trooper behind a cross out sign , and Aurebesh phrases that state " The Jedi are Corrupt " and " Stop Cloning Violence . " Although it was destroyed during the episode , Anakin ' s Eta - 2 interceptor appeared for the first time in the series .