Gambit on Geonosis Gambit on Geonosis is the fifth episode of " " . After finding R2 - D2 and Lando Calrissian , C - 3PO , Chewbacca , and Nien Nunb are captured by the Imperial General Maximillian Veers who plans to use the droid foundries on Geonosis to build a droid army to oppose the Rebel Alliance . C - 3PO and Lando jointly tell the story of " " to several stormtrooper s . Plot summary . C - 3PO ' s narration . On Geonosis , General Maximillian Veers and his stormtrooper s begin building an army of battle droid s using components from the recycled droids and B1 battle droid stocks at the droid foundries . As C - 3PO , R2 - D2 , Chewbacca , Lando Calrissian , and Nien Nunb await an unknown terrible fate , 3PO pleads with General Veers not to remake him as a battle droid . The General is unmoved and suggest that 3PO would like to go next . He then leaves and orders his men to guard the prisoners . R2 then convinces 3PO to distract the stormtroopers by telling them stories while he uses his fusion welder to melt his chains . C - 3PO regales the stormtroopers with the " real story behind the Battle of Endor " . C - 3PO retells the story of the rebels ' plan to free Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt ' s Palace on Tatooine . In this version , a blind Han accidentally walks into Jabba ; awakening the Hutt and his entourage . Luke Skywalker then enters the palace and uses the Force to levitate two of Jabba ' s Gamorrean guards in an attempt to reason with the crime lord into freeing them . However , Jabba decides to feed them to the sarlacc at the Great Pit of Carkoon . In 3PO ' s version of the attempt , the rebels are aided by several characters including Qui - Gon Jinn , Ben Quadinaros , Noga - ta , Lobot , Jar Jar Binks and Watto . R2 still fires new lightsaber but it falls into the sarlacc ' s mouth . However , the sarlacc spits it out and the ricocheting lightsaber knocks out several of Jabba ' s henchmen . Luke manages to catch the lightsaber this time and frees his friends . R2 also uses his electric pole to sting Salacious B . Crumb , causing him to fall directly into the sarlacc ' s mouth . Lando also falls in but is pulled out by Han and an Ithorian . Luke also falls into Jabba ' s mouth but Leia and 3PO free the Jedi by performing the Heimlich maneuver on Jabba . Leia then destroys Jabba ' s sail barge with the ship ' s cannon before the rebels flee the scene on one of the remaining desert skiffs . Boba Fett manages to clamber out of the sarlacc ' s mouth only to be knocked back into the pit by a falling Jabba . Once in space , the rebels split up with Luke and R2 going to see Master Yoda while 3PO and the others head back to the rebel fleet . On Dagobah , Luke learns from Yoda and Obi - Wan Kenobi that Vader is indeed his father and that Leia is his sister . At the rebel meeting , Admiral Ackbar comes up with a plan to destroy Death Star II by sending a strike team led by Han to destroy the shield generator on Endor . Luke accompanies the strike mission but is fearful of endangering the mission . During the speeder bike chase , C - 3PO rides on R2 - D2 who refuels Luke ' s bike . In the end , Luke , Leia , and the droids end up peddling a bike through the forests . The rebels then fall into an Ewok trap . Meanwhile at Death Star II , two Lego workers haggle over the colors of the bricks used to construct the superweapon . In the Emperor ' s Throne Room , Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader discuss their plan to lure Luke and the rebels into a trap . Meanwhile , Calrissian and the rebel fleet travel to Endor . Back on Endor , the Ewoks think that 3PO is a god but intend to boil his companions in a cauldron . Luke convinces the Ewoks to let them go by using the Force to play several magician ' s tricks on the Ewoks . Luke then leaves to confront Vader but not before revealing to Leia that they are his children . In space , Jar Jar Binks is seen floating some miles away from the Second Death Star , where Palpatine meets Luke and reveals his plan to trap the rebels . Han Solo ' s strike team encounters setbacks when a booby – trapped door damages R2 and they surrounded by several AT - ST walkers while the rebel fleet discovers the shield generator is still operational . According to 3PO , the rebels ' situation on Endor seemed bleak . Lando ' s narration . Back in the present , one of the stormtroopers asks C - 3PO what happened next . Before the protocol droid can continue , General Veers returns to the cell and orders the stormtroopers to bring the next droid . The stormtroopers remove a broken - down GNK - series power droid and leave the room . R2 - D2 then breaks free of his chains but leaves the room , without freeing the others . 3PO is angered by the astromech droid ' s perceived betrayal and replies with a sarcastic " R2 - D2 betrayed everyone he ever knew ! The end ! " when the stormtroopers return . Lando then volunteers to continue the " real story " behind the Battle of Endor and startles the stormtroopers by claiming that Darth Vader saved the rebellion . In space , the rebel fleet flees the operational Second Death Star by flying among the Imperial fleet . While angered by the rebels ' defeat , Luke refuses to give in to the dark side until the Emperor goads him by telling him that he will never be as cool as Han Solo , proceeding to attack Vader . On the forest moon , the captured rebel strike team are rescued by the Ewok army . R2 and an Ewok also catapult the Imperial commanding officer into the forests . Back on the Second Death Star , Palpatine enjoys watching the duel between Vader and Luke until he is clipped in the nose by Luke . However , Luke refuses to kill Vader once he is disarmed and the Emperor attacks him with Force lightning . The destruction of the shield generator allows Calrissian to lead an attack on the Second Death Star . He also promises Han not to damage his ship . In the Emperor ' s Throne Room , Vader saves his son and throws the Emperor into the reactor core . Vader reconciles with Luke in his last moments , briefly having his head taken off when Luke tried to remove his helmet . ( " It ' s a little tricky , " he replies ) Luke then escapes the Secind Death Star with Vader ' s remains before the superweapon explodes . Ending the story , Calrissian stresses that Vader ' s sacrifice restored balance to the Force . His story - telling skills impresses the stormtroopers . However , Veers is not impressed and orders his men to take the prisoners to the smelter . Suddenly , R2 - D2 reappears with the " Millennium Falcon " , which breaks a hole in the wall . R2 uses the ship ' s cannons to attack Veers and his men . The rebels then flee aboard the " Falcon " while Veers launches his emergency plan . Using the Lego bricks , General Veers creates a giant B1 battle droid that grabs the " Millennium Falcon " . Before the " Falcon " can be destroyed , Admiral Ackbar arrives in his Delta - 7B Aethersprite - class light interceptor " Daisy Mae " and bombards the giant battle droid . The " Falcon " breaks free and the rebels return to the Forest Moon where they receive another heroes ' welcome . During the festivities , C - 3PO declines a medal and instead offers it to Chewbacca as a belated compensation for accidentally destroying his medal after the Battle of Yavin .