Evil Plans " Evil Plans " is the eighth episode of the ' . It aired on November 5 , 2010 . This episode is a prequel to " Hostage Crisis . " Official description . " In the middle of a routine shopping trip on Coruscant , C - 3PO is abducted by the bounty hunter Cad Bane . Bane is looking for information about the Senate Building on behalf of Jabba the Hutt . Finding C - 3PO devoid of useful information , Bane and his accomplices kidnap R2 - D2 and extract the vital data , before memory wiping the droid s of the incident , and letting them on their way . The floor - plans and security details of the Senate building are part of a plot engineered by the Hutt families to free their imprisoned brother , Ziro the Hutt , who holds potentially damaging information about Hutt activities . " Plot summary . Padmé is stressing out over arranging a state banquet , the most important one of the season , for Senator Aang , despite Anakin ' s efforts to ease her mind . Senator Aang holds the deciding vote on the Military Oversight Committee , and Padmé needs everything to be perfect . Her co - arranger C - 3PO is helping to manage the details with the waiter droids sent to serve the party , and realizes that R2 - D2 had forgotten the Jogan fruit Threepio asked him to get for garnishing the dessert — Jogan fruit cake , which is Aang ' s favorite . Padmé asks Anakin to handle it , who sends their two droids together so they won ' t get lost or distracted with 40 credit s to buy the four Jogan fruit needed . At the market , Threepio grumbles a bit and argues that it is the astromech of the pair that gets " distracted , " which Artoo disagrees with . They find a fruit vendor that offers four Jogan fruit in a canister package for four credits per fruit rather than one credit apiece ; Artoo protests that as galactic robbery but Threepio feels they don ' t have a choice . Apparently overhearing that they really need the fruit , the vendor suddenly changes the agreed price from 16 to 32 credits , insisting that it ' s the best price he has today , but Threepio takes them anyway . As they start heading back with their purchase , a droid approaches them and suggests that they take a break at the nearby Droid Spa , a maintenance spa , for a cosmetic overhaul . Artoo takes to the suggestion enthusiastically despite Threepio ' s protests , but as he races off to the facility , Threepio is kidnapped by Cad Bane ' s droid gang . While Artoo enjoys the spa ' s amenities , Threepio is brought to Bane ' s hideout in one of the industrial areas of Coruscant , where his databanks are brutally scanned for information on the Senate Building ' s layout . Threepio ' s memory does not contain this information , but Threepio mentions that Artoo would know , so Bane decides to change targets . As Artoo exits the spa and finds Threepio missing , he is promptly pursued by Todo and HELIOS - 3E . Artoo hides in a dark alley , but after he hears his pursuers preparing to dismantle Threepio , he surrenders himself . After Bane obtains the information he is looking for , he has the two droids mind - wiped of the kidnapping and dumped back where they were snatched . The two droids return with their purchase , none the wiser about what had befallen them , just in time for the cake to be finished and served to the delighted Aang . Meanwhile , Bane travels to Tatooine and delivers the plans to his employer , Jabba . Jabba , however , immediately offers Bane yet another assignment and contacts the Grand Hutt Council for a private conference . Bane ' s new mission is to free Ziro the Hutt from prison , as he possesses confidential information which might prove fatal to the Hutts should the Republic authorities get their hands on it ; Bane readily accepts the job . Behind the scenes . The Jedi Temple Archives feature on Blu - ray includes the deleted scene " C - 3PO Reunited with Shiny R2 - D2 " .