Thrown Into Battle " Thrown Into Battle " is the second of five animated short videos released on May 4 , 2017 to promote the of " " . It was released on the LEGO Star Wars website . On June 17 , " Thrown Into Battle " and the other four short videos were released in an omnibus episode called " A New Home " that was released on the LEGO Star Wars website . Official description . " Roger saves the Rebel Fleet from certain destruction when he accidentally turns himself into a torpedo . " Plot summary . The episode opens with the Alliance Fleet floating in space . In a droid cafe , Chopper is repairing a silver protocol droid while a red protocol droid is servicing another astromech droid . The modified B1 battle droid Roger enters carrying a tray of drinks and narrowly trips over . He introduces himself as the last of the battle droid s to have survived the Clone Wars and talks about his work as an attache to three lovely kids whom he bakes sweet - sand cookiees for . Roger then adds that he is working on his autobiography before serving the droids drinks . Roger clumsily knocks a protocol droid with his tray while talking about his desire for friendship . Roger tells the droids that he brought them motor oil , a favorite of his . The silver protocol droid points out that it is highly combustible before the room explodes . Roger is thrown out by the force of the blast . He is then chased by the enraged droids . Later , in the " Home One " hangar , Zander and Rowan Freemaker are repairing the " StarScavenger " . Zander remarks that his ship has been ripped and put back together so many times that he can ' t tell what is original . A battered Roger , who is missing one arm , then enters the hangar . He tells them that he offered some droids a hand in friendship and that they beat him with it . Roger laments that it is so hard to make friends . Kordi repairs his arm and tells him not to give up . When Rowan asks what droids like , Roger has an epiphany and decides to build an improvised buffer . While Roger is building the buffer , Rowan tells him that it looks good but Roger can ' t hear because he is wearing a muffler . Rowan repeats but Roger can ' t hear him amidst the noise . In the end , Rowan tells him to keep up the good work . Suddenly , Admiral Ackbar issues an alert over the com and orders the fleet ' s starfighter s to scramble . The Empire has found the Rebel fleet . An Imperial Star Destroyer approaches the rebel fleet and launches its TIE fighters . Lieutenant Valeria leads Blue Squadron into combat and orders her pilots to take out the Star Destroyer ' s turbolaser cannons . Meanwhile , Roger is running out of spare parts and decides to go scavenging . The rebel fighters are unable to break through the Star Destroyer ' s deflector shield s and begin to suffer casualties . While Zander is preoccupied with servicing an A - wing starfighter , Roger borrows a power cell for his buffer ; leaving Zander one cell short . Meanwhile , Rowan manages to find an engine for a Y - wing that Kordi is fixing . Roger pinches the engine and several tools . He tosses a piece of scrap which gets caught in the engines of a B - wing starfighter , causing the ship to explode . Klaxons begin ringing . In space , Valeria is wondering when her reinforcements will come . A Mon Calamari crew member informs Ackbar of a block in the hangar bay that is preventing them from launching more fighters . Ackbar laments that they are doomed without fighter support and stresses they need to break the Imperial shield . Back in the hangar bay , Roger powers up his improvised buffer only to be catapulted into space . Roger crashes into the Star Destroyer ' s deflector shield generator , bringing down its shields . Admiral Ackbar orders his crew to concentrate all fire on the Star Destroyer , destroying it . Zander cheers until Rowan asks where is Roger . Later , Roger is picked up in space by the " StarScavenger " . Roger is awarded a medal for his services by Admiral Ackbar in the presence of the Freemakers and the other rebels . Roger tells Chopper to keep the accident a secret . Roger and Chopper try out the buffer only to be catapulted into space . Zander remarks that Roger forgot to refine the machine .