Escape from Abafar / Legends In 20 BBY , the Galactic Republic ' s D - Squad attempted to escape from the planet Abafar so that they could return the encryption module to the Jedi High Council on Coruscant . Prelude . In 20 BBY , D - Squad — consisting of droids R2 - D2 , QT - KT , M5 - BZ , U9 - C4 , and WAC - 47 and led by Zilkin Colonel Meebur Gascon — undertook a mission to Aut - O ' s flagship , in order to steal an encryption module from the separatists . On their way back to Coruscant , their ship encountered comets , and suffered severe damage , forcing them to crash - land on the remote world . The Escape . Finding Pons Ora . After a short discussion , the squad started a journey , in order to find a ship , or at least a town . Colonel Gascon emptied his bottle and threw it away . They found a wrecked ship with several dead bodies and destroyed droids . Gascon started to lose his mind , saying he would commit suicide when finding the bottle he threw away some time earlier . With Gascon having tempers and WAC announcing himself as a unofficial leader , eventually the squad split into two groups : R2 , BZ , QT and C4 continued their journey , while WAC stayed with Gascon . The Colonel was about to give up the hope , when a herd of flightless birds crossed their way . Following the instincts of the native animals , Gascon and WAC grabbed two of the creatures , which transported them to the city of Pons Ora , where the other members of the D - Squad were already present . Gascon was so happy he found a city , and water , that he made WAC a corporal . Capture of the shuttle . Later on , the squad found Gregor , a Republic clone commando working in Pons Ora as a dishwasher who was suffering from amnesia , after going M . I . A at the Battle of Sarrish . He couldn ' t remember him ever fighting in the Galactic Republic . D - Squad saw him as there only chance of escaping Abafar so they helped Gregor regain his memory and was recruited by them back into the Republic . Gregor and D - Squad made it to the droid base where they were loading Rhydonium into a heavily guarded Nu - class attack shuttle intending to blow up a " Venator " - class Star Destroyer stationed above the planet . With Gregor providing covering fire , D - Squad made its way towards the shuttle with Gregor intending to meet them there . On their way , a Rhydonium canister was shot and exploded , knocking over WAC - 47 and M5 - BZ with Colonel Gascon in him . WAC got up and ran to the shuttle but Gascon was left stranded with the knocked over M5 - BZ . Gregor told WAC to start up the shuttle while he went back to retrieve Gascon and M5 - BZ . While the two made their way to the shuttle , Gregor held off the approaching droids , getting pinned down behind a pile of crates . While D - Squad insisted that they could swing back and pick up Gregor , Gregor declined , saying that he promised he would find another way home . As D - Squad escapes , Gregor makes a final stand against the approaching droids , shooting and detonating cans of Rhydonium . As the shuttle flies off , Gregor takes out another canister of the volatile substance , causing the compound to go up in a large fireball . With Gregor ' s fate unknown , Colonel Gascon says that they will bring Gregor ' s story back to the Republic and watch for his possible return .