Destiny ( episode ) " Destiny " is the twelfth episode of the . It was released in the US and Canada via on March 7 , 2014 and premiered on the German TV network on March 8 , 2014 . Official description . " " Letting the Force guide him , Yoda voyages into the heart of the galaxy to an ancient world that is one of the wellsprings of the Force and the source of midi - chlorian s . Yoda undergoes difficult trials administered by the Five Priestesses , mysterious Force - wielders who hold the secret to immortality . " " Plot summary . At the order of Qui - Gon Jinn , Yoda travels to a planet where life could have arisen . Yoda discovers a planet in the middle of a small , glowing , golden nebula . When he and R2 - D2 enter , the instruments and Artoo malfunction , but Yoda ( remembering Qui - Gon ' s advice ) allows the Force itself to steer his starfighter which leads him to a planet generating a large amount of energy . On the surface , they land near a geyser and Yoda makes a decision to leave R2 - D2 behind and gives the droid his lightsaber before re - entering the craft to journey inside the geyser . When Yoda reaches the other side of the geyser , he is greeted by a world which is flourishing with life . There he hears the voice of Serenity , one of the Five Priestesses , who welcomes him . Yoda meets the other priestesses , who each symbolize an emotion . Yoda is skeptical about their tests , as he is a Jedi Master and doesn ' t know what others have to teach him . The Priestesses allow Yoda to train because he himself will later train someone of great importance to the universe . Yoda says that he is not afraid , but that is doubted by the priestesses . When they all disappear , he is told by a priestess on where they are located . It is the planet where life is created and where the midichlorians are made . It is the planet where the Living Force and the Unifying Force are one . As the first test must be for Yoda to abandon fear on an island . Yoda says that he has done that long ago . When he arrives , Yoda is confronted with a Dark Side shadow of himself . The dark side fights Yoda , but Yoda says that the shadow is not part of himself and rejects it . The more Yoda rejects his shadow , the more he seems to become it . Only when Yoda says that the shade is indeed a part of himself , but that he would not let it go , the shade begins losing its power , Yoda then manages to vanquish his dark side . The Priestesses awaken Yoda and give him his next trial . In the Valley of Extinction , Yoda will be challenged by temptation . He is shown two scenarios , the first one is inside the Jedi Temple , where he finds the dead bodies of Mace Windu , Petro and a dying Ahsoka Tano who asks him if she ' ll still be able to become one with the Force even after leaving the order . Then Katooni brings Yoda to another scenario where the Clone Wars never occurred , and everyone Yoda knows is still part of the Jedi Order , including those who lost their lives and those who left / betrayed the Order due to circumstances connected to the war . Yoda soon realizes that this is an illusion , since Jedi like Adi Gallia , Tiplar , and Qui - Gon Jinn are dead , and Dooku has not become a Sith Lord . Yoda , realizing that this is another vision , denies Dooku ' s request to join them , and Dooku turns into a savage Sith Lord . When Dooku attacks Yoda , the entire vision disappears once more . Yoda wakes up and wants to see the true face of the Priestess . When one of them removes their mask , she disappears , leaving the mask and cloth behind as they reveal that they only exist in the Living Force and the Cosmic Force . A final test Yoda must overcome would be held on Moraband .