The Deserter " The Deserter " is the tenth episode of of the . It aired on January 1 , 2010 and concluded a two - part storyline started with the previous episode , " Grievous Intrigue . " Official description . " While searching for General Grievous on a distant planet , Rex encounters a deserter . " Plot summary . Hot on the trail of General Grievous , Obi - Wan Kenobi lands with his troop s , Commander Cody and Captain Rex on Saleucami . As Grievous had to abandon his landing ship because of damage sustained during his escape , he and his droid cohorts had to use the on - board escape pod s to land on the planet ' s surface . However , the radio transmitter on Grievous ' s pod was damaged upon landing , and as a result Grievous is forced to locate one of the other pods in order to send a message to the Separatist fleet before Kenobi and his forces find him . Grievous ' s droids find Grievous a Reek for his ride and some Eopie as pack animals . Grievous refuses to allow the battle droids to ride the Eopie as well , forcing them to drain their power reserves marching along with him . Upon finding the crashed landing ship empty , Kenobi divides a squad of his men into search parties on speeder bikes . Rex is to lead troopers Jesse , Hardcase and Kix into the local wetlands to the coordinates of a crashed pod , while Kenobi , Cody and Crys will continue looking at the crash site . Unfortunately on their way they are ambushed by droid commando snipers , and Rex becomes severely injured . Upon finding out that they are standing on farmland , the troopers ferry Rex to a farm inhabited by a single female Twi ' lek named Suu Lawquane and her two children Shaeeah and Jek . Suu ' s husband is momentarily absent , but she provides them with a shelter in their barn and some food . Too badly injured to continue the search for Grievous , Rex reluctantly remains behind while his team continues the search , putting Jesse in charge . Strangely , Shaeeah comments that the clones look just like their father . In the meantime , Kenobi , Cody and Crys finally find a nearly intact droid and scan its memory banks for a clue as where to find Grievous , while their quarry becomes more and more frustrated as one by one of his battle droids escorts lose the last of their power and keep dropping where they stand . In the middle of the night , Rex is visited by the owner of the farm — a clone trooper who introduces himself as Cut Lawquane . Disgusted with his pre - purposed profession , namely to kill for a living , Lawquane had deserted the army and now leads a happy life with his wife and children stating this is where his main duty is bound than to the Republic . While they have dinner together , Lawquane and Rex engage in an argument , in which Rex attempts to remind Lawquane that , as clone soldiers , their duty lies with the Republic , while Lawquane stresses that even as clones , they are individuals and thus have the freedom of choice . Slowly and reluctantly , Rex begins to sympathize with Cut and his family . Grievous manages to reach the remaining intact capsule and prepares to send a distress call and his droids prepare for battle . When Kenobi and his men catch up , a battle ensues . When a Separatist shuttle arrives , the last AT - TE is unable to take it down , and Kenobi engages Grievous in personal combat to prevent him from leaving . However , by hooking himself to the shuttle by means of a grappling cable , Grievous manages to escape yet again , which leaves Kenobi disappointed . In the meantime , Rex and Lawquane play dejarik holochess , in which Rex asks why Lawquane left the army . Lawquane tells how after the Battle of Geonosis , his transport was shot down and his brothers onboard were slaughtered , and knowing that there was nothing to be done , Cut ran - an experience which still haunts him . While playing outside , however , Shaeeah and Jek stumble upon a crashed Separatist escape pod in one of their fields and accidentally activate a platoon of damaged , but still - functional commando droids inside . The droids promptly attack the farm , and Lawquane prepares to defend his family . Rex offers his help , and although the droids manage to invade the farmhouse , the two clones put up a brave fight and destroy them all , with Lawquane saving Rex ' s life . The next morning , Rex prepares to leave on an eopie . Although it would be his duty to report Lawquane as a deserter , he respects his clone brother ' s wish for a peaceful life greatly enough to conveniently forget about the whole incident . He refuses Lawquane ' s invitation to stay , parting with the words : " This is your home , Cut . My family is elsewhere . " Behind the scenes . The Jedi Temple Archives feature on Blu - ray includes the deleted scene " Commando Droid Snipers " . The original episode guide slideshow mistakenly displayed an image of Hardcase , without his helmet on , attending to Rex after he had been shot off his BARC speeder . In the aired episode , , the team medic , who stopped to attend to Rex , and his helmet remained on .