Happy Trails, Nubs

"Happy Trails, Nubs" is the second part of the twenty-first episode of the animated series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. It will be released on Disney+ on February 14, 2024.
==Official description==
Lys and Kai must rescue Nubs from the Ganguls.
==Plot summary==
===Helping the farmers===
Jedi Master Zia Zaldor Zanna informs the Jedi younglings that they will be accompanying several farmers led by Gab into the frontiers of Tenoo to start a new farm. Master Zia won't be coming but she tells the younglings they will be in the care of Gab. Gab briefs the Jedi Initiates about the pod-wagons carrying their belongings and building equipment. Nubs is late into the briefing and joins his friends Kai Brightstar and Lys Solay. Master Zia plans to rendezvous with the younglings in two days time. 
As the younglings board their pod-wagons, Nubs attempts to join his friends but finds that a Rodian initiates has taken his place. Solay offers to give up her seat but Gab offers Nubs a place on the last wagon-pod next to their well-maker drill. Gab warns it is not the most comfortable seat. Brightstar and Solay offer to trade places with Nubs but he declines their offer. Gab leads the convoy with several younglings riding on blurrgs. 
===The Ganguls attack===
During their journey, Gab's convoy draws the attention of the Ganguls pirate gang. Their leader Sellaccc Orryak is interested in the last pod-wagon, which contains the well-maker drill. Orryak hopes to use it to buy a starship so they can go offworld. Putting their plan into action, Toda-Joh uses a remote-detonated explosive to collapse a tree branch in front of the convoy, stirring up dust that blocks their visibility and causes the travelers to choke. Orryak and Jooro Jarrot arrive on speeder bikes and circle the last wagon. Joh detaches the wagon and they escape with their stolen loot.
Solay and Brightstar realize that Nubs is in the stolen pod-wagon. Brightstar attempts to contact Nubs via holoprojector but the signal is bad. He climbs to the top of the wagon and then descends to the side. Nubs overhears the pirates discussing their plans to take the well-maker to their hideout to ensure it works. They plan to sell it in a northern outpost, where people there don't ask questions. 
Nubs attempts to detach the pod-wagon from Orryak's speeder bike but she manages to shake him off. Landing, Nubs draws his lightsaber. The pirates surround him, with Orryak wielding a vibro-ax and Jarrot a net caster. Outnumbered, Nubs surrenders and surrenders his lightsaber and holoprojector. When Orryak describes him as a furball, Nubs introduces himself. Orryak learns his name before ordering her associates to restrain him with binders.
===Orryak's web===
Meanwhile, Gab lends Brightstar and Solay speeder bikes to rescue Nubs while he continues to their new farm. Unable to contact Master Zia, the two decide to rescue Nubs on their own. Meanwhile, Nubs accompanies his captors to their hideout, which is located in the roots of a giant Tenoo tree. While attempting to unload the stolen well-maker drill, Jarrot looses his grip of the object. Despite his binders, Nubs throws himself between them and uses his strength to push it upright. Orryak notices Nub's strength while a grateful Jarrot thanks him. 
Recognising his strength, Orryak suggests that Nubs could join their team. The Poobian rejects the idea. While accepting that the Jedi and pirates are directly opposed to each other, she remarks that it would be a good idea. Orryak offers to share some food with Nubs, which he accepts. Outside the Ganguls' hideout, Brightstar and Solay home in on Nub's weak signal. Brightstar attempts to contact Nubs via holoprojector but it is discovered by Toda-Joh, who learns that Brightstar is nearby and terminates the device. 
Meanwhile, Orryak serves Nubs some fruits and carbohydrates. She asks Nubs what he was doing in the last pod-Wagin and suggests that his friends forgot to save him a proper seat like the other travelers. Orryak claims that she would never forget a friend and offers him a place in their gang. While Nubs is eating, Joh informs her that the other Jedi are nearby. Since they don't have enough time to pack up, Orryak decides to trick Nubs by claiming there are some dangerous creatures nearby. 
Orryak convinces Nubs to use his immense strength to lift the boulder. Before he can block the entrance, he hears Brightstar and Solay's voices. Nubs realizes that Orryak was manipulating him and drops the boulder to the side. Having lost Nubs, Orryak resorts to her backup plan of using her vibrio-ax to smash the earth at the mouth of their forest hideout, separating the Ganguls from the Jedi. The pirates rush to sell off their stolen well-drill.
===Recovering the well-drill===
Solay is relieved that Nubs is safe but Brightstar asks if he was helping the Ganguls. Nubs explains in Poobian that he did not know they were coming. Solay deduces that the pirates tricked him into helping while the Ganguls made him feel included after he felt left out. Brightstar and Solay comfort Nubs and apologize. Solay tells Nubs to please tell them when something is wrong. She reaffirms their friendship and say that she and Brightstar will help him. 
The Jedi younglings then pursue the Ganguls, who are going to sell off the well-maker. Riding on speeder bikes, Solay says she will distract the pirates while Brightstar and Nubs retrieve the well-maker with their speeder bike. Catching up with the pirates, she demands they return their stolen loot to the settlers. Meanwhile, Nubs and Brightstar fly their speeder bike above the stolen wagon. Brightstar lands on the wagon but he is quickly detected by Orryak, who attempts to shake him off.
Jarrot tells Joh to hit the youngling with the net caster. Before he can fire, Nubs rams into their speeder bike, causing them to crash into a bush. Brightstar manages to detach the wagon carrying the well-drill. Orryak protests but is confronted by the three Jedi younglings. Orryak attempts to reason with Nubs, claiming they are friends. Nubs responds that he knows who his true friends are, with Brightstar translating. Brightstar and Solay draw their lightsabers. Defeated, Orryak concedes but warns that they will regret stopping her gang. 
===Friendship renewed===
The Jedi initiates return the well-drill to Gab's new farm. With the farmers and Jedi including Master Zia watching, the drill manages to tap into a spring of fresh water. Gab thanks Brightstar, Solay and Nubs for their help in securing fresh water for their farm. Brighstar is grateful and adds that they got their friend back. Solay tells Nubs to speak up in the future if he feels left out. 
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