Bounty Hunters

## Premise

Tai Lung, Daniel, Sonic, and Esther form an uneasy partnership with four deadly Bounty hunters to help protect a local farmer from Hondo Ohnaka and his band of pirates.

## Synopsis

A kung fu shuttle carrying Tai Lung, Daniel, Sonic, and Esther emerges from hyperspace to investigate the disappearance of a medical station orbiting over the fungi-world of Felucia. They immediately encounter an orbital arkeyan droid deployer. The vulture droids attack the shuttle and force it to crash-land in Felucia. The masters eject from the ship once it enters the atmosphere and once the survival pods land, they look for civilization. They then find a nysillin spice farm village. It appears deserted after searching in the houses. They then find a ship in a barn. Tai Lung, Sonic and Esther discover Felucian farmers and their families in one of their houses hiding in the cellars. Tai Lung, Sonic and Esther are then surrounded by four heavily armed bounty hunters named Sugi, Embo, Rumi Paramita, and Seripas. Daniel then joins in (to save his brother), but the village elder, Casiss, persuades the bounty hunters and the kung fu masters to stand down and listen to his village's plea for help. Casiss tells them that they paid the bounty hunters for protection against pirates who raid their village, demanding it as tribute. He also says that with the masters from the jade palace now there, the bounty hunters can fight the pirates off. Daniel replies that he would like nothing better than to help the farmers, but their first priority was to find a ship and report the destruction of the medical base. Daniel adds that doing so would only attract more Dark Empire and Arkeyan attention, which would be much worse than pirates. Just then, some of the pirates arrive, demanding their portion of the nysillin. Tai Lung and Daniel are surprised to see the opponent is none other than Hondo Ohnaka.

Hondo acts friendly with the masters, then attempts to buy off the bounty hunters, although they refuse, stating they don't break deals. Daniel says that he would pay the pirates to take them to kung fu warriors territory, but Hondo refuses, knowing that the masters would pay in kung fu credits which have no value in the Outer Rim. Hondo tells the farmers to hurry up before the crops die. Daniel then devises a plan, but Dilanni says they do not have enough men. Tai Lung states that the villagers would have to fight too. Following this, everyone begins preparing--putting up defenses, harvesting, and training. Meanwhile, Dilanni furthers his doubt by pointing out that the farmers weren't soldiers and lack the essential weapons for the upcoming conflict. Tai Lung proceeds to demonstrate that their farming tools can be used as weapons. Meanwhile, Esther shows the farmers how to use slingshots against the pirates. Seripas, while cutting down a giant fungus, is nearly crushed to death, though Esther is there to save him. Seripas then reveals that he is actually small and that he wears a suit to make him more intimidating. Esther reassures him, giving him confidence and aiding in his esteem. Soon after, a pirate scout spies on the farmers during their training. Sugi spots him and orders Embo to take care of it. He shoots the pirate's speeder, causing it to explode. He then kills him, prompting Hondo to attack. The bounty hunters and masters manage to withstand the onslaught. Hondo then arrives with a tank that kills Rumi and injures Embo. In response, Daniel attacks Hondo and manages to knock him off the cliff. He begs for mercy as Daniel pulls up. Concluding that that the effort is "no longer profitable," he retreats. With the battle over, Sugi agrees to give the masters a ride back to the kung fu warriors.