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The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Pursuit of Peace
Episode No.: 55 (Season 3, Episode 11)
Original Air Date: December 3, 2010
Production No.: 307 (Season 3, Episode 7)
“Truth can strike down the specter of fear”
Written by Daniel Arkin
Directed by Duwayne Dunham
Cast:
Catherine Taber as Padmé Amidala
Dee Bradley Baker as Onaconda Farr, Robonino, Mot-Not Rab
Phil LaMarr as Bail Organa, Orn Free Taa and Alderaan guard
Corey Burton as County Dooku, Chata Hyoki, driver
Ashley Moynihan as Teckla Minnau
Stephen Stanton as Mas Amedda, Mak Plain, Edcel Bar Gane
Jason Spisak as Christo, Zinn Paulness, Coruscant guard
Tom Kane as narrator, police droid and Twi’lek punk
Ian Abercrombie as Chancellor Palpatine
Kath Soucie as Mon Mothma
Gideon Emery as Mee Deechi
Jameelah McMillan as Halle Burtoni
Synopsis: Padmé, Bail Organa and Onaconda Farr attempt to rally Senators in opposition to a bill that would appropriate funds for millions of new clone troops and have disastrous financial consequences for the Republic. Their opposition to the measure, however, soon makes them targets for intimidation and attacks by hired guns. After escaping two hired thugs — Chata Hyoki and Robonino — in a harrowing speeder bike chase, Padmé, is able to sway the Senate with a stirring account of how the war has affected an everyday civilian, her handmaiden Teckla Minnau.
Returning Characters: Padmé Amidala; Senator Bail Organa; Senator Onaconda Farr; Chancellor Palpatine; Mas Amedda; Senator Halle Burtoni; Count Dooku; Robonino; Senator Mot-Not Rab; Senator Orn Free Taa; Lolo Purs; Mon Mothma; Mee Deechee;
New Characters: Chata Hyoki; Mak Plain; Senator Edcel Bar Gane; Hogan Tinmar; Senator Christo; Teckla Minnau
Key Locales: Coruscant
Secrets Revealed
- Padmé’s driver’s name, not spoken in the episode, is Hogan Tinmar. Mak Plain is the Banking Clan representative that Padmé and Onaconda visit.
- This episode is immediately followed by Season Two’s Senate Murders, where Onaconda and Mee Deechee meet their end.
- Chata Hyoki is a Selkath alien, a species that first appeared in the 2003 video game, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Established as an aquatic species, Hyoki’s chest armor includes misting vents to keep his skin moist.
- Teckla Minnau’s character name was pieced together over time from multiple sources. Nathan Hamill, the son of Mark Hamill (who played Luke Skywalker), was a Naboo extra in Episode I. He unofficially named his character Rehtul Minnau, but that name did not appear in any continuity. Later, the script to Episode II referred to the server at the Naboo lake retreat as Teckla, but gave her no surname. StarWars.com then began offering Fan Club members the opportunity to create new Expanded Universe lore through the databank in a feature called “What’s the Story?”. In 2008, a Star Wars user with the screen-name ShadowCultist fleshed out Teckla’s back-story and gave her the last name Minnau, which is now her last name as spoken in The Clone Wars.
- The backseat of the Coruscant police speeders have security bars for the detainment of those arrested.
- This episode confirms what many have suspected: most of Padmé’s elaborate coifs are wigs already prepared into their headdresses.
- Mina Bonteri’s off-screen death (attributed to a Republic attack) now makes Lux an orphan. His next interaction with the Jedi or the Republic should prove interesting.
- The Coruscant police speeders list their jurisdiction (“Coruscant police sector 417”) as well as an emergency contact number, “9-1-1.”
