‘Gone With a Trace’ is the all-lady team-up we’ve been waiting for

‘Star Wars: Clone Wars’ episode five takes the story in a new direction. After all the fun we had with the Bad Batch, it’s time to catch up with Anakin Skywalker’s former padawan Ahsoka Tano to see what she’s been doing in her self-imposed isolation (not quite the same as what we're going through but apt nonetheless). When her malfunctioning speeder bike crashes on a random landing platform, she meets Trace Martez, a pilot and mechanic who offers to fix her bike for her — for a price. Ahsoka declines her offer but asks to use her tools to make the repairs herself. Shortly thereafter, a thug named Pintu Son-El (voiced by Bobby Moynihan of SNL and Duck Tales) comes to collect a debt Trace’s sister Rafa owes him, and he’s brought muscle.

Ahsoka doesn’t want to draw any attention to herself (being a Jedi in hiding and all) and Trace tells her not to get involved. That is, until his muscle have her by the throat. Ahsoka leaps into action, easily dispatching them without using any of her powers. Trace is impressed and suggests they visit her sister to sort out the situation.

Someone has hired Rafa to rebuild some droids for them, and Ahsoka has her reservations due to her history with droids (you know, the whole Clone War that’s been happening for more than a decade). When one detaches its restraining bolt, Ahsoka and Trace must give chase to keep it from destroying the sector, all the while keeping her Jedi powers and past a secret.

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