| "A Friend in Need" | |
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| Series Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 4, Episode 14 | |
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| Air date | January 13th, 2012 |
| Writers | Christian Taylor |
| Director | Dave Filoni |
| Producers | George Lucas; Cary Silver; Catherine Winder |
| Starring | Ashley Eckstein; Jason Spisak; Catherine Taber; Katee Sackhoff |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous "Escape from Kadavo" |
Next "Deception" |
"A Friend in Need" is the next episode of season four of the animated TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the eightieth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Dave Filoni iwth a script written by Christian Taylor. The episode first aired on Cartoon Network on January 13th, 2012.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Padmé Amidala
- Pieter
- R2-D2
- Tryla
- Voe Atell
Villains
- Bo-Katan Kryze
- Dooku (In a hologram only)
- Pre Vizsla
Minor characters
- Amita Fonti
- Anakin Skywalker (In a hologram only)
- Bail Organa
- Bec Lawise
- Mina Bonteri (In flashback only)
- Mon Mothma
- Satine Kryze
- Taggart
Organizations
- Confederacy of Independent Systems
- Corporate Alliance
- Galactic Republic
- Grand Army of the Republic (In flashback only)
- Mandalorian Death Watch
- Royal Naboo Security Forces (In flashback only)
- Senate Guard
Races & Animals
- Alderaanians
- Clones (In flashback only)
- Gossams
- Mandalorians
- Ming Po
- Naboo
- Onderonians
- Siniteens
- Togruta
Locations
- Kamino (In flashback only)
- Tipoca City (In flashback only)
Items
- 8D smelter droids
- Astromech droid
- B1 battle droid
- Beskar armor
- Blaster pistol
- Blaster rifle
- BX-series droid commandos
- Darksaber
- Droids
- DUM-series pit droids
- EV-series medical droid
- Flamethrower
- GNK-series power droid
- Holoprojector
- Holotracer
- IG-100 MagnaGuard (Destroyed components only)
- Jet-pack
- Lightsaber
- Medical droid
- RA-7
- Robots
- WED-15 Septoid Treadwell
- WESTAR-35 blaster pistol
Vehicles
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
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- Star Wars was created by writer, director and executive producer George Lucas. It first captured the imaginations of movie goers in May, 1977 with its inaugural installment, which has since come to be identified by its full title, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The movie led to two sequels, a prequel trilogy, a third trilogy, several spin-off films, and numerous television programs, animated projects, novels, comic books, and video games, as well as developing into a merchandising giant.
- This episode is included on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Four DVD collection, which was released by Warner Bros. Home Video on October 23rd, 2012. It is also included in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Seasons 1-5 Collector's Edition Blu-ray collection, released on October 15th, 2013.
- This is the first appearance of Bo-Katan Kryze. She is a Mandalorian and a member of the Death Watch. The character will also make appearances on The Mandalorian live-action series. Actress Katee Sackhoff plays the character in both the cartoon series and the live-action series.
Allusions[]
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Quotes[]
- Narrator: Divided by war! In an effort to end the galactic conflict, the first ever sanctioned meeting between the Republic and the Separatists will be held and Mandalore is chosen as neutral ground for these precarious meetings. Tensions run high as many hold hope for these important negotiations...