In 22 BBY, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker undertook an unauthorized rescue of former Neimoidian Royal Guard Ruug Quarnom from Cato Neimoidia. Kenobi had met Quarnom during a recent mission he had undertaken, during which the two had discovered that a bombing which had devastated Cato Neimoidia's capital city of Zarra had been carried out using weaponry from both the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, the two sides in the ongoing Clone Wars, in which Cato Neimoidia was officially neutral. Quarnom had committed treason against the Cato Neimoidian government in order to assist Kenobi and Skywalker in fleeing the planet with the information, and had subsequently been arrested.
However, the prisoner transport carrying her was disabled and left to crash below the city of Kyr Uneris, although Quarnom survived. Kenobi and Skywalker learned of the incident and secretly departed Coruscant. When it was discovered that Quarnom was not among the casualties, battle droids were sent after her in the wilderness, but the two Jedi arrived and destroyed them, saving Quarnom's life.
Prelude
- "A prisoner transport crashed several days ago on the surface. The official story is that all five prisoners aboard died."
"There it is. Only four bodies were found." - ―Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker
After assisting Obi-Wan Kenobi with his investigation on Cato Niemoida, Ruug Quarnom was arrested by her government and was aboard a prisoner transport that had crashed with four other prisoners who had all perished during the crash below the city of Kyr Uneris. Several days later, Kenobi and Skywalker were given a datapad by Clone Commander Cody informing them of the crash and that, unofficially, one passenger had survived the crash. Making good on their promise to retreve her if she needed extraction, the two Jedi departed for Cato Neimoidia.[1]
Rescue on the surface
Ruug Quarnom would be rescued by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, brothers-in-arms (Skywalker and Kenobi, pictured).
After the crash, Quarnom had managed to find shelter within some wood and rocks despite potentially having a shattered ankle. Several days after the crash, a platoon attack craft landed with many[1] B1-series battle droids.[3] Before the droids could find the Neimoidian however, Quarnom spotted the blades of the Jedi through the mist native to the surface of the planet behind the group of droids, cutting them all down. After four rows of battle droids had been cut down, the remaining droids took notice of the Jedi and began to rain blaster fire on them, but that did not hinder the Jedi who proceeded to destroy all of the remaining droids. After dealing with all of the droids, the two Jedi walked close enough to Ruug Quarnom that she could see who her rescuers were through the fog—Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.[1]
Behind the scenes
The Rescue of Ruug Quarnom was depicted in the 2022 novel Brotherhood written by Mike Chen.
Appearances
- Brotherhood (and audiobook) (First appearance)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Brotherhood
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Mike Chen (@mikechenwriter.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on April 8, 2025): "The intention for generic "battle droids" is B1s. I believe (IIRC) super battle droids and droidekas are referenced as such. (In response to: "Hey @mikechenwriter.bsky.social , I have perhaps a particular question about Star Wars Brotherhood, about your intention of what battle droids appear where. This might get a little involved, lol. Upfront, this is for Wook as I need to see if I can narrow down some appearances lol", "For some context, your average B1 Battle Droid is often called the “Battle Droid” in text. So, it can be a coin toss if a book mentioning “a battle droid” means a B1 or just generally means “a combat droid.” Like could be solely B1s, or could be any model of battle unit", and "Mind if I ask you for clarification as to where your intention was that B1s appear and where you just generally meant battle droids generically?")" (screenshot) and Mike Chen (@mikechenwriter.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on April 8, 2025): "Yep! The super battle droids and droidekas are as seen in AOTC. There's no usage in Brotherhood for BX commando droids. (In response to: "Okay, so, use of the phrase “battle droid” in the text correlates to it being a B1! If you wanted an included battle droid to be depicted as a non-B1, you put in a descriptor like “super” (to represent a B2 for example, such as below). That’s accurate to say?")" (screenshot) establish that Mike Chen intended for general mentions of "battle droids" in Brotherhood to refer to B1-series battle droids. As such, the "battle droids" deployed during the rescue of Ruug Quarnom must be B1-series battle droids.
