Corruption(episode)
"Corruption"
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- "The challenge of hope is to overcome corruption."
- ―Moral[4]
"Corruption" is the fifth episode of theStar Wars: The Clone Wars television series'third season. It aired onOctober 8,2010 and is the first in a two-part storyline. This episode is chronologically preceded bySeason Two's final episode, "Lethal Trackdown."
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Padmé, on a diplomatic mission to Mandalore, guarantees the pacifist planet the Republic's full protection, but she and Duchess Satine soon find something sinister lurking beneath the planet's serene façade. Moogan smugglers have been sneaking in supplies, including bottled tea destined for the Mandalorian schools. To increase their profits, they have been diluting the tea with a hazardous chemical.
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| Episode 5 CORRUPTION |
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Desperate times on Mandalore! Havingwon neutrality for the Mandaloriansystem, Duchess Satine now findsherself an outsider with very littleaid to her people. Supplies are hardto come by, except on the black market.As a result, the Duchess faces a worldconsumed by greed. Hoping to alleviatesome of the tension rising in thecapital city of Sundari, Satine hascalled upon her friend Padmé Amidalato make a diplomatic visit.... |
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- "The war between the Separatists and the Republic rages across our galaxy. It has caused trade routes to be closed to Mandalore, and has forced us to turn to a black market filled with corruption."
- ―Prime Minister Almec's opening remarks during a meeting of the Mandalorian Government Council[4]
WhileDuchessSatine's endeavor to keepMandalore out of theClone Wars was successful, herworld now faces an economic crisis: due to the raging war it no longer receives vital supply shipments, and she has pleaded with the Senate to allow trade routes to be opened sincesmuggling, in combination with corruption, has become the only way of shipping in the needed supplies.Padmé Amidala travels to theNew Mandalorians'capitalcity,Sundari, to assure Satine of the aid from helpful factions in theGalactic Senate. She is greeted by all the Mandalorians of the city as she goes to Satine's palace, but at the same time, a band ofMoogan smugglers land on the cargo docks and bribe a corrupt customs officer into turning a blindeye on them. In order to increase their profits by quantity, the smugglers dilute the deliveredtea with atoxic chemical calledslabin once on-planet.
Prime Minister Almec, reluctant to acknowledge any corrupt activity
Padmé and Satine soon find themselves in a difficult situation as none of theMandalorian Government Council members can agree on a common stand about asking the Republic for aid, since corruption is widespread in its political system — an issue which worries the twowomen. The next day, Satine takes Padmé to a newly openedhospital, but they are horrified to discover a vast number of ailing children inside who have been poisoned with an unknown substance. The only clue is that all the affected children visit thesame school, so the cause is believed to be related to the food they have been served.
Prime MinisterAlmec suspects theDeath Watch for this deed, which Satine refuses to believe since they mostly target her and the administration. She assigns herpersonal bodyguards to investigate the outbreak, while she and Padmé also conduct an inquiry of their own. At the school, they check out thetea drinks and find the chemical within, and try to use the delivery import logs to backtrack their source of origin. At this, theschool's superintendent tries to sneak off but is arrested by Satine's guards, and forced to talk. He tells them the name of the middleman through whom he received the drinks:Siddiq, an employee of ashipping company.
While Siddiq is rather indifferent to the children's plight, he does provide Satine and Padmé with the information that the tea shipment came fromMooga and that another shipment is expected to arrive the same night. Padmé, Satine, and one of the Ducal guards sneak to the pier in question and witness the shipment's arrival and the complicity of the customs officer. The police captain is in stubborn denial of Satine and Padmé's observation, claiming that no criminal activity takes place under his jurisdiction, but when taken to the dock warehouse where the tea is stored and seeing the operation for himself, he is quickly swayed. The smugglers open fire at the arrest party, but using a freight container as a shield, Padmé and the guardsmove in and take them out, and following the arrest of the conspirators, Satine has the warehouse and its contents burned down.
When Satine and Padmé report to Almec, however, the Prime Minister is strangely reluctant to acknowledge the corruption within the Mandalorian government and merely promises to have the matter investigated. As Padmé prepares to leave, Satine suggests to her to send aJedi as an undercover agent at the academy, and Padmé promises to bring the matter beforeMasterYoda.
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Mandalore Threatened by Corruption! onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Corruption onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)
- "Corruption" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars onStarWars.com(backup link)
- The Clone Wars Rewatch: Children of "Corruption" onStarWars.com(backup link)
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- ↑1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.8
The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Corruption onStarWars.com(original site is defunct) - ↑Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Lethal Trackdown" and "The Academy" to21 BBY. Since
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Chronological Episode Order onStarWars.com(backup link) places "Corruption" between "Lethal Trackdown" and "The Academy," it must also be set in 21BBY. - ↑The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 4821 BBY 13-14: Corruption on Mandalore dates the events of "Corruption" to21 BBY.
- ↑4.04.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Corruption"
External links[]
- "Corruption" on theAurebesh Wiki
