Ahsoka ignites her lightsaber and orders the Queen to stand down, but Miraj is defiant. With a press of a button on her throne, she activates the shock collar around Ahsoka's neck. The Padawan collapses after being overwhelmed by an electrical shock.

Zygerrian guards rush out into the arena to surround Obi-Wan, Anakin and Rex. The Republic heroes are overwhelmed. Five whips are needed to subdue Anakin. Miraj is all the more impressed by his strength.

The next morning, Anakin awakens in the Queen's chambers. Skywalker tries to intimidate Miraj by throttling her with the Force, but she gasps that his friends will die unless he obeys her. Anakin refuses to serve the Queen, but she is not convinced at his defiance. She even returns his weapon, knowing that as long as she has Anakin's friends captive, she has power over him.

Ahsoka has been placed in a suspended cage high above the royal palace. She has been promised to Atai Molec once Anakin has been tamed. Ahsoka remains defiant.

On the volcanic world of Kadavo, where an immense mining complex straddles a huge crater, a Zygerrian slave ship lands. Obi-Wan, Rex and Governor Roshti emerge, and see dozens of Togruta slaves standing on the landing platform.

The rotund Keeper Agruss, sitting on a floating repulsorchair, greets Kenobi. To demonstrate that he holds complete control over life and death at Kadavo, Agruss cruelly activates trap doors beneath the Togruta slaves, dropping them to their deaths within the crater. Agruss makes it clear that should Obi-Wan disobey, it will not be the Jedi who suffers.

Queen Miraj and Anakin ride a brezak on the winds of Zygerria. Miraj recognizes that Anakin was once a slave. She tries to get Anakin to see the galaxy as she sees it, and offers him to share in her rule. But Skywalker knows that Queen of the Zygerrian Slave Empire would never share her power. Infatuated by Skywalker, Queen Miraj offers to return his friends to safety if Anakin swears his loyalty to her.