Raid on Ziro's Coruscant Club



The raid on Ziro the Hutt's Coruscant Club took place on Coruscant during the Clone Wars. When Senator Padmé Amidala was captured by Ziro the Hutt, her Protocol Droid C-3PO contacted her in question as to where she was. She fooled her droid captors into activating the comlink and quickly informed her droid that Ziro was holding her prisoner. 3PO then contacted the Coruscant Guard led by Commander Fox, who stormed the palace with the primary objective of rescuing the senator.

Outcome

 * Republic Victory
 * Ziro the Hutt arrested
 * Senator Padmé Amidala rescued

Grand Army of the Republic
None

Ziro the Hutt's forces
All Droids

Prelude
When Senator Padmé Amidala went to the palace of Ziro the Hutt on Coruscant to sway him into contacting his nephew, Jabba. She hoped to explain that the Jedi were in fact trying to help, rather than harm Jabba and his son so that the treaty with the Hutt clan could be established.



Ziro rejected, and had Padmé Amidala seized and escorted out of the palace. Padme eluded IG-86 sentinel droid escort and infiltrated Ziro's throne room. Soon, she learned that the kidnapping was orchestrated by Ziro the Hutt and carried out by Count Dooku's Confederacy of Independent Systems. she attempted to sneak out with the information, but she was apprehended by one of Ziro's sentinel droids. Count Dooku told Ziro the Hutt that members of the separatist leader would pay handsomely for Padmé Amidala. Ziro the Hutt had her thrown in the dungeon. From her cell, Padmé Amidala was able to trick her captors into activating her comlink, allowing her to inform her protocol droid, C-3PO, that she was being held captive and where she was imprisoned.

The Raid
C-3PO contacted Coruscant Guard led by Fox to rescue Padmé Amidala. Meanwhile, Padmé Amidala was escorted back to the throne room to face her captor. Ziro the Hutt felt she was too dangerous to be kept alive after discovering her call for help in the dungeon. she was incredulous that Ziro would be so bold as to kill a Senator on Coruscant itself, but Ziro boastfully claimed to be unafraid due to friends he held in the Galactic Senate.

At this moment, Fox and other Clone Troopers of Coruscant Guard came in and fired at the B1 Battle Droids. Padmé Amidala freed herself and destroyed the IG-86 droid guarding her with an appropriated E-5 blaster rifle. After that Coruscant Guard destroyed all the droids and arrest Ziro the Hutt.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars junior novelization
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * Assassin Indirect mention only
 * Hostage Crisis