A Necessary Bond

"Choose your enemies wisely, as they may be your last hope."

- Jedi Fortune Cookie

"A Necessary Bond" is the ninth episode of the fifth season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It is the ninety-seventh episode of the series overall. It was released on November 24, 2012 on Cartoon Network.

Cast
Starring
 * Jim Cummings as Hondo Ohnaka
 * Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano
 * Olivia Hack as Katooni
 * Jeff Fischer as Petro
 * Georgina Cordova as Ganodi
 * David Tennant as Huyang
 * Matthew Wood as General Grievous / Battle Droids
 * Greg Baldwin as Gwarm
 * Tom Kane as Narrator / Pirate
 * James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Byph
 * Corey Burton as Count Dooku
 * Greg Cipes as Zatt

Crew
Created and Executive Produced by
 * George Lucas

Supervising Director
 * Dave Filoni

Produced by
 * Cary Silver

Directed by
 * Danny Keller

Written by
 * Christian Taylor

Score by
 * Kevin Kiner

Original Star Wars Themes and Score by
 * John Williams

Characters

 * Byph
 * Cody
 * Dooku
 * Ganodi
 * Grievous
 * Gungi
 * Gwarm
 * Huyang
 * Katooni
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Pikk Mukmuk
 * Hondo Ohnaka
 * OOM-87
 * Parsel
 * Petro
 * R2-D2
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Yoda
 * Zatt

Droid models

 * Astromech Droid
 * Battle Droid
 * B1 Battle Droid
 * B2 Super Battle Droid
 * BX-Series Droid Commando
 * MagnaGuard
 * Tactical Droid

Creatures

 * Massiff
 * Nuna
 * Tee-muss

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Attack on Florrum
 * Attack on Obi-Wan Kenobi's Fleet Indirect mention only
 * Rescue on Florrum

Locations

 * Florrum
 * Hondo Ohnaka's Pirate Compound
 * Hondo Ohnaka's Secret Hangar

Behind the scenes

 * "A Necessary Bond" is the final episode in a four-part story arc, which was titled "Young Jedi" and previewed as an 80-minute feature at Celebration VI in August of 2012 to family viewers. It replaced "Secret Weapons" as the ninth episode in Season Five.