Family secrets and saving Ree's uncle

Dalt is livid about the disgraceful use of his clones. Yes, he admits to having the DNA of a whole lot of people: Maul, Vader, Luke, Leia, Thrawn (he says he's not screwing with that), and half the Imperial officials in existence. They've already gotten clues that Grand Moff Tarkin is out there somewhere, thanks to a conversation they overheard. Dalt also gloats that he has a special secret DNA pattern that he's planning on saving for a rainy day.

But while clones are the topic of the day, Kedrihm'Val actually wants to talk to Dalt about something else. The Abindosani don't believe in using and abusing technology, and at first, he found droids very disconcerting, even alarming. But the longer he's around them (and the more he sees Dalt's special brand of technological Force use at work), the more convinced he is that, whether born or created, droids are still sentients...and what's more, that they may indeed have a presence in the Force, even if it's on a different wavelength than organic life. That is an extremely uncomfortable idea for a man who sees them being owned and routinely mind-wiped and reprogrammed. Dalt has a lot to say on that subject, and it turns out that he can be an exceedingly convincing smooth-talker when he wants to. Kedrihm'Val comes away from that conversation shaken, not only over the topic of droids, but also by the thought that Luke has been talking to Dalt on a regular basis, and until now, they'd all dismissed Dalt as being hardly dangerous as an orator. That's an opinion they may well need to revise.

And then Drath calls Ree. He says he's holding the Dalt-clone hostage. Kedrihm'Val, still talking to Dalt at the time, discovers that the talented little bastard has tapped into the comm frequencies in the temple, and is listening in. When Drath reveals that not only does he have an Obi Wan, but also a Mace Windu clone, Dalt cuts in, furious about Drath squandering his cloning technology and material.

Oola cuts Dalt out of the loop. While Kyp sends someone down to confiscate his impromptu comm unit, Drath holds Dalt's kinder, gentler clone hostage, telling Ree she must bring the computer core to her planet, where they'll make the trade.

Before they leave, they bribe Dalt with a walking throne Oola saw on the space station (which he thinks is completely keen) in return for more information on the clones. He also tells Ree some things about her aunt and cousin and the school on Dathomir.

And then it's off to Ree's nameless planet. On the way, they decide there's no way they're turning over the real computer core. Oola can easily rig a fake one to trade.

Ree visits her parents while they wait for the appointed time. When her uncle is late to dinner, Ree decides to go to his workshop in town to check on him, but he's already gone. When Ree goes in to look around, she meets Jude, her long-lost cousin, who wants to know where her father--Ree's uncle--is. Turns out, she came to kidnap him, but he was already gone. Jude believes that Drath did it. Without anything else to do, she helps Ree search the place for clues. The two of them turn up a box full of old photos and papers. A wedding picture shows the treasure hunter from the space station standing as her uncle's best man! He and Ree's grandfather both wear the insignia of the Antarean Rangers.

Finishing the extra pie Ree's mother baked for him, Zann decides to go check on Ree, who's been gone for a while. When he gets to Devith Shevan's workship, he finds the girls chatting over old photos they dug out of his closet. Jude tells Ree about her crazy evil Force-using mom who runs the Dathomiri academy, where the kidnapped children of Jedi families are trained. Her real name is Mora, but she insists that people call her "Mother." Zann listens for a bit, then comes in, just missing Jude as she leaves out the back.

Meanwhile, Oola calls some people and learns that the Dalt-clone wasn't kidnapped at all. In fact, Senal's rather irritated with all the people who've been bugging her. The whole thing was a fraud!

Kedrihm'Val comments that Zann has been gone for a while. "Maybe he finally ate too much pie and up and died."

Zann and Ree get on the trail of her grandfather's kidnapper. They track him to...Ree's barn, where her uncle is strung up unconscious from some of the farming equipment. As they enter, Kedrihm'Val steps out of the shadows...except his eyes are nothing but oily black. He's a clone. He's also accompanied by what appear to be zombies. Assuring Ree that her uncle is unharmed, he poltely informs them that he will hand over the old man in return for the computer core. Ree forks over the imitation core, which the clone accepts with a nod, then he turns to leave. Ree's startled that he's keeping his word. "I'm evil," he replies. "I'm not a dick."

Well, that's settled. She gets her uncle down and carries him to the house, where he can recover with pie. Oola calls the Council, who tell her that they tried to reach Dalt's wife, but the signal was jammed. How did Drath manage that?

When Oola has SARR scan the planet for signs of Drath, he finds none of that, but he does detect something else. Turns out, there's a Jedi bunker on the planet. Ree digs out her grandfather's notes, but they're in code. She places a call to the treasure hunter, Salek Endek, who'd given her his information on the space station, and he tells her that the place is a temple. It can only be opened by Force sensitives with the right DNA using the keys--the Jedi medallions. The temple was protected by Ree's family and the Antarean Rangers' crests. Now that she's aware of who he really is, Ree wants to talk to Endek more extensively. He agrees to meet her on Coruscant.