He then informed him that General Obi-Wan Kenobi has broken through and freed the Twi'lek slaves. Ponds replied, guessing, saying maybe thirty-two. When the first battle was over, Windu walked over to Ponds and asked him about the Republic casualties. Ponds rode one of the AT-RTs to blow up some of the AATs using explosives. He summoned Commander Ponds, who said that they're pinned down, to get Lightning Squadron to assist in taking out the Separatist droids.
As Mace Windu's AT-TE was gunned down, he evacuated the troopers inside and cleared the road.
On the planet of Ryloth, Clone Commander Ponds along with Mace Windu and ARF troopers ( Razor and Stak) were sent to liberate the capitol city of Lessu. He met his Jedi general during the first battle of Geonosis. He continued to train until it was time to be in the front lines. Fett thought that the future clone commander should focus on the battle at hand instead of worrying about the lives of others, but, of course, Ponds found the idea to be absurd. He was trained also under the supervision of Jango Fett, who always thought that Ponds was too caring for his troops. Like all other clone troopers, Commander Ponds was trained under Kaminoans.
