Au where Ponds lives, but through a set of increasingly ridiculous circumstances heās not able to reach the republic till order 66 where he helps Mace recover from falling out of a window. He even built the general an arm! How you may ask?
Easy, the blaster bolt to the head missed his brain, barely but through theĀ āForceā it was able to cause enough trauma to deactivate the chip(It also cause a scar on the back of his head). He learned how to build prosthetic as a way of funding his mission to get back to his general.
He had to sell and mod his armor but thatās okay! They are now on the run, but with plans to help back the rebellion.Ā
But first Ponds and Mace plans raid Kamino and pull off the biggest height stealing all of the clones there!