Turrets all gone! Plateau all clear! C'mon folks, let's get this together...
You don't have to be a teaching expert, Roan; they are self-motivated to learn. But if you give Sunda instructions to stay with you, and then a. charge into the heart of danger and b. do it at Speed speed so he can't possibly keep up, things might go a little wrong. And in case you haven't noticed, Sunda isn't the sort of person who says "I can't do this."
Your instinct about your instincts is correct!
Roan has idnetified two things that need to be done. And you are getting a mounting danger sense connected with your rear- hundreds of droids are moving in along the valley you came in from, with more to follow. Before long you will be caught in a fatal vice.