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A review by rivulet027
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 7 by Ethen Beavers, Matt Fillbach, Shawn Fillbach, W. Haden Blackman, Chris Avellone
4.0
The first story is Anakin and Obi-Wan bantering as they save each other and get attacked by animals on the planet they're on. It's clear the animals destroyed the droids that the two were looking for.
The second is a Padme story. She's attending a gala put on by Senator Drexx with Bail, Typho, C-3PO, and Sheltay. They comment on how lavish the gala is and how rich Drexx is, with Bail revealing that he suspects Drexx is accepting bribes from the Separatists. He asked everyone to keep their eyes and ears open. Captain Typho requested that Padme leave the dangerous things to the Jedi and the clone army. Padme and Sheltay mingle, eventually complimenting Drexx so that he'll brag about his security. Then he's called away to an important meeting. They follow and bring C-3PO, rescuing him from an amorous lady who loves protocol droids. Padme and Sheltay ditch their gowns and take the spy gear that Padme hid on C-3PO. She and Sheltay fight their way past security and eventually have to split up. Padme manages to record Drexx accepting a bribe and then has to fight her way past security, which ends with the she's stuck on a balcony, but then Sheltay comes to the rescue. It was fun to see Padme team up with another woman and do her spying thing. I liked that Padme brought up being told to leave everything dangerous to the Jedi and the clones, but she feels that they're spread thin and so she wants to help where she can. I didn't quite like all the 'you're only a girl' jokes, but it was nice to see Padme turn that around and take down the person insulting her, but it still got to be a bit much. The ending was funny with them realizing they left C-3PO at the party.
It was nice to see a Bultar Swan story! It was sad though. This takes place on Amaltanna, six months after the Battle of Geonosis. She's fighting her way into a fortress. The person hiding in the fortress is taunting her. He tells her he's not going to accept a life-time imprisonment on Coruscant. Then he tells her his own people tried to bring him to trial for sending supplies to the Separatists, but that he had his droids kill all of them the same way he killed the entire clone troops that had come with Bultar. He continues to tell her how impregnable his fortress is and she keeps fighting every droid he sends at her, while destroying what systems she can. When she leaves he had no outside communication, is unable to escape where he's trapped himself in, and his life support is failing.
The forth story is three guys who are trying to escape the fighting. They have a transport with a farmer arranged and are trying to get there. The story is told from Rayt's pov. He used to work at the bank and he knows how many Separatist resources are in the vaults. He and the other two come up with a plan to put clone trooper armor on and sneak in to the vault and steal what they want. When they're almost there they see a family Rayt knows in trouble. Rayt says, "Trillan Kato and his family. He and I worked at the bank together for years. They've had me over for dinner more than once. Those vaults won't wait for us. If we don't keep moving the treasure will be gone and our hope for escape along with it. I don't have time for a conscience and yet..." So Rayt convinces the other two to help him rescue Trillan and his family. One of the guys with him takes out the droids and then they rush towards Trillan and his family...who then start shooting at them yelling, "Die clone scum" since they're still wearing the clone armor they stole. So the three run and make it to the vault. They're fighting over which treasure to take when a group of clones show up and get them to help inventory everything and then help load it onto their ship. The story ends with them on the ship afraid to take their helmets off, knowing that they'll end up in the brig when they're discovered.
The second is a Padme story. She's attending a gala put on by Senator Drexx with Bail, Typho, C-3PO, and Sheltay. They comment on how lavish the gala is and how rich Drexx is, with Bail revealing that he suspects Drexx is accepting bribes from the Separatists. He asked everyone to keep their eyes and ears open. Captain Typho requested that Padme leave the dangerous things to the Jedi and the clone army. Padme and Sheltay mingle, eventually complimenting Drexx so that he'll brag about his security. Then he's called away to an important meeting. They follow and bring C-3PO, rescuing him from an amorous lady who loves protocol droids. Padme and Sheltay ditch their gowns and take the spy gear that Padme hid on C-3PO. She and Sheltay fight their way past security and eventually have to split up. Padme manages to record Drexx accepting a bribe and then has to fight her way past security, which ends with the she's stuck on a balcony, but then Sheltay comes to the rescue. It was fun to see Padme team up with another woman and do her spying thing. I liked that Padme brought up being told to leave everything dangerous to the Jedi and the clones, but she feels that they're spread thin and so she wants to help where she can. I didn't quite like all the 'you're only a girl' jokes, but it was nice to see Padme turn that around and take down the person insulting her, but it still got to be a bit much. The ending was funny with them realizing they left C-3PO at the party.
It was nice to see a Bultar Swan story! It was sad though. This takes place on Amaltanna, six months after the Battle of Geonosis. She's fighting her way into a fortress. The person hiding in the fortress is taunting her. He tells her he's not going to accept a life-time imprisonment on Coruscant. Then he tells her his own people tried to bring him to trial for sending supplies to the Separatists, but that he had his droids kill all of them the same way he killed the entire clone troops that had come with Bultar. He continues to tell her how impregnable his fortress is and she keeps fighting every droid he sends at her, while destroying what systems she can. When she leaves he had no outside communication, is unable to escape where he's trapped himself in, and his life support is failing.
The forth story is three guys who are trying to escape the fighting. They have a transport with a farmer arranged and are trying to get there. The story is told from Rayt's pov. He used to work at the bank and he knows how many Separatist resources are in the vaults. He and the other two come up with a plan to put clone trooper armor on and sneak in to the vault and steal what they want. When they're almost there they see a family Rayt knows in trouble. Rayt says, "Trillan Kato and his family. He and I worked at the bank together for years. They've had me over for dinner more than once. Those vaults won't wait for us. If we don't keep moving the treasure will be gone and our hope for escape along with it. I don't have time for a conscience and yet..." So Rayt convinces the other two to help him rescue Trillan and his family. One of the guys with him takes out the droids and then they rush towards Trillan and his family...who then start shooting at them yelling, "Die clone scum" since they're still wearing the clone armor they stole. So the three run and make it to the vault. They're fighting over which treasure to take when a group of clones show up and get them to help inventory everything and then help load it onto their ship. The story ends with them on the ship afraid to take their helmets off, knowing that they'll end up in the brig when they're discovered.