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A review by rivulet027
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 8 by Ethen Beavers, Matt Fillbach, Jeremy Barlow, Shawn Fillbach, Jason Hall, Chris Avellone
4.0
The first story starts in Mondo-Mod The Hutt's Arena of Doom. Luminara has agreed to fight three animals with no lightsaber and without using the Force in exchange for information if she wins. Bets are placed, which focuses on a person who is wearing a mask. Luminara wins her first battle against a wampa. Mondo-Mod protests that she used the Force, she says she used physics. He tells her she can't use physics against the next durkii. Bets are place again, and against the person wearing a mask bets against Luminara. Of course Luminara defeats the durkii by running between it's legs and causing it to crash as it tries to follow her. Her final battle is against a droid. The mask person bets on Luminara this time. Luminara uses a rock to destroy the glass plate of the droids face, which short-circuits it. She gets her information from Mondo-Mod, then meets the mask person who reveals themselves to be Barriss, who declares that Mondo-Mod's Arena of Doom will now be closed due to lack of funds. The end panel is Mondo-Mod finding out he's now broke.
The second story is about Aurra Sing. She's on Nar Shadda three months after the Battle of Geonosis where she's summoned by Urdruua the Hutt to kill a Jedi. She tosses a case she brought with her on the ground and demands to know what Jedi he wants dead. Instead Urdruua goes into her past, that she once trained as a Jedi and then was later trained by Hutts on Nar Shadda. He says, "You turned on both your masters...not considerate at all, some would say ungrateful." So here I am rooting for Aurra Sing because Dark Woman was awful to her and slavery by Hutts well, I'm rooting for Aurra Sing in this. Urdruua says that the Jedi he wants dead is here, as he releases poisonous gas. Aurra of course escapes and the slaughters the two waves of bounty hunters, the snipers, and smart mines that Urdruua had as back-up if the gas didn't work. It ends with her escaping, but not before the case she dropped turns on. Urdruua uses his comm to tell her that she's not going to escape his revenge. She tells him if he'd let it go he'd have lived and then the bomb in the case goes off.
The third story centers around Obi-Wan battling the bounty hunter Vianna D'Pow. She is an albino Zeltron and according to their banter the only one (which seems improbable?). Mace calls Obi-Wan to warn him how dangerous Vianna is, as they've fought before. Vianna has been hired by Count Dooku to steal the Jango Fett genetic material so that there can be no more clones made. As Vianna and Obi-Wan fight and banter the story shows Vianna's past of being ostracized and bullied for looking different while also telling the reader about Zeltrons. It says, "Zeltrons: A humanoid race native to the planet Zeltros. They are distinguished by their crimson red skin and possess the unique ability to love others unconditionally. They naturally project powerful pheromones, as well as possess empathic abilities that allow them to sense the emotions of other sentient beings (this is credited to 'Plevitz Essential Guide to Species). Commonly referred to as the "party planet" due to its fun-loving-species' non-stop pleasure-seeking lifestyle. If you're not having a good time on Zeltros, the locals will be sure to do something about it! (this is credited to 'Wild Space on 50 credits a day'.) While Zeltrons have little concern for military defense, they tend to keep themselves in peak physical condition. When a Zeltron is deprived of the opportunity to love, he or she may resort to violence. In turn, they are known to be excellent warriors when possessing no other outlet for their passion (this is credited to 'Plevitz Essential Guide to Species'.) Vianna escapes, but not before Obi-Wan steals the genetic material from her. The Kaminoan Obi-Wan was originally talking to says that Vianna place an order for one clone of herself and asks if they should cancel the order. Obi-Wan tells her that the order should go through because no one should have to be alone.
The last story is about a battle droid. This particular droid has been destroyed, salvaged, and rebuilt throughout many battles. Then their head gets damaged which separates them from the droid hive mind. This droid decides it wants to live and makes a run for it. Another droid follows trying to telling them about protocols and that they'll reboot them. The individualized droid tries to encourage the other droid to separate as well, stating that the battle they were both walking into was going to get them both destroyed and salvaged anyway. The two fight and the droid that chased the other down gets damaged enough that it's going to shut down. They tell the other droid that their freedom will be short lived because their battery life will only last a day or two. The droid says, "I'd rather have two days of freedom than go back to what I was. Besides...I wouldn't have lasted that long on the battlefield anyway" then it says with the dying droid until they expire, letting them know that they're not alone. Then the droid gives the battle one more look, firmly decides that that life isn't for them, then wanders until they find a tree to sit under until their battery dies. A few years later two human male farmers find the droid and decide to take it to their farm to see if they can get it charged and fixed up to help around the farm.
The second story is about Aurra Sing. She's on Nar Shadda three months after the Battle of Geonosis where she's summoned by Urdruua the Hutt to kill a Jedi. She tosses a case she brought with her on the ground and demands to know what Jedi he wants dead. Instead Urdruua goes into her past, that she once trained as a Jedi and then was later trained by Hutts on Nar Shadda. He says, "You turned on both your masters...not considerate at all, some would say ungrateful." So here I am rooting for Aurra Sing because Dark Woman was awful to her and slavery by Hutts well, I'm rooting for Aurra Sing in this. Urdruua says that the Jedi he wants dead is here, as he releases poisonous gas. Aurra of course escapes and the slaughters the two waves of bounty hunters, the snipers, and smart mines that Urdruua had as back-up if the gas didn't work. It ends with her escaping, but not before the case she dropped turns on. Urdruua uses his comm to tell her that she's not going to escape his revenge. She tells him if he'd let it go he'd have lived and then the bomb in the case goes off.
The third story centers around Obi-Wan battling the bounty hunter Vianna D'Pow. She is an albino Zeltron and according to their banter the only one (which seems improbable?). Mace calls Obi-Wan to warn him how dangerous Vianna is, as they've fought before. Vianna has been hired by Count Dooku to steal the Jango Fett genetic material so that there can be no more clones made. As Vianna and Obi-Wan fight and banter the story shows Vianna's past of being ostracized and bullied for looking different while also telling the reader about Zeltrons. It says, "Zeltrons: A humanoid race native to the planet Zeltros. They are distinguished by their crimson red skin and possess the unique ability to love others unconditionally. They naturally project powerful pheromones, as well as possess empathic abilities that allow them to sense the emotions of other sentient beings (this is credited to 'Plevitz Essential Guide to Species). Commonly referred to as the "party planet" due to its fun-loving-species' non-stop pleasure-seeking lifestyle. If you're not having a good time on Zeltros, the locals will be sure to do something about it! (this is credited to 'Wild Space on 50 credits a day'.) While Zeltrons have little concern for military defense, they tend to keep themselves in peak physical condition. When a Zeltron is deprived of the opportunity to love, he or she may resort to violence. In turn, they are known to be excellent warriors when possessing no other outlet for their passion (this is credited to 'Plevitz Essential Guide to Species'.) Vianna escapes, but not before Obi-Wan steals the genetic material from her. The Kaminoan Obi-Wan was originally talking to says that Vianna place an order for one clone of herself and asks if they should cancel the order. Obi-Wan tells her that the order should go through because no one should have to be alone.
The last story is about a battle droid. This particular droid has been destroyed, salvaged, and rebuilt throughout many battles. Then their head gets damaged which separates them from the droid hive mind. This droid decides it wants to live and makes a run for it. Another droid follows trying to telling them about protocols and that they'll reboot them. The individualized droid tries to encourage the other droid to separate as well, stating that the battle they were both walking into was going to get them both destroyed and salvaged anyway. The two fight and the droid that chased the other down gets damaged enough that it's going to shut down. They tell the other droid that their freedom will be short lived because their battery life will only last a day or two. The droid says, "I'd rather have two days of freedom than go back to what I was. Besides...I wouldn't have lasted that long on the battlefield anyway" then it says with the dying droid until they expire, letting them know that they're not alone. Then the droid gives the battle one more look, firmly decides that that life isn't for them, then wanders until they find a tree to sit under until their battery dies. A few years later two human male farmers find the droid and decide to take it to their farm to see if they can get it charged and fixed up to help around the farm.