During the Clone Wars, money was flowing into separatist hands from a variety of underworld,
criminal and black market sources, including underground casinos.
One of these Casinos was owned and operated by the Besaddi crime, who were the sworn enemies
of Jabba’s the Hutt’s clan.
Once the Republic found out about their little operation, they dispatched General Anakin
Skywalker and his apprentice Ahsoka tano to blow the entire casino vault pieces, killing
anyone inside and destroying the massive fortune held there…
So, lets find out how it went…
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The story begins, in the busy sky lanes of the casino planet Katalla, home to the Besaddii
clan’s most profitable casino…
The planet mostly served as a playground for the rich and famous of the galaxy, with millions
and millions of galactic credits flowing through the establishment on th spin of a wheel, the
turn of a card, or the endurance of a monkey lizard…
If you can think of something… you can probably gamble on it here.
On this particular night however, a stealthy criminal named Kanto Raka is betting on a
different gamble.
This one is nearly a kilometre beneath the casino’s floor.
Kanto managed to obtain the architectural plans and all of the locations of the security
deterrents for the Casino’s underground vault, and has spent the entirety of the lat
five months planning his next move.
He’s aiming to commit the perfect crime and has prepared for absolutely every contingency...
We’ll see how that goes.
A few moments after lowering himself down in the vault network below, he begins to recall
of all of the directions that’s he’s memorised over the last five months, carefully traversing
the winding and weaving corridors.
At this point, the professional vault robber is convinced that nothing can go wrong.
He’s planned for everything, so how can something go wrong…
Unfortunately, he never considered the possibility of running into a pair of Jedi… and not
just any Jedi..
These Jedi will not make life easy for a criminal, Anakin and Ahsoka.
Kanto is stunned and shouts out to the pair, stuttering as he asks what they are doing
down here…
And why they smell like sewer…
Anakin however isn’t having any of it, firmly responding back to the criminal that he’ll
be the one asking the questions here.
Anakin ignites his lightsaber and demands to know the criminals name, who very quickly
responds, sheepishly telling the Jedi Knight that his name is Kanto Raka, an independent
thief and brigand for hire…
He’s come to make a sizeable withdrawal from the casino vault…
Withdrawal is probably a soft word for what he’s about to pull…
After saying this, he examines Anakin and Ahsoka carefully, believing that because they
came in through the sewers, they must be here for the same purpose…
Anakin then calms down, turning off his blue blade, before telling Kanto…
Not quite…
They’re here to do something much worse.
Anakin and Ahsoka have been sent by the Jedi council to plant a high power blast device
inside of the vault, destroying everything in it… and probably killing many of the
patrons above…
But the Jedi council has never been afraid of war crimes before, so what do you expect?
As Anakin says this, the tapping of the blast device’s mechanism can be heard emanating
from Ahsoka’s backpack, which deeply concerns the criminal, leading him to shout out “are
you insane to Ahsoka”...
Ahsoka then puts the criminal in his place by igniting her blade rapidly and swinging
it right to his neck, warning him to use his indoor voice, and sarcastically telling him
that she and anakin are shy, retiring types and would HATE to attract attention.
Hearing this, the thief goes off on Ahsoka, explaining that he’s just a thief…
It’s his job to *steal* fortunes, not destroy them...
Anakin responds to this by saying “that’s not our problem… you are.”
Surprisingly, anakin then demands that ahsoka bind and gag the criminal, leaving him for
the cleanup droids to deal with, so that he can’t make any noise and reveal the Jedi’s
presence.
Not a very Jedi like order from the council…
Ahsoka happily agrees to tie the criminal up and leave him for dead, but Kanto begs
for his life and pleads with Ahsoka to work out a deal.
Kanot then tells the two Jedi that he knows the best route in an out of the vault, and
his way avoids the sewers and waste ducts…
A pathway anakin and ahsoka clearly didn’t find…
After hearing the offer, Ahsoka tells Anakin that although his plan was brilliant, she
wants to hear the criminal out if it means avoiding the sewers this time…
Anakin then angrily confronts the criminal and asks “if we accept, what’s in it for
you?”.
The criminal responds by telling Anakin “not much, just enough galactic credits to cover
my expenses”...
Not the most believable, but Anakin takes the criminal’s word for it, warning him
that at the first sign of trouble…
But is quickly cut off by kanot himself, who Assures Anakin that he needs no explanation
of what will happen to him…
He’s seen Jedi Lightsabers at work.
Following this, Kanto opens a nearby hatch, ready to move down another underground level,
and tells Anakin and Ahsoka that since they’re working together now, they should probably
tell him why they’re so determined to blow up the absolute fortune of riches that are
stored in the vault.
As they slide down the hatch, Anakin tells Kanto that the Jedi council recently learned
that the Besaddii hutt clan has secretly been funelling the casino’s profits to the separatists…
And since diplomacy has failed to do anything so far, they’ve decided to take a mor direct
approach to the proble.
And while they are having this deep political conversation, they are literally hanging above
a flaming, scorching floor, only inches away from a smouldering death.
After hearing Anakin’s reasoning for destroying the Casino, the criminal is astounded, asking
him “you’re going to destroy precious jewels and galactic credits because of your
stupid war??
Obviously, most of the Galaxy’s citizens are just regular people who have no interest
in the politics of the war, and just want to be safe from invasion by either side.
In response to Kanot, Ahsoka is angered, telling him that he simply doesn’t understand.
If the separatists win, the galaxy will full under their away, and no one will be safe
then…
But the thief doesn’t agree or understand this, telling Ahsoka that he’s just a simple
thief, with simple needs, and zero interest in galactic politics.
It doesn’t matter to him who wins.
Ahsoka is infuriated by this stance, telling Kanto that he should care because billions
of lives are at stake, but he quickly responds, telling her “lives I don’t know or care
about”...
And ahsoka doesn’t understand that this is a view shared by many of the regular citizens
of the galaxy..
After their heated exchange, Kanto finally points the group to the vault entrance, and
tells Ahsoka and Anakin they he’s completed his end of the bargain, getting them to the
vault without detection…
Unfrotunately for them hower, it’s not that simple.
One of the cleaning droids that Anakin mentioned earlier happens to be sweeper the hallway
that the group are in, and his sensors detect the three life forms, immediately alerting
the control team up on the top floor of the casino.
They brush it off as probably nothing, but protocol demands they immediately dispatch
a security team, who happen to be a unit of B-1 battle droids.
The Battle droids then rush over to Anakin, Ahsoka and Kanto, forcing Anakin to block
the incoming fire with his lightsaber, while Ahsoka handles the vault.
Kanto asks what he should be doing during all of this chaos, and ahsoka just tells him
that he needs to find a place to hide…
And to stay out of their way.
While saying this, Ahsoka begins carving out an entrance ot the vault with her lightsaber,
but it struck on the arm with an incoming blaster bolt, violently sending her tumbling
to the ground.
Kanot is very concerned at this point, and suggests that they surrender while they can,
bec ause prison is prefereable to death for him, but Ahsoka brushes his off and tells
him to stop whining, because she’s not going to let a little flesh wound stop her…
As she said earlier, countless lives are depending on this casino vault being destroyed, so they
must stop the besaddii clan from funding the separatists at all costs.
While this is happening, the security team from up stairs finally receives a report from
the battle droids that hostile contact has occurred, and Anakin is forces to weave his
blade in every direction just to defend ahsoka while she tries to open the vault.
Eventually, Ahsoka manages to crack the vault open, and Kanto is shocked at the vast wealth
inside.
He then suggests to ahsoka that her master needs a hand, and she agrees, telling him
that she still have an uninjured one.
Ahsoka then removes the blast device off her back, and suddenly hands it to Kanto, leaving
him stunned and unable to move.
He is even more terrified when Ahsoka tells him that the timer’s already been set, and
that he just needs to place it deep within the vault and then run like a sabercat is
on his heels…
Being completely shocked by the whole situation, Kanto hesitates, and really just doesn’t
wnat to destroy the riches inside, leaving him conflicted.
While this is happening, Anakin notices that they aren’t running anywhere, and says to
Ahsoka “please tell me you didn’t trust thief with out bomb”... to which she says
“Jedi aren’t supposed to lie master, besides I really think he heard me”...
Anakin is still worried and is about to go sort the criminal out himself, but before
he can eve get his next word out, Kanto comes rushing out of the vault, frantically warning
anakin and ahsoka that they need to get moving, or they’ll all be taken out in the blast.
The group then get into an earby duct, and Anakin uses the force to speed things up,
completely shocking Kanto once again…
Ahsoka however is enjoying every second of it, and tells him to relax and enjoy the ride,
since the force is strong in her master.
‘ Just as they manage to exit the underground
levels of the casino, the tunnel erupt into a massive red fireball, and Kanto excitedly
tells Ahsoka that he always knew the best exit strategy.
As he gets out of the hatch, Kanot admits that even a simple thief with zero interest
in politics is better off with the Jedi than the separatis, before offering to take Ahsoka
to the nearby buffet before the Besaddi clan realize they’re now bankrupt and shut the
casino down…
Anakin then asks “why so generous, tI thought you were only going to take enough galactic
credits to cover your expenses”...
Kanto simply responds “I did mention I’m a professional thief, didn’t I’, before
Ahsoka and Anakin walk off to fight another day, and Kanot gets to enjoy the spoils of
the heist.
I wonder where his next heist will take him.
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you in the next one.