With the Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 12 releasing, bringing the Clone Wars series to an end,
many of us are disappointed that we are not getting any new stories from the series.
Luckily though, Dave Filloni and his team have just released a new Clone Wars Story
in the form of a comic, set before the battle of Cristophsis.
The story takes us to the planet Hisseen, where Captain Rex, Commander Cody and Commander
Wolf fight alongside their Jedi Generals to protect the people of the planet.
I’m going to break down exactly how Captain Rex saved Anakin’s life from a vicious beast
on the surface of Hisseen.
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Only a short while before the battle of Christophsis, the 501st Legion, along with Commander Cody
and Commander Wollfe arrive on the planet Hisseen.
They are joined by their Jedi generals, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon and of Course, Anakin Skywalker.
The Clones are engaged in heavy blaster fire from the sepratist droid army, with Captain
Rex encouraging his men to hold the clankers back.
As the droids continue firing their blasters on the Clone Forces, Commander Cody overhears
one of them announce that backup is on the way.
Rex is very distressed by this, but continues on with the mission.
Finally, the back up does in fact arrive.
A large unit of B2 super battle droids bursts onto the battlefield firing their lasers.
Because this story is set before the Clone Wars series, this is likely one of the first
ever encounters that many of these Clones have ever had with B2 super battle droids.
Commander Cody realises that although they absolutely must protect the people of the
planet, they cannot take on the super battle droids with a frontal assault.
Because of this, Commander Wolffe offers to lead his men to flank around the battle droids
on the west, as a nice distraction.
Rex puts a quick hold to those plans however, as one of the Super battle droids is flung
high into the air.
The Clones are not surprised at all once they realise Anakin, Obi-Wan and Plo Koon have
arrived on the battlefield to back them up.
The three Jedi generals push straight to the front of the attack lines and begin rushing
towards the droid army.
This prompts Commander Cody to push his men forward, aiding the assault.
Obi-Wan and Plo Koon begin slicing their way through the droid forces, with Kenobi cracking
many jokes as he always does, because we know he is the master of trolling.
Eventually the Jedi and Clones destroy every single one of the remaining droids, defeating
the separatist forces in the area.
Unfortunately though, Plo Koon receives word that Count Dooku and Assajj Ventress have
arranged to meet the leader of the planet Hisseen in the mountains, very close to their
location.
Obi-Wan reveals that the members of the Hiseen Parliament are hiding away so that Count Dooku
cannot dissolve the Government on the planet and claim it for the separatists.
To provide protection for these members, the Clones must hold their positions very firmly.
Cody, Rex and Wolffe assure the Jedi generals that they can be counted on to perform their
roles.
And Let me know in the comments down below, which of these three Clone Leaders are your
favourite.
For me, Rex is the winner, but let me know what you think!
After that we get an awesome little moment between Rex and Cody, where Cody says that
he’s heard stories about General Skywalker being a little bit crazy and unpredictable.
Rex admits that this is true, but affirms Anakin’s very strong loyalty to the Clones
and that he will never leave a man behind.
To back up his point, Rex begins telling a story, where the Majority of the Comic Takes
place.
The story begins on the extremely hot planet of Benglor, taking place sometime before the
battle of Hisseen, which we were previously in.
The Clones are complaining about the intense heat on the planet, but they aren’t the
only ones.
Even Anakin is absolutely dying in the heat of the intense star of the planet.
They are moments away from calling off the mission to rest from the heat, before Trooper
Hardcase calls his brothers over.
He has discovered some green goo on the floor, which the other men do not recognize.
Immediately following that, they discover the head of a b1 battle droid.
They are very suspicious of it because there is almost no damage to this head at all.
Hardcase is of course having a wonderful time seeing the clankers in pieces, but Anakin
and Rex realise that there is something wrong here.
They realize that they are being led into some sort of trap by the Separatists.
At this point, a Clone we’ve never seen before, called Bellow, finds some more of
the Green goo that Hardcase found earlier.
He begins inspecting the green goo, but Out of nowhere, Anakin and Rex see something worrying
in the distance, calling Bellow to return to them immediately.
Clone Trooper Bellow doesn’t realise but there is a vicious beast standing right behind
him, with bright red eyes.
The beast then takes hold of Bellow with his tongue, as his Clone Brothers begin opening
fire on the beast, hoping that it will let go of him.
Anakin realises that whole thing was a trap all along, and calls his men back.
Hardcase refuses to obey Anakin and Rex’s order, continuing to fire at the beast.
The beast eventually knocks Hardcase to the floor with extreme force, leaving him helpless.
Anakin orders Rex to get the rest of his men to safety, and assures Rex and he will never
leave one of his brothers behind.
I absolutely love this, it really shows Anakin’s commitment and love for his Clone Troopers,
unlike some other Generals.
Hardcase is on the floor, ready to accept his death, before Anakin arrives, using the
force to push the vicious beast away from him.
Anakin berates Hardcase For not following orders, but ultimately forgives him.
Hardcase then escapes the scene, leaving Anakin and the beast alone, in a one on one fight.
After underestimating the beast, Anakin is forcefully pushed into a tree, but does not
give up.
He uses the force to propel his lightsaber blade into the trunk of a tree, cutting it
in half, making it fall onto the beast.
While the tactic does initially work and traps the beast, it quickly escapes, posing an even
bigger threat to Anakin.
At this point, Anakin is on the back hand and is facing the real possibility of being
crushed on the spot by the vicious beast.
Fortunately for him though, Rex comes to his aid, using Anakin’s line from earlier - saying
“no one gets left behind sir, No one”.
With the assistance of Rex, Anakin is able to use his lightsaber to slice the leg of
the beast into pieces, Anakin’s life.
Without the help of Rex, Anakin would have certainly been overpowered by the massive
creature.
After the ordeal, Rex mentions that by the rules of the Grand army of the Republic, Anakin
technically could have left Hardcase behind after he failed to follow orders.
But Anakin quickly retorts, saying that the Clones are more than just soldiers, and that
he does not take having their lives in his hands lightly.
Rex then thanks Anakin for the thought, to which Anakin tells him to get used to the
crazy missions in the future.
That’s where Rex’s story to Commander Cody ends, and we cut straight back into the
battle of Hisseen, where another wave of battle droids has begun attacking the Republic Forces.
Clone Trooper Boost has picked up a hologram communication from Plo Koon, who states that
the message must be transmitted to Commander Wolffe.
Plo Koons says time of the essence, but the transmission cuts out and they are unable
to properly hear the message.
In the background, you can see Anakin engaged in a duel with Count Dooku, behind Plo Koon.
And that’s where the story ends.
That is exactly how Captain Rex Saved Anakin from a Vicious beast at the start of the Clone
Wars.
Let me know down in the comments below which of the three Clone leaders that appeared in
this comic is your favourite!
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