With Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 12 airing, bringing an end to the Clone Wars series,
we missed out on a lot of unfinished episodes, story arcs and concepts that could have been
animated.
One of these unfinished stories took us to Utapau, where Obi-Wan and Anakin discover
a massive Kyber crystal that was intended to be used to power the death star.
I’m going to break down the full story of the Crystal Crisis on Utapau unfinished episodes
and how Anakin and Obi-Wan almost discovered the death star before Revenge of the Sith.
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Following the assasination of a Jedi Master known as Tu-Anh, the Council dispatched Obi-Wan
and Anakin to the planet Utapau to investigate her death.
Once they arrive on Utapau, they are taken to inspect the body of the fallen Jedi master
by the Pau’an natives.
After inspecting the body closely, they discover that there are no obvious wounds to be found.
Anakin however, senses that her mind was deeply unsettled prior to her death because of damage
to her brain.
As they are leaving the scene, Kenobi also describes Tu-Anh as a maverick Jedi, similar
to that of his own master, Qui Gon-Jinn.
Anakin and Obi-Wan then visit the scene of the crime, where they conclude that she did
not die from fall injuries, because there are no broken bones in her body.
Shortly after though, the two discover a small hole in a window of a far off room, concluding
that the Jedi master was killed by a precision laser dart aimed at her optic nerve.
The type of blaster used in the killing is actually the same one that Vizago carries
in Star Wars Rebels.
While inspecting a room near the crime scene that the dead Jedi master was spying on, they
come across a toydarian who denies having any knowledge about the death.
After some aggressive negotiation by Anakin however, he quickly reveals that he was paid
by an IG-100 MagnaGuard droid to leave the building unlocked two days prior.
Further inspection of the scene by an inspector from Utapau named June, revealed the presence
of slime from a species known as the Amani.
Because the Amani are not a sophisticated species, Kenobi and Skywalker believe that
they are working with the separatists.
As they continue their investigation, the two Jedi are called into the office of Utapau
governor, Torul Blom, who claims that the presence of Jedi on the planet is causing
the general population to feel unsettled.
Kenobi reassures the Governor that they are simply here to conduct an investigation into
the death of a Jedi master, and investigate whether or not Count Dooku’s separatists
are involved.
Anakin and Obi-Wan then travel to the undercity of Utapau, where they encounter an Amani settlement.
Kenobi warns Anakin not to cause any trouble, and they begin to speak to the Amani chief.
The chief tells the two that an Amani outcast from the plains had been seen talking to separatist
droids.
This leads Kenboi and Anakin into a nearby cave, where they spot two magna guards, who
they suspected were present on the planet earlier.
This of course indicates to the two that the Separatists are present on the planet.
Before they can attack the magna guards though, they are confronted by a massive reptilian
nos monster, which Anakin is able to kill by brutally impaling his lightsaber through
its head.
Anakin is clearly showing some of his dark side tendencies come through again here.
This distraction unfortunately gives the magna guards enough time to escape on their STAPS,
which are probably one of the coolest separatist transport vehicles.
After a long pursuit, Anakin and Obi Wan quickly catch up to the magna guards near a large
windmill facility, where Anakin goes ballistic, attempting to slaughter the droids.
Obi-Wan warns Anakin not to kill any of the droids, as they can be used to gather evidence
in discovering the truth about the Jedi master's death but Anakin ignores the command of his
master and horrifically throws one of the guards against a propeller blade, slicing
it into pieces.
Anakin manges to restrain himself when dealing with the second magna guard, this time simply
jumping on top of him and overpowering him, allowing Kenobi to begin data extraction.
Unfortunately, the Magna guard activates its self destruct feature, meaning Anakin was
only able to extract a very small amount of information from it.
Through this tiny amount of information gathered through, Anakin and Obi-wan were able to conclude
that the Amani people were in fact working with the Separatists.
To end the first episode, the two Jedi attend the funeral ceremony of Jedi Master Anh.
Moving onto the second episode in the unfinished story reel, there are some really emotional
moments between Anakin and Obi-Wan regarding Ahsoka and some major foreshadowing of Anakin’s
fall to the dark side.
Starting off, the two Jedi depart Pau City on their dactillion beasts, headed to an amani
village on the Utapau plains.
The village is inhabited by several Amani people from the plains, who begin to attack
Kenobi and Skywalker with sharp spears.
During this fight, some Amani use blasters that fire precision laser darts, very similar
to the ones used in the killing of Jedi Master Tu Anh in the last episode.
Before they can be questioned by Kenobi however, they flee into the vast wilderness of Utapau.
While inspecting their camp, Kenobi discovered many unusual footprints, which he initially
assumed belong to the Amani leader.
While travelling, Anakin mentions Ahsoka’s name for the first time since her departure.
He then goes off on the Jedi Order for betraying her and letting her leave.
Kenobi gently reminds Anakin that it was her own choice to leave the order and that she
let her emotion cloud her Judgement in making that decision.
To end the conversation, Anakin asks Kenobi a chilling question.
What would you do if I failed you as a Padawan?
Kenobi responds, luckily that isn’t the case and never will be.
Obviously, from Revenge of the sith we know things did not turn out that way.
And that’s just so heartbreaking.
The following morning, Anakin and Obi Wan are captured by several Sugi warriors who
are accompanied by a member of the Amani species.
The Sugi are such an interesting species, I wish we saw them in the Clone Wars Season
7.
The sugi then take the lightsabers from the two, and Kenobi gets angry with Anakin for
falling asleep while he should have been keeping watch over their camp.
Anakin cleverly responds however, claiming that he fell asleep intentionally so that
the Sugi would lead them back to their camp.
On the way to the camp, Skywalker pulls a very dark, but also hilarious trick on one
of the Sugi.
He convinces him to activate Anakin’s captured lightsaber, causing the blade to burst out
and puncture his head.
This is really dark, but something Anakin would definitely do.
Anakin and Obi Wan are eventually brought to the Sugi boss, where he believes the two
are interested in buying a massive Kyber crystal.
Anakin and Kenobi realize that it is a real kyber crystal and attempt to buy it back from
the Sugi leader unsuccessfully, because he has already come to an agreement with General
Grievous and the Separatists, to sell them the crystal.
After failing to negotiate for the crystal, the Sugi leader contacts Count Dooku, who
tells him that he should execute the two Jedi immediately.
The Sugi begin firing on Anakin and Obi-Wan, but they flee from the location, eventually
making their way into a weapons storage room, where Anakin picks up two blasters.
While inside the storage room, Obi Wan senses a gang of Sugi immediately outside of the
door, allowing Skywalker to brutally kill many of them.
Anakin also pulls the same trick as earlier, activating his own lightsaber, while a Sugi
is holding it, causing the blade to go right through his head.
Following their victory, the two Jedi finally discover the huge kyber crystal suspended
inside of a spaceship, which they now hope to return to the Jedi council.
Moving onto episode three, we get straight back into the drama.
The escape ship that Anakin and Obi Wan are using had been sabotaged by the Sugi that
previously captured them.
Because of this sabotage, the two realise that they have no way to transport the crystal
into another ship, forcing Anakin to begin taming animals in hopes that they will be
able to move it.
Anakin is eventually able to tame a Jamel, which is pretty much exactly like a real world
camel.
They bring the Jamel back to their ship, using the force to lower the Kyber crystal into
a cart being pulled on it’s back.
The two then begin moving the crystal to Pau City, but obi-Wan remains doubtful that they
will be successful because of the incredibly slow pace that they are moving at..
Unfortunately, Kenobi was right, and the two Jedi are once again confronted by Sugi attackers,
this time on speeder bikes, but Anakin manages to hijack one of the bikes and uses it to
shoot down the other speeders.
Meanwhile back at Pau City, General Grievous and a fleet of B1 battle droids arrives on
the planet.
Grievous meets with the Governor of Utapau, where they discuss the plans for the Kyber
crystal.
After successfully fighting back the Sugi attacks, the Jamel is losing interest in the
mission, forcing them to replace it with one of the speeder bikes that they captured.
Because these two absolutely can’t catch a break, they are ONCE AGAIN attacked by another
wave of Sugi, who begin firing at the kyber crystal.
Because of the reflective properties of the crystal, the blaster bolts are reflected back
at them.
Anakin and Obi wan do eventually reach Pau City with the Kyber crystal, but the Sugi
have of course caught up with them.
This time however, they will also have to fight General Grievous’ Magna guards on
top of the mounting Sugi forces.
The two manage to defend the Kyber crystal cart through the streets of Pau city, prompting
general Grievous to personally come after them.
Anakin has trouble controlling the speeder bike and cart, while Obi-Wan deflects blaster
bolts from all directions, but the two do eventually make it to the spaceport of the
city, where they are greeted by the Utapau Governor.
The Governor reveals that he has been working with the separatists all along.
After this, Anakin and Obi-Wan are surrounded by Magna guards and Utapau warriors, before
Grievous manages to steal the crystal back from their cart.
The governor orders his men to execute the two Jedi on the spot, but they manage to overpower
the warriors with the force, managing to take the Governor hostage.
To end the third episode, the two Jedi escape and General Grievous arrives to greet the
Governor.
Once the Governor reveals that the Jedi escapes, Grievous brutally impaled him with one of
his lightsabers, killing him instantly.
You do not want to mess around with grievous...
After that crazy end to the episode, we finally move onto the fourth one.
On their stolen escape ship, Obi Wan managed to contact the Jedi council on Coruscant to
warn them that the Kyber crystal is now in the hands of the separatists and General Grievous.
Grand Master Yoda warns the two Jedi that they must do what they have to do, so that
the crystal does not remain with Grievous.
Anakin and Obi-Wan's ship comes under heavy fire, but with Anakin’s immense piloting
skill and Kenobi’s great accuracy on the laser cannon, they manage to keep the ship
together and follow the other ship, which is carrying the Kyber crystal.
The ship holding the crystal eventually docks inside of a huge separatist supply ship, with
Anakin following close behind, also landing the ship inside.
The two quickly escape their ship, but are eventually separated inside of different hangar
bays.
In Kenobi’s hangar bay, he encounters a horde of vulture droids, and eventually engages
General Grievous himself, foreshadowing his eventual fight on the same planet from Revenge
of the Sith.
Kenobi is quickly defeated and taken captive by Grievous’ droids, before Anakin suddenly
appears and destroys the droids that captured his master.
After studying a computer nearby, he finds out that the kyber crystal has been moved
to a secure vault and that Kenobi has been moved to a prison cell.
General Grievous then informs Count Dooku that he has secured the Kyber crystal and
captured Kenobi.
Hearing the good news, Dooku orders Grievous to execute Kenobi on the spot and deliver
the crystal to his homeworld of Serenno.
As Kenobi is being transported to the execution chamber, he manages to stall the droids by
reminding them of the Yavin convention, which outlines a list of things that are not legal
in warfare.
This provides just enough time for Anakin to arrive and rescue Kenobi, destroying the
droids.
After Grievous learns that the Jedi escaped from the cells, he is outraged and sends more
battle droids to track them down.
While this is happening, the Jedi sneak into the Kyber crystal Vault, but are quickly locked
inside, preventing their escape.
The two then come under assault by a horde of dwarf spider droids, but use the kyber
crystal to deflect their blaster bolts back, incinerating all of them.
Once Grievous realises where they are located, he and his Magna guards rush towards the vault.
As Grievous and his separatist forces begin to overwhelm Anakin and Obi-Wan, they decide
to destroy the Kyber Crystal, rather than let it get into the hands of Dooku and the
currently unknown Sith Lord, Darth Sidious.
Kenobi uses several armoured assault tanks to open fire on the crystal, causing it to
overheat and trigger a monumental explosion, engulfing the entire warship.
Obi-Wan and Anakin manage to escape on another stolen shuttle, while Grievous also flees
into hyper space.
Back on Coruscant, Kenobi and skywalker report the events of their mission on Utapau, and
Kenobi explains why it was necessary to destroy the Kyber crystal, rather than let it get
into the hands of the Sith Lord they were currently looking for.
Master Yoda then tells the group a story about how the Ancient Sith used Kyber crystals to
create superweapons in the past, referencing the superweapon in the temple on Malachor
from Star Wars Rebels.
He worries that the same thing was going to happen in this situation, with the not yet
revealed, Darth Sidious.
Of course we know that this was the first attempt at construction for the Death Star,
after the formation of Palpatine’s new Galactic Empire.
So that is the story of how Anakin and Obi-Wan almost discovered the Death Star in an unfinished
episode of the Clone Wars Season 7.
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