Issue number 3 of the Clone Wars Battles Tales comic tales has finally released, showing
us another incredible story from the eyes of Commander Cody on the front Lines of the
war.
In this issue of the Comic we get to see the dangerous rescue attempt from Waxer and Boil
to save their Clone Brothers who have been captured by the Separatists.
So, I’m going to break down the full Clone Wars Battle Tales issue 3 comic, which takes
place before the Battle of Christophsis and the start of the Clone Wars series.
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Just like the last few issues of the comic, we begin straight off on the planet Hisseen,
following the present plot of the comic, with Commander Cody and Commander Wolffe battling
through hordes of droids to rescue the captured politicians of Hisseen.
Count Dooku Sends a hologram transmission to his commanding battle droid, telling him
to keep tight guard of the politician prisoners, and to not allow a single one to escape.
He also mentions that he will be finished dealing with the Jedi very shortly, which
means he and Ventress are still currently in the skirmish with Anakin, Obi-Wan and Plo
Koon, that we saw in the last issue of the comic.
Count Dooku then ends the hologram transmission, and the commanding battle droid begins to
brag that nothing is likely to go wrong while guarding the prisoners because the Jedi are
on the other side of the planet.
Of course, the battle droid is wrong, as he is not even able to finish his sentence before
EMP droid poppers are rolled into the prison camp and triggered.
A blue haze then streaks the air, as all of the surrounding b1 battle droids and droideks
are zapped, leaving them out of operation and unable to guard the prisoners.
As soon as the clones can confirm that the droids have been disabled, Commander Cody
rallies his men and pushes them urgently forward, telling them to leave no Clankah standing.
Following this, we awesomely get to see Waxer destroy a B1 battle droid, while Boil rips
the head of one off and Cody destroys a droideka with his blaster.
You’ve gotta love the 212th.
Following their swift defeat of the Droid forces, Waxer asks Boil if he thinks this
situation feels oddly similar to one that they’ve previously encountered.
Wolffe then asks the two if they have experience with this kind of thing, to which Boil responds
that they definitely have experience with being outnumbered and still freeing prisoners.
So make sure you let me know in the comments down below who your favourite Clone is out
of Waxer, Boil, Cody and Wolffe - They’re all awesome in this issue of the Comic!
So this takes us straight into the flashback scene, which is the battle tale - the title
of the series.
Next, We move straight into Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Republic cruiser, where he is briefing Commander
Cody on an unfolding situation on the planet Krystar.
The Republic have recently received intelligence that Clone Prisoners are secretly being held
on the planet, but they don’t have any hard evidence to confirm this, making Obi-Wan reluctant
to invade the planet.
Commander Cody is understandably concerned about his brothers being captured on the planet,
and urges Kenobi to perform a rescue operation.
Obi-Wan agrees that the separatists’ taking Clone Prisoners of war is deeply concerning,
but believes a more subtle and secretive tactic is needed in order to rescue the men.
Following this, Senator Padme Amidala enters the briefing room and tells Obi-Wan that the
information about the Clones being held prisoner on the planet came from a very trustworthy
and reliable source.
Padme’s source also informed her that the King of the planet had constructed a prison
compound in secret, not too far away from the exquisite Royal Palace.
As the rest of the 212th begin to enter the briefing room and hear about their Clone Brothers
being held in a secret compound, they begin to worry about their safety and treatment
by the separatists.
Padme then tells the members of the 212th and Obi-Wan that if her source is correct,
the separatists are holding all of the prisoners inside of this secret compound and that they
will have to sneak onto the planet under the guise of a diplomatic mission in order to
rescue them.
Obi-Wan is still very reluctant to perform an invasion on the planet without hard evidence,
so he again suggests gathering more intel on the secret compound to confirm whether
or not the separatists really are holding Clone prisoners there.
Soon after, Padme accompanied Obi-Wan down to the surface of the planet to speak with
the king, still pretending that they are on a diplomatic mission.
The king is very suspicious of Padme and Obi-Wan because they never arranged the diplomatic
mission in advance, but Padme’s friend, who handed her the intelligence reports from
earlier, suddenly rushes into the royal palace to explain the situation.
She covers for Padme, telling the king that she invited Senator Amidala to help look into
the agriculture problem that is currently happening on the planet.
The King rushes off angrily, stating that he doesn’t have time for small matters like
agriculture.
He allows Padme and Obi-Wan to stay on the planet, but on the condition that they stay
within the grand royal palace at all times.
Following this, we cut straight back to Waxer, Boil and Cody, who will be leading the reconnaissance
mission.
Cody warns the men to be quick about it, because the King will soon catch on to Padme's plans
and expel them from the planet.
Obi-Wan firmly reminds Waxer and Boil that this mission is strictly for reconnaissance
and gathering proof.
They aren’t happy about it, pleading with Kenobi to allow them to rescue their brothers
if they happen to see them captured by the separatists.
Obi-Wan tries to ease Waxer and Boil, telling them that if they are able to gather evidence
of Clone Prisoners being held, he will approve a swift and rapid mission to rescue them.
Waxer and Boil agree to these terms, and begin to hastily move out with a reconnaissance
team, traversing through a thick, damp swamp.
The two brothers start bickering between each other as they always do, arguing about whether
or not they should follow Obi-Wan’s orders.
They continue this until they are quickly stopped in their tracks, with Waxer getting
a clear visual on the separatist prison camp.
He gets a clear visual of his Clone Brothers being held in a prison chamber by the Separatists.
Inside, Wooley from the 212th can clearly be seen, who you might remember from the Battle
of Ryloth at the beginning of the clone Wars series.
As they continue to scout the location, Waxer and Boil quickly realize that they are surrounded
by a huge amount of B1 battle droids, far too many to ever blast through.
Waxer quickly reports this information back to Kenobi through a hologram transmission,
and then Obi-Wan begins a separate one with Padme.
Padme tells Obi-Wan something extremely disturbing about the clone Prison.
She chillingly tells him that Captured Clones inside of the prison have been disappearing,
and that the King is selling them off to Trandoshan hunters, which you may remember from the Ahsoka
Trandoshan arc.
After Kenobi hears about this shocking turn of events, he is disgusted and agrees that
the King has crossed a terrible line.
He immediately asks Waxer whether or not his squad will be able to move into the compound
and free the prisoners, but Boil interrupts unsure if they can defeat an entire battalion
of battle droids.
Luckily, Waxer believes in his men, and warns them that things are about to get a little
muddy.
He quickly instructs his men to remove their Phase I Clone Body armour, before moving towards
the compound.
Once they reach the compound, Waxer spots Wooley, who is incredibly relieved to see
that the 212th came back to rescue the captured Clones.
The Clones obviously don’t have much time, so they all square up and begin shredding
the b1 battle droid guards to pieces, with Boil and the rest of the squad providing cover
fire from behind.
Boil is extremely worried because their Clone Brothers are unarmed, and quickly being overwhelmed,
but amazingly, Commander Cody arrives on scene to reinforce the effort.
After Cody and his reinforcements begin to open fire on the droids, the Trandoshan hunter
is quickly alerted of the escape effort and becomes extremely angry with the King, for
not providing the Clones to be hunted, as promised.
The King quickly points the finger at Padme and her friend, Vishar, and the Trandoshan
focuses his rage on the two, but Kenobi doesn’t allow this to happen.
He force pushes the Trandoshan hunter away and rescues Padme and Vishar, bringing them
on board an escape ship.
After all of the Clones are brought back onboard Kenobi’s ship, Waxer and Boil thank Kenobi
for allowing them to rescue their brothers, despite the political trouble it may cause
him.
Just as we’ve come to know from Obi-Wan, he doesn’t consider the Clones to be mindless
soldiers, but instead he pledges to fight for each unique Clone equally, until the very
last day of the war, Which is exactly what happens, until the tragic day on Utapau.
To end the comic, the flashback ends and we’re brought straight back to the planet Hisseen.
Boil is remembering how much he hates trandoshans because of what they did to his brothers,
and Waxer Reminds him to focus on the present.
Finally Captain Rex sends a hologram communication to Cody, asking for immediate reinforcements
on the other side of the planet, as he is under heavy fire.
So that was the Clone Wars Battle Tales issue 3.
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