Throughoutthe Clone Wars, Commander Wolffe Fought with a cybernetic implant in his right
eye after losing his organic eye in the brave service of the Republic.
So how did Commander Wolffe lose his eye and how did his General, Plo Koon react to the
tragic event?
I’m going to break down exactly how Commander Wolffe lost his eye in the heat of battle
and why his sacrifice gave the Republic a major victory in the Clone Wars.
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The story begins on the icy, cold, separatist world of Khorm, where Generals Kit Fisto and
Plo Koon are scouting out a local storage facility, where the separatists are keeping
their supply agrocite, a key resource needed for the Republic war effort.
Kit Fisto notices that there are not many droid forces left guarding the base, and believes
that he and his Clone Troopers could probably take the base without any additional reinforcements.
Plo Koon on the other hand is very cautious about the quietness and senses that the enemy
may still be lurking in the shadows nearby.
Following this, Adaroo, who is a native to the planet Khorn and member of the local resistance
on the icy world, informs Plo Koon that there have been many whispers of a brand new heavy
weapon under construction, deep within the core of the mine.
In response to this, Captain Sharp, who has been brought in from the 44th special operations
division firmly states that this is an even stronger reason to attack the mine sooner,
rather than later.
The 44th special operations division is led by Major Kendal Ozzel, you might remember
from the Empire Strikes back, where he had a very friendly encounter with Darth Vader
through a holoscreen.
Major Ozzel was always willing to sacrifice his Clone Troopers to save his own life, and
only saw them as expendable men who were easily replaceable and born to die.
You will also see this harsh attitude reflected in Captain Sharp, who is very independent
minded.
Throughout the comic, you will notice that Ozzel is referred to as “Captain”, but
this was a mistake that was later corrected in the trade paperback version, which I unfortunately
don’t have.
After a short while, Assaj Ventress arrives to greet Separatist Warlord, Unger Gout, who
is very angry about how separatist command has treated his planet and his facilities.
The separatist warlord assures Ventress that his defences can hold Plo Koon and and his
men back from their storage facility, but Ventress continues her attack on the leader,
doubting that his pathetic forces can last even a single rotation longer.
Ventress is hoping to prevent the republic from getting their hands on the agrocite supply
on the planet.
Ventress then commands one of her B-1 battle droids to rig the mines with highly dangerous
thermal charges, hoping to blow the entire mountainside to pieces, leaving only a massive
pile of rubble.
As the droid forces are moving the incredibly volatile blast charges into the deep mining
cavern, Kit Fisto is able to spot their movement through his holo binoculars, and alerts Plo
Koon to this immediately.
The Khorami rebel leader is absolutely disgusted by this action from Ventress, as many of his
fellow people are working inside of the mines.
Plo Koon immediately attempts to contact Major Ozzel to delay his advance until the hostages
are freed, but Captain Sharp swiftly reports that his long-range transmission is being
jammed by the separatists.
Following that, Commander Wolffe reports to Ozzel that the remnants of the droid army
have retreated into the mountains, to which excitedly says “we crushed them!”, before
aggressively ordering his men to move forward into the horrifically dangerous agrocite mine.
Commander Wolffe strongly protests this order from Ozzel, saying that his Jedi Generals
should scout out the mines for droid forces and the explosives before entering, but Ozzel
firmly disagrees, saying that there is nothing to scout, and demands that Wolffe have his
men ready within one hour for the assault.
Sinker and Boost are very uneasy about their harsh, upcoming mission, realizing that separatists
gave up the position for a reason.
Despite Ozzel’s harsh disregard for the life of his men, Wolffe of course must follow
the orders given to him, and keep his men in line.
Wolffe quickly demands that Sinker move the men into the Republic gunships, and that Boost
load the walkers into the landing ships, ready for take off.
As this is happening, Plo Koon orders Captain Sharp to take the local rebel leader and his
men to free the hostages that are being kept in the mine, while he and General Kit Fisto
attempt to capture the cold Sith Assassin, Ventress.
Sharp responds to Plo Koon, telling him that his talents are better used in destroying
the enemy, rather than escorting civilians.
Plo Koon is concerned at this, but realizes that he Sharp serves under Major Ozzel, and
understands that he will go to any length to win a battle, including sending his men
to their deaths.
Just like his Major, Sharp tells Plo Koons that he doesn’t have the Luxury of worrying
about the lives of innocents, and that his only job is to complete the mission given
to him.
Let me know down below how you feel about this.
Major Ozzel is the complete opposite to Plo Koon, who respects and values his Clone Troopers
as non-expendable, whereas Ozzel gets the job done almost every time, but is not afraid
to sacrifice his own men.
So let me know which strategy you prefer, and if you think it is right for the Major
to treat his men as expendable.
In response to increasing Republic pressure, the separatists unveil their incredibly deadly
blaster cannon weapons, which could fire with enough power to brutally shred any Republic
ship in the area to pieces.
Major Ozzel is shocked by this monstrous separatist weapon, and orders more of his men into the
direct line of fire of the weapon, despite being warned by commander wolffe that their
ships will stand absolutely no chance against the mighty force of the energy weapon.
Wolffe asks for further orders from Ozzel, but he is stunned in silence as many of his
acclamator class ships are torn to shreds by the bright intense purple beams of the
weapon.
Kit Fisto and Plo Koon are also shocked by the immense power of the new weapon, immediately
splitting up to both destroy the weapons and to free the slaves before it is too late.
While in retreat, Major Ozzel was knocked unconscious by enemy fire, forcing Wolffe
to order every single republic ship in the area to fully withdraw from the horrific conditions
of the battle.
Wolffe then receives a transmission from Kit Fisto, who tells him of a plan to destroy
the enemy blaster cannons, before any more destruction can be unleashed.
While Sharp and Kit Fisto move towards the Canons, Plo Koon and the local rebel leader
have made their way inside of the dark, gloomy cave, where a flash of red light greets them.
It’s Assajj Ventress, wielding her two distinctive curved, Red lightsabers.
Ventress leaps into the air, attempting to strike Plo Koon, but they quickly lock blades
as Captain Sharp and his men move out to continue rescuing the hostages.
While the intense battle between the Plo Koon and Ventress rages, on a B-1 Battle droid
named Unit-17 reported to his superior that all blast charges had been connected to Commander
Ventress’ detonator, ready to blow the entire cliff face off into the void below.
Captain Sharp and his men are confronted by a horde of battle droids, worried that they
won’t be able to get past them.
They quickly remember however, that their Generals wouldn’t give up on them, so they
won’t either.
As they are figuring out a way to escape the menacing droids, Ventress kicks Plo Koon directly
in the abdomen, injuring him enough to lose his balance.
Fortunately however, he is able to return the favour to Ventress, hastily blasting her
out of the area with a strong force push.
The local separatist leader celebrates his victory, as he notices that the REpublic air
forces have retreated, but this joy quickly changes to worry as Unit-17 alerts him that
Republic Ground Forces are now arriving.
As Major Ozzel is lying in a hazy state next to them, Wolffe commands the Clone Troopers
on the ground, ordering them to hold their formation tightly.
As he is doing this, Kit Fisto and Sharp sneak quietly up the face of the mountain, waiting
for the cannon to fire, so that they can sneak into it’s barrel.
This is an incredibly dangerous move…
The two quickly make it inside of the scorching hot cannon barrel, which leads them directly
to the fuelling room of the weapon, nearby where Unger Gout, the separatist leader is
stationed.
Unit-17 informs him that Kit Fisto has arrived, but by this point, it is way too late.
Fisto and Sharp roll the fuel capsules out of the facility, blasting the entire command
station to pieces, destroying a large part of the rocky mountain, and killing the separatist
leader in the fiery blast.
Ventress and Plo Koon continue their intense battle, but as their lightsabers are locked
together, Plo is able to force push the detonator remote off Ventress’ belt.
Ventress then quickly ends the fight with Plo Koon, diving off of the bridge that they
were standing on, to recover the remote.
She does successfully reach the remote, but as she is about to pick up the metal device,
Commander Wolffe Obliterates it with a single blast of blue energy from his blaster.
Ventress is then surrounded by the Jedi and Clones, and out of absolute fury and rage,
she swings her red lightsaber at Commander Wolffe’s head, horrifically injuring him,
and destroying his vision.
Wolffe cries out in pain, and Plo Koon is severely distressed by this, but he is ultimately
relieved that Commander Wolffe will be ok.
To end the story, Major Ozzel is promoted to the rank of Captain by Palpatine for his
efforts at the battle, and we get an awesome moment where Wolffe asks how old Plo Koon
actually is.
Plo Koon tells his commander that he is 382 in Kel Dor years, to which he can’t immediately
convert into standard years, but Plo Koon tells him that he will have plenty of time
to work that out, while smiling under his mask.
So that is how Commander Wolffe lost his eye to the red lightsaber blade of Assajj Ventress.
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