Synopsis:
This book contains the following comic stories:
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Appettite For
Adventure by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach et al.
The story begins with Dexter Jettster's ship landing
on the planet of Dractu. Disembarking, the Besalisk
heads for a nearby village, and consults the
Dractuvian chief about something. The chief then
orders a warrior to lead Jettster somewhere, and two
head off.
Unfortunately, on the way, Jettster unwittingly
startles a large predatory beast that chases him and
his guide. He and the warrior manage to evade the
beast by hiding, but Jettster finds he's been
trapped in quicksand. The warrior gets him out via a
vine attached to a Dractuvian donkey-like creature,
and the two finally reach their destination -- a
cave.
They enter the cave, and find numerous burrows in
the wall. The warrior reaches in one and pulls out a
Dractuvian cave slug. Jettster thoughtfully reaches
in another burrow hoping to get one, but comes out
with a similar, more vicious, creature that lodges
itself on his chin. The Dractuvian warrior manages
to yank the creature off, and the Besalisk finally
realizes that, in all that struggle, he'd ended up
with three cave slugs -- what he's come for.
The two return to the village, where Jettster bids
the Dractuvians farewell, boards his ship, and takes
off for his diner on Coruscant, where he prepares a
meal for Obi-Wan Kenobi using one of the cave slugs.
When Kenobi says that it is "just as disgusting
as [he] remember(s)," Jettster is confused,
reminding him that he said that it was the best
thing he ate on Dractu. Kenobi replies with
"Yeah, and have you ever eaten anything on that
planet? The worst food in the galaxy!"
Occurs at sometime during The Clone Wars.
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Salvaged
by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach et al.
HOB-147 of the Light Brigade Division is unconscious
inside the drifting remains of his V-19 Torrent
starfighter when a salvage ship captained by a man
named Hurd Coyle rescues him. Coyle's crew consists
of reprogrammed B1 battle droids and B2 super battle
droids that he may or may not have captured from the
Confederacy of Independent Systems. He orders a few
of his B1 units to bring the starfighter aboard and
see if they can salvage anything from it.
When the B1s arrive in the hangar, they discover
HOB-147's life support is active, and at critical.
Coyle orders them to take him to the ship's sick
bay, where the clone — stripped of his armor —
awakes to find himself facing three B1 units.
Thinking he's been captured by the CIS, he attacks
and rips the three droids apart with his bare hands
— and is zapped by an electro-dart fired by Coyle,
who protests against the clone's actions and chains
him to the wall. As the two have a small
"chat," HOB-147 learns that Order 66 has
been given and that the Jedi are now his enemies. He
doesn't believe it — mostly because he'd been
drifting in space and missed out on the order —
and ponders the situation when Coyle leaves the
room.
HOB-147 then discovers Nia, a young Jedi Padawan,
hiding in the air vent watching him. He yanks her
out, and is zapped once again by Coyle, who's
returned for an unknown reason. Coyle spots Nia and
drags her out of sick bay and to a cargo hold, and
he throws her inside, locking the door. HOB-147,
wondering about "Kidnapping children? Order 66?
What kind of Separatist plot is this?", decides
to find out. He frees himself and sneaks out of sick
bay.
Meanwhile, on the way to the bridge, Coyle is caught
by one of his non-Separatist droids and informed
that the clone's escaped. A B1 battle droid on the
bridge then informs him that a Republic cruiser is
in range and wants to inspect their cargo holds.
HOB-47 has sneaked up to the entrance to the cargo
hold in the meantime, and discovers a B2 super
battle droid standing guard under orders from Coyle.
The clone trooper proceeds to smash the droid with a
metal beam and enters the cargo hold, where he is
assaulted by something he can't see. When he comes
to, he finds himself surrounded by Jedi Padawans and
is shocked.
Coyle meanwhile, has to deal with a team of clones
led by an ARC trooper that has boarded the ship.
Stating that cargo ships have been transporting Jedi
to hide them in the Outer Rim territories, the ARC
commands his troops to tear the ship apart, much to
the dismay of Coyle. Coyle is upset even more when
HOB-147, back in uniform, shows up and introduces
himself. But Coyle is shocked when the clone pilot
lies and tells the ARC that there are no Jedi
aboard.
HOB-147 says good-bye to Coyle, and leaves with the
clone troopers, who've decided that since the pilot
vouched for Coyle, they don't have to inspect the
ship after all. Nia, again hiding in an air vent,
watches as her new friend leaves.
Occurs just after the events of Revenge of the
Sith
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Life Below
by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach et al.
Jedi Master Quinlan Vos, who's been living in the
sewers on Coruscant for the last week, finally
emerges and meets with Yoda in the Jedi Temple.
There, he relates the story of his adventures while
investigating various, recent political
assassinations.
He'd discovered that the Red Hand gang, led by a
woman named Ayo Morota, had been behind it all. He'd
managed to infiltrate their gang and get some
information, but they found him out. Morota ordered
several of her thugs to kill Vos. Vos ran away, and
managed to defeat several thugs -- both on foot and
on speeder bikes -- before figuring out that in the
midst of the struggle, he has gotten lost.
After managing to defeat more thugs Morota sends
against him, Vos corners Morota on an underground
waterfall of sewage. Morota tells him that the Jedi
Order is so self-righteous, they have no idea that
they have already lost. She then jumps off the
waterfall to her death.
Back in the present, Vos wonders what kind of evil
could command such loyalty. Yoda counters that fear
can make the one who lives below, a slave to the one
living in the highest tower.
Meanwhile, Mas Amedda informs Supreme Chancellor
Palpatine of the Red Hand's destruction by Quinlan
Vos, with Palpatine replying that their use had come
to an end.
Occurs at sometime during
The Clone Wars.
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No Way Out
by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach et al.
Mace is on a mission to find the members of the
Alpha-2 Squad, which has been deemed lost. When he
asks dispatch if there are any cities in the area,
the man (or woman) on the other end tells him that
the region is uninhabited. He finds this curious,
since he's looking right at a city.
As he enters the city gates, he meets Z-18, a droid
that's made of many parts of many other droid types,
who resembles a hunchback. Z-18 leads Windu to the
Alpha-2 squad who, Mace learns in shock, are dead.
Chasing Z-18, who's disappeared, the Jedi Master is
suddenly attacked by zombies of many different alien
species. Even the members of Alpha-2 squad, who have
also become zombies, attack.
Windu later finds himself hanging on a wall facing
the Countess Rajine. Rajine reveals that she is, in
fact, an energy vampire that has sucked the life
forces from all the zombies she controls outside.
Z-18 turns out to be in her service, too. Windu
learns that Rajine has already started sucking out
his life-force, as well, and his ability to use the
Force is dwindling.
Much later that night, Z-18 frees him and reveals
that he used to belong to a Jedi Knight named Samuro,
who died on the planet. Samuro had used his
remaining Force power to trap Rajine on the planet,
and left a Jedi holocron in Z-18's possession to
give the next Jedi who happened to stumble upon the
planet. That Jedi, as it turns out, is Windu.
The Master confronts Rajine, who is angered and
destroys Z-18 with Windu's lightsaber. She then
turns to the Jedi, who activates the holocron
containing a message from Samuro. Windu and the
hologram of Samuro use a Force spell to temporarily
bring all the zombies back to life so they can
destroy Rajine. Noting that all their life-forces
are free, Mace radios dispatch to report that the
Alpha-2 squad is no longer lost.
Occurs at sometime during
The Clone Wars.
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