Lit The Clone Wars #11: The Smuggler's Code

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS #11 – THE SMUGGLER'S CODE
Justin Aclin (W), Eduardo Ferrara (A), and Michael Atiyeh (I)

On sale June 26
FC, 80 pages
$7.99
TP, 5 1/4” x 7 1/2”

When he encounters a criminal from his past, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi strikes out, determined to fulfill a promise he made to himself as a young Jedi: to bring in this fugitive on his own! While on the trail, Obi-Wan earns a favor from a local smuggler, but her devotion to working for her own benefit may be more trouble for Obi-Wan than her help is actually worth!

 

I wonder if that's Zonder on the cover with Obi-Wan?

 

I was under the impression that the Smuggler's Code was something that Han made up on the spot to trick Jae Juun into helping him.

Sigh, yet another terrible reverse grip. Even Obi-Wan is not immune.

 

I love to read these Trades their the best part of the TCW multi-media project.

 

I must admit, the corny art notwithstanding, I've found these stories kinda fun in an extreme-end-of-mass-market-pulp kind of way.

 

I don't think that's a Wookiee.

 

My impression is that it's a Shistavanen, and that Obi-wan is fighting him/her (hence the sliced blaster).

 

Not so sure about that, given the background. More likely we're seeing the wacky photos from the aftermath of Obi-Wan's Tropical Island Vacation.

 

DON'T TEASE ME WITH A NAME LIKE "THE SMUGGLER'S CODE" AND THEN HAVE IT BE ABOUT MORE GODDAMNED JEDI.

 

This is out this week. Anyone get it?

 

Tried but it is not offered as buyable digital version :/

 

If this one works out fine does antybody else want to see more from Justin Aclin with better art?

 

I picked it up, pretty good doesn't live up to the majesty of Lost Temple but its a fun story and I really enjoyed the art.

 

Anyone care to summarize anything? Is there any arc of TCW Season 5 that this is closely tied to?

 

No not really, the back of the book says the story takes place somewhere during season 4. Theres no major connections to any episodes in particular. Esentially the story goes, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka are all on this tropically beach planet Weilu, Obi-Wan runs into a crimnal he failed to apprehend in his days before the Clone Wars and vows to take him in himself. Obi-Wan runs into this smuggler, Rook and Obi-wan has him tag along so he can use Rook's ship. Theres various double crosses and discussions about morality and the value of allies and then Obi-Wan, after coming to a realization about the value of allies captures criminal jim with Anakin and Ahsoka. ALL IN ALL morals are learned and beaches happen.

 

It was a fun read and the art style quite different from Jackson's or the beloved Fillbach Brothers, in particular the light coloring tones. Seeing Obi-Wan in what looked like clamdiggers was a plus.

 

Any contiunity nuggets?

 

Sadly no, you'dd think with the reference to Obi-Wan chasing after criminals before the Clone Wars they'dd bring up some of the Jedi Quest stuff, but no, this stories pretty much entirely stand alone.

 

I hope that Dark Horse has some more of these planned. Of course if they don't loose the license.

 

vong333 I hope there's more, too. The Clone Wars era doesn't feel done to me the way that the OT era does. *ducks thrown shoes*

 

No, I agree completely. And while I understand why many believe the Clone Wars has been done to death, I'm fairly certain that 95%+ of what we've seen was from the POV of the Republic. There's another entire half of the war that's been branded the so-called "villains" (despite near-vapid lip-service to the "heroes on both sides" line) who we've barely gotten to see share the limelight. At least with the Empire era we occasionally get stories about Imperials. There have been woefully few for the Seps. And for me at least, this has always made it feel as though the Clone Wars was "incomplete".

 

The Clone Wars era was done in the sense that we knew how it played out until TCW came along and ruined everything.

 

You would not want see a well made Unknown Regions story set in that era or something set in the Firefist galaxy?

 

Darth_Arapsis Does it have Jedi/lightsabers/the Force and a lack of the Big Three? I'd consider it.