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==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
{{Quote|The story unravels early in the Clone Wars, when Anakin is still a Padawan without an apprentice of his own and Obi-Wan takes his pupil's close friend Halagad Ventor under his wing. The three Jedi are given a mandate by the Jedi Council to dethrone a genetics terrorist that has taken control of the distant planet Skye. With the help of the world's native winged inhabitants and a squad of clone commandos, the three Jedi confront the mad scientist and his mutant army in his stronghold upon the planet's highest and most sacred peak.|Abel G. Peña's summary|url=http://www.starwars.com/news/the-other-lost-missions-rare-clone-wars-comics-and-literature-part-2}}
{{Quote|The story unravels early in the Clone Wars, when Anakin is still a Padawan without an apprentice of his own and Obi-Wan takes his pupil's close friend Halagad Ventor under his wing. The three Jedi are given a mandate by the Jedi Council to dethrone a genetics terrorist that has taken control of the distant planet Skye. With the help of the world's native winged inhabitants and a squad of clone commandos, the three Jedi confront the mad scientist and his mutant army in his stronghold upon the planet's highest and most sacred peak.|Abel G. Peña's summary|url=http://www.starwars.com/news/the-other-lost-missions-rare-clone-wars-comics-and-literature-part-2}}
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In the [[year]] [[21 BBY]], the [[planet]] of [[Skye]] has been taken over by [[Zeta Magnus]], a genetics terrorist whom the [[Galactic Republic]] suspects to work hand in glove with the enemy [[Confederacy of Independent Systems]] and its leader [[Count]] [[Dooku]]. After [[Palpatine]], [[Supreme Chancellor]] of the Republic, demands that Magnus be put on trial on the [[The galaxy|galactic]] [[capital]] of [[Coruscant]], the [[Jedi Order]] decides to intervene. The [[Jedi Knight]] [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] is dispatched to Skye with his [[Padawan]] learners [[Anakin Skywalker]] and [[Halagad Ventor]]. Using a relief mission as a smoke screen, the Jedi strike team is to apprehend Magnus with the help of a brand new [[clone commando]] unit. Upon landing on Skye and meeting the enslaved [[S'kytri]] people, the Jedi and the [[Tark squad]] clone commandos plan to attack [[Kharys' fortress|Magnus' citadel]] by travelling through the [[Entyrmion]], a subterranean cavern complex. In the Entyrmion, however, they are attacked by several [[Oskan blood eater]]s planted there by Magnus.<ref name="Recursion" />
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In the [[Standard year|year]] [[21 BBY]], the [[planet]] of [[Skye]] has been taken over by [[Zeta Magnus]], a genetics terrorist whom the [[Galactic Republic]] suspects to work hand in glove with the enemy [[Confederacy of Independent Systems]] and its leader [[Count]] [[Dooku]]. After [[Palpatine]], [[Supreme Chancellor]] of the Republic, demands that Magnus be put on trial on the [[The galaxy|galactic]] [[capital]] of [[Coruscant]], the [[Jedi Order]] decides to intervene. The [[Jedi Knight]] [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] is dispatched to Skye with his [[Padawan]] learners [[Anakin Skywalker]] and [[Halagad Ventor]]. Using a relief mission as a smoke screen, the Jedi strike team is to apprehend Magnus with the help of a brand new [[clone commando]] unit. Upon landing on Skye and meeting the enslaved [[S'kytri]] people, the Jedi and the [[Tark squad]] clone commandos plan to attack [[Kharys' fortress|Magnus' citadel]] by travelling through the [[Entyrmion]], a subterranean cavern complex. In the Entyrmion, however, they are attacked by several [[Oskan blood eater]]s planted there by Magnus.<ref name="Recursion" />
After overcoming the creatures, the Republic strike team manage to enter Magnus' fortress at the summit of [[Mountain|mount]] [[Canaitith Mountain|Canaitith]]. In the mean time, the S'kytri of the [[Highland Clans|Highland]] and [[Lowland Clans|Lowland]] clans launch into battle against the [[Outlands Clan|Outland Clanners]]. While searching the citadel, the Jedi are betrayed by the Tark Squad. It transpires that the so-called clones are in fact [[Sun Guard]]s allied with Magnus, who have managed to take the place of the real commando. When the Jedi wake up in the midst of Magnus' laboratory, the terrorist himself stands before them and decides to expose his plans. He intends to scan the [[brain]]s of his [[prisoner]]s and implant them in clone bodies that have already started to grow. He is interrupted by [[Kharys]], a young S'kytri warrior, who manages to free the Jedi. Magnus heads for [[Skyriver Invader|his ship]] with his [[droid]], [[Blue-Tark]], as Halagad Ventor gives him chase. Still at the laboratory, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker confront the Sun Guards. In the citadel's hangar, Ventor loses several fingers and chunks of his flesh while fighting Magnus, but eventually manages to bissect the enemy with his [[lightsaber]].<ref name="Recursion" />
After overcoming the creatures, the Republic strike team manage to enter Magnus' fortress at the summit of [[Mountain|mount]] [[Canaitith Mountain|Canaitith]]. In the mean time, the S'kytri of the [[Highland Clans|Highland]] and [[Lowland Clans|Lowland]] clans launch into battle against the [[Outlands Clan|Outland Clanners]]. While searching the citadel, the Jedi are betrayed by the Tark Squad. It transpires that the so-called clones are in fact [[Sun Guard]]s allied with Magnus, who have managed to take the place of the real commando. When the Jedi wake up in the midst of Magnus' laboratory, the terrorist himself stands before them and decides to expose his plans. He intends to scan the [[brain]]s of his [[prisoner]]s and implant them in clone bodies that have already started to grow. He is interrupted by [[Kharys]], a young S'kytri warrior, who manages to free the Jedi. Magnus heads for [[Skyriver Invader|his ship]] with his [[droid]], [[Blue-Tark]], as Halagad Ventor gives him chase. Still at the laboratory, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker confront the Sun Guards. In the citadel's hangar, Ventor loses several fingers and chunks of his flesh while fighting Magnus, but eventually manages to bissect the enemy with his [[lightsaber]].<ref name="Recursion" />
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[[File:Anakin dramatis persona.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Anakin Skywalker]]
[[File:Anakin dramatis persona.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Anakin Skywalker]]
{{Main|Anakin Skywalker}}
{{Main|Anakin Skywalker}}
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When [[Qui-Gon Jinn]] of the [[Jedi Order]] discovered him on [[Tatooine]], Anakin Skywalker was a nine-[[year]]-old [[Slavery|slave]] boy and a child prodigy. Born to [[Shmi Skywalker Lars|Shmi Skywalker]]<ref name="Episode I novel">[[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (novel)|''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' novelization]]</ref> in [[42 BBY|41.99 BBY]],<ref name="Holocron">{{Blog|holocron|13|Major Character Birth Years|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee}}, last accessed April 7, 2007</ref> the boy was conceived by the [[midi-chlorian]]s, symbiotic organisms that allow individuals to touch [[the Force]].<ref name="Darth Plagueis">''[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|Darth Plagueis]]''</ref> Under the [[Jedi training|tutelage]] of Obi-Wan Kenobi, former [[Padawan|apprentice]] of the late Qui-Gon Jinn, Skywalker is becoming one of the most powerful [[Jedi Knight]]s ever, and some even regard him as the [[Chosen One]] of an ancient Jedi prophecy. However, his brash, unruly attitude often get the better of him.<ref name="Anakin Encyclopedia">{{SWE|characters|anakinskywalker|Anakin Skywalker}}</ref> Ten years after joining the Jedi Order, Skywalker returned to Tatooine, where he discovered that his mother had been abducted by [[Rrhr hunting band|a tribe]] of [[Tusken Raider]]s. When he found her dead at [[Tusken village|their camp]], Skywalker [[Mission to Tatooine (Separatist Crisis)|massacred]] the whole tribe. In addition to that, he also broke the Jedi rule of no attachments when he fell in love with and secretly [[Marriage|married]] [[Senator]] [[Padmé Amidala]].<ref name="aotc">[[Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones|''Star Wars'': Episode II ''Attack of the Clones'']]</ref> With the outbreak of the [[Clone Wars]], Skywalker has been made a Jedi Knight, and his skills are put to good use during the conflict. He now fights alongside his master, [[Jedi General|General]] Kenobi, and his best friend, Halagad Ventor.<ref name="Recursion" />
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When [[Qui-Gon Jinn]] of the [[Jedi Order]] discovered him on [[Tatooine]], Anakin Skywalker was a nine-[[Standard year|year]]-old [[Slavery|slave]] boy and a child prodigy. Born to [[Shmi Skywalker Lars|Shmi Skywalker]]<ref name="Episode I novel">[[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (novel)|''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' novelization]]</ref> in [[42 BBY|41.99 BBY]],<ref name="Holocron">{{Blog|holocron|13|Major Character Birth Years|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee}}, last accessed April 7, 2007</ref> the boy was conceived by the [[midi-chlorian]]s, symbiotic organisms that allow individuals to touch [[the Force]].<ref name="Darth Plagueis">''[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|Darth Plagueis]]''</ref> Under the [[Jedi training|tutelage]] of Obi-Wan Kenobi, former [[Padawan|apprentice]] of the late Qui-Gon Jinn, Skywalker is becoming one of the most powerful [[Jedi Knight]]s ever, and some even regard him as the [[Chosen One]] of an ancient Jedi prophecy. However, his brash, unruly attitude often get the better of him.<ref name="Anakin Encyclopedia">{{SWE|characters|anakinskywalker|Anakin Skywalker}}</ref> Ten years after joining the Jedi Order, Skywalker returned to Tatooine, where he discovered that his mother had been abducted by [[Rrhr hunting band|a tribe]] of [[Tusken Raider]]s. When he found her dead at [[Tusken village|their camp]], Skywalker [[Mission to Tatooine (Separatist Crisis)|massacred]] the whole tribe. In addition to that, he also broke the Jedi rule of no attachments when he fell in love with and secretly [[Marriage|married]] [[Senator]] [[Padmé Amidala]].<ref name="aotc">[[Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones|''Star Wars'': Episode II ''Attack of the Clones'']]</ref> With the outbreak of the [[Clone Wars]], Skywalker has been made a Jedi Knight, and his skills are put to good use during the conflict. He now fights alongside his master, [[Jedi General|General]] Kenobi, and his best friend, Halagad Ventor.<ref name="Recursion" />
===Obi-Wan Kenobi===
===Obi-Wan Kenobi===
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However, Aragh also says that the first of Kenobi's pupils came back years later as Darth Vader, and that the third Jedi carried the lightsaber inherited by Luke Skywalker, implying it was Luke's father.<ref name="TLH" /> That statement became a continuity error in [[1980]], when [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']] revealed that Vader was none other than the Sith alter ego of Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker.<ref name="Episode V">[[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']]</ref> Abel G. Peña and [[Rich Handley]] fixed the discrepancy in the [[2007]] article ''[[Aliens in the Empire|Aliens in the Empire, Part 2: To a Traitor Go the Spoils]]'', explaining that Skywalker and Ventor were the two Jedi who accompanied Kenobi on Skye, and the two had temporarily switched lightsabers for the ancient Jedi ritual known as the [[Concordance of Fealty]]. That explanation allowed Anakin Skywalker and the wearer of Luke's weapon to be different people.<ref name="AitE 2">''[[Aliens in the Empire|Aliens in the Empire, Part 2: To a Traitor Go the Spoils]]''</ref> That element was also retold in ''SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story''.<ref name="Recursion" />
However, Aragh also says that the first of Kenobi's pupils came back years later as Darth Vader, and that the third Jedi carried the lightsaber inherited by Luke Skywalker, implying it was Luke's father.<ref name="TLH" /> That statement became a continuity error in [[1980]], when [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']] revealed that Vader was none other than the Sith alter ego of Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker.<ref name="Episode V">[[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']]</ref> Abel G. Peña and [[Rich Handley]] fixed the discrepancy in the [[2007]] article ''[[Aliens in the Empire|Aliens in the Empire, Part 2: To a Traitor Go the Spoils]]'', explaining that Skywalker and Ventor were the two Jedi who accompanied Kenobi on Skye, and the two had temporarily switched lightsabers for the ancient Jedi ritual known as the [[Concordance of Fealty]]. That explanation allowed Anakin Skywalker and the wearer of Luke's weapon to be different people.<ref name="AitE 2">''[[Aliens in the Empire|Aliens in the Empire, Part 2: To a Traitor Go the Spoils]]''</ref> That element was also retold in ''SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story''.<ref name="Recursion" />
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Originally, the [[2005]] reference book ''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'' dated the [[Battle of Skye]] to [[21 BBY]], more precisely 1 year, 1-2 months after the [[First Battle of Geonosis|Battle of Geonosis]]. During that battle, Anakin Skywalker was still supposed to be a Padawan.<ref name="TNEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref> However, the new time line established by the animated TV series ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars ]]'' made it clear that Skywalker was knighted near the start of the war, in [[22 BBY]]. As a consequence, the majority of stories that assumed Skywalker was still a Padawan until later in the war had to be compressed into the early first year of the conflict.<ref name="ERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref> In keeping with that, a note at the beginning of ''SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story'' states that the events in the story occur between the films [[Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones|''Star Wars'': Episode II ''Attack of the Clones'']] and [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'']],<ref name="Recursion" /> which both take place in 22 BBY.<ref name="Leland Chee Date Tweet">{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/495972415458250752|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=0 10 10-13 13 27 32 35 36|image=File:Leland_Chee_Canon_Years.png}}—The tweet in question refers to the number of [[in-universe]] [[year]]s between the [[canon]] films and television shows. Using simple math, it can be deduced when ''Attack of the Clones'' and ''The Clone Wars'' films take place on the timeline.</ref>
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Originally, the [[2005]] reference book ''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'' dated the [[Battle of Skye]] to [[21 BBY]], more precisely 1 year, 1-2 months after the [[First Battle of Geonosis|Battle of Geonosis]]. During that battle, Anakin Skywalker was still supposed to be a Padawan.<ref name="TNEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref> However, the new time line established by the animated TV series ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars ]]'' made it clear that Skywalker was knighted near the start of the war, in [[22 BBY]]. As a consequence, the majority of stories that assumed Skywalker was still a Padawan until later in the war had to be compressed into the early first year of the conflict.<ref name="ERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref> In keeping with that, a note at the beginning of ''SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story'' states that the events in the story occur between the films [[Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones|''Star Wars'': Episode II ''Attack of the Clones'']] and [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'']],<ref name="Recursion" /> which both take place in 22 BBY.<ref name="Leland Chee Date Tweet">{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/495972415458250752|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=0 10 10-13 13 27 32 35 36|image=File:Leland_Chee_Canon_Years.png}}—The tweet in question refers to the number of [[in-universe]] [[Standard year|year]]s between the [[canon]] films and television shows. Using simple math, it can be deduced when ''Attack of the Clones'' and ''The Clone Wars'' films take place on the timeline.</ref>
Peña regards ''SkyeWalkers'' as a "celebration of continuity—the textural glory of the galaxy far, far away—that [he has] always loved and aimed for."<ref name="JCF>{{JCFcite|postnum=52217231|board=Literature|thread=Abel G. Peña's "Skyewalkers" Hits the Internet!|user=[[Abel G. Peña|Halagad_Ventor]]|PTtime=03/11/15 5:22am|accessdate=3/11/15}}</ref> As a consequence, the novella uses elements that originated in many Expanded Universe works. The fact that ancient Jedi researched cloning<ref name="Recursion" /> originated in ''[[Galaxy of Fear: Clones]]'', the eleventh book in the young readers ''[[Galaxy of Fear]]'' series.<ref name="GoF:C">''[[Galaxy of Fear: Clones]]''</ref> The name of the [[Triplehorn mountains]] came from the third installement of the same series, ''[[Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague]]''.<ref name="pp">''[[Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague]]''</ref>
Peña regards ''SkyeWalkers'' as a "celebration of continuity—the textural glory of the galaxy far, far away—that [he has] always loved and aimed for."<ref name="JCF>{{JCFcite|postnum=52217231|board=Literature|thread=Abel G. Peña's "Skyewalkers" Hits the Internet!|user=[[Abel G. Peña|Halagad_Ventor]]|PTtime=03/11/15 5:22am|accessdate=3/11/15}}</ref> As a consequence, the novella uses elements that originated in many Expanded Universe works. The fact that ancient Jedi researched cloning<ref name="Recursion" /> originated in ''[[Galaxy of Fear: Clones]]'', the eleventh book in the young readers ''[[Galaxy of Fear]]'' series.<ref name="GoF:C">''[[Galaxy of Fear: Clones]]''</ref> The name of the [[Triplehorn mountains]] came from the third installement of the same series, ''[[Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague]]''.<ref name="pp">''[[Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague]]''</ref>