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Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 4
by Jeremy Barlow
Star Wars Legends Project #161
Background: Clone Wars Adventures, Volume 4 was released in October of 2005. It contains four stories in the style of Cartoon Network's animated Clone Wars series: Another Fine Mess, The Brink, Orders, and Descent. The first, third, and fourth were drawn by the [a:Fillbach Brothers|5498466|Fillbach Brothers|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], who also wrote the first one. The second was written by [a:Justin Lambros|67057|Justin Lambros|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] with art by [a:Rick Lacy|59161|Rick Lacy|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], the third was written by [a:Ryan Kaufman|95259|Ryan Kaufman|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], and the fourth was written by [a:Haden Blackman W.|7651874|Haden Blackman W.|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png].
Another Fine Mess features R2-D2 and C-3PO. The Brink stars Anakin Skywalker. Orders centers around a squad of clone commandos. Descent features Chewbacca and various other Wookiees. All 4 stories are set around the end of the Clone Wars, 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. The latter 2 deal specifically with Order 66 and its aftermath.
Summary: In Another Fine Mess, everyone's favorite droid duo bumbles through a series of misadventures that accidentally wreaks havoc on a Separatist plot targeting Padme Amidala.
In The Brink, Anakin responds to a distress call and finds a lone Jedi fighting for survival against a bizarre and deadly alien threat.
In Orders, a commando squad rescues a boy whose family were collateral damage of a Republic bombing and give him a vivid lesson in the value clones place on following orders.
In Descent a squad of clone troopers gets a vivid lesson in why it's a bad idea to go to war with the Wookiees.
Review: You can refer to my review of [b:Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 1|35438|Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 1|W. Haden Blackman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1403200391s/35438.jpg|35373] for some general thoughts that apply to the series as a whole.
Orders was the best of the lot, and played havoc with my sympathies. As usual, the stories that revolve around clones are the best, and this one has several fun easter-egg references to Karen Traviss's Republic Commando novels and an emotional gut-punch of an ending. Very solid.
The Brink makes the least sense by a long shot. The enemy Anakin is fighting is weird and never really explained. It's a thin excuse for crazy Jedi action, but the framework is flimsier even than normal. And of all the characters, I hate the way Anakin is drawn the most. He looks like a has-been '80s rockstar. Not good.
The other two are just variations on the same theme, but in different genres: Our heroes emerge triumphant from a battle with enemy forces. Except the droid story is a slapstick comedy and the Wookiee story is an action thriller. Or they would be if they had more of an actual plot. Take or leave.
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Background: Clone Wars Adventures, Volume 4 was released in October of 2005. It contains four stories in the style of Cartoon Network's animated Clone Wars series: Another Fine Mess, The Brink, Orders, and Descent. The first, third, and fourth were drawn by the [a:Fillbach Brothers|5498466|Fillbach Brothers|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], who also wrote the first one. The second was written by [a:Justin Lambros|67057|Justin Lambros|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] with art by [a:Rick Lacy|59161|Rick Lacy|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], the third was written by [a:Ryan Kaufman|95259|Ryan Kaufman|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], and the fourth was written by [a:Haden Blackman W.|7651874|Haden Blackman W.|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png].
Another Fine Mess features R2-D2 and C-3PO. The Brink stars Anakin Skywalker. Orders centers around a squad of clone commandos. Descent features Chewbacca and various other Wookiees. All 4 stories are set around the end of the Clone Wars, 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. The latter 2 deal specifically with Order 66 and its aftermath.
Summary: In Another Fine Mess, everyone's favorite droid duo bumbles through a series of misadventures that accidentally wreaks havoc on a Separatist plot targeting Padme Amidala.
In The Brink, Anakin responds to a distress call and finds a lone Jedi fighting for survival against a bizarre and deadly alien threat.
In Orders, a commando squad rescues a boy whose family were collateral damage of a Republic bombing and give him a vivid lesson in the value clones place on following orders.
In Descent a squad of clone troopers gets a vivid lesson in why it's a bad idea to go to war with the Wookiees.
Review: You can refer to my review of [b:Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 1|35438|Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 1|W. Haden Blackman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1403200391s/35438.jpg|35373] for some general thoughts that apply to the series as a whole.
Orders was the best of the lot, and played havoc with my sympathies. As usual, the stories that revolve around clones are the best, and this one has several fun easter-egg references to Karen Traviss's Republic Commando novels and an emotional gut-punch of an ending. Very solid.
The Brink makes the least sense by a long shot. The enemy Anakin is fighting is weird and never really explained. It's a thin excuse for crazy Jedi action, but the framework is flimsier even than normal. And of all the characters, I hate the way Anakin is drawn the most. He looks like a has-been '80s rockstar. Not good.
The other two are just variations on the same theme, but in different genres: Our heroes emerge triumphant from a battle with enemy forces. Except the droid story is a slapstick comedy and the Wookiee story is an action thriller. Or they would be if they had more of an actual plot. Take or leave.
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