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Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures #7
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 7
Inspired by the Emmy Award-winning Cartoon Network animated series, the seventh volume in this fantastic pocket-sized series makes the "Star Wars" galaxy a whole lot bigger, with four more thrilling tales of planets in peril and Jedi in jeopardy! The Clone Wars grind through the galaxy, shaking every system and testing those on both sides of the conflict. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Yoda must struggle against the might of the Dark Side - a power that grows stronger every day...Featuring the gorgeous art style pioneered by genius cartoon creator Genndy Tartakovsky ("Samurai Jack"), this is an action-packed jump to light speed for "Star Wars" lovers of all ages!
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December 21, 2020
*3.5
Onto volume 7!
The first story in this batch is pretty unimportant - it's just Anakin and Obi-Wan facing different weird creatures. I did like this one when I was younger, but it's one of those that doesn't quite hold up. I get that it's not supposed to, but still.
The next one is about Padme going on a spy mission, which is just fun. It's nothing too special, but it's good to have Padme, even if her hair is red in this one for some reason. But she has Leia's space buns in this, so that's cool.
The third is about this Jedi, Bultar Swan, on a mission against this guy in this secure fortress. I have never seen her before, but I thought she was cool in here. That ending is a bit dark, though...
To conclude, we have a really strange story. It's about these three guys who aren't on either side of the war but just want to get off their planet. Its ending is really open, but not in a good way. I really don't get the point of this story at all.
3.5/5 stars. This was a fun batch of stories, but it didn't have any really good ones that stood out distinctly.
Onto volume 7!
The first story in this batch is pretty unimportant - it's just Anakin and Obi-Wan facing different weird creatures. I did like this one when I was younger, but it's one of those that doesn't quite hold up. I get that it's not supposed to, but still.
The next one is about Padme going on a spy mission, which is just fun. It's nothing too special, but it's good to have Padme, even if her hair is red in this one for some reason. But she has Leia's space buns in this, so that's cool.
The third is about this Jedi, Bultar Swan, on a mission against this guy in this secure fortress. I have never seen her before, but I thought she was cool in here. That ending is a bit dark, though...
To conclude, we have a really strange story. It's about these three guys who aren't on either side of the war but just want to get off their planet. Its ending is really open, but not in a good way. I really don't get the point of this story at all.
3.5/5 stars. This was a fun batch of stories, but it didn't have any really good ones that stood out distinctly.
March 25, 2024
Set in 22BBY
Fun times with the Jedi during the Clone Wars!
Fun times with the Jedi during the Clone Wars!
October 17, 2022
The first two stories really didn't hit me. Some giggles out of the big monsters and the terrible misfortune, but the dialogue felt far too casual and that cut the tension into nothing. After that, though, it picked up. The third one was my favourite.
January 30, 2025
(read in 2007, review from 2025)
Bit more memorable than the last one of the series. The Obi-wan and Anakin story was amusing and I did like the Three King’s style story of a group of random humans disguising themselves in clone armor to steal treasure.
Bit more memorable than the last one of the series. The Obi-wan and Anakin story was amusing and I did like the Three King’s style story of a group of random humans disguising themselves in clone armor to steal treasure.
February 9, 2021
The first story is Anakin and Obi-Wan bantering as they save each other and get attacked by animals on the planet they're on. It's clear the animals destroyed the droids that the two were looking for.
The second is a Padme story. She's attending a gala put on by Senator Drexx with Bail, Typho, C-3PO, and Sheltay. They comment on how lavish the gala is and how rich Drexx is, with Bail revealing that he suspects Drexx is accepting bribes from the Separatists. He asked everyone to keep their eyes and ears open. Captain Typho requested that Padme leave the dangerous things to the Jedi and the clone army. Padme and Sheltay mingle, eventually complimenting Drexx so that he'll brag about his security. Then he's called away to an important meeting. They follow and bring C-3PO, rescuing him from an amorous lady who loves protocol droids. Padme and Sheltay ditch their gowns and take the spy gear that Padme hid on C-3PO. She and Sheltay fight their way past security and eventually have to split up. Padme manages to record Drexx accepting a bribe and then has to fight her way past security, which ends with the she's stuck on a balcony, but then Sheltay comes to the rescue. It was fun to see Padme team up with another woman and do her spying thing. I liked that Padme brought up being told to leave everything dangerous to the Jedi and the clones, but she feels that they're spread thin and so she wants to help where she can. I didn't quite like all the 'you're only a girl' jokes, but it was nice to see Padme turn that around and take down the person insulting her, but it still got to be a bit much. The ending was funny with them realizing they left C-3PO at the party.
It was nice to see a Bultar Swan story! It was sad though. This takes place on Amaltanna, six months after the Battle of Geonosis. She's fighting her way into a fortress. The person hiding in the fortress is taunting her. He tells her he's not going to accept a life-time imprisonment on Coruscant. Then he tells her his own people tried to bring him to trial for sending supplies to the Separatists, but that he had his droids kill all of them the same way he killed the entire clone troops that had come with Bultar. He continues to tell her how impregnable his fortress is and she keeps fighting every droid he sends at her, while destroying what systems she can. When she leaves he had no outside communication, is unable to escape where he's trapped himself in, and his life support is failing.
The forth story is three guys who are trying to escape the fighting. They have a transport with a farmer arranged and are trying to get there. The story is told from Rayt's pov. He used to work at the bank and he knows how many Separatist resources are in the vaults. He and the other two come up with a plan to put clone trooper armor on and sneak in to the vault and steal what they want. When they're almost there they see a family Rayt knows in trouble. Rayt says, "Trillan Kato and his family. He and I worked at the bank together for years. They've had me over for dinner more than once. Those vaults won't wait for us. If we don't keep moving the treasure will be gone and our hope for escape along with it. I don't have time for a conscience and yet..." So Rayt convinces the other two to help him rescue Trillan and his family. One of the guys with him takes out the droids and then they rush towards Trillan and his family...who then start shooting at them yelling, "Die clone scum" since they're still wearing the clone armor they stole. So the three run and make it to the vault. They're fighting over which treasure to take when a group of clones show up and get them to help inventory everything and then help load it onto their ship. The story ends with them on the ship afraid to take their helmets off, knowing that they'll end up in the brig when they're discovered.
The second is a Padme story. She's attending a gala put on by Senator Drexx with Bail, Typho, C-3PO, and Sheltay. They comment on how lavish the gala is and how rich Drexx is, with Bail revealing that he suspects Drexx is accepting bribes from the Separatists. He asked everyone to keep their eyes and ears open. Captain Typho requested that Padme leave the dangerous things to the Jedi and the clone army. Padme and Sheltay mingle, eventually complimenting Drexx so that he'll brag about his security. Then he's called away to an important meeting. They follow and bring C-3PO, rescuing him from an amorous lady who loves protocol droids. Padme and Sheltay ditch their gowns and take the spy gear that Padme hid on C-3PO. She and Sheltay fight their way past security and eventually have to split up. Padme manages to record Drexx accepting a bribe and then has to fight her way past security, which ends with the she's stuck on a balcony, but then Sheltay comes to the rescue. It was fun to see Padme team up with another woman and do her spying thing. I liked that Padme brought up being told to leave everything dangerous to the Jedi and the clones, but she feels that they're spread thin and so she wants to help where she can. I didn't quite like all the 'you're only a girl' jokes, but it was nice to see Padme turn that around and take down the person insulting her, but it still got to be a bit much. The ending was funny with them realizing they left C-3PO at the party.
It was nice to see a Bultar Swan story! It was sad though. This takes place on Amaltanna, six months after the Battle of Geonosis. She's fighting her way into a fortress. The person hiding in the fortress is taunting her. He tells her he's not going to accept a life-time imprisonment on Coruscant. Then he tells her his own people tried to bring him to trial for sending supplies to the Separatists, but that he had his droids kill all of them the same way he killed the entire clone troops that had come with Bultar. He continues to tell her how impregnable his fortress is and she keeps fighting every droid he sends at her, while destroying what systems she can. When she leaves he had no outside communication, is unable to escape where he's trapped himself in, and his life support is failing.
The forth story is three guys who are trying to escape the fighting. They have a transport with a farmer arranged and are trying to get there. The story is told from Rayt's pov. He used to work at the bank and he knows how many Separatist resources are in the vaults. He and the other two come up with a plan to put clone trooper armor on and sneak in to the vault and steal what they want. When they're almost there they see a family Rayt knows in trouble. Rayt says, "Trillan Kato and his family. He and I worked at the bank together for years. They've had me over for dinner more than once. Those vaults won't wait for us. If we don't keep moving the treasure will be gone and our hope for escape along with it. I don't have time for a conscience and yet..." So Rayt convinces the other two to help him rescue Trillan and his family. One of the guys with him takes out the droids and then they rush towards Trillan and his family...who then start shooting at them yelling, "Die clone scum" since they're still wearing the clone armor they stole. So the three run and make it to the vault. They're fighting over which treasure to take when a group of clones show up and get them to help inventory everything and then help load it onto their ship. The story ends with them on the ship afraid to take their helmets off, knowing that they'll end up in the brig when they're discovered.
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March 9, 2017
Star Wars Legends Project #113
Background: Clone Wars Adventures, Volume 7 was released in January of 2007. It consists of four stories in the style of Cartoon Network's animated Clone Wars series: Creature Comfort, Spy Girls, Impregnable, and This Precious Shining. The first and last were pencilled by the Fillbach Brothers, and they also wrote the first one. The second was written by Ryan Kaufman and drawn by Stewart McKenny, the third was written by Chris Avellone with art by Ethan Beavers, and the fourth was written by Jeremy Barlow. McKenny has worked on a smattering of other Star Wars comics, along with Captain America and DC Super Friends. Avellone has also written a few other comics, but is better known as the lead writer behind Knights of the Old Republic II as well as the games Fallout 2, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment. Beavers has worked on a few random Star Wars comics and other Star Wars books, as well. Barlow has written and edited dozens of Star Wars comics.
Creature Comfort is set 30 months after the Battle of Geonosis (21 years before the Battle of Yavin), and features Obi-Wan and Anakin. Spy Girls takes place on Coruscant 4 months after the Battle of Geonosis (22 years before Yavin), and the protagonists are Padme, Sheltay Retrac (mother of Winter Celchu), and C-3PO, with appearances by Captain Typho and Bail Organa. Impregnable takes place two months later. It takes place on Amaltanna with Jedi Bultar Swan. This Precious Shining also takes place 4 months after the Battle of Geonosis, on an unidentified planet, with characters who don't appear anywhere else.
Incidentally, in case anyone noticed that I skipped from Volume 3 to Volume 7, the stories in Volumes 4-6 of Clone Wars Adventures are all set a few years later, at the end of the Clone Wars. Volumes 7-10, for whatever reason, mostly returned to the early months of the war (although, honestly, there's no particular importance to the chronology placement of any of these stories).
Summary: In Creature Comfort, Obi-Wan and Anakin have a series of harrowing encounters with the local fauna of an unnamed planet.
In Spy Girls, Padme and Sheltay use their status as cover to infiltrate a party on Coruscant in an attempt to trap an undercover Separatist.
In Impregnable, Bultar Swan faces defeat at the hands of a Separatist leader unless she can successfully assault a fortress designed to be completely unassailable.
In This Precious Shining, a gang of scavengers trying to escape their planet in the aftermath of a battle are distracted by the chance to plunder a Separatist treasury.
Review: Please refer to my review of Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 1 for some general thoughts that apply to the series as a whole.
None of these stories stood out as particularly memorable or good to me. Creature Comforts is the same basic slapstick-action formula we've seen in most of the other Anakin and Obi-Wan stories, but the absurdity level dialed up a bit higher. Maybe that makes it more fun, or maybe that just makes it dumber. Maybe both. Spy Girls is probably the best of the bunch. It certainly has the most potential to be. But there's a kind of patronizingly self-conscious "girl power" vibe to it that comes off as more awkward tokenism than sincere . . . None of the other stories ever really even acknowledge the gender of their characters, so to suddenly make a big deal about it seems forced. Impregnable is competently executed, but the idea behind it is pretty thin. This Precious Shining is notable in that it features characters who aren't established heroes, or even on any particular side, but then it doesn't make them terribly memorable or sympathetic. The whole thing is pretty much a pass.
D
Background: Clone Wars Adventures, Volume 7 was released in January of 2007. It consists of four stories in the style of Cartoon Network's animated Clone Wars series: Creature Comfort, Spy Girls, Impregnable, and This Precious Shining. The first and last were pencilled by the Fillbach Brothers, and they also wrote the first one. The second was written by Ryan Kaufman and drawn by Stewart McKenny, the third was written by Chris Avellone with art by Ethan Beavers, and the fourth was written by Jeremy Barlow. McKenny has worked on a smattering of other Star Wars comics, along with Captain America and DC Super Friends. Avellone has also written a few other comics, but is better known as the lead writer behind Knights of the Old Republic II as well as the games Fallout 2, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment. Beavers has worked on a few random Star Wars comics and other Star Wars books, as well. Barlow has written and edited dozens of Star Wars comics.
Creature Comfort is set 30 months after the Battle of Geonosis (21 years before the Battle of Yavin), and features Obi-Wan and Anakin. Spy Girls takes place on Coruscant 4 months after the Battle of Geonosis (22 years before Yavin), and the protagonists are Padme, Sheltay Retrac (mother of Winter Celchu), and C-3PO, with appearances by Captain Typho and Bail Organa. Impregnable takes place two months later. It takes place on Amaltanna with Jedi Bultar Swan. This Precious Shining also takes place 4 months after the Battle of Geonosis, on an unidentified planet, with characters who don't appear anywhere else.
Incidentally, in case anyone noticed that I skipped from Volume 3 to Volume 7, the stories in Volumes 4-6 of Clone Wars Adventures are all set a few years later, at the end of the Clone Wars. Volumes 7-10, for whatever reason, mostly returned to the early months of the war (although, honestly, there's no particular importance to the chronology placement of any of these stories).
Summary: In Creature Comfort, Obi-Wan and Anakin have a series of harrowing encounters with the local fauna of an unnamed planet.
In Spy Girls, Padme and Sheltay use their status as cover to infiltrate a party on Coruscant in an attempt to trap an undercover Separatist.
In Impregnable, Bultar Swan faces defeat at the hands of a Separatist leader unless she can successfully assault a fortress designed to be completely unassailable.
In This Precious Shining, a gang of scavengers trying to escape their planet in the aftermath of a battle are distracted by the chance to plunder a Separatist treasury.
Review: Please refer to my review of Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 1 for some general thoughts that apply to the series as a whole.
None of these stories stood out as particularly memorable or good to me. Creature Comforts is the same basic slapstick-action formula we've seen in most of the other Anakin and Obi-Wan stories, but the absurdity level dialed up a bit higher. Maybe that makes it more fun, or maybe that just makes it dumber. Maybe both. Spy Girls is probably the best of the bunch. It certainly has the most potential to be. But there's a kind of patronizingly self-conscious "girl power" vibe to it that comes off as more awkward tokenism than sincere . . . None of the other stories ever really even acknowledge the gender of their characters, so to suddenly make a big deal about it seems forced. Impregnable is competently executed, but the idea behind it is pretty thin. This Precious Shining is notable in that it features characters who aren't established heroes, or even on any particular side, but then it doesn't make them terribly memorable or sympathetic. The whole thing is pretty much a pass.
D
December 12, 2019
Creature Comfort is a bottom of the barrel story. Take all those boring monster scenes--epitomized by the rathtars-- and just imagine a dozen of them strung together. Yawn!
Spy Girls is yet another story that goes so stylized, and diverges enough from character realism, that it feels like a straight goof, not a real story. Padme has some straight-up Inspector Gadget spy gear going on. And they do Jedi-level action stunts. Not for me.
Impregnable, Chris Avellone's first entry in the series, is a bit more solid but comes to the CWA trademark wry twist ending and doesn't really deliver. Not much drama or action actually happens in the meantime, either. Bit of an empty story.
Precious Shining is the peak here, a rare civilian POV story about some local thieves who get in over their heads. Grounds the Muunilinst battle from the beginning of the Clone Wars show a bit (it absolutely does not look or feel like a place people could actually live). Not the most interesting story but it looks great beside these stinkers.
Spy Girls is yet another story that goes so stylized, and diverges enough from character realism, that it feels like a straight goof, not a real story. Padme has some straight-up Inspector Gadget spy gear going on. And they do Jedi-level action stunts. Not for me.
Impregnable, Chris Avellone's first entry in the series, is a bit more solid but comes to the CWA trademark wry twist ending and doesn't really deliver. Not much drama or action actually happens in the meantime, either. Bit of an empty story.
Precious Shining is the peak here, a rare civilian POV story about some local thieves who get in over their heads. Grounds the Muunilinst battle from the beginning of the Clone Wars show a bit (it absolutely does not look or feel like a place people could actually live). Not the most interesting story but it looks great beside these stinkers.
March 16, 2022
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vol. 7 - 3/5
Thrilling adventures abound in this sizzling selection of super stories that feature: the formidable twosome Anakin and Kenobi's struggle against the brutal beasts of a far frontier, the persistent Padme pursuing a perfidious plot, the silent but surgical Bultar Swan as she takes down a dastardly Separatist fortress, and 3 bickering brothers fleeing their war-torn world by way of a bank heist gone terribly wrong.
Action and Adventure burst through the pages of these terrific tales to create a frantically fun foray into the Star Wars universe. They won't be shifting your stance on Star Wars storytelling, but they'll still act as an entertaining ride through their sparkling sci-fantasy stars nonetheless.
Thrilling adventures abound in this sizzling selection of super stories that feature: the formidable twosome Anakin and Kenobi's struggle against the brutal beasts of a far frontier, the persistent Padme pursuing a perfidious plot, the silent but surgical Bultar Swan as she takes down a dastardly Separatist fortress, and 3 bickering brothers fleeing their war-torn world by way of a bank heist gone terribly wrong.
Action and Adventure burst through the pages of these terrific tales to create a frantically fun foray into the Star Wars universe. They won't be shifting your stance on Star Wars storytelling, but they'll still act as an entertaining ride through their sparkling sci-fantasy stars nonetheless.
August 5, 2024
Four more Clone Wars eras adventures. A humorous one with Anakin and Obi-Wan. One with Padme acting like she's part of Mission: Impossible, which doesn't fit her character at all. She may have been part of some of the cartoon adventures, but always using her wit, not dressing and jumping and attacking enemies like a spy. The last two were different, but kinda felt like filler stories. Decent, but not one of the better sets of adventures.
September 4, 2020
I am not looking to deep when reading these stories as I am just enjoying what's in front of me. This book was solid and I for the stories entertaining and engaging. Keep in mind these books were created for children. The are is just fun and free and the emotions of characters come across in a good amount of detail. What else can I say, its Star Wars. I give this book a solid 4.0 out 5.0.
December 6, 2025
If you’re a fan of the Tartakovsky cartoons, this is for you. The writing is fun and there’s a lot of action. The art is close enough to the cartoon to make you feel like you’re reading a new episode. Recommended.
March 29, 2021
I read this book in 10 minutes!
February 23, 2022
Pretty solid overall. Just no stand-out stories in this volume.
June 14, 2023
Not all of these stories were terrible, but the Padmé one felt like a personal insult to my intelligence.
September 16, 2019
This was an odd compilation with some weird drawings and stories.
Creature Comfort: Obi-Wan and Anakin look for a droid ship on a planet, but have to deal with some intense wildlife first.
Spy Girls: Padme is drawn very strange and her hair color is off. She and Sheltay (whoever that is) are invited to a gala and do a little reconnaissance.
The illustrations are all very odd to me. The antagonist has the thumbs-up symbol all over his walls. Someone wears a biker jacket with a skull and crossbones; another has a drink with a slice of like and umbrella. There are Ewoks and Jawas and potato head. It is much less “Star Wars” and more “ALL THE SW SPECIES on earth.”
Impregnable: Butler Swan (whoever THAT is) enters a seemingly impregnable fortress to ger a Separist sympathizer who can see all in his complex. Little does he know that Jedi always find a way to complete their mission.
The Precious Shining: Some locals don Clone armor to break into a bank vault and buy their ways off-planet. They learn that it's easier said than done.
This fell flat for me.
Creature Comfort: Obi-Wan and Anakin look for a droid ship on a planet, but have to deal with some intense wildlife first.
Spy Girls: Padme is drawn very strange and her hair color is off. She and Sheltay (whoever that is) are invited to a gala and do a little reconnaissance.
The illustrations are all very odd to me. The antagonist has the thumbs-up symbol all over his walls. Someone wears a biker jacket with a skull and crossbones; another has a drink with a slice of like and umbrella. There are Ewoks and Jawas and potato head. It is much less “Star Wars” and more “ALL THE SW SPECIES on earth.”
Impregnable: Butler Swan (whoever THAT is) enters a seemingly impregnable fortress to ger a Separist sympathizer who can see all in his complex. Little does he know that Jedi always find a way to complete their mission.
The Precious Shining: Some locals don Clone armor to break into a bank vault and buy their ways off-planet. They learn that it's easier said than done.
This fell flat for me.
September 9, 2013
Suitable for children aged 8+ and those who have seen the cartoons.
Another set of short stories. Obi wan and Anakin have a bad day running from creatures. Padme goes to party and ends up showing girl power. A Jedi is sent to breach an impenetrable fortress. Some bank robbers gets stuck in a war situation. Fun again, nothing awe inspiring. A good read.
Another set of short stories. Obi wan and Anakin have a bad day running from creatures. Padme goes to party and ends up showing girl power. A Jedi is sent to breach an impenetrable fortress. Some bank robbers gets stuck in a war situation. Fun again, nothing awe inspiring. A good read.
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July 5, 2010SW cwa v.7
June 5, 2012
I think it was awesome and great.
December 2, 2013
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June 29, 2015
En mi comic aparece como 5, no como 7, y el que aparece como 6 en los míos no está acá. QUÉ.
November 1, 2016
Nice, but kind of weird.
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