The Time General Grievous Fought Alongside Obi-Wan and the 212th [CANON]- Clone Wars Battle Tales #5
16,895The fifth and final issue of the Clone Wars battle tales series has finally been released, and with it, we are thrown straight into the heat of battle, as Obi-Wan Kenobi and the 212th are captured and taken prisoner by General Grievous, where they are forced to work together to escape the icy world that they are stuck on. Awesomely, we also get to see Commander Cody and the 212th gear up in Clone Cold Assault Armor for the first time ever!
So, I’m going to break down exactly how Obi-Wan and General Grievous were forced to work together to escape a treacherous icy planet.
Just like all of the previous issues of the comic, we threw right back into the action on the tropical world of Hisseen, directly following the massive blast that buried Captain Rex under a large mound of dirt.
Following the massive and destructive blast Captain Rex attempts to call for Commander Cody and Commander Wolffe for support. Rex ensures that all of his men are safe and unharmed from the blast, before Commander Cody arrives to assure Rex that he is uninjured. Cody also informs Rex that the local Hisseenians, who the Clones are still trying to rescue, and all of the other Clones managed to escape the blast, to the absolute relief of Rex.
Before Rex, Cody and Wolffe get a chance to plan their next move, a thumping sound approaches them with their guns draw. A horde of B-1 Battle droids surround the Clone Leaders, saying “surrender republic scum”. Rex is absolutely infuriated by this, replying quickly “You lousy clanker”, but Cody manages to quickly calm him down and tells him that this situation is not that big of a deal compared to the situation he was in with Obi-Wan not long ago.
Now this is where we cut to the flashback, just like all of the other comics in the series. Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Clones of 212th are stationed on the icy moon of Caliban in the deep outer rim.
Obi-Wan and his men have been captured and taken prisoner by the fiendish separatist leader, General Grievous. Despite being captured, Obi-Wan assured Cody and his men that they have been in far worse situations before. In this shot, we get to see the 212th in their awesome Clone Cold Assault Armor, which we last saw the 501st wearing on Orto Plutonia. This is such amazing looking armor, so let me know down below if this is now your favourite 212th armor, or do you prefer the Paratrooper armor which also looks incredible.
Grievous is then flanked by his horde of B-1 Battle droids, as he orders the Clone troopers of the 212th to get to work immediately on building an ice bridge on the moon. Grievous threatens the Clones, by telling them if they don’t begin the rigorous and gruelling construction of the bridge, he will have no choice but to slaughter them in cold blood.
Obi-Wan quickly interrupts grievously however, firmly telling General Grievous that he and the 212th will be doing no such thing for the separatists. Grievous angrily responds “What?”. In response, Obi-Wan tells him that according to the Galactic Accords, which is basically the Star Wars Geneva Convention, no prisoners of war shall be forced into manual labor.
General Grievous is completely filled with rage and fury at this, swiftly hitting Obi-Wan to the ground, calling him Jedi scum. Grievous of course has no interest in following the Galactic accords, further threatening Obi-Wan, telling him “you belong to me Kenobi, and will do as I say, or you will die”.
Because of this brutal action by General Grievous, Obi-Wan, Commander cody and the 212th are forced to begin construction on Grievous’ ice bridge project, despite being in clear violation of Galactic Rules of War.
Obi-Wan mentions that it is a “bit of cold irony that we’ve been tasked with rebuilding it”, to which Gearshift quickly replies “Please sir-- don’t even mention the word cold”. It’s honestly really awesome to see Gearshift make another appearance, long before his death on Geonosis.
As the Clones continue to move the construction supplies through the harsh, freezing cold breeze of the icy planet, Cody sarcastically tells Obi-Wan that it would be tragic if the clankahs suffered some kind of accident using the bridge. Obi-Wan then agrees with Cody’s idea, and orders his men to build the bridge. But nobody said that they had to build it well. Cody understands his General’s orders very clearly, before passing the word on to his men.
As Cody and Obi-Wan are climbing up an incredibly steep mountain face together, they are alarmed by a shockingly loud screech from the mountaintop above them. Cody asks Obi-Wan what the tiny creature is, to which Obi-Wan tells him that it looks like one of the planet’s Native creatures, a Qubey. These guys are literally just an icy, cold version of Ewoks.