The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt

The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt

"The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt" is a six-pagewebcomic in theStar Wars: The Clone Wars webcomic series that was posted onStarWars.com onOctober 23,2008. It leads directly into theStar Wars: The Clone Wars television series episode "Rookies." The comic was written byPablo Hidalgo, illustrated byThomas Hodges, and lettered byGrant Gould, with cover art drawn bySteven D. Anderson. "Mouse Hunt" showsClone CommanderCC-2224 andClone CaptainCT-7567 inspecting atracking station in thePastil system, where they find and neutralize aSeparatistspy in the form of amouse droid.

Plot summary[]

Clone CommanderCC-2224 and theClone CaptainCT-7567, nicknamed "Cody" and "Rex" respectively, are inspecting atracking station on theplanet ofPastil in thePastil system. While Cody reminds the "shinies"—the younger and inexperiencedclones who are manning the station—the importance of their duty, Rex notes that the station looks unusually clean. One of theclone troopers,Stripe, explains that anMSE-seriesdroid that had been nicknamed "Rodent" by the clones spends a significant amount of time polishing the station, which Stripe believes to be the result of a glitch in the droid's programming. The inspecting officers immediately see the droid's action as suspicious and issue an alertCode Aurek on the station. Rex orders the clonetroopers to search the station and find the droid by whatever means necessary. During the search, a clone trooper nicknamed"Bouncer" asks Stripe for his opinion about the alert, wondering whether the officers conduct the same drill at every inspection. Stripe, however, realizes the danger of a potentialspy within the base and abruptly tells Bouncer not to ask stupid questions.

When the droid is spotted by one of the clones, Rex immediately points hisblaster at it, preparing to shoot. Seeing that his position as a spy is revealed, Rodent tries to escape, but Rex chases the droid and destroys it with a blaster shot. However, the droid's wheels are revealed to be individual droids of their own, and they try to escape by splitting up. One "wheel" is smashed by a clone trooper with hishelmet, another one is shot down with ablaster, and a third is disabled when electrical energy from a loose wire is directed at it. When looking for the fourth wheel droid, Stripe notices that it is heading toward a grate. He realizes that if it gets through, it would be impossible to find again. Determined to stop the spy, Stripe throws aV-1 thermal detonator at the grate, which destroys both the droid and a solid portion of the station's interior. When Rex asks Stripe if such a radical solution was necessary, Stripe proudly responds that as a clone, he never leaves anything half-done. Rex then orders the troopers to clean up the mess caused by thethermal detonator's explosion before preparing to depart the station with Cody.

Development[]

"The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt" is a six-pagewebcomic in theStar Wars: The Clone Wars webcomic series, which ties into thetelevision series of the same name.^[4] "Mouse Hunt" leads directly into "Rookies," the fifth episode in thefirst season ofThe Clone Wars television series. The comic shows Rex and Cody inspecting the tracking station on Pastil, which Cody mentions as being fully operational toJedi GeneralObi-Wan Kenobi in the episode.^[8]

"Mouse Hunt" was posted onStarWars.com onOctober 23,2008.^[3] It was written byPablo Hidalgo, illustrated byThomas Hodges, and lettered byGrant Gould,^[1] with cover art drawn bySteven D. Anderson.^[2] Originally, another artist,Jeffery Carlisle, was supposed to illustrate the comic, but due to a scheduling conflict he was unable to get the story together, and Hodges stepped in at the last minute.^[9] Special thanks were also given toLeland Chee,Sue Rostoni, andDave Filoni.^[1]

Media[]

Collected in[]

• Star Wars: Tales from The Clone Wars Webcomic Collection Season 1

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt (p.35) onStarWars.com(content obsolete and backup link not available)