Gungan Attack
"Gungan Attack"
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- "Only through fire is a strong sword forged."
- ―Moral[5]
"Gungan Attack" is the second episode of theStar Wars: The Clone Wars television series'fourth season. It aired onSeptember 16,2011 with the previous episode, "Water War," as part of the season's one-hour premiere.
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"Anakin Skywalker and the rest of his Jedi team have been overrun by the Separatist surprise attacks led by Riff Tamson while Prince Lee-Char and Ahsoka must evade capture on their own. Unable to summon more Republic aid, Yoda calls upon the help of the powerful and amphibious Gungan Grand Army, but whether they will be enough to stop the Separatist siege is uncertain. An incensed Tamson doubles his efforts in tracking down Prince Lee-Char, unleashing the reinforcements given to him by Count Dooku in an assault that churns the oceans."[1]
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| Episode 2 GUNGAN ATTACK |
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A government toppled by civil war!Refusing to accept Prince Lee-Char asthe next ruler of Mon Cala, the Quarrenpeople join the Separatist Alliance andlaunch an all-out attack on the MonCalamari. Caught unprepared, the youngPrince and his Jedi protectors arequickly overwhelmed and forced toretreat in the caves far below thecapital city, leaving Count Dooku andhis allies to plan their next move.... |
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- "Gungans. The tide has turned in our favor."
"Let's free my people. Attack!" - ―Kit Fisto and Prince Lee-Char[5]
With but the tiniest fighting strength left to operate and only a brief time to tell theJedi High Council about their predicament before communication is cut off,Anakin Skywalker,Padmé Amidala,Ahsoka,Kit Fisto, and CaptainGial Ackbar decide to get PrinceLee-Char andMon Cala senatorMeena Tills to theirship and out of the system to safety. Fisto manages to overpower aQuarren patrol and appropriate a couple ofvehicles to get the fugitives to the surface quickly. However,Riff Tamson has anticipated that move and blows the ship up before the Jedi and Mon Cala can even reach the surface.
Clinging onto the sinking debris, the fugitives allow themselves to be dragged down to the seabed, where they split up into two groups: Anakin goes with Padmé, Ackbar, and Tills while Ahsoka and Fisto accompany the prince, along with two rescuedclone SCUBA troopers. ExpectingRepublic reinforcements to come here soon, Anakin and his groups proceed to theMon Calamari central planetary scanner facility, where Anakin uses the Force to collapse the entire structure, rendering planetary defenses blind. In the meantime, Lee-Char witnesses from his hiding place how his people are led away into slavery. Desperate to aid them, but advised by Ahsoka to exercise caution in favor of recklessness, Lee-Char uses a seashell horn to inform his people that he is still alive and encourages them to hold on.
In the meantime, the Jedi Council is faced with the fact that they will have noclone force ready and equipped for underwater battle in time to aid the fugitives. ThenObi-Wan suggests asking theGungans onNaboo, since they are amphibious creatures. WithJar Jar Binks' fervent support, theGungan High Council agrees to help at once and sends theGungan Grand Army toMon Cala, just in time to render valuable aid to the fugitives. Tamson, however, quickly rallies his own forces and uses hisTrident ships to create artificial whirlpools at the two battle sites, disorienting the Jedi and Gungan forces and thus facilitating their capture. Tamson himself goes after the Prince once more, but Kit Fisto manages to engage him in close combat for long enough to allow Lee-Char and Ahsoka to escape.
As their friends are led into captivity, Lee-Char begins to despair over their loss and that only he and Ahsoka are left to fight on. The young Padawan gently advises him, however, not to give in to his doubts and fear, and re-encouraged, Lee-Char vows to bring an end to this war before he and Ahsoka retreat to a new hiding place.
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During the conversation between Tamson and Count Dooku, the clasp of Dooku's cloak disappears and reappears.
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Sources[]
The Clone Wars Season Four Trailer and Release Date onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)- "Gungan Attack" -The Clone Wars Episode Guide onStarWars.com(original link is obsolete)
- "Gungan Attack" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars onStarWars.com(backup link)
- The Clone Wars Rewatch: Watch Out for the "Gungan Attack" onStarWars.com(backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.01.11.21.31.4
"Gungan Attack" -The Clone Wars Episode Guide onStarWars.com(original link is obsolete) - ↑2.02.12.22.32.4
"Launchpad" —Star Wars Insider 128 - ↑Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Gungan Attack" to20 BBY.
- ↑The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 4120 BBY 19-22: The Battle of Mon Cala dates the events of "Gungan Attack" to20 BBY.
- ↑5.05.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Gungan Attack"
