In Search of the Crystal
"In Search of the Crystal"
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- "The journey is often more important than the destination."
- ―Moral[6]
"In Search of the Crystal" is an unfinished episode of the animated television seriesStar Wars: The Clone Wars. The episode was released onStarWars.com as a story reel onSeptember 25,2014, as part ofThe Clone Wars Legacy. Despite being incomplete, as the series was cancelled before the episode could be finished, it is considered officialStar Warscanon.[2]
Official description[]
Obi-Wan and Anakin's investigation on Utapau continues, and they allow themselves to be captured by weapons dealers who possess a focusing crystal of unspeakable power.
Opening crawl[]
| IN SEARCH OF THE CRYSTAL |
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Unsolved mystery! Having traveled tothe sinkhole planet of Utapau toinvestigate the murder of a Jedi,Anakin Skywalker and his master,Obi-Wan Kenobi, find evidence pointingto a troubling conspiracy betweenthe local Amani and the Separatists.The surprising involvement of Sugiwarriors leads the Jedi to a secretarms deal. Undaunted by intensepressure to leave the planet at once,the Jedi plan their next move.... |
Plot summary[]
- "I hear the Republic is interested in buying a crystal."
- ―Endente, to the Jedi[6]
The twoJedi,Obi-Wan Kenobi andAnakin Skywalker departPau City on theirdactillion mounts for the plains ofUtapau. While traveling, Kenobi spots a village ahead. This village is inhabited by several PlainsAmani, who begin throwing spears at the Jedi visitors. Despite Kenobi's warnings, Skywalker dives from his mount and attacks the Amani. During the ensuing skirmish, the Amani attack the Jedi withblasters that fireprecision laser darts. Before the Jedi can question them, all of the Amani flee into the wilderness.
While inspecting the camp, Kenobi discovers several unusual footprints which he assumed belong to the Amani leader. While traveling on foot, Skywalker mentions his formerPadawanAhsoka Tano, for the first time since her departure. While setting up camp, the two Jedi talk about Ahsoka's decision to leave theJedi Order. Skywalker chatisizes the Jedi Council for not standing by Ahsoka during her trial and for causing her to leave the Order. In response, Kenobi argues that it was her own decision to make and that she let her emotion cloud her judgement, something against the Jedi way. Skywalker then moves on to question how Kenobi would feel if he failed him, something Kenobi believes will never happen.
As Kenobi begins to sleep, he instructs Skywalker to remain on guard. However, Skywalker disobeyed his orders and fell asleep. The following morning, the two Jedi are captured by severalSugi warriors who were accompanied by an Amani. While the Sugi take theirlightsabers, Kenobi reprimands his former apprentice for falling asleep while on duty. Unwilling to take the blame, Skywalker claimed that he had intentionally fallen asleep in order to get the Sugi to lead them to their camp.
The Sugi then lead the Jedi back to their camp. Assuming that the Sugi are "primitives", the two Jedi openly talk about their escape plans. On the way, Skywalker tricked one of his Sugi captors into activating his lightsaber. The lightsaber blade went through the Sugi's head, killing him. The leading Sugi then reveals that he can speak and understandGalactic Basic Standard. When he interrogated the Jedi, Kenobi made up the story that he and Anakin were arms dealers who had traveled all the way to theOuter Rim Territories to buy arms from them. The Sugi leader responds that he has to talk with his boss.
The two Jedi and their Sugi captors then travel to several mounds where they encounter the Sugis' bossEndente and several more Sugi. While not revealing his name to the Jedi, he assumed that Kenobi and Skywalker had come to purchase the crystal. Endente revealed that he had already promised the crystal to theSeparatist military leaderGeneralGrievous. The two Jedi then offered to pay double the price but Endente rejected their offer. While being led to the crystal, Kenobi assumed that it was akyber crystal. Ahead, the two Jedi spotted a large starship, that is covered in canvas.
Back at the spaceship, Endente contactsCountDooku who orders him to kill the two Jedi. When Endente revealed that the Jedi had offered twice the price and demanded more compensation, Dooku promised that he would send General Grievous to "give him what he deserved." Meanwhile, the Sugi lead their Jedi prisoners to another chamber but their captives managed to break free. Under fire from their Sugi captors, the two Jedi flee above the ceiling and eventually make their way into a weapons arsenal storeroom. While Skywalker arms himself with twoblaster pistols, Kenobi prefers to use his Force powers.
After sensing a gang of Sugi at the door, the two Jedi plant smoke detonators which blind the Sugi. Skywalker then usesthe Force to pick out the Sugi and kills several of them with his blasters. When the last Sugi warrior appears with their lightsabers, Anakin uses the Force to activate them, killing him as well. Endente flees on one of the Sugi while ordering the other Sugi to hold back the Jedi. Despite their best efforts, Endente managed to flee on a speeder into the wilderness. While examining the ship, the two Jedi discover a large kyber crystal hanging on the rafters and decide to depart on the starship for space.
Continuity[]
Series Supervising DirectorDave Filoni first previewed a short clip from the episode at aCelebration VI panel inAugust2012. The clip depicted the campfire scene between Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi; the animation was in story reel form, with no dialogue.[7]
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars Legacy on the officialStar WarsYouTube channel(backup link)(Posted on StarWars.com)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Story Reel: In Search of the Crystal onStarWars.com(backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.01.11.21.3
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Story Reel: In Search of the Crystal onStarWars.com(backup link) - ↑2.02.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Legacy on the officialStar WarsYouTube channel(backup link)(Posted on StarWars.com) - ↑
Concept Art oncdnvideo.dolimg.com(original page now obsolete) - ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars Legacy on the officialStar WarsYouTube channel(backup link)(Posted on StarWars.com)
- ↑Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates both the events of "A Death on Utapau" and "The Big Bang" to19 BBY. Since Star Wars: The Clone Wars Chronological Episode Order onStarWars.com(backup link)(version archived onJune 29,2017; now replaced) places "In Search of the Crystal" between "A Death on Utapau" and "The Big Bang," it must also be set in 19BBY.
- ↑6.06.1Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "In Search of the Crystal"
- ↑http://vimeo.com/54629896
