Innocents of Ryloth
"Innocents of Ryloth"
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- "The costs of war can never be truly accounted for."
- ―Moral[4]
"Innocents of Ryloth" is the twentieth episode inSeason One of theStar Wars: The Clone Wars television series. It is the twentieth episode of the series overall and is the second of a three-part storyline.
Official description[]
To sabotage a powerfulSeparatist weapon,Obi-Wan and a small clone force enter an occupied town, and discover that its residents are being used as a living shield.
Plot summary[]
- "We need to remember why we're here. We came to aid the Twi'leks, not destroy their home."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, to the clone troopers[4]
| Episode 20 INNOCENTS OF RYLOTH |
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Invasion! Separatist leader WatTambor has taken control of theplanet Ryloth and subjugates itspeople through a brutal droidoccupation. In a daring surpriseattack, Jedi Anakin Skywalkerand his Padawan, Ahsoka Tanodefeated the space blockadeguarding the planet. Now, JediGenerals Mace Windu andObi-Wan Kenobi lead a massiveinvasion to liberate the starvingpeople.... |
Aboard anAcclamator-class transgalactic military assault ship,Mace Windu tellsObi-Wan Kenobi as he boards theCrumb Bomber that when he takes the city ofNabat they'll have their landing zone for the ground assault forces. However,Wat Tambor anticipates this, andTactical droidcommanderTX-20 readies his fiveproton cannons, while using captiveTwi'leks as a "living shield" to further protect them, estimating that the Jedi will not risk a heavy attack.
LAAT/i gunships precedeAcclamator I-class assault ships into battle
Obi-Wan andClone CommanderCody briefGhost Company on their mission, and while they must retake the city, they cannot destroy the Twi'leks' home, and are allowed to use only blasters anddroid poppers. Above, theAcclamator assault ships are attacked by the proton cannons below. CommanderPonds states to Windu that the fire is penetrating their shields. Windu tasks Obi-Wan with taking the cannons out so that the larger transports can land. TheCrumb Bomber lands with the othergunships, and Obi-Wan and Ghost Company move towards Nabat. Droid gunners on the outskirts of Nabat pin down Ghost Company. Obi-Wan and two troopers,Waxer andBoil, utilize droid poppers to take out the droids in the bunkers.
After losing contact with the droids on the village's outer perimeter, TX-20 sends tworecon droids to find out the Jedi's plan, while Obi-Wan dispatches Cody,Wooley, Waxer and Boil to scout ahead. Waxer and Boil head south, while Cody and Wooley go to the courtyard. The latter discover the Twi'leks being held hostage in the cannons' immediate vicinity. Obi-Wan, speaking to Windu via hologram, explains that the hostages will make the mission difficult but not impossible and hits upon a plan to disable the guns without letting the hostages come into any danger. Unfortunately, arecon droid broadcasts their conference to TX-20, who recognizes Kenobi and begins researching his opponent, finding the Jedi is known for deceptive movements.
Waxer and Boil stumble across the young Twi'lek orphanNuma, who at first is fearful of them. After they remove their helmets, Numa relaxes a bit; she calls them both "Nerra," and takes aration bar that they give her. Waxer and Boil move out to finish their scouting, Waxer doing so reluctantly, but Numa follows the two clones. Waxer is still worried about her, while Boil tries to keep him focused on the mission. Numa somehow gets ahead of them and leads them to a shattered building that was once her home. Waxer and Boil, moved by the losses the war has inflicted upon the child, take it upon themselves to keep her safe.
TX-20 reveals his plan: to use starvedgutkurrs to take out the Republic forces. Back at the Republic camp, Cody has noticed Waxer and Boil's absence, and broadcasts a transmission to contact them. Seeing the Republic troops on the move, TX-20 orders the gutkurrs released. The two clones receive the transmission and, realizing that they are severely late, they try to brainstorm possible excuses. However, the gutkurrs suddenly appear, and the two clones and Numa rush back into the house. Numa shows the clones an escape passage, and they run into the underground tunnels just in time.
Meanwhile, Ghost Company is attacked by the gutkurrs. Obi-Wan usesthe Force tolure the creatures into an alley bordered by a bridge. Cody and his men fire at the bridge, and the gutkurrs are trapped, while Obi-Wan leaps out. Though the clones defeat the creature, TX-20 knows that their numbers are very thin. Suddenly, Waxer and Boil emerge from a hatch in the street nearby, with Numa in tow. Obi-Wan converses to Numa inTwi'leki, who agrees to lead them to the prisoners while Cody and his men create a diversion, with Obi-Wan, Waxer and Boil freeing the Twi'lek prisoners. After Obi-Wan frees the prisoners, Numa is reunited with her uncle,Nilim Bril. However, a battle droid reports the rescue attempt, and TX-20 turns hisAAT around.
Obi-Wan takes control of a proton cannon, and with the help of Waxer and Boil, he manages to destroy the other cannons. However, a blast from TX-20's tank destroys their cannon and knocks the three to the ground. Numa runs to her clone friends and huddles close to Obi-Wan, even as he tries to push her out of the line of fire. TX-20 targets Obi-Wan and Numa, laughing evilly and gloating that Obi-Wan has lost. Incensed by the threat to Numa, the Twi'leks rush out of hiding, swarm over the tank and tear TX-20 to pieces with their bare hands - a possibility the hyper-intelligent droid had not foreseen, as evidenced by its last words, "does not compute... does not compute...!"
TheAcclamator transports land, and Mace Windu commends Obi-Wan on his victory. However, their new objective is much harder: to take the Ryloth capital ofLessu and free this world. Waxer and Boil say goodbye to Numa. As the army heads toward the capital, Numa calls "Nerra!" out to Waxer and Boil again, and Obi-Wan translates: "Nerra" means "brother." Smiling, Waxer and Boil turn and wave back at Numa, before moving out toward the sun, intent on freeing this world.
Development[]
- "The effect of war on the common people is something that Dave and I wanted to explore from the beginning and George really liked the stories where we got into that. It speaks to what's happening in our world today and I think it gives some emotional reality to the battles that makes us care about the outcomes because the lives of the innocents are hanging in the balance."
- ―Henry Gilroy, speaking in 2008 about the Ryloth trilogy[5]
Henry Gilroy wrote the episode partly based onThe Guns of Navarone, a 1961J. Lee Thompson film based on the1957 Second World War novel byAlistair MacLean. The writers intendedWaxer andBoil to be shown as rather dismissive "jerks" upon finding Numa and eventually follow the moral principles of a Jedi Master such as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Gilroy successfully suggested that Kenobi trick the gutkurrs into an alley and trap them there rather than "slice-and-dice" through the creatures to better reflect the Jedi way, which he thought would wane only as the war went on. Commander Cody hands Kenobi his lightsaber after he defeats the gutkurrs, just like he will during theBattle of Utapau inRevenge of the Sith. Gilroy wanted to include a scene in which Kenobi spots aDroideka Sharpshooter and tells Cody to shoot at him. Cody would follow his order and the Jedi would ignite his lightsaber to deflect the bolt over the clone's shoulder and destroy the droid sniper. The sequence was intended to echoRevenge of the Sith, but Filoni disagreed with including it.[6]
Continuity[]
Production-wise, this is the first episode to feature theTactical droids, which were created to provide a non-organic commander that would then need to be eliminated later, such as the likes ofWhorm Loathsom,Lok Durd andMar Tuuk. The Tactical droids were also featured in "Jedi Crash," "The Hidden Enemy," and "Liberty on Ryloth," as well as the comic "Headgames," in which they made their first appearance. TX-20's laugh before he is about to kill Obi-Wan is very much like theTerminator theme.
When Obi-Wan Kenobi orders Cody to send in Waxer and Boil to destroy the bunker, Boil is sitting next to Obi-Wan Kenobi, but when he is saying "let's take them out," a clone trooper with no markings on his armor is sitting next to Obi-Wan Kenobi instead.
Obi-Wan drops his lightsaber during the gutkurr attack, which is why Cody has to return it to him afterwards. However, after Obi-Wan releases his hold on the creatures, the weapon is clearly visible on his belt.
When Kenobi operates the proton cannon, theAurebesh in the upper left corner of the screen reads "X: 11 Y: 38," a reference toGeorge Lucas' filmTHX-1138.
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Sources[]
A Battle Over Ryloth Begins an Epic, Three-Part Struggle onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)- Innocents Caught in the Crossfire! onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Innocents of Ryloth onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)
- The Ryloth Trilogy Trailer onStarWars.com(content obsolete and backup link not available)
- "Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season One Episode Guide, Part Two" —Star Wars Insider 110
- "Innocents of Ryloth" Episode Guide –The Clone Wars onStarWars.com(backup link)
- Much to Learn You Still Have: 7 Things You Might Not Know About Twi'leks onStarWars.com(backup link)
- The Clone Wars Rewatch: The Faces of the "Innocents of Ryloth" onStarWars.com(backup link)
- Devil's Deal Episode Guide onStarWars.com(backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.8
The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Innocents of Ryloth onStarWars.com(original site is defunct) - ↑Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Innocents of Ryloth" to21 BBY.
- ↑The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 8222 BBY 93-96: Deadly Dangers dates the events of "Innocents of Ryloth" to22 BBY.
- ↑4.04.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Innocents of Ryloth" - ↑
TheForce.Net - Jedi Council - Interviews | Henry Gilroy and Dave Filoni onTheForce.net (backup link archived onJanuary 3,2009) - ↑ Issue 181: Henry Gilroy: The Ryloth Arc on Spreaker (October 1,2019) (backup link)
External links[]
- "Innocents of Ryloth" on theAurebesh Wiki
