The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen

The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen

"The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen" is a seven-pagewebcomic in theStar Wars: The Clone Wars webcomic series that takes place prior to theStar Wars: The Clone Wars television series episode "Downfall of a Droid." Posted onStarWars.com onNovember 7,2008, the comic was written byPablo Hidalgo, illustrated byThomas Hodges, and lettered byGrant Gould. "The Fall of Falleen" depicts the actions ofAsajj Ventress andCountDooku during the final act of abattle on theplanet ofFalleen.

Plot summary[]

Separatist forces areoccupying theplanet ofFalleen.C-9979 landing craft are deploying groundtroops, protected byHyena-class droid bombers. Abattle droid reports toGeneralGrievous,Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies, that acity has fallen, except for oneshieldedfortress. Grievous orders thedroid to continue landing the troops, mentioning that the shield is being taken care of.

Dark AcolyteAsajj Ventress, having infiltrated the fortress, is spotted by aTT-8L gatekeeper droid. On aviewscreen, theKing of Falleen notices her approach and sends hiselectrostaff-wieldingDashadebodyguards to deal with her. However, the electrostaffs are no match for Ventress, who is armed withlightsabers. Shekills two of the bodyguards before usingthe Force to destroy the gatekeeper droids as well. No longer able to watch the duel, theking arms himself with ablaster and athermal detonator and leaves his command center to confront theassassin personally. As Ventress kills the last Dashade, the king prepares to shoot her with ablaster pistol, but he is instead ambushed by none other thanCountDooku himself. Dooku had used Ventress as a ruse to lure the king out of his secure command center, while the elimination of the gatekeeper droids left the king oblivious of a second intruder within the fortress. Dooku orders the king to lower the fortress's shields and to submit the planet to the Separatists' cause.

Development[]

"The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen" is a seven-pagewebcomic in theStar Wars: The Clone Wars webcomic series, which ties into thetelevision series of the same name. Chronologically, "The Fall of Falleen" takes place prior to "Downfall of a Droid," the sixth episode in thefirst season of the television series.^[1] The comic was posted onStarWars.com onNovember 7,2008,^[2] and was written byPablo Hidalgo, illustrated byThomas Hodges, and lettered byGrant Gould.^[1] "The Fall of Falleen" depicts a battle on Falleen, which would be mentioned in both "Downfall of a Droid"^[7] and the novelThe Clone Wars: Wild Space, written byKaren Miller.^[8] It was also the first appearance of theHyena-class droid bomber, which would later appear in the television series.^[9]

Media[]

Collected in[]

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

Appearances[]

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Dooku Grievous Unidentified King of Falleen(First appearance) Asajj Ventress

Droid models

Battle droid B-series battle droid(Appears in hologram) B1-series battle droid(Appears in hologram) B2 super battle droid(Cover only) IG-series(Cover only) IG-100 MagnaGuard(Cover only) Droid starfighter Hyena-class bomber(First appearance) Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I(Cover only) TT-8L gatekeeper droid

Events

Clone Wars Fall of Falleen(First appearance)

Locations

Falleen King of Falleen's fortress(First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Confederacy of Independent Systems Count Dark Acolyte Separatist Droid Army Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies General King Order of the Sith Lords Dark Lord of the Sith Sith apprentice Sith Lord

Sentient species

Dashade Falleen Human Dathomirian Kaleesh Cyborg

Vehicles and vessels

C-9979 landing craft Single Trooper Aerial Platform(Cover only)

Weapons and technology

Blaster Blaster pistol Cybernetics Deflector shield Electrostaff Hologram Lightsaber Curved-hilt lightsaber Dooku's lightsaber Double-bladed lightsaber Paired lightsabers Asajj Ventress's lightsabers Thermal detonator Viewscreen

Miscellanea

21 BBY Death Jar'Kai The Force

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen (p.43) onStarWars.com(content obsolete and backup link not available)