The Soft War
"The Soft War"
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- "Struggles often begin and end with the truth."
- ―Moral[5]
"The Soft War" is the fourth episode of theStar Wars: The Clone Wars television series'fifth season. It aired onOctober 20,2012.
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"After a rebel attempt to rescue Onderon's true king, Ramsis Dendup, an unexpected ally steps forward to halt Dendup's execution and aid the rebel cause."[1]
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| Episode 4 THE SOFT WAR |
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The rebels elect a new leader!With their training complete,Obi-Wan and Anakin have leftAhsoka on Onderon to monitorand advise the rebels as theycontinue to strike Separatisttargets under the command ofSteela Gerrera. Facing anescalation of rebel attacks,the Separatists have sentreinforcements to straightentheir hold on the city of Izizas the battle for the planetunfolds... |
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- "We must first win the will of the people. That is the only way."
- ―King Dendup, to the Onderon rebels[5]
The Onderon rebels continue their attacks on theSeparatistdroid forces occupying thecapital, but despite their continued successes, they are once again hard-pressed to gain the people's trust and support.Sanjay Rash, the Separatists' puppet king, again accuses his predecessor and prisoner,Ramsis Dendup, of having triggered this terrorist movement, despite Dendup's protestations, and orders his execution the very next day in order to shatter the rebels' morale. At the same time,Ahsoka feels more and more torn between her duties as aJedi and the orders of theCouncil and her sympathy for the rebels, but in the end she feels that she must follow orders and allow the rebel movement to gain strength on its own.
When one of the rebels,Dono, brings news of the impending execution,Steela decides to free King Dendup as he is brought to the executioner's block in order to use the publicity of this event to win the people's support. Her brotherSaw, however, still disgruntled about not having been chosen as the rebel leader, decides to break out Dendup immediately, and sets off to the palace alone. He manages to find his way to the king and profess his movement's loyalty to him, but as he prepares to rescue his ruler, a one-way shield foils his attempt and he is captured. He is subsequently tortured byKalani so that he should reveal whatever he knows about the rebels, but Saw holds firm, andGeneralAkenathen Tandin, commander of theOnderon military forces, stalls further torture before Saw is killed off. Later on, the two men have a private talk, where Tandin's desire to sit still in order to preserve his people's lives clash with Saw's dedication to his cause and loyalty to his king.
When Dono, who was sent by Steela to keep a watch on Saw, returns with the news that Saw has been captured,Lux and the other rebels prepare to mount a rescue, but Steela and Ahsoka hold them, pointing out that rescuing Dendup is paramount. The next morning, Steela, Lux, Ahsoka, and a small troop of rebels go to thepalace square where Dendup's execution is about to begin, along with Saw's. They manage to halt the execution, but before they can escape, a squad ofsuper battle droids anddestroyers appear and surround them, killing Dono in the process. Under the order of Dendup, the rebels lay down their arms and are forced to watch as Rash attempts to repeat the execution. But then an unexpected ally makes his move: Tandin, disgusted by the Separatists' and Rash's takeover of his homeworld and stirred by Saw's arguments, leads a squad of his soldiers, freeing Dendup and the rebels and allowing them to escape by taking Rash as a temporary hostage. Before he can be killed by the droids, Ahsoka, abandoning her orders to remain inactive, steps in and usestelekinesis to knock the droids over; when Rash orders the droids to go after them as they escape, the outraged spectators in the palace square rise against them, stemming themselves against the droid squad and thus allowing Ahsoka and Tandin to escape.
Later, in the rebels' hideout, both the rebels and the Onderon army, represented by Tandin, pledge their loyalty to their rightful king, and with renewed confidence a grateful Dendup decides that winning their people's trust is the best way to counter a retaliatory strike by CountDooku for his liberation, making his loyalists, including a reconciled Saw, cheer. Later on, as Ahsoka reports toObi-Wan andher master, she reveals that the involvement of the Jedi in the rebellion has now become public knowledge; and thus the Jedi are forced to decide whether they should now openly take sides in the impending battle.
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Sources[]
"The Soft War" –The Clone Wars Episode Guide onStarWars.com(original link is obsolete)- "The Soft War" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars onStarWars.com(backup link)
- The Clone Wars Rewatch: Harsh Realities in "The Soft War" onStarWars.com(backup link)
- What to Watch BeforeStar Wars: The Bad Batch onStarWars.com(backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.01.11.21.31.41.51.6
"The Soft War" –The Clone Wars Episode Guide onStarWars.com(original link is obsolete) - ↑Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "The Soft War" to20 BBY.
- ↑The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 4420 BBY 43-46: Liberation of Onderon dates the events of "The Soft War" to20 BBY.
- ↑
"Launchpad" —Star Wars Insider 134 - ↑5.05.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Soft War"
External links[]
- "The Soft War" on theAurebesh Wiki
