SkyeWalkers : A Clone Wars Story SkyeWalkers : A Clone Wars Story is a Clone Wars - themed novella written by Abel G . Peña . Originally commissioned for in 2011 , it served as a prequel to the 1979 story " " , written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Mike Vosburg . The creation of " SkyeWalkers : A Clone Wars Story " lasted three years , which explains why Peña was absent from publishing between 2008 and 2011 . That project , however , was put on hold for several years , and the novella was only released on StarWars . com in 2015 , as part of " The Other Lost Missions : Rare Clone Wars Comics and Literature , Part 2 . " The released version also included " , " a narrative centered around Obi - Wan Kenobi in the immediate aftermath of the Clone Wars . Plot summary . In the year 21 BBY , the planet of Skye has been taken over by Zeta Magnus , a genetics terrorist whom the Galactic Republic suspects to work hand in glove with the enemy Confederacy of Independent Systems and its leader Count Dooku . After Palpatine , Supreme Chancellor of the Republic , demands that Magnus be put on trial on the galactic capital of Coruscant , the Jedi Order decides to intervene . The Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi is dispatched to Skye with his Padawan learners Anakin Skywalker and Halagad Ventor . Using a relief mission as a smoke screen , the Jedi strike team is to apprehend Magnus with the help of a brand new clone commando unit . Upon landing on Skye and meeting the enslaved S ' kytri people , the Jedi and the Tark Squad clone commandos plan to attack Magnus ' citadel by traveling through the Entyrmion , a subterranean cavern complex . In the Entyrmion , however , they are attacked by several Oskan blood eater s planted there by Magnus . After overcoming the creatures , the Republic strike team manage to enter Magnus ' fortress at the summit of mount Canaitith . In the mean time , the S ' kytri of the Highland and Lowland clans launch into battle against the Outland Clanners . While searching the citadel , the Jedi are betrayed by the Tark Squad . It transpires that the so - called clones are in fact Sun Guard s allied with Magnus , who have managed to take the place of the real commando . When the Jedi wake up in the midst of Magnus ' laboratory , the terrorist himself stands before them and decides to expose his plans . He intends to scan the brains of his prisoners and implant them in clone bodies that have already started to grow . He is interrupted by Kharys , a young S ' kytri warrior , who manages to free the Jedi . Magnus heads for his ship with his droid , Blue - Tark , as Halagad Ventor gives him chase . Still at the laboratory , Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker confront the Sun Guards . In the citadel ' s hangar , Ventor loses several fingers and chunks of his flesh while fighting Magnus , but eventually manages to bissect the enemy with his lightsaber . Main characters . Anakin Skywalker . When Qui - Gon Jinn of the Jedi Order discovered him on Tatooine , Anakin Skywalker was a nine - year - old slave boy and a child prodigy . Born to Shmi Skywalker in 41 . 9 BBY , the boy was conceived by the midi - chlorians , symbiotic organisms that allow individuals to touch the Force . Under the tutelage of Obi - Wan Kenobi , former apprentice of the late Qui - Gon Jinn , Skywalker is becoming one of the most powerful Jedi Knights ever , and some even regard him as the Chosen One of an ancient Jedi prophecy . However , his brash , unruly attitude often get the better of him . Ten years after joining the Jedi Order , Skywalker returned to Tatooine , where he discovered that his mother had been abducted by a tribe of Tusken Raiders . When he found her dead at their camp , Skywalker massacred the whole tribe . In addition to that , he also broke the Jedi rule of no attachments when he fell in love with and secretly married Senator Padmé Amidala . With the outbreak of the Clone Wars , Skywalker has been made a Jedi Knight , and his skills are put to good use during the conflict . He now fights alongside his master , General Kenobi , and his best friend , Halagad Ventor . Obi - Wan Kenobi . Born on Stewjon in 57 BBY , Obi - Wan Kenobi joined the Jedi Order as an infant . Shortly before his thirteenth birthday , he became the Padawan learner of the Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn . During the Invasion of Naboo , Kenobi lost his mentor at the hands of a mysterious Sith warrior named Darth Maul , whom the Padawan left for dead after cutting him in twain with his lightsaber . Heeding the dying words of Qui - Gon Jinn , Kenobi agreed to teach the ways of the Force to Anakin Skywalker , a slave boy from Tatooine . After a decade of mentoring , the Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi has become wise and cynical beyond his years , and his rebellious apprentice often gives him cause for concern . With the onset of the Clone Wars , Kenobi now serves as a general in the Galactic Republic ' s army , leading clone troopers on the battlefield . He has also taken Halagad Ventor , Padawan of the late Master Ettene , under his wing . Halagad Ventor . Much like his friend Anakin Skywalker , the Alderaanian Halagad Ventor is one of a kind . Born in 47 BBY to Ean and Zollet Ventor , Ventor has always been strong in the Force . However , his telling midi - chlorian count was never tested in his childhood , due to some oversight by Jorus C ' baoth , the Jedi Watchman of Alderaan . Until the age of seventeen , he lived a scholarly life , studying in the Royal Library of Alderaan , yet still aspiring to become a Jedi . After his parents died in a gruesome incident , he began to teach himself the ways of the Jedi . Eventually , he gained admittance to the Almas Jedi Academy , where he found himself a teacher , Master Everen Ettene . Since Ettene ' s untimely demise on Virgillia 7 , Ventor has served under General Obi - Wan Kenobi . He has developed a bond of friendship and mutual understanding with Skywalker , and considers General Kenobi to be his new master . Sometimes , Ventor is envious of Kenobi ' s paternal attitude toward Skywalker . Development . The eNovella " SkyeWalkers : A Clone Wars Story " is the brainchild of Abel G . Peña , who notably authored dozens of " Star Wars " fiction and nonfiction articles for " Star Wars Insider " , " Star Wars Gamer " , and " The Official Star Wars Fact File " . It was written to serve as a prequel to the 1979 Marvel comic " " , written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Mike Vosburg . A big Marvel fan , Abel G . Peña was fond of " The Long Hunt " . He also held a keen interest in the character of Halagad Ventor , who originated in " Domain of Evil " , a 1991 supplement for published by West End Games . As early as 2006 , Peña had a desire to involve Ventor in Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker ' s mission on Skye , as it was alluded to in " The Long Hunt " . Eventually , " SkyeWalkers : A Clone Wars Story " was commissioned for , where it would be released as an eNovella . Peña worked on that story for three years , from 2008 to 2011 . However , the Hyperspace Fan Club was discontinued in late 2011 , and " SkyWalkers " was put on hold for several years . On March 6 , 2015 the story was finally released in PDF format on StarWars . com , as part of the article series " The Other Lost Missions : Rare Clone Wars Comics and Literature . " The PDF also included " , " a 75 - page narrative of Obi - Wan Kenobi facing the realities of a Jedi outcast in the immediate aftermath of the Clone Wars . The design of the PDF file was handled by Jason Yuo , and the cover illustration was created by David Rabbitte . Continuity . The narrative spine of " SkyeWalkers : A Clone Wars Story " was primarily built upon events that were only alluded to in " Star Wars Annual 1 : The Long Hunt " . In that comic , Aragh informs Luke Skywalker that , during the Clone Wars , the Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi and his two apprentices saved Skye from destruction . That basic premise was followed in " SkyeWalkers " . However , Aragh also says that the first of Kenobi ' s pupils came back years later as Darth Vader , and that the third Jedi carried the lightsaber inherited by Luke Skywalker , implying it was Luke ' s father . That statement became a continuity error in 1980 , when revealed that Vader was none other than the Sith alter ego of Luke ' s father , Anakin Skywalker . Abel G . Peña and Rich Handley fixed the discrepancy in the 2007 article " Aliens in the Empire , Part 2 : To a Traitor Go the Spoils " , explaining that Skywalker and Ventor were the two Jedi who accompanied Kenobi on Skye , and the two had temporarily switched lightsabers for the ancient Jedi ritual known as the Concordance of Fealty . That explanation allowed Anakin Skywalker and the wearer of Luke ' s weapon to be different people . That element was also retold in " SkyeWalkers : A Clone Wars Story " . Originally , the 2005 reference book " The New Essential Chronology " dated the Battle of Skye to 21 BBY , more precisely 1 year , 1 - 2 months after the Battle of Geonosis . During that battle , Anakin Skywalker was still supposed to be a Padawan . However , the new time line established by the animated TV series " " made it clear that Skywalker was knighted near the start of the war , in 22 BBY . As a consequence , the majority of stories that assumed Skywalker was still a Padawan until later in the war had to be compressed into the early first year of the conflict . In keeping with that , a note at the beginning of " SkyeWalkers : A Clone Wars Story " states that the events in the story occur between the films and , which both take place in 22 BBY . Peña regards " SkyeWalkers " as a " celebration of continuity — the textural glory of the galaxy far , far away — that [ he has ] always loved and aimed for . " As a consequence , the novella uses elements that originated in many Expanded Universe works . The fact that ancient Jedi researched cloning originated in " " , the eleventh book in the young readers " Galaxy of Fear " series . The name of the Triplehorn mountains came from the third installment of the same series , " " .