The Clone Wars : No Prisoners The Clone Wars : No Prisoners is the third in the of novels inspired by . It was written by Karen Traviss and was released on May 19 , 2009 . Publishers summary . The Clone Wars rage on . As insurgent Separatists fight furiously to wrest control of the galaxy from the Republic , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine cunningly manipulates both sides for his own sinister purposes . " Torrent Company ’ s Captain Rex agrees to temporarily relieve Anakin Skywalker of Ahsoka , his ubiquitous — and insatiably curious — Padawan , by bringing her along on a routine three - day shakedown cruise aboard Captain Gilad Pellaeon ’ s newly refitted assault ship . But the training run becomes an active — and dangerous — rescue mission when Republic undercover agent Hallena Devis goes missing in the middle of a Separatist invasion . " " Dispatched to a distant world to aid a local dictator facing a revolution , Hallena finds herself surrounded by angry freedom fighters and questioning the Republic ’ s methods – and motives . Summoned to rescue the missing operative who is also his secret love , Pellaeon — sworn to protect the Republic over all — is torn between duty and desire . And Ahsoka , sent in with Rex and six untested clone troopers to extract Hallena , encounters a new and different Jedi philosophy , which shakes the foundation of her upbringing to the core . As danger and intrigue intensify , the loyalties and convictions of all involved will be tested . . . . " Plot summary . The novel mostly takes place on the planet JanFathal . Republic spy Hallena Devis acts as a factory worker on the planet , which is run by a fascist regime . The regime has allied with the Republic in order to counter the Confederacy of Independent Systems , to which the citizens of JanFathal wish to side on , since the Separatists are comparatively more democratic in their eyes compared to JanFathal ' s fascist regime and the Republic . Eventually , all electronic power to JanFathal is blacked out , and the Separatists attack the planet , resulting in the Battle of JanFathal . Captain Gilad Pellaeon is on a shakedown cruise aboard his new Republic battle cruiser , and joining him is Captain Rex of Torrent Company and Ahsoka Tano , apprentice to Anakin Skywalker . They receive a distress signal from Hallena Devis on JanFathal for extraction , and joining Pellaeon ' s company is maverick Jedi Master Djinn Altis of the Altisian Jedi . Altis ' s allowance of his students to have romantic relationships and indulge in other actions deemed unacceptable by Master Yoda ' s Jedi Order causes an inner turmoil in Ahsoka ' s traditionally held beliefs that those who follow this path are destined to fall to the dark side of the Force . Nevertheless , Ahsoka joins Torrent Company , Altis and his two Jedi apprentices , Callista Masana and Geith Eris , both whom are romantically involved and engaged for marriage , down to JanFathal to save Hallena , whom Pellaeon is also romantically involved with . Torrent Company , Ahsoka , Altis , Geith and Callista locate Hallena amid the chaos caused by the Battle of JanFathal inside a building . She is held by several factory workers whom Hallena has " worked " with . Hallena ' s captors are eliminated by her rescuers and they get back to the shuttle to which they traveled in from Pellaeon ' s battle cruiser , though Torrent Company loses one clone , Vere . However , while the shuttle is traveling back up to the cruiser , the latter ship is forced to go to hyperspace in order to avoid any further damage . The shuttle in which Hallena and her rescuers are traveling in know that they don ' t have enough oxygen supplied from the ship suitable enough to keep them alive long enough to get to the closest planet past JanFathal . Knowing they have no choice , they go back to JanFathal under cover . The Confederacy of Independent Systems has won hold over the planet with its fascist regime utterly destroyed and the Republic no longer on the planet ' s side . Back on Coruscant , Anakin Skywalker gets a call from Captain Rex back on JanFathal , discussing their predicament on the captured planet . Anakin realizes that he needs to fulfill his duty to tend to his clone company and his apprentice , and leaves his secret wife , Padmé Amidala , for JanFathal . When he goes to the captured planet , he meets up with Torrent Company and Ahsoka , but also , consequently , Altis , Callista , Geith and their liberal Jedi views . Anakin , like Ahsoka , is conflicted with everything he was taught under Yoda and Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s tutelage , and also realizing that if he were trained under Altis , he could have been openly loving Padmé . Nevertheless , they all work together to get past the Separatist forces , stealing a shuttle from the enemy and race back for the space around JanFathal . And just as they ' re doing that , Captain Pellaeon ' s flagship returns to the planet ' s system and picks them up just as they are hunted down by Separatist starfighters . They successfully leave the system with one more casualty from the clone known as Ince . Anakin talks to Altis , who reveals that he was friends with the late Qui - Gon Jinn , who wasn ' t completely obedient to Yoda ' s Order to begin with either . It is hinted through the communication between Anakin and Altis that the latter is somewhat aware that Anakin has someone with whom he is infatuated with . Altis assures Anakin that the latter is always open to join with his sect , but Anakin decides to stay , seeing that since the mainstream Jedi Order is more associated with the Grand Army than Altis is , Anakin sticks by with the clones , even if it means sticking by Yoda ' s rules and the Republic ' s .