The Clone Wars : Covetous The Clone Wars : Covetous is a six - page webcomic in the series leading directly into the episode " Storm Over Ryloth . " The comic was posted on StarWars . com on February 26 , 2009 , written by Pablo Hidalgo , and both illustrated and lettered by Grant Gould . " Covetous " depicts the prologue to the Battle of Ryloth , seen in " Storm Over Ryloth " . Separatist Council Member Passel Argente is visiting the city of Lessu on planet Ryloth , where he brings spoils to the Twi ' lek broker Artruk to secure for him . Unbeknownst to Argente , however , he is being spied upon by fellow council member Wat Tambor , who decides to pillage the treasures by invading Ryloth . Plot summary . On the Twi ' lek homeworld of Ryloth , Magistrate and Separatist Council Member Passel Argente is welcomed to Lessu , known as the " city of riches , " by the corpulent Twi ' lek Artruk . The impatient Magistrate asks Artruk to secure the items that his droids are carrying , and Artruk complies . Unbeknownst to the group , however , is that they are being spied upon by a pair of Twi ' leks . One of the spies , a pale - skinned Twi ' lek named Voyla says that the items Argente is bringing will make a desirable plus to their war chest . However , his comrade , Cham Syndulla , tells him to speak more quietly and stay hidden . Voyla believes that Artruk will not notice them while he is occupied by the treasures marched before him . He thinks that the Magistrate is yet another greedy outlander who has come to steal the treasures of Ryloth and wants to " teach him a lesson , " but the other Syndulla notes that Argente is bringing items to Lessu , not taking from it . Suddenly , Syndulla notice that Argente is flanked by two B2 super battle droids . The loading of the Magistrate ' s items is nearly complete , and Artruk congratulates Argente for a very profitable month . He assumes that the treasures are from the planet of Christophsis . Argente , angrily , orders him not to use their real titles , as he wants the items to remain anonymous . Artruk assures that he is merely displaying respect , but the Magistrate tells that he is not paying to the Twi ' Lek for his respect , but to erase Argente ' s connections to the items . Meanwhile , Syndulla informs Voyla that the outlander ' s droids are undoubtedly Confederate battle droids . Voyla asks if the war is arriving on Ryloth , which Syndulla replies that they should prepare for that , as they cannot rely on the Republic on Coruscant to take notice what happens on Ryloth . Voyla humorously admits it , as it would " interrupt their dear senator ' s dinner hour . " At the same time , Argente and Artruk are revealed to be secretly spied by yet an another side ; the Magistrate ' s RA - 7 protocol droid has been transmitting everything that the Magistrate has done on Ryloth to Techno Union Foreman and fellow Council Member , Emir Wat Tambor , and his tactical droid . Upon noticing Argente ' s treasures , Tambor asks his droid if Ryloth is one of their targeted worlds , which the droid replies that it is ranked as number seventy - nine . Tambor orders the droid to mobilize their troops , as they are moving Ryloth as number one target . Behind the scenes . " The Clone Wars : Covetous " is a six - page webcomic and the eighteenth issue in , which ties into the . The events of " Covetous " chronologically occurs before " Storm Over Ryloth " , the nineteenth episode in of the television series . " Covetous " serves as a prologue to " The Clone Wars " Ryloth trilogy , and shows why Wat Tambor decides to invade Ryloth . It also marked the debuts of Cham Syndulla and TA - 175 , though both of them appeared unnamed in the web comic . " Covetous " has ties to the earlier web comic " " , when it was revealed Passel Argente ' s RA - 7 protocol droid was secretly a spy for Wat Tambor . Development . " Covetous " was posted on StarWars . com on February 26 , 2009 . The comic was written by Pablo Hidalgo , and was both illustrated and lettered by Grant Gould . Special thanks were also given to Sue Rostoni , Leland Chee and Dave Filoni .