Star Wars : The Clone Wars ( novelization ) Star Wars : The Clone Wars is the novelization of the 2008 Lucasfilm Animation . It was written by Karen Traviss and published by Del Rey on July 26 of that year . The story tells of the first meeting between Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan apprentice , Ahsoka Tano , amidst the raging Clone Wars . The " Star Wars : The Clone Wars " novelization is the first of five " Star Wars " Legends novels published by Del Rey that tie in to the . The following four novels comprise the and " " series by Traviss and Karen Miller . Publisher ' s summary . Back cover . The raging Clone Wars illuminate dark motives and darker destinies until one question must be answered : Does the end ever justify the means ? It ' s time the Jedi found out . Inside flap . " Across the galaxy , the Clone Wars are raging . The Separatists , led by Count Dooku , the onetime Jedi and now secret Sith Lord , continue to press forward , and more and more worlds are either falling , or seceding and joining the cause . Under the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , the Republic heroically battles on , championed by its huge army of cloned soldiers and their Jedi generals . " " Anakin Skywalker , believed by some to be the prophesied " Chosen One " destined to bring balance to the Force , is now a Jedi Knight under the tutelage of his Jedi Master , Obi - Wan Kenobi . Death is a constant possibility — and his chances of survival aren ' t improved by the unexpected arrival of an apprentice : Ahsoka , a brash inexperienced fourteen - year - old Padawan . But there ' s no time for Anakin to question his latest orders . He and Obi - Wan have been assigned a new mission , and failure is not an option . " " Jabba the Hutt ' s precious infant son has been kidnapped , and when the frantic parent applies to the Jedi for help , it falls to Anakin , Obi - Wan , Ahsoka , and their clone troops to track down the evidence and retrieve the missing Huttlet . And more is at stake : For a grateful Jabba just might allow the Republic access to the Hutt - controlled space lanes that the Grand Army desperately needs in order to beat the Separatists into submission . " " But the Republic is not the only power that craves access to those space lanes . Count Dooku , determined to win the prize for the Separatists , has set a trap for the Jedi . When they find the Huttlet , they will also find Dooku ' s master assassin , Asajj Ventress , and countless legions of battle droids waiting to spring a trap . " " The blazing new animated feature film " " takes place in the years preceding and sets the stage for the groundbreaking . Both contain all original material — direct from the brilliant imagination of legendary " Star Wars " creator George Lucas . And these exciting new adventures and characters are being brought to life in book form by none other than # 1 " " bestselling " Star Wars " author Karen Traviss . " Continuity . Many issues in continuity has been raised from " Star Wars : The Clone Wars " . Since the book was released before the final draft of the feature film was released , many details from the film ' s early drafts are present in the book , while they did not appear in the final version of the film . The " Star Wars Annual 2011 " establishes that the novel / film takes place in the second year of the war , as part of the Clone Wars timeline restructuring necessitated by the show . " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " revised the novel ' s dating to 22 BBY . CT - 9932 . In the chapters depicting the Battle of Teth , after Asajj Ventress ' s droid forces massacre all of Torrent Company except for Captain Rex and a few survivors , there is a discrepancy as to how many survivors there are . When Rex initially asks the survivors to report in via comlink , there are six of them aside from him , including Coric and CT - 9932 . However , throughout the rest the story , it is consistently stated that there are five troopers , not six : Coric , Zeer , Attie , Nax , and Del . Assuming that the six troopers reporting in is an error , it is assumed that " CT - 9932 " is the designation for either Zeer , Attie , Nax , or Del , though the novel does not connect it to an individual trooper . Cover gallery . This is a gallery of the different cover variations of " Star Wars : The Clone Wars " .