The Wild Aklyrr

"The Wild Aklyrr" is the first part of the tenth episode of the second season the animated series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. It was released on Disney+ on August 14, 2024.
==Official description==
The Jedi help their friend.
==Plot summary==
===Helping Ansen Strung===
The episode opens with a River Qwewt fleeing as Jedi Initiates Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay and Nubs ride past on their dunnel steeds. The three ride towards Aklyrr Bend, a small town beside a river. As the Jedi and their dunnel steeds enter, the townsfolk including several DUM-series pit droids scatter. The three Jedi find Ansen Strung and ask if he needed help. Nubs draws his lightsaber. Strung explains that it is not an emergency but he called them because he needs help hunting for an antelope-like creature known as a blue aklyrr. 
Solay says that aklyrrs are really rare. Strung explains that his client wants to find the aklyrr and that he badly needs the reward money for making repairs to his starship. When Brightstar asks Strung if he has asked why his client is interested in the blue aklyrr, Strung said that the client mentioned that he would take the creature somewhere safe. Solay says that they should not take the creature from its natural habitat. Strung replies that the client said it would be happier there. While the Jedi are suspicious about the motives of Strung's client, Stung admits that he needs the credits and points to the decrepit state of his starship.
Solay relents on the condition that the blue aklyrr is not harmed. When Strung asks for their help in the "great hunt," Solay consults a datapad and finds that the town of Aklyrr Bend is named after the creatures. When Solay suggests asking a local, Nubs speaks to a brown-haired human with a mustache who says blue aklyrr are hard to find. He adds that they like to feed on teega leaves by the southern clearing.
===Hunt for the blue aklyrr===
Strung leads the way to the southern clearing in his heavy speeder bike, which is equipped with a cage. The Jedi follow on their dunnels. Consulting the datapad, Solay says that blue aklyrrs build dens on the ground but are also good at hiding. The Jedi search the ground with Nubs looking under boulders. Brightstar finds a bitten teega leaf, which excites Strung, who contacts his mysterious client. Nubs and Brightstar think that Strung's client really wants to bring the aklyrr to a safer place while Solay wishes that they knew more about Strung's client. 
The group move deeper into a grove full of teega plants. While searching under a teega plant, Nubs encounters the four-eye blue akylrr. The three Jedi and Strung attempt to capture the blue aklyrr but it leaps with its power legs. Strung fires energy nets at the aklyrr but they miss. The akylrr jumps onto a boulder before running it off. Solay comes with a plan to corner the aklyrr around boulders. The Jedi herd the aklyrr towards some boulders, allowing Strung to trap it under his energy net. Solay then leads the creature into the electrical cage while Nubs locks it. 
===The unscrupulous client===
The jubilant Strung brings the blue aklyrr and the Jedi to a grassy plain where he has arranged to rendezvous with his client. Solay reassures the frightened aklyrr that the client will bring the creature to a better place. Shortly later, the client's Draiven Bosh's shuttlesleek, luxurious starship arrives. Draiven Bosh exits the shuttle's gangplank. Solay is horrified to discover that the unscrupulous Bosh is Strung's client and warns Strung that he only collects things for himself and doesn't care if the animal is happy. Strung is conflicted but says that Bosh promised him a lot of credits which he badly needs. 
Bosh is annoyed to see the three Jedi younglings here due to their past entanglements but insists on taking the blue aklyrr. Solay and her friends protest but the businessman reminds them that he had made a deal with Strung. Strung is uneasy and withdraws to consult with his Jedi friends. Strung says that he badly needs the money but Brightstar warns that Bosh only wants the creature because it is rare. Solay adds that it is wrong to remove animals from their natural habitat and home. Bosh begins to have second thoughts about his deal with Bosh.
===Freeing the akylrr===
Growing impatient, Bosh hurls a smoke bomb at the group and pushes the cage towards the ramp. He calls K-2PL and R4-13 to help him load the aklyrr's cage aboard his shuttle. After Bosh reneges on their deal, Strung concludes that Bosh is not a good person. While Bosh boasts about obtaining an akylrr without having to pay Strung, Strung uses a rock to jam the landing ramp's hydraulic mechanism. The Jedi and Strung board Bosh's shuttle and confront him. Strung wears a pair of jet boots. 
While the Jedi engage the droids, Strung faces down Bosh, who wields a large blade but drops it. Bosh attempts to bribe Strung by doubling the deal. However, Strung rejects the deal and instead frees the blue aklyrr from its cage. The aklyrr gallops off the ship, much to deny Bosh's dismay. When Bosh demands that the Jedi unhand his droids, Solay forces him to promise not to hunt the blue aklyrr again. The businessman acquiesces and the Jedi release the droids. Strung backslaps Bosh before leaving. Bosh orders K-2PL and R4-13 to depart. However, they are delayed when the ramp breaks off. 
The Jedi younglings recount their adventure to the townsfolk. Out of gratitude to Strung for freeing the blue aklyrr, the brown-haired human man says that the townsfolk will repair Strung's ship for free. Strung thanks the townsfolk and Jedi. He also says that he will think twice about who he works for. When an alien townsfolk asks about what the blue aklyrr looked like, Solay says it was beautiful while Strung adds that it likes to eat teega leaves. The freed blue aklyrr watches from a hill above the settlement.
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==Notes and references==
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