The Clone Wars: Procedure

The Clone Wars: Procedure is a six-page web comic posted on Star Wars.com on October 6, 2008. It leads directly into the The Clone Wars episode Shadow of Malevolence. It was based off an idea by Henry Gilroy, written by Pablo Hidalgo, and drawn and lettered by Grant Gould. Preocedure details how Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker tries obtain the new BTL-B Y-wing starfighters to combat the Separatist's new weapon.

Plot
Anakin Skywalker speaks to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and Senator Ask Aak via hologram, asking them whether or not he can use the new Y-wings starfighters against the Confederacy's new weapon. Senator Aak tells him that the Y-wings require field testing for at least another three weeks, and are therefore not ready yet. Anakin expresses his disapointement and cuts off communications, and after talking things over with his padawan, Ashoka Tano, Skywalker decides that he will obtain the starfighters himself. Skyalker, his personal astromech droid R2-D2, Tano, and Shadow squadron take off in the Twilight towards the Bormus Testing Facility where the Y-wings are still stationed. When they reach the facility, Anakin speaks to a Gran working at the facility while Matchstick and Broadside of Shadow squadron secure the fighters. R2-D2 gives the worker faked documents saying that Skywalker can take the new starfighters, but the Gran refuses to give the Jedi the Y-wings because it violates procedure. However, after Skywalker and Tano bring up telling the Supreme Chancellor about how the Gran delayed their efforts, the worker allows Skywalker to take the fighters. A few minutes later, Anakin and the Shadow Squadron take off in the new Y-wings, with Anakin commenting that they may need some fine tuning.

Characters

 * Ask Aak
 * Broadside
 * Matchstick
 * Palpatine
 * R2-D2
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Ahsoka Tano

Droid models

 * R2-series astromech droid

Locations

 * Bormus
 * Bormus Testing Facility
 * Coruscant
 * Republic Executive Building
 * Chancellor's Suite

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * Galactic Republic
 * Galactic Senate
 * Senator
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Clone trooper
 * Clone trooper pilot
 * Shadow Squadron
 * Supreme Chancellor
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi General

Sentient species

 * Gran
 * Human
 * Togruta

Vehicles and vessels

 * BTL-B Y-wing starfighter
 * G9 Rigger freighter
 * Twilight
 * Subjugator-class heavy cruiser
 * Malevolence
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer

Weapons and technology

 * Blaster

Behind the scenes
The Clone Wars: Procedure was posted on Star Wars.com on October 6, 2008. It was based off an idea by Henry Gilroy, written by Pablo Hidalgo, cover art by Steven D. Anderson, and drawn and lettered by Grant Gould. Procedure leads directly into "Shadow of Malevolence", an episode in the first season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars..