SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story

SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story is a Clone Wars-themed novella written by Abel G. Peña. Originally commissioned for Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club in 2011, it served as a prequel to the 1979 story Star Wars Annual 1: The Long Hunt, written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Mike Vosburg. The creation of SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story lasted three years, which explains why Peña was absent from publishing between 2008 and 2011. That project, however, was put on hold for several years, and the novella was only released on StarWars.com in 2015, as part of "The Other Lost Missions: Rare Clone Wars Comics and Literature, Part 2." The novella also includes "Lone Wolf," a narrative of Obi-Wan Kenobi facing the realities of a Jedi outcast in the immediate aftermath of the Clone Wars.

Publisher's summary
The story unravels early in the Clone Wars, when Anakin is still a Padawan without an apprentice of his own and Obi-Wan takes his pupil's close friend Halagad Ventor under his wing. The three Jedi are given a mandate by the Jedi Council to dethrone a genetics terrorist that has taken control of the distant planet Skye. With the help of the world's native winged inhabitants and a squad of clone commandos, the three Jedi confront the mad scientist and his mutant army in his stronghold upon the planet's highest and most sacred peak.

Anakin Skywalker
When Qui-Gon Jinn of the Jedi Order discovered him on Tatooine, Anakin Skywalker was a nine years old slave boy. Under the tutelage of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Skywalker is becoming one of the most powerful Jedi Knights ever, and some even regard him as the Chosen One of an ancient Jedi prophecy. However, his brash, unruly attitude and his secret love for Padmé Amidala often get the better of him. In the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Skywalker has been made a Jedi Knight, and his skills are put to good use during the conflict.

Obi-Wan Kenobi
A wise yet humorous man, the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi was tasked with teaching Anakin Skywalker the ways of the Force by his dying master, Qui-Gon Jinn. Although he considers Skywalker to be a real friend, that rebellious young man often gives him cause for concern. With the onset of the Clone Wars, Kenobi now serves as a general in the Galactic Republic's army, leading clone troopers on the battlefield.

Halagad Ventor
Much like his friend Anakin Skywalker, the Alderaanian Halagad Ventor is one of a kind. Although strong in the Force, he only started his Jedi training at a late age, under the wing of Everen Ettene. When his master died on Virgillia 7, Ventor went on to serve under General Obi-Wan Kenobi. He has developed a bond of friendship and mutual understanding with Skywalker, and consider General Kenobi to be his new master.