Star Wars: The Clone Wars Gamibit: Siege

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Gambit: Siege, an Expanded Universe novel – the sequal to Clone Wars Gambit: Stealty – was written by Karen Miller. This tale takes place during the Rise of the Empire era, during the clone wars, 21 years before the battle of Yavin.

SUMMARY

The story picks up right where we left off, with Anakin & Kenobi in a spaceship on Lanteeb. Sadly, the duo crash their ship and need to seek shelter immediately, before the droid army discovers their location. Ahsoka is growing anxious to hear back from her master; a bad feeling is filling her gut.

Dooku is losing his patience with General Durd as he’s wanting his plans to come to fruition; Durd just can’t get the work done in a timely manner. Meanwhile, Bail Organa has a scientist breaking down the elements of the developing bioweapon, to create an antidote.

Kenobi and Anakin hide out with in a small community that is mining the very substance (unknowingly), that’s used in the bioweapon that Durd has created. Trouble eventually finds them, and as a result, brings alarm to the community.

OVERALL THOUGHTS 

A strange way to split this series into two books, why the Gambit books weren’t combined into just one book is baffling to me.

While I was enjoying the first book in this series, I was bored out of my mind with the second instalment. It was was like a Clone Wars episode that just wouldn’t end. Everyone was irritated with each other. Real life bickering and confrontation is bad enough, don’t care to read about it in an entire Star Wars novel.

A little foreshadowing of Anakin becoming man & machine happens, and it’s pretty dumb. He surrenders himself to become one with a machine. It’s mentioned that he can’t burn, because he’s machine… but you know… eventually he WILL burn and become machine.

“Let your feelings guide you Anakin, and you won’t go far wrong.”
– Obi-Wan Kenobi. Kenobi delivers what is most likely the worst advice ever given to Anakin Skywalker.

The author pulls the curtain back on the Jedi Order, revealing that the Jedi are full of secrets. The guardians of peace have little to no control of the events unfolding all across the galaxy, and they truly are afraid.

Do I recommend you pick up Star Wars: The Clone Wars Gambit: Siege? No.

RATING

I give The Clone Wars novelization 2.5 out of 5 stars; C-.