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"Prize Contender" is a short comic story published in Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.11.

Plot summary[]

On Coruscant, about 80 klicks from the Galactic Senate in the Criminal underworld, jedi knight Anakin Skywalker and padawan Ahsoka Tano searches for the traitor Raice Liq from the Banking Clan at an illegal Rancor gladiatorial arena, due to Anakin having information that the arena is used by Separatists to smuggle stolen weapons data. Keeping a low profile in the spectator area, Anakin spots Raice in the act of trading with a Toydarian in the spectator stands. Anakin quickly acts and runs through the spectator stands towards Raice, which Raice takes notice of and announces the presence of the jedi in the arena in order to cause a riot.

As Raice tries running away in the crowd, Ahsoka falls into the Rancor pit facing up against two rancors, one of them named Old One-Eye, she ignites her lightsaber seeing no other way out of trouble than to fight. Ahsoka is eventually caught in the claws of one of the rancors and Anakin breaks off his chase with Raice to rescue his padawan, Raice then runs into a droid while distracted looking towards Anakin, and falls unconscious. Ahsoka is saved just before almost being swallowed by the rancor as Anakin connects with the beasts through force meditation.

Anakin and Ahsoka then proceed to ride the now tamed rancors as they announce to all the spectators that they're all under arrest for illegal gambling and attacking a jedi knight, Ahsoka then contacts Captain Rex at Anakin's command, asking for transport for 200 criminals. Raice then awakes faced with the jedi riding the rancors as clone trooper reinforcements storm the arena, Raice is then immediately arrested.

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  1. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.10 is the September issue of the series according to its cover, and previous issues are published in the month prior to the month listed on its cover. Thus, issue 6.10 was published around August.
  2. This story is set before "Heroes on Both Sides" (21 BBY), which marks the debut of revamped appearances for several main characters. Considering that the comics featured in Star Wars Comic UK are published in chronological order, and that "Burn the Behemoth!" is the first comic in the series to feature the new character models, it can be concluded that "Prize Contender" takes place in 22 BBY.
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