The Clone Wars: Cold Snap
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Jeffery Carlisle[1] |
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Jeffery Carlisle[1] |
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6[1] |
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15[4] |
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- "The weather is not the most deadly thing in Cold Snap!"
- ―Tagline[src]
The Clone Wars: Cold Snap is a six-page web comic in The Clone Wars web comic series, posted on StarWars.com on January 29, 2009. Cold Snap leads directly into "Trespass," an episode in The Clone Wars television series. The comic was written by Pablo Hidalgo, illustrated and colored by Jeffery Carlisle, and lettered by Grant Gould. It tells the story of a clone cold assault trooper nicknamed "Shiv" writing a letter to a fellow trooper, Flanker, telling him about the problems he is facing while stationed at the Glid Station on the ice planet of Orto Plutonia, including the dangerous and mysterious creatures the clones call the "ice men."
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- "Flanker, things aren't going too well now. Commander Mag and I were inspecting an outer sensor, but our Freeco bikes froze solid."
- ―Shiv, writing to his hatchmate, Flanker[src]
A clone cold assault trooper in the Grand Army of the Republic nicknamed "Shiv" is writing a letter on a datapad to Flanker, a fellow clone trooper and hatchmate of his, telling him about being stationed at the Glid Station on the ice world of Orto Plutonia. Shiv jokes about how he and Flanker always thought that due to all the desert training they received, the two of them would be stationed on a water world, but instead, Shiv is now on Orto Plutonia, which he believes is even colder than space. Shiv tells Flanker that his squad has been tasked with testing an assortment of subzero gear, and that not all of it works. Also, the clones' food rations were not shipped in insulated canisters, and the low temperature is freezing them solid. Now, the clones have to boil their food, taking away what little flavor the rations had to start with. Shiv mentions to Flanker that his squad hasn't come across any Confederate battle droids, but have stayed in fighting shape by building snowmen and using them as target practice.
Shiv writes that things got a lot worse when his squad started to encounter a very dangerous and mysterious species that they nicknamed the "ice men." He says that all of the station's patrols that have apparently seen the "ice men" were killed. Shiv tells Flanker that things aren't going well for him right now and reveals that he is on patrol with his commander, Mag. Mag and Shiv's CK-6 swoop bikes have frozen up, leaving the two stranded till dawn until Glid Station can send out a gunship to pick them up. The two have built a small camp and set up a tent, and while Shiv is finishing up his letter in the tent, Mag walks in, wondering why Shiv isn't resting for when it is his turn to take guard duty. Curious, Mag takes the datapad from Shiv's hands, and, after looking it through, he asks who Flanker is. Reluctantly, Shiv tells Mag that Flanker died during the Battle of Christophsis. As soon as Shiv says this, "ice men" attack their camp, ripping open the clones' tent and killing Mag. As Shiv reaches for a blaster pistol, the "ice men" kill him as well, leaving the now-destroyed camp—along with Shiv's letter—to be covered up by the snow.
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[edit] Behind the scenes
The Clone Wars: Cold Snap is a six-page web comic in The Clone Wars web comic series that ties into the television series of the same name.[1] Cold Snap leads directly into "Trespass," an episode in the first season of The Clone Wars television series. The comic establishes the "ice men" and their attacks on Glid Station, which later appear in "Trespass." The episode reveals that the "ice men" are actually a peaceful tribe of Talz who had been attacked by the Separatist battle droids stationed on Orto Plutonia, and in the resulting conflict, the Republic base was caught in the middle.[5]
[edit] Development
The comic was posted on Star Wars.com on January 29, 2009,[3] and was written by Pablo Hidalgo, drawn and colored by Jeffery Carlisle, and lettered by Grant Gould. Special thanks were also given to Leland Chee, Sue Rostoni, and Dave Filoni.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9
The Clone Wars online comic page 117 on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org) - ↑ The Clone Wars online comic page 115 on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Clone Wars archives-fifth page on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Clone Wars online comic page 1 on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Trespass on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
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