The Clone Wars Prove Qui-Gon Influenced Anakin More Than Fans Realize
When Anakin Skywalker questions the orders of a Republic Admiral during a Star Wars comic set during the Clone Wars, it reveals that Qui-Gon Jinn's moral philosophy had a deep impact on the young Jedi. Unlike other iterations of the character, the comic Star Wars: Age of Republic — Anakin Skywalker fleshes out Anakin's disagreements with how the Clone Wars were fought.
The Clone Wars was a three-year battle between the Galatic Republic and the Separatists. One of the key differences between both sides was that the Galactic Republic used human clone armies created on Kamino and commissioned by the long-dead Jedi Sifo Dyas. Contrarily, the Separatists commissioned a vast army of Battle Droids that had no soul and were meant to simply follow orders. Additionally, the Galactic Republic had an espionage service that partook in covert missions to gather intelligence on the Separatists. But this also put the Republic at risk of being fed misinformation as a trick so they would wrongfully attack innocents.
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Star Wars: Age of Republic — Anakin Skywalker is written by Jody Houser with art by Cory Smith and Wilton Santos. The comic starts by showing Anakin's perspective on a battle between Republic and Separatist forces in the Corvair Sector. When Republic Admiral Yularen proposes to blow up an entire foundry full of droids on the nearby third moon of Kudon, Anakin realizes that the foundry's human workers will also be inside. The result of the attack, he says, will be "killing everyone inside. Living beings, not droid soldiers." The young Jedi opposes this plan, reminding Yularen that these beings inside "aren't soldiers. They're workers." While Anakin
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