The lightsaber used to be a special weapon that only those skilled in the Force could properly wield, but as the anthology Star Wars: Age of Republic Special #1 shows, they’re pretty much giving them to anyone with opposable thumbs these days. The short story titled “501 Plus One” is set in the Clone Wars era during the Battle of Mimban where Commander Rex is tasked with both protecting Senator Jar Jar Binks and bringing down the enemy shield generator, but when tragedy strikes it leads to a short-lived badass moment for Binks.
During the firefight, Jedi Master Laan Tik is killed, forcing Rex to retreat his forces without taking down the shield generator. After he sees to it that his troops and Binks are safe, Rex sneaks out to finish the mission by himself, not wanting to further risk the lives of his men, but he takes a laser bolt to the shoulder and falls to the ground just short of his goal. As the battle droids approach to finish off Rex, a lightsaber suddenly chops them down to size. Rex is confused, thinking it might be Laan Tik somehow returned from the dead, but his savior is revealed to be none other than Jar Jar Binks weilding the blue lightsaber of the fallen Jedi.
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During the firefight, Jedi Master Laan Tik is killed, forcing Rex to retreat his forces without taking down the shield generator. After he sees to it that his troops and Binks are safe, Rex sneaks out to finish the mission by himself, not wanting to further risk the lives of his men, but he takes a laser bolt to the shoulder and falls to the ground just short of his goal. As the battle droids approach to finish off Rex, a lightsaber suddenly chops them down to size. Rex is confused, thinking it might be Laan Tik somehow returned from the dead, but his savior is revealed to be none other than Jar Jar Binks weilding the blue lightsaber of the fallen Jedi.
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