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4	''Clone Wars Gambit'' is a series of five books that expand on the story of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. The first book loosely covers the film, while the others are new stories set in the same era, generally during or between episodes of the show. Originally, Creator/KarenTraviss was going to write three of the books, and Creator/KarenMiller would write two. However, Miller was later set to write the last novel as well instead of Traviss, who has [[http://clubjade.net/?p=18822 completely stopped writing]] in the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse''.
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6	* ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' by Karen Traviss—July 26, 2008
7	* ''The Clone Wars: Wild Space'' by Karen Miller—December 9, 2008
8	* ''The Clone Wars: No Prisoners'' by Karen Traviss—May 19, 2009
9	* ''Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth'' by Karen Miller—February 23, 2010
10	* ''Clone Wars Gambit: Siege'' by Karen Miller—July 6, 2010
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12	In spite of Disney's decision to keep the parent material canon and place everything else under an AlternateContinuity, these works are now no longer considered to be canonical to ''The Clone Wars'', and by extension, the new Expanded Universe and the franchise as a whole.
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14	!!These books contain examples of:
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16	* ActionGirl: Ahsoka, Taria, Aayla, all the female Jedi, and occasionally Padme are just as capable of throwing down as the male Jedi and clone troopers.
17	* AdaptationExpansion: [[Literature/TheCallistaTrilogy Callista Ming and Master Djinn Altis]], who both fought in the Clone Wars, have their backgrounds as veterans of said war properly fleshed out.
18	* AllLovingHero: ''Obi-Wan Kenobi.'' He nearly kills himself healing villagers on Lanteeb, paying no attention to his own deteriorating health.
19	* ArtifactOfDoom: The Sith Holocron on Zigoola, as one would expect from a dark side artifact, proves to be more than a little troublesome.
20	* AscendedExtra: Lok Durd, who was a one-shot VillainOfTheWeek in the ''Clone Wars'' series, becomes the [[ArcVillain main antagonist of the Gambit duology.]]
21	* BigDamnHeroes: It's Star Wars, so of course, quite frequently. [[spoiler: Padme]] rescues Obi-Wan and Bail at the end of Wild Space and [[spoiler:Mace, Ahsoka, Yoda, and half the order]] rescue Obi-Wan and Anakin at the end of "Stealth".
22	* CallForward: Callista and Master Altis, both of whom are prominent characters in Rebellion-era works, show off their prowess as Jedi before the rise of the Empire.
23	* ChasteHero: Averted. The books take George Lucas' comment about Jedi not being celibate and run with it.
24	** The clones are explicitly said to get regular action too.
25	** Taria and Obi-Wan both state that she and Obi-Wan were occasionally more than just friends, though it was brief (and it's unclear just how far they went).
26	** In ''No Prisoners'', future Imperial Admiral Pellaeon is called on to rescue his Intelligence-agent lover, with help from Ahsoka, Rex, and Anakin, and Master Altis's renegade sect of Jedi (including married Jedi).
27	* ContinuityNod:
28	** Dooku notes to Ventress that one day, out of arrogance, some Jedi Master might decide to remove the no-attachment rule and let there be families, which will lead into dynasties. Half a century later, this is how Luke runs the new Jedi Order, and [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy a new Empire]] would be formed from the family of Jagged Fel and Jaina Solo--Luke’s own niece.
29	* {{Determinator}}: Obi-Wan, to a nigh-ridiculous extent. On a Sith planet, unable to access the Light Side, with minimal food and water, undergoing nonstop psychic torture for ''three days straight,'' still retains his mind and inner strength, though there are a couple of close shaves.
30	* TheDragon: Dooku certainly ''thinks'' he's in a BigBadDuumvirate with Darth Sidious, but he's not. In fact, it's pretty clear Palpatine holds him in complete contempt.
31	* EverybodyKnewAlready: By the time Episode III rolls around, it seems half the cast knows about Anakin and Padme's relationship.
32	* AFatherToHisMen: Pellaeon [[ClonesArePeopleToo treats the Clone Troopers as people]] and takes time to talk with them whenever one of their own is killed, since they have no other family to notify.
33	* FireForgedFriends: Bail and Obi-Wan, a politician and a Jedi with a notable distrust for politicians, come to respect one another after their ordeal in "Wild Space."
34	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The passage in "Stealth" where Anakin loses all sense of himself and feels "half-man, half-machine." [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Take a wild guess as to what it could be alluding to.]]
35	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Obi-Wan and Anakin, of the more [[VitriolicBestBuds snappy]] variety as seen in the ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' TV series.
36	* HurtComfortFic: Essentially, a canonical version of what Wild Space was.
37	* ICanStillFight: This, combined with OnlyAFleshWound, is pretty much Obi-Wan's response to any sort of injury, no matter how life threatening it might be. He gets a bit cranky when his friends bring this up, as he hates showing any signs of weakness. It also ties in to his AllLovingHero tendencies, as he invariably puts the needs of others before himself, fighting on if there's still a battle to be won or people to be saved.
38	* JerkassBall: Yoda grabs it to a degree in ''Wild Space''. While him asking Obi-Wan to make it clear to Anakin and Padme that they can't be together is reasonable enough, he does so by alluding to Obi-Wan about his painful romantic history and blames ''him'' for the relationship developing despite [[CassandraTruth Obi-Wan being the one to warn Yoda and Windu that he didn't think having Anakin guard Padme alone was a good idea]]. He also shows no sympathy for the fact that Anakin had lost his mother and urges Obi-Wan to be emotionally distant from Anakin.
39	* TheMentor: Despite having an apprentice of his own, Anakin is still very much a student of Obi-Wan's, while Ahsoka clearly looks up to him as well. Even Greti, a village girl on Lanteeb, becomes Obi-Wan's informal apprentice.
40	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Lok Durd, who was very much a LaughablyEvil LargeHam of a villain in the sole ''Clone Wars'' episode he appeared in, proves to be a surprisingly capable and monstrously vile ArcVillain in the ''Gambit'' duology.
41	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: With the exception of Rex, Jeff Gurner doesn't give any of the clones their distinct accent in the audiobooks.
42	* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Many prominent ''Legends'' characters and ''Clone Wars'' characters are revealed to have history with one another. For example, Pellaeon is an old friend of Rex.
43	%%* PresidentEvil: Chancellor Palpatine. Sorta obvious there.
44	%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Bail Organa, Padme, Yoda.
45	%%** Taria Damsin is one of these characters.
46	* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Obi-Wan and Anakin (''all the time''), Obi-Wan and Ahsoka, Obi-Wan and Bail, Obi-Wan and Padmé... there's kind of a theme here.
47	* WhatMeasureisAMook?: Averted. The deaths of the {{clones\|Are People Too}} are mourned/reflected upon more than once.
48	* VictorianNovelDisease: Essentially, Taria has what appears to be a Space version of Tuberculosis crossed with cancer. It only makes her more beautiful, pale, and tragic.

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