Yoda #2 has the Jedi Master continue to help the young Scalvi with unintended consequences! He is on the Jedi Council in the time of the High Republic. Yoda takes a mission to answer the distress signal from Turrak. Then, Yoda becomes entangled in the life of villagers and the raiders. He stays to resolve the situation. The Phil Noto cover has Yoda with his green lightsaber, as a wave crests to his side, a town on the other, and the reddish sky has the face of the Crulko leader, Riak! The second part of Light and Life, “The Raid”, is by Cavan Scott and Nico Leon. The station, The Wheel, above the Mid-Rim world, Besh Gorgon has two Jedi Masters greet Yoda. The planet comes from Scott’s story in Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018. They are Grand Master Pra-Tre Veter and Ela Sutan. The Jedi Masters ask him about moved to help the native Scalvi. He shows them a musical instrument called a Taratti. It makes me think of the African kalimba. Yoda is not good at playing it, but learning.
We move to Turrak, his young friends, Litah and Bree, see Yoda’s shuttle landing. They are excited to see Yoda’s return after a few days. Bree shows him the watchtower made of wood, cloth, and rope. Yoda reminds Litah that he doesn’t use The Force as a shortcut. An awkward Scalvi boy, Trikk, tips over some wood from the tower, Bree rushes to pull away a young child as the wood planks fall! Then, they stop in mid-air, we see Yoda with his eyes closed reaching out with The Force. Nice image of Yoda! Trikk tries to apologize to Bree. Yoda reports in to the Jedi Council on Coruscant. While he advises the Scalvi help repair, build, and train. Bree gets into a fight with the larger Trikk over a device, but Yoda tells them to stop and senses - an explosion as the Cruklon start their raid! Trikk uses his staff to block the staff of the larger, female Cruklon, Klask! She trips him up with her staff. Bree wants help from Yoda as Klask is about to bring down her staff on Trikk!
Litah kicks her away. Bree slides over to the device, the activator, and clicks it to send a piercing noise that is painful to the Cruklon. The raiders retreat and Bree shuts down the activator. He says he got the idea of Yoda’s story on Dalna, an Outer Rim planet. A female Scalvi shows Litah Yoda’s lightsaber! They search for him in the village, but can’t find him! The youths find a Cruklon skiff with weapons and Bree wants to use them to free Yoda from the raiders! At the industrial Cruklon Platform at twilight, Riak is sick. Klask checks on him and he only tells her about the failed raid. She tells him about the prisoner. Not about the sonic weapon that the Scalvi used? In a darkened room, we see Yoda bound in ropes, Riak rages that he wants his help like with the Scalvi. Yoda is silent. He hears an explosion and the alarm sounds. He is blasted in the shoulder, his necklace like an Ogun warrior necklace, large beads, is shattered. Above them are Trikk with a large blaster rifle, Bree with Yoda’s lightsaber, and Litah with a blaster pistol. They are youths, well intended, but don’t realize the cost of battle! Yoda #2 has action, the effect of war on the young, with a dramatic ending!
Four Lightsabers out of Five!
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