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  • Obi-Wan Kenobi is basically a walking, snarking funny moment in these books, especially when interacting with Anakin and Bail Organa, who are no slouches in the snark department themselves.
  • Anakin pestering Obi-Wan until he gives in and reveals the full nature of the injuries he received in the terrorist attack.
    Anakin: So. What was the damage?
    Obi-Wan (evasively): Various bumps and bruises. A bit of scorching. A cut here and there.
    Anakin (skeptical): And?
    Obi-Wan (uncomfortable): And really, there is no need to make a fuss. I hardly think I look at death's door. Do you?
    Anakin: Not now you don't. But then, everyone knows Master Vokara Che is a genius. So- what else?
    Obi-Wan (mumbling): Concussion. Broken hand. Broken leg. Broken shoulder. Cracked pelvis. Four broken ribs and a punctured lung. One or two internal organs jostled a bit.
    Anakin (Sarcasm Mode): Is that all? And to think I thought it was actually serious. That should teach me to overreact.
  • Obi-Wan's reaction to Bail's protestation that Lanteeb won't be as bad as Zigoola is both hilarious and provokes a ridiculous mental image.
    Bail: Have you ever heard of a planet called Lanteeb?
    Obi-Wan: We are not having this conversation. At this very moment I am asleep in the Jedi Temple having a nightmare.
    Bail: Hey, it's not that bad. I happen to know where Lanteeb is and it's nowhere near Wild Space. It's a back-world of the Outer Rim.
    Obi-Wan: And that, of course, makes things so much better. We should take the entire Jedi Council there for a picnic.
  • In Stealth, first a clone medic, then Anakin, then Admiral Yularen and then Bail Organa all make the mistake of making a fuss about Obi-Wan's injuries, causing a long progression of funny moments as he gets increasingly more irate. Let's just say that Obi-Wan really hates showing any signs of weakness.
  • Bail Organa deciding to confront Obi-Wan about how awful he looks whilst he is driving, so that Obi-Wan doesn't pitch him over the side of the speeder. He then threatens to throw Obi-Wan out of the speeder if he continues to claim that he's fine.
  • Bail warns Obi-Wan not to take more out of his bank account than he has in (in other words, don't over-exhaust himself). Obi-Wan tells him that Jedi don't have bank accounts.
  • Greti, a girl Obi-Wan has befriended and mentored, has never met any aliens. When she meets Ahsoka, she asks why Ahsoka doesn't have any hair. Needled, Ahsoka tells her that she's a Togruta, and not everyone needs, likes, or even wants hair. And then the notably bald Mace Windu walks up, and Greti innocently asks if he's a Togruta, too.
  • Obi-Wan at his Determinator best: He's not losing, just...not winning at the moment.
  • Pellaeon requesting that Ahsoka should wear more covering clothes on his ship because her outfit is too exposed in both a exposed-to-the-elements way and an Age-Inappropriate Dress way.
  • Watching Palpatine absolutely flip out on the rare occasion that the Jedi get in his way/go behind his back without him knowing is just wonderful. Particularly watching him bite his tongue as he tries desperately to bite his tongue and keep up the "affable Supreme Chancellor" act.

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