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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (February 21 on Disney+) |OT| Somehow, this show returned
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Syfo-Dyas died right around the exact same time Maul was defeated on Naboo. Maul likely has some idea of what was intended for the Clones.
Maul knew about the clone war plan, seeing as how he mentions to Savage that it started without him. I imagine that he would have served a role similar to Grievous, i.e. a military commander. They could still use Dooku as the charismatic figurehead, only difference is that he doesn't become Palpatine's apprentice.
This is literally where the fun begins.
So some merch from Ashley Eckstein's clothing line might have spoiled something thats towards the end of the arc:
The description reads:
"Show your true allegiance to the dark side of the Force in this athletic jersey tank! Darth Vader makes a statement in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, just like this tank will in your closet."
The description reads:
"Show your true allegiance to the dark side of the Force in this athletic jersey tank! Darth Vader makes a statement in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, just like this tank will in your closet."
So some merch from Ashley Eckstein's clothing line might have spoiled something thats towards the end of the arc:
The description reads:
"Show your true allegiance to the dark side of the Force in this athletic jersey tank! Darth Vader makes a statement in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, just like this tank will in your closet."
The waiting is killing me!
Imagine telling someone back when ROTS came out that actually around the same time the movie was happening Darth Maul returned, took over Mandalore, and is fighting Anakin's former apprentice.
So some merch from Ashley Eckstein's clothing line might have spoiled something thats towards the end of the arc:
The description reads:
"Show your true allegiance to the dark side of the Force in this athletic jersey tank! Darth Vader makes a statement in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, just like this tank will in your closet."
No fuckin' way.
So Darth Vader is going to be in the final episode? They say he makes a "statement", so is he going to get a Rogue One moment?
Prediction:
The series will end with Vader giving a speech to some captured Padawans that would eventually become Inquisitors.
It will be awesome
It's so clear they spent the lion's share of their budget on this arc. I imagine that's why they had to go with near-done and/or sucky arcs earlier on this season.
Barriss Offee is also a loose end that has yet to be taken care of or addressed over all these years. I wonder if they'll just make her an inquisitor as everyone theorized.
There were other arcs closer to done than the Ahsoka arc, of which they also heavily changed from the original plan they had for that arc. Only the first episode of it had made it to the preliminary animation stage, and that is the only one that is pretty close to their original plan for the arc.
Yeah, but that one reused a ton of assets, including having basically interchangeable, generic Pykes and Mandalorians. It also had very little in terms of choreography and not much in terms of settings.
And that somehow it all makes sense, is completely earned, and is well-executed, and not some crazy bullshit from a random comic.
That would make Maul offing that inquisitor in Rebels even more brutal.
I watched all of Clone Wars and I am all caught up on this season but I am only at the halfway mark of Season 2... is there any indication that tonight's episode will be rewarding for those who are caught up on Rebels? I might wait until I catch up before I watch tonight's episode if that's the case.
You're probably fine without it?? Unless they throw is some cameo appearances, there were a couple in the first episode of the arc.
Finish season 2 of Rebels which should make the next episode more rewarding.
Rebels is set many years after TCW and ROTS. This season/Clone Wars in general is not assuming you have seen Rebels at all. There are a couple of small easter eggs (like padwan Kanan) for people who have in fact seen Rebels, but these are very blink and you miss it little things that don't have an effect on the story being told here at all. Therefore, watching Rebels really won't illuminate anything in tonight's episodes. In fact, if you haven't seen all of Rebels yet I am of the opinion that you should just wait. They do talk in that show about the end of The Clone Wars, which this arc is depicting, and actually seeing these things play out is going to give you a different sort of context for viewing those Rebels scenes versus having seen the Rebels stuff first (which you already haven't) and knowing a few things have to happen in this arc.
Dew it! All jokes aside it's a great show that starts out decent and becomes better and better the longer it goes.
I'd personally recommend starting with Season 2 ep12-14, not necessarily continuing from that point but it's a good introduction to the series and is the start of major stuff in the finale.
Do it. If you aren't feeling it when you start, follow this:
Watch all highlighted recommended episodes AND the "Honorable Mentions" episodes. Skip the episodes that aren't marked at all. Also I'd recommend skipping the pilot movie, just know Anakin is given an apprentice named Ahsoka (The orange alien girl).
You should.
Some of the early episodes are little rough, but still worth watching in my opinion.
Each season jumps the quality up by a lot, though, and some of the arcs in this show are all-time great Star Wars stories
You can just skip the rest of the "movie" after they leave the planet were Anakin meets Ahsoka
Hear hear
If you've got the time, just do the whole thing; even the "bad" eps and arcs are flush with personality and are entertaining in their own way.
Like, is R2 and 3PO basically doing Star Wars Gulliver's Travels relevant to the Clone Wars as a whole? Nope, but it's still a fun and weird arc.
People say this type of thing all the time, but the vast majority of people that have followed the watch list, in my experience, end up getting into the show and loving it. People who just decide to watch everything (with a lot of not great stuff being pretty front loaded) it's more 50-50. That watch list works. You can't make people enjoy or not be repulsed by the crappy Jar Jar, droid, Stinky the Hutt stuff.
I'm not saying the watch list doesn't work, I'm saying that watching the whole thing provides for a richer, fuller experience than just keeping to some subjective "essential" list. Yeah, there's a bigger chance of falling off, but seeing it through gives one a more comprehensive and developed view of the show.
But, again, if you don't have the time to do that, 100% just do the big arcs.
That watch-list leaves out Maul's Return Arc from Season 4. How in the world can can a competent TCW watch-list leave out a story arc so essential to the overall plotline?
People who fall in love with the series can always go back and watch the stuff they missed. It's an anthology show anyways. Not all of the episodes are in chronological order even in a normal watch. And the knowledge people have at any one time has been even more compounded now with people watching Rebels before this last season of Clone Wars, or in the future people watching this new season of Clone Wars before they ever touch Rebels.
Except it doesn't. Whoever made that list was dumb and made a distinction between essential and "honorable mention" episodes. But they are still pointed out. And every time I post that list, just like I did in that post, I point out how you need to include the Honorable Mentions in your watch.
Yeah, watching everything turned me off of the show several times.
I don't want have to sit through work tomorrow and wait to watch this so I may wake up a lil early to catch it tomorrow. Heh
this times a billion. Every one of those lists I've seen is missing essential episodes that I like.
One of my favorite episodes. I was laughing my ass off the whole time.
Everyone will hate on this but this is my watch list.
And random thought, I would cast Lee Seydoux as Satine in live action.
2.12. The Mandalore Plot
2.13. Voyage of Temptation
2.14. Duchess of Mandalore
1.05. Rookies
2.16. Cat and Mouse
1.16. The Hidden Enemy
1.02. Rising Malevolence
1.03. Shadow of Malevolence
1.04. Destroy Malevolence
1.09. Cloak of Darkness
2.04. Senate Spy
2.05. Landing at Point Rain
2.06. Weapons Factory
2.07. Legacy of Terror
2.08. Brain Invaders
2.18. The Zillo Beast
2.19. The Zillo Beast Strikes Back
2.20. Death Trap
2.21. R2 Come Home
2.22. Lethal Crackdown
2.09. Grievous Intrigue
2.10. The Deserter
3.10. Heroes on Both Sides
3.11. Pursuit of Peace
3.12. Nightsisters
3.13. Monster
3.14. Witches of the Mist
3.15. Overlords
3.16. Altar of Mortis
3.17. Ghosts of Mortis
3.18. The Citadel
3.19. Counterattack
3.20. Citadel Rescue
3.21. Padawan Lost
3.22. Wookiee Hunt
4.07. Darkness on Umbara
4.08. The General
4.09. Plan of Dissent
4.10. Carnage of Krell
4.11. Kidnapped
4.12. Slaves of the Republic
4.13. Escape from Kadavo
4.14. A Friend in Need
4.15. Deception
4.16. Friends and Enemies
4.17. The Box
4.18. Crisis on Naboo
4.19. Massacre
4.21. Brothers
4.22. Revenge
5.02. A War on Two Fronts
5.03. Front Runners
5.04. The Soft War
5.05. Tipping Points
5.01. Revival
5.14. Eminence
5.15. Shades of Reason
5.16. The Lawless
5.17. Sabotage
5.18. The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
5.19. To Catch a Jedi
5.20. The Wrong Jedi
6.05. An Old Friend
6.06. The Rise of Clovis
6.07. Crisis at the Heart
6.01. The Unknown
6.02. Conspiracy
6.03. Fugitive
6.04. Orders
6.10. The Lost Ones
6.11. Voics
6.12. Destiny
6.13. Sacrifice
7.01. The Bad Batch
7.02. A Distant Echo
7.03. On the Wings of Keeradaks
7.04. Unfinished Business
7.09. Old Friends Not Forgotten
2.13. Voyage of Temptation
2.14. Duchess of Mandalore
1.05. Rookies
2.16. Cat and Mouse
1.16. The Hidden Enemy
1.02. Rising Malevolence
1.03. Shadow of Malevolence
1.04. Destroy Malevolence
1.09. Cloak of Darkness
2.04. Senate Spy
2.05. Landing at Point Rain
2.06. Weapons Factory
2.07. Legacy of Terror
2.08. Brain Invaders
2.18. The Zillo Beast
2.19. The Zillo Beast Strikes Back
2.20. Death Trap
2.21. R2 Come Home
2.22. Lethal Crackdown
2.09. Grievous Intrigue
2.10. The Deserter
3.10. Heroes on Both Sides
3.11. Pursuit of Peace
3.12. Nightsisters
3.13. Monster
3.14. Witches of the Mist
3.15. Overlords
3.16. Altar of Mortis
3.17. Ghosts of Mortis
3.18. The Citadel
3.19. Counterattack
3.20. Citadel Rescue
3.21. Padawan Lost
3.22. Wookiee Hunt
4.07. Darkness on Umbara
4.08. The General
4.09. Plan of Dissent
4.10. Carnage of Krell
4.11. Kidnapped
4.12. Slaves of the Republic
4.13. Escape from Kadavo
4.14. A Friend in Need
4.15. Deception
4.16. Friends and Enemies
4.17. The Box
4.18. Crisis on Naboo
4.19. Massacre
4.21. Brothers
4.22. Revenge
5.02. A War on Two Fronts
5.03. Front Runners
5.04. The Soft War
5.05. Tipping Points
5.01. Revival
5.14. Eminence
5.15. Shades of Reason
5.16. The Lawless
5.17. Sabotage
5.18. The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
5.19. To Catch a Jedi
5.20. The Wrong Jedi
6.05. An Old Friend
6.06. The Rise of Clovis
6.07. Crisis at the Heart
6.01. The Unknown
6.02. Conspiracy
6.03. Fugitive
6.04. Orders
6.10. The Lost Ones
6.11. Voics
6.12. Destiny
6.13. Sacrifice
7.01. The Bad Batch
7.02. A Distant Echo
7.03. On the Wings of Keeradaks
7.04. Unfinished Business
7.09. Old Friends Not Forgotten
And random thought, I would cast Lee Seydoux as Satine in live action.
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I hate this guide so much....Do it. If you aren't feeling it when you start, follow this:
Watch all highlighted recommended episodes AND the "Honorable Mentions" episodes. Skip the episodes that aren't marked at all. Also I'd recommend skipping the pilot movie, just know Anakin is given an apprentice named Ahsoka (The orange alien girl).
Can someone please make one that includes all the honorable mentions as "must watch" along with the highlighted ones?
Also update it to include the final season episodes.
