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| Topic | Just finished Clone Wars. Thoughts on the whole series and each arc. |
| LightningStrikes 02/28/23 7:43:52 AM #10: | Im really looking forward to it whenever I get a spare momemt! Season 4 - This is where the show really takes off and becomes great. Unfortunately you wouldnt know that from the first chunk of the season! The Mon Cala Arc Dreadfully dull action-focused arc with one of the most annoying characters in the series. The problem is they want to do a Return of the King-type story but the king in question is a totally uninspiring kid with nothing to offer the people. Its really weird how Shadow Warrior This is such a strange episode. That seems to be par for the course for Jar Jar episodes but this one disturbed me by The Droid Adventures Arc A silly pointless pair of episodes that are not very good but some of the gags do work. I like that the clones at the start know theyre in a filler episode and complain about it. I also like when R2 and 3PO kill a dictator, declare that they have brought democracy and just leave while burning the people with their engines on the way out. Now THIS is political satire! The Umbara Arc Time for the show to get great. One of the all-time great Clone Wars arcs, just an incredible war story focused on the clones and the difficult decisions they have to make in the face of incompetent or actively malignant leadership. The fact that the show is willing to deal with concepts like executions and fragging at all is impressive but they handle it pretty well besides. To add to all of that Pong Krell is one of the most hateable characters in Star Wars. There are some complaints about This arc is also just well constructed, the way they make the war look here is unlike anything in the show before, absolutely hellish. It shows that you can make sci-fi action show about war without glorifying it. The Kadavo Arc The one with the furry slavers. Overall this arc is fine but there are a few highlights. Some solid development for Anakin here with his reactions towards slavery though I think the next big arc develops him better. Also Rex killing that guy was genuinely quite shocking. A Friend in Need Even more than the first Mandalore arc this just feels like a flashback episode of the Mandalorian. While it would have been better as a two-parter its good stuff. Also Ahsoka decapitating four people at once is something that happens in a kids show. The Obi-Wan Undercover Arc This is another great arc. You get some really good development for Obi-Wan and Anakin where Anakin struggles to keep it together while he believes that Obi-Wan has died. There is the predecessor to the prison arc from Andor. There is the greatest scam I have ever seen with the two brothers and the ship. There is a great fun semi-standalone death game story in the third episode. What brings it all together though is in the final episode where it becomes clear that The Return of Maul Arc This is kind of an arc in two halves. First of which we have Asajj Ventress losing her sisters then becoming a bounty hunter. The scene where the nightsisters are killed is fairly strong, it highlights the power of the Separatists and makes Grievous intimidating again. I also like how later Asajj stabs the guy harassing her in the crotch. Also theres a human trafficking/sex slavery storyline which I did not expect! The second half is all about Savage and Maul. When it was confirmed they were bringing Maul back, I think myself and a lot of people not keeping up with the show thought that was frankly a very stupid idea. However its very well done here. They actually use it to flesh out his character and show the impacts of the way he was defeated and discarded on him. Theres also an entertaining snake guy. Another excellent arc. --- I just decided to change this sig. Blaaaaaaargh azuarc ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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