Clone Wars

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Anakin is much better as a cartoon.

It wasn't bad. The story was better than the movie but it had a television feel to the plot. All the motivation was very straightforward. Must rescue jabba's son. Must climb to castle. Must call Obi-wan. The battles were big and I liked them, but they were, much like the plot, very straight forward. Everybody's form of attack was to walk straight at your attacker as they fired at you.

I was oddly attracted to the female cartoon villain. They gave her a tank top for some reason. Maybe it's time to go back to the Zombie Strippers.

The movie did have the effect of making me want to see some of the series. But not a great deal.

I followed this up with the South Park episode about Indianna Jones and the Crystal Skull. Basically Spielberg and Lucas spend the episode raping Indy. It seemed appropriate.

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s7e5 - Ashoka's tale picks up where it left off when she left the jedi order.  I'll tune in for her story arc, to see how she'll get to the Mandolorian, and to see when Maul returns.  I might go back to fill in some of Ashoka's tale.  Maul has a lot of loose ends.  His arc in Clone Wars and Solo are left dangling.  There's some resolution in Rebels, but then again, that's what we thought about Phantom Menace.  And Rebels really left Ashoka dangling. I'm hoping he can make it all the way to Mandolorian somehow.  If Ashoka can do it, so can Maul.

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s7e8: Maul is back but only as a hologram and the leader of the Crimson Dawn. Ashoka looses her newfound friends from e5 in a some filler story arc. Now we're back to the main story, leading into EPIII: RotS.

s7e9: Ashoka rejoins Anakin and Obiwan but only for a moment, just enough time for Anakin to give her her long and short lightsabers. Then she's off to hunt down Maul... on Mandalore. Ashoka shows she's still got great lightsaber game in the raid on Mandalore. This episode ends with the cliffhanger of Maul and Ashoka face-to-face in the Mandalorian sewers. Let there be lightsaber fights. 

Of course we know they will both survive because Maul appears in Solo and then again with Ashoka in Rebels. 

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s7e10 This ep starts with a lightsaber duel and ends with an epic lightsaber duel. Maul v Ashoka. And in the backdrop, Mandalorians v Mandalorians. Good ep. 

Clone Wars is now on the precipice of Order 66.

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Ray still gotz the power of the darkside.

Watch the Original Darth Maul Help Bring [i]Clone Wars[/i]' Most Incredible Lightsaber Duel to Life


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[url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/that-incredible-clone-wars-fight-is-even-better-when-it-1843112047]Ahsoka and Darth Maul’s duel for the planet Mandalore on last week’s jaw-dropping [i]Clone Wars[/i] wasn’t just perhaps the best ever lightsaber duel on the entire show: it might just be the best ever lightsaber duel in [i]Star Wars[/i], full stop. This behind-the-scenes look offers plenty of evidence as to why because it’s clear Lucasfilm pulled out all the stops for it.
Legendary stuntman Ray Park physically embodied the live-action versions of Maul in [i]The Phantom Menace[/i] and for his brief appearance in [i]Solo: A Star Wars Story[/i], although he was dubbed over by Peter Serafinowicz and [i]Clone Wars[/i] actor Sam Witwer, respectively. This new featurette taking a deep-dive into what went into the fight is almost as mindblowing as the episode itself because you get to see Park step into the now-metallic shoes of the Dark Side acolyte once more.



Turns out the dude can still twirl a stick around like a double-bladed lightsaber [i]real[/i] good.
It’s an absolute delight to see Park take on mocap duties to help inform Maul’s abilities once more—matched up against the equally-admirable-to-watch stunt artist Lauren Mary Kim, who provided mocap for Ahsoka’s balletic, two-weapon fighting style. But as the featurette highlights, mocap wasn’t the only thing that went into making this fight the beautiful spectacle it was: it truly was an amalgam of Kim and Park’s stuntwork, enhanced by [i]Clone Wars[/i] animation team to include the Force-driven flips and leaps and stylization that has become the hallmark of the show’s aesthetic, matched by two incredible performances in Sam Witwer and Ashley Eckstein.

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Couldn’t get e11. Just my luck right now. That was clearly the order 66 Ep

The finale was okay. It sets up Rebels and Vader. It was more about e10 and probably e11.

The finale season isn’t that interesting. Most of it was this subplot for Ashoka that was just filler. The Maul reappearance was great and it somewhat concludes his story arc in this, sending him on to the next series in the franchise. Just watch that part. Ashoka is good but it’s about Maul.

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Really just go to the last 3 eps. Not the emotional goodbye I was hoping for. Made me want to rewatch Rebels

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Went back for e11. So Clone Wars concludes with a 4-ep (9-12) series dubbed the Siege of Mandalore. Clone eps are about 24 mins long so the concluding series is really just one movie, and it's worth the watch. It takes us through Order 66 and sets up Mandalorian S2. If you only watch this piece of Clone Wars, it's all you'll need, although Maul's and Ashoka's story arcs are solid - those you'll have to dig for - use wookiepedia.

[Greg]

Seen it. Noticed that everybody runs like the Toy Soldiers in the Toy Story movie. And I'm not a big fan of the character designs. I thought we were going to see Dark Saber and Bo-Katan back story, but no. I feel lied to.

But it was fun. Lots of action and adventure. Lots of light saber duels. Some good action sequence. It does make some stuff cleared. tQ said it made her want to see Reveng of the Sith again. I concurred.

One reviewer doesn't like the show because it redeems Revenge of the Sith. I might go back and watch more but I'm still put off by the character styling.

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I thought we were going to see Dark Saber and Bo-Katan back story, but no. I feel lied to.

No, that's all in Rebels http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/s...p?tid=3209

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I got into this big conversation with a fellow fan unaware of Dark Saber lore and pulled this up from Clone Wars so I'm sharing so you don't have to watch all of that to get there. Pre Vizsla was the only Mandalorian Jedi and made the Dark Saber, which is a one of a kind weapon.