Star Wars – how much is connected with them, how many memories and expectations for the future. But this time I would prefer to write about something that I have avoided for a long time. Namely, about the animated series Star wars Clone wars, published in 2008-2014. The clone wars themselves were mentioned in A New Hope, and already in the prequel trilogy they thundered between episodes 2 and 3. Moreover, this series was not the first dedicated to these events; even before Revenge of the Sith, an animated series by Gennady Tartakovsky with the same name was released. And some of the initial episodes were re-edited and released into cinema in a full-length version with the same name. However, it was almost impossible to separate the latter from the series itself, and this was especially facilitated by problems with the chronology, which was simply insane, to say the least. What can we talk about if the first episode chronologically was the 16th episode of the second season, followed by the 6th of the first, a full-length cartoon and the first episode of the third season. However, in the third season, the chronological stripe came to an end and starting from episode 12 everything began to go in order and thank God. I started this season cheerfully, but watching it lasted almost six months, but I continued to take notes about it.
s03e05: Corruption Without particularly rushing, I got around to watching the third season of this show. And what did I see in this series, why did it please me?. Yes, most likely because it looked more like an unintentional comedy. Moreover, the absurdity of this series was caused by its very concept, because a story about the fight against corruption would be more suitable for the Jedi or some kind of investigator, and pursuing a gang of smugglers and a bribe-taking customs officer does not suit Senator Amidala and Duchess Satine at all. And the corruption scheme itself looked unclear, and the investigation was crumpled – I’m used to seeing this in endless NTV procedures, but not here. And the series and story had potential, but in this format it doesn’t work, and wild doses of pathos in the dialogues serve as the cherry on the cake of emptiness.PS: The police regularly carry powerful flamethrowers with them and burn warehouses – SERIOUSLY? Did they escape from Bradbury??
S03E06: The Academy Oh, Mandalore again, corruption again, but now spiced up with Ahsoka and four kids. No, I have nothing against children, but a shkolota cheerfully revealing the corruption schemes of the power elite is too much. And if free access to the duchess and the prime minister on speed dial is quite understandable – after all, golden youth and relatives of top bureaucrats, then the investigation itself: its reasons and course are described simply in the most stupid way. And yes, I remember in one of the previous episodes I pointed out that something on Mandalore is full of traitors and I wouldn’t be surprised at the prime minister’s sins, but the fact that the head of government would stupidly speculate on food and sell it to the left – “Hobbots are petty”. And now I already think that Mandalore is stupidly doomed – after all, the system rests only on the personality of the Duchess, remove this element and the whole system will collapse: everything will be filled with corrupt officials and the Death Watch. And Satine herself shows strange indifference to her fate and the fate of the state, as if she has already given up, she is only content with showing off and the “Potemkin New Mandalore”. Yes, and the Sith would go with him, but what a great place to live there, they are tying up children on charges of treason, conspiracy and corruption – it would be better if mercenaries and other militarists rule Mandalore than this regime, which looks more like fascism. I also still don’t fully understand why it was necessary to invite a Jedi as a lecturer – so that she would portray Captain Obvious? And Ahsoka was dressed somewhat frivolously for teaching among pubescent teenagers, although considering their mixed-use dorms, they already had something to do. But in general, Ahsoka showed herself in the best way in the series, showing that she was ready to bear responsibility for others and be a teacher and example, and once again proved the truth that a Jedi without a lightsaber is like a Jedi with a lightsaber, but without a lightsaber. The series is better than the previous one, but not by much.
s03e07: Assassin This series is already much better than the previous ones. And even the simplicity of the plot does not interfere with the tightly twisted intrigue. Ahsoka decided to imitate her teacher in everything and began to catch the comings of visions of the Force. Moreover, these visions reflect the danger threatening Ahsoka’s friend, Senator Padmé Amidala. We’ve already seen this somewhere. But unlike the third Episode, Yoda advises the Padawan to upgrade his vision skill and do as his heart tells him – and where were you when Anakin came to you with exactly the same visions, oh yes, you said: “Let it go and forget,” ugh. It is precisely these inconsistencies and overlaps that seem most strange to me. But overall, the episode turned out to be an excellent immersion into Ahsoka’s inner world, because in front of Padmé she can tell everything that worries her without hesitation and receive moral support. It seems to me or these visions should be allegorically connected with the beginning of the transition to the adult world, because in the last episode Ahsoka had to become a mentor and bear responsibility for her words and actions addressed to those who listen to her. For as a person begins to grow up, his world expands and becomes more complex, and a not fully formed personality is not yet able to fully perceive the flow of new information and new feelings, causing all the typical teenage problems. But Ahsoka is not an ordinary teenager, she is a trained Jedi and is no stranger to discipline of body, will and spirit. And therefore, a complex of teenage problems is realized through phenomena of the Force, including visions. The plot of the series itself seems to me to be very inspired by films about contract killings and bodyguards. I liked that Aurra Sing split Padmé and Ahsoka’s plan and generally behaved very professionally. But here’s how Ziro-Hutt merged – PFFFF I’ll repeat once again that the series is simply excellent in its concept and execution, although it runs counter to the films.
s03e02 ARC Troopers turns out to be just a Clone Wars classic. There is war and clones, sword swinging and heroism. In general, everything that the series was started for. Cadets, Salag and Commandos should be viewed in a single arc and do not care about the official chronology, because only in this way can one enjoy the whole story and character development. For once, Grievous comes up with a really cunning and inventive plan, which, bitch, does not work only because Ani and Obi are too cool. In general, I can’t even say anything specific about this series, but I would recommend anyone to watch this arc. It is also clear that the series is not at all going to indulge the audience and mercilessly deals with its beloved characters. Here is the 99th, who should survive in a children’s show, here he dies according to the laws of war.PS: Assaj Ventress kisses a clone while piercing him with a lightsaber – this is definitely a children’s series.
s03e04: Sphere of Influence An excellent example of a series that is more interesting in its details and minutiae than in the overall plot and atmosphere. Our beautiful senator Chuchi ended up in the same bind as Padme about 10 years ago, namely the blockade of the Trade Federation. And Chuchi, with the help of Ahsoka, comes out of this whole situation with much more grace than the Queen of Naboo. However, the blockade plot itself became only the basis for a subplot about the abduction of children from George Lucas; no seriously, the daughters were stolen from the character of Lucas’s former cameo. Lucas shows a master class on investigations and the release of hostages, and his daughter is a match for him. In general, the series is somehow terribly secondary, but the presence of Chuchi with the redesign redeems everything.
S03E08: Evil Plans What a good way to return to the Clone Wars. And this series turned out to be what we needed: some very strange story at the intersection of genres. In some places it’s quite funny – take the same parallel montage with P2’s spa treatments and the torture of 3PO, a cunning merchant selling fruit at an obviously exorbitant price, and the “culinary diplomacy” itself (well, well, without a couple of berries, all the law is down the drain). In some places, the series tries to fall into the crime genre about two klutzes who get into trouble, whose meaning they cannot even understand, and they suffer not childishly – after all, Cad Bane is as ruthless and effective as before. And in some places it’s just wonderful – and since when did Anakin and Padme hold official banquets together, without fear of anything, positively, their marriage has long been an open secret. However, it is precisely in this mixture of genres that the series manages to successfully show the beginning of the Ziro-Hutta trilogy. And the meeting of the Don-Hutts seemed very atmospheric to me.
s01e22: Hostage Crisis The https://526betcasino.co.uk/mobile-app/ Clone Wars followed many paths and borrowed many famous plots, and now it’s Die Hard’s turn. And that everything is in place and everything is at work: a group of desperate individuals with mercantile goals arranges a hostage-taking in the Senate, among the hostages is Anakin’s wife, who, by coincidence, turned out to be unarmed in the building Naka sorry Senate. And now our lonely hero has to confront a whole gang of thugs led by Cad Bane. True, it soon becomes clear that our Jedi is not up to Bruce Willis, and a Jedi without a lightsaber is still not entirely like a Jedi with a sword, and the mercenaries quickly and competently neutralize him – no luck, no luck. Although the very situation in which he left his weapon is extremely stupid and far-fetched. But Bane has Ziro in his hands, and he once again brought the entire Republic under his control. The episode is good both individually and as part of an arc, but it was still too stupid to shove it at the end of the first season.
S03E09: Hunt for Ziro And the end of the arc was a noir episode. And whoever tries to convince me otherwise won’t work. For from a compositional point of view, the series has all the features of the genre: a femme fatale, false feelings, a hunt for a MacGuffin, intricate relationships between many sides of the action itself: Ziro is trying to hide from the Republic and the mafia to find happiness with a singer and incriminating evidence, the femme fatale takes revenge for her violated feelings – she kills her unlucky lover and sells the incriminating evidence to the mafia for a lot of money, Quinlan Vos and Kennoby want to return Ziro for bars, and Bane just makes money wherever he can. Quinlan, of course, is still a moron – he clearly has more show-offs than brains, and all his tricks look very cheap. Cad Bane simply buries himself and rushes to kill two Jedi at once and what’s funny is that he almost succeeds, although sensing that the matter smelled of kerosene, he chose to leave while he was still alive. In general, this episode is very pessimistic and makes you lose faith in love, but like many noirs it leaves a good aftertaste and a desire to speculate about the imperfections of someone’s nature with a glass of whiskey, watching how slanting streams of rain flow down the glass, and somewhere behind the veil of rain a human anthill is seething with life. In general, the whole arc leaves the impression of a good genre experiment, of course not Geonosis, but also worthy.
S03E10: Heroes on Both Sides Ahsoka has changed over the summer, what more can I say?. And in fact, quite a few interesting things can be said. During the Clone Wars, the Republic brought itself to a pre-default state and without new loans fromIMF The banking clan simply will not be able to increase its army and quickly decisively defeat the enemy. And smart-ass bankers do not want to continue lending to the Republic without deregulation of banking activities, which will allow them to set any conditions and interest rates for their clients. And, damn it, no one in the entire series even said the words: nationalization or anti-monopoly legislation – how private property is inviolable, and the rights of corporations are inviolable, ugh on you. One gets the impression that corporations profiting from war stupidly pay bribes to senators and remain safe and profitable. And in fact, things are no better in the CIS: finance sings romances, a democratic Parliament instead of the Senate, a wise, insightful and cautious leader – Dooku in the place of Palpatine, Grievous and other commanders play the role of the Jedi, and clones and droids are cannon fodder. At the same time, for the bulk of the population of the Republic and the Confederation, the war remains somewhere in the mind and becomes noticeable only when the macabre performance comes to their homes. In this case, going to peace talks, at least for the sake of a respite from the fighting, seems like a good idea for our peacekeepers: Senator Amidala and her old friend, separatist parliamentarian Mina Bontieri. And everything would have ended well if Sidious and Tyranus had not put on a show from Grievous: “The Sith are blowing up Coruscant.”. Blackouts, explosions in the streets, pogroms and other delights of mass unrest. Peace is no longer in sight, bankers are rubbing their raking hands, and the Sith are playing an elegant four-handed game. In general, the series is good, both for its background and the details of the narrative. And Ahsoka has completely grown up, changed her model and started seducing guys like the son of a parliamentarian.
S03E11: Pursuit of Peace But in this series, the Senate opposition in the war goes on a counter-offensive. Trying to prevent banking deregulation, which could cause a full-blown economic crisis. But our bankers and the Sith behind them do not know peace and therefore send drunken Selkath to intimidate opposition senators, breaking hands for some, ribs for others, and a sharpening in the throat for others. And the most important speaker of opponents of corporations, Bail Organa, leaves the game at the wrong time. And everything could have ended badly if Padme had not remembered that she is a senator and she has voters, and in general sometimes she should leave the ivory tower and look at how her electorate lives, what they expect and what they hope for. But here everything is not good at all, because the senators seem to have completely broken away from the people and decided that war and politics are actually life itself, but this is far from the case. Rolling blackouts of electricity, water for an hour a day, a card system and other signs of war economy, and with new loans the entire social sphere threatens to go into complete disarray and throw out all the poor. And this is Padme, who is still young and should not have completely hardened her views, and she perceives everything she hears from her maid as a revelation. The series features very lively chases and stabbings in the gateways. And despite the failure of the hawks and corparatocrats, the series leaves a bitter aftertaste. After all, Palpatine is right, as always, and the wheel of democracy will not stop moving, gradually changing his views to the opposite, and the hawks have yet to be on the horse. Yes, and Amidala’s friend among the separatists was slammed – the mills of war know their business, grinding the entire Galaxy and destroying the fate of its inhabitants, and even the millers themselves cannot be completely sure that the soulless mechanism will not throw them to the ground.
s02e15: Senate Murders And at the end of the Senate trilogy comes a series about political murder and the next vote on military spending. And the results of the political process, frankly speaking, are not inspiring: new loans from the Banking clan are not expected, as well as new batches of clones. However, all this can ultimately lead to a prolongation of the war, and here the choice remains between “a terrible end and horror without end”. What about the murder and its investigation – everything is very prosaic, and the hawks turned out to have nothing to do with it. By the way, Senator from Camino Hallie Bertoni – seriously, you can’t say it subtly. And the already familiar investigator is quite annealing in the tradition of Inspector Clouseau. In general, the series itself is not very interesting and not inventive enough.In general, all this senate arch became another proof that the series took place, because only a successful Star Wars series can afford an entire trilogy without war, without clones and without Sith-Jedi showdowns. Just investigations, speeches and the tension of political struggle. All this brings the series closer to some Star Trek Deep Space 9. Of course, the limitations of the format are visible even without a magnifying glass: 20-minute episodes, release on a children’s channel and general focus on children and teenagers. But with all this, the series manages to produce such episodes, such plots that you do not expect from it. So the average strong political arc typical of SF TV series of the 90s looks like an excellent story in our time. Oh, and finally, the confusion with the order of the episodes has ended and they will continue to run sequentially and without jumps in time.
S03E12: Nightsisters Oho-hoh… What a Count Dooku, forgive me for the expression, a mug. No, don’t get me wrong, as a warrior, he will give a light to many, which is worth one battle scene in this episode, where our dear Lord Tyranus, like a batek, beat down Assazhka and her two witch friends. But being a Sith is not just about fighting cool, but also having ambitions, striving for more and constantly challenging life, but Dooku for a Sith is too simple-minded, spineless and unambitious. Just think that his teacher forgave the murder of his student Ventress and openly spat that he was afraid of an assassination attempt on the part of Tyranus with his protégé, and Dooku, instead of starting some kind of intrigue with betrayals and frame-ups aimed at finding out his own limits of strength when trying to kill his teacher and dumping Ventress in case of failure, simply “took it up” and honestly ordered the elimination of Assaj – well, no fiction. Assaj herself, miraculously escaping the swords of Anakin and Obik and slipping out of the clutches of death, rushed to her native Dathomir to complain to the mother of her clan about the insults and injustice inflicted in life. Mother Talzin, of course, is a colorful heroine, and all the other Night Sisters are not inferior in their witch-shamanic surroundings. Although the compatibility of such primitive witchcraft and Sith-Jedi practices seems to me a somewhat strange topic. Well, yes, he sits with him, in the end, after the failure of the attempt on the count’s life, as mother expected, he decided to take another student from her – what a stubborn one, but now a man without any of these witchcraft tricks.
S03E13: Monster And I welcome you to the next Hunger Games, oh sorry that’s not it. You are watching “The Top Warrior of Dathomir” and now in the Zabrak village there is a casting of warriors worthy to serve Assaj Ventress in her cunning plan for revenge on Count Dooku. And the series itself turned out to be very integral and characteristic. The hand-to-hand fights were especially successful in it: if you look at them and remember those ridiculous movements that were passed off as fights in the first season, it’s like heaven and earth. The story is simple, but not primitive; the tests are spectacular, but logical and understandable; magic is strong, but not a crutch for a weak plot. In general, Assazhka chose a not frail warrior, whom the witches first zombified, and then pumped him up to the fullest with the help of witchcraft into such a strong athlete. Look how Dooku liked it – real brutal power and animal strength. Finally, Mother Talzin’s plan is becoming more or less clear – you can’t say anything cunningly, but only such a gullible Sith Lord as Darth Tyranus could fall for it. Savage is cool, but a little dumb.
S03E14: Witches of the Mist
I laughed wildly listening to Obi-Wan’s conversation with Yoda/Windu. It feels like this is a conversation between a Star Wars fan and the Clone Wars writers: – What is this, Darth Maul?? I decided it myself! — This is his brother from Dathomir. – Wait, I thought he was from Iridonia! – No, he definitely grew up on Dathomir.And at the end of the arc, we can see a sample of the spherical Clone Wars series of the 3rd season in a vacuum. This time Dooku demonstrates his teaching talents (Yoda’s words are translated in an original way, and it becomes clearer why Qui Gon became such a rebel). Assaj Ventress unfolds his cunning plan for revenge on the Count, Skywalker and Kennoby are trying to catch the overgrown Zabrak, and Savage Opress “doesn’t want to be in charge and decide anything, he just wants to rob and kill.”. The series itself, being an incredible visual solution, simply cannot maintain the pace and begins to fall apart into separate pieces: here are the Republican commandos from the series of games, here are the Jedi, and here is Savage learning the healing power of electricity. And the question arises: how can you really improve your fencing and Strength in a week in order to throw away Eni and Obik and Assazhka and Dooku?? Isn’t Oress too cool for a teapot?? Of course, I understand that there is rage, and I’m tired of lightning, but isn’t the result of affect overrated for this locker?? And Talzin’s goals have become completely unclear. Oh yes – Like he’s alive, that’s it!
S03E15: Overlords So I thought for a long time from which side to approach this arch and individual series: after all, from which side you won’t get into a wedge everywhere. And I decided, without much fuss, to follow the simplest path: description and thoughts about. And in this episode, Kennobi, Skywalker and Ahsoka follow a Jedi alarm signal from a thousand years ago and end up on the miracle octahedron. What it is is not really clear: the world of spirits, a collective hallucination, an object in the superspace of the information matrix of the Galaxy suspended on the superstrings of the universe, or they ended up inside the consciousness of some deity. The rules are simple: nothing is what it seems, annual cycles replace each other within a day, and all this “Oblivion” is overseen by a triumvirate of certain beings “lords of the Force”, whether they are anthropomorphic personifications of the Force, representatives of the god-like civilization of the forerunners or unfortunate creatures absorbed by the Force, but they are closest to the spirit-gods of the Dathomirian night sisters: the “winged goddess” of light, creation and life – Daughter; “fanged god” of darkness, destruction and death – the Son, as well as the unknown Father, taming his children and maintaining the balance of power and balance of the parties, for both the Daughter and the Son are wild and unbridled in their manifestations. Our heroes meet this trio of the Force and are exposed to different influences: Obi Wan sees Qui Gon’s Force ghost and apparently it is genuine, Anakin tries to seduce the Son under the guise of Skywalker’s mother, and Ahsoka most likely meets her inner self and her doubts in a dream. Be that as it may, the Father declares to Anakin that he is the Chosen One and is obliged to replace the weakened Father as guardian of the balance. Moreover, during the test, Skywalker demonstrates his skills in taming “children” and unprecedented power. However, to the chagrin of the Father, he refuses to stay on the octahedron and leaves with his. The series has simply stunning location design and stunningly beautiful landscapes, while simultaneously evoking associations with the Shivering Isles from the Elder Scrolls series, Prince of Persia from 2008, Avatar the Cameron film and Avatar the Last Airbender. In general, the series, which at one time caused so many buhurts, disputes and re-evaluations of FGD, turned out to be made incredibly chic.
S03E16: Altar of Mortis And already this series provides much less space for thought, because the story itself is simple and unpretentious. The son, either stunned by the opportunities that had opened up, or driven out of his aggression, decided to pull off a cunning scheme to eliminate his Father. His plan also included kidnapping Ahsoka to distract Anakin. And a desperate Daughter with a treasure sword capable of killing local inhabitants. The plan was simple and clear, and its implementation was interesting. Just remember Ahsoka, who was infected with Darkness. By the way, Skywalker’s student managed to get a second lightsaber somewhere, how and when is unclear. True, the last episode plays against the series, where Anakin cheerfully tamed the entire local population, but here he is already helpless. Well, yes, Strength is the judge for the authors.
S03E17: Ghosts of Mortis And this series ends with the entire so contradictory complex and immeasurably complex arc about Mortis and the Masters of the Force. After the ending of the previous episode where the Son inadvertently killed the Daughter and was really upset about this (apparently brotherly feelings were stronger than filial ones, unless of course we take into account the 18+ thoughts from Game of Thrones), Anakin set out to eliminate this threat to the entire Galaxy. And on the advice of the ghost Qui Gon went to the darkest place in the whole area. However, the Son was not a fool and severely spoiled all the films for him: a disabled widower, a daughter playing tricks with a repeat offender, the boss wants to screw you with the help of his son, and most importantly, you are a complete fool in the end – there is something to be angry about. And apparently, at the moment with the black man in the trailer, Enichka decided: “Enough of enduring this – I’ll go over to the Dark Side in advance, maybe everything will be more fun with the Son than with the old bastard Palych.”. But the Father and Obi-Wan were right there, and if the second took note to conduct intensive combat training in a volcanic environment, then the second applied oblivious technology from the Men in Black to Skywalker, and then when he finally peeled his palm off his face, he committed sepucca, simultaneously depriving the Son of his powers and killing the entire Family. Happy ending! And our Jedi can only guess about such powerful arrivals.It is curious that it was this arc in the series that caused the most buzz, discussions and emotions among fans. It would seem that people were unhappy with the rationalization of the Force, medichlorians and all the politics in the prequels. Here the authors gave the most real mysticism, cosmology and mythology for the Force, but people rushed to the holywores with such seriousness. But in some ways the very existence of this arc is very logical, because in the previous arc Anakin and Kennobi visited Dathomir, which, with its witchcraft atmosphere and witches, is very close to the living Force and the original primitive, bestial ideas of the Force and, apparently, it was there that the triumvirate paid serious attention to the Chosen One. And precisely the questions about what is chosenness and what is his role: the Jedi believe that he must restore balance and destroy the Dark Side that disrupts this balance, the Sith believe that, as a Sith’ari, he must restore balance and destroy the Sith in order to make them even stronger, the Father believed that his role was sitting in the ocrahedron and being behind the balance, taming his children; pop up along the entire arch. Has the fate of the Galaxy become predetermined after the death of the Family?? Did all this really happen, or was it symbolic?? Mortis exists outside of time and space, and now everything? The galaxy has gone its own way, and no one can influence it except itself? Did Anakin experience a permanent sense of déjà vu?? So many questions and not a single answer. Yes, there is something here to make your brain boil. But one thing is certain – the series is simply divine in its visuals, design and sound, ambiguous and difficult to understand and read, and at the same time serves as a wonderful entertaining adventure story in a new setting. Unfortunately, I’m simply not able to fully unwind the arc and reveal its allusions and subtext, but maybe someone else can.PS: Some people write that it was clear who Palych was already from the first episode, but apparently I was stupid or inattentive, and I was deprived of the Internet and Revenge of the Sith really surprised me at the time.
S03E18: The Citadel It’s a rare adventure series that can do without a pretentious rescue mission in a cool prison. So the clone wars have come to this. A Jedi and his captain with top-secret information were captured on a wildly destroyed planet (shout out to the artists), in a high-security prison complex built specifically to hold the Jedi. But how to penetrate the strictest security measures – freezing and a trio of reprogrammed battle droids will help everyone. True, the whole raspberry is spoiled by Ahsoka, who has followed everyone without any orders, but who knows, maybe it’s her presence that will allow the suicide mission to be completed. And suicidal is not a simple epithet: the very conditions of the planet, the prison in its design is similar to the prison from Dark Forces, the not stupid boss who reminded me of the main villain from Neverhud, and the insane security systems. After all, getting into prison has never been a problem, but leaving it is a completely different matter. By the way, Captain Tarkin is an ulcer, and Obi Wan is just a troll. “Do as I say, not as I do” – simply 5. In general, the insane density of events in this episode is simply amazing – it’s like watching half the movie.
S03E19: Counterattack When an episode begins with a quote from one of Murphy’s laws, clearly nothing good should be expected… for the heroes of the series, but the audience is in for another strong episode with an action-packed bone. Moreover, both the Jedi and the prison warden Sobik are equally “lucky”, who joined the cohort of competent separatist commanders, although he has nerves to hell, and is clearly allergic to communicating with Dooku, well, who is without sin. Again, the density of events is pleasantly surprising – the creators clearly have no time to make snot, although the clones are dying like flies, oh Echo, the Domino squad – only Fifes remains. Commando droid with shields – very ok. The fight between Anakin and Tarkin is a clear start to a wonderful collaboration, but the captain clearly doesn’t like Ahsoka. But as you can see, in the service of the Republic, even the dumbest battle droids become smarter. In general, an excellent example of the middle of a trilogy: without a beginning or an end, it was possible to maintain a strong tension and not get lost.
S03E20: Citadel Rescue And the Citadel arc was completed with a magnificent chase across the surface of the planet and subsequent rescue. Ivan Piel – you were cool, but death selects the best. And I was the only one who felt a little sorry for the trio of reprogrammed battle droids? Tarkin and Anakin showing off their connections with the Chancellor is simply adorable. And by the way, it was not in this episode that Ahsoka killed a living character, not a droid, for the first time shown off-screen? In general, the work of the artists is amazing – yet another lava planet is not at all like Mustafar, I don’t know what’s wrong here: either a different color scheme, or a different structure of stones and surface.In general, a very wonderful arc: I really remember the constant tension and death of the characters – a real suicide mission. I was very pleased with the density of events, which did not give a break throughout the entire trilogy. A wonderful combination of many elements: space battles, indoor battles, outdoor battles, Jedi acrobatics, secret operations and sabotage – only saberfight was not enough for complete happiness. Perfectly written characters: self-confident Ahsoka, Tarkin and Anakin finding each other, cool Piel – everything is in its place, there was even time for Ploo Koon to cover for Ahsoka. And the notes of the imperial march when Anakin and Tarkin shake hands are priceless. I also really liked the camera work throughout the entire arc: the angles and passages chosen by the camera were very cinematic. Perhaps now we can say with complete confidence that this is truly cinematic quality, if you do not pay attention to TV restrictions.PS: The local security system should have been an example for the creators of the Death Star and Starkiller – it would have been certain death for all the improvisers from OT and E7.
S03E21: Padawan Lost Dear audience, the action-packed action/thriller The Hunt for Piranha Ahsoka. A group of Trandoshan amusing themselves by hunting for clever prey has the audacity to kidnap a padawan and commander from the battlefield – yes, they are stubborn. Apparently they find the hunt for half-educated Jedi very exciting. But in their grief, they captured not just some youngling, but a student of the Chosen One, an experienced military commander who had more than once looked death in the face, sharp as diarrhea, an incredibly powerful fighter for a Padawan, and the favorite of the entire series, Ahsoka Tano. So the Trandoshan hunters made a very serious mistake with their prey. She strangles with the Force, she rushes enemies and saves the leader of the lizards from his mediocre offspring. Finds herself a whole team of followers of the Jedi nature, but the villainous fate takes away her closest associate. In fact, what a good episode, in general, the second half of the season is much better than the first."Kalifa, do not kill out of hatred! This is not Jedi-like. » Cough cough: In the children’s series they are no longer shy about killing children with shots on camera, ho-ho.
S03E22: Wookiee Hunt And at the end of the arc, Ahsoka, who has many unusual abilities that she acquired during her short career, which made her a nightmare for bastards like these poor Trandoshans, acquires Chewbacca as her assistant and the outcome already becomes predictable. Hunters are trash, the leader is killed, and ships and bases are in ruins. Mainly, the series and the arc itself are remarkable because Ahsoka has gone from being a didactic character to a full-fledged cool participant in all events. Now she alone can drag and resolve some situations. As Master Ploo said: “If you have taught her well, she will find her way back.”. And Anakin trained her in the best possible way: she is fearless, a leader, knows how to achieve her goal, and she still has a lot to learn, a lot to understand, but the skeleton of the future Jedi is already ready; all that remains is to build up the meat of experience. Even during the arc, the graphical execution again takes a step forward: the design of the night Fellucia, the jungle of the hunting grounds, the effects of dirt and facial expressions, and the hand-to-hand combat finally looks decent. By God you think that the animators have reached the top bar, how they take new heights. And most importantly, everything is tightly packed, tense and no sagging. True, in the end it is not clear whether the Council masters are happy with the fact that they gave Skywalker a padawan or not? And of course, how without attention to detail: here is the Mandalorian helmet from the Knights of the Old Republic, and the crystal skull from the fourth Indy, and the head of an unknown poor Gungan in the form of trophies and a Trandoshan shotgun from Republic Commando (it’s interesting that Filoni himself is a fan of this game – it’s especially noticeable from the local Trandoshans). Overall a very good duology.
And only in the third season of the Clone Wars were they finally able to find themselves, gain integrity and clarify their own concept. What makes all this especially surprising given the far from best first half of the season?. Which was dedicated, yes, according to the tagline of the Secrets Revealed season, to revealing those same secrets, closing the gaps of previous seasons, linking stories and arcs together, and all this plot leapfrog and continuous confusion with chronology probably really infuriated me in the year the episodes were released, but as the years have passed and with the chronological moments being settled, the beginning of the season seems too inactive and focused on politics and various intrigues. But as the season progresses, the stakes rise, the density of events begins to go off scale, the action becomes furious, and the plot importance tends to the level of full-length episodes. And it’s fucking great. The series also began to pay more attention to its characters and, for once, the development of their characters. Especially in this season, we managed to write Ahsoka Tano – “You even begin to believe in her along with the characters from the films”. The quality of filming continues to improve – animation, cinematography, location design – all this is simply admirable. Overall, this is a very worthy season that deserves attention and viewing.The worst episodes of the season can be called Corruption, The Academy, Sphere of Influence, and among the best can be included Nightsisters, Mortis, Citadel and Trandoshan arcs.