History WesternAnimation / StarWarsCloneWars

%%* BaldOfEvil: Asajj Ventress.
* BareFistedMonk: This version of Windu features long sequences of destroying droids with his hands voluntarily bare (though presumably enhanced through the Force).
* BashBrothers: Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee. Their lightsaber fight against the battle droids showed them to be perfectly synchronized.

* {{BFG}}: Some of the ARC troopers are armed with this.
* BigBad: Palpatine/Darth Sidious.
* BigEntrance: Our introductions to both Durge and General Grievous.

** What happens to the male Nelvaanians: [[spoiler:they're place in tanks, mutated into hulking abominations, have their brains [[BrainwashedAndCrazy plugged into control units]] to turn them into SlaveMooks, and each fitted with an {{ArmCannon}}.]]
** What Obi-wan does to Durge, exploding him all over the walls from within.

* BrokenFaceplate: In one scene, General Grievous grasps a clone trooper's head with his clawed foot and smashes him against a wall so hard that his helmet shatters and his jaw is visible. [[BloodlessCarnage There's no blood]], but it's reasonable to assume that trooper is down for good.

* CapeSnag: Shaak Ti manages to temporarily defeat General Grievous by using the Force to tie his cape to a passing train.

** Grevious spends most of his time stomping Jedi, but his fight with Mace Windu lasted ''two seconds'' -- in the first Windu used the Force, in the next Grevious was lying on the floor.

* {{Dogface}}: The Nelvaanians.

** Fordo holding off a line of Super Battle Droids ''by himself'' during the Invasion of Coruscant.
** Asajj Ventress with lightsabers.
** Shaak Ti with a lightsaber and a [=MagnaGuard's=] staff.
** Grievous with ''four'' lightsabers.
* DynamicEntry: Durge makes his appearance against the Troopers (after his battle with Kenobi) by dramatically bursting through a window with his jet pack. The clones shoot him, shoot his jetpack, and shoot his body when it hits the ground, rounding it off with a rocket launcher. Durge [[OneWingedAngel unveils his more venous and large form]] after that.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' doesn't allow you to see just how vicious General Grievous can be. His first entrance here has him taking on, and beating, no less than 5 Jedi at once. And we do mean '''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating.]]'''

* EvilLaugh: Durge lets rip an ''epic'' one after Obi-Wan's attempt at stabbing him.

* FakeStatic: "Sorry Master Kenobi, your transmission is breaking up."

** [[HeroKiller General Grievous]] gets two of these as part of his EstablishingCharacterMoment. First a hapless Padawan is ''crushed'' as Grievous lands on him. Then he grabs another Jedi with his mechanical foot, and visibly [[NeckSnap snaps his neck]] before tossing his corpse into the ceiling.

* FingerTenting: Palpatine does this in his first scene, complete with what sounds vaguely like bones rattling when he taps his fingertips together.

* GatlingGood: Some of the clone troopers.

* GoombaStomp: How Grievous kills the Jedi Sha'a Gi.

* GrapplingHookPistol: Magnetic pistols are used to propel the ARC troopers up a tower and [[OutrunTheFireball away from the exploding cannon]] at its base.

* ShirtlessScene:
** Anakin when he gets tattoos.
** Kit Fisto while battling underwater.

** One of the first Jedi killed by Grievous is named Sha'a Gi, and he's a dead ringer for [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Shaggy]].
** The scene where Anakin uses his robot arm to slide down to the core of the Techno Union's factory was strongly reminiscent of ''Film/IRobot''.

* SilenceIsGolden: The series made excellent use of extended no-dialogue sequences.

* SlidingBikeStop: Obi-Wan also pays tribute to this pose, making a stop like this in his speeder with his lightsaber turned on and the clones armor.

* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: In one episode, Yoda uses a JediMindTrick to get one of Padme's guards to agree with him. Hysterically, this leads to the guard talking in the same way as him. Padme obviously sees right through it, but goes along with it.

** Mace Windu races across a battlefield of B2 Droids and pummels them with RapidFireFisticuffs.

** The Seismic Tank. Unfortunately for the tank it encounters Mace Windu shortly after its appearance.
** The giant underwater cannon on Mon Calamari. That one encounters Kit Fisto.

* WorfHadTheFlu: The show explains how easily Grievous managed to beat 5 Jedi at once. Dooku advises Grievous to exhaust and demoralize Jedi first before engaging them, and that [[KnowWhenToFoldThem it would be wise to flee otherwise]], which is what happens later on in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. The Jedi that Grievous fought in his first appearance were visibly battle-worn and surrounded by Grievous' droid army. The one Jedi Grievous faces without exhausting first (Mace Windu) [[CurbStompBattle quickly crippled him]] by Force-crushing his chest, where Grievous' remaining internal organs are housed.

** Asajj Ventress. In her first appearance, she kills of all other contestants for Count Dooku's notice. Then she takes out several squads of clone fighers on her own, ''then'' she kills off all clones who had followed Anakin, and manages to give Anakin a good fight.

--> '''Grievous''': ''Destroys the toll computer''

* BrokenRecord: When Grievous and his Magnaguards are chasing Shaak Ti the other Jedi, and Chancellor Palpatine underground, the toll computer repeatedly asks for payment before being destroyed by Grievous.

** In a cave, Anakin hallucinates, seeing pictures on a wall move before his eyes, foretelling his fall to the dark side.

* BaldOfAwesome: Ki-Adi-Mundi and naturally, Mace Windu. (Emphasis on "awesome" for him.)
* BaldOfEvil: Asajj Ventress.

* BaldWoman: Asajj Ventress. Also, BaldOfEvil, obviously.

->''"Like fire, across the galaxy, the Clone Wars spread."''

* NotSoDifferent: When Obi-Wan suggests Anakin be promoted to Jedi Knight in the wake of General Grievous' emergence, Master Rancisis is the biggest opponent of this suggestion, citing Anakin's impulsiveness. Yoda counters by reminding Rancisis was just as impulsive as Anakin was at his age.

** Also counts as {{Foreshadowing}}, but Dooku warns Grievous to have surprise, fear, and intimidation on his side when facing the Jedi, noting that it would be better to retreat otherwise. The one Jedi he fights without doing this to happens to be [[MemeticBadass Mace Windu]]...and Grievous goes down in two seconds quite painfully.

* MoralMyopia: Minor example. When a suggestion is made to forego Anakin's trials and promote him early, the one arguing the most against it is Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis:
-->'''Rancisis''' That is what concerns me. To walk the path of the Jedi, one's spirit must be strong. That requires discipline. And he has often disobeyed you, has he not Master Obi-Wan?
-->'''Yoda:''' Did you not disobey me from time to time in your youth, Master Rancisis?

** Mace Windu.
** Shaak Ti, right before her final confrontation with Grievous.
** Asajj Ventress in her opening scene against the gladiators.

** General Grievous, one of the greatest badasses in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe, was a cyborg. His finest display of power was shown here; at the Battle of Hypori, his first public appearance in the Clone Wars, he single-handedly defeated a team of seven Jedi, including Council members Ki-Adi Mundi and Aayla Secura. He killed three of them, incapacitated another, and would almost certainly have killed the other three if a team of ARC troopers hadn't arrived at the last second and (somehow, without getting obliterated themselves) held him off. Grievous himself summed up this victory with a declaration of their imminent demise prior to the fight:

* WorfHadTheFlu: The show preemptively throws out some rationalizations for the VillainDecay General Grievous suffered in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Count Dooku advises Grievous to exhaust and demoralize Jedi to have the advantage, and that [[KnowWhenToFoldThem it would be wise to flee otherwise]], which is what happened in the movie. The one Jedi Grievous faces without demoralizing (Mace Windu) [[CurbStompBattle quickly crippled him]] by Force-crushing his chest, where Grievous' remaining internal organs are housed; Grievous never recovers from this attack and it's implied to be the source of [[IncurableCoughOfDeath the persistent cough]] that he has in ''Revenge Of The Sith''.

''Star Wars: Clone Wars'' is an AnimatedAdaptation Microseries, written and directed by Creator/GenndyTartakovsky, and produced by Creator/CartoonNetwork. ''Clone Wars'' is set in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' universe, between the events of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Whereas the Prequel Trilogy teases us with the beginning and end of the Clone Wars, this miniseries puts the "Wars" back in ''Star Wars'' and actually shows the meat of that galaxy-spanning conflict.

* StormingTheCastle: Averted. Obi-Wan and Anakin have been assigned to help out a siege effort of a clone army. Obi-Wan, bored out of his mind, asks a commander how much longer it will take for them to take the enemy's position. The commander ''cheerfully'' responds three months, saying they're making good progress, while Obi-Wan moans about how long they've already been there. Then he and Anakin find an underground tunnel to sneak into the city, and take out its shields reactor, allowing the clones to storm all over it.

* AdaptationalBadass: ''Everyone'' is depicted as far more powerful than they were in the movies. The most egregious and famous example is General Grievous, whose adaptational badassery boredered on AlternateCharacterInterpretation. Grievous debuted in the 2003 series as a [[NoNonsenseNemesis no-nonsense warrior]] capable of [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] five Jedi, whereas George Lucas ultimately intended him to be a [[SmugSnake classic mustache-twirling villain]] in both the [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith 2004 movie]] and the [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars 2008 series]]. Part of the reason behind this is George Lucas having not yet made the final decision when he decided to give the character to the crew of the series.

* AreTheseWiresImportant: In one episode, Mace Windu punches a hole in a droid fighter, yanks at some wires... and starts using them as ''reins''. Implausible as all get out, but it looks cool.

** Planet Nelvaan was named for Creator/{{Nelvana}} Studios, who had created the ''Droids'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'' animated series, as well as the Boba Fett cartoon that was the single best part of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''. C-3PO's eyes are animated in homage to his portrayal in the ''Droids'' series.

* StormingTheCastle: Averted. Obi-Wan and Anakin have been assigned to help out a siege effort of a clone army. Obi-Wan, bored out of his mind, asks a commander how much longer it will take for them to take the enemy's position. The commander ''cheerfully'' responds three months, saying they're making good progress, while Obi-Wan moans about how long they've already been there. Then he and Anakin found an underground tunnel to sneak into the city, and take out its shields reactor, allowing the clones to storm all over it.

** The team of ARC troopers managed this because they were Super Soldiers themselves (to a much milder degree than Greivious, sure, but there were a lot more of them then there were of him). They held him at bay with impressive amounts of MoreDakka.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It's implied that the Jedi Council's (especially Obi-Wan's) decision to promote Anakin to Jedi Knight before he completed the proper trials left him emotionally vulnerable enough for Palpatine to manipulate him to the Dark Side.

** Also from ''A New Hope'', the shots of Anakin’s arrival on Yavin 4 closely match those of the ''Millennium Falcon'' doing likewise 20 years later.

* CallForward: During his dogfight with Ventress, Anakin gets a lock on her and says [[Film/ANewHope "I have you now."]] He still failed to kill his target.

Although the series is no longer canon, it appears to be connected to the canonical ''The Clone Wars'' series that began in 2008 through BroadStrokes. [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonSeven In the final arc of that series]], it's mentioned that Shaak Ti is sent to protect Palpatine during the Battle of Coruscant, which is consistent in both continuities.

Although the series is no longer canon, it appears to be connected to the actually canon 2008 Clone Wars series through BroadStrokes. At the very least, certain events appear to play out similarly in the new Disney canon, such as how Shaak Ti is sent to protect Palpatine during the Battle of Coruscant in both continuities.

The series had twenty-five episodes in total, running at about 2 hours and 20 minutes -- around the length of the ''Star Wars'' movies of the era. Lucasfilm released a {{recut}} of the microseries as two large narratives on DVD -- Volume I covering the first twenty segments, and Volume II covering the remaining five -- cutting out only minor bits of redundant footage. Unfortunately, the series was never released in any other format for a very long time... Until it joined the Creator/DisneyPlus library in 2021, released in the mini-movie format rather than through individual segments.

''Star Wars: Clone Wars'' is an AnimatedAdaptation Microseries, written and directed by Creator/GenndyTartakovsky, and produced by Creator/CartoonNetwork. ''Clone Wars'' is set in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' universe, between the events of [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Episode II]] and [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Episode III]]. Whereas the prequel trilogy teases us with the beginning and end of the Clone Wars, this miniseries puts the "Wars" back in ''Star Wars'' and actually shows the meat of that galaxy-spanning conflict.

Although the series is no longer canon, it appears to be connected to the actually canon 2008 Clone Wars series through BroadStrokes. At the very least, certain events appear to play out similarly in the new Disney canon, such as how [[spoiler: Shaak Ti is sent to protect Palpatine during the Battle of Coruscant in both canons.]]