| 1 | !![=YMMV=] Items With Their Own Pages |
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| 3 | [[index]] |
| 4 | * [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Alternative Character Interpretation]] |
| 5 | * [[AndTheFandomRejoiced/StarWarsTheCloneWars And The Fandom Rejoiced]] |
| 6 | * [[AuthorsSavingThrow/StarWarsTheCloneWars Author's Saving Throw]] |
| 7 | * [[AwesomeMusic/StarWars Awesome Music]] |
| 8 | * [[Monster/StarWars Complete Monster]] |
| 9 | * [[EnsembleDarkHorse/StarWarsTheCloneWars Ensemble Darkhorse]] |
| 10 | * [[HarsherInHindsight/StarWarsTheCloneWars Harsher in Hindsight]] |
| 11 | * [[HeReallyCanAct/StarWarsTheCloneWars He Really Can Act]] |
| 12 | * [[JerkassWoobie/StarWarsTheCloneWars Jerkass Woobie]] |
| 13 | * [[MagnificentBastard/StarWars Magnificent Bastard]] |
| 14 | * [[Memes/StarWarsTheCloneWars Memetic Mutation]] |
| 15 | * [[MoralEventHorizon/StarWars Moral Event Horizon]] |
| 16 | * [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap/StarWarsTheCloneWars Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]] |
| 17 | * [[Woobie/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Woobie]] |
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| 22 | [[folder:General]] |
| 23 | * AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: ''The Clone Wars'' was originally against the odds due to the initial AnimationAgeGhetto, the ties to the divisive Prequel Trilogy [[{{Interquel}} (which the series is set during)]], and the [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith inevitable outcome]] presenting that the protagonists' actions will be for naught. Despite all of those odds, ''The Clone Wars'' managed to become very well-acclaimed. The reception towards the series getting revived for a seventh season says it all. The cherry on the cake is that the series has spawned a ''live-action'' legacy of its own set in the aftermath of the Original Trilogy, with several of its elements showing up and having much relevance in ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and multiple upcoming spinoffs of the latter. |
| 24 | * AngstAversion: The later seasons can be this to some people. [[ForegoneConclusion Besides the matter that]] neither [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith the Galactic Republic nor the Separatist Alliance win the war and that Palpatine will take over the galaxy]], the mature and melancholy tone that ''The Clone Wars''[='=] later seasons have can make it difficult to care about the characters at times, particularly due to the [[LawfulStupid Jedi Council's]] actions during the Obi-Wan Undercover arc (where Obi-Wan [[spoiler:fakes his death to go undercover as Rako Hardeen and ends up giving Anakin a near mental breakdown]]) and the Fugitive arc (where [[spoiler:Ahsoka is framed for murder and bombing the Jedi Temple hangar in addition to being arrested and deciding to leave the Jedi Order as a result]]). The story arcs in the third season focused on somewhat sympathetic yet still ruthless villains such as Asajj Ventress, Savage Opress, and Darth Maul [[spoiler:(and they primarily didn't have happy endings),]] the many likable characters don't help the depression, and the deaths of several important characters in the series ([[spoiler:Waxer, Satine, Tup, Fives, etc]].) present how fruitless the conflict is able to be. This trope was likely part of the reason why the battle droids' comic relief became more warmly regarded later on, as it could help avert this. Creator/DaveFiloni ''himself'' even [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] after ''The Clone Wars''[='=] original run that the series' later seasons are very dark. |
| 25 | * {{Anvilicious}}: Each episode starts with text describing the {{Aesop}} of the day, and said Aesop is presented in the episode with all the subtlety of a rampaging Krayt Dragon. |
| 26 | * AwardSnub: |
| 27 | ** Creator/DeeBradleyBaker deserves to receive an award for his truly amazing vocal performance as every single clone trooper because he manages to differentiate each of them with just slight variations in his voice. Unfortunately, he was only ever nominated ''once'' for an Annie and didn't win the award. |
| 28 | ** Creator/MarkHamill received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Darth Bane, but he didn't win the award. Hamill was actually glad since he was irritated that he had been nominated for [[OneSceneWonder 22 minutes of work]] as opposed to the regular cast members of the series who have put in years of excellent performances. |
| 29 | * SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The art style and character designs of ''The Clone Wars'' combined with its amazingly high quality CGI animation are very visually appealing in addition to being realistic, beautifully detailed yet stylized, and slightly {{Animesque}}. |
| 30 | * BaseBreakingCharacter: |
| 31 | ** General Grievous. Is his portrayal in ''The Clone Wars'' the right balance between his characterizations in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' and the non-canon ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'' micro-series (despite the ''The Clone Wars'' and ''Revenge of the Sith'' being set in the same continuity)? Or [[NeverLiveItDown is he just as (if not more than) pathetic]] as he will chronologically be in ''Revenge of the Sith''? |
| 32 | ** Jar Jar Binks. As noted under the [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap/StarWarsTheCloneWars Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]] page, ''The Clone Wars'' has caused a number of people to view him in a more positive light than he was in the Prequel Trilogy. On the other hand, he's still one of the most notorious [[TheScrappy scrappies]] in film history and some fans [[NeverLiveItDown still aren't willing to forgive him for that]], which results in them carrying their vitriol for him over to ''The Clone Wars'' through occasionally labeling an episode as being bad just because he's featured in it. With that being said, he's not quite as universally loathed as he was back in ''The Phantom Menace''. |
| 33 | ** ''The Clone Wars''[='=] portrayal of Asajj Ventress. Most like her as a great character as a result of her being a beautiful DarkActionGirl along with her [[CharacterDevelopment development]] from a Sith [[TheApprentice apprentice]] to a more [[AntiHero anti-heroic]] character with a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold neutral yet kind personality]], while others lament that the series changed so many aspects of her personality and story that she feels like her InNameOnly. It doesn't help that, due to both the popularity of ''The Clone Wars'' and the current obscurity of the ''Legends'' media where she originated from, this version of Ventress is the only modern fans are usually familiar with. A similar case happens with the series' version of Quinlan Vos, whose character was altered from his ''Legends'' counterpart to an astonishing degree too, but this is mitigated by the fact that he only appears in two episodes in the series. |
| 34 | * BadassDecay: |
| 35 | ** Asajj Ventress. In the ''Legends'' comics and novels that were previously created before ''The Clone Wars'', Ventress had been presented as a dangerous Sith Acolyte who posed a menace for several Jedi masters at once. In the pilot movie, on the other hand, she is treated as a joke by Obi-Wan in their singles duel and gets even half-disarmed by him. However, the series later fixed this by showing her as substantially more threatening. |
| 36 | ** Savage Opress. During the Nightsisters and Brothers arc, he is initially capable of fighting Obi-Wan and Anakin at the same time, and even choking Dooku and Ventress in a moment of blind rage. In his subsequent appearances, Savage is usually no match for Obi-Wan, even if he has the help of his brother. |
| 37 | * BetterOnDVD: The episodes being available on their own at any time means that they can be watched in any order, which allows for someone to watch the episodes of [[AnachronicOrder the first two-and-a-half seasons]] in chronological order. There are bonus points that go to the Season 5 DVD set, where "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E1Revival Revival]]" (which aired on television as the Season 5 premiere) is now listed before "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E14Eminence Eminence]]" as it was originally intended. Watching ''The Clone Wars'' on [[Creator/{{Netflix}} streaming]] [[Creator/DisneyPlus platforms]] is also particularly helpful, as -- provided that you have a list of the episodes in chronological order -- it is easier to sort through the proper viewing order without having to jump back and forth between multiple discs. |
| 38 | * BrokenBase: ''The Clone Wars'' is divisive among the ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' (the old ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe'') fanbase due to the large amount of retcons that have been made throughout the series. |
| 39 | ** Out of all the retcons that ''The Clone Wars''' has made to the material from ''Legends'', the most highly contested one is its portrayal of the Mandalorians. Is the idea of a ProudWarriorRaceGuy culture becoming pacifistic a serious case of BadassDecay for them and an insult to how other writers have developed them? Or is it a much-needed [[ThisIsReality reality check]] for the historical progression of the culture (as well as how the warrior culture would be viewed by outsiders) after Creator/KarenTraviss's [[Literature/RepublicCommandoSeries depiction]] of it was controversial to some ''Legends'' fans? It's not helped by the fact that what seems to be the only remnants of the warrior culture left are a [[KnightTemplar fanatically bloodthirsty terrorist cult]]. After [[spoiler:the New Mandalorian government comes crumbling down during the Shadow Collective arc]], the depiction of the Mandalorians (which is part of the canon) is still a contested territory and the ''Legends'' decision (which effectively erased almost all aspects of the old Mandalorians from the canon) didn't help this debate very much. |
| 40 | ** The AdaptationalAlternateEnding given to Asajj Ventress, where she is betrayed by Dooku much earlier than in ''Legends'' and showcases a new, different background related to the Nightsisters and Darth Maul, has proven divisive between fans. While the Nightsisters and Brothers arc was praised for its aesthetic and interesting elements, as well as for bringing back Darth Maul himself, there's also the perception that ''The Clone Wars'' needlessly stepped on previous ''Legends'' media by altering Ventress' fate in order to make it work (especially due to the fact that her previous fate was heavy in ShipTease between her and Obi-Wan, a favorite ship among several circles of fans, which was [[ShipSinking bluntly sunk]] in this continuity after their admittedly promising team-up against Maul and Savage). Worse still, when ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' revealed what the series' creators had planned to do with Quinlan Vos, this break became even more heated, as ''Republic'' fans deemed it a disservice to both Ventress and Vos for putting them in a cliché CrackPairing with an EsotericHappyEnding that overrode both of their original, optimistic fates in ''Legends''. |
| 41 | ** Regarding another AdaptationalAlternateEnding, was the decision to turn Barriss Offee into a [[spoiler:Dark Side user]] right or not? Some praise how shocking and powerful it was, while others consider it an insult to her character and a bad way to force a ClearMyName storyline with Ahsoka that could have been done better. |
| 42 | ** Also divisive was the decision to retcon Order 66 as having been executed via literal mind control over the clones rather than it being an executive order carried naturally through the chain of command. One side argues that giving the clones more agency to choose to follow their orders or not is ultimately more compelling, seeing how it would show that no matter how tight the bonds between Jedi and the clones may have been, their loyalty was ultimately to the Republic, underlining the dangers of politics represented by Palpatine and the war and adding much more depth to the action. The other side argues that with the AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul between the Jedi and the clones, a mass betrayal wouldn't make much sense as it did in ''Legends'' given the much healthier relationship, and brainwashing would be a more solid guarantee of success, seeing how if the clones were given the agency, the order wouldn't have been nearly as effective. And then there's a third party that agrees the brainwashing makes the most sense in the new canon and still makes for a very tragic story, but also feels it robbed a lot of political symbolism and some potentially interesting and compelling plots away. |
| 43 | ** Should the creators have followed their original plans to introduce Durge in the series under a "human reimagining"? Many would have wished to see him onscreen again after his memorable (and disturbing) appearance in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', but others feared that the intended redesign, whatever it was exactly, would have possibly damaged his character. There's a consensus, however, that the character created to replace him, Cad Bane, was good enough to deserve his own spot anyway, and some even wish that Durge and him had both appeared, possibly doing some storyline together due to their similar roles as CIS bounty hunters. |
| 44 | * CantUnHearIt: |
| 45 | ** Considering that Creator/MattLanter's very popular performance as Anakin Skywalker has played a major part in retroactively [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeeming]] Anakin in the eyes of many from a [[{{Wangst}} whiny kid]] to a [[TragicHero noble yet deeply flawed hero]], it's not surprising that many consider him the definitive actor for Anakin. |
| 46 | ** Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor's excellent performance has made him the definitive voice actor for Obi-Wan. |
| 47 | ** Due to her popularity, Creator/AshleyEckstein ''IS'' Ahsoka Tano since she puts a lot of her personality into Ahsoka's character. |
| 48 | ** Creator/DeeBradleyBaker's vocal performance as all of the clone troopers (which gave [[ClonesArePeopleToo every single one of them a distinct personality despite being clones of Jango Fett]]) has made him the definitive actor for the clone troopers. |
| 49 | ** A significant amount of the voice actors that vocally performed as [[AscendedExtra Jedi]] became the definite voice actors for the characters they voiced. They include Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor as Plo Koon, Creator/OliviaDabo as Luminara Unduli, Creator/PhilLaMarr as Kit Fisto, Creator/JenniferHale as Aayla Secura, Brian George as Ki-Adi Mundi, Meredith Salenger as Barriss Offee, Chris Edgerly as Eeth Koth, Angelique Perrin as Adi Gallia, and Creator/TasiaValenza as Shaak Ti. |
| 50 | ** Creator/SamWitwer's chillingly awesome voice acting has cemented him forever as '''THE''' definitive voice actor for Darth Maul. It is to such an extent that he got the unexpected honor of [[spoiler:reprising his role as Maul in ''Film/{{Solo}}'']]. |
| 51 | * CharacterRerailment: A retroactive yet canonical case in regards to Anakin Skywalker. In the Original Trilogy, Obi-Wan described Anakin to Luke as being a skilled star pilot, a cunning warrior, and a good friend. While the Prequel Trilogy showed that Anakin was a good star pilot, it failed to provide enough evidence to support his other positive characteristics that Obi-Wan mentioned to Luke, presenting Anakin as being very unlikeable, angsty, and self-entitled instead of being cunning, sympathetic, and skilled. Anakin's good friendship with Obi-Wan also did not receive enough screen time and focus to the point of which that it does not come across as one. ''The Clone Wars'' manages to retroactively redeem Anakin through presenting him with a stronger characterization of being genuinely likable, heroic, and relatable in order to show to support how he will chronologically be described in the Original Trilogy. Anakin and Obi-Wan also come across as being the good friends and HeterosexualLifePartners in ''The Clone Wars'' that the Prequel Trilogy tried to present them as. |
| 52 | * ContinuityLockout: |
| 53 | ** ''The Clone Wars'' relies on the events that occurred back in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' and ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' in order for the viewers to understand the general events of the series. |
| 54 | ** ''The Clone Wars'' also mostly consists of [[StoryArc story arcs]] that range from two to four episodes long, meaning that viewers who watch an episode in a story arc partway in will be left confused as to what happened previously. |
| 55 | ** Furthermore, ''The Clone Wars'' is set in the same continuity as the important events that impact the ''Star Wars'' canon. |
| 56 | * CreatorWorship: As the supervising director of ''The Clone Wars'', Creator/DaveFiloni has achieved deity status among a new generation of ''Star Wars'' viewers by the end of the series' original run thanks to his work. The announcement that Dave is [[UnCanceled reviving]] ''The Clone Wars'' after SDCC '18 practically has sent this into the stratosphere. |
| 57 | * DieForOurShip: |
| 58 | ** There are quite a few that dislike Lux because they would rather have Ahsoka paired with someone else. |
| 59 | ** There are also quite a few who dislike the shippings with Anakin/Rex/Barriss/[[LauncherOfAThousandShips etc]]. because they ''want'' her paired with Lux. It never ends. |
| 60 | ** Shippers of Anakin with Ahsoka are perhaps the worst offenders, however. Padmé Amidala has been murdered, driven crazy, subjected to nasty divorces, and outright ignored innumerable times in the name of this ship. It's still bad now, but it was especially bad in the early days of the fandom when Ahsoka didn't have a LoveInterest of her own. |
| 61 | ** Those who like Anakin and Padmé as a couple would ''really'' be annoyed with Rush Clovis due to him being overly eager to pursue a relationship with Padmé, especially after she made it pretty clear that she no longer has feelings for him. Then again, it's already ForegoneConclusion that she will stay with Anakin as she's still HappilyMarried with him and pregnant with his child(ren) in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', so whether Clovis would somehow find out about their relationship and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy leave them in peace]] or [[HopelessSuitor continuously pursue romance with her]] [[RejectionAffection despite her multiple rejections]]. [[GenreBlindness He picked the latter]] [[DoomedByCanon and his days are numbered as the result]]. |
| 62 | ** Those who ship Obi-Wan with [[Literature/JediApprentice Siri Tachi]] have no love for Satine. |
| 63 | * DracoInLeatherPants: Given that Anakin was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in ''The Clone Wars'', his more ruthless actions throughout the series have been defended by many fans, particularly his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Rush Clovis along with [[WhatTheHellHero his anger at the Jedi]] for [[spoiler:faking Obi-Wan's death and exiling Ahsoka to save face]]. True, Clovis did try to force himself on Padmé, and Anakin's disillusionment with the Jedi Order was more than justified, but his [[MurderTheHypotenuse near-murder of Clovis]] was meant to be portrayed in the wrong. |
| 64 | * EvilIsCool: Count Dooku, [[AntiVillain Asajj Ventress]], [[MultiArmedAndDangerous General Grievous]], [[VillainousUnderdog Cad Bane]], [[LooksLikeOrlok Aurra Sing]], [[TheStrategist Admiral Trench]], [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Pre Vizsla]], [[DarkActionGirl Bo-Katan]], [[TheJuggernaut Savage Opress]], [[NotQuiteDead Darth Maul]] (although Maul's [[WouldHurtAChild various]] [[KickTheDog horrific]] [[MoralEventHorizon crimes]] might somewhat lessen his standing), and [[CreepyAwesome Darth Sidious]] all embody this trope. |
| 65 | * FandomSpecificPlot: |
| 66 | ** Ahsoka and Shaak Ti interacting with each other, with emphasis put on both of them being Togrutas, is a very popular theme. |
| 67 | ** Fanfics that deal with Ahsoka's future, often include at least one of these elements: |
| 68 | *** Ahsoka fighting Darth Vader either during the execution of Order 66, or years later. These usually go down two ways: either she's killed, or Vader decides to spare her and let her run. AlternateContinuity stories where she kills Vader are practically unheard of. |
| 69 | *** Ahsoka is in the company of Rex, who decides to disobey Order 66 and warns her to run. |
| 70 | *** Ahsoka meets with Luke, sometimes because she survived due to one of the options above. However, TimeTravel and HumanPopsicle stories are also common. |
| 71 | *** [[spoiler:Ahsoka and Barriss interacting and Luminara's reaction after the events of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]"]]. |
| 72 | ** A lot of these are now pushed onto ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'', [[spoiler:especially any involving Ahsoka]]. |
| 73 | * FandomRivalry: |
| 74 | ** ''The Clone Wars'' has this type of rivalry with every other Clone Wars era ExpandedUniverse media, especially the [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars 2D non-canon micro-series]]. It's mostly died out, but still comes back whenever ''The Clone Wars'' does a {{Retcon}}, especially regarding Barriss, Ventress, Vos, the bio-chips, and the Mandalorians. In some cases, this leads to a FanonDiscontinuity in which people choose ''Legends'' over canon. |
| 75 | ** ''The Clone Wars'' has developed one with ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' after it took its place (before it was revived), as fans of ''The Clone Wars'' dislike ''Rebels'' for having both a very lighter tone and different art style. This rivalry is one-sided though, as fans of ''Rebels'' also like ''The Clone Wars'' since it features characters that appeared in the sequel series. |
| 76 | * FanonDiscontinuity: Many fans of the ''Legends'' comic books and novels set during the Clone Wars era declared this on ''The Clone Wars'', or at least some specific parts of the series (''The Clone Wars'' being set in both the canon and ''Legends'' continuities makes it a lot easier for some to remove it out of their personal ''Legends'' headcanon). In some cases, this isn't always out of animosity towards the series, but simple pragmatism due to the many {{Continuity Snarl}}s it has with the rest of ''Legends'' and the lack of closure some story arcs had in the context of that continuity. Fans of both continuities tend to keep ''The Clone Wars'' confined to the canon since not only has it so far been handled a lot more cohesively there, but some of ''The Clone Wars''' story arcs that were LeftHanging have received their closure in material that is only part of the canon (and the same applies to a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen material that has yet to be adapted in some form). At best, they may apply BroadStrokes for elements referenced elsewhere in ''Legends''[[labelnote:*]](at the time of the ContinuityReboot, only a few other ''Legends'' works had tied into ''The Clone Wars'', most notably [[spoiler:''Literature/FateOfTheJedi'']] ArcWelding the Mortis arc into its backstory)[[/labelnote]] and cut out anything that explicitly contradicts previous material such as [[spoiler:the Fetts still being Mandalorians (which was [[Series/TheMandalorian eventually recanonized]] in a roundabout way), Barriss Offee never having a FaceHeelTurn, Order 66 not being a brainwashing command, and Ventress and Quinlan Vos having their original personalities and happy endings]]. |
| 77 | * FanNickname: |
| 78 | ** CT-Chad, for the disarmed clone trooper who died shortly [[DyingMomentOfAwesome after punching a battle droid]]. |
| 79 | ** A few show up. Savage Opress is [[Wrestling/RandySavage Randy]], Anakin is Mannequin, and Ahsoka is Orange Buttcheeks. |
| 80 | ** In regards to the Shadow Collective arc, we get [[spoiler:"Mauldalore" and "Mauldalorians" due to Darth Maul taking over the planet]]. |
| 81 | * FanPreferredCouple: Ahsoka/Rex (or [[PortmanteauCoupleName Rexsoka]], if you wish) remains the most popular Ahsoka pairing, even though she has a canonical love interest in the form of Lux Bonteri. This is probably because Lux is comparatively new on the scene and Rexsoka was already well-established in the fandom before "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E10HeroesOnBothSides Heroes on Both Sides]]". |
| 82 | * FoeRomanceSubtext: |
| 83 | ** Even if not as much as in the ''Legends'' comic books, Asajj Ventress tends to have this with Obi-Wan. An example would be how the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] features Ventress deciding to remove the skirt on her outfit and throw it at Obi-Wan in order to distract him during their lightsaber duel at the B'omarr Order Monastery on Teth. What's his retort when she tries to distract him by throwing said clothes in his face? "You'll have to do better than that, my darling." They continue this "flirtation" several more times throughout, as most of their battles double as a flirtatious word war, but it seems that Obi-Wan, at least, is being sarcastic. Although, unlike every other opponent that Ventress flirts with, Obi-Wan is often the one to start it. Then, there is their interactions when they work together during a lightsaber duel against Darth Maul and Savage Opress in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]". |
| 84 | ** To an ''extremely'' disturbing degree, Darth Maul's psychotic obsession with (and desire for revenge on) Obi-Wan. An example would be how Obi-Wan is the one thing that Maul remembered through his shattered mental state. He's even heard obsessively muttering Obi-Wan's name over and over again in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]". |
| 85 | ---> '''Darth Maul:''' You may have forgotten me, but I will ''never'' forget you! |
| 86 | ** Another disturbing version is with Grievous and Obi-Wan, due to their rivalry given prominence over the course of five seasons, though it closely resembles a CrackShip. Due to how increasingly personal the two have become in each other's side, and how they're able to predict the other's plans, as well as often seeking each other out to settle things during battles. Obi-Wan even once sets up a plan purely based on how he knows Grievous would rather settle things personally rather than just shoot down his ship. |
| 87 | * FranchiseOriginalSin: |
| 88 | ** There are some complaints that the villains in ''The Clone Wars'' rarely ever win, with things more often than not going well for the Republic and ending in some significant loss for the Separatists. Even in ''Legends'' continuity, it was very rare to see the Separatists actually ''win'', even with Grievous and Dooku being varying degrees of AdaptationalBadass. Most commonly, they cost the Republic many a PyrrhicVictory, but when they did win, chances were it was focused on the Republic's point of view. |
| 89 | ** Cody being an OutOfFocus SatelliteCharacter is another criticism of ''The Clone Wars'', but Cody himself got very few solo stories of his own to begin with in ''Legends''. By the time he was portrayed as a trooper of the Empire, he's stuck training stormtroopers, but otherwise has no real importance to serve. |
| 90 | ** B1-battle droids were occasionally disliked by older audiences for being very silly and not particularly threatening. However, battle droids have always been ''widely'' commented on how non-threatening they are all the way since ''The Phantom Menace'', where they are shown fumbling over their words, being cut down with ease, and making rather questionable decisions. Even in ''Attack of the Clones'' and ''Revenge of the Sith'' they aren't much better, even Super Battle droids being thoroughly humiliated in the latter by being set on fire by R2. However, putting more emphasis on the comedy aspect of the droids was what overshadowed their purpose as soldiers, which caused them to earn more flack. |
| 91 | * GatewaySeries: ''The Clone Wars'' serves as the introduction of the ''Star Wars'' canon and franchise as a whole for a lot of people in the new generation. |
| 92 | * SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: ''The Clone Wars'' is full of fantastic performances, ranging from veteran voice actors to vocal newcomers alike, [[HeReallyCanAct/StarWarsTheCloneWars enough that now it has its own page.]] |
| 93 | * HilariousInHindsight: |
| 94 | ** In a fanon-example, shipping Anakin×Ahsoka becomes this in hindsight since Ahsoka's voice actor, Creator/AshleyEckstein originally auditioned for the role of Padmé. |
| 95 | ** Many fans has also find it ironic for Darth Bane to be voiced by Creator/MarkHamill, who also played Luke Skywalker. Hamill is now both a Jedi and a Sith. |
| 96 | * HypeBacklash: ''The Clone Wars'' receiving such a very high praise has prompted some complaints that it's slightly overhyped (the series has several excellent story arcs, but also a few that are considered rather weak, making the quality slightly inconsistent) and has no care for ''Legends'' works (as it makes retcons with some frequency, particularly regarding characters and events from ''Legends'' Clone Wars media). There's also some who are growing tired of claims that the series turning [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and more violent]] automatically makes it better than its first part, or that the series was the first piece of Clone Wars fiction to do so (see OlderThanTheyThink below). |
| 97 | * IronWoobie: |
| 98 | ** Obi-Wan. Several antagonists take his unshakably [[IncorruptiblePurePureness self-disciplined, compassionate nature]] as a challenge and harm or kill others specifically as a means to attract his attention or [[BreakTheCutie make him suffer]], such as Keeper Agruss brutally torturing him and Darth Maul wanting nothing but revenge for being cut in half and left to suffer. Still, through it all, he never breaks. |
| 99 | ** Ahsoka. Over the course of the ''The Clone Wars'', she has been beaten, tortured, hunted, nearly killed several times, [[spoiler:once ''literally'' killed (on an occasion where she was also forced to turn to the Dark Side and attack Anakin and Obi-Wan)]], and watched several friends and allies suffer and die over the course of the war. Yet despite all of this, she never complains, gives up, and shows any sign of [[BreakTheCutie breaking]]. Although, there's a HeroicBSOD or two. [[spoiler:It finally catches up to her in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]", though, when she leaves the Jedi Order after everyone save Anakin abandoned or betrayed her when she was framed as a terrorist]]. |
| 100 | * LauncherOfAThousandShips: If it moves, it's likely that Ahsoka has been paired with it. If it's not Ahsoka, then it's Obi-Wan. |
| 101 | * LoveToHate: Wilhuff Tarkin is a colossal dick to everyone right off the bat. He was introduced during the Citadel arc as [[UngratefulBastard badmouthing the Jedi]] while himself [[{{Hypocrite}} contributing nothing to the escape attempt]]. His return during the Fugitive arc, where he fixates on [[spoiler:Ahsoka as the culprit [[KnightTemplar and refuses to accept evidence to the contrary]],]] only increases his hatedom, especially since the ForegoneConclusion means he'll never get any comeuppance until [[Film/ANewHope roughly two decades later]]. However, his role in ''The Clone Wars'' is held up as an example of how to correctly develop an Original Trilogy character's background as well as nicely foreshadowing the rise of the Empire and Anakin's inevitable turn to the DarkSide. |
| 102 | * MemeticLoser: |
| 103 | ** While General Grievous is nowhere near as badass and intimidating as the version from the non-canon micro-series, there are those who tend to heavily exaggerate his ineffectiveness by hammering his losses and overlooking his victories. Grievous has repeatedly proven himself a better swordsman than most of the characters he has engaged in a lightsaber duel against, with only Kit Fisto and Asajj Ventress actually getting the better of him without having to resort to using the Force. He has also come out on top in each of his confrontations with Obi-Wan. Despite this, he's "[[NeverLiveItDown best remembered]]" by Ahsoka beating him (even though she barely survived the fight) [[spoiler:and how he got captured by Gungans (regardless of the [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]] they had to make to capture him in the first place)]]. |
| 104 | ** Commander Fox gets this status due to his moments of being an UnwittingPawn under NeverLiveItDown having soured many fans' views of him. While he competently rescues Padmé in the pilot movie and is generally shown as just following orders, fan material tends to exaggerate him as a poor soldier or being excessively incompetent. |
| 105 | * {{Misblamed}}: |
| 106 | ** An inordinate amount of people seem to think that George Lucas is responsible for ''any problems'' with ''The Clone Wars'', even though Dave Filoni is the supervising director of the series and there are a handful of different writers. To be fair, the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] and episodes were written on Lucas' orders, and Dave Filoni has also implied that ''The Clone Wars'' would have been rather different if not for Lucas being the series' creator and executive producer, but this doesn't apply to some of the most controversial continuity snarls (one of which, amusingly, was written by ''Katie'' Lucas, George's daughter, who worked as a guest writer). |
| 107 | ** Likewise, some people blame Filoni or other writers for disregarding certain EU elements even though, by their account, Lucas often exercised ExecutiveVeto power. |
| 108 | * MisaimedFandom: The action sequences in ''The Clone Wars'' are very praiseworthy, but a disturbing number of fans seem to miss the point of their brutality. Oftentimes ''The Clone Wars'' gets comparisons to being much better than other ''Star Wars'' media, despite that it's meant to show how the Clone Wars corrupted the Jedi Order and how [[WarIsHell much of a hellscape it can be]]. |
| 109 | * {{Moe}}: [[BadassAdorable Ahsoka]], [[OldMaster Yoda]], [[CuteMachines R2-D2]], [[UglyCute Rotta the Huttlet]], and [[HeartWarmingOrphan Numa]] are absolutely adorable. |
| 110 | * MyRealDaddy: |
| 111 | ** As ''The Clone Wars'' is sandwiched between the Prequel Trilogy and the Sequel Trilogy, many have since come to see Dave Filoni as a better creator for ''Star Wars'' than either George Lucas or other auteurs that have worked after the Disney acquisition. |
| 112 | ** In a voice acting example, many fans prefer Creator/MattLanter to be the definitive Anakin Skywalker as opposed to Creator/HaydenChristensen. |
| 113 | ** Another voice acting example. Creator/SamWitwer's take on Maul is far more iconic than that of Creator/PeterSerafinowicz, who voiced Maul in ''The Phantom Menace''. This is largely due to Serafinowicz's Maul only having three lines, while Witwer's Maul is far more talkative. Witwer became Maul's permanent voice in all following media, including Maul's next live-action film appearance in ''Film/{{Solo}}'' (which Serafinowicz allegedly returned for in early production, but his voice lines were replaced by Witwer's prior to release.) |
| 114 | * NeverLiveItDown: |
| 115 | ** Mace Windu is a popular character in the films, but many found his insensitive comments to Ahsoka in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]" after [[spoiler:she was found innocent of the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar hard to forgive. Instead of apologizing to her, he invoked the "Force works in mysterious ways" excuse despite that she was only cleared because Anakin found out the truth by searching for the true culprit of the crime. This was likely the final straw that made Ahsoka leave the Jedi Order]]. In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E11Shattered Shattered]]", [[spoiler:he coldly shut down her questions even after she captured Maul]]. This infuriated some fans, to the point of which that a very vocal minority saw Mace as an AssholeVictim who deserved his death (being ''pumped'' full of Force lightning) in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. |
| 116 | ** Clone Commander Fox is mostly remembered these days for indirectly enabling Emperor Palpatine's rise to power, [[UnwittingPawn despite the fact that there is no evidence he was in Palpatine's inner circle]]. It started in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E10HeroesOnBothSides Heroes on Both Sides]]" [[spoiler:where he let a group of Separatist Demolition Droids disguised as cleaning droids into Coruscant's power station. The Demolition Droids then exploded the power station, which shot down an attempt at peace talks between the Republic and Separatists]]. Then during the Fugitive arc, [[spoiler:he had Ahsoka jailed after she was set up for the murder of Letta Turmond and refused to allow for Anakin to see her, starting the chain of events that led to her becoming a fugitive and then leaving the Jedi Order, thus indirectly having a part in Anakin's turn to the Dark Side]]. However, the moment that truly cemented his status for this trope in the eyes of the fanbase was his role in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E4Orders Orders]]" where he's sent to hunt down Fives when he was deemed a fugitive under the pretense of attempting to kill Palpatine (from whom Fives had learned the truth about the [[ManchurianAgent control chips embedded in every clone trooper's brain]]) [[spoiler:and then kills Fives for resisting arrest. This action among others kept the truth about Order 66 from becoming known (beyond a select few individuals) until it was too late. Even though Palpatine and Nala Se are more to blame for Fives' death, Fox gets a ''lot'' of heat for firing the killing shot]]. It got to the point that when [[spoiler:[[YouHaveFailedMe Fox got his neck snapped by Vader]] for failing to inform his men that Vader was on their side in ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith'', many perceived it as being LaserGuidedKarma for his actions under the Republic]]. |
| 117 | ** Rush Clovis, upon his return in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E5AnOldFriend An Old Friend]]", was no longer the opportunist he was in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E4SenateSpy Senate Spy]]", but a reformed man who sought redeem the Banking Clan as its new leader. However, many fans ignore his more heroic goals in favor of pointing out his EntitledToHaveYou attitude regarding Padmé, even trying to force himself onto her in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E6TheRiseOfClovis The Rise of Clovis]]", prompting many to cheer Anakin's subsequent NoHoldsBarredBeatdown as saving his wife from an AttemptedRape, even though it's clear that both men were in the wrong. |
| 118 | * NoYay: |
| 119 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E2CargoOfDoom Cargo of Doom]]", Cad Bane electrocuted Ahsoka ''twice'': the first was to knock her out and the second time was just for the fun of it before handcuffing her with shackles that ''hurt the more you struggle''. Then, he caressed her head in a rather creepy manner before taking her Padawan braid as a trophy. In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E16FriendsAndEnemies Friends and Enemies]]", when Ahsoka protected an unconscious Anakin from him, Cad Bane promised her a dance at another time before he left. |
| 120 | ** The way Garnac, the leader of a Trandoshan hunting party, acted towards Ahsoka in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt Wookiee Hunt]]". If the whole kidnapping Jedi children to hunt them down thing wasn't clear enough, he provides lines like these: |
| 121 | --->'''Garnac:''' She (Ahsoka) can't hide forever! Mark my words, I'll have her skin and nail it to the wall [[spoiler:for killing my son!]]\ |
| 122 | '''Garnac:''' A valiant effort, little younglings. Especially you, Togruta. You'll be a prized trophy for my collection. |
| 123 | ** The arranged marriage between Lord Otua Blank and [[spoiler:Pluma Sodi (note that [[DirtyOldMan Lord Blank is an overweight male Belugan]] and Pluma appears to be a child) in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E20Bounty Bounty]]" is also this in-universe. Asajj Ventress is clearly [[BrainBleach disturbed]] when she learns about this from the Belugan warlord, and [[EvenEvilHasStandards that was just another reason for her not to hand Pluma over to him for the bounty she was promised]] (the first reason her [[LimaSyndrome being in a similar predicament to Asajj's childhood]])]]. |
| 124 | ** The Zygerria arc is chock full of this, especially in regards to Miraj Scintel's decidedly amorous overtures to Anakin Skywalker -- a man she has no problem blackmailing into servitude even knowing his background as a former slave. |
| 125 | * OlderThanTheyThink: |
| 126 | ** ''The Clone Wars'' is praised for being DarkerAndEdgier than most ''Star Wars'' media, sometimes to the point where it is claimed to be either the first or the most mature work in the modern times of the franchise, but ''The Clone Wars'' is actually neither, not even limited to the Clone Wars era. Back during the Prequel Trilogy's very heyday, ''Legends'' media set during the Clone Wars had a tendency to be equally edgy, if not more so and sometimes in ways that ''The Clone Wars'' would not touch due to its channel, format, and target audience. Comics like ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'', video games like ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'' and novels like ''Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}'' and ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'' from ''Legends'' were essentially adult media, being often exceedingly nasty, intense, psychological, and explorative of concepts like the Dark Side and the consequences of the war (and even the animated micro-series ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'' could be included here, given how disturbing it could be at points). |
| 127 | ** Mother Talzin caused some controversy with her unique magick powerset, which included [[BarrierWarrior creating energy fields]], [[IntangibleMan de-materializing]] and [[{{Teleportation}} teleporting]], abilities that were unheard of in the ''Star Wars'' universe and felt exceedingly un-Force-like. Except they were not; while certainly considered unusual abilities in-universe, all of them had already been established in ''SW'' media, with the Dark Woman from ''Star Wars Republic'' being an example of a Jedi skilled at both teleporting and passing through solid objects. |
| 128 | ** The ContinuitySnarl of Ventress' fate was actually not the first time it happened. Back in 2005, a miscommunication between the authors of the ''Boba Fett: Pursuit'' novels and the ''Republic'' comics caused a snarl in the Clone Wars multi-media project, showing Ventress as a CIS pilot a whole in-universe month after she had been betrayed by Dooku. As this was a very minor case, however, it was easily fixed by a data book retconning Ventress' appearance in ''Pursuit'' as it being an unrelated pilot in one of her signature starfighters. |
| 129 | * PeripheryDemographic: ''The Clone Wars'' was originally created for kids and pre-teens, but has a very large teen and adult fanbase as a result of its characters, wonderful voice acting, well-written episodes, visually appealing art style and designs, brilliant animation, {{CallBack}}s[=/=]{{Futureshadowing}}s to the other works in the franchise, and mature tone and themes. |
| 130 | * PortmanteauCoupleName: |
| 131 | ** The ones that are unique to the fandom of ''The Clone Wars'' are: [[MentorShip Anisoka]] (Anakin[=/=]Ahsoka), [[MayDecemberRomance Obisoka (Obi-Wan[=/=]Ahsoka)]], [[FanPreferredCouple Rexsoka]] (Rex[=/=]Ahsoka), [[ShipTease Luxsoka (Lux[=/=]Ahsoka)]], [[LesYay Barrisoka (Barriss[=/=]Ahsoka)]]... [[LauncherOfAThousandShips seeing the pattern here?]] |
| 132 | ** Anakin/Padmé is called Anidala. |
| 133 | ** Obi-Wan/Satine is called "Obitine". |
| 134 | ** And Obi-Wan/Cody is called Codywan. |
| 135 | * RonTheDeathEater: |
| 136 | ** Lux Bonteri. People seem to hate him for no reason other than he is a heterosexual love interest for Ahsoka, going so far as [[spoiler:to defend Barriss' horrible actions in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]"]] and exaggerating his flaws to make the option that Ahsoka is gay look more appealing. |
| 137 | ** Mace Windu is a good example of GoodIsNotNice. But despite the many heroic acts he performs in the series, some fans treat him as an outright {{Jerkass}} who treats Anakin and Ahsoka unfairly in fics that don't have a Separatist as an antagonist. |
| 138 | * SacredCow: |
| 139 | ** ''The Clone Wars'' is held in high regard as one of, if not ''the'', best works to have ever been produced in the franchise after the Original Trilogy. Even saying that there's any type of flaws or if something else is better than it (especially when it comes to anything made since the Disney acquisition) will draw ire. |
| 140 | ** A few specific story arcs of the series fall under this, where it can be very risky to bring up criticisms: |
| 141 | *** The Mortis arc is the first major example of this to occur in the series, as it is usually pointed towards as being where ''The Clone Wars'' began GrowingTheBeard and significantly added onto the overall lore of the franchise. In addition, the Celestials (the Father, Son, and Daughter) are very popular despite being one-off characters for essentially being an allegory for the Force itself, expanding it beyond just the "Jedi vs. Sith" conflict that had been featured in the franchise up until that point. |
| 142 | *** The Umbara arc has a reputation among fans as being one of the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest arcs]] the series has had just yet, fully examining the ClonesArePeopleToo themes featured but not fully explored up until then by showing what happens when the Clones are placed under the command of [[FantasticRacism someone who outright hates them]]. Not only that, but Pong Krell is considered to be one of the best antagonists in the overall franchise for [[LoveToHate just how despicable he ends up being]], Creator/DaveFennoy's acclaimed performance, and for showing how corrupted some of the Jedi became as a result of the Clone Wars. |
| 143 | *** The two-parter finale at the end of Season 4 is held in high esteem among fans for one particular reason: bringing back '''Darth Maul''' after his absence from the franchise since ''The Phantom Menace'', and recharacterizing him as a cold and calculated psychopath who [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes genuinely loves his brother and mother]], rather than a one-note brute. It also helps that Creator/SamWitwer's performance as Maul is now considered to be the [[CantUnhearIt definitive voice for the character]], to the point where [[spoiler:Maul's appearance in ''Film/{{Solo}}'' is dubbed over by Sam Witwer rather than Creator/PeterSerafinowicz]]. |
| 144 | *** The four-part finale of Season 5 is well-liked for finishing Ahsoka's [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redemption among fans]], showing unabashedly how the Jedi and the Republic had fallen over the course of the Clone Wars, providing one of Anakin's definitive steps towards the Dark Side and strengthening his arc in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' while providing context for his dissatisfaction with the Jedi, and for coming up with a plausible reason as to why Ahsoka wasn't part of the Jedi Order by the time of ''Revenge of the Sith. |
| 145 | *** [[GrandFinale The Siege of Mandalore arc]] in particular, has received praise from many fans and critics alike as being one of the greatest pieces of content, not just of ''The Clone Wars'', but in the entire history of ''Star Wars'', for some even rivaling the quality of the Original Trilogy. It's hailed as a near-perfect conclusion for the series due to the titular Siege of Mandalore being one of its biggest setpieces, the plot running parallel to ''Revenge of the Sith'' and being impacted by it as a result, for throwing genuinely unexpected curveballs that don't take away from the enjoyment of the episodes, and for its (relatively) DownerEnding. Making criticisms of these episodes with such high praise can be risky to say the least. |
| 146 | * SelfFanservice: It's not as if Ahsoka's outfits do not easily qualify her for MsFanservice already, but around half of the fanart of her on Website/DeviantArt depicts her either in even less clothing and/or with a significantly larger bust, or ''at least'' in rather compromising poses. The same goes for Asajj Ventress and Aayla Secura. |
| 147 | * SpecialEffectsFailure: There are a [[{{Blooper}} few animation errors every now and then]], but there were some pretty noticeable ones in some sections of the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] and some episodes in the first season (such as "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E6DownfallOfADroid Downfall of a Droid]]", which is the second episode to be produced while it aired as the fifth episode) along with some of the episodes in the second season that were part of the production line of the first season. Some examples of these types of animation errors include [[OffModel character models missing some components]] in some shots (a couple of examples would be [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Moc-Ief9PbA/Tc2T-dBHMfI/AAAAAAAAAV4/Hr23eFyLcOs/s1600/photo+1.PNG Commander Cody missing his over-visor in one shot]] and [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IQitu4nKFWE/Tc6kZmZTRCI/AAAAAAAAAXk/ftCnoK8bPpI/s1600/photo+3.PNG Captain Rex missing his]] [[ManInAKilt kama]]), certain shots being obviously mirrored ([[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xy75Co2crUc/UFFvlxJIpjI/AAAAAAAAAjM/7CcO2U-z2Hk/s1600/Droid4.PNG this shot of R3-S6]]), or parts of models briefly clipping through themselves (though unlike the previous two errors, this one rarely happens). Some of the first episodes to be produced also seem to be very extreme with their lighting control, with [[http://cdnvideo.dolimg.com/cdn_assets/5d7525c4fdd3f2299567631b07277079a5a9758d.jpg this scene]] in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E6DownfallOfADroid Downfall of a Droid]]" being a notable example (the medical bays in certain ships aren't supposed to be that bright). Some characters were improperly rendered at times as well, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0T-4X0zpeM such as Numa at 0:42 here]]. However, as ''The Clone Wars'' progressed, these types of errors became less and less frequent. [[http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/p/blog-page.html An archive of animation errors in the first four and a half seasons can be found here]]. |
| 148 | ** The pilot movie, on top of having animation that is ill-fitting for theatrical release, has many moments, like the Lightsaber fights, where the animation itself feels completely unfinished compared to even the series itself. |
| 149 | * {{Squick}}: The [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence level of violence]] in ''The Clone Wars'' can get more than a little unsettling at times. The worst offender of this is [[spoiler:Riff Tamson being ''blown to bits'' onscreen, complete with a close-up on his severed head sinking into the deep]]. |
| 150 | * TakeThatScrappy: While Jar Jar was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in ''The Clone Wars'', some of his rescuing [[ButtMonkey comes at his own expense]]. For instance, some of the people who don't know him as well are wary of working with him, suggesting they keep him out of some more delicate political matters and let someone more experienced handle the situation. On another occasion, Obi-Wan suggested that Jar Jar should be trained to use a blaster, with Captain Rex bluntly telling him he's not going to the one training [[LethalKlutz him]]. |
| 151 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: |
| 152 | ** Despite Cody being the second-in-command to Obi-Wan, one of Rex's closest friends, and one of the few clones to be first introduced in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he barely appears and never gets much development, despite all the chances the series has to flesh him out. Someone made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTk6CQp-NPQ compilation]] of all his lines in the entire series, and it's less than 20 minutes long. |
| 153 | ** The main clones of the 501st (Fives, Echo, Jesse, Kix, Hardcase, Tup, and Dogma) are each given their own personalities, and what we see of them and their interactions is quite interesting, particularly in the Umbara Arc, which is praised for giving the spotlight solely to them. However, outside that arc, they end up remarkably underutilized. Fives gets a satisfying character arc while Echo and Jesse are given more focus in Season 7, but other than that, they barely appear or interact with the main characters. |
| 154 | ** Delta Squad is confirmed as being in Disney's new canon, but absolutely nothing is done with them beyond a single cameo, which many viewed as underutilizing considerably popular characters. There were hopes they'd be seen in action, or some of their tales would be re-canonized. Unfortunately, nearly everything about them is left up in the air. |
| 155 | ** Tholme only appeared in ''The Clone Wars'' as a PosthumousCharacter in Ventress' and Vos' arc, but a grumpy, Literature/SherlockHolmes-esque Jedi spymaster like him could have been interesting to see given the series' penchant to have the main characters investigating mysteries. Tholme being sort of opposed to Qui-Gon Jinn's ways could have also developed an unique relationship with Obi-Wan and Anakin, who live both of them in the defunct Jedi's shadow. |
| 156 | ** Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura's student-teacher relationship and Clone Wars exploits are considered a particularly strong segment of the ''Legends'' continuity. Unfortunately, they barely appear in this show and their storylines (or at last Quinlan's) are significantly changed in ways that have difficulty holding up to their ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'' appearances. |
| 157 | ** Despite the Clone Wars' success at fleshing out the Prequel era cast and storylines, two characters who were oddly never revisited were Owen and Beru Lars. While estranged, they are Anakin's family, the closest living connection he had to his mother, Shimi, and they were the ones entrusted by Obi-Wan and Yoda to raise Luke. Yet, the series never once had any of the cast interact with the Lars family, even on the few occasions they returned to Tatooine. They were understandably occupied fighting a galactic war, but it feels slightly jarring that they had no interactions until Obi-Wan showed up one day of the blue to hand them a baby. |
| 158 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: |
| 159 | ** Rather bizarrely, Ahsoka and the main 501st clones outside of Rex have never had any interactions before Season 7. This isn't an issue in the early seasons of ''The Clone Wars'', but as the series goes on, Ahsoka's story has more to do with her own adventures in exploring what it means to be a Jedi while the main 501st cast are introduced primarily to accompany Rex's story about the clones' perspective of the war. The closest we get is Ahsoka joining the team that includes Fives and Echo to the Citadel, but that's it. Season 7 has Ahsoka finally interact with Jesse onscreen and acknowledge the death of [[spoiler:Fives and Tup]], but her close relationship with them comes off as something of an InformedAttribute. |
| 160 | ** While the return of Maul and his antagonistic relationship with Obi-Wan was greatly explored and received, it is odd that Anakin never had much of a reaction to the return of the Sith Lord who murdered his surrogate Father Qui-Qon Jinn. |
| 161 | * ToughActToFollow: The popularity of ''The Clone Wars'' has set a shadow for the other animated ''Star Wars'' series that follow in its wake. While the later shows do have their fans as well, none of them have quite reached the critical acclaim that ''The Clone Wars'' has. |
| 162 | * UnpopularPopularCharacter: Hondo Ohnaka isn't exactly someone that a lot of people in the galaxy like. Both the Sith and Separatists hate him for either capturing their leaders or humiliating them in some way. He's not too popular with the Jedi either and Obi-Wan, the one Jedi whom Hondo considers his friend, sees having to deal with Hondo as an unpleasant chore. He can be popular with his own men but they would willingly backstab him if they saw an opening, since they're all space pirates. With the fans, however, Hondo is wildly popular to the point of being a BreakoutCharacter, and is a main character at ''Ride/StarWarsGalaxysEdge''. |
| 163 | * SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: ''The Clone Wars'' is very beautifully animated with expressive faces, smooth movements, visually appealing character designs, a beautiful art style, and downright gorgeous action sequences. |
| 164 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: From the very beginning, ''The Clone Wars'' has thoroughly averted both NonLethalWarfare and NeverSayDie and features some exceptionally brutal {{Family Unfriendly Death}}s along with some very dark, dramatic story arcs that have subjects such as torture, slavery, and murder handled with aplomb. It got to the point where Creator/CartoonNetwork continued to air {{content warning}}s for episodes long after they stopped doing that for their PG-rated shows. |
| 165 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Many of the episodes in the earlier seasons that deal with the political and economic realities of the Clone Wars contain what many consider to be increasingly thinly-veiled commentary about the political situation in America at the time (mostly the Bush Jr. Administration and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.) This likely contributed to the backlash and PanderingToTheBase that resulted in such episodes all but vanishing in the second half of the third season and onwards. |
| 166 | * WinBackTheCrowd: ''The Clone Wars'' managed to re-establish the popular factor that the ''Star Wars'' franchise required in order to recover. It also did this for the people who were critical of (or outright despised) the Prequel Trilogy or anything made with George Lucas' involvement for that matter. This resulted in the fans (particularly the ones who adhere to the Original Trilogy) who didn't like the Prequel Trilogy saying that ''The Clone Wars'' is what the Prequel Trilogy should have been like. |
| 167 | * WTHCostumingDepartment: Ahsoka's outfit in the early seasons -- it's only a tube top and a skirt. It's very bizarre for someone's that's only [[AgeInappropriateDress 14-years-old]], and that she's wearing it during full-time combat. [[CostumeEvolution Her other outfits in later seasons do get more modest, though]]. |
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| 171 | * AnimationAgeGhetto: The pilot movie suffered from this more than the rest of the series, as the mature tone of ''The Clone Wars'' was not established until many episodes later. Reviewers often complained that the pilot movie was "infantilizing ''Star Wars''" by adding a young KidAppealCharacter to the usual Clone Wars team, treating the story with a lot of simple humor not usually found in CW media, and choosing as its plot an arc about rescuing an UglyCute critter whose parentage was more comical than anything. |
| 172 | * AssPull: |
| 173 | ** At the time of the film, Anakin having a Padawan was not easy to fit in the timeline already established by the Clone Wars multi-media project, as the latter had presented many instances in Anakin's career where Ahsoka should have been present or mentioned in a way or another. The reason of this might be that Lucas apparently intended to [[StuffedIntoTheFridge fridge her]] at some point to add reasons for Anakin to be troubled before ''Revenge of the Sith''. However, the series later fixed this by becoming effectively part of a new canon that subjected to BroadStrokes or changed entirely some events of the Clone Wars that occurred in ''Legends''. |
| 174 | ** Ziro's involvement in the pilot movie as the mastermind behind Rotta's kidnapping comes ''completely'' out of left field, especially after the prologue implied the kidnapping had been a very generic plot by Dooku and his Dark Acolytes. |
| 175 | ** There's some implication of deleted scenes in the episodes that were cut together to make the film, as some character moments seem to come out of nowhere. At one point, Ahsoka is defiantly defending her performance against Anakin while blowing up the Separatist shield in Christophsis, but at the next scene she is sitting with a clear HeroicBSOD that needs Anakin to cheer her up. At another point, Ahsoka goes CutenessProximity with Rotta and seems charmed by the idea to take care of him, but at the next scene, she is worried and telling Anakin that she is unprepared for that task, as if some unseen event had made Ahsoka change her mind between takes. |
| 176 | * BrokenBase: Is the pilot movie truly a good or bad work in the ''Star Wars'' franchise? The pilot movie is divisive among the fans, mainly because of its writing, animation, and tone. However, at the same time, there are fans that are fond of the pilot movie, mainly through defending it as being decent for viewing. |
| 177 | * CriticalBacklash: The [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] was widely panned by critics and, at the time, somehow more contentious than the Prequel Trilogy. Fans have retaliated by defending the pilot movie through noting that while it's not up to the standards set by the other ''Star Wars'' films, it wasn't meant to be since the pilot movie was originally intended to air on television in addition to being [[SoOkayItsAverage decent entertainment in its own right]]. Tellingly, when the series aired its first episode after its pilot movie on the medium that it was intended for (television), critics almost instantly warmed up to it in spite of there not being too much of a change in quality. The episodes included in the pilot movie are still regarded as being inferior in quality to many of the later episodes. It's also not uncommon for ''The Clone Wars''[='=] pilot movie to be listed as the worst theatrical release of any ''Star Wars'' film. |
| 178 | * CriticProof: The [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] received negative reviews from critics yet grossed $69 million (plus another $25 million in US DVD sales; international DVD sales and other home video sales and TV revenues are unknown) on a TV-tier budget of $8 million for the equivalent of four strung-together episodes. |
| 179 | * HeartwarmingInHindsight: |
| 180 | ** The pilot movie is sort of a PassingTheTorch moment for Christopher Lee regarding Dooku, who is succeeded following the film by Corey Burton, who does the character as much justice as Lee once did. |
| 181 | ** For the cast of ''The Clone Wars'' as well. For the next twelve (and counting) years, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Ashley Eckstein, Dee Bradley Baker, Corey Burton, Catherine Taber, and Tom Kane (plus a number of others) would take up the mantle of the core cast of the Prequel Trilogy and do that era (and, with the benefit of hindsight, the films that are part of them) the justice that Lucas always aspired the galaxy-spanning Clone Wars to have. |
| 182 | * HilariousInHindsight: |
| 183 | ** Anakin's initial reluctance to accept Ahsoka as his padawan before he warms up to her mirrors the ''exact'' reaction of many fans upon learning that Anakin would have a padawan, only to grow attached to Ahsoka once she properly developed into a full-fledged character of her own. |
| 184 | ** As of the final season of ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', the opening battle. Three in-universe and twelve out-of-universe years later, Anakin took a page out of Obi-Wan's playbook and ''did the exact same thing''. |
| 185 | ** The attempts to portray Rotta the Huttlet as UglyCute in-universe (YMMV on whether that applies out-of-universe) now work as hilarious foreshadowing for the reaction the ''Star Wars'' fandom had toward Grogu in ''Series/TheMandalorian''. |
| 186 | * MemeticBadass: The clone trooper who died after [[TooDumbToLive breaking his hand punching a battle droid]] has developed a bit of a following. |
| 187 | * PresumedFlop: The film is the lowest-grossing ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie ever, and [=CostantMusic=].com referred to it as "the first bona fide ''Star Wars'' flop". Except it wasn't. It earned more than seven times its $8.5 million budget, which isn't bad for what was essentially a CompilationMovie of the first few episodes of the subsequent television series. |
| 188 | * TheScrappy: Ziro is an unpopular villain for some. To be fair, when stacked up against fan favorites like Dooku, Sidious, Grievous, and Ventress, it's easy to understand why what basically amounts to an incarnation of Jabba's ''Return of the Jedi'' persona being put in the Clone Wars would be a bit disliked. |
| 189 | * SoOkayItsAverage: The ultimate consideration of the storyline about Rotta's kidnapping, especially when compared to later arcs of the series. There's even some perception that the creators actually made a huge mistake by choosing this story for the first arc, as it caused the temporary perception ''The Clone Wars'' was going to be equally juvenile and silly. |
| 190 | * SpoiledByTheFormat: A minor example. In this film, Ventress is uncharacteristically introduced InTheHood and doesn't take it off until it is time to fight, as if her being bald was meant to be a creepy surprise for the audience. This might work for people unfamiliar with ''Legends''[='=] Clone Wars multi-media project, but for those who already knew who Asajj Ventress was, it comes off rather as a moot point. |
| 191 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: |
| 192 | ** Mace Windu and Yoda are only peripherally related to the plot, despite one of the draws being that Samuel L. Jackson returned to helm his character, while Yoda only gets a few lines and is mostly doing offscreen things. |
| 193 | ** Commander Cody does some important things, but Rex is the primary clone focused on in the film. |
| 194 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: |
| 195 | ** While the film makes it clear that Anakin does have a distaste for Hutts, it is oddly lowkey considering Anakin was a slave from Tatooine and Jabba is a major crime boss who is either directly responsible or at least heavily contributes to the practice of slavery on Tatooine and across the Outer Rim. While Jabba was not personally involved in his and Shimi's enslavement, Jabba and the Hutts create and sustain the environment that led to their enslavement and her eventual death. Yet, Anakin does not have much of a reaction to the Republic and Jedi Order working with Jabba and being forced to rescue his son beyond some mild annoyance at looking after an infant Hutt. This really could have been a great opportunity to explore the divide between Anakin and Jedi Order/Republic as they are willing to turn a blind eye to his enslavement for the sake of gaining access to Hutt space and Anakin would be torn between his duty to the Republic and his past as a slave. |
| 196 | * UglyCute: Rotta the Huttlet looks like a very adorable mixture between a pug and a slug with huge innocent eyes and a huge smile. |
| 197 | * VindicatedByHistory: ''The Clone Wars''[='=] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] was disliked upon its release, but those that enjoy the series have since warmed up to it. The dislike of the pilot movie most likely came from that it wasn't an "[[NoTrueScotsman actual]]" ''Star Wars'' film, but served as the introduction of an {{interquel}} series that fills in the gaps of the big event movies and, when taken as four episodes tied together instead of an actual movie, it works more effectively. It also helps that several of what were seen as creative missteps in the pilot movie were fixed relatively quickly in the series, thus allowing them to be seen as EarlyInstallmentWeirdness rather than the glaring faults they were on the pilot movie's initial release. Ahsoka in particular, hated as a KidAppealCharacter, went on to be [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap beloved by the end of the series]] and earned [[Series/{{Ahsoka}} her own dedicated live-action show]] 15 years later. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Seasons 1 to 2]] |
| 201 | * AnimationAgeGhetto: Just like the pilot movie, the first season suffered from this trope through having juvenile elements compared to the subsequent seasons. However, the first season does overcome this trope through having good episodes that allowed for the series to be GrowingTheBeard. |
| 202 | * CatharsisFactor: For one of, if not the only times in the franchise, Palpatine is rendered almost completely helpless during Cad Bane's hostage crisis since Orn Free Ta's presence means he can't break his cover to escape his imprisonment in his office. It's utterly satisfying to see Palpatine forced to play along, even if he himself is in no danger from Bane. And it makes it even funnier seeing him having to go to Bane for a holocron in the Season 2 premiere. |
| 203 | * CreatorsPet: Ahsoka Tano was this in the first season due to being perceived as a SpotlightStealingSquad. However, the writers eventually realized that she was getting this treatment and toned down her number of appearances in the subsequent seasons (while making sure that the episodes she did appear in were heavy on CharacterDevelopment), which resulted in being her taken out of this trope. |
| 204 | * GrowingTheBeard: Despite a somewhat rocky start with its contentious [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] and clear growing pains on the part of the development team, ''The Clone Wars'' began to receive better reception throughout its first season due to having a significant amount of well-received episodes: |
| 205 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E5Rookies Rookies]]" is very popular for its darker themes and more intense violence, along with establishing additional stakes for the protagonists and introducing the efficient commando droids. |
| 206 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E10LairOfGrievous Lair of Grievous]]" is very popular as well due to being the first episode to spotlight an obscure Jedi (who in this case is Kit Fisto), showing why General Grievous is portrayed differently than the version from the non-canon ''Clone Wars'' micro-series along with establishing him as both a more complicated character and a very different kind of threat, and concluding with an exciting lightsaber duel alongside AnAesop about compromising your values and lusting for power under the pretext of war that becomes more prominent during the later seasons. |
| 207 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]" is another fan-favorite episode within the first season for the same reasons as "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E5Rookies Rookies]]" in addition to providing background information about the battle on the planet Christophsis in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] and presenting the battle droids as being intimidating whenever they are using [[ZergRush swarming tactics]] and without the cheap jokes. |
| 208 | ** The Ryloth Trilogy ("[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E19StormOverRyloth Storm Over Ryloth]]", "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E20InnocentsOfRyloth Innocents of Ryloth]]", and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E21LibertyOnRyloth Liberty on Ryloth]]") is very popular with the fans for the same reasons as "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E5Rookies Rookies]]" along with its dark yet sympathetic tone, great animation, and brilliant writing. While the previous episodes in the first season seemed to mainly follow standard Saturday morning action cartoon plots, the Ryloth trilogy helped establish the signature tendency of showing how locals react to a war on their turf. |
| 209 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E22HostageCrisis Hostage Crisis]]" is very popular among the fans due to featuring a darker tone, great action and animation, intense violence, and the debut of [[EnsembleDarkhorse Cad Bane]] (air date-wise). This episode perhaps helped lead into covering aspects of the criminal underworld and [[VillainProtagonist exploring the perspectives of the antagonists]], both of which were well-received by the fans. |
| 210 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E5LandingAtPointRain Landing At Point Rain]]" is generally considered a milestone for exactly ''where'' the series fully came into it's own, with the episode representing a substantial victory for the production team, by depicting a BigBadassBattleSequence on the budget afforded to a television show ''and making it look really good'', and kicking off a story arc that proved the growing pains of the first season were more or less over. |
| 211 | * HilariousInHindsight: |
| 212 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E1Ambush Ambush]]", the battle droids call Ventress "Supreme Leader". They end up making a Supreme Leader for the Sequel Trilogy: Snoke. Cue the Ventress is Snoke theory. |
| 213 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]", there's a clone trooper named Chopper who [[CreepySouvenir made a necklace out of severed droid fingers]]. In ''Rebels'' there's a droid named Chopper, who's become a MemeticPsychopath among the fanbase. |
| 214 | ** The Zillo Beast being a ShoutOut to ''Godzilla'', in light of Creator/GarethEdwards (''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'') directing ''Film/RogueOne''. Bonus points for the Zillo Beast arc airing on {{Creator/Toonami}} just a week after the film's release date. |
| 215 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E10TheDeserter The Deserter]]" features the [[HalfHumanHybrid offspring]] of a Twi'lek mother and a human father, which is rather amusing in light of [[spoiler:the finale of ''Rebels'', where Kanan and Hera have a kid who looks ''[[ContinuitySnarl absolutely nothing like]]'' Cut Lawquane's]]. |
| 216 | ** Creator/JonFavreau voiced Pre Vizsla, who is a Mandalorian. Now, he's writing and executive producing a show called ''Series/TheMandalorian''. Bonus points for Creator/DaveFiloni joining the series as an episode director and executive producer. |
| 217 | * {{Narm}}: Chairman Chi Cho's [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chi_Cho/Legends?file=Chi_Cho_dead.png death face]]. It's literally ''impossible'' to take seriously. |
| 218 | * NarmCharm: While there is nothing narmy about [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Bolla Ropal's death via torture]] in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E2CargoOfDoom Cargo of Doom]]", the battle droid torturer confirming his death in the B1's distinct high-pitched, nasally voice could have been so. However, Matthew Wood's [[CreepyMonotone cold and emotionless delivery]] while still using his B1 battle droid voice only serves to make the scene more chilling. |
| 219 | * ObviousJudas: Argyus' betrayal and assistance of Nute Gunray wasn't terribly surprising, with him coming across as strangely nice yet still giving terrible advice that amounts to "abandon your post!" The only surprise for the audience was whether he was going to be revealed as EvilAllAlong or accept one of Gunray's bribes and pull a FaceHeelTurn. |
| 220 | * SignatureScene: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E1Ambush Ambush]]", Yoda giving his clone troopers a small lesson about them being individuals despite their origin as clones (and that it is their mind which makes them strong, not their numbers or weapons) and later fighting a full battalion of Separatist droids. |
| 221 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Several of General Grievous's appearances in the first season imply that there is a degree of friction between him and Count Dooku, with Grievous's track record and frustration with his incompetent battle droids being particular points of contention. This never goes anywhere and Grievous never shows any sign of discontent towards Dooku again. While Grievous [[ForegoneConclusion must remain Dooku's general]] until they both die in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', the writers missed out on some prime CharacterDevelopment for two of the [[TheHeavy biggest]] [[TheDragon villains]] in ''The Clone Wars''. |
| 222 | * WTHCostumingDepartment: |
| 223 | ** Padmé's strapless, backless dress in "Senate Spy". The bodice is basically a square that starts straight under her arms, making it [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ea/3c/8f/ea3c8fb1e1accf088ffbcf584d46d864.png look]] like it's defying gravity. Plus, due to its rendering on Padmé's model, the neckline looks to be a hair's bredth away from a nip-slip. |
| 224 | ** Suu Lawquane's top matches what a Twi'lek ''dancer'' would wear but is a very weird outfit for a farmer who is also a mother. It's an extremely revealing piece that only covers ''some'' of her boobs, while the rest of her is on full display. By the time of ''The Bad Batch'', Suu has switched to, well, actual farmer gear that covers her up. |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder:Seasons 3 to 4]] |
| 228 | * {{Asspull}}: Some fans considered Darth Maul's survival a twist too hard to swallow given the circumstances of his defeat in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', where he was [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisected at the waist]] then [[DisneyVillainDeath fell thousands of feet]]; only one of these would normally be enough to preclude survival, let alone ''both''. Not helping is that the reason offered is that Maul's [[ThePowerOfHate rage towards Kenobi]] enabled him to tap into the power of the Dark Side and sustain himself, an explanation that borders on AWizardDidIt. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]], however, as Maul's return was well-received in-and-of-itself due to his character being significantly fleshed out and the episodes in which he appears being among the best of the series. |
| 229 | * CatharsisFactor: |
| 230 | ** Even without watching ''The Clone Wars'', just check out [[spoiler:Pong Krell's entry on the [[Monster/StarWars Complete Monster]] page and you'll know exactly why the clone troopers turning on him and Dogma shooting him in the back felt so ''good'']]. |
| 231 | ** Seeing [[spoiler:[[FatBastard Keeper Agruss]] being [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled by Rex]] and the [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil Zygerrians and their slave mine]] being blown up is a huge catharsis after all [[LaserGuidedKarma the torture they did]] to our heroes and the Togruta colonists]]. |
| 232 | * CrazyIsCool: Quinlan Vos is described as being eccentric from the get-go and he's one of the few Jedi that makes Anakin look subtle. He's also very formidable because of this. |
| 233 | * CreepyAwesome: |
| 234 | ** Mother Talzin. She not only revives Asajj after her betrayal by Count Dooku, but she is able to revive Darth Maul. Bonus points for having the same [[Creator/BarbaraGoodson voice actress]] as the infamous [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita Repulsa]]. |
| 235 | ** Darth Maul's appearances in ''The Clone Wars'' firmly establish him as a cold-blooded sociopath who cares nothing for murdering innocent people just to spite Obi-Wan. Nevertheless, he remains every bit as badass as he was back in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. |
| 236 | * CreepyCute: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis Altar of Mortis]]", [[spoiler:Ahsoka under the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy corruption]] of the DarkSide manages to be both terrifying ''and'' adorable at the same time. The pose and Creator/AshleyEckstein's performance when she says the quote below further solidifies this:]] |
| 237 | -->[[spoiler:'''Ahsoka''']]: He only wants what's best for the universe... |
| 238 | * CrossesTheLineTwice: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E10HeroesOnBothSides Heroes on Both Sides]]", General Grievous's RousingSpeech to a squad of Demolition Droids designed specifically for [[SuicideAttack suicide-bombing]], [[GoYeHeroesGoAndDie telling them that none of them will be coming back]] just after he tells them ''some'' of them may not come back and the droids have no complaints about it. |
| 239 | -->'''Grievous:''' You have been designed for this mission to be the ultimate infiltration units. Some of you may not return. Actually, none of you will return, but don't let that get in your way. |
| 240 | * DiagnosedByTheAudience: Several fans headcanon Dogma as being autistic due to his flat affect, social awkwardness, hyper-fixation on regulations, and difficulty breaking from routine. |
| 241 | * EpilepticTrees: Season 3 introduced a character named Korkie as nephew to Dutchess Satine Kryze of Mandalore. The only other member of the Kryze family that is ever acknowledged in ''The Clone Wars'' is Satine's sister, Bo-Katan. However, it has been [[WordOfGod confirmed by Pablo Hildago]] that Bo-Katan isn't Korkie's mother. This has led many fans to compare Korkie's appearance with his "aunt" Satine and her former lover, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and come to the conclusion that he was an illegitimate love child conceived during Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon's visit to Mandalore before the events of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', who was raised as Satine's nephew rather than her son because of her position in Mandalorian politics. |
| 242 | * EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: This was [[IntendedAudienceReaction intentional]] by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwrxEJBx5TE writers]] for the Mortis arc, which features a lot of symbolism and MindScrew. |
| 243 | -->'''Creator/DaveFiloni:''' If I answer directly what something is, I feel that I'll be robbing you of the purpose of that arc, which is to make you wonder; it's to make you challenge certain ideas, to ask certain questions. |
| 244 | * EvilIsCool: [[spoiler: Pong Krell, despite being an utter HateSink, has a fair amount of fans thanks to having a BadassBartione, his [[ManipulativeBastard extremely manipulative personality]], putting up an [[TheJuggernaut impressive fight]] against a whole army of Clones, and Creator/DaveFennoy's deliciously evil performance. It certainly helps that, although Krell is [[CompleteMonster a lot of things]], he's certainly not a coward and doesn't plead for mercy in his final moments, only mocking Rex for being "too weak" to execute him properly.]] |
| 245 | * GrowingTheBeard: The general consensus is that the beard of ''The Clone Wars'' finished its growth during the third season due to the Nightsisters and Brothers arc and the Mortis arc, which pushed ''The Clone Wars'' [[CerebusSyndrome into a darker territory]]. |
| 246 | * HesJustHiding: After "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E19Counterattack Counterattack]]", many fans were convinced that [[spoiler:Echo might've survived the shuttle explosion, considering we never saw a body and were only given a shot of his charred helmet]]. In Season 7, [[spoiler:the Bad Batch arc confirms this to be true. Echo wasn't killed in the explosion, although he did lose his legs and right arm]]. |
| 247 | * HilariousInHindsight: |
| 248 | ** The second episode of ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' has Gary Anthony Williams doing a parody of Count Dooku (or "Count Poo-Poo"). One year later, he is voicing Riff Tamson, one of Dooku's subordinates, in ''The Clone Wars''. |
| 249 | ** During the Citadel arc, Creator/StephenStanton voiced Captain Tarkin, who was on the run from a Separatist prison, chased by the prison warden Osi Sobeck, a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Phindian Phindian]], voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor. Aiding Tarkin in the escape was Obi-Wan Kenobi, also voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor. Almost exactly a season later during the Obi-Wan Undercover arc, Stephen Stanton voiced Moralo Eval, a Phindian on the run from a Republic prison, aided (and secretly thwarted) by Rako Hardeen, who was also voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor. |
| 250 | ** A line in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E14AFriendInNeed A Friend in Need]]" has Ahsoka telling Lux Bonteri "Careful not to choke on your stupidity". In what is either an amazing coincidence or the writers paying ''[[CallBack very]]'' good attention to the EU, Darth Vader says the line ''almost verbatim'' (changing only "stupidity" to "[[StealthPun aspirations]]") when Force-choking Krennic in ''Film/RogueOne''. |
| 251 | ** When Cad Bane's droids are trying to find R2 to steal Republic secrets from his memory banks, they shoot a different astromech instead and a protocol droid with the astromech runs away in terror. These droids just happen to look almost identical to Chopper and AP-5, the two central central droid characters from ''Rebels''. |
| 252 | ** A WhamShot at the end of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches in the Mist]]" revealed that Maul was still alive, who was presumed dead back in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. Come the trailer for ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' about eight years later, his old master Palpatine is back as well. |
| 253 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E3Prisoners Prisoners]]", Kit Fisto quips "Eels. Very dangerous." as an obvious ShoutOut to Sallah's line "Asps. Very dangerous." from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' and Indy's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of snakes]]. Indy would end up having to [[spoiler:face off against a bunch of dangerous eels]] in his [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny final movie]] nearly 12 years later. |
| 254 | * ItWasHisSled: [=Lucasfilm=] never seemed particularly concerned with keeping Darth Maul's return much of a secret. He was even featured on the cover of the Season 4 Blu-ray/DVD case. |
| 255 | * LoveToHate: Pong Krell is very contemptuous towards the clone troopers serving under him and a massive SmugSnake [[spoiler:before being outed as a villain. Very few will deny that what he did throughout the Umbara arc (especially in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E10CarnageOfKrell Carnage of Krell]]") was absolutely despicable. However, fans like him as a character both before and after [[EvilAllAlong his true colors are revealed]] precisely because of this, providing not only a good obstacle for the clone troopers from a narrative standpoint, but also demonstrating the corruption of war on the Jedi Order. Plus he's voiced by Creator/DaveFennoy, which automatically gives him a badass voice. And his death at the hands of Dogma was incredibly cathartic]]. |
| 256 | * MoralEventHorizon: |
| 257 | ** Pong Krell crosses it when he [[spoiler:states that Jesse and Fives will be court martialed, found guilty, and ''executed''. Worse still, when Rex tries to argue against it, he just decides to ''straight-up execute them without trial''. If that doesn't already qualify, he ''definitely'' crosses it both in- and out-of-universe when he tricks the clone troopers into killing each other, as this is the point even the clone troopers decide he's gone too far. When confronted on this, he reveals he's actually been a traitor the entire time]]. |
| 258 | ** Keeper Agruss makes it clear [[EstablishingCharacterMoment right off the bat]] what kind of person he is by dropping several slaves to their deaths just to make a point to Obi-Wan about what would happen if he refused to obey him. |
| 259 | ** Pre Vizsla crossed his by ordering the burning of a village that Death Watch had been terrorizing simply because they demanded the return of the women he had kidnapped, particularly the chief's daughter. Not only did he burn down the village and kill countless villagers, he started the massacre by returning the chief's daughter, only to literally stab her in the back immediately afterwards. |
| 260 | ** Darth Maul has his moment by murdering a village full of innocent people, including [[WouldHurtAChild young children]], just to get Obi-Wan's attention. |
| 261 | --->'''Darth Maul:''' With the galaxy at war, Savage, there is only one way to draw the attention of the Jedi: slaughter of the innocent. Mercilessly and without compromise. |
| 262 | * {{Narm}}: |
| 263 | ** The amount of times the word "corruption" is [[TitleDrop said]] in... "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E5Corruption Corruption]]". |
| 264 | ** The name of Satine's nephew is Korkie. It's hard to explain, but that name just cannot be taken seriously. |
| 265 | ** One that's more in [[FridgeLogic hindsight]] than it is at the time, but upon being shot with a poison dart in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E12Nightsisters Nightsisters]]", Count Dooku stares at the dart and angrily shouts "What sorcery is this?", even although he doesn't know yet it is a work of literal magick-wielding witches. Count Dooku is a man who fights with a laser sword, can shoot lightning from his hands, and... [[ArbitrarySkepticism apparently believes a poison dart is sorcery]]. |
| 266 | ** [[spoiler:Pong Krell's]] ''"oof!"'' when he gets fatally shot, as it sounds more like someone stubbing a toe. |
| 267 | * NarmCharm: |
| 268 | ** Maul having spider legs (and not generic mechanical legs, but literal spider legs, with an extra spider body) in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E21Brothers Brothers]]" sounds hard to take seriously at first, but Creator/SamWitwer manages to portray how far he's fallen over the years and makes it one of the scariest scenes in the series to behold. |
| 269 | ** As unintentionally funny as [[spoiler:Pong Krell's]] "oof" is, the scene is still [[CatharsisFactor so satisfying]] that it becomes hard to notice. |
| 270 | * ObviousJudas: |
| 271 | ** "The Academy" focuses on Ahsoka trying to bust a smuggling ring who are taking advantage of Mandalore's neutrality to gouge the prices of basic essentials like food and water. It's repeatedly emphasized that the smugglers are operating with such brazen impunity that they must have [[CorruptPolitician someone highly-placed in the government protecting them]] to have not been caught already, and it's extremely easy to guess that this person is [[spoiler:Prime Minister Almec, who is suddenly a ''lot'' more prominent in this episode than the other episodes in the Mandalore arc, and to whom the job of catching the smugglers was delegated, only for them to still operate unopposed]]. |
| 272 | ** Even before he was revealed to be EvilAllAlong, [[spoiler:Pong Krell]] was nothing but horrible to the clones, throwing them into dangerous missions against their wills and verbally abusing them when they defy his suicidal orders. It comes as no surprise when it's revealed that [[spoiler:he's getting them killed on purpose and planning on defecting to the separatists.]] The only genuine surprise is just [[CompleteMonster how horrible]] [[spoiler:Krell]] turns out to be. |
| 273 | * OlderThanTheyThink: The concept of a cyborg Darth Maul was originally used in the non-canon comic ''Star Wars: Visionaries''. The character's initial appearances (up until receiving a redesign during the fifth season) are directly based on his portrayal in said comic. |
| 274 | * OneSceneWonder: |
| 275 | ** Creator/LiamNeeson reprises his role as Qui-Gon Jinn in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E15Overlords Overlords]]", "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E17GhostsOfMortis Ghosts of Mortis]]" (for one scene each), and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E11Voices Voices]]". |
| 276 | ** The appearance of the characters from ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'' (Boss, Scorch, and the rest of the Clone Commando squad) in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]". |
| 277 | ** Jedi Master Ima-Gun Di and his clone lieutenant Keeli only appeared in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E3SupplyLines Supply Lines]]", but they're [[EnsembleDarkhorse surprisingly popular and well-remembered]] thanks to [[spoiler:dying in a dramatic LastStand in the climax]]. |
| 278 | * PanderingToTheBase: Creator/DaveFiloni acknowledged the polarizing reaction towards the first half of the third season (which was focused on heavily on politics, trade blockades, bank interests, etc.) and said that the amount of such episodes would be severely cut down. |
| 279 | * QuestionableCasting: Creator/SimonPegg being the voice of Dengar in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E20Bounty Bounty]]" raised some eyebrows due to his frequent criticism of the Prequel Trilogy and the Special Edition and Blu-Ray versions of the Original Trilogy along with him taking every opportunity he can to bash anything ''Star Wars'' post-1983, even the people who like them. Some hated that he'd be allowed to be involved in the franchise, while others found satisfaction that die hard Prequel Trilogy detractor ''Simon Pegg'' found that ''The Clone Wars'' (or at least his role) lived up to his standards of ''Star Wars''. |
| 280 | * RootingForTheEmpire: A lot of people actually rooted for General Grievous and his Separatist droid army in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]", likely reasons for this being the Nightsisters being a [[PlanetOfHats culture]] [[SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality of misandrists]] and also General Grievous' RuleOfCool. |
| 281 | * ShockingMoments: The Mortis arc's high points of this include the first time Qui-Gon Jinn appears ([[RoleReprise played by]] Creator/LiamNeeson, no less!) in ''The Clone Wars'', [[spoiler:Ahsoka]] being [[BrainwashedAndCrazy corrupted to the Dark Side]] and fighting Anakin ''and'' Obi-Wan, and the sequence where the Son shows Anakin what he is destined to become. There are bonus points for the subtle notes of the Imperial March as a dark cloud in the shape of Darth Vader appears. |
| 282 | * SignatureScene: |
| 283 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E17GhostsOfMortis Ghosts of Mortis]]", the Son showing Anakin his future, which ends with an image of Vader's helmet. |
| 284 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E21Brothers Brothers]]", Darth Maul's return after Savage discovers and rescues him. |
| 285 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]", Obi-Wan's reunion with Darth Maul at the burning Raydonia village. Also, Obi-Wan and Ventress versus Darth Maul and Savage Opress. |
| 286 | * StrawmanHasAPoint: |
| 287 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E5Corruption Corruption]]", Duchess Satine of Mandalore is shocked to discover just how far corruption has spread throughout her government. When she, Padmé, and her guards manage to find and apprehend smugglers bringing in tea which they have diluted with toxic chemicals, she orders the facility burned to the ground. The commander of the police protests that there is evidence in the building, but Satine explains that if he does not comply she will consider him a co-conspirator with the smugglers and then she goes off to find out just how high this conspiracy reaches. His initial disinterest in investigating her accusations certainly was suspicious, but by ignoring his advice and burning down the building, Satine has eliminated any chance of finding records or documentation listing who was involved in the smuggling program, physical evidence placing people at the scene, etc. For a person who claims she is interested in following the web back to its source, Satine ignores rather legitimate points about proper criminal investigations. [[spoiler:It also pretty much helps Almec keep from getting caught.]] |
| 288 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E10HeroesOnBothSides Heroes on Both Sides]]", the message of the episode appears to be that not all of the Separatists are evil. In fact, most of the Separatist people are not. Just the various leaders and [[VillainOfTheWeek villains of the week]] that show up from time to time. Anakin is clearly shown to not agree with this, viewing all of the Separatists as wrong at best and evil at worst. The problem with writing him off as the narrow-minded one though is that the only remotely decent Separatist characters we ever meet are the Bonteris and Bec Lawise. And Mina Bonteri and Lawise are both later killed by [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter the man they openly admired,]] Count Dooku, and the death of the former prompts her son Lux to abandon the Separatists. Between this and all later named Separatist characters also being evil, it becomes a lot harder to disagree with Anakin's viewpoint. In fairness, most of these Separatist characters are the military leaders of the movement. We rarely if ever see much of the Separatist Senate or civilian population[[note]]Which would logically number in the hundreds of billions at least[[/note]], most of whom seem to be kept in the dark about the true nature of the Separatist Military and the war they are waging. |
| 289 | * {{Squick}}: Ziro (a purple, CampStraight, giant Hutt with a toad-like face) and Sy Snootles (a Pa'lowick, which is a long-limbed frog-like alien) are shown kissing on close-up in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E9HuntForZiro Hunt for Ziro]]". Even worse, when Ziro asks Sy if she really cares about him, she answers "From the bottom of my fluid sac." Granted, the fluid sac is basically the Pa'lowicks' version of a heart, but that doesn't make what she says any less nauseating. |
| 290 | * TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The {{Retcon}} in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E4SphereOfInfluence Sphere of Influence]]" placing Greedo as a rather generic bounty hunter, overriding his extremely tragic and compelling story from ''Legends''' ''Tales from the Mos Eisely Cantina'' is seen by some as both extremely reductive and utterly unnecessary for the story the episode was telling. |
| 291 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: |
| 292 | ** Count Dooku suggests in the third season that he plans to [[TheStarscream betray Darth Sidious]] and become the new Dark Lord of the Sith. After Savage leaves Dooku's service, this plot point is never mentioned again, with Dooku spending the remainder of ''The Clone Wars'' as Sidious' loyal subordinate. Again, while Dooku remaining Sidious' apprentice is a ForegoneConclusion, it's still a lot of wasted story potential. Though WhatCouldHaveBeen before the cancellation would have gotten to the Dark Disciple arc, which is now a novel and does allude to Dooku's intended betrayal. |
| 293 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E19Counterattack Counterattack]]" ends with [[spoiler:Echo getting caught in an explosion and being presumed dead. Fives just lost his closest brother and last remaining squadmate. Rex just lost someone he saw as a little brother]]. The next episode, "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E20CitadelRescue Citadel Rescue]]", is full of moments where it would make perfect sense to have them talk about their loss, particularly after [[spoiler:the death of Master Piell]]. Instead, [[spoiler:despite Fives clearly being upset at the end of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E19Counterattack Counterattack]]", no one even mentions Echo for the rest of the arc. It's not until Season 7 that we actually see anyone mourning Echo]]. |
| 294 | ** While the Umbara arc is still held in high regard by fans as one of the series' best story arcs, some fans expressed disappointment with TheReveal that [[spoiler:Krell was EvilAllAlong rather than just a hard-headed, reckless Jedi. It could have opened possibilities for the clones to consider whether or not the Jedi really are up to the task of being war generals if their reckless tactics get many of their brothers needlessly killed, sparking a new perspective on the clones' willingness to go through with Order 66, or even dealt with the concept of fragging their officer to avoid going through with suicidal orders]]. |
| 295 | ** A common criticism of the Zygerria arc is that while Anakin's past as a slave is focused on, the fact that Rex and the other clones are also slaves to the Republic is never brought up, and Rex spends most of the story arc in the background. This ignores the chance to explore both Anakin's feelings about having become complicit in the Republic's hypocrisy, and Rex's opinion about his situation, particularly after what he just went through during the Umbara arc. |
| 296 | ** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E10HeroesOnBothSides Heroes on Both Sides]]", offered a rare depiction of otherwise good Separatists, in the form of Mina Bonteri, as well and her son, Lux, who proudly identifies as a Separatist, who makes a push for peace negotiations with the Republic. The very following episode, she's killed off, and most of the notions of gray morality in the war are shoved to the side, and rarely brought up again. |
| 297 | * UnexpectedCharacter: Up until "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]", there was '''no indication whatsoever''' that Darth Maul would appear in ''The Clone Wars'', much less that he was alive and well, or would become a major antagonist. |
| 298 | [[/folder]] |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[folder:Seasons 5 to 6]] |
| 301 | * ArcFatigue: The mission that the D-squad is sent to do is resolved in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E10SecretWeapons Secret Weapons]]", the very ''first'' episode of their four-part arc, with the next three episodes being basically the characters suffering detour after detour to return home. It doesn't help that most of the cast are astromech droids, and the two characters whose dialogue is understandable... [[TheScrappy well, you wish they weren't]]. Thankfully, it was followed by two of the most beloved and acclaimed arcs of the show. |
| 302 | * BrokenBase: Some fans feel that the inhibitor chips are a great idea, as they perfectly explain why the clones were so willing to shoot their former leaders, whom they respected immensely, and add a level of tragic irony to the clones' story (where after all their efforts not to be seen as mindless droids, they end up becoming just that in the end). Others feel that taking away the clones' agency in Order 66 (instead of [[ToBeLawfulOrGood choosing to obey Order 66,]] they were simply brainwashed to do so) makes them less interesting as characters, and removes a lot of the grey morality that previous works in ''Legends'' used in their depictions of the order. |
| 303 | * CaptainObviousReveal: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]", [[spoiler:Barriss Offee being responsible for the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar is ''not'' surprising due to it being foreshadowed out the wazoo. She's the only person who Ahsoka talks to other than Ventress during the whole of her escape, as well as the only other Jedi with a similar build and outfit as the mysterious assailant who took Ventress' mask and lightsaber and attacked Ahsoka in an abandoned explosive warehouse containing crates of nano-droids, the same droids found at the scene of the crime]]. |
| 304 | * CreepyAwesome: Darth Sidious, ''especially'' in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]" [[spoiler:where he firmly establish how beyond the cast he is and continues to be the display the same sadism he's known for]]. |
| 305 | * DracoInLeatherPants: |
| 306 | ** Hondo Ohnaka is this during the Young Jedi arc. For some reason, a large portion of the fandom was left puzzled by his willingness to kill children in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E7ATestOfStrength A Test of Strength]]" and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E8BoundForRescue Bound for Rescue]]", claiming that it was completely OutOfCharacter for him. This is surprising considering the evil stuff he had pulled in his earlier appearances, particularly capturing Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Dooku (along with ''torturing'' the former two) and threatening to kill Felucian farmers if they didn't hand over their crop to him. He also very much enjoyed shooting at said Felucians with a ''tank'' when they dared try to protect themselves. |
| 307 | ** Despite the terrible actions that she made during the Fugitive arc, [[spoiler:Barriss Offee]] hasn't gotten nearly as much hate as one would suspect. It certainly helps that [[spoiler:she was [[TheExtremistWasRight right in her views]], though not her actions, and the Jedi Order she opposes is already perceived as LawfulStupid in the eyes of many]]. |
| 308 | * InformedWrongness: |
| 309 | ** In the Clovis arc, Anakin walks in on Clovis trying to force a kiss on Padmé, and reacts by beating him up. The scene is played as Anakin being a jealous husband who is bringing himself closer to the dark side, rather than a husband justifiably defending his wife from sexual assault. Padmé even tells him to stay away from her, as if it was ''Anakin'' who crossed a line, rather than Clovis. |
| 310 | *** It makes the scene worse of anyone read Queen's Shadow where it wasn't the first time Clovis forced a kiss on Padmé. |
| 311 | ** The Jedi Council in the Wrong Jedi arc is treated by the narrative as having betrayed and abandoned Ahsoka, with several characters calling them out for it and Ahsoka herself lamenting that even after all she's done for the Order the Council had no faith in her. Putting aside the hypocrisy in that,[[note]]Ahsoka's time as a fugitive only even happens because she refuses Anakin's plea to turn herself in and make her case to the Council i.e. refusing to put her faith in the Council to resolve the false accustations against her.[[/note]] Ahsoka's actions during the arc are a colossal case of NotHelpingYourCase where she breaks out of prison, works with a Separatist war criminal, and is caught red-handed holding the bombs used in the attack. When she is finally forced to make her case before the Council, she contradicts herself several times due to her confusion as to what happened, with Council members sharing looks that say they believe she can't keep her lies straight. All things considered, them believing she might be guilty and turning her over to the courts for trial seems fairly reasonable, yet is still slammed as a heinous betrayal and proof of the Council's callousness.[[note]]Particularly glaring is how Anakin declares the Council's hearing for Ahsoka a mere formality and they've already decided she's guilty when, as mentioned, Ahsoka hardly acquited herself well in the hearing and the Council includes Obi-Wan, Plo Koon, and Yoda, all three of whom are fond of Ahsoka and would naturally want to avoid condemning her if they could at all make a case in her defense.[[/note]] |
| 312 | * ItWasHisSled: Satine's mysterious sister turning out to be Bo-Katan. Given how much exposure and popularity Bo-Katan has received in recent years, this twist is fairly well known. |
| 313 | * MoralEventHorizon: |
| 314 | ** If whatever Darth Maul has done before hasn't set this in stone yet, [[spoiler:his callous, brutal murder of Duchess Satine, which is done only to torture Obi-Wan, certainly has. Not just the act itself, but the sadistic pleasure he takes in Obi-Wan's suffering]]. |
| 315 | ** [[spoiler:Barriss Offee]] crosses this by arranging the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar and then [[spoiler:killing the pawn she used to orchestrate it and framing Ahsoka (her ''friend'') for those crimes and more, which nearly resulted in Ahsoka being sentenced to death]]. |
| 316 | ** If placing inhibitor chips in all the clone troopers wasn't atrocious enough, Kaminoan scientist Dr. Nala Se may have crossed it when she attempted to have Tup euthanized for having Order 66 prematurely triggered (something beyond his control) and then tried to have AZI-3 and Fives mind-wiped for coming close to discovering the truth. If not that, her alternative MEH may have been when she drugged Fives on the trip to Coruscant, [[spoiler:causing him to become paranoid and ultimately resulting in his death at the hands of his own brothers]]. |
| 317 | * {{Narm}}: |
| 318 | ** Ganodi's disproportionate breakdown in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E6TheGathering The Gathering]]" when confronted with a large number of Kyber crystals, especially since she was previously whining about not being able to find any crystals. Now, she's whining about there being too many. |
| 319 | ** Savage [[StockSoundEffects giving a panther roar]] in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E14Eminence Eminence]]". |
| 320 | ** Pre Vizsla's unconvincing [[ScreamingWarrior yell as he charges Maul]] in "Shades of Reason" is an amusingly off note in an otherwise intensely badass duel. |
| 321 | * OneSceneWonder: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E13Sacrifice Sacrifice]]", Darth Bane's appearance and the fact that he was voiced by Creator/MarkHamill are this. |
| 322 | * {{Padding}}: "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E11ASunnyDayInTheVoid A Sunny Day in the Void]]" is perhaps the most uneventful episode of the series, mostly consisting of D-Squad, [[ArmchairMilitary Colonel Gascon]], and WAC-47 wandering around the desert planet Abafar for 22 minutes. The only reason the episode seems to exist is as character development for two characters whom nobody really liked and it's not hard to imagine how it could have been made more interesting or replaced with an episode that was more exciting. To make matters worse, D-Squad more or less complete their mission in the ''previous'' episode and the events that occur in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E11ASunnyDayInTheVoid A Sunny Day in the Void]]" are just caused by a DiabolusExMachina that prevents them from returning home. |
| 323 | * QuestionableCasting: While initially seen as a fitting choice, reception to Creator/TimCurry's Palpatine was mixed, with some arguing he was perfect for Darth Sidious but unconvincing as Chancellor Palpatine, and others saying Curry's voice is simply too distinctive/different from both [=McDiarmid=] and Abercrombie's to convincingly work as Palpatine. |
| 324 | * RonTheDeathEater: After the Fugitive arc, the members of the Jedi Council have the tendency of getting a larger chunk of blame for [[spoiler:Ahsoka leaving the Jedi Order rather than Barriss, who made a good point about the Jedi losing their way in the war despite having orchestrated the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar and framed Ahsoka for the crime. Mace Windu is the member of the Jedi Council who receives most of the blame due to him making a rather insensitive comment towards Ahsoka after she was found innocent of the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar: Instead of apologizing to her, he invoked the "Force works in mysterious ways" excuse despite the fact that she was only cleared because Anakin found out the truth by searching for the true culprit of the crime]]. |
| 325 | * TheScrappy: WAC-47 and Colonel Gascon are disliked in the D-Squad arc, with some considering the duo to be so annoying that they made comparisons to Jar Jar Binks. |
| 326 | * ShockingMoments: Any time Darth Maul shows up, expect one of these. For instance: |
| 327 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E14Eminence Eminence]]" and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E15ShadesOfReason Shades of Reason]]", Maul led a band of Mandalorian warriors and completely owned the Hutts and Black Sun in addition to taking over all of Mandalore. In the previous ExpandedUniverse works, it's been established that going up against the Hutts or Black Sun (much less both at once) is more or less suicide, which makes it more impressive that Darth Maul took them both down one after another and made them his vassals. In short, no other ''Star Wars'' character in the past has accomplished a feat as awesome as what Darth Maul did by defeating the Hutt Clan and Black Sun in such a brutal and effective fashion. Granted, a lot of the older EU works where the Hutts and Black Sun are practically undefeatable (unless for if you're Luke, Leia, or Han) are now non-canon thanks to the Disney buyout. However, it's still pretty impressive how he was able to bring to heel two of the most powerful criminal organizations in the galaxy and take over Mandalore. |
| 328 | ** [[spoiler:Darth Sidious actually fighting]] in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]". [[spoiler:Darth Maul and Savage always posed a huge menace by themselves. However, Sidious not only pulls a massive EvilerThanThou, but ''The Clone Wars'' has managed to enhance his existing abilities with the Force and reduces Darth Maul to begging for mercy]]. |
| 329 | * SignatureScene: |
| 330 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]", Darth Maul murdering [[spoiler:Satine in front of Obi-Wan]] and Darth Maul and Savage Opress versus [[spoiler:Darth Sidious]]. |
| 331 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]", Anakin versus [[spoiler:Barriss Offee]] and Ahsoka [[spoiler:leaving the Jedi Order]]. |
| 332 | %%* SignatureSeriesArc: |
| 333 | %%** The Mandalore and Nightsisters & Brothers arcs intersect in the fifth season. The highlights of this moment in the fifth season include [[spoiler:Maul taking over Mandalore and Mandalore descending into civil war once again]]. |
| 334 | %%** The Fugitive arc, which sets the stage for [[spoiler:Ahsoka Tano leaving the Jedi Order]] and sowing further discord between Anakin and Jedi Council. |
| 335 | %%** The Order 66 arc, which reveals the horrifying truth of how Order 66 works and ended with [[spoiler:the death of Fives and the Jedi none the wiser]]. |
| 336 | %%** The Yoda arc, which unravels the mystery of Sifo-Dyas's death and makes some more significant revelations about the nature of the Force and Force spirits in addition to setting the stage for Yoda's plan for defeating the Sith. |
| 337 | * StoicWoobie: Obi-Wan, as of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]". |
| 338 | * {{Squick}}: When questioned by Mace Windu about where he had been all night during their mission to Bardotta in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E8TheDisappearedPart1 The Disappeared, Part 1]]", Jar Jar loudly and proudly admits that he was "loving Queenie Julia". |
| 339 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: |
| 340 | ** [[spoiler:Barriss Offee's]] motivations for bombing the Jedi Temple hangar [[spoiler:are understandable and sympathetic since she makes a good point that the Jedi Order and the Republic were losing their ways over the course of the war]]. A model Jedi gradually losing all faith in the Order, deciding to take drastic action to make the Jedi chance their course, and falling more and more to the dark side in the process would have made for an amazing subplot. Instead, all of this development happens entirely offscreen. |
| 341 | ** Luminara Unduli is completely absent in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]", which includes the revelation that [[spoiler:her Padawan learner Barriss Offee has become a KnightTemplar terrorist responsible for the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar]]. This makes her exclusion rather glaring. On a lesser scale Obi-Wan is probably the Jedi Master to know Ahsoka the best besides Anakin, so it's a little disappointing that his [[spoiler:contribution to helping her is arguing in a Council meeting against Ahsoka's expulsion from the Order and for supporting her at the very beginning, and then literally not saying a word for the rest of the episode even when she is offered the chance to rejoin the Jedi.]] |
| 342 | * UglyCute: Embo's pet anooba, Marrok. Anoobas are vicious [[MixAndMatchCritters hyena-wolf creatures]] capable of tearing a man's throat out, but Marrok is like a puppy whenever he is not fighting. His more adorable side is best shown in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E5AnOldFriend An Old Friend]]", where he can be seen giving Embo a sentry droid like he's wanting to play fetch or retrieving his hat when he loses it. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Season 7]] |
| 346 | * AwardSnub: While many were pleased to see the finale season of ''The Clone Wars'' recognized at the Emmys, it was only nominated for Writing, Sound Design, and Music, only three categories among several artists that poured their soul into this season, specially the voice actors, directors, and visual artists. Creator/SamWitwer in particular was robbed for his surprisingly frightened performance as Maul, dreading the ForegoneConclusion. |
| 347 | * ContinuityLockout: |
| 348 | ** Darth Maul was last seen utterly defeated by Darth Sidious. You need to read the comic ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', which takes place between Seasons 6 and 7, to learn how he got back in command of Mandalore. Gar Saxon and Rook Kast, who debuted in the same comic, also appear here with no introduction. The fact that Kast's design was a major inspiration for [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Sabine]] can make it even more confusing. |
| 349 | ** To a lesser extent; despite being prominent supporting characters up to this point, [[spoiler:Mother Talzin and Asajj Ventress]] completely disappear in the gap between Seasons 6 and 7. Their fates are revealed in ''Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir'' and ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' respectively. |
| 350 | * CrossesTheLineTwice: Anakin [[spoiler:killing Admiral Trench in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E4UnfinishedBusiness Unfinished Business]]". Cutting off Trench's cybernetic arms, impaling him, and taking a detonator to blow up his fleet all while the Emperor's theme plays in the background? Horrifying. Anakin quipping "Admiral, it was a pleasure" while Trench's body twitches on the ground (including his remaining arms curling up [[FurryReminder like a spider's legs]])? ''Hilarious'', even if it makes you hate yourself for laughing]]. |
| 351 | * EpilepticTrees: |
| 352 | ** In light of the series' revival, there was much speculation on what the twelve new episodes in Season 7 would be about. The most common suggestions among many tended to be the unfinished story reels and the Siege of Mandalore, though others believed the episodes could be something else. Creator/TomKane also [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BmkUp8OFsoe/?taken-by=tkanevo revealed]] that he recorded five new episodes for Season 7, leading some to speculate if they were either for the opening narrations or for brand new episodes. At Celebration Chicago, the Bad Batch arc and the Siege of Mandalore arc were [[IKnewIt confirmed]], and a few fans were also able to correctly predict that Ahsoka's Journey arc would appear in this season. |
| 353 | ** With the seventh season coming shortly after the conclusion of ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'', some fans eventually started theorizing about minor revisions that could be made to the unreleased episodes to connect with ''Rebels'' and other canon works. Specifically, Depa Billaba and Caleb Dume/Kanan making cameos in the Jedi Temple (which they do in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E9OldFriendsNotForgotten Old Friends Not Forgotten]]") and/or Depa being in the Jedi Council and saying that [[ComicBook/StarWarsKanan she's taking her Padawan and men to Kaller]], and Fenn Rau and/or Ursa Wren (with a mention or cameo of a baby Sabine) at the Siege of Mandalore (Ursa does appear in the Siege and the preceding arc as well). There was also speculation on other characters such as Series/{{the Mandalorian}} [[spoiler:as a young Din Djarin]], [[Series/TheMandalorian Moff Gideon]][[note]]particularly after Gideon namedropped the Siege of Mandalore[[/note]], [[VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder Cal Kestis and Jaro Tapal]]. [[spoiler:Ultimately, most of these barring Ursa Wren, Depa Billaba, and Caleb Dume did not appear]]. |
| 354 | ** A few have theorized that Ahsoka's new outfit in the SDCC '18 trailer is Mandalorian-designed. Evidence supporting this theory is that Ahsoka's headpiece and skirt bear a resemblance to Bo-Katan's headband and [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Ursa Wren's]] skirt respectively. Come the Celebration Chicago trailer, the design on her outfit also looks similar to the pattern of Mandalorian armor. Some believe it might be a gift from [[spoiler:[[EnemyMine Bo-Katan and the Nite Owls]] after their previous encounter on Carlac and their HeelFaceTurn when Maul took over Mandalore, and that it could've belonged to [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece Bo-Katan]] herself before she joined Death Watch]]. The [[https://www.starwars.com/series/clone-wars/old-friends-not-forgotten-episode-guide episode guide]] for "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E9OldFriendsNotForgotten Old Friends Not Forgotten]]" confirmed that the outfit is Mandalorian-designed. |
| 355 | ** The final trailer includes a shot of a conversation between Anakin and Padmé via holoprojector where the latter is obviously pregnant. The fact that Anakin only finds out that Padmé is pregnant early in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', combined with the fact that the outfit she's wearing in the scene is the one she wears to Mustafar in the film, caused speculation to run rampant about its meaning, with theories ranging from that it's a {{retcon}} of some kind to that it takes place during the events of the film... or that Anakin is [[FailedASpotCheck hilariously unobservant]]. Ultimately, the scene is in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E2ADistantEcho A Distant Echo]]", and it's indicated that "unobservant" is the correct answer (albeit, Padmé's pregnancy is only obvious because we already know about it and she really isn't showing that much). |
| 356 | ** In ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'', [[LateArrivalSpoiler Rex revealed that he had removed his biochip that would have compelled him to execute Order 66]]. Most fans assumed that Rex removed his biochip prior to ''Revenge of the Sith'' due to him personally researching what happened to Fives and discovering the truth but many sharp-eyed viewers noticed that Rex lacks a scar on the back of his head (that would have indicated a biochip removal) in the Siege of Mandalore arc. Some wondered if it's an animation error or if Rex's removal of the biochip happened much later than expected. [[spoiler:It turns out that Rex still had his biochip in head ''during'' Order 66, meaning that rather avoid the horror as many thought, he was among the many clones trying to kill Ahsoka, albeit unwillingly]]. |
| 357 | * FriendlyFandoms: Fans of ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' were quick to note the similarities in music and theme towards the end of the season, and subsequently sum up the DownerEnding as "All these moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain." |
| 358 | * HeartwarmingInHindsight: |
| 359 | ** At the Ahsoka's Untold Tales panel for Celebration Europe 2016, Creator/AshleyEckstein learned about the Siege of Mandalore for the first time, with one of the storyboards shown being a scene where Ahsoka is greeted with a legion that painted their helmets after her. Three years and the series' revival later at Celebration Chicago 2019, she got to see the scene animated and voice acted. |
| 360 | ** In a mix of this and HarsherInHindsight, Padmé's final scene in ''The Clone Wars'' is in "A Distant Echo", where she tells Anakin she loves him. |
| 361 | ** Ahsoka and Rex's reunion in ''Rebels'' becomes even more moving with the reveal that [[spoiler:Ahsoka herself removed Rex's chip]]. |
| 362 | * IKnewIt: There were many guesses for what story arcs would be in the seventh season of ''The Clone Wars'', and the three that were predicted were the Bad Batch arc, Ahsoka's Journey arc (albeit modified according to WordOfGod), and the Siege of Mandalore arc. |
| 363 | * InformedWrongness: Obi-Wan insisting the Jedi return to Coruscant to stop Grievous from abducting Palpatine is treated as a moral failing, with him more interested in, as Ahsoka puts it, playing politics rather than caring about what happens to the people. Even ignoring that preventing the Chancellor of the Republic from being taken hostage is a pretty far cry from political manuevering, Obi-Wan is choosing to prioritze defending one of the most populated planets in the galaxy and striking directly at the Separatist leadership which could end the Clone Wars entirely over saving one sparsely populated planet from a tyrant. |
| 364 | * LesYay: Trace Martez becomes very enamoured with Ahsoka not long after they meet and is very quick to involve her in her life, giving her her trust and faith. Her sister, Rafa, is often displeased by this and often makes a point of needling Ahsoka for it. Ahsoka, in turn, is afraid of losing Trace's friendship if the latter was to find out she's a former Jedi (whom the sisters both distrust). |
| 365 | * MisBlamed: Due to the turbulent status of the franchise in early 2018, it's becoming increasingly common for many to state that Disney only {{uncancelled}} ''The Clone Wars'' in order to bring an end to the controversies. However, given that most of those controversies were just a few months old, animation (especially as visually appealing as ''The Clone Wars'') takes a ''[[ProductionLeadTime long]]'' time to make, and the teaser clearly had fully animated segments, it had to have been in the works well before that. |
| 366 | * MoralEventHorizon: If what Wat Tambor did during the Ryloth arc isn't enough, he definitely does this trope during the Bad Batch arc when he captures Echo and experiments on him, turning him into an algorithm against his will (not to mention making him relive his last moments at the Citadel). |
| 367 | * NarmCharm: |
| 368 | ** The SDCC '18 trailer that announced the revival of ''The Clone Wars'' feels almost fan-made with its first half being a shot of numerous clone trooper helmets with archival audio played, reused music from a trailer for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' playing in its second half, and it ending with the rather unprofessional [=#CloneWarsSaved=], but all of this is forgiven because of the love and care that went into the reveal. |
| 369 | ** Rex and Echo's heartfelt goodbye in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E4UnfinishedBusiness Unfinished Business]]" has the latter throw a salute with his right arm, which ends in a data probe. It looks a little silly, but it's a genuinely emotional moment. |
| 370 | * OneSceneWonder: |
| 371 | ** Despite appearing in the series since its pilot movie, General Grievous qualifies as this in Season 7 because of his redesign. He only appears for two seconds in the OpeningNarration of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E9OldFriendsNotForgotten Old Friends Not Forgotten]]", but his redesign has become incredibly popular for being a CreepyAwesome update of his original ''The Clone Wars'' design and closer to his ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' appearance, which made many wish he had a major role in the season so we could see more of him. |
| 372 | ** Depa Billaba and [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Caleb Dume]] make brief cameos in the OpeningNarration of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E9OldFriendsNotForgotten Old Friends Not Forgotten]]". |
| 373 | ** [[Film/{{Solo}} Dryden Vos]] making a cameo via a hologram as one of the crime lords Maul orders to go into hiding in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E10ThePhantomApprentice The Phantom Apprentice]]". |
| 374 | ** Post-scarring Darth Sidious makes only one appearance in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E11Shattered Shattered]]", but it's the crux of the episode, he's saying his most infamous line, with archival audio from [=Ian McDiarmid=] himself! |
| 375 | ** [[spoiler:Darth Vader, the Stormtroopers, Snowtroopers, an Imperial probe droid, and an Imperial shuttle]] making cameo appearances in the epilogue of the GrandFinale, "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E12VictoryAndDeath Victory And Death]]". |
| 376 | * ShockingMoments: |
| 377 | ** The announcement of ''The Clone Wars'' getting ''[[UnCanceled revived]]'' five years after its cancellation. Almost no-one expected it to come back, and its presentation was also a successful BaitAndSwitch at the SDCC '18 10th anniversary panel, where the series was deliberately talked about in past tense before announcing its revival at the very end. |
| 378 | ** It's a small moment, but in the Celebration Chicago trailer, Ahsoka's lightsabers are now ''[[GoodColorsEvilColors blue]]''. |
| 379 | ** The NotHisSled moment in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E11Shattered Shattered]]": [[spoiler:Rex complying with Order 66, {{retcon}}ning ''Literature/StarWarsAhsoka'' stating that Rex removed his chip ''before'' Order 66 and seemingly contradicting Rex's statement in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' about having removed his chip ("I never betrayed ''my'' Jedi.")]]. |
| 380 | %% Signature Scenes are ingrained in the pop culture beyond just the fandom. It's too early to tell if this applies. Wait for a time to see if they become known to a general audience. |
| 381 | %%* SignatureScene: |
| 382 | %%** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch The Bad Batch]]", the introduction of the Bad Batch, the Bad Batch's battle with the Separatist droids, and the reveal that Echo is still alive. |
| 383 | %%** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E2ADistantEcho A Distant Echo]]", Anakin and the clones versus the Separatist droids and the discovery of Echo. |
| 384 | %%** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E3OnTheWingsOfKeeradaks On The Wings Of Keeradaks]]", Anakin, the clones, and Poletecs versus the Separatist droid army. |
| 385 | %%** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E4UnfinishedBusiness Unfinished Business]]", Anakin killing Admiral Trench and Echo joining the Bad Batch. |
| 386 | %%** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E9OldFriendsNotForgotten Old Friends Not Forgotten]]", Anakin's reunion with Ahsoka, the last meeting between Anakin and Ahsoka (along with Anakin giving new lightsabers to Ahsoka), and the Siege of Mandalore. |
| 387 | %%** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E10ThePhantomApprentice The Phantom Apprentice]]", Ahsoka versus Darth Maul. |
| 388 | %%** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E11Shattered Shattered]]", Darth Sidious enacting Order 66, [[spoiler:Rex complying with the order and trying to kill Ahsoka, and Ahsoka removing Rex's chip]]. |
| 389 | %%*** Also in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E11Shattered Shattered]]", Maul's [[Film/RogueOne Vader-esque]] massacre of the clones (''without a lightsaber'') is quickly becoming one. |
| 390 | %%** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E12VictoryAndDeath Victory and Death]]"'s final scenes, with [[spoiler:Ahsoka overlooking the mass graves of the clones]] and [[spoiler:Darth Vader visiting the crash site]]. |
| 391 | * SpecialEffectFailure: Although the animation is otherwise excellent, the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch first]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E2ADistantEcho three]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E3OnTheWingsOfKeeradaks episodes]] ''all'' having an instance of the extremely common "missing kama" OffModel blooper cannot pass without notice. |
| 392 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: |
| 393 | ** While the Ahsoka's Journey arc isn't considered ''bad'', it is generally seen as taking up space that could've been spent on a bigger story like the Crystal Crisis on Utapau arc, the Bounty Hunter arc, the Kashyyyk arc, or else an adaptation of ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son of Dathomir]]'' or ''Literature/DarkDisciple''. This makes far more sense when you know it was actually a toss-up between whether Rafa and Trace or the Bad Batch would get their own show, and the sisters would need just as much setup. |
| 394 | ** Despite being the direct lead-up to ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Palpatine's kidnapping is not shown, and is only briefly alluded to in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E9OldFriendsNotForgotten Old Friends Not Forgotten]]". Given that all the works that portray it now belong to ''Legends'', it is just a missed chance. |
| 395 | * SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Thanks to advancements in animation technology and other touch-ups on the series' animation, the art style and animation look more expressive, vibrant, and smooth. Special mention goes to the lightsaber duel between Maul and Ahsoka in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E10ThePhantomApprentice The Phantom Apprentice]]", which was first motion-captured and thus makes the duel itself look much more fluid than the duels usually seen on the show. |
| 396 | * WinBackTheCrowd: |
| 397 | ** After the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise saw turbulence with ''Film/TheLastJedi''[='s=] [[ContestedSequel polarization]] and ''Film/{{Solo}}'''s BoxOfficeBomb, Dave Filoni announced at 2018 San Diego Comic Con that ''The Clone Wars'' would be returning for a new 12-episode season. This news was met with universal praise from ''Star Wars'' fans, including ones who have been very unhappy with Disney's handling of the franchise. |
| 398 | ** The [[GrandFinale Siege of Mandalore]] arc is considered a major redeemer by fans for the franchise after the divisive conclusion of the Sequel Trilogy, ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''. |
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| 401 | !!Comic |
| 402 | * CompleteMonster: |
| 403 | ** Issues #1-6--"Slaves of the Republic" arc: [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil The Keeper]] of the Kavado mining facility is a smug Zygerrian tasked with breaking their slaves, the latest being the population of planet Kiros. Tasked with breaking the will of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Keeper drops few of them into the lava to show Kenobi the consequences of disobedience. The Keeper places Obi-Wan with other slaves and has ones whom he tries to help beaten to break Kenobi's spirit and alienate him from the other slaves. When the Jedi and the Republic attack his prison, the Keeper threatens to drop all of the slaves into lava. After Separatists attack to destroy his facility and frame the Republic for the deaths of the people of Kiros, the Keeper desperately tries to kill all of the slaves in hopes of saving his own life. |
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