General Star Wars Animated Series

It's an anthology show? You can watch the story lines in any order you like. Why gatekeep like that?

I say, crack open the wikipedia list of serials, and just watch what interests you and have a great time.

Because it is not an anthology show? While there are a lot of characters followed, there are 3 primaries and 8 secondaries that all but maybe 8-9 episodes follow, and most of those episodes involve at least 3 of them. That is a large cast, but nowhere near an anthology; and the binding plot threads follow their development through the show, with the War mostly serving as a backdrop.

edited 11th Jun '18 9:42:30 AM by ViperMagnum357

Yeah, you absolutely cannot watch the serials in any order you like. Characters have clear arcs across the war, and watching the individual storylines out of order does you zero favours. The Mandalore storyline in particular crosses almost every season and basically needs to be watched in order to make any sense. And a bunch of storylines tie into it too.

Also "cracking open the wiki" is a great way to get yourself spoiled. Like, that's just terrible advice for someone just starting on the show.

There's no spoilers in the serial synopsis on Wikipedia?

I don't know guy, I spent years hating Clone Wars because everyone told me I HAD to watch it in chronological order, and, dang, the early episodes were just not to my taste in the slightest. I had no idea why people kept praising this show. But then people on this thread said I should just watch serials that interest me and suddenly I was having a much better experience.

Where even is a list of the episodes in chronological order?

That's a point, do we have it to hand?

What page are you talking about? Because I can't find one that breaks down the series by arc.

Second of all, it's literally impossible to describe some of the serials without spoilers. Like, it just can't be done. Any discussion of the Season 5 Mandalore arc automatically gives away the return of Darth Maul. Any description of late-series Ventress arcs gives away that she splits off from Dooku. Etc.

here's the page, it has the chronological list as well if you're interested Anderson

Maul being alive has been spoiled for years. You'll have to not watched Solo, Rebels, or read the comics

edited 11th Jun '18 11:10:20 AM by Whowho

That page isn't split by serial though. There's no indication of which episodes belong together.

And shockingly, there are people who haven't done some of those things. In particular, if you've never seen The Clone Wars, you probably also haven't watched Rebels or read the comics. My partner didn't find out Maul was alive until we saw Solo together, because we haven't made it far enough into TCW yet.

Wait wait wait, Darth Maul is in Solo?

I mean, that's the page I used and I've never had confusion about when story arcs start.

aye I'll give you that. But if someone isn't that much of a star wars fanatic, I guess they'd just watch in release order

Edit: ish?

edited 11th Jun '18 11:20:29 AM by Whowho

For like, a minute. That many people are saying is the best minute of the entire movie.

Like me, I said that.

edited 11th Jun '18 1:28:10 PM by slimcoder

Plot Twist: slimcoder's legal name is 'Many People'.

Hi, I'm new here. Where to start?

I don't like any of the films, they all bore me regardless of quality and era. To boot, I dropped Rebels halfway through season 3. I have no idea what to expect from this new show, I'll give it a shot but I mostly hope the fans enjoy it.

Really fond of the Clone Wars though. While it has glaring issues and a poor start, it showed me the importance of execution. The fact that it adapted the "worst thing ever" into something likeable was probably the most satisfying part.

Great, thanks!

I had a thought.

We know that Dave Filoni sometimes does things just to set up plot threads for other people to pick up on later, or even to not be picked up at all. It's part of the Star Wars "feel" of things; the sense that stories are going to be happening whether you see them or not.

I don't think that the final fates of Ezra and Thrawn are one of these instances. I think he definitely has a plan for them in the not-too-distant future (perhaps not on Resistance, but maybe after it starts).

Reason: Dave is a huge fan of the Thrawn trilogy. He threw a tactical maneuver Thrawn made in the books into a first-season episode of TCW largely because he used to doodle it when he was bored in class. Getting to work on Thrawn stories is a literal dream come true for him, more than almost anything else he's done with the franchise (outside of creating his own important character, and having giant wolves be involved...possibly tied with making Plo Koon a fan favourite). So I can't wrap my head around a version of this universe where Dave doesn't make sure Thrawn says his famous last words. They're coming. It's just a matter of when.

That's definitely a plotline that a lot of other writers are going to balk at taking on in his stead, mostly because it's huge with sweeping implications and delves into an entirely unplumbed and unique region of the mythos. It does strike me as something that he definitely has a plan for going forward.

That said, he also purportedly had a plan for Barriss, and that didn't go anywhere, but then Barriss isn't a main character.

edited 14th Jun '18 1:26:35 PM by KnownUnknown

I'm pretty hyped for Bariss to eventually turn back up.

We were watching the first three episodes of Clone Wars season 2 last night, where Cad Bane steals a Jedi Holocron for Sidious. There's some pretty dark material in those episodes, with a Jedi tortured to death on screen and the droids checking his body to be sure he's really dead, and children being kidnapped with the threat of death as Sidious talks about experimenting on them.

Watching the poor clones get killed in droves every episode is grim enough, but this certainly upped the ante. It drives home just how evil Sidious really is.

edited 20th Jun '18 5:09:34 AM by andersonh1

Do you think the new series will explain who Snoke is? Because the movies sure as hell don't.

Could do. But maybe the the writers have their own story to tell for this one. I'm sure the Snoke back story is coming and I'm happy to be patient for it to arrive in the media the writers think most befitting.

However, logically Snoke is the big bad of the Republic-resistance-First Order conflict, being the leader of the aggressors.

I could definitely see Resistance fleshing out Snoke. Sure they don't really need to, but TCW and Rebels did a great job of fleshing out characters who we had largely dismissed as irrelevant (Maul tops the list). I'm certain there are more people clamoring for information on Snoke than there were for Maul.

Filoni excels at providing context to the movies, and the Sequel Trilogy is desperately in need of context.

Agreed. I don't need worldbuilding to appticiate the films, but dang, I want to be able to imagine the new Republic time period fory own immersion and imagination, and currently I can't.