History Fridge / StarWarsTheCloneWars

* Crossing over with FridgeSadness when you realise the Lurmen from Season One will essentially have [[YouCantGoBackHomeAgain lost their original homeworld]]. The reason? Their original homeworld was ''[[CrapsackWorld Mygeeto]]'', a planet that was ravaged by one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Clone Wars and will likely never recover.

* You know those adorable Jedi younglings that are introduced during the Young Jedi arc? Chances are they'll be killed by Anakin/Vader by the time ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' rolls around.

** Additional meta brilliance, in the same game he also voiced [[TalkingToHimself the Emperor]]. There really is more than one darksider in his voice. Indeed, at some points, Son's voice changes into Palpatine's.

** Savage, unlike the Zabrak in the Jedi Council that Obi-Wan is familiar with, have the markings and skin tatoos that Maul had. The guy was bulkier than Maul sure, but there was a clear similarity beyond the murder and weapon.

** In the EU, Obi-Wan is established as preferring Form III, which is all about defense and ''The Clone Wars'' seems to be tacitly following that bit of characterization since he tends to do more blocking and deflecting, and generally fights more defensively than Anakin or Ahsoka. So his "default setting" was to let Viszla take the offensive... which is where a Mandalorian warrior is most at home. Ahsoka, trained by Anakin, is a much more offensive fighter and gave Vizsla a much harder time because he's used to being on the attack.

** Another possible reason, at least in ''Legends'', is that ''Order 66 is publicily known'' (the fact it's enforced by a biochip, not so much) — thus, in the incident above, Fox and the Coruscant Guard may have decided to simply apply its directives against a Jedi that, as far as they knew, was acting against the interests of the Republic, as specified by Order 66.

* Why does Savage use a double-bladed lightsaber? Dooku must have given it to him, he trained him after all. Dooku is an absolute master of the second form of lightsaber combat, Makashi, a form that has a weakness to power attacks, something Savage could be devastating with. If you are to fight with a double-bladed lightsaber, you'll likely train in Form VI, Niman, one that does not utilize power attacks (and it's harder to do power attacks with a double-bladed weapon anyway). Dooku knew Savage could be a great threat, and weakened him from the beginning.

* Remember when Luke faced the Dark Side in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''? Y'know, when Yoda told him "Your weapons...you will not need them." That's because in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCcloneWarsS6E12Destiny Destiny]]", Yoda faced his own inner darkness and won the battle without his lightsaber. He wants to teach Luke the same lesson.

** In the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], a mere four [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/AV-7_Anti-vehicle_Artillery_Cannon AV-7 cannons]] mop the floor with a corps-level force, and they were already so infamous that [[OhCrap the mere mention of the cannons made the Separatist commander on Christophsis realize his forces were toast]] without the [[DeflectorShields theatre shield in place]]. Why didn't the Separatist procure anything to match such a devastating weapon? Because Sidious was keeping them from doing so.

*** Interestingly, the Separatists eventually ''do'' start employing tube artillery similar to the AV-7 to great effect... Around the time of the Battle of Coruscant, when the Separatists were now too weakened to possibly win. But with this sudden increase in their effectiveness, more Jedi were sent to the frontlines, weakening Coruscant's defenses right before Sidious started his endgame (thus giving Grievous a better chance at "kidnapping" him) and putting them where the Clonetroopers could just shoot them in the back once Order 66 was issued.

* There's one change between the story reel and finalized versions of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch The Bad Batch]]" that is very likely setup for later known events: in the unfinished version, Rex tells the Jedi about his theory that Echo might be alive at the opening briefing. In the final version, he keeps it to himself because, as he explains when he tells Cody about it, he's not sure they'd believe him and might think he's crazy. We already know that Rex finds out about the clones' control chips before the end of the war and has his removed, and it's clear that, in order to avoid being silenced like Fives and Kix, he couldn't have told very many people about them, and he never got the chance to tell the Jedi. Given the change to this episode, it's quite likely that Rex refrained from going to the Jedi because he felt that they wouldn't believe what he had to say without incontrovertible evidence that he was telling the truth (and knowing that Anakin wouldn't believe a word against Palpatine without similarly hard proof). This change to the episode sets that up perfectly.

* Ahsoka's mission to capture Maul on Mandalore doesn't just take place at the same time as Obi-Wan's mission to deal with grievous on Utapau; they directly parallel each other.
** A Jedi is sent to deal with one of Sidious' minions -- and the minion in question is completely expendable, meaning that no matter who wins each duel, Sidious comes out ahead.

** The added bit of FridgeBrilliance kicks in with "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]". Considering how fast the Council was to accuse Ahsoka and howl for her head on flimsy evidence without allowing her to defend herself, there’s little wonder Anakin wouldn't trust their hide-bound shebs as far as he could pitch them and why he had ''very'' good reason to believe they'd throw Padmé under a bus and jump to conclusions about Palpatine. And if they were willing to execute an innocent teenage girl, then what was he going to face for ''actually'' being guilty of violating the Order's brutal "no attachment" law? Furthermore, when she leaves the Order, there goes his MoralityPet and someone he could be honest with. He's stuck with Obi-Wan, who very much bought into the dogma and who he could ''not'' be truthful with.

** And it is also undoubtedly part of why Yoda and the Council gave him a Padawan, especially a headstrong Padawan in the first place. As any teacher in any galaxy could tell you, there's nothing like teaching to gain a greater understanding of and appreciation for the subject you're teaching. And there's nothing like raising a child yourself to make you understand all those seemingly ridiculous rules your parent(s) imposed on you.

* A lot of people wonder why Anakin, the Chosen One, is having a hard time against Barriss, even with his dual lightsabers and his strength, but then you realize that he's holding back because he needs her alive to save Ahsoka, [[RealityEnsues and you can't exactly get a confession from a corpse]]. Additionally, raw power does not translate to skill. Anakin may be ''stronger'' than Barriss, but their levels of skill are clearly comparable.

* At the end of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E3OnTheWingsOfKeeradaks On the Wings of Keeradaks]]", Anakin, Rex and the Bad Batch successfully defend the Poletec village from the Techno Union's forces, with the rest of them retreating back to Purkoll. Unfortunately, it is shown that Poletecs are a primitive species armed only with spears and crab-claw weapons, RockBeatsLaser is [[RealityEnsues not in effect]] during the battle, and a lot of them get killed during said battle, only getting by with the help of a Jedi, an experienced clone captain, a crippled ARC trooper, and four superhuman clones. The Techno Union is also still on Skako Minor at the end of the episode, so what's not to say that they retaliated against the Poletecs a second time for aiding the Republic, this time with no help from Jedi or Republic forces? Not helping matters was that the unfinished reels showed that they casually kidnap Poletecs to [[TestedOnHumans test their products on]]. And by the time of ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra Doctor Aphra]]'', the planet's air is a lot less breathable for non-Skakoans (whereas in the Bad Batch arc, humans seem to be able to handle Skako Minor's atmosphere just fine while Skakoans are wearing pressure suits, suggesting Skako Minor is not the latter species' original homeworld despite being NamedAfterTheirPlanet).

* Why do Grievous and Obi-Wan confront each other so many times throughout the series? Because Palpatine, being in charge of both sides of the war, is deliberately setting them against each other in hopes that Grievous--an accomplished lightsaber duelist, will kill Obi-Wan, sending Anakin further down the Dark Side. The failure of Grievous to kill Obi-Wan as the war goes on works out as well, as it means that the duo become rivals and in the eyes of the Jedi Council, Obi-Wan becomes ''the'' expert on Grievous and his methods, enabling Palpatine to manipulate circumstances to ensure that Obi-Wan and Grievous don't necessarily have to be where ''Anakin'' is. As such, when Grievous is located on Utapau, Obi-Wan and ''only''' Obi-Wan is sent to confront him... Leaving Anakin isolated, just as Palpatine desires.

* Why do Grievous and Obi-Wan confront each other so many times throughout the series? Because Palpatine, being in charge of both sides of the war, is deliberately setting them against each other in hopes that Grievous--an accomplished lightsaber duelist, will kill Obi-Wan, sending Anakin further down the Dark Side. The failure of Grievous to kill Obi-Wan as the war goes on works out as well, as it means that the duo become rivals and in the eyes of the Jedi Council, Obi-Wan becomes ''the'' expert on Grievous and his methods, enabling Palpatine to manipulate circumstances to ensure that Obi-Wan and Grievous don't necessarily have to be where ''Anakin'' is. As such, when Grievous is located on Utapau, Obi-Wan and ''only''' Obi-Wan is sent to confront him...leaving Anakin isolated, just as Palpatine desires.

** At about the same time, Dooku is trying to ally himself with the Hutt Clans. Since the series was made before Disney bought the franchise, it was canon that the worlds of the Tion Cluster hated and feared the Hutt for the many Hutt-Tionese wars before the Republic conquered the Hegemony, and especially [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Devouring The Devouring]]... And as it happens, the core of the Separatist Alliance, including its capital of Raxus, is the Tionese Hegemony. No matter who Jabba allied himself with, the Separatists would be weakened either by the Hutts helping the Republic or the Tion worlds turning on them in fear and disgust.