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* Moraband is pretty scary, though that's to be expected, seeing as it's the [[{{Mordor}} Sith homeworld]]. We have [[TheWormThatWalks talking Sith snakes forming a larger snake]] and some Sith ghosts spouting out their fatalistic philosophy of no life after death (whether it's TheNothingAfterDeath or CessationOfExistence isn't entirely clear), including that of Darth Bane. Sure the Priestesses said they were a part of Yoda's trial, but whether they're fabrications by the Priestesses or a normal part of Moraband that they knew they could use as part of the trial (as is the case with old ExpandedUniverse interpretations of the planet) remains a mystery. It says [[NervesOfSteel something]] about Yoda when he isn't scared of this stuff and can talk down ([[JustForPun or up, rather]]) to Darth Bane's ghost.

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* Moraband is pretty scary, though that's to be expected, seeing as it's the [[{{Mordor}} Sith homeworld]]. We have [[TheWormThatWalks talking Sith snakes forming a larger snake]] and some Sith ghosts spouting out their fatalistic philosophy of no life after death (whether it's TheNothingAfterDeath or CessationOfExistence isn't entirely clear), including that of Darth Bane. Sure the Priestesses said they were a part of Yoda's trial, but whether they're fabrications by the Priestesses or a normal part of Moraband that they knew they could use as part of the trial (as is the case with old ExpandedUniverse interpretations of the planet) remains a mystery. It says [[NervesOfSteel something]] about Yoda when he isn't scared of this stuff and can talk down ([[JustForPun or (or up, rather]]) rather) to Darth Bane's ghost.

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*** What doesn't help is the Umbarans slowly resorting to traps and stealth attacks as the clones advances further. The connections to the conditions during the Vietnam War really start to appear here...

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**** As of ''Star Wars:Commander'', this has become a reality, with at least one Umbaran vehicle reused by the Empire. And the vehicle is none other than the previously mentioned HMC Juggernaut.
*** What doesn't help is the Umbarans slowly resorting to traps and stealth attacks as the clones advances further. The connections to the conditions during the [[UsefulNotes/VietnamWar Vietnam War War]] really start to appear here...
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*** What doesn't help is the Umbarans slowly resorting to traps and stealth attacks as the clones advances further. The connections to the conditions during the Vietnam War really start to appear here...
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* Before even ''speaking'' Sidious' name, Maul gasps. However powerful and demonic he is, even he fears his former master.
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** Clovis is now seen as a [[{{Scapegoat}} power-hungry traitor]], and nobody except Dooku and Palpatine himself know what ''really'' happened.

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** The now-dead Clovis is now seen as a [[{{Scapegoat}} power-hungry traitor]], and nobody except Dooku and Palpatine himself know what ''really'' happened.
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[-[[caption-width-right:350:''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers''.]]-]

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[-[[caption-width-right:350:''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers''.[-[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers "They're after you! They're after all of us! Our wives, our children, everyone! They're here already! YOU'RE NEXT!"]] ]]-]



As Senator Padmé Amidala once told [=C-3PO=], [[Franchise/StarWars it's a big universe out there]]. That means there's also some [[NightmareFuel horrors]] waiting that could stick into the minds of even the most fearless Jedi, whether it be the [[WarIsHell horrors of war]], [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath surprisingly brutal deaths]], creepy locales, frightening species, or psychopathic individuals from a galaxy far, far away.

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As Senator Padmé Amidala once told [=C-3PO=], [[Franchise/StarWars it's a big universe out there]]. That means even in a galaxy far, far away, there's also some [[NightmareFuel horrors]] waiting that could stick into the minds of even the most fearless Jedi, whether it be the [[WarIsHell horrors of war]], [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath surprisingly brutal deaths]], creepy locales, frightening species, or psychopathic individuals from a galaxy far, far away.beyond all comprehension. Needless to say, the ones under the age of 13 aren't ready for what's to come...
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** Clovis is now seen as a [[{{Scapegoat}} power-hungry traitor]], and nobody except Dooku and Palpatine himself know what ''really'' happened.
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* The show spent seven years telling us, ''showing'' us, that the Clones are people, that they have individual lives and personalities. All of that gets torn away from them in an instant with Order 66. Palpatine is a monster. He created the Clones as tools to be used and destroyed them in order to make that a realiety.
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* Maul's rampage takes him to the engine room, and in a terrifying display of power, he rips the building-sized engines off of their mountings and drops them on top of the clones pursuing him.

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* Maul's rampage takes him to the engine room, and in a terrifying display of power, he rips the building-sized engines off of their mountings and drops them on top of the clones pursuing him. Keep in mind that Maul is canonically not the strongest Force wielder, nor is he at his full strength, having been broken by Sidious. This is what a ''broken'' Sith Lord can accomplish.
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* The Frangawl Cult's modus operandi involves specifically draining the living Force out of organic beings. [[SurpriseCreepy And this is coming from a two-parter storyline that is otherwise a light-hearted Indiana Jones homage with Jar Jar Binks as one of the main characters]]. Also, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Mother Talzin]] uses that stolen lifeforce to power her magic. And according to ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', she wastes away some of her body every time she casts a spell, adding another reason to why she's harvesting the living Force. You can tell she's already losing some of her body after having restored Darth Maul's sanity just by the fact that parts of her character model are phasing in and out of reality and "leaking" some of her magic. When her plan's foiled, she dissipates letting out a scream and she's left without a physical form for some time.

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* The Frangawl Cult's modus operandi involves specifically draining the living Force out of organic beings. [[SurpriseCreepy [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment And this is coming from a two-parter storyline that is otherwise a light-hearted Indiana Jones homage with Jar Jar Binks as one of the main characters]]. Also, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Mother Talzin]] uses that stolen lifeforce to power her magic. And according to ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', she wastes away some of her body every time she casts a spell, adding another reason to why she's harvesting the living Force. You can tell she's already losing some of her body after having restored Darth Maul's sanity just by the fact that parts of her character model are phasing in and out of reality and "leaking" some of her magic. When her plan's foiled, she dissipates letting out a scream and she's left without a physical form for some time.
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* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]" features Darth Sidious in action. The way he moves and fights is both inhuman and demonic. His power is enough to make even someone like Maul beg at his feet in terror, which results in everything about Sidious being {{Satan}} is true... and he does it all with a smile of sadistic glee with a few {{Evil Laugh}}s thrown in.

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* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]" features Darth Sidious in action. The way he moves and fights is both inhuman and demonic. His power is enough to make even someone like Maul beg at his feet in terror, which results in it seeming everything about Sidious being {{Satan}} is true... and he does it all with a smile of sadistic glee with a few {{Evil Laugh}}s thrown in.
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--->'''General Grievous:''' [[IllKillYou I will kill you all!]] Do you hear me, Jedi?! '''DO YOU HEAR ME?!'''

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--->'''Barriss:''' ''Kill me!'' Please!

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--->'''Poggle:''' ''[through translator droid]'' Your feeble Jedi mind tricks do not work on Geonosians. The other Jedi already discovered this.\\

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--->'''Darth Maul:''' Revenge... ''I must have revenge''...

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---->'''Darth Maul:''' The chains... The chains are the easy part. It's what goes on in ''here'' that's hard. ''[taps head, begins to sob]''

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---->'''Darth --->'''Darth Maul:''' The chains... The chains are the easy part. It's what goes on in ''here'' that's hard. ''[taps head, begins to sob]''
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-->'''General Grievous:''' [[IllKillYou I will kill you all!]] Do you hear me, Jedi?! '''DO YOU HEAR ME?!'''

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-->'''General --->'''General Grievous:''' [[IllKillYou I will kill you all!]] Do you hear me, Jedi?! '''DO YOU HEAR ME?!'''
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--->'''General Grievous:''' [[IllKillYou I will kill you all!]] Do you hear me, Jedi?! '''DO YOU HEAR ME?!'''

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* Then of course there's Grievous murdering Nahdar Vebb in cold blood as Kit Fisto can only watch in horror.
--->'''General Grievous:''' [[IllKillYou I will kill you all!]] Do you hear me, Jedi?! '''DO YOU HEAR ME?!'''
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** What might be even more haunting is that if synced with the confrontation in Palpatine's office, Maul starts raving just as Anakin pleads to Sidious, "Please... help me save Padmé. I can't live without her.". A man's simple wish to save his wife ended the Republic.

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** What might be even more haunting frightening is that if synced this scene's eerie parallels with the confrontation in Palpatine's office, office. Near the beginning of the fight, Maul starts raving seems to let out a scream just like the one Palpatine does when dashing towards the Jedi Masters. If both scenes are synced up at the scream, Maul's terrified ravings begin ''just'' as Anakin pleads to Sidious, "Please... help me save Padmé. I can't live without her.". A man's simple wish to save his wife ended While that scene actually occurs during the Republic.
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* Riff Tamson himself is pretty terrifying on his own. The aquatic life forms are all based off of squids, octopus and some kind of amphibian. Tamson? He's a freaking ''Shark''. It's shown that he's fast enough to catch enemies on motorized water skis with just his own swimming prowess, and on top of his exploding knives, it's shown that his ''own teeth'' can crack glass meant to withstand the pressures of deep-sea diving. His [[HellIsThatNoise incredibly loud roar]] will give you nightmares every time you here it. He's also a ruthless and cunning warlord. If it isn't for his preference for close combat, Prince Lee-Char might have never stood a chance against him. Even worse is he brought along more of his race to help him in the Prince's public execution, and their method of execution is to eat him alive while chained.

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* Riff Tamson himself is pretty terrifying on his own. The aquatic life forms are all based off of squids, octopus and some kind of amphibian. Tamson? He's a freaking ''Shark''. It's shown that he's fast enough to catch enemies on motorized water skis with just his own swimming prowess, and on top of his exploding knives, it's shown that his ''own teeth'' can crack glass meant to withstand the pressures of deep-sea diving. His [[HellIsThatNoise incredibly loud roar]] will give you nightmares every time you here hear it. He's also a ruthless and cunning warlord. If it isn't for his preference for close combat, Prince Lee-Char might have never stood a chance against him. Even worse is he brought along more of his race to help him in the Prince's public execution, and their method of execution is to eat him alive while Lee Char is chained.



** Prior to his debut in the show, the only known member of the four-armed Besalisk species was [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Dexter Jettster]] - a jovial cook for one of Coruscant's many diners, and an informant of Kenobi's. Pong Krell is basically the logical extreme of a Besalisk Force user: inhumanly strong, incredibly fast, and extremely dexterious when it comes to wielding lightsabers. ''Two double-bladed ones, in fact'' - the only character who could give Grevious a run for his money (and possibly provide a fair fight if it ever came up to that).

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** Prior to his debut in the show, the only known member of the four-armed Besalisk species was [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Dexter Jettster]] - a jovial cook for one of Coruscant's many diners, and an informant of Kenobi's. Pong Krell is basically the logical extreme of a Besalisk Force user: inhumanly strong, incredibly fast, and extremely dexterious dexterous when it comes to wielding lightsabers. ''Two double-bladed ones, in fact'' - the only character who could give Grevious Grievous a run for his money (and possibly provide a fair fight if it ever came up to that).
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** Prior to his debut in the show, the only known member of the four-armed Besalisk species was [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Dexter Jettster]] - a jovial cook for one of Coruscant's many diners, and an informant of Kenobi's. Pong Krell is basically the logical extreme of a Besalisk Force user: inhumanly strong, incredibly fast, and extremely dexterious when it comes to wielding multiple lightsabers. ''Two double-bladed ones, in fact'' - the only character who could give Grevious a run for his money (and possibly provide a fair fight if it ever came up to that).

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** Prior to his debut in the show, the only known member of the four-armed Besalisk species was [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Dexter Jettster]] - a jovial cook for one of Coruscant's many diners, and an informant of Kenobi's. Pong Krell is basically the logical extreme of a Besalisk Force user: inhumanly strong, incredibly fast, and extremely dexterious when it comes to wielding multiple lightsabers. ''Two double-bladed ones, in fact'' - the only character who could give Grevious a run for his money (and possibly provide a fair fight if it ever came up to that).
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** Prior to his debut in the show, the only known member of the four-armed Besalisk species was [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Dexter Jettster]] - a jovial cook for one of Coruscant's many diners, and an informant of Kenobi's. Pong Krell is basically the logical extreme of a Besalisk Force user: inhumanly strong, incredibly fast, and extremely dexterious when it comes to wielding multiple lightsabers. ''Two double-bladed ones, in fact'' - the only character who could give Grevious a run for his money (and possibly provide a fair fight if it ever came up to that).
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* The scene where the clones come to execute Maul is absolutely terrifying from his perspective; these clone troopers are Sidious' special guard, and he knows he's about to be either gunned down while completely unable to defend himself or taken to his former master, which ended ''very'' painfully for him last time. It doesn't help that you can hear him breathing faster and see him start to shake with panic. Had Ahsoka showed up even a couple seconds later, the clones would have shot Maul dead while he was still strapped into his coffin-like cell, unable to move, use the force, or even speak. As powerful as he is, he's ''completely'' helpless in this situation.

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* The scene where the clones come to execute Maul is absolutely terrifying from his perspective; these clone troopers are Sidious' special guard, and he knows he's about to be either gunned down while completely unable to defend himself or taken to his former master, which ended ''very'' painfully for him last time. It doesn't help that you can hear him breathing faster and see him start to shake with panic. Had Ahsoka showed up even a couple seconds later, the clones would have shot Maul dead while he was still strapped into his coffin-like cell, unable to move, use the force, Force, or even speak. As powerful as he is, he's ''completely'' helpless in this situation.
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* The scene in the episode where Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Mace try to gain information from Cad Bane by using a JediMindTrick on him, all at the same time. It's pretty creepy to watch the cold, calculating bounty hunter thrash in obvious agony as they assault his mind, with the Jedi knowing full well it could destroy him both mentally and physically.

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* The scene in the episode where Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Mace try to gain information from Cad Bane by using a the JediMindTrick on him, but since Cad's not exactly weak-willed, the three of them have to ''push'', all at the same time. It's pretty creepy to watch the cold, calculating bounty hunter thrash in obvious agony as they assault his mind, with the Jedi knowing full well it could destroy him both mentally and physically.
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* Even with the death of Queen Karina the Great (the Geonosian HiveQueen controlling the worms), the worms are still a threat, as they now look for a new host for control. At the start of the episode, the first worm enters a clone and his eyes ''roll back into his head'' as the worm starts taking over, and when he wakes up, [[UncannyValley he suddenly gets back up on his feet in a way not dissimilar to a reanimating corpse]].

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* Even with the death of Queen Karina the Great (the Geonosian HiveQueen controlling the worms), the worms are still a threat, as they now look for a new host for control. At the start of the episode, the first worm enters a clone and his eyes ''roll back into his head'' as the worm starts taking over, and when he wakes up, [[UncannyValley he suddenly gets back up on his feet in a way not dissimilar to a reanimating corpse]].corpse.



* When Ahsoka ruptures the cooling system to kill the worms, one of the infected clones drops to his knees and screams as the worm is dying. The worst part is [[UncannyValley how his jaw contorts as he screams]].

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* The fact that when Ahsoka mentions Darth Sidious, Maul becomes twitchy and clearly fearful in his body language. Even separated by hundreds of light years, the mere mention of his former master's name is still sufficient to terrify Maul.

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* The fact that when Ahsoka mentions Darth Sidious, Maul becomes twitchy and clearly fearful in his body language. Even separated by hundreds thousands of light years, the mere mention of his former master's name is still sufficient to terrify Maul.



* Most of the earlier parts of the episode have an extreme sense of dread hanging over them, which is fitting for what happens later. This is especially true for the scene where the imprisoned Maul is escorted onto the Venator and Ahsoka stands wistfully at the bridge of the ship, which are ''completely silent''. The frequent cuts to Maul closing his eyes and concentrating on ''[[VaguenessIsComing something]]'' do not help one bit. The silence is broken by a brief chat between Ahsoka and Rex; and then another trooper comes in and tells Rex to go back and listen to the new orders... And then things go south ''very'' quick.

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* Most of the earlier parts of the episode have an extreme sense of dread hanging over them, which is fitting for what happens later. This is especially true for the scene where the imprisoned Maul is escorted onto the Venator ''Tribunal'' and Ahsoka stands wistfully at the bridge of the ship, which are ''completely silent''.silent'' (save for the quietly tense BGM). The frequent cuts to Maul closing his eyes and concentrating on ''[[VaguenessIsComing something]]'' do not help one bit. The silence is broken by a brief chat between Ahsoka and Rex; and then another trooper comes in and tells Rex to go back and listen to the new orders... And then things go south ''very'' quick.



* During Maul's rampage through the ''Venator''-class Cruiser, he begins to rip pieces of metal off the walls to use as shields and weapons. We also get to see Maul straight-up ''decapitate'' two clone troopers with them (which, [[GoryDiscretionShot while offscreen]], would likely be a far more painful and bloody death than Maul's usual lightsaber decapitations), and a third has his arm sliced off after the blast doors begin sealing up and he uses the Force to pull the unfortunate clone towards him. It's a terrifying CallForward to Vader's rampage in ''Film/RogueOne'' and Luke's in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', but with Maul's brutality exceeding even Vader's. And he did all this ''without a lightsaber.''

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* During Maul's rampage through the ''Venator''-class Cruiser, ''Tribunal'', he begins to rip pieces of metal off the walls to use as shields and weapons. We also get to see Maul straight-up ''decapitate'' two clone troopers with them (which, [[GoryDiscretionShot while offscreen]], would likely be a far more painful and bloody death than Maul's usual lightsaber decapitations), and a third has his arm sliced off after the blast doors begin sealing up and he uses the Force to pull the unfortunate clone towards him. It's a terrifying CallForward to Vader's rampage in ''Film/RogueOne'' and Luke's in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', but with Maul's brutality exceeding even Vader's. And he did all this ''without a lightsaber.''



* The final scene of the final episode, [[GrandFinale and the entire series]], is a chilling, atmospheric, [[SilenceIsGolden dialogue-free]] sequence showing Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers touring the ''Venator'''s crash site, now mostly [[SnowMeansDeath buried in snow]]. That ScareChord when Vader ignites Ahsoka's original lightsaber is ''very'' unsettling, as is the final shot of his [[SinisterSilhouettes silhouette]] reflected against a clone trooper helmet. Really, the [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] of it all is equal parts nightmarish and [[TearJerker sad]].

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* The final scene of the final episode, [[GrandFinale and the entire series]], is a chilling, atmospheric, [[SilenceIsGolden dialogue-free]] sequence showing Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers touring the ''Venator'''s ''Tribunal'''s crash site, now mostly [[SnowMeansDeath buried in snow]]. That ScareChord when Vader ignites Ahsoka's original lightsaber is ''very'' unsettling, as is the final shot of his [[SinisterSilhouettes silhouette]] reflected against a clone trooper helmet. Really, the [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] of it all is equal parts nightmarish and [[TearJerker sad]].

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