History NightmareFuel / StarWarsTheCloneWars

* In "Rising Malevolence", clone troopers getting their escape pods cracked by the nonchalant droids... humming a jaunty tune. Somewhat creepy coming from the usually goofy B1s/[=OOMs=].

* "Blue Shadow Virus" features the titular [[TheVirus Blue Shadow Virus]], full stop. Once you're infected, you have 48 hours to live before the infection is fatal. It killed millions before it was eradicated, and spread throughout the galaxy. [[FromBadToWorse And just to make matters worse]], the only cure is a root (which also comes from a ManEatingPlant) located on a planet that no-one can leave without dying due to a Separatist defense system installed throughout the planet's moons. Then, Rex, Ahsoka, and Padmé as well as some clone troopers are infected by it and we see the virus's effects first hand. That's when you realize just how much damage the airborne strain that [[DeadlyDoctor Dr ]][[ForScience Nuvo Vindi]] could have caused if the lab was breached and the virus escaped to the rest of Naboo, or if the plot to release it to several key star systems couldn't be stopped it in time.

** The scene where Ahsoka and Barriss watches a bunch of infected clone troopers force a brain worm up another clone trooper's nose. Meanwhile, the infected clone troopers are speaking in fluent [[StarfishLanguage Geonosian]], which should otherwise be very difficult for humans to speak. It gave a whole new meaning to MindRape.

* Also from "Monster", Savage's rampage on Devaron. Both a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Savage and a horrific MookHorrorShow for the clone troopers he kills. He takes a ''blaster bolt'' to the chest and ''[[TheJuggernaut doesn't even slow down]]''. Here's a bit of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Horror]] for you: when Savage killed Feral, we all cried because Feral was a young, innocent man. But think about this -- Savage then went searching for his brother... Darth Maul, who was a ''VERY'' nasty piece of work. Maul and Savage then joined together in wreaking havoc throughout the galaxy, all in the name of simply capturing and torturing Obi-Wan Kenobi. They were only stopped when they encountered Palpatine. Feral would likely have joined his brothers in their rampage and then there would be THREE homicidal Zabraks let loose upon the galaxy...

* Being from the clone troopers' perspective, the Umbara arc is a study in WarIsHell, especially once General [[GeneralRipper Pong Krell]] takes command of the 501st Legion.

*** First off, even ignoring that the Separatists have flesh-and-blood soldiers and that they are much more competent than the standard battle droid, the native forces are much more technologically advanced than the Republic. They may also attack you [[ParanoiaFuel while you're sleeping in the trenches]], and [[AllThereInTheManual according to the episode guide's trivia section]], those suits provide the Umbaran militiamen with a gaseous stimulant that not only keeps them awake, but also enhances their stamina and reflexes. In short, the Umbarans drug their own soldiers so they tire less easily than clone troopers, but it's also implied that the militiamen have become overdependent on the stimulant, as one is gasping for air after Fives breaks his helmet.

** [[spoiler:General Krell]]'s rampage in "Carnage of Krell" as well as his obvious sadistic glee in taunting and butchering the clone troopers is very frightening.

* Order 66 can be seen as such, as the arc exploring the origins of the Order retroactively make it more disturbing both in this installment and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. For starters, the clone troopers have chips planted in their brains before birth that take the form of tumors, and when the Order is finally given, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy it takes over their thought processes]], although Dr. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Nala Se]] claims that [[BlatantLies these inhibitor chips are designed to make them more compliant and repress any insanity inherited from Jango Fett]] (Jango was ''not'' insane). In other words, the Jedi have unknowingly been leading an army of [[ManchurianAgent Manchurian Agents]] throughout the entire war, and said agents are just as much of victims of Order 66 as the Jedi are. When Tup has a malfunction in his chip that causes the Order to trigger prematurely, he's shown to be a lot crazier than clone troopers that would eventually receive the Order from Palpatine.

** The creepiest part? It features archive audio that belongs to some of the most-beloved clone troopers...and among them, if you listen closely, you can hear Tup whispering "''[[MadnessMantra Good soldiers follow orders]]...[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Good soldiers follow orders]]...[[MadnessMantra Good soldiers follow orders]]...''"

* Savage Opress' transformation in "Monster", where his body is mutated into a larger, more powerful form, with his bones audibly cracking as they extend. The change to his personality is no less horrifying: he is turned from a decent, honourable man into a violent, brutish monster, willing to murder his own brother in cold blood with only a moment's hesitation. The murder of his own brother doubles as a TearJerker. Savage's [[spoiler: death scene]] in "The Lawless" lends itself to some disturbing FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: as he dies, Savage's body changes back to its original appearance and his personality seems to revert back to his pre-transformation self, which raises the question of whether any of Savage's evil acts were his own choice, or if he spent the final months of his life as a slave of the Nightsisters' brainwashing.]]

** There's a particularly creepy moment in this episode where after [[spoiler: killing the Trandoshan leader's son]], helps Kalifa to her feet and starts [[HopeSpot leading her to safety, and then]] [[JumpScare BOOM!]] [[spoiler: a blaster bolt right through Kalifa's chest.]] Not to mention that the grief and rage of Garnac, the Trandoshan leader, over [[spoiler: his son's]] death is both [[TearJerker sad]] and terrifying.
** Going even further, being hunted for sport is a terrifying concept, but these Trandoshans also take trophies from ''sentient'' prey, and it's not limited to Wookiees. In addition to animal trophies, that hunting lodge mentioned above includes the heads of an Ithorian, a Gungan and a Gran among others stuffed and mounted on pedestals. And then we have the not very kid-friendly implication that if Garnac (leader of the Trandoshan hunters) was [[spoiler: the one who came out on top in the season three finale, he would have gone through with his promise to ''nail Ahsoka's hide to the wall'' for killing his son. *shudders*]]. Even before that, his intention for Ahsoka after hunting her down successfully was to behead her body and mount her stuffed, severed head alongside his other trophies. And you know how Kalifa mentioned that there were other Padawans/younglings on Wasskhah before Ahsoka came? [[WouldHurtAChild They were most likely taxidermied after being killed too.]]

* The Mon Calamari arc features exploding Gungans, Mon Calamari, and Quarren, courtesy of Riff Tamson's knife bombs. It gets even more gruesome when [[spoiler: Lee-Char blows Tamson to bits with one of the shark-man's own bombs. We not only see blood onscreen, but also some of Tamson's remains, including his ''head'', sink to the bottom of the sea.]]

** TheReveal in "Carnage of Krell" that [[spoiler: Rex and his men have been killing ''other clones'' because of Krell's manipulations]].
** [[spoiler: General Krell]]'s rampage in "Carnage of Krell" as well as his obvious sadistic glee in taunting and butchering the clone troopers is very frightening.

* A more subtle one, but in the first episode of the Deception arc, [[spoiler: Obi-Wan fakes his own death to go undercover as Rako Hardeen and insists that keeping Anakin in the dark was vital because "everyone knows how close we are" and Anakin's reaction would sell it. So, Anakin's best friend and HeterosexualLifePartner (who knows Anakin has major issues with rage, grief, and loss) purposefully manipulated his emotions to hurt him to further the mission. Ouch. No wonder Anakin has such major trust issues by the time ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' rolls around. In fairness, Obi-Wan's horror at seeing how much his "death" has unhinged Anakin in "Friends and Enemies" seems to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone caused him regret]]]]. From the same arc, [[spoiler: Obi-Wan's transformation into Rako Hardeen, which looked ''very'' agonizing]].

* The idea of someone like [[spoiler: [[TheSociopath Darth Maul]]]] ruling an entire planet.
* [[spoiler: 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.]]
** [[spoiler: This cannot be said enough. He instantly slams Savage and Maul into windows way off the ground and pins them there. The only reason they got to fight at all instead of getting crushed to death/Force-choked is because ''he let them''.]]
** [[spoiler: And worst of all: ''this man'' is the same "Good Chancellor Palpatine" we have seen for the pilot film and first five seasons. This man is the kindly and parental authority figure for Anakin and Padme. This man rules the Republic and the Confederacy and the powerful warriors Dooku and Grievous are utterly subservient to him. The Jedi have no idea. That power you see him use? '''He's masking it as we literally see him in a significant amount of episodes.''']]
** [[spoiler: It's frightening enough to see Maul kill Satine just to torment Obi-Wan, but when you find [[TheDreaded someone who can make Maul afraid]], then you realize how terrifying Sidious is. Maul, at best, is a planetary threat. Sidious holds the entire ''galaxy'' in his pocket. The way Sidious effortlessly beats Maul and Savage, you start seeing how he's been compared to Satan and deemed more evil.]]
** [[spoiler: How ''casually'' he murders four Mandalorian guards before the fight with the two brothers. The first two try to stop him, he simply lifts his hand and they start choking. The other two are standing in the room with Maul and Savage when they suddenly start to choke, levitate into the air, and are still choking as Sidious enters. Their bodies then drop to the floor. All with Sidious barely even breaking stride. If Sidious hadn't wanted to fight Maul and Savage, he could have likely killed them all without even entering the room.]]
* "Sabotage" introduced exploding nanodroids [[spoiler: that were fed by Letta to her husband, turning him into a living bomb. She used him to commit a sabotage against the Jedi Temple. All that was left of the poor guy was his hand.]] Doubles as ParanoiaFuel, as you could end up being made a host without even realizing it. And considering who [[spoiler: Letta]] was [[FridgeHorror willing to use]].
** Letta's claim that [[spoiler: a ''Jedi'' came up with the plan to bomb the Temple. It's possibly untrue, but the implications are still bone-chilling.]] As it turns out, [[spoiler:it's true, and it's someone one would've least expected: no less than Barriss Offee, who's grown disillusioned with the Jedi.]]
* The final few minutes of "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much". [[spoiler: Watching Anakin and Ahsoka confront each other is ''chilling''. And it's only accented by Anakin desperately trying to pacify his understandably pissed off, hurt and confused Padawan, with Ahsoka growing near hysterical to the point that she's outright yelling at him. The episode then ends with Ahsoka jumping onto a freight headed for Coruscant's Underworld. ''Holy crap''.]]

* The Frangawl Cult's modus operandi involves specifically draining the living Force out of organic beings. [[SurpriseCreepy And this is coming from a story arc that was otherwise a light-hearted Indiana Jones homage with Jar Jar Binks as one of the main characters]]. Also, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Mother Talzin]] uses those stolen life-forces to power her magic. And according to ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', [[spoiler: 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.]]

* What happened to Silman, an aide of Chancellor Valorum's who accompanied Sifo-Dyas in dealing with Pyke Syndicate before he died, in "The Lost One". [[spoiler: After shooting down Sifo-Dyas's shuttle over Oba Diah's moon and killing him, the Pykes took Silman - who survived the crash - hostage and held him as leverage. When Obi-Wan and Anakin find him, it's very clear the Pykes didn't take very good care of him for the last ten years. Silman's [[GoMadFromTheIsolation now insane]] (not unlike Darth Maul's [[FanNickname Spider-Maul]] phase) and asking for food not because he's starving but because he's worried about the ''maggots'' in his cell getting angry ([[FridgeHorror probably because he doesn't want them eating him due to his health]], and they're already crawling around him). It also looks like he's developed StockholmSyndrome, believing his cell to actually be his home.]]

* Then there was Yoda's trial for temptation in that same episode: he saw the temple in ruins with various Jedi slain, including a lingering shot of [[WouldHurtAChild Petro]]. Then, he comes across a dying Ahsoka Tano, who asks him if she'll still be able to become one with the Force [[spoiler: even after being expelled from the Order. If anything, [[TearJerker this shows us he still regrets his part in the season five finale.]]]] The utopian scenario is just as creepy, except in a more subtle way. It's 100% peaceful, characters who died as a result of the Sith's machinations and no one has left/betrayed the Jedi Order. Oh, and [[NothingIsScarier there's no background music and background chatter, just the sound of wind chimes]], and [[CreepyChild it's Katooni that introduces him into this scenario]]. Even Yoda knows it's too good to be true. The peaceful part breaks when the previously friendly Dooku turns dark (and gets red eyes) and the scenery starts to break apart and turn dark.

* In Issue 4, [[spoiler: Mother Talzin possesses Count Dooku. Not only does he gain her voice, he also gets [[SicklyGreenGlow Sickly Green]] GlowingEyesOfDoom]].
* Also from Issue 4, [[spoiler: Mother Talzin's death. No, not Grievous impaling her, but rather her corpse slowly crumbling into dust and the absorbed living Force seeping out of her body. Also, [[NightmareFace her face as she's decaying]]. [[https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/open-uri20150608-27674-1w8lkop_1c1a80d5.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1877%2C2160 And following this section, we now have concept art to demonstrate what it would have looked like had it been animated.]]]]

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* Let's talk about Anakin Skywalker. You know? The guy with a list of [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] and eventually becomes Darth Vader? He's been shown to be pretty scary in the past if you've managed to push one of those buttons (being a slaver, endangering or killing those he cares about, etc) , but his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutal beatdown]] of Rush Clovis for advancing on his wife in "The Rise of Clovis" is probably his darkest action in the history of the installment. If Padme hadn't told him to stop and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope that he went too far]], he probably would have fallen to the Dark Side a lot sooner. What makes it somewhat more disturbing is that he is shown a lot more as a good person. The installment basically shows how you can turn a hero into a villain without mind control, just a slow process that becomes slowly evident as the seasons go on. Many of Anakin's dark moments have some form of reasoning behind them (Force strangle Poggle the Lesser...to get the information to stop a zombie worm outbreak, his freakout over Rush Clovis being partially jealously, partially the fact that the last time he was around his wife, she was poisoned, etc.) If Sidious wanted to see someone else as his apprentice (Mace, Obi-Wan, etc), you'd probably see the same process be applied to them.

** Honestly, the complete lack of compassion from anyone for a child who was clearly traumatized by his father's death and is being heavily manipulated by the adults "caring" for him is pretty unsettling.

*** The Umbarans also have vehicles that can easily be mistaken for [[MechanicalMonster Mechanical Monsters]] at first glance due to their designs, [[HellIsThatNoise their roars]], and fluid movements. The first is the IAT, a gun-decorated centipede tank that can burrow underground and attack with little warning and move incredibly. Next is one of the most powerful weapons in the Umbaran arsenal, the [[HumongousMecha HMC Juggernaut]], which is NighInvulnerable to Republic weapons, [[LightningBruiser can move faster than its size and initial movement speed suggests]] and as far as we know, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard only the Umbarans' weapons are able to destroy them.]]
** [[DeathWorld The planet itself isn't safe either]], especially with the existence of two particular creatures encountered in the campaign. The first of these is [[http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/Vixus_6317b52b.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1429%2C804&width=768 the Vixus.]] Because it's AlwaysNight on Umbara (thus lowering visibility) and there's a lot of fog and vegetation anyway, you might not notice that the vine you just tripped on was the tentacle of a large sarlacc-like passive predator with a claw-tipped tongue (and that's no coincidence, as later sources confirm they are related species), and there's more than one of these things on the planet. Oh, and [[BioluminescenceIsCool the inside of its mouth glows]]. You also need to keep your eye on the sky, or an [[GiantFlyer Umbaran banshee]] may swoop down on you looking for a meal, [[https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/open-uri20150608-27674-h0urc0_e407f63f.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1280%2C798 and those things are big enough to lift a full-grown human off the ground]]. There's also a [[SarcasmMode lovely moment]] where we see them feeding on what is unquestionably a ''body''. However, because they're carrion feeders, you look promising to them when you're either dead or wounded or may attack even when you've got your back turned, and since this arc has a really high body count, more food for the banshees. With creatures this dangerous lurking in the wilds, it's no wonder the Umbarans are so technologically ahead of the rest of the galaxy: they had to develop faster.

*** At one point, he turns off his lightsabers and kills several clones unarmed in brutal fashion, crushing skulls & chests while [[LightningBruiser moving with supernatural speed to go with his superhuman strength]]; at one point, he hoists a clone trooper up and then snaps the man's spine over his knee like a stick, Bane-style.

* Almost everything in "Massacre", including Mother Talzin's ColdBloodedTorture of Dooku via a voodoo doll and the Nightsister [[NightOfTheLivingMooks zombies]]. About those zombies, unlike the Geonosian zombies in "Legacy of Terror", the Nightsister zombies are more humanoid and much more grotesque, [[{{Squick}} as parts of their skeletons are exposed through that rotting flesh]]. This image pretty much demonstrates how grotesque. [[http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/f/fb/NightsisterZombies-SWE.jpg]]

*** While's he's in his state of insanity on Lotho Minor, it is said he's been feeding on vermin and other creatures to stay alive. Considering that Lotho Minor's [[LandfillBeyondTheStars an uninhabitable hellish junkyard world]] and that he's malnourished, what's not to say [[ImAHumanitarian some of the creatures he's been eating were sapient]] if Morley's comments about feeding on the left-overs are anything to go by? Also, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen according to a documentary on the season four DVD set]], his lower body would've been formed [[{{Squick}} from the scraps of the creatures he has been feeding on]] before they settled on the scrap metal.

* "Sabotage" introduced exploding nanodroids [[spoiler: that were feed by Letta to her husband, turning him into a living bomb. She used him to commit a sabotage against the Jedi Temple. All that was left of the poor guy was his hand.]] Doubles as ParanoiaFuel, as you could end up being made a host without even realizing it. And considering who [[spoiler: Letta]] was [[FridgeHorror willing to use]].

** The prosecutor at [[spoiler:Ahsoka's]] trial [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reacting with horror when he realizes he almost had an innocent teenager sentenced to death]] shouldn't be this... Except the prosecutor is Tarkin. This man will eventually grow to become capable of ordering the destruction of an entire planet [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to make a point]]. If ''he'' once balked at far less than destroying a planet...

* Savage Opress' transformation in "Monster", where his body is mutated into a larger, more powerful form, with his bones audibly cracking as they extend. The change to his personality is no less horrifying: he is turned from a decent, honourable man into a violent, brutish monster, willing to murder his own brother in cold blood with only a moment's hesitation. The murder of his own brother doubles as a TearJerker. Savage's [[spoiler: death scene]] in "The Lawless" lends itself to some disturbing FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: as he dies, Savage's body changes back to its original appearance, and his personality seems to revert back to his pre-transformation self, which raises the question of whether any of Savage's evil acts were his own choice, or if he spent the final months of his life as a slave of the Nightsisters' brainwashing.]]
* Also from "Monster", Savage's rampage on Devaron. Both a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Savage and a horrific MookHorrorShow for the clone troopers he kills. He takes a ''blaster bolt'' to the chest and ''[[TheJuggernaut doesn't even slow down]]''. Here's a bit of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Horror]] for you: when Savage killed Feral, we all cried because Feral was a young, innocent man. But think about this -- Savage then went searching for his brother... Darth Maul, who was a ''VERY'' nasty piece of work. Maul and Savage then joined together in wreaking havoc throughout the galaxy, all in the name of simply capturing and torturing Obi-Wan Kenobi. They were only stopped when they encountered Palpatine. Feral would likely have joined his brothers in their rampage, and then there would be THREE homicidal Zabraks let loose upon the galaxy...
* [[HumanoidAbomination The Son]] (who was introduced in the Mortis arc) is basically the Dark Side incarnate. He also sounds like ''Emperor Palpatine'' at times.

** Ahsoka after the Son brainwashes her into becoming his dark side servant in "Altar of Mortis". Especially the part where we see her eye open, where we see it turn yellow (the colour for dark side eyes).

** The fact that the strike team entering the Citadel had to [[HumanPopsicle freeze themselves in carbonite]], which as ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' shows can be very traumatic to a normal living being.

As Senator Padme 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.

* The episode "Lair of Grievous" had a much darker tone compared to others.

* The [[TheVirus Blue Shadow Virus]], full stop. Once you're infected, you have 48 hours to live before the infection is fatal. It killed millions before it was eradicated, and spread throughout the galaxy. [[FromBadToWorse And just to make matters worse]], the only cure is a root (which also comes from a ManEatingPlant) located on a planet that no-one can leave without dying due to a Separatist defense system installed throughout the planet's moons. Then, Rex, Ahsoka, and Padme as well as some clone troopers are infected by it and we see the virus's effects first hand. That's when you realize just how much damage the airborne strain that [[DeadlyDoctor Dr ]][[ForScience Nuvo Vindi]] could have caused if the lab was breached and the virus escaped to the rest of Naboo, or if the plot to release it to several key star systems couldn't be stopped it in time.

* The spider assassin-droid in "Voyage of Temptation". Imagine a giant metal spider with dozens of glowing red eyes, and it's trying to kill you. Now imagine that when you kill it, it starts spewing out ''dozens'' of little metal spiders, ''also'' trying to kill you.

** Early in the same arc's second part ("Counterattack"), we have a poor clone trooper's [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath infamous death-by-security-door]]. Sure, [[GoryDiscretionShot what happens is blocked out by another door]], [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe but it isn't really difficult to figure out what exactly happened behind it]] (especially after Obi-Wan told them specifically why to get out of their way).

* Exploding Gungans, Mon Calamari, and Quarren, courtesy of Riff Tamson's knife bombs. It gets even more gruesome when [[spoiler: Lee-Char blows Tamson to bits with one of the shark-man's own bombs. We not only see blood onscreen, but also some of Tamson's remains, including his ''head'', sink to the bottom of the sea.]]
* 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 wasn'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.

** Tying into this is the fact during "Escape From Kadavo", Anakin looks a bit too gleeful in slaughtering the Zygerrian slavers and their guards. Granted, [[AssholeVictim they deserve to die]], but it's another clear sign of the Dark Side getting a hold of him...
* Almost everything from "Massacre", including Mother Talzin's ColdBloodedTorture of Dooku via a voodoo doll and the Nightsister [[NightOfTheLivingMooks zombies]]. About those zombies, unlike the Geonosian zombies in season two, the Nightsister zombies are more humanoid and much more grotesque, [[{{Squick}} as parts of their skeletons are exposed through that rotting flesh]]. This image pretty much demonstrates how grotesque. [[http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/f/fb/NightsisterZombies-SWE.jpg]]
* Quite a few things from "Brothers" and "Revenge":

*** Want to know what's worse? The above quote (about the chains) is a CallBack to season three, specifically to the Mortis arc. The person who said it first? ''[[EldritchAbomination The]] [[GodOfEvil Son]]''. ''Think about that for a second''...what sorts of horrors did Maul witness between the events of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' and his arrival on Lotho Minor??? And how powerful does he have to be to have ''survived'' such encounters, especially in his state?!!

* D-Squad being overrun by Buzz Droids.

** [[spoiler: And worst of all: ''this man'' is the same "Good Chancellor Palpatine" we have seen for five seasons. This man is the kindly and parental authority figure for Anakin and Padme. This man rules the Republic and the Confederacy and the powerful warriors Dooku and Grievous are utterly subservient to him. The Jedi have no idea. That power you see him use? '''He's masking it as we literally see him in a significant amount of episodes.''']]

* The episode "Sabotage" introduced exploding nanodroids [[spoiler: that were feed by Letta to her husband, turning him into a living bomb. She used him to commit a sabotage against the Jedi Temple. All that was left of the poor guy was his hand.]] Doubles as ParanoiaFuel, as you could end up being made a host without even realizing it. And considering who [[spoiler: Letta]] was [[FridgeHorror willing to use]].
* Letta's claim that [[spoiler: a ''Jedi'' came up with the plan to bomb the Temple. It's possibly untrue, but the implications are still bone-chilling.]] As it turns out, [[spoiler:it's true, and it's someone one would've least expected: no less than Barriss Offee, who's grown disillusioned with the Jedi.]]

* [[spoiler:Anakin and Barriss' battle once the former discovers that Barriss was the one responsible for the bombing of a hanger in the Jedi Temple. While seeing Barriss fighting with Asajj's red Sith Lightsabers might be disturbing enough, what ''really'' makes this scene chilling is Anakin's expression during the latter stages of the battle: one of ''pure fury and hatred.'' It translates into his fighting style too as his attacks against Barriss become increasingly brutal and ferocious. Towards the end of the fight, Anakin picks up Barriss with the Force and viciously hurls against the tree, and her expression of fear and gasping for air heavily implies that he was ''Force-choking her.'' Who do we know uses Force-choking on a regular basis? ''The Sith.'' If there weren't Jedi trainees and guards around, and if Anakin didn't need Barriss to confess and exonerate Ahsoka, it's very possible that Anakin might have ''strangled Barriss to death'' right then and there. It's scenes like this that remind us that this man is very soon going to become [[TheDreaded Darth Vader]].]]
* The prosecutor at [[spoiler:Ahsoka's]] trial [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reacting with horror when he realizes he almost had an innocent teenager sentenced to death]] shouldn't be this... Except the prosecutor is Tarkin. This man will eventually grow to become capable of ordering the destruction of an entire planet [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to make a point]]. If ''he'' once balked at far less than destroying a planet...

** To make things more disturbing, it's implied that - despite being in on the Sith conspiracy to an extent - the Kaminoans are unaware of the true purpose of the "inhibitor chips" and that Dooku is lying to them too (Dooku said they were inhibitor chips in his conversations with Lama Su and Nala Se; they may not be aware that Tyranus and Dooku are the same person or that Tyranus is a Sith Lord).
*** Dooku told the Kaminoans (while [[InTheHood disguised]] as Tyranus) that Order 66 was [[BlatantLies merely a contingency, just in case any Jedi went rogue]].

* You remember the buzz droids? Those [[CuteIsEvil tiny, big-eyed]] droids that are featured in season five's D-Squad arc and ''Revenge of the Sith''? They make a comeback. We get more buzz droid-related horror in "The Unknown" during the attack on the medical shuttle. Let's just say you don't want to be meeting those little gremlin-bots out in space. If you're the pilot and they drill into the cockpit, you're already dead. Never mind them attacking the pilot; just the ''idea'' of buzz droids is disturbing. With their [[SpidersAreScary spider-like movement]] and [[EvilLaugh high-pitched]], [[LaughingMad insanity-inducing laughter]], they're probably the most terrifying things you'll find in the ''Star Wars'' universe. Say what you will about the Sith, the Destroyer Droids, The Son, The Death Star, Starkiller Base, even the Dark Side -- those things ''look like they crawled out of the depths of hell itself''. They may be AwesomeButImpractical when it comes to flat-out destroying ships, but when they do what they're designed for, they are a non-Jedi pilot's worst nightmare.

* Let's talk about Anakin Skywalker. You know? The guy with a list of [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] and eventually becomes Darth Vader? He's been shown to be pretty scary in the past if you've managed to push one of those buttons (being a slaver, endangering or killing those he cares about, etc) , but his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutal beatdown]] of Rush Clovis for advancing on his wife in "The Rise of Clovis" is probably his darkest action in the history of the series. If Padme hadn't told him to stop and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope that he went too far]], he probably would have fallen to the Dark Side a lot sooner. What makes it somewhat more disturbing is that he is shown a lot more as a good person. The installment basically shows how you can turn a hero into a villain without mind control, just a slow process that becomes slowly evident as the seasons go on. Many of Anakin's dark moments have some form of reasoning behind them (Force strangle Poggle the Lesser...to get the information to stop a zombie worm outbreak, his freakout over Rush Clovis being partially jealously, partially the fact that the last time he was around his wife, she was poisoned, etc.) If Sidious wanted to see someone else as his apprentice (Mace, Obi-Wan, etc), you'd probably see the same process be applied to them.

** The creepiest part? It features archive audio from some of the most-beloved clone troopers...and among them, if you listen closely, you can hear Tup whispering "''[[MadnessMantra Good soldiers follow orders]]...[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Good soldiers follow orders]]...[[MadnessMantra Good soldiers follow orders]]...''"

* In "Rising Malevolence" (and only the second episode of the series to boot), clone troopers getting their escape pods cracked by the nonchalant droids... humming a jaunty tune. Somewhat creepy coming from the usually goofy B1s/[=OOMs=].

** Tying into this is the fact during ''Escape From Kadavo'', Anakin looks a bit too gleeful in slaughtering the Zygerrian slavers and their guards. Granted, [[AssholeVictim they deserve to die]], but it's another clear sign of the Dark Side getting a hold of him...

* The episode "Lair of Grevious" had a much darker tone compared to others.
** The very nasty fight with Grevious that has the Jedi chopping his legs off, while he crawls on the ceiling.

** Grevious' horrifying "pet" which mauls another clone trooper to death.

* The [[TheVirus Blue Shadow Virus]], full stop. Once you're infected, you have 48 hours to live before the infection is fatal. It killed millions before it was eradicated, and spread throughout the galaxy. [[FromBadToWorse And just to make matters worse]], the only cure is a root (which also comes from a ManEatingPlant) located on a planet that no-one can leave without dying due to a Separatist defense system installed throughout the planet's moons. Then Rex, Ahsoka and Padme, as well as some clones are infected by it, and we see the virus's effects first hand. That's when you realize just how much damage the airborne strain that [[DeadlyDoctor Dr ]][[ForScience Nuvo Vindi]] could have caused if the lab was breached and the virus escaped to the rest of Naboo, or if the plot to release it to several key star systems couldn't be stopped it in time.

* The Geonosis arc was heavily-action packed for the most part, but the second half episodes ("Legacy of Terror" and "Brain Invaders") took a dive into horror territory.

** The scene where Ahsoka and Barriss watches a bunch of infected clones force a brain worm up another clone's nose. Meanwhile, the infected clones are speaking in fluent [[StarfishLanguage Geonosian]], which should otherwise be very difficult for humans to speak. It gave a whole new meaning to MindRape.

** [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique Anakin interrogating Poggle]], the only person who knows the worm's weakness. Anakin punches the prisoner into a wall after he refuses to comply, then followed by him full on FORCE CHOKING the now victim. It's horrible enough on its own and with the protocol droid translating everything Poggle says in a CreepyMonotone, but the background music sends it further into Nightmare fuel. The music? The Imperial March. The cold, calm voice Anakin uses while threatening Poggle is its own kind of terrifying. It's not quite the detached tone of Darth Vader, but it's clear that he's getting closer to that mindset.

* Also from "Monster", Savage's rampage on Devaron. Both a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Savage and a horrific MookHorrorShow for the clone troopers he kills. He takes a ''blaster bolt'' to the chest, and ''[[TheJuggernaut doesn't even slow down]]''. Here's a bit of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Horror]] for you: when Savage killed Feral, we all cried because Feral was a young, innocent man. But think about this -- Savage then went searching for his brother... Darth Maul, who was a ''VERY'' nasty piece of work. Maul and Savage then joined together in wreaking havoc throughout the galaxy, all in the name of simply capturing and torturing Obi-Wan Kenobi. They were only stopped when they encountered Palpatine. Feral would likely have joined his brothers in their rampage, and then there would be THREE homicidal Zabraks let loose upon the galaxy...

** Early in the same arc's second part, "Counterattack", we have a poor clone trooper's [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath infamous death-by-security-door]]. Sure, [[GoryDiscretionShot what happens is blocked out by another door]], [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe but it isn't really difficult to figure out what exactly happened behind it]] (especially after Obi-Wan told them specifically why to get out of their way).
** The fact that the strike team entering the Citadel had to [[HumanPopsicle freeze themselves in carbonite]], which as ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' shows, can be very traumatic to a normal living being.
*** Also consider the fact that a child willingly froze herself, just to join a mission.
*** And the very likely possibility that the carbon-frozen strike team could've been lost in space, as they let droids fly the shuttle, and the chances of technological malfunctions happening... they were luck to make it to the Citadel and not be lost in space for centuries. In a [[WhatIf Clone Wars: Infinities]] story, this exact scenario happens, except they are only frozen for nearly twenty years and the Empire has risen to power while they were asleep. The silver lining is that Padme gave birth to Luke and Leia without dying and Anakin didn't fall to the Dark Side.

*** First off, even ignoring that the Separatists have flesh-and-blood soldiers and that they are much more competent than the standard battle droid, the native forces are much more technologically advanced than the Republic. They may also attack you [[ParanoiaFuel while you're sleeping in the trenches]], and [[AllThereInTheManual according to the episode guide's trivia section]], those suits provide the Umbaran militiamen with a gaseous stimulant that not only keeps them awake, but also enhances their stamina and reflexes. In short, the Umbarans drug their own soldiers so they tire less easily than clones, but it's also implied that the militiamen have become overdependent on the stimulant, as one is gasping for air after Fives breaks his helmet.

** [[spoiler: General Krell]]'s rampage in "Carnage of Krell", as well as his obvious sadistic glee in taunting and butchering the clones.
* A more subtle one, but in the first episode of the "Deception" arc, after [[spoiler: Obi-Wan fakes his own death to go undercover as Rako Hardeen and insists that keeping Anakin in the dark was vital because "everyone knows how close we are" and Anakin's reaction would sell it. So, Anakin's best friend and HeterosexualLifePartner, who knows Anakin has major issues with rage, grief, and loss, purposefully manipulated his emotions to hurt him to further the mission. Ouch. No wonder Anakin has such major trust issues by the time ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' rolls around. In fairness, Obi-Wan's horror at seeing how much his "death" has unhinged Anakin in "Friends and Enemies" seems to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone caused him regret]]]]. From the same arc, [[spoiler: Obi-Wan's transformation into Rako Hardeen, which looked ''very'' agonizing]].

** Darth Maul. He's become a psychotic, deranged lunatic, skittering around on a spider-like contraption, ranting dementedly. If possible, his single moment of sanity at the end of his first appearance is even worse; an unblinking, yellow-eyed DeathGlare, showing that beneath his insanity, Maul is still a vicious predator, obsessed with revenge.

*** While's he's in his state of insanity on Lotho Minor, it is said he's been feeding on vermin and other creatures to stay alive. Considering that Lotho Minor's [[LandfillBeyondTheStars an uninhabitable hellish junkyard world]] and that he's malnourished, what's not to say [[ImAHumanitarian some of the creatures he's been eating were sapient]] if Morley's comments about feeding on the left-overs are anything to go by? Also, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen according to a documentary on the Season 4 DVD set]], his lower body would've been formed [[{{Squick}} from the scraps of the creatures he has been feeding on]] before they settled on the scrap metal.
*** He's no less horrifying after being healed. Now, instead of being a crazy, ranting lunatic, he's a vicious, calculating psychopath who's willing to butcher dozens, maybe hundreds of innocent people just to get Obi-Wan's attention. Adding on his torture of Obi-Wan, the "beyond excruciating" vengeance he had planned, and his [[ImplacableMan sheer implacability]] makes Maul into, perhaps, the most terrifying villain to appear in the series to date.

* Though it's a quick scene, Grievous' treatment of one very unfortunate clone trooper in "Bound for Rescue". Grabbing him in one foot, before using him to bludgeon another clone trooper hard enough to kill that one instantly, pinning him down while he desperately struggles to get free, then casually crushing him to death as he desperately reaches a hand out to Obi Wan- complete with SickeningCrunch.

* [[spoiler: Darth Sidious in action. The way he moves/fights is inhuman and demonic, his power is enough to make even someone like Maul beg at his feet in terror, 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.]]

** [[spoiler: And worst of all: ''this man'' is the same "Good Chancellor Palpatine" we have seen for five seasons. This man is the kindly and parental authority figure for Anakin and Padme. This man rules the Republic and the Confederacy, and the powerful warriors Dooku and Grievous are utterly subservient to him. The Jedi have no idea. That power you see him use? '''He's masking it-we literally see him every episode.''']]

* [[HumanoidAbomination The Son]] from the Mortis arc, who's basically the Dark Side incarnate. He also sounds like ''Emperor Palpatine'' at times.
** From the same arc, Anakin's vision of his future was horrifying. He's basically watching himself butcher innocent children, fatally throttle his beloved wife, attempt to murder his best friend, and be party to the destruction of a planet and the genocide of billions of innocent people, all while being unable to stop the visions. Forget turning to the dark side, he's lucky he didn't go ''insane'' from the experience. And the worst part? There's ''nothing in those visions that he cannot prevent.''

* The prosecutor at [[spoiler:Ahsoka's]] trial [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reacting with horror when he realizes he almost had an innocent sentenced to death]] shouldn't be this... Except the prosecutor is Tarkin. This man, one day, will grow to become capable of ordering the destruction of an entire planet [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to make a point]]. If ''he'' once balked at far less than destroying a planet...

* Order 66 can be seen as such, as the arc exploring the origins of the Order retroactively make it more disturbing both in this series and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. For starters, the clones have chips planted in their brains before birth that take the form of tumors, and when the Order is finally given, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy it takes over their thought processes]], although Dr. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Nala Se]] claims that [[BlatantLies these inhibitor chips are designed to make them more compliant and repress any insanity inherited from Jango Fett]] (Jango was ''not'' insane). In other words, the Jedi have unknowingly been leading an army of [[ManchurianAgent Manchurian Agents]] throughout the entire war, and said agents are just as much of victims of Order 66 as the Jedi are. When Tup has a malfunction in his chip that causes the Order to trigger prematurely, he's shown to be a lot crazier than clones that would eventually receive the Order from Palpatine.

* You remember the buzz droids? Those [[CuteIsEvil tiny, big-eyed]] droids that are featured in season five's D-Squad arc and ''Revenge of the Sith'' ? They make a comeback. We get more buzz droid-related horror in "The Unknown" during the attack on the medical shuttle. Let's just say you don't want to be meeting those little gremlin-bots out in space. If you're the pilot and they drill into the cockpit, you're already dead. Never mind them attacking the pilot; just the ''idea'' of buzz droids is disturbing. With their [[SpidersAreScary spider-like movement]] and [[EvilLaugh high-pitched]], [[LaughingMad insanity-inducing laughter]], they're probably the most terrifying things you'll find in the ''Star Wars'' universe. Say what you will about the Sith, the Destroyer Droids, The Son, The Death Star, Starkiller Base, even the Dark Side -- those things ''look like they crawled out of the depths of hell itself''. They may be AwesomeButImpractical when it comes to flat-out destroying ships, but when they do what they're designed for, they are a non-Jedi pilot's worst nightmare.

* Let's talk about Anakin Skywalker. You know? The guy with a list of [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] and eventually becomes Darth Vader? He's been shown to be pretty scary in the past if you've managed to push one of those buttons (being a slaver, endangering or killing those he cares about, etc) , but his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutal beatdown]] of Rush Clovis for advancing on his wife in "The Rise of Clovis" is probably his darkest action in the history of the series. If Padme hadn't told him to stop and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope that he went too far]], he probably would have fallen to the Dark Side a lot sooner. What makes it somewhat more disturbing is that, unlike in the movies, he is shown a lot more as a good person. The series basically shows how you can turn a hero into a villain without mind control, just a slow process that becomes slowly evident as the seasons go on. Many of Anakin's dark moments have some form of reasoning behind them (Force strangle Poggle the Lesser...to get the information to stop a zombie worm outbreak, his freakout over Rush Clovis being partially jealously, partially the fact that the last time he was around his wife, she was poisoned, etc.) If Sidious wanted to see someone else as his apprentice (Mace, Obi-Wan, etc), you'd probably see the same process be applied to them.
* The Frangawl Cult's modus operandi reminds one of the Dark Reaper from the 2002 Clone Wars video game, specifically draining the living Force out of organic beings. [[SurpriseCreepy And this is coming from a story arc that was otherwise a light-hearted Indiana Jones homage with Jar Jar Binks as one of the main characters]]. Also, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Mother Talzin]] uses those stolen life-forces to power her magic. And according to ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', [[spoiler: 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.]]

* Then there was Yoda's trial for temptation in that same episode: he saw the temple in ruins with various Jedi slain, including a lingering shot of [[WouldHurtAChild Petro]]. Then he comes across a dying Ahsoka Tano, who asks him if she'll still be able to become one with the Force [[spoiler: even after being expelled from the Order. If anything, [[TearJerker this shows us he still regrets his part in the season five finale.]]]] The utopian scenario is just as creepy, except in a more subtle way. It's 100% peaceful, characters who died as a result of the Sith's machinations and no one has left/betrayed the Jedi Order. Oh, and [[NothingIsScarier there's no background music and background chatter, just the sound of wind chimes]], and [[CreepyChild it's Katooni that introduces him into this scenario]]. Even Yoda knows it's too good to be true. The peaceful part breaks when the previously friendly Dooku turns dark (and gets red eyes) and the scenery starts to break apart and turn dark.

* Also from Issue 4, [[spoiler: Mother Talzin's death. No, not Grievous impaling her, but rather her corpse slowly crumbling into dust and the absorbed living Force seeping out of her body. Also, [[NightmareFace her face as she's decaying]]. [[https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/open-uri20150608-27674-1w8lkop_1c1a80d5.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1877%2C2160 And following the Legacy section, we now have concept art to demonstrate what it would have looked like had it been animated.]]]]

* The incomplete animation may slightly put it into NightmareRetardant territory, but that's just it; the animation is only incomplete and some of the grislier scenes would've been more detailed had it been finished. In the third reel, we are given a first demonstration of what a giant kyber crystal is capable of when it has absorbed enough laser energy and then intensifies and releases that energy on a Sugi warrior (to put in perspective, [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill he's being shot with only a fraction of the Death Star's power]]). As [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E04BreakingRanks "Breaking Ranks"]] demonstrates, a kyber-powered shockwave disintegrates everything it touches, so had the animation been completed, the Sugi warrior would have been visibly disintegrated on-screen by the laser.

* [[spoiler: Anakin and Barriss' battle once the former discovers that Barriss was the one responsible for the bombing of a hanger in the Jedi Temple. While seeing Barriss fighting with Asajj's red Sith Lightsabers might be disturbing enough, what ''really'' makes this scene chilling is Anakin's expression during the latter stages of the battle: one of ''pure fury and hatred.'' It translates into his fighting style too as his attacks against Barriss become increasingly brutal and ferocious. Towards the end of the fight, Anakin picks up Barriss with the Force and viciously hurls against the tree, and her expression of fear and gasping for air heavily implies that he was ''Force-choking her.'' Who do we know uses Force-choking on a regular basis? ''The Sith.'' If there weren't Jedi trainees and guards around, and if Anakin didn't need Barriss to confess and exonerate Ahsoka, it's very possible that Anakin might have ''strangled Barriss to death'' right then and there. It's scenes like this that remind us that this man is very soon going to become [[TheDreaded Darth Vader]]]]

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* Almost everything from "Massacre", including Mother Talzin's ColdBloodedTorture of Dooku via voodoo doll and the Nightsister [[NightOfTheLivingMooks zombies]]. About those zombies, unlike the Geonosian zombies in season two, the Nightsister zombies are more humanoid, and much more grotesque, [[{{Squick}} as parts of their skeletons are exposed through that rotting flesh]]. This image pretty much demonstrates how grotesque. [[http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/f/fb/NightsisterZombies-SWE.jpg]]

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** Not only that, but when the bout subsides occasionally (read: any time he doesn't see a Jedi), Tup has amnesia. Imagine you suddenly have amnesia, and then learn you killed your general completely randomly. That's pretty likely the reaction of every single clone after Order 66. It's even worse if you read the first story arc of ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsKanan Kanan]]''. One of the clones describes Order 66 like being in a trance.

* You remember the buzz droids? Those [[CuteIsEvil tiny, big-eyed]] droids from ''Revenge of the Sith'' and Season 5's D-Squad arc? They make a comeback. We get more buzz droid-related horror in "The Unknown" during the attack on the medical shuttle. Let's just say you don't want to be meeting those little gremlin-bots out in space. If you're the pilot and they drill into the cockpit, you're already dead. Never mind them attacking the pilot; just the ''idea'' of buzz droids is disturbing. With their [[SpidersAreScary spider-like movement]] and [[EvilLaugh high-pitched]], [[LaughingMad insanity-inducing laughter]], they're probably the most terrifying things you'll find in the ''Star Wars'' universe. Say what you will about the Sith, the Destroyer Droids, The Son, The Death Star, Starkiller Base, even the Dark Side -- those things ''look like they crawled out of the depths of hell itself''. They may be AwesomeButImpractical when it comes to flat-out destroying ships, but when they do what they're designed for, they are a non-Jedi pilot's worst nightmare.

* Then there was Yoda's trial for temptation in that same episode: he saw the temple in ruins with various Jedi slain, including a lingering shot of [[WouldHurtAChild Petro]]. Then he comes across a dying Ahsoka Tano, who asks him if she'll still be able to become one with the Force [[spoiler: even after being expelled from the Order. If anything, [[TearJerker this shows us he still regrets his part in the Season 5 finale.]]]] The utopian scenario is just as creepy, except in a more subtle way. It's 100% peaceful, characters who died as a result of the Sith's machinations and no one has left/betrayed the Jedi Order. Oh, and [[NothingIsScarier there's no background music and background chatter, just the sound of wind chimes]], and [[CreepyChild it's Katooni that introduces him into this scenario]]. Even Yoda knows it's too good to be true. The peaceful part breaks when the previously friendly Dooku turns dark (and gets red eyes) and the scenery starts to break apart and turn dark.
* Moraband/Korriban 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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* This arc goes out of its way to establish that, out of all the {{corrupt|CorporateExecutive}} {{Mega Corp}}s allied with the Separatists, the [[MadScientist Techno Union]] is probably the most horrific of them all, as they're willing to experiment on living beings (something that should be ''very'' familiar to fans of the [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars micro-series]]).

** Ahsoka looks on, horrified, emphasizing that what the others are doing is questionable at best.

As Senator Padme 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, species or psychopathic individuals.

As Senator Padme Amidala once told [=C-3PO=], [[Franchise/StarWars it's a big universe out there]]. That means there's also [[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, species or psychopathic individuals.

As Senator Padme 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 for even the TV-PG rating]], creepy locales, species, or psychopathic individuals.

* In "Rising Malevolence" (and only the second episode of the series to boot), clones getting their escape pods cracked by the nonchalant droids... humming a jaunty tune. Somewhat creepy coming from the usually goofy B1s/[=OOMs=].

** Going even further, being hunted for sport is a terrifying concept, but these Trandoshans also take trophies from ''sentient'' prey, and it's not limited to Wookiees. In addition to animal trophies, that hunting lodge mentioned above includes the heads of an Ithorian, a Gungan and a Gran among others stuffed and mounted on pedestals. And then we have the not very kid-friendly implication that if Garnac (leader of the Trandoshan hunters) was [[spoiler: the one who came out on top in the S3 finale, he would have gone through with his promise to ''nail Ahsoka's hide to the wall'' for killing his son. *shudders*]]. Even before that, his intention for Ahsoka after hunting her down successfully was to behead her body and mount her stuffed, severed head alongside his other trophies. And you know how Kalifa mentioned that there were other Padawans/younglings on Wasskhah before Ahsoka came? [[WouldHurtAChild They were most likely taxidermied after being killed too.]]

* Exploding Gungans, Mon Cala and Quarren, courtesy of Riff Tamson's knife bombs. It gets even more gruesome when [[spoiler: Lee-Char blows Tamson to bits with one of the shark-man's own bombs. We not only see blood onscreen, but also some of Tamson's remains, including his ''head'', sink to the bottom of the sea.]]

* Being from the clones' perspective, the Umbara arc is a study in WarIsHell, especially once General [[GeneralRipper Pong Krell]] takes command of the 501st Legion.

* The Zygerrian arc provides a surprisingly brutal depiction of slavery that is almost accurate with how it works in RealLife. Not only do the slaves live in terrible conditions, they are sometimes killed on a whim to make a point to others or emotionally broken to become more compliant. One early sign of how bad the system is shows a slave girl choosing to commit suicide after a failed assassination attempt on Queen Scintel rather than be reprocessed.
* Almost everything from "Massacre", including Mother Talzin's ColdBloodedTorture of Dooku via voodoo doll and the Nightsister [[NightOfTheLivingMooks zombies]]. About those zombies, unlike the Geonosian zombies in Season 2, the Nightsister zombies are more humanoid, and much more grotesque, [[{{Squick}} as parts of their skeletons are exposed through that rotting flesh]]. This image pretty much demonstrates how grotesque. [[http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/f/fb/NightsisterZombies-SWE.jpg]]

*** Want to know what's worse? The above quote (about the chains) is a CallBack to Season 3, specifically to the Mortis arc. The person who said it first? ''[[EldritchAbomination The]] [[GodOfEvil Son]]''. ''Think about that for a second''...what sorts of horrors did Maul witness between the events of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' and his arrival on Lotho Minor??? And how powerful does he have to be to have ''survived'' such encounters, especially in his state?!!

* Though it's a quick scene, Grievous' treatment of one very unfortunate clone in "Bound for Rescue". Grabbing him in one foot, before using him to bludgeon another clone hard enough to kill that one instantly, pinning him down while he desperately struggles to get free, then casually crushing him to death as he desperately reaches a hand out to Obi Wan- complete with SickeningCrunch.

* The final few minutes of ''The Jedi Who Knew Too Much''. [[spoiler: Watching Anakin and Ahsoka confront each other is ''chilling''. And it's only accented by Anakin desperately trying to pacify his understandably pissed off, hurt and confused Padawan, with Ahsoka growing near hysterical to the point that she's outright yelling at him. The episode then ends with Ahsoka jumping onto a freight headed for Coruscant's Underworld. ''Holy crap''.]]
* [[spoiler: Anakin and Barriss' battle once the former discovers that Barriss was the one responsible for the bombing of the Jedi Temple. While seeing Barriss fighting with Asajj's red Sith Lightsabers might be disturbing enough, what ''really'' makes this scene chilling is Anakin's expression during the latter stages of the battle: one of ''pure fury and hatred.'' It translates into his fighting style too, and his attacks against Barriss become increasingly brutal and ferocious. Towards the end of the fight, Anakin picks up Barriss with the Force and viciously hurls against the tree, and her expression of fear and gasping for air heavily implies that he was ''Force-choking her.'' Who do we know uses Force-choking on a regular basis? ''The Sith.'' If there weren't Jedi trainees and guards around, and if Anakin didn't need Barriss to confess and exonerate Ahsoka, it's very possible that Anakin might have ''strangled Barriss to death'' right then and there. It's scenes like this that remind us that this man is very soon going to become [[TheDreaded Darth Vader]]]]

* Also from "Monster", Savage's rampage on Devaron. Both a MomentOfAwesome for Savage and a horrific MookHorrorShow for the clone troopers he kills. He takes a ''blaster bolt'' to the chest, and ''[[TheJuggernaut doesn't even slow down]]''. Here's a bit of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Horror]] for you: when Savage killed Feral, we all cried because Feral was a young, innocent man. But think about this -- Savage then went searching for his brother... Darth Maul, who was a ''VERY'' nasty piece of work. Maul and Savage then joined together in wreaking havoc throughout the galaxy, all in the name of simply capturing and torturing Obi-Wan Kenobi. They were only stopped when they encountered Palpatine. Feral would likely have joined his brothers in their rampage, and then there would be THREE homicidal Zabraks let loose upon the galaxy...

* Part CrowningMomentOfAwesome as well, Darth Sidious Force choking Count Dooku. To put it in perspective, he did this from nearly half-way across the galaxy... through a hologram transmission. When you consider that Coruscant in in the Core Worlds (where Sidious usually operates) and Serenno is in the Outer Rim, [[ParanoiaFuel no place in the galaxy is safe if your on Sidious's list of contacts]].

As Senator Padme 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 for even the TV-PG rating]], creepy locales, species or psychopathic individuals.

* While it's mostly an awe-inspiring moment of pure joy for every ''Clone Wars'' fan, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7WyhWZkzk revival trailer]] is nevertheless creepy, featuring a long slow pan out from Captain Rex's helmet, through the helmets of Wolfe, Waxer, Cody, and many others through row after row ''after row'' of empty, discarded Clone Trooper helmets like a [[NothingButSkulls field of skulls]], with [[WarIsHell screaming, gunfire, and artillery in the background]]. The teaser ends with a rocket striking the ground and the entire field of helmets (including the camera) being engulfed in a ''wave of fire''.