History NightmareFuel / StarWarsTheCloneWars

* In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E22HostageCrisis "Hostage Crisis"]], Cad Bane and his group take a Senate landing pad by force. When command radios in to the fallen Senate Guards about the blaster fire, a disguised Commando Droid explains it as "Protesters against the war. We've taken care of them".

** TheReveal in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E10CarnageOfKrell "Carnage of Krell"]] that [[spoiler:Rex and his men have been killing ''other clones'' because of Krell's manipulations]].

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E13VoyageOfTemptation "Voyage of Temptation"]]:

** 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 Wasskah 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.]]

* Let's talk about Anakin Skywalker. You know? The guy with a list of {{Berserk Button}}s who 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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E3TheRiseOfClovis "The Rise of Clovis"]] is probably his darkest action in the series. If Padmé hadn't told him to stop and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope that he went too far]], he probably would have turned 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 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-choke Poggle the Lesser... to get the information to stop a zombie worm outbreak, his freakout over Rush Clovis being partially jealousy, 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.

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* 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=].
* In "Duel of the Droids", there's something somewhat unsettling about [[ColdBloodedTorture seeing R2-D2 dissected]] [[AndIMustScream while's he's still active]], even though he's a droid. Even his beeps seems off-kilter and distressed.

* "Lair of Grievous" had a much darker tone compared to the other episodes of the installment.

* "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.
* In "Hostage Crisis", Cad Bane and his group take a Senate landing pad by force. When command radios in to the fallen Senate Guards about the blaster fire, a disguised Commando Droid explains it as "Protesters against the war. We've taken care of them".

* In "Cargo of Doom", there's a scene where Cad Bane tortures Jedi Master Bolla Ropal through using [[ElectricTorture electricity]]. The entire sequence - Bane's coldness, Ropal's death, complete with tongue sticking out, and what really sealed it was the battle droids confirming Ropal's death in an unusually [[CreepyMonotone emotionless tone]] for them.
* The scene in "Children of the Force" where Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Mace try to gain information from Cad Bane by using a Jedi Mind Trick 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.

* The SD-K4 assassin droid in "Voyage of Temptation". Imagine a giant metal spider with dozens of glowing red eyes and blades on its legs, 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. And not even full body armor will protect you from them, as we get a shot of one Clone having some crawl up into his helmet.
** There's also that one scene of it moving clone trooper Redeye's corpse like [[DeadGuyPuppet a macabre marionette]] when Anakin comes across it before [[GrievousHarmWithABody throwing the corpse at him]]. What's ''real'' scary is that this seems to take inspiration from [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-insect-uses-its-victims-carcasses-as-camouflage-83656246/ the behavior of a real-life insect!]]
** Anakin killing Tal Merrick, sure he justifies it but scarier part is The ''Imperial March'' plays after he does it.
* The Geonosis arc was heavily-action packed for the most part, but the final two episodes of this story arc ("Legacy of Terror" and "Brain Invaders") took a dive into horror territory.
** If you didn't think undead [[InsectoidAliens Geonosians]] were creepy enough, the source of their reanimation is even worse: the Brain worms, which can not only control dead Geonosians, but living members of other species too. One of the Geonosians pulls out a mind-control worm and shows it to Luminara. Anakin wishes to free her, but Obi-Wan tells him to wait it out. The Geonosian then puts the worm on Luminara's face and Obi-Wan ''is still waiting to see how the worm will enter her head'', although he really wasn't and was just stalling Queen Karina so Commander Cody's men can get ready to blind her and the undead for their rescue plan.

** 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 Geonosian, [[StarfishLanguage which should otherwise be very difficult for humans to speak]]. It gave a whole new meaning to MindRape.

--->'''Barriss''': ''Kill me!'' Please!
** 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.]]
** [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique Anakin interrogates Poggle]], who is the only person who knows the worm's weakness. Anakin punches the prisoner into a wall after he refuses to comply, which 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.
---> '''Poggle''': Your feeble Jedi mind tricks do not work on Geonosians. The other Jedi already discovered this.\\
'''Anakin''': Mind tricks? [''strikes Poggle, sending him across the room''] I don't need mind tricks to get you to talk...
* It's just a small thing, even having done the terrible things Boba Fett did to get revenge on Mace Windu, that the Jedi put a ten/eleven year old child in the general population of a prison is horrifying. [[EvenEvilHasStandards There's probably a good reason Bossk decided to become Boba's bodyguard in prison despite no apparent rewards to be gained from it.]]
** 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 guidebook ''Scum and Villainy'' adds some further horrific implications. As Boba is technically a rogue Clone, he wouldn't have received due process in the Republic Judiciary, but Mace requested that Boba get a lighter sentence. If prison time can be considered a lighter sentence (and considering what we've already seen of the [[KangarooCourt Republic Judiciary]] during the Fugitive arc), a lot worse could have happened to Boba.

* 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...

** In "Ghosts of Mortis", Anakin's vision of his future was horrifying. He's basically watching himself become Darth Vader and 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.''
** 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 color for the eyes of a Dark Sider).
* The torture scene in "The Citadel" deserves mention, especially those six words said by the torture droid as it reached for Even Piell's eye; [[EyeScream "Say goodbye to your good eye."]] Brr...
** Early in "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).

* "Padawan Lost" gave us a [[SarcasmMode lovely]] close-up on the [[NightmareFace face of a Wookiee skin (empty eye sockets included)]] in the Trandoshans' hunting lodge. [[http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u42/Gahmah/TCW%20screencaps/Wookiee_skins.jpg]]

* Being from the Clone Troopers' perspective, the Umbara arc is a study in WarIsHell, especially once General [[InsaneAdmiral 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.

** 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 killing 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.]]

** Tying into this is the fact that in "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...
*** As early as "Kidnapped", Anakin was positively ''unhinged'' about dealing with the "slaver scum", seriously worrying Ahsoka.
* Almost everything in "Massacre", including Mother Talzin's ColdBloodedTorture of Dooku via a voodoo doll (which includes dipping the doll in boiling water and causing boils to form on Dooku's face) and the Nightsister [[NightOfTheLivingMooks zombies]]. Unlike the Geonosian zombies in "Legacy of Terror", the Nightsister zombies are more human-like and much more grotesque, [[NauseaFuel as parts of their skeletons are exposed through that rotting flesh]]. [[http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/f/fb/NightsisterZombies-SWE.jpg This image demonstrates how grotesque they are.]]
* Quite a few things in "Brothers" and "Revenge":

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

---->'''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''].
*** Want to know what's worse? The above quote (about the chains) is a CallBack 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 that occurred back in ''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?!!
*** 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 [[NauseaFuel from the scraps of the creatures he has been feeding on]] before they settled on the scrap metal.

* D-Squad being overrun by Buzz Droids in "Point of No Return".
* 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. It’s even complete with SickeningCrunch.
* 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''.]]
* [[spoiler:Anakin and Barriss' duel in "The Wrong Jedi" 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 was all too eager to have her incriminated and executed in the face of circumstantial evidence, not out of a sense of justice, but to knock the Jedi down a peg ([[spoiler:with Barriss being outed as the bomber also working in his favor]]). 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, that suggests [[FauxAffablyEvil he's very good at feigning empathy]]... Or, if he was genuine, that the Empire corrupted him that much.

* 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.
--> '''Tup''': [[MadnessMantra Good soldiers follow orders. Good soldiers follow orders. Good soldiers follow orders.]]

** 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 (Count 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).
*** Count Dooku told the Kaminoans (while [[InTheHood disguised]] as Tyranus) that Order 66 was [[BlatantLies merely a contingency for just in case any Jedi went rogue]].

* You remember the buzz droids? Those [[CuteIsEvil tiny, big-eyed]] droids that are featured during the 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, 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.
** [[https://youtu.be/ndksHspW9CA?t=1m5s The shuttle attack scene in general]]. In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it-moment, one of the Rocket Droids can be seen forcefully removing a clone trooper's helmet to have him asphyxiate. Anakin, Rex and Fives investigating the aftermath of the attack is a haunting sight as well, complemented by the eerie background music and the frozen-over corpses.
* 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 series. If Padmé hadn't told him to stop and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope that he went too far]], he probably would have turned 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 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 choke 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 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.]]
* Part SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome 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 you're on Sidious's list of contacts]].
* 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 is [[GoMadFromTheIsolation now insane]] 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.]]
* In "Destiny", the idea that [[BigGood Yoda]] of all people has a Dark Side.
* 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 Wrong Jedi".]]]] 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.

* Even without the foresight of the original reels, the reveal of Echo's survival in "The Bad Batch" is rather chilling. Rex has a hunch beforehand that Echo might be alive, but in the original reel, it was presumed that the Separatists simply salvaged his corpse, extracted the strategy algorithm from his brain and made it into a program. As Tech tries to hack the cyber center's mainframe, he realizes that the algorithm isn't being run as a scripted program; it's being transmitted live by Echo himself from Skako Minor. To make it even more chilling, Echo seems to be in a trance that makes him very computer-like based on the sounds he's making when sending the algorithm (which Tech describes as "almost human" despite being [[StarfishLanguage an audible computer language]]), Tech communicating with him through scripts, and how he's repeating his CT number like a script when asked for his identity, which has very horrific implications about what's happened to him.
%%* The Bad Batch story 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.
%%** They used the previously-believed-to-be-dead clone trooper Echo as a living computer to decode the Republic's military strategies, [[AndIMustScream attaching him to a messy life-support system in a stasis pod and having him relive the last moments until his "death" at the Citadel.]] They also have no problem claiming him as [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman merchandise bought from the Separatists.]]
%%** Just the way Echo looks like. He's terribly malnutritioned, lost one arm, both legs, all of which are replaced by cybernetics, and he has cybernetic implants embedded into his chest, shoulders, all the way along his spine, and of course in his head. The unfinished animation just makes it even more disturbing.

* Issue 3 gives us General Grievous's bare-handed CurbStompBattle against several Mandalorian warriors after Count Dooku releases him from his cell. Due it to not being restricted by TV-PG rating, one warrior actually bleeds on him, making you wonder what Grievous did to him (if it did get animated, it most likely would have been a SoundOnlyDeath). Yeah, Grievous doesn't need lightsabers to be dangerous.
* 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.]]]]

* Asajj Ventress reveals to Quinlan Vos that the Nightsister RiteOfPassage involves the Sisters going into an oily lake deep in the Nightsister Fortress first seen in "Massacre". What Asajj was lucky to not have to do because she joined late was going in deeper to claim a piece of an ancient creature known as [[EldritchAbomination the Sleeper]]. Before Asajj and Quinlan saw the whole creature, other Nightsisters only got vague but conflicting descriptions of it; the only thing they could agree on was that it was terrifying. Talia's sister got too paralyzed with fear and was eaten by the Sleeper.

* While it's mostly an awe-inspiring moment of pure joy for every ''The 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''.
** 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]]...''"
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* Even without the foresight of the original reels, the reveal of Echo's survival in "The Bad Batch" is rather chilling. Rex has a hunch beforehand that Echo might be alive, but in the original reel, it was presumed that the Separatists simply salvaged his corpse and extracted the strategy algorithm from his brain and made it into a program. As Tech tries to hack the cyber center's main frame, he realizes that the algorithm isn't being run as a scripted program; it's being broadcasted live by Echo himself from Skako Minor. To make it even more chilling, Echo seems to be in a trance that makes him very computer-like based on his CreepyMonotone and how he's repeating his CT number like a computer script, which has very horrific implications about what's happened to him.

[[AC:"The Bad Batch" reels]]
* This story 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.
** They used the previously-believed-to-be-dead clone trooper Echo as a living computer to decode the Republic's military strategies, [[AndIMustScream attaching him to a messy life-support system in a stasis pod and having him relive the last moments until his "death" at the Citadel.]] They also have no problem claiming him as [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman merchandise bought from the Separatists.]]
** Just the way Echo looks like. He's terribly malnutritioned, lost one arm, both legs, all of which are replaced by cybernetics, and he has cybernetic implants embedded into his chest, shoulders, all the way along his spine, and of course in his head. The unfinished animation just makes it even more disturbing.
** The Organic Decimator, some type of probe droid that functions as a smaller-scale version of the Defoliator. While the Defoliator just incinerates all organic matter quickly, the Decimator fires off multiple long-reaching energy tentacles to seek out organic matter and once they find some, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath all tentacles home in on the target and vaporize it, leaving behind a pile of ash]], as Wat Tambor demonstrates on a Poletec test subject. It also has a laser for cutting through doors in case someone tries to obstruct its path. The clone army would have been lucky if this particular unit was [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup the prototype]], as this weapon would have proven really nasty in close-quartered areas such as the insides of bases, and it came dangerously close to killing Wrecker.

* Part SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome 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]].

* In "Cargo of Doom", there's a scene where Cad Bane tortures a Jedi Master through using electricity. The entire sequence - Bane's coldness, the Jedi's death, complete with tongue sticking out, and what really sealed it was the emotionless battle droids.

** 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.

-->'''General Grievous:''' No need to fear. [[BlatantLies We're all droids here.]]

* 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=].

-->'''General Grievous:''' No need to fear. [[BlatantLies We're both droids here.]]

* "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.

** There's also that one scene of it moving Clone Trooper Redeye's corpse like [[DeadGuyPuppet a macabre marionette]] when Anakin comes across it before [[GrievousHarmWithABody throwing the corpse at him]]. What's ''real'' scary is that this seems to take inspiration from [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-insect-uses-its-victims-carcasses-as-camouflage-83656246/ the behavior of a real-life insect!]]

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

* 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 turned 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.

* 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.

** There's also that one scene of it moving Clone Trooper Redeye's corpse like a macabre marionette when Anakin comes across it before [[GrievousHarmWithABody throwing the corpse at him]]. What's ''real'' scary is that this seems to be based off of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpCxV9tOj9k the behavior of a real-life insect!]]

*** 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.

* In "Cargo of Doom", there's a scene where Cad Bane tortures a Jedi using electricity. The entire sequence - Bane's coldness, the Jedi's death, complete with tongue sticking out, and what really sealed it was the emotionless battle droids.

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

[[folder: Season Two]]

-->'''Barris''': ''Kill me!'' Please!
** 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]].

** 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 guidebook ''Scum and Villainy'' adds some further horrific implications. As Boba is technically a rogue Clone, he wouldn't have received due process in the Republic Judiciary, but Mace requested that Boba get a lighter sentence. If prison time can be considered a lighter sentence (and considering what we've already seen of the [[KangarooCourt Republic Judiciary]] in Season 5's Fugitive arc), a lot worse could have happened to Boba.

[[folder: Season Three]]

[[folder: Season Four]]

* 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]].

[[folder: Season Five]]

[[folder: Season Six]]

[[folder: Subsequent stories]]
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[[AC: "The Bad Batch" reels]]

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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.

[[folder: Season One]]

* In "Hostage Crisis", Cad Bane and his crew take a Senate landing pad by force. When command radios in to the fallen guards about the blaster fire, a disguised commando droid explains it as "Protesters against the war. We've taken care of them"

** [[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.

* 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 turned 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.

* 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.]]

* At the end of the arc, Yoda reveals that the ancient Sith used superweapons powered by giant kyber crystals like the one that the Separatists tried to buy from the Sugi. Couple that with the [[HellIsThatNoise familiar sound effect]] given by the crystal's energy discharge and the utter destruction that just one can cause, it's an omen for things to come.

* 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.

** 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 was all too eager to have her incriminated and executed in the face of circumstantial evidence, not out of a sense of justice, but to knock the Jedi down a peg ([[spoiler:with Barriss being outed as the bomber also working in his favor]]). 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, that suggests [[FauxAffablyEvil he's very good at feigning empathy]].

* The SD-K4 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.
** There's also that one scene of it moving one unfortunate Clone Trooper's corpse like a macabre marionette when Anakin comes across it before [[GrievousHarmWithABody throwing the corpse at him]]. What's ''real'' scary is that this seems to be based off of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpCxV9tOj9k the behavior of a real-life insect!]]

** 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 guidebook ''Scum and Villainy'' adds some further horrific implications. As Boba is technically a rogue clone, he wouldn't have received due process in the Republic Judiciary, but Mace requested that Boba get a lighter sentence. If prison time can be considered a lighter sentence (and considering what we've already seen of the [[KangarooCourt Republic Judiciary]] in Season 5's Jedi Temple Bombing arc), a lot worse could have happened to Boba.

** Just the way Echo looks like. He's terribly malnutritioned, lost one-arm, both legs, all of which are replaced by cybernetics, and he has cybernetic implants embedded into his chest, shoulders, all the way along his spine, and of course in his head. The unfinished animation just makes it even more disturbing.

** In "Ghosts of Mortis", 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.''

** If you didn't think undead [[InsectoidAliens Geonosians]] were creepy enough, the source of their reanimation is even worse: the Brain Worms, which can not only control dead Geonosians, but living members of other species too. One of the Geonosians pulls out a mind-control worm and shows it to Luminara. Anakin wishes to free her, but Obi-Wan tells him to wait it out. The Geonosian then puts the worm on Luminara's face and Obi-Wan ''is still waiting to see how the worm will enter her head'', although he really wasn't and was just stalling Queen Karina so Commander Cody's men can get ready to blind her and the undead for their rescue plan.

** 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.