History NightmareFuel / StarWarsTheCloneWars

** Tying into this is the fact that in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E13EscapeFromKadavo 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 clone troopers getting their escape pods cracked by the nonchalant battle droids... humming a jaunty tune. Somewhat creepy coming from the usually goofy [=B1s/OOMs=].

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

* This two-part story arc features 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 Padmé as well as some clone troopers, are infected by it and we see the virus' 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 has been 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.

* Ahsoka's lightsaber duel with the worm-possessed Barriss, who at one point ''screams'' at Ahsoka [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Barriss_infected_5721.jpg with the worm coming out of her mouth like a long, snake-like tongue]].

* 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.]]

* Savage Opress' transformation, 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless 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.]]

* 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) is the one who came out on top in the episode, 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 is 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 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 fast. 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 is the tentacle of a large sarlacc-like passive predator with a claw-tipped tongue (and the similarities are no coincidence, as later sources confirm they are related species), and there's more than one of these things on the planet. Oh, and [[LightIsNotGood 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. 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.

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

* The Frangawl Cult's modus operandi involves specifically draining the living Force out of organic beings. [[SurpriseCreepy And this is coming from a two-parter storyline that is otherwise a light-hearted Indiana Jones homage with Jar Jar Binks as one of the main characters.]] Also, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Mother Talzin]] uses that stolen lifeforce to power her magic. And according to ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', she wastes away some of her body every time she casts a spell, adding another reason to why she's harvesting the living Force. You can tell she's already losing some of her body after having restored Darth Maul's sanity just by the fact that parts of her character model are phasing in and out of reality and "leaking" some of her magic. When her plan's foiled, she dissipates letting out a scream and she's left without a physical form for some time.

* Bo-Katan Kryze spends the entire episode in a state of TranquilFury, alternating between griping about political red tape hampering her attempts to take down Maul and outright calling for [[Music/{{Coldplay}} his head on a silver plate.]] She wants Maul dead, and she wants Maul dead ''now.''

* Also from Issue 4, 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.]]

* The torture scene in the episode deserves mention, especially those seven words said by the torture droid as it reached for Even Piell's eye; [[EyeScream "Say goodbye to your one good eye."]] Brr...

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* 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 Wolffe, 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]]...''"

* Bo-Katan Kryze spends the entire episode in a state of TranquilFury, alternating between griping about political red tape hampering her attempts to take down Maul and outright calling for [[Music/Coldplay his head on a silver plate.]] She wants Maul dead, and she wants Maul dead ''now.''

** Which makes one wonder how Order 66 will affect the clones on Mandalore. Sure, Ahsoka, Bo-Katan, Ursa and Rex all survive, but just seeing one's allies betray and open fire on the heroes on top of having to deal with the Death Watch and Maul is just terrifying.

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* The Zygerrian Slavers 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.

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* Almost everything in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E7LegacyOfTerror 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E21Brothers Brothers]]" and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]":
** Darth Maul. He's become a psychotic, deranged lunatic who skitters around on a spider-like contraption and rants 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.

*** He's laughing and crying at random intervals between broken ramblings interspersed with coherent phrases about revenge, and there's the implication that he is [[AndIMustScream fully aware]] of his broken mental state.

*** 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 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 leftovers 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.
*** 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 Clone Wars'' to date.
*** The forging of Maul's new legs: the wires from destroyed battle droids fuse themselves to his spine, then the metal is superheated, with the legs themselves being forged from the slag. And through it all, despite being in a magical sleep, Maul ''never stops screaming''.
** While it's not shown on screen, it's implied that Maul ''killed'' a bunch of kids in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]".
** The Raydonian village after Darth Maul's rampage in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]". Having Maul himself there, standing in front of a burning village, makes him look like something that crawled from the depths of hell and only makes the scene even more nightmarish.
*** Instead of having Savage Opress ambush Obi-Wan like in the final cut, a [[https://youtu.be/IIJ9A1j_qHA?t=21m20s deleted scene]] shows that Maul and Savage spared one villager by the time Obi-Wan arrived. Savage has her head at lightsaber point as a hostage to force Obi-Wan to surrender. Obi-Wan concedes, only for Maul to order Savage to execute the villager anyway.

* Though it's a quick scene, Grievous' treatment of one very unfortunate clone trooper in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E8BoundForRescue 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.

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As Senator Padmé Amidala tells [=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.

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

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.

* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising Malevolence]]", clone troopers getting their escape pods cracked by the nonchalant battle droids... humming a jaunty tune. Somewhat creepy coming from the usually goofy [=B1s/OOMs=].
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E7DuelOfTheDroids 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.

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E10LairOfGrievous Lair of Grievous]]" has a much darker tone compared to other episodes in the series' first season:
** The very nasty fight with Grievous that has the Jedi chopping his legs off, while he crawls on the ceiling.
** A clone trooper getting ''incinerated'' in a lava pit, a la ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''.
** Grievous' horrifying "pet" which mauls another clone trooper to death.
** Grievous' droid doctor telling him that there may be "[[{{Understatement}} some discomfort]]" and then beginning to cut open his head as he screams in agony.
** The eponymous lair itself, which has more than a little bit of Creator/HRGiger influence in its design and lighting.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E17BlueShadowVirus Blue Shadow Virus]]"/"[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E18MysteryOfAThousandMoons Mystery of a Thousand Moons]]" 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' 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 has been 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 "[[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."

* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E2CargoOfDoom Cargo of Doom]]", there's a scene where Cad Bane tortures Jedi Master Bolla Ropal using [[ElectricTorture electricity]]. The entire sequence — Bane's coldness, Ropal's death, complete with tongue sticking out, and what really sealed it is the battle droids confirming Ropal's death in an unusually [[CreepyMonotone emotionless tone]] for them.
* The scene in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E3ChildrenOfTheForce Children of the Force]]" where Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Mace try to gain information from Cad Bane by using a JediMindTrick on him, all at the same time. It's pretty creepy to watch the cold, calculating bounty hunter thrash in obvious agony as they assault his mind, with the Jedi knowing full well it could destroy him both mentally and physically.

* The Geonosis arc is heavily-action packed for the most part, but the final two episodes of this story arc ("[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E7LegacyOfTerror Legacy of Terror]]" and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E8BrainInvaders Brain Invaders]]") take a dive into horror territory.
** If you didn't think undead [[InsectoidAliens Geonosians]] are 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 isn't and is just stalling Queen Karina so Commander Cody's men can get ready to blind her and the undead for their rescue plan.
** Even with the death of Queen Karina the Great (the Geonosian HiveQueen controlling the worms), the worms are still a threat, as they now look for a new host for control. At the start of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E8BrainInvaders Brain Invaders]]", the first worm enters a clone and his eyes ''roll back into his head'' as the worm starts taking over, and when he wakes up, [[UncannyValley he suddenly gets back up on his feet in a way not dissimilar to a reanimating corpse]].
** The scene where Ahsoka and Barriss watch 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 gives a whole new meaning to MindRape.
** Ahsoka's lightsaber duel with the worm-possessed Barriss, who at one point ''screams'' at Ahsoka [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Barriss_infected_5721.jpg with the worm coming out of her mouth like a long, snake-like tongue]].

** 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.

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E13VoyageOfTemptation Voyage of Temptation]]":
** The SD-K4 assassin droid. 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 Merrik. Sure, he is justified in doing so, but the scarier part is that the ''Imperial March'' plays after he does it.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E22LethalTrackdown Lethal Trackdown]]": 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 is 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.

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E13Monster Monster]]":
** Savage Opress' transformation, 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless 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.]]
** 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 for you: when Savage kills Feral, we all cried because Feral is a young, innocent man. But think about this — Savage then goes searching for his brother... Darth Maul, who is a ''VERY'' nasty piece of work. Maul and Savage then join together in wreaking havoc throughout the galaxy, all in the name of simply capturing and torturing Obi-Wan Kenobi. They are 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 is introduced during the Mortis arc) is basically the Dark Side incarnate. He also sounds like ''Emperor Palpatine'' at times.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E17GhostsOfMortis Ghosts of Mortis]]", Anakin's vision of his future is 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 DarkSide, he's lucky he didn't go ''insane'' from the experience. And the worst part? There's ''nothing in those visions that he can prevent.''
** Ahsoka after the Son brainwashes her into becoming his dark side servant in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E18TheCitadel The Citadel]]" deserves mention, especially those seven words said by the torture droid as it reached for Even Piell's eye; [[EyeScream "Say goodbye to your one good eye."]] Brr...
** Early in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E19Counterattack 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'' presents, 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.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E21PadawanLost Padawan Lost]]" gives 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]]
** There's a particularly creepy moment in this episode where, after killing the Trandoshan leader's son, Ahsoka helps Kalifa to her feet and starts [[HopeSpot leading her to safety, and then]] [[JumpScare BOOM!]] a blaster bolt right through Kalifa's chest. Not to mention that the grief and rage of Garnac, the Trandoshan leader, over 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) is the one who came out on top in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt Wookiee Hunt]]", 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 is 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 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 isn't for his preference for close combat, Prince Lee-Char might have never stood a chance against him. Even worse is he brought along more of his race to help him in the Prince's public execution, and their method of execution is to eat him alive while chained.
* 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.

* D-Squad being overrun by buzz droids in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E13PointOfNoReturn Point of No Return]]".

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]": 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.

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E17Sabotage Sabotage]]" introduces exploding nanodroids that have been fed by Letta to her husband, turning him into a living bomb. She uses him to commit a sabotage against the Jedi Temple. All that is left of the poor guy is his hand. Doubles as ParanoiaFuel, as you could end up being made a host without even realizing it. And considering who Letta is [[FridgeHorror willing to use]].
** Letta's claim that a ''Jedi'' has come up with the plan to bomb the Temple. It's possibly untrue, but the implications are still bone-chilling. As it turns out, 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E18TheJediWhoKnewTooMuch The Jedi Who Knew Too Much]]". 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 freighter headed for Coruscant's Underworld. ''Holy crap''.
* Anakin and Barriss' duel in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]" once the former discovers that Barriss is the one responsible for the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar. While seeing Barriss fighting with Ventress' 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 is ''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 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 is 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 (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 is genuine, that the Empire has 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 series 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 {{Manchurian Agent}}s 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.

* 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/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E6TheRiseOfClovis 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 has been 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 is otherwise a light-hearted Indiana Jones homage with Jar Jar Binks as one of the main characters.]] Also, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Mother Talzin]] uses that stolen lifeforce to power her magic. And according to ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', she wastes away some of her body every time she casts a spell, adding another reason to why she's harvesting the living Force. You can tell she's already losing some of her body after having restored Darth Maul's sanity just by the fact that parts of her character model are phasing in and out of reality and "leaking" some of her magic. When her plan's foiled, she dissipates letting out a scream and she's left without a physical form for some time.

* What happened to Silman, an aide of Chancellor Valorum's who accompanied Sifo-Dyas in dealing with Pyke Syndicate before he died, in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E10TheLostOne The Lost One]]". After shooting down Sifo-Dyas' 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.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E12Destiny Destiny]]":
** The idea that [[BigGood Yoda]] of all people has a DarkSide.
** Then, there is Yoda's trial for temptation in that same episode: he sees the Jedi 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi 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.

** They used the previously-believed-to-be-dead clone trooper Echo as a living computer to predict the Republic's military strategies against his will, [[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. He's terribly malnourished; has lost one arm, both legs, and possibly an ear, all of which were 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. It is already unsettling in the unfinished reels, but the finished version makes it clear that the erratic eye movement while he's being forced to transmit his algorithm is not just a result of the limited animation, and the added mood lighting to the scene makes it even more chilling.
** 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. While this isn't shown in the finished version of the episode, the original story reel shows that once it identifies a target, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath all tentacles home in on the target and vaporize it, leaving behind what is either a pile of ash or organic goo]], as Wat Tambor demonstrated 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 is [[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.

** Trench's planet-buster bomb. Not only is the idea bad enough, but the fact that the first season of ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' confirmed that Anaxes was reduced to an AsteroidThicket sometime during the 15 years that pass between them adds that extra dash of nightmarish implications regarding what may or may not have been done with that bomb... It also goes to show that planet-killers were around ''long'' before the [[KillSat Death Star]].

* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence 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=].

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E10LairOfGrievous Lair of Grievous]]" had a much darker tone compared to other Season 1 episodes:

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E17BlueShadowVirus Blue Shadow Virus]]"/"[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E18MysteryOfAThousandMoons Mystery of a Thousand Moons]]" 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' 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E2CargoOfDoom Cargo of Doom]]", there's a scene where Cad Bane tortures Jedi Master Bolla Ropal 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 Geonosis arc was heavily-action packed for the most part, but the final two episodes of this story arc ("[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E7LegacyOfTerror Legacy of Terror]]" and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E8BrainInvaders 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.
** Even with the death of Queen Karina the Great (the Geonosian HiveQueen controlling the worms), the worms are still a threat, as they now look for a new host for control. At the start of "Brain Invaders", the first worm enters a clone and his eyes ''roll back into his head'' as the worm starts taking over, and when he wakes up, [[UncannyValley he suddenly gets back up on his feet in a way not dissimilar to a reanimating corpse]].
** 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.
** Ahsoka's lightsaber duel with the worm-possessed Barriss, who at one point ''screams'' at Ahsoka [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Barriss_infected_5721.jpg with the worm coming out of her mouth like a long, snake-like tongue]]

** 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'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 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 during the Mortis arc) is basically the Dark Side incarnate. He also sounds like ''Emperor Palpatine'' at times.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E17GhostsOfMortis 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 can prevent.''

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E21PadawanLost 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]]
** There's a particularly creepy moment in this episode where after killing the Trandoshan leader's son, helps Kalifa to her feet and starts [[HopeSpot leading her to safety, and then]] [[JumpScare BOOM!]] a blaster bolt right through Kalifa's chest. Not to mention that the grief and rage of Garnac, the Trandoshan leader, over 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 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.]]

** 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.

** [[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 the similarities are no coincidence, as later sources confirm they are related species), and there's more than one of these things on the planet. Oh, and [[LightIsNotGood 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. 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.

*** As early as "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E11Kidnapped Kidnapped]]", Anakin was positively ''unhinged'' about dealing with the "slaver scum", seriously worrying Ahsoka.
* A more subtle one, but in the first episode of the Deception arc, 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E16FriendsAndEnemies Friends and Enemies]]" seems to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone caused him regret]]. From the same arc, Obi-Wan's transformation into Rako Hardeen, which looked ''very'' agonizing.

*** 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 leftovers 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.

** While it's not shown on screen, it's implied that Maul ''killed'' a bunch of kids in "Revenge".
** The Raydonian village after Darth Maul's rampage in "Revenge". Having Maul himself there, standing in front of a burning village, makes him look like something that crawled from the depths of hell and only makes the scene even more nightmarish.

* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E17Sabotage Sabotage]]" introduced exploding nanodroids 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 Letta was [[FridgeHorror willing to use]].
** Letta's claim that 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, it's true, and it's someone one would've least expected: no less than Barriss Offee, who's grown disillusioned with the Jedi.

* Anakin and Barriss' duel in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi 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 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 (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.

*** 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]].

* 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/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E6TheRiseOfClovis 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.
* 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 that stolen lifeforce to power her magic. And according to ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', she wastes away some of her body every time she casts a spell, adding another reason to why she's harvesting the living Force. You can tell she's already losing some of her body after having restored Darth Maul's sanity just by the fact that parts of her character model are phasing in and out of reality and "leaking" some of her magic. When her plan's foiled, she dissipates letting out a scream and she's left without a physical form for some time.

** 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch 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.

** Just the way Echo looks. He's terribly malnourished; has lost one arm, both legs, and possibly an ear, all of which were 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. It was already unsettling in the unfinished reels, but the finished version makes it clear that the erratic eye movement while he's being forced to transmit his algorithm was not just a result of the limited animation, and the added mood lighting to the scene makes it even more chilling.
** 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. While this wasn't shown in the finished version of the episode, the original story reel shows that once it identifies a target, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath all tentacles home in on the target and vaporize it, leaving behind what is either a pile of ash or organic goo]], as Wat Tambor demonstrated 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.

* 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 "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre 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.

* In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence "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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E7DuelOfTheDroids "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.

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E10LairOfGrievous "Lair of Grievous"]] had a much darker tone compared to other Season 1 episodes:

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E17BlueShadowVirus "Blue Shadow Virus"]]/[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E18MysteryOfAThousandMoons "Mystery of a Thousand Moons"]] 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' 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 [[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."

* In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E2CargoOfDoom "Cargo of Doom"]], there's a scene where Cad Bane tortures Jedi Master Bolla Ropal 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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E3ChildrenOfTheForce "Children of the Force"]] where Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Mace try to gain information from Cad Bane by using a JediMindTrick on him, all at the same time. It's pretty creepy to watch the cold, calculating bounty hunter thrash in obvious agony as they assault his mind, with the Jedi knowing full well it could destroy him both mentally and physically.

* The Geonosis arc was heavily-action packed for the most part, but the final two episodes of this story arc ([[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E7LegacyOfTerror "Legacy of Terror"]] and [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E8BrainInvaders "Brain Invaders"]]) took a dive into horror territory.

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E13VoyageOfTemptation "Voyage of Temptation"]]:

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E22LethalTrackdown "Lethal Trackdown"]]: 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.]]

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E13Monster "Monster"]]:
** Savage Opress' transformation, 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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless "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.]]

** In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E17GhostsOfMortis "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 can prevent.''
** Ahsoka after the Son brainwashes her into becoming his dark side servant in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis "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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E18TheCitadel "The Citadel"]] deserves mention, especially those seven words said by the torture droid as it reached for Even Piell's eye; [[EyeScream "Say goodbye to your one good eye."]] Brr...
** Early in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E19Counterattack "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).

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E21PadawanLost "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]]

** TheReveal in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E10CarnageOfKrell "Carnage of Krell"]] that Rex and his men have been killing ''other clones'' because of Krell's manipulations.
** General Krell's rampage in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E10CarnageOfKrell "Carnage of Krell"]] as well as his obvious sadistic glee in taunting and killing the clone troopers is very frightening.

** Tying into this is the fact that in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E13EscapeFromKadavo "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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E11Kidnapped "Kidnapped"]], Anakin was positively ''unhinged'' about dealing with the "slaver scum", seriously worrying Ahsoka.
* A more subtle one, but in the first episode of the Deception arc, 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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E16FriendsAndEnemies "Friends and Enemies"]] seems to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone caused him regret]]. From the same arc, Obi-Wan's transformation into Rako Hardeen, which looked ''very'' agonizing.
* Almost everything in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre "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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E7LegacyOfTerror "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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E21Brothers "Brothers"]] and [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge "Revenge"]]:

* Though it's a quick scene, Grievous' treatment of one very unfortunate clone trooper in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E8BoundForRescue "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.
* D-Squad being overrun by buzz droids in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E13PointOfNoReturn "Point of No Return"]].

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless "The Lawless"]]: 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.

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E17Sabotage "Sabotage"]] introduced exploding nanodroids 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 Letta was [[FridgeHorror willing to use]].

* The final few minutes of [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E18TheJediWhoKnewTooMuch "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much"]]. 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 freighter headed for Coruscant's Underworld. ''Holy crap''.
* Anakin and Barriss' duel in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi "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]].

* 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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E1TheUnknown "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 droidekas, 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.

* 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/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E6TheRiseOfClovis "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.

* What happened to Silman, an aide of Chancellor Valorum's who accompanied Sifo-Dyas in dealing with Pyke Syndicate before he died, in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E10TheLostOne "The Lost One"]]. After shooting down Sifo-Dyas' 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.
* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E12Destiny "Destiny"]]:

** 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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi "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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch "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.

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E4UnfinishedBusiness "Unfinished Business"]]:

* 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 [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre "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.

** Trench's planet-buster bomb. Not only is the idea bad enough, but the fact that the first season of ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' confirmed that Anaxes was reduced to an AsteroidThicket sometime during the 15 years that pass between them adds that extra dash of nightmarish implications regarding what may or may not have been done with that bomb...

** Although Anakin's encounter with Trench is a case of PayEvilUntoEvil, his claim that he no longer has the "weakness" of being noble is a chilling reminder of the Sith Lord he's going to be in only a few months.

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E4UnfinishedBusiness "Unfinished Business"]]: Although Anakin's encounter with Trench is a case of PayEvilUntoEvil, his claim that he no longer has the "weakness" of being noble is a chilling reminder of the Sith Lord he's going to be in only a few months.

** Anakin killing Tal Merrik, sure he justifies it but the scarier part is that the ''Imperial March'' plays after he does it.

* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E4UnfinishedBusiness "Unfinished Business"]]: Although Anakin's encounter with Trench is a case of KickTheSonOfABitch, his claim that he no longer has the "weakness" of being noble is a chilling reminder of the Sith Lord he's going to be in only a few months.

** 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. While this wasn't shown in the finished version of the episode, the original story reel shows that once it identifies a target, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath all tentacles home in on the target and vaporize it, leaving behind a pile of ash]], as Wat Tambor demonstrated 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.

* 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".

%%** 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.

** Just the way Echo looks. He's terribly malnourished; has lost one arm, both legs, and possibly an ear, all of which were 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. It was already unsettling in the unfinished reels, but the finished version gives him the lovely addition of erratic eye movement while he's being forced to transmit his algorithm.

** They used the previously-believed-to-be-dead clone trooper Echo as a living computer to predict the Republic's military strategies against his will, [[AndIMustScreamattaching 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]].

%%* The Bad Batch story arc goes out of its way to establish that, out of all the {{corrupt|CorporateExecutive}} [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] 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. He's terribly malnourished; has lost one arm and both legs, all of which were 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.

** 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.'''