The Legend of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Part 1)

Well, when I made Star Wars, I consciously set out to recreate myths and classic mythological motifs. I wanted to use those motifs to address problems that exist today. He was never afraid to take risks. He was never afraid to challenge what the norm has always told me that they

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and he something can be a Star Wars story if we take the pop American Graffiti you don't like Star Wars, they only refer to Lance Peters instead of cars in Georgia, the most important thing is the story, the emotions that lead and the road in it, and that's what I learned, that what seemed most like Star Wars in Clone Wars when we did the things that least resembled something we had seen before if it is a tool. which can be used to make old stories new and relatable to younger people, that was the point when I was a kid, there was only one thing that could make the whole family run downstairs, sit in front of the TV and shut up for about 30 minutes it sounded like this for six seasons and one movie George Lucas Stifel Oni and the animation studio Lucasfilm gave my family and I Star Wars the Clone Wars an episodic animated series set in the Star Wars universe, it's the reason my mom never went on Friday Nights, the reason I only did Clone Wars book reports in elementary school, and one of the reasons I wanted to become a storyteller, it was all because some silly children's show on Cartoon Network, but anyone who watched the Clone Wars in its entirety knows that's not true Clone Wars goes further and deeper than most animated shows, unafraid to tackle difficult topics through a fictional lens and show its characters in deeply complicated emotional danger.

It also happens to be one of the most elegant representations of Star Wars since the original trilogy is not. Don't get me wrong, the Clone Wars are not perfect and that is easy to see from the first strokes of the show, but the Clone Wars have always been ambitious, which has ultimately led to some of the most genuinely subversive significant animated storytelling ever. Turn on the TV, make no mistake, the Clone Wars is one of the best animated shows of all time, as good as it was, as a kid I was a fan of the show.

I never understood what made the Clone Wars so special. I knew which episodes were my favorites and who. My favorite characters were, but I still wasn't able to grasp the art and craft behind the show and rewatch the entire series over the past few months in preparation for the seventh and final season. I think now, there are many things that distinguish

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rs from other animated works, many of which we already mentioned, but many other things that may surprise you. The making of this show is not a story of master craftsmen extracting light from the heavens and turning it into perfect television.

This is, ultimately, the story. of how a family of humble artists and creatives embarked on a journey with one of the greatest mythological storytellers of our time and, through his guidance and wisdom, as well as the lessons of their own mistakes, created something much greater than themselves, something that could one day be. As timeless as the original trilogy, hopefully this will also be the story of how the Shamrocks inspired the next generation of storytellers who saw it like me to become who they were meant to be. However, this is the

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in 2002, commissioned by Lucasfilm. genndy tartakovsky, the creator of Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack, to produce a 2D animated series depicting the major events of the Clone Wars after Attack of the Clones, setting the stage for the

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's third prequel film, Revenge of the Sith, in which the show premiered. 25 short episodes released over the next two years, the series infamously featured the knighting of Anakin Skywalker, the introduction of Asajj Ventress and General Grievous, and the kidnapping of Chancellor Palpatine, but I didn't discover it until years after its premiere. .

I still found love in the show in The Fairly the sense of scale and madness he added to Star Wars the stylish animation and expressive reinvention of classic Star Wars designs are a testament to Tartakovsky's genius and today the show will probably be Consider one of the best pieces of Star Wars media. ever produced, however there is one big problem I have with the show, one problem I have with the broader story, it fits into the Clone Wars ads, practically nothing in the Star Wars mythology, I'm sure you'll be able to see the events key that fill out aspects of the prequels like Anakin's knighting and how he got that scar, how Grievous earned his reputation, and what kind of giant forces we're up against, but almost none of these things significantly develop the characters involved in the story. logic of the larger story. that they tell me or the themes of the series and that's perfectly fine because that's not what the clothes were for and they could never have been objective. ki told Clone Wars in a way that only he could, and as an artist, that's probably the most important and respectable thing. about the creation of the show, but at the end of the day Clone Wars was nothing more than easily overlooked footnotes in the Star Wars saga, this brings us to episode 3 Revenge of the Sith in recent years, since the internet has given the prequel a generation of expression the discourse surrounding the prequels has effectively gone from overwhelming hatred to apologetic admiration,

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icularly in regards to Revenge of the Sith, although I agree that Revenge of the Sith is the best prequel film and potentially one of the most powerful films in the still-suffering saga.

For poor writing and directing issues that plague the entire trilogy, it's not that the story Lucas was telling was bad, but the way he presented it reduced its impact. The film lacked a tremendous amount of context for complex motivations and characters than previous films. didn't really make up for it. Is Anakin's distrust of the council really only due to him not being promoted to master or is it just the latest contradiction in a long line of the council that we haven't seen is Anakin's insistence on saving a Sith? Is the Lord he has sworn to destroy based entirely on a promise and a half to save Padmé from death or is there something more to the relationship between these two men: all the clone strains had just turned against the Jedi when they were told to despite more than three years of camaraderie.

Is there something else at play between them or is there something else at play in their commands? The entire Jedi Order couldn't really sense a super-powered Sith Lord who frequently tipped the balance of the force right under their noses or they've simply been on a wild goose chase for the past few years and today, Anakin actually met General Grievous for the first time. once in Revenge of the Sith. Yes, Lucas provided answers to these questions to the best of his ability within the confines of the story, but you have to believe that those three-plus years of the Clone Wars before the movie were instrumental in setting up the bombs that go off in Episode three and this show didn't fully demonstrate it and I suspect Lucas knew this.

George Lucas knew the story of Anakin Skywalker. Rise and Fall was too big for three movies, so from a certain point of view, as Ben Kenobi puts it, if you've only seen the prequels, you don't know the full story, you've gotten the major beats, but not their en its entirety and that is why in 2005 Lukas denounced a 3D continuation of Tartakovsky's series called Star Wars the Clone Wars. The show would be based on Tartakovsky's Canon series and would follow many of the main characters from the prequel films,

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icularly Anakin and Obi-wan due to their depiction of war.

Lucas insisted on targeting the show at a slightly more mature audience than just kids, sort of like a page 13 pseudo animated show that had apparently never been done before. I can use CG animation that we developed and some other new technology. and techniques for truly making a great television show, it's important to understand exactly why Lucas is doing this, beyond further addressing the history of the Clone Wars. Lucas had long wanted to break into television; He grew up watching episodic series like Flash Gordon, which has always been one of the stars' biggest influences with his own television show.

Lucas was finally able to bring his career full circle to the medium that inspired him in the first place. Using computer-generated animation may have been an odd and unpopular choice for a television series, but it allowed Lucas freedom to tell his stories on an even greater scope than the prequels, which would be necessary for Clone Wars experts. and at the same time it would retain the visceral T of a Star Wars movie and Lucas could have been done with Star Wars after the prequels that many criticized. for rushing to sell toys and make another three profit movies or some other monetary gain because, after all, a man who donates four billion dollars to an educational foundation is only in it for the money at the end of the day, Lucas He simply wanted to tell another story, one that was possibly as important to him as it was, no more important than the prequels.

With the secret formation of Lucasfilm Animation in 2003, Lucas began searching the industry for a showrunner, a supervising director to oversee the production of the film. program and someone. who could meet the demands of Lucas's story Lucas was looking for an apprentice, so to speak, one who not only had experience in animation but could demonstrate a deep knowledge and love of Star Wars, someone who today Star Wars fans they would come to know as Dave Filoni Dave. Filoni grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to an architect father and a singer mother, musician and criminal father. He had such a love for cinema that he insisted on passing it on to his son by showing her old Kurosawa Bergman Star Trek and Godzilla films from a very young age.

He watched Saturday morning cartoons like Dungeons and Dragons and later animated epics like Fantasia and Acura and, of course, he was also a big Star Wars fan when he was an adult clone. II worked in the animation industry cultivating experience and connections at studios such as the Roman MTV Animation film studio. and Walt Disney Pictures and throughout this time II has never considered himself a great animator, but as a profession it has given him the opportunity to explore his love for telling stories, a love that would accompany him when he arrived as director of Avatar The Last.

Airbender in 2004 and Nickelodeon, meanwhile, while working on the opening credits for Airbender, Crispin oski, a prominent figure in the animation industry and founder of carbonero animation, overheard conversations that Flyn II and animator Giancarlo Volpe were having about Star Wars and professed their distaste for the prequels. Unabashed Star Wars fan Fallone II found a way to completely change his opinions on the movies in a way that surprised even him, so when Lucasfilm Club spoke out about searching for a supervising director for their upcoming animated series of Star Wars in his head, there was only one man for the job and my whole ambition was just to interview.

I just want to meet George, so he was in line or revenge, like he could say yeah, well I'm on tour, that's how cool that cousin is. Don't be mad, get this job because I felt like I was missing someone underqualified for the job and he looked at Michael Folio and passed it on like that, you know, he looked at things briefly and then he shot it and it came out fine. that's what a Jedi Knight is so I thought it was cool he was really nice and that ended and then the door opens and Katharine six reds and says she likes you you got the job and I was like what and then she closed it the door and I remember my first thought was, "My God, these people have no idea what they're doing," I thought, "You're going to hire me for this job." Lucas was never interested in hiring someone with a glowing resume, Tartakovsky, if you will.

Someone who could tap into the Star Wars mythology without feeling overwhelmed by it. Someone who respected the integrity of the source material but wasn't afraid to challenge it. He may have been a loyal fan like anyone else, but like Lucas, he was a storyteller. and was guided by a rich experience in films, television and works of art since he was a child, maybe Lucas realized this or maybe he was just in the right place at the right time, who knows, regardless of whether the Hiring Dave Filoni marked a defining moment in history. from Lucasfilm, the foreseeable future of Star Wars now rested on the back of a guy from Pittsburgh in a cowboy hat.

For the next few years until 2008, the key figures of the Clone Wars team began to fall into place, David Accord and Matthew Wood, both. who had previous experience working at Lucasfilm came in as chief sound editor for the show.Kevin Kiner appeared as the composer who had previously made his living composing for a wide variety of television shows and films. Jason Tucker was hired as supervising editor after years of Assistant Editor for television while Killian Plunkett graduated from comics writer and artist to eventually appear on the show as lead designer and concept artist. He assembled a team of writers.

Henry Gilroy Stephen Mel Qing Scott Murphy with several others to join the team. The show was big, but it was only going to grow as the show's team came together, developing an art style, and the animation proved to be quite difficult. The cost gap between feature film animation and television animation was quite pronounced and to meet the demand for a stock. A content-packed 3D animated show set in the Stars universe would only make it harder to stay within budgets. Lucas was firmly against the use of photorealistic animation not only because it would increase the cost but because it would degrade the artistic direction he wanted to take.

With the series as such, the final animation style the team chose was a sort of pseudo-3D evolution of Tart Agofsky's art style with some notable changes. The characters were made to emulate painted wooden puppets like the puppets from the 1960s series, Thunderbirds, which grew up. above with the surfacesThe characters' objects in the relative environments would be made up of painted textures, while the backgrounds would be made up of matte paintings. At times the show looks like a moving painting, albeit with 3D cartoon characters in the foreground, but the style is usually effective and would work. evolve and improve drastically throughout the program rather than relying on storyboards like many animation studios do today.

Lucas insisted on directing the show as he would a feature film through cutting and editing. This was an unusual and somewhat challenging method of directing animation. but the effect it has speaks volumes on the final product, many Clone Wars episodes feel like miniature movies despite the quirks of Merciless's animation style or length and that's no mistake, while De's direction Flores was instrumental in the success of Jason Tucker probably had the most important job of all the crew members: he had to work around the clock on almost every episode, in whatever state he was in, just to create the sensation cinematography that Lucas was so interested in having for the show over time.

The team realized that working on a closed episode wasn't just about bringing the story to life, but also about exceeding Lucas's expectations, because no matter how many scripts Lucas rewrote or how many cuts he messed with with a float, the team he understood that Stars fans deserved the best. could give them, but before they could take the show to the air and show Stars fans what they had been passionately working on for the past few years, there was a pretty major hurdle the team had to deal with first, the clones moved like the Clone Wars. They began to appear and the episodes were finished.

Lucas began watching some of the full footage in the movie theater of him at Skywalker Ranch. In doing so, he came up with the idea that the clone should be seen on the big screen first, although they were already underway and making episodes for the show, the Clone Wars team was still very focused and refining the look and storytelling of the show. series, the sudden move to produce a film was very much a hindrance to the work, the standard between television animation and film animation is drastically different and the studio probably wasn't going to meet that standard, so instead of Developing a completely separate story for the film, the cloning team turned four of their already developed episodes into a film, the episodes were originally titled Castle of Deception Castle of Doom and Castle Salvation while they were standalone.

The episode titled The New Padawan would be the beginning of the film, as Warner Brothers obtained the distribution rights to the film from Lucas. The film Cloris was released on August 15, 2008 with a budget of only $8.5 million, compared to what was released a year later and a budget. from $175 I think we all see the problem here as a big fan of the show. Let me just say that the Clone Wars movie deserves every ounce of criticism it has received. The animation looks unfinished and ridiculously poor compared to the other animated films released around the world. At the same time, the film is very awkwardly paced and clearly feels like four episodes stitched together every 25 minutes, a character walking on screen to remind you of the state of things and where the heroes are.

Acting currently, Padmé has a pretty big role in the film, but she's not even introduced until three-quarters of the way through the film's first act; is probably the most developed and engaging part of the film, which is not surprising given that it was originally supposed to be a flashback episode in the series and thus took place long after the other three episodes, the film It was based on the sound editors clearly mixing the film's audio differently for a theatrical experience than how they mix the rest of the show, but unfortunately everything in the film ends up sounding.

The bass increases and on the other hand it becomes a bit annoying despite its problems. I feel like the movie Cloners has several redeeming qualities if you watch this as a kid who likes Star Wars, the movie is great, there are some great scenes and a lot of lightsaber fights Kevin Kiner's score adds a new instrumental flair to the expected Williams orchestration, heavily emphasizing drums, brass and guitar, sometimes the voice acting isn't too bad either. Matt Lanter is well cast in the role of Anakin and manages to make the character more likable than the live action films.

James Arnold Taylor is charming as Obi-Wan Kenobe and after hearing so many Dee Bradley Baker voices you almost forget that Tomorrow Morrison once voiced the clones Tom Kane lends multiple voices throughout the film and even provides the film's opening. narration which alone was a red flag to many skeptical viewers, although I agree that it doesn't have the same impact or personality as the opening crawl, the opening narration is inspired by classic radio dramas such as march of time, kind of like how The Movie relies on Flash Gordon to establish some measure of national defense. Filipinos have adopted mandatory military training in a weapons program that requires spending $8 million a year for the next six years.

The Clone Wars movie. Also famous for introducing a now-beloved character into the current Star Wars canon, Ahsoka Tano, when Dave Filoni first pitched his Clone Wars idea to George Lucas, he wanted to focus on a crew of characters on board. of a ship like the Millennium Falcon separate from the main characters of the films, Lucas obviously rejected the proposal, but he liked some other criminal ideas and brought them to the program. One of them, as a teenager, Garuda, called Ashla like Lucas and ECAL aberrated in character. Lucas saw an opportunity. turning Ashla into a Jedi Padawan and training during the Clone Wars, except her teacher would be none other than Anakin Skywalker, that's when Ashla became Ahsoka Tano and gave Anakin an oar during the Clone Wars when it was practically unmentioned. her during the films or The Canon above raises many questions.

Anakin is widely considered one of the most reckless Jedi. Is it risky to trust him with a padawan, especially since Anakin was only knighted at the beginning of the war and where were Ahsoka and Revenge of the Sith? Does he die while he hides? Xena can't care enough about her to raise her since her introduction. Ahsoka immediately became one of the show's biggest mysteries by establishing the exact circumstances that would determine his fate. Sand Hole and Anakin's Story would take several seasons to develop, fortunately the audience at least had answers to some of his questions from the beginning.

The Clone Wars movie shows us that Master Yoda assigned Ahsoka to Anakin as a means of discipline. Yoda recognized that Anakin was becoming fiercely independent and reckless, the kind of qualities that could eventually lead one to the dark side now that Yoda necessarily stopped, but he knew that Anakin still had a long way to go before becoming a truly great Jedi. By being forced to take on the role of a master perhaps Anakin could overcome his fierce independence and reckless nature perhaps he could learn to finally let go of his inner madness and fully embrace the lessons of the Jedi just maybe see Anakin become The teacher adds a whole new dimension to the character that conveys that Anakin values ​​beliefs and flaws somewhat better than those in the film.

The Clone Wars movie offers just a hint of this dimension, what it offered was enough for the series to develop and, as we'll see, the way certain storylines throughout the show would test the dynamic between Anakin and Ahsoka. , would result in some of the richest character moments in all of Star Wars and although the general public thought Ahsoka was an annoying character from the beginning, using her new apprenticeship with Anakin as the film's focal point. Was the Right Move Starting the Clone Wars is clearly aimed at a younger audience, the humor, banter between characters, and focus on communicating simplistic wisdom to the viewer seem to indicate this, not that older audiences couldn't appreciate the early episodes. but there was probably more to take away from the show as a child than as an adult ahsoka unlike everyone around her for almost the entire series she is just a teenager she is a child in an adult world in the lesson she must learn to navigate in that.

The world is as crucial to her as it is to the young viewers watching, as Luke Skywalker and a new hope are the viewer growing and evolving into the world around him. Ahsoka Tano is also the viewer, so while the introduction of a Sokka can guide us. To think she's just a spoiled teenager out of place with her surroundings, that's the point and not only that, but it's just the tip of the iceberg, this was just the first chapter in a sokka's journey and there were many more to come. like the Clone. The movie Wars attracted a close audience who got their first taste of what George Lucas and Day Flonee were working on in their upcoming animated series premiering on Cartoon Network and, man, they didn't like it, to this day many consider the Clone Wars. the worst Star Wars movie ever made, if you think it deserves to be part of the conversation, it's unclear why exactly Lucas thought it would be a good idea to release a TV movie in theaters, especially when it didn't yet have an audience. maybe Lucas felt he could make it up to the fans after the hate they received for the prequels maybe he really was selling toys personally.

I think it was just a great George Lucas moment, a reminder that, for some reason, this talented visionary should be kept in check that, while many of his ideas are innovative, not all of them are good. Having made a rather poor start, the first season of the Clone Wars soon hit the ground running. I have a bad feeling about this from October 3 to the first season of 2008. of Star Wars the Clone Wars officially premiered on Cartoon Network Despite the film's reception, the television premiere still attracted 3 million viewers, the biggest premiere ever for Cartoon Network at the time, the two episodes that premiered Ambush and Rise of malevolence we're clearly building the tone of the movie, but they weren't that bad, in fact, both episodes were quite funny and showed great potential for this series.

The ambush started a conversation that was new to Star Wars and a topic that would become an integral part of the film. the narrative of the show the individuality of the clones in the film the few interactions a character has with the clones are cold and forgettable the EU background wasn't doing much for them either in almost all media the clone seems almost obsessively obligated and removed from the violence of war, no offense, the many fantasy novels of Karen Travis or the campaign of the original Battlefront 2, but the clones were always somewhat generic. The Clone Wars was trying to give personality to the clones, it doesn't shine as much in the first episode, but it does in The fact that Yoda recognizes and values ​​the individuality of the clones is a harsh subversion of how the relationship between the clones and the clones was portrayed.Jedi in the past.

I would embark on a new Star Wars adventure every Friday night, not every episode was worth tuning into, but some were definitely once newbies to those types of episodes. He advanced the concept of clone individuality with the introduction of the Domino Squad. This episode is kind of like Red Dawn but with clones that may not seem like much, but the really impressive aspect of this episode is Dee Bradley Baker. There are about five or six main clone characters in this episode, but due to Baker's specific approach to each clone, they are quite distinct from each other and become characters of their own characters. own at the end of the episode, Captain Rex and Commander Cody have a resounding firmness in their vocal performance, well, the five echoes and the heavy ones have much softer tones of voice combined with different speech patterns and communicators not verbals in animation, we've shown that it's possible to make us care about an army of doppelgangers and respect their individuality like Yoda in the first episode, then there's a layer of Grievous.

I have a soft spot for this episode. It's perhaps the only attempt the show makes to try to explore Grievous' personality. The backstory, which is really a shame, Grievous' gothic influences are extremely appropriate for the character and the idea that Grievous is constantly reconstructing himself in terms of the Frankenstein mythology that Grievous embodies in this episode, shows us that it doesn't matter how powerful Grievous thinks he is. Does he always have a teacher? This is his fatal flaw and is perhaps the most significant characterization of Grievous and all of Star Wars because, while Grievous is a force to be reckoned with, Agofsky and the Clone Wars were Obi-wan's opponent. in Revenge of the Sith, he's not really a character, he's just a visually stimulating killing machine, the Clone Wars changed and Kit Fisto was great too.

Dooku was captured and the gungan general saw Anakin obi-wan and Dooku captured by a band of weak commanded white pirates. by hondo ohnaka these two episodes have some of the best character banter in the entire series and put Dooku and probably in the second most vulnerable situation and we have seen them in the next two being decapitated, one of the best things about the narrative of the Clone Wars. is the frequency with which characters find themselves in unlikely or inconvenient situations other than those in the movie. The writers use these settings as opportunities to show us more vulnerable aspects of the characters we become familiar with.

This bow is no exception. Also, Hondo Ohnaka rules it's not just Jack Sparrow in Star Wars, this man sees Count Dooku as one of the most evil powerful men in the galaxy as a means of profit. He is not intimidated by him in the slightest, making him a straight man. A contender on practically both sides of the war, Jim Cummings fills the character with so much personality in life that without his performance the character simply is not the himself and is probably the reason why he became such a recurring character on the show Anakin, What Do You Control?

Insolence, the count is concentrating up to this point in the season, a criminal entry. Gilberry was largely responsible for coming up with the ideas for the episodes according to the Fulani. Lucas wasn't directly involved in the story process, and halfway through the first season, he didn't know what episode it started with, but I bet it was Jedi Crash and Peacekeepers. These were the first of several episodes of the show written by Katie Lucas in the early episodes to really address Lucas' pacifist sentiment. Alyssa Kura Ahsoka and Rex land on a planet untouched by war and inhabited by a village of pacifist lemurs.

The Lurmen, the digital artists, emphasize and show how beautiful the world of Meriden is without the war and Kevin Connor's use of ethnic influences in the score. further convey that Luhrmann's way of life is threatened when separatists arrive to test the new super weapon, forcing the Lurmen to choose between clinging to pacifist principles or defending their way of life through violence. The conflict of these episodes derives largely from how the Lurmen feel about the sudden arrival of the Jedi and the fear of death that usually ensues, but the Separatist arrival signifies the importance of fighting for their principles, which is really what they do. that the Jedi represent, ultimately these episodes offer you a move away from the good Jedi, bad SIF. narrative presented so far in the series in favor of a more complicated depiction of war, a betrayal that would evolve and become increasingly sophisticated as the writers behind the show further explored Lucas's pacifist sentiment and the coming seasons, the Ryloth's arc might be the highlight of Season 1, a three-part military campaign that follows a different set of characters and different themes in each episode.

The first of these storms over Ryloth has Ahsoka dealing with failure for the first time in a meaningful way, it's not a comfortable feeling for her and the writers weren't afraid to let her sit with it for a while before things really change. , even when I was a child. I remember being surprised at how devastated Ahsoka was by all the lives lost under her watch. If we followed the analogy that Ahsoka represents the viewer then this episode sends a good message about the importance of facing failure. It's a great moment for her growth as a character. and leads to one of the most satisfying final space battles in an episode this frame of Anakin relaxing in the escape pod is just perfect I'm sitting here watching the show The Innocence of Ryloth gives us a look at the treatment of civilians and war , even after watching news updates about the war in the Middle East on TV with my parents, this episode showed me something the news would never show.

Tell me there were kids like me potentially without their parents getting caught in the fire. Crockett won't keep you safe now. I promise you that it is a delicate subject, fortunately handled with grace and sincerity, watching the clone boil and learning to empathize with the three orphans. Little Numa preaches the value of compassion and acceptance of those who are different from us. It's again another great message to send to younger viewers and one that virtually no other animated show would be willing to explore. Liberty on Ryloth is the culmination of the Republic's efforts to Free Cui Lex beyond serving as a showcase for Mace Windu's badassery.

This episode highlights the value of building bridges. Windu must help Cham Syndulla and Orange Free Tom Port put aside their differences for the good of their people before the bloodshed comes to a head. With no return, their eventual union makes for a satisfying ending to one of the most multifaceted arcs of the show's first season. Here we go, the hostage crisis truth finale of season 1 follows a group of bounty hunters led by terror bounty hunter Ken Bain as holding the Senate hostage in exchange for the release of Xero from the Clone Wars movie is essentially an anti-heist taken to the extreme that encompasses the violence and darkness that accompany the genre fresh out of the summer of the Dark Knight.

Kevin Kiner's score largely emulates Hans Zimmer. I can even directly hear the Joker theme in parts of the episode. The criminal-assassin cowboy designs for CAD Bane and Corey Burton's menacing delivery made an incredible impression on viewers in 2009, but today he resides among the most fan-favorite bounty hunters and the Star Wars Crisis was easily the most violent episode of series so far, with a possible hint of darker store lines in the coming summers, we screwed up big time in its first season, for every memorable episode with a valid contribution to Star Wars, there's a forgettable episode that recycles points from the plot.

I already saw it. I love the malevolence arc. They are shocking images. Well, it added suspenseful moments, fun banter between characters, and plenty of action. However, the arc is a prime example of what doesn't work in the first season. Heroes blow up a super weapon in Star Wars several times. In fact, it's not that the Clone Wars can't do it too, but the process by which our heroes destroy the weapon just to rearrange the movie's plot points is just a bit more fun. It can be said of every episode that an ally betrays the main characters.

Grievous narrowly escapes or George accidentally advances the plot and believe me, these things happen often when watching the first season, it's hard not to have one of two impressions of the team behind it. Either the show lacked original ideas or they were safely manufacturing Star Wars moments to make money off of a new generation of young fans. It's more than likely the former, but the fact that it may seem the opposite should indicate a problem. It doesn't help that the animation department still had some major obstacles to overcome. The character models move very mechanically, which can make for some awkward fight scenes early in the season.

The problem is never fully resolved, but they learned how to better hide character stiffness depending on the season. Finally, some of the 3D lighting makes the characters look more like they're in a video game than an animated series, especially in Fall of the Droid, which may be the worst looking episode of the show and then, from time to time, a character design appears. Screen that seems strange despite all its negative aspects. I must reiterate that the first season of Clone Wars is not bad. Many of the episodes we highlight show that the day flew by. Its writers have good stories to tell even in the show's weakest episodes. demonstrate potential for more interesting stories in the future, the main cast has been given plenty of opportunities to shine, especially Ahsoka, who spends a lot of time this season under the tutelage of various Jedi Masters learning both their strengths and weaknesses, many fans went from hating to ahsoka to either of the two. tolerate her or like her by the end of the season, that's progress in my opinion, so yes, the first season has flaws, but many of its flaws are forgivable even with Lucas's vision and resources, the studio was still discovering many things for the first time. more time in the news to tell many of his challenges would disappear, but not a season had he not come first.

This is the worst season of the Clone Wars, but it's still fun and worth watching in its own right and I'll be damned if I didn't enjoy it. I did it when I was a kid and that's the end of part 1. I want to thank you all for watching. This video took over 60 hours to make not including the 40+ hours I spent watching the entire series, so if you enjoyed what you just saw, please leave it. Please like and maybe subscribe, it's very helpful. The Clone Wars is a great show and we've barely scratched the surface so far, so I'm going to do a Clone Wars Ark and split this series into three videos in part two.

We'll be talking about seasons two through five, that sounds like a lot, but believe me, I have a plan of attack. I don't have many videos on the channel so far, but if you can't watch it with just this upload, I put a lot of time and energy into each and every video, whether it's about video games, movies, or television. I will soon open a patreon for the channel, but for now, as I said, a simple subscription goes a long way to the growth of the channel. that just doesn't have ads, a promotion or things like that it's just my gratitude for your support stay tuned for the second part and I'll see you all next time the force is with you and believe that we said here we go and we'll see it well. and I would like to talk to the producer hey, can I change?

No, there is no money. Not well. I guess we're done.