Clone Wars: The Wrong Jedi Review.

Wow, just wow. I was left nearly speechless after the ending to "The Wrong Jedi". *Full Spoiler Warning but if you are a Star Wars fan and haven't seen these last few episode, you have really been missing out on great some fantastic Star Wars story*

I give major props to the Clone Wars for actually making Ahsoka leave the Jedi Order. The entire last scene left me expecting Ahsoka to change her mind and rejoin Anakin and the Order but no, she is gone and there is nothing that is going to change that. While ending moments of the episode were the most memorable, the other aspects did not disappoint either. The revival of Barriss Offee to be the one that set-up Ahsoka was not surprising, it was not played for a shock, but more as an obvious resolution. Earlier in the episode, we saw more of Anakin's Dark Side when he brutally interrogated Ventress by grabbing her by the neck. During Anakin's battle with Barriss he express even more of his power when he basically did a "screw this" Force blast to subdue Offee. 

The only slight problem I have with the episode was Barriss' change of character (which is said to be vastly different in the EU) and how did Barriss defeat Ahsoka so easily? Since we, the audience, have not seen Offee since the "Brain Invaders" arc, she could have easily had a change of character over the year or so that she has not been in the series, which seems like an easy answer. While Offee is a powerful Padawan, she is just that, a Padawan, however, Anakin was not trying to kill Barriss, thus the probable answer to the question. Despite this, that battle through the Jedi Temple has awesome. We even saw the annoying Jedi Younglings from previous episodes in the series.

On a side note, Tim Curry as the new voice of Palpatine was decent. While I did not even notice it upon my first viewing, after listening to it again, there is a noticeable difference between Ian Abercrombie (RIP) and Curry, but he should do fine later in the series.

Now back the episode's final moments. While I said the end of "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much" had the best and most emotional moment of any animated work, the ending of "The Wrong Jedi" even managed to top that with Ahsoka's decision to leave the Jedi Order. Some fans might be wondering why she did not return to the Order, but I completely understand her reasons because what Offee said at the trial was mostly true, the Jedi were the cause of the war and when a fictional series seems so real, in its story and make you question what you previously believed, you know it is something special. Recently and in previous standout story arcs, The Clone Wars has become better than the Prequels in many respects, particularly the politics and political intrigue where the Prequels (Ep. III is still great) failed so greatly. The emotion in the character's eyes was incredible, they almost looked real! And the cinematography was fantastic, the most realistic background yet for the series.

Unlike many other Clone Wars episodes on Cartoon Network, it did not cut away from the credits and left the audience (myself included) enough time to reflect on what just happened as the sad music play, which created an amazingly powerful effect. During the final scene the music was perfect, featuring a mix of "The Force Theme" from the original Star Wars soundtrack and something entirely new. One of the best tracks from The Clone Wars. For Ahsoka's fate, I am sure that we have not seen the last of her on the series. It is apparent that she will not be killed before or during the events of Order 66. Although I was looking forward to her enviable death, this was actually a better, more fitting way to exclude her from Revenge of the Sith's story line. Maybe she will be introduced in the new trilogy as a cameo helping Luke rebuild the Jedi Order or she may even get her know standalone film. It is uncertain whether the character could be pulled off in live-action, it could be cool to see her. If there is a standalone film, Ashley Eckstein could even play the character as a much older Jedi after Order 66, but further speculation should be saved for later posts.    

 

Overall: 10/10- "The Wrong Jedi" was both crushing and satisfying at the time, the series has never had a better season finale and it may even be the best episode of the season 6, if not the best of the series period.

 

Also season 6 has been confirmed but it has yet to confirm which channel it will be airing.

 

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Here are my reviews for the other episodes in this story arc.

Clone Wars: To Catch a Jedi Review.

Clone Wars: The Jedi Who Knew Too Much Review.

Clone Wars: Sabotage Review.

 

 

 

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Clone Wars: Sabotage Review.

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“Sabotage” is the first of a four part story arc centered around Ahsoka and the final story arc of this disappointing season. This review will have minimal spoilers and anything big will have ample warning. “Sabotage” was a pleasant surprise, opening with a very cool space battle featuring the buzz droids. However, the main focus of the episode was on a mystery which Ahsoka and Anakin were sent to investigate. This episode seems to have been named after Alfred Hitchcock’s film Sabotage, that I have just watched a few weeks ago and features some similar plot points. Basically, “Sabotage” is a hard-boiled detective story with a very noir setting. It reminded me a lot of Blade Runner with the backgrounds and the use lighting and, the episode contained some very dark and violent material, including a severed hand.  While I do not want to spoil a important plot point, there was one part that did not make any sense and seemed very forced, but other than that, it was a fantastic episode.

Overall: 9:2/10- Overall “Sabotage” is the best episode that did not contain Darth Maul and offered a new type of genre for the series.

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Clone Wars: Shades of Reason Review.

"Shades of Reason" was all kinds of freaking awesomeness! *Epic Fist Pump* Darth Maul is officially the best thing to happen to the Clone Wars ever and "Shades of Reason" is the best Clone Wars episode of this season. Until later in the review, this will be a spoiler free review.

Shades of Reason continues were Eminence left-off and it more than delivered on the hype. Unless The Clone Wars team do something really stupid with this arc, bringing Darth Maul back from the dead was definitely worth it, because he is the best Star Wars villain since the original trilogy. Savage Opress and Maul are the best duo of evil I have ever seen. Sam Witwer as Darth Maul is absolutely brilliant! He brings a calculating and determined presence to Maul that is perfect. Savage is as brutal as ever dealing some bone crushing blows, both physically and with the Force. The animation is particularly breath taking in "Shades of Reason" featuring, yet again, some of the best and realistic visuals of the series. Although the animation style is present, it looks more realistic and the character animation smoother. Focusing on the villains for two episodes in a row is sheer brilliance! There has not been one Jedi or anyone except Duchess Satine that is considered a "Hero", which is very refreshing. Having the villain as the protagonist is a technique that should be used more often in TV shows, on the other hand, few TV shows have so awesome villains like the Clone Wars does. Pre-Vizsla ,as always, was one bad dude, Jon Favreau (director of Iron Man) does an excellent job in the role. Now time for the spoilers until the final verdict in the "Overall" section of the review.

*Spoilers*

The best part of the episode was definitely the epic final duel between Darth Maul and Pre-Vizsla. It is was one of, if not the best fight scene in The Clone Wars' history. Vizsla using both his black Lightsaber, blasters and other gadgets Vs. Maul's mastery of the Force was amazing. However, the most shocking part of the episode was Pre-Vizsla's surprise beheading by Maul! I could not believe what I was seeing, The Clone Wars team had some serious guts to pull that off. As much as I liked Vizsla and wanted to see more of him, his send-off was more than fitting to one of the Clone Wars' best original characters. I am still in awe at what happened, I expected him to escape somehow but after a valiant fight, he lost. Now Bo-Katan and her clan escaped and obviously are going to be coming back for more. This is another reason why we all love Mandalorians!

Overall: 10/10- "Shades of Reason" reminds me why I love Star Wars and the Clone Wars with the best episode since "Revenge". 

"For Mandalore!"

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Clone Wars: Revival Review.

The Clone Wars season finally start and it sure started with a bang. Basically "Revival" is part 2 of the last season's finale "Revenge", which is a first for the series. It almost felt as if the episode was 10 minutes with its relentless pacing, which worked very well.
Note: Full spoilers for the episode are ahead.
"Revival" was a non-stop thrill ride, full of intense action and awesome Lightsaber battles. While the episode may have started a little too fast, and a few of the character models and voice acting near the beginning of the episode could have been slightly better, overall the episode was very impressive with its brutality and violence. Savage Opress impaling Adi Gallia was very cool and completely unexpected twist in the episode. The Ligthsaber battle was expertly choreographed and animated, one of the better fights of the series. Possibly the most shocking and violent part of "Revival" is how Savage's arm was sliced off by Obi-Wan. While I did notice that Opress had a robotic arm in the trailer, I did not expect that Obi-Wan would be the one to cut it off. The detail of his arm was amazing, I could even see his bone and flesh of his arm, The Clone Wars team is really pushing the TVPG rating. The music during the battle was particularly epic, one of the few time were the music was noticeably top notch in an episode. Hondo was hilarious and played a key role in the episode. His dialogue with Obi-Wan and his lines in general were great like “Who are these horny headed maniacs!?” The opening reminding the audience how utterly evil and murderous Maul and Opress truly are, with a cool opening scene battling droids. The nice touch of Maul's legs emitting green ooze from the Night Mother shows the Clone Wars team's attention to detail. Although some of the character's mouths did not match the animation perfect in a few scenes, but that is a small detractor. The Clone Wars started the season with one of the season opening episodes of the series, only season 3 was better.

Overall: 8.9/10- What "Revival" slightly lacked in plot, it more than made up for in sheer action and brutality.
What did you think of the episode? Please comment below. Also if you have not tried to answer today trivia question, please click here to check it out, it features a Star Wars related question today.

 

Below are links to other great reviews of this episode.

Shena Tokala:  Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Revival review

Solace Utara: Revival Review

Cad Bane[slash]Stilwater: Review for "Revival" - The Clone Wars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) Review.

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I usually watch these inbetween The Clone Wars seasons to get my Clone Wars fix so I figured I should review today since The Clone Wars season was over.

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We watched the original Star Wars: Clone Wars. The different between the name of current CGI series and is the "The" in front of "Clone Wars". It originally aired in the year 2003-2005 as a miniseries. We watched it when it originally aired but we watched it again recently. Basically Clone Wars cover the years in between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith in around 2 hours. This series is amazing! Even better than most of the current The Clone Wars story arcs. If this was a movie it would easily be the best animated movie ever made. Even you don't like the current CGI you should watch this. It is a must see for any Star Wars fan or anyone who likes animation. We are reviewing this as if it were a movie even though it was split up into two parts. Volume one is more action focused and less story driven. It showed clips of battles that took place during The Clone Wars. Volume 2 on the other hand is very story driven and has great action. It show Anakin's path towards the dark side and basically everything that was said in the opening crawl in Revenge of the Sith. The series as introduced new characters like General Grievous, Asajj Ventress, and Durge. Also Jedi like Shaak Ti, who had one of the best parts of the series, Ki Adi Mundi, Luminara Unduli, and Bariss Offee. And the Arc Troopers are also in this. It has so much awesomeness yet it doesn't feel over stuffed.


The Good: Many great new characters were introduced, Volume 2 had an amazing plot, Spectacular lightsaber duels,

The Bad:

If you want to watch the series Click Here. The link takes you to play list of the parts of series in order. Or buy it on DVD and edits it like a movie so there are not the opening titles every few minutes.


Here is the first chapter.



Plot: 9.8/10- Score for Volume 1: 9.0/10. Score for Volume 2: 10/10. Volume one was more action based and but had some set pieces that set up for Revenge of the Sith. Volume two's plot on the other was fantastic showing a glimpse of Anakin's future and built some of his character. Remember when this first aired it was before Revenge of the Sith so we didn't know exactly what was going to happen to make Anakin turn to the dark side.



Action: 10/10- Many amazing battles including Mace Windu fighting hundreds of Confederate droids with his fists, Kit Fisto brief under water battle on Mon Calamari, which was later expanded with the recent The Clone Wars episodes. And Shaak Ti and a few other Jedi in an epic duel with General Grievous and his guards just to name a few.



Acting: 9.7/10- The voice acting was excellent with a few familiar names like James Arnold Taylor(Obi-Wan), Tom Kane(Yoda), and Anthony Daniels(C3PO), who later went on to reprise their roles in the current Clone Wars series.



Art Style: 9.5/10- The style is a blend of Japanese anime modern western style. In general we don't like anime but this had a good blend of the two art styles.



Overall: 9.9/10- Overall Star Wars: Clone Wars is an amazing piece animation that is better than many of the current Clone Wars episodes.





Closing Comments: If you are a Star Wars fan watch this! And if you are planning on having a Star Wars watch-athon I recommend watching this after Attack of the Clones. It fills the gap inbetween the movies well.

We are not trying to cut down the current Clone Wars series. It is our favorite TV series but this is also a series that is a must see for any Star Wars fan.


Recommended for: Star Wars fans, Sci-Fi fans, Animation fans,

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