You could almost feel that she didn't really want to reconnect with Anakin, she was like its a long story and we don't have time, and then she finally broke down.
Its tough that we saw the last time that they were together and the next time she see's him he'll be Vader.
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That was awesome. That was top quality stuff, the animation, dialogue, the fighting scenes. Everything was so good. I loved the use of old and new music woven together. Can’t wait to see what they do for the rest.
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Its almost cruel you know, after watching that episode, that we know that Order 66 is going to happen, we know that the Clones are going to turn on her and Rex, we just don't know yet in terms of this show how they survive.
So every minute of the next few episodes when we see Ahsoka around clones we'll be waiting in dread for that comlink signal.
I've often wondered, Maul clearly hates his former Master, I mean Palpatine raised him with cruelty, pretty much sent him into a buzz saw against a Jedi Master and Apprentice. Replaced him, forgot about him, and then when Maul became a threat, Palpatine beat the crap out of him and murdered his brother. Then took him and probably tortured the crap out of Maul before he could escape.
It makes you wonder, why Maul didn't reach out to the Jedi order and say, hey BTW the Sith Lord that your chasing, the one that is angling to wipe you all out, yeah its the Supreme Chanceller.
I mean lets say that he did that and the Jedi killed off Palpatine, Maul becomes the new Dark Lord of the Sith, free to find an apprentice of his own.
Did he not out Palpatine to protect the Sith, or were there other reasons. I mean guile and betrayal are all hallmarks of the dark side.
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I wasn't expecting that opening either, and I thought "Are we getting a crawl?!?!?" understandably not.. but still so cool.
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Everyone was expecting a crawl. Also did you notice when they were flashing on the Jedi they were showing them where they were killed during Order 66, almost like you could hear Palpatine in the background saying, all the pieces are in place for this.
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So there are some interesting new things. After Episode 9 went up, One of the head animaters tweeted out thanking the fans and stated if you keep showing the love we'll make more.
There are rumors that There will be additional Clone Wars storyline episodes to clean up some of the incomplete ones. The heavy focus being around what happened to Maul after Palpatine beat him down and said he had another purpose for him. This was covered in the awesome comic the Son's of Dathomir. There is also other character arcs to clean up including Ventress, which was covered in the book Diciple, and Bobba Fett who last we saw was headed for a Republic Prison.
Also there is a strong rumor that beyond the High Republic, that there might be a series done in the same animation style as Clone Wars covering the years right after Return of the Jedi dealing with the fall of the Empire and the Rise of the First Order, it will probably be called errr Sorry about Resistance.
With the Disney Channel needing content these rumors make sense as Disney/Lucas Animation is the golden Boy right now.
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Here's a question, what is Ashoka's head thing? Is it hair? Is it flesh? Some sort of headdress? There's a different thing separating it and her face in the Clone Wars vs Rebels clip above. Is it just a different headband or something? I feel like if it was hair, they would animate it that way.
"They were characterized by their colorful skin tones, large montrals and head tails"
The horns type thing are montrals and are bone, and the head tails are fleshy. I think the thing at the bottom of it is just a headband. Or artistic license.
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So there are some interesting new things. After Episode 9 went up, One of the head animaters tweeted out thanking the fans and stated if you keep showing the love we'll make more.
There are rumors that There will be additional Clone Wars storyline episodes to clean up some of the incomplete ones. The heavy focus being around what happened to Maul after Palpatine beat him down and said he had another purpose for him. This was covered in the awesome comic the Son's of Dathomir. There is also other character arcs to clean up including Ventress, which was covered in the book Diciple, and Bobba Fett who last we saw was headed for a Republic Prison.
Also there is a strong rumor that beyond the High Republic, that there might be a series done in the same animation style as Clone Wars covering the years right after Return of the Jedi dealing with the fall of the Empire and the Rise of the First Order, it will probably be called errr Sorry about Resistance.
With the Disney Channel needing content these rumors make sense as Disney/Lucas Animation is the golden Boy right now.
A clone wars style series based around Luke growing the jedi order? The quests he would do... I'd be down with that. Luke needs more context between ROTJ and TLJ.
A clone wars style series based around Luke growing the jedi order? The quests he would do... I'd be down with that. Luke needs more context between ROTJ and TLJ.
My worry is that the Rise of Skywalker basically ripped off the whole Dark Empire comic, and they'll be too tempted to do the whole Luke joins the Empire thing and the Empire creates more and more ludicrous superweapons.
Reading the new EU books of what happened are interesting because for the most part Luke doesn't have a big involvement in the Aftermath series or some of the other ones.
The ideas that need to be built on, for me
That the Republic after winning the war throws away the peace.
That the Empire basically disintegrates and we see what we saw at the end of Aftermath which is the most hardcore best officers left in the Empire plus the abducted children flee to unknown space to found the First Order
(BTW they did explain that they're called the first order because Grand Admiral Sloane on arriving made the first order that this time they'll build the Empire the right way.)
That the First Order raised funds by subverting the Underworld
The Republic fails to see the threat of the first order and decide to become a pacifist government and fail to stop the First Order in its tracks, meanwhile Leia gets discredited 10 ways from sunset and leaves the Republic to create the Resistance which is secretly supported by members of the Republic.
The biggest issue though is that the First Order really doesn't begin to really rise for about 20 years after the Fall of the Old Empire, so I would assume that any series right after would be based around the Imperial Civil War and the Republic fighting on multiple Fronts while Luke tries to build a Jedi Order.
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I have a weird theory about the last three episodes
Spoiler!
I believe that we're going to see Ashoka beat Maul in this episode and capture him. She's going to argue with Rex who wants to basically end this here and now. She decides to take Maul in front of the Jedi Council. At the end of the episode he agrees and they board a shuttle for Coruscant.
I believe that this saves her from the initial order 66 as she's in a shuttle with Rex and Maul.
Rex hasn't removed his chip yet, but during the trip Order 66 happens and she receives the coded transmission from the Jedi temple to go into hiding. Rex tells her about the chip in his head because he makes a link between what happens with the Jedi and the chip.
At some point Ashoka decides to go into hiding, but Rex receives the Order 66 transmission and turns on her.
Now here's where my theory gets wacky.
Maul saves Ahsoka from Rex, they decide to remove his chip.
They decide to investigate and land on Coruscant but get attacked by Clones, and flee into the underworld, Maul escapes.
Somehow Rex and Ahsoka run into Wolfe and Gregor.
Rex states that he can't be trusted around her, they decide to go their separate ways Rex gives her a coded frequency in case she ever needs them.
The last scene has Ashoka seeing the burning of the Jedi temple and we hear Palpatines speech to the senate and she knows that Anakin and Obi are probably dead and she breaks down.
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Jesus Christ, that was one of the best episodes of Clone Wars ever made, not only that but it rivals some of the best moments in the Star Wars galaxy far far away.
From amazing animation, to amazing fight scenes, to unbelievable music and sounds, this episode sucks you in, punches you in the gut, gives you a wedgie and sends you into impatiently waiting for next week.
Now before I go into spoilers, I will also state that this episode, summed up everything in the prequels and gave us all a strong understanding of exactly why the republic and the jedi fell, and it's become clear that it was all at the feet of the Jedi.
I will also state that previously my favorite light sabre fight scene was Skywalker and Vader in ROTH with the duel of the fates sound track. That's been replaced by Ahsoka versus Maul in this episode. It showed two powerful force users at their height fighting a beautiful fast duel.
Anyways onto the spoilers
Spoiler!
We now know that this episode took place after the rescue of the chancellor and the beginning of Anakin's fall to the Dark Side as he has been sent to spy on Palpatine. We are now in the last hours of the republic.
When Ahsoka learns of this, she sees more clearly then the Jedi did that this was a bad idea. But she didn't see far enough, though the pieces were beginning to fall into place.
This was the problem with the Jedi going back to the prequels where the underlying message was that the Jedi had gotten so aroggant in their beliefs that they didn't see what was coming and were stripped of the ability to use the Force to save themselves.
We get to see the future of the galaxy as the Clones become more of an occupying force and the scene of the Clones herding citizens by basically gun point was stunning in its foreshadowing. We also know that the assurance that the occupiers were going to leave is a massive lie.
It was great to see Jessie again as he was one of the named Arc Troopers earlier in the series. We also got to see that Maul had the power of Kylo as he ripped the information that he needed out of his head.
This whole thing came down to Maul basically explaining that everything that was happening was by the design of Darth Sidious, and we got the admission from Kenobi when he announced that the Jedi's one lead Count Dooku was dead.
Maul then in the throne room reached out to Ashoka to try to get her to join him in wrecking Sidious' plan, he also told her that Anakin had been groomed by this Dark Lord as his next apprentice, and that he had seen it in a vision.
This is where Ashoka and the Jedi have failed and couldn't get past their beliefs and training. Basically Maul gave her an opportunity to stop the rise of the Empire, and because she couldn't get past her beliefs that Maul was evil and probably a liar, she slapped it away and doomed the galaxy.
Now I will say that the scene where she stood there contemplating Maul's offer and she came close to taking it except she couldn't get past her belief in Anakin the Jedi was the most beautiful scene in the whole series.
It was also jarring that Maul's plan was to draw Kenobi into this trap so he could kill Skywalker and throw Sidious' plans into chaos.
Like I said this whole episode summed up the entire prequel time line so nicely.
From there we get a two part exceptional light sabre fight between Ashoka and Maul and it was so well done and well choreographed that it took your breath away right up until the girder fight where they had another sequence where they focused on the footwork of the fight.
Anyways, at the end we really got a reveal into Maul as he was captured while falling to his death and he screamed let me die, we're all going to die. You get the sense that Maul hadn't told Ashoka everything, and that he knew that being captured by the Clones meant his and Ashoka's death. There was a hopelessness to Maul when he was captured. He knew right then that all was lost and they couldn't stop the horrors that were going to happen.
So what's happening next. Ashoka has captured Maul and her next obvious move is to head back to Coruscant and the Jedi Council. She also know that she needs to talk to Anakin.
But the clock is now ticking, we are in the final hours of the Republic. She's surrounded by Clones.
I still think that Maul has one more act to this crucial play, we know that he's obsessed with revenge against Sidious for casting him aside and using him as a pawn like he used Dooku.
This does change one thing for me, in Rebel's I always felt that the reveal of Anakin as Vader was a new thing for Ashoka. But now after the Maul reveal, does Ashoka know or does she believe that her master is dead until he touches her mind?
Two episodes left.
Random thoughts
Maul has some amazing powers, bending the blaster shots, ripping Jessie's memories out of them were cool, but almost make him feel over powered.
When Maul started choking Bo I thought we were seeing her death.
I think this is the end of the sieges and the rest of the series will take place as a journey to and arrival on Coruscant.
There is something sadly heroic about Maul. While its based in revenge even he knows that the rise of a master who plays everyone like pawns is a bad idea. In his later years he becomes consumed with his need for vengeance against Sidious and Kenobi.
Is this the end of Gar Saxon til Rebels?
“Justice is merely the construct of the current power base...” What an incredible point and it goes back to the Jedi and Sith philosophies. Both the Jedi and the Sith have the same core beliefs in that they want justice in the galaxy, but the Jedi want peace and Justice, the Sith want Justice and order, and the power to rule, to put aside petty concepts like morality in pursuit of a higher goal. I firmly believe that Sidious and his whole lying with the truth goes to the core argument that what he's doing is best for the galaxy.
That scene again with the exploding glass and Ashoka silently contemplating Maul's offer with the wind moving past her was so stunning. Its too bad that her faith in the infallibility of the Jedi and Anakin has doomed the galaxy.
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Another outstanding episode. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the best of Star Wars is in the animated series, the writing is so far above so many of the movies.
The fight scenes were so well done I'm pretty sure they were motion captured rather than hand animated.
Actually just checked the credits, and looks like it. Ray Park is back as Maul and stunt actress Lauren Mary Kim provides Ahsoka's moves. Awesome they did that.
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Another outstanding episode. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the best of Star Wars is in the animated series, the writing is so far above so many of the movies.
The fight scenes were so well done I'm pretty sure they were motion captured rather than hand animated.
Actually just checked the credits, and looks like it. Ray Park is back as Maul and stunt actress Lauren Mary Kim provides Ahsoka's moves. Awesome they did that.
They were. Sam Witwer (voice of Maul) confirmed in an interview with The Fifth Trooper (Star Wars Legion gaming podcast I listen to) that Ray Park (the original Darth Maul actor) was brought in to motion capture the fight scenes.
It's a good interview, has almost nothing to do with the board game as Witwer paints the minis but hasn't actually played it yet. Witwer just drools over Star Wars for a hour and talks about how he thinks these last four episodes of Clone Wars are among the best Star Wars ever made. So far, he isn't wrong.
I think the reason these episodes are so good is because everyone involved just genuinely loves Star Wars and you can feel it. Filoni, the voice actors, even Lucas was consulted on these episodes. It really is a great send off so far with little nuggets from each episode tying into Revenge of the Sith (Obi-Wan is now being sent after Grievous, Anakin's special assignment by the counsel) Very interested to see how this all finishes.
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