Full Series The Clone Wars - 5.17 - Sabotage - discussion thread

I actually liked Ahsoka's I saved the day.
Now I feel like some disgusting traitor.

 

You find huge spoilers in some of the most unexpected places nowadays...

 

Personally I thought it was awesome Ahsoka lampshaded saving the day.

 

Indeed he did, the Ithorian bartender.

 

And now its like the spoiler on my old 89 Supra. Stealthy. I miss that car.

We can review this tomorrow night. =b

 

Really enjoyed the slow-paced gradual build-up of this episode. It also means that hopefully there won't be any "unnecessary" episodes(like Front Runners in Onderon) and each chunk of the story has something to offer.

Spoiler

To think, we still have: Tarkin, Ventress, Ashoka on the run, Palpatine...seems like this will be a well-paced four episode arc.

 

Quoting myself because I truly had no idea that Ahsoka would actually utter the declarations of saving Anakin and the day out of her own mouth!

 

And they say karma is a witch right?

 

I have to say that I was disappointed in this episode. It started off well, offered up some more insight into the bad feeling towards Jedi near the end of the Clone Wars, but it ended way too quickly without any real conclusion. Sure, we know how the explosion happened, who caused it and who caused that individual to cause it (being vague to account for those who haven't seen the episode yet), but why did that person decide to target the Jedi in the first place? That question goes unanswered and everyone involved is okay with that? I don't buy it.

 

Was it pessimistic of me to suspect the droid as the baddie?

 

I'm sure that subject will be covered in next weeks episode or sometime in this story arc

 

Overall, this was an ok episode. I enjoyed watching it, but not much really happened. I suspect this will be another 4 parter that could have easily been 3 episodes long.

I thought the idea of the nano-bots and the wife feeding it to her husband was scary, but not very Star Warsy, felt like a Star Trek plot. I don’t think Nano-bots belong in Star Wars universe, it’s to high teck.

I think Ashokas line, about the suspect running making it clear she is guilty, will be what happens to her. People will assume Ashoka is guilty since she will run away.

Nice to have Anakin back, I had forgotten how much I like this version of the character, Matt Lanter owns the role now.

7/10

 

you do know this is the 1st episode out of 4?

 

Those temple guard people were freaky looking.

 

Disappointed in the less then a second cameo for Rex still. It's pretty damn disappointing that was the first time all season we saw him in full armor.

 

This was pretty good. Cato Nemoidia was a total waste though; seriously, this buzz droid drivel literally took up the first 1/4th of the episode where it could've been effectively used to show the explosion and VERY STRONG HINTS of it being a Jedi to build up suspense.

And I do like the hints towards the (unknowing) Ivory Tower complex the Jedi Order might have, especially after seeing the living conditions of the support staff compared to the absurdly spacious and grand Temple. Even the Council seems too ignorant to realize this. Will no one point out the huge contradiction for Jedi being "humble" when they have all THIS?

The main problem with the show is it seems to bring up things that are necessary to explain the atmosphere for Episode 3, yet don't seem to exist in any other episode except the arc it's presented in. Where is this resentment in earlier episodes or even the movies? Is there a reason for this growing rift between the Jedi and the Republic? Maybe Dooku and Krell as already said, but we haven't seen anyone bringing them up to put down the Jedi at all.

 

SpecialOpsUnit
Exactly! Why was he even in the concept art? Will we actually see him using that jetpack being portrayed in the concepts?

 

Pretty enjoyable episode. I like these sleuth detective stories, and wish we'd see more of them, as it represents to me a more interesting line of work for the Jedi than just slaughtering droids ad nauseam. But it's a kid show, so I get it.

-Really enjoy the Coruscant shots. The more I see, the more I want, lol. Really hope Star Wars 1313 doesn't get canned. In this episode alone, there's so much improvement of the city and crowd shots on Coruscant than in the earlier seasons.

-I like that we're finally bringing up very important issues surrounding the Clone Wars: The Jedi and their role in the war and society, as well as growing discontent among the public. Great seeing protestors and hopefully we'll see more.

-Speaking of Jedi, I think there is a lot more you can further explore about their roles within the political system, too. I mean, you have two Jedi who basically conduct a home invasion? I get they're investigating suspects, but their approach is just begging for negative public reaction. As a galactic citizen, I would not be in favor of them conducting such investigations. Of course, "search warrant" might be a foreign concept in-universe, but even if it is, it's still wrong they can just barge into a citizen's home like.

- And why are some of the Jedi surprised that the Jedi Temple could be bombed? We're talking about the center of the galactic universe, Coruscant, and how many times have we seen, in this show alone, important facilities and buildings attacked, damaged, or infiltrated? I mean, a non-Force using bounty hunter infiltrated and stole a Holocron lol!! If that happens, it doesn't seem as far fetched that a bombing in the temple would occur.

-Did we get any info as to why people suspected a Jedi might be behind the attack? Or is it one of those things that we're told and we just have to accept?

 

Yeah, I don't think that happened.

This was a nice contextualiser episode, that's about it.
Cato Neimodia wa used cheaply as a springboard for a currently less interesting investigation.
It was cool to see Obi-Wan and Shaak Ti attend the Council meeting via the Holonet
Sora Bulq was in the background.
Also, it was very cool to see Cin Drallig in charge of Temple security, though I hope we see Gate Master Jurrokk, too.

 

Why didn't Anakin just use the force to push the buzz droids off during Episode III?

 

Because in space, there is no gravity to 'push' ?

 

You don't need gravity to use the Force. Remember in the Malevolence trilogy where Plo Koon used the Force to rotate a nearby escape pod?

 

or maybe filoni loves plo kool a bit too much hahaha

 

Are you freaking kidding me? I did not know all those characters were coming into play in this arc. This is pissing me off now. Ridiculous. Please fix this someone. Discussing anything past this episode is supposed to off-limits in this thread.

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