Full Series What are your top 10 favorite TCW episodes?

3 seasons in with last 3 episodes of Season 5 thrown in
1.The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
2. Cargo of Doom
3. Monster
4. Arc Troopers
5. Overlords or Alter of Mortis
6. The Other^
7. Counterattack
8. Voyage of Temptation
9. Grievous Intrigue
10. Hunt For Ziro

So many Honorable Mentions as well

Favorite Arcs
1. Mortis
2. Citadel
3. Delta Squad
4. Holocron
5. Ryloth

 

Official list going back and looking at every episode.

In order

The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
To Catch a Jedi
Eminence
Landing at Point Rain
Massacre
Shades of Reason
Witches of the Midst
Revenge
Cargo of Doom
Cloak of Darkness



Honorable Mentions
Deception
Shadow Warrior
Carnage of Krell
Arc Troopers
Missing in Action
Hunt for Ziro
Supply Lines
Bounty
Overlords
Tresspass


Episodes that fell just short of the cut, but I thought deserved to be mentioned

Darkness on Umbara
Monster
Nightsisters
Padawan Lost
Wookie Hunt
Hostage Crisis
Revival
The Hidden Enemy
Tipping Points
Rookies
Brothers
The Box

 

In order of air date (hard to separate my Top 10):

1. Witches of the Mist
2. Darkness on Umbara
3. Plan of Dissent
4. Escape from Kadavo
5. A Friend in Need
6. Massacre
7. Revenge
8. A Necessary Bond
9. The Lawless
10. The Jedi Who Knew Too Much

Replaced "Wookiee Hunt" with "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much". Essentially, I've swapped one strong Ahsoka-centric episode for another. It was difficult to choose an episode to drop, but I refuse to have these "honourable mentions". This is a Top 10 damnit, not a Top 30!

This makes Witches the only surviving Season 3 episode! Odd, as I consider Season 3 a much stronger season than Season 5. I guess Season 5 is a season of extremes - when it's great, it's really great, but when it's bad, it's really bad.

 

I thought this would be the best thread to post this in, I've ranked every single episode of The Clone Wars from best to worst, with ratings for each episode.

1. Lair of Grievous - 10/10
2. Grievous Intrigue - 10/10
3. ARC Troopers - 10/10
4. The Lawless - 10/10
5. Revival - 10/10
6. Bounty - 10/10
7. Wookiee Hunt - 9.5/10
8. Shades of Reason - 9.5/10
9. A Necessary Bond - 9.5/10
10. Carnage of Krell - 9.5/10
11. Hunt for Ziro - 9/10
12. Revenge - 9/10
13. Eminence - 9/10
14. The Wrong Jedi - 9/10
15. Counterattack - 9/10
16. Bounty Hunters - 9/10
17. Massacre - 9/10
18. Cargo of Doom - 8.5/10
19. Gungan Attack - 8.5/10
20. The Deserter - 8.5/10
21. Destroy Malevolence - 8.5/10
22. Voyage of Temptation - 8.5/10
23. Citadel Rescue - 8.5/10
24. Bound for Rescue - 8.5/10
25. To Catch a Jedi - 8.5/10
26. Friends and Enemies - 8.5/10
27. Lethal Trackdown - 8.5/10
28. The Mandalore Plot - 8.5/10
29. Shadow Warrior - 8.5/10
30. Point of No Return - 8.5/10
31. Crisis on Naboo - 8.5/10
32. Landing at Point Rain - 8.5/10
33. Prisoners - 8.5/10
34. Defenders of Peace - 8.5/10
35. Holocron heist - 8.5/10
36. The Jedi Who Knew Too Much - 8.5/10
37. Weapons factory - 8.5/10
38. Cloak of Darkness - 8.5/10
39. Liberty on Ryloth - 8.5/10
40. Water War - 8.5/10
41. Witches of the Mist - 8.5/10
42. Innocents of Ryloth - 8.5/10
43. The Box - 8.5/10
44. The Citadel - 8/10
45. Supply Lines - 8/10
46. Kidnapped - 8/10
47. Brain Invaders - 8/10
48. Slaves of the Republic - 8/10
49. The General - 8/10
50. A Friend in Need - 8/10
51. Escape from Kadavo - 8/10
52. Missing in Action - 8/10
53. Darkness on Umbara - 8/10
54. Secret Weapons - 8/10
55. Cat and Mouse - 7.5/10
56. The Gungan General - 7.5/10
57. Nightsisters - 7.5/10
58. Altar of Mortis - 7.5/10
59. Duel of the Droids - 7.5/10
60. Jedi Crash - 7.5/10
61. Sphere of Influence - 7.5/10
62. A Test of Strength - 7.5/10
63. Plan of Dissent - 7.5/10
64. R2 Come Home - 7.5/10
65. Storm Over Ryloth - 7.5/10
66. Bombad Jedi - 7.5/10
67. Padawan Lost - 7.5/10
68. Tipping Points - 7.5/10
69. Sabotage - 7.5/10
70. The Zillo Beast Strikes Back - 7.5/10
71. Blue Shadow Virus - 7.5/10
72. Deception - 7/10
73. Children of the Force - 7/10
74. Shadow of Malevolence - 7/10
75. Clone Cadets - 7/10
76. A Sunny Day in the Void - 7/10
77. Lightsaber Lost - 7/10
78. Trespass - 7/10
79. Ambush - 7/10
80. Brothers - 7/10
81. Heroes on Both Sides - 7/10
82. Rookies - 7/10
83. Assassin - 7/10
84. Duchess of Mandalore - 7/10
85. Nomad Droids - 7/10
86. Mystery of a Thousand Moons - 7/10
87. The Zillo Beast - 7/10
88. Front Runners - 7/10
89. The Gathering - 7/10
90. Overlords - 7/10
91. Rising Malevolence - 6.5/10
92. Hostage Crisis - 6.5/10
93. The Hidden Enemy - 6.5/10
94. Downfall of a Droid - 6.5/10
95. The Academy - 6.5/10
96. The Soft War - 6.5/10
97. Dooku Captured - 6.5/10
98. A War on Two Fronts - 6.5/10
99. Mercy Mission - 6.5/10
100. Legacy of Terror - 6.5/10
101. Death Trap - 6/10
102. Corruption - 6/10
103. Senate Murders - 6/10
104. Pursuit of Peace - 6/10
105. Ghosts of Mortis - 6/10
106. Evil Plans - 5.5/10
107. Senate Spy - 5.5/10
108. Monster - 5.5/10

 

Here's my updated Top Ten list:

1. The Wrong Jedi
2. The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
3. The Lawless
4. Hostage Crisis
5. Eminence
6. Revival
7. A Necessary Bond
8. Carnage of Krell
9. The General
10. Revenge

Honorable Mentions: A Sunny Day in the Void, Tipping Points, Prisoners, Escape from Kadavo, and Friends and Enemies.

 

1. The Lawless
2. Rookies.
3. Darkness on Umbara
4. The Wrong Jedi
5. The Jedi Who Knew Too Much.
6. Carnage of Krell.
7. Revival
8. Shades of Reason
9. Eminence
10. Voyage of Temptation.

Beyond that (Honorable mentions) -
11. Overlords
12. Deception
13. Revenge
14. Ambush
15. Landing at Point Rain
16. Nightsisters
17. Grievous Intrigue
18. Padawan Lost.
19. Lair of Grievous.
20. ARC Troopers.

 

Seems like the right point in time to do this, having now caught up with the series finale. I never kept track of them, but here are the ones that were particularly memorable for me:

Lair of Grievous
Hostage Crisis
Landing at Point Rain
Brain Invaders
Lightsaber Lost
The Zillo Beast Strikes Back
Clone Cadets
Witches of the Mist
The Box
Shades of Reason
The Lawless
To Catch a Jedi
The Wrong Jedi

Not a Top 10 obviously, and I may misremember some of the episodes (or miss a few that would deserve a mention), but these were the ones that really stood out from the pack. Looking back over these, it is somewhat sad to see the show go, but then, if you realize that seasons 4 and 5 would have almost no presence on this list if not for the truly excellent final two arcs, it was probably the right moment to end it.

 

The Lawless, and to a second extent the whole Shadow Conspiracy arc. That was classic Star Wars, Dave and crew really nailed it.

 

Updated list...

1. The Jedi Who Knew Too Much (S5)
2. The Wrong Jedi (S5)
3. Massacre (S4)
4. Revenge (S4)
5. Witches of the Mist - (S3)
6. ARC Troopers - (S3)
7. Cloak of Darkness (S1)
8. Cargo of Doom (S2)
9. Landing on Point Rain (S2)
10. Missing in Action (S5)

each season has their shining star. 3 from season 5, 2 from season 4, 2 from season 3, 2 from season 2 and 1 from season 1

 

I usually post over at the rebelscum forums, but was pointed over here and so far have greatly enjoyed the community (and actually getting my questions answered)

This is a list I made that I thought might be of interest to folks around here. Please let me know what you think if you decide to read it.

Top 10 Episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

 

That link doesn't work for me

 

Ah crap...

Here is is again (should work this time). Is there a way to edit my OP?

Top 10 Episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

 

http://boards.theforce.net/threads/what-are-your-top-10-favorite-tcw-episodes.31328422/ merging with this. Fixed link.

 

Well now I feel sheepish; there was already a thread about this! :b Thanks for the fix, though.

Cool seeing everyone else's Top 10...and I must really be in the minority about the Mortis Trilogy...

 

No, there are a fair few individuals who despise Mortis.

The majority seem to like it, but this is a SW forum, that's to be expected.

 

The way I see it, Mortis was a philosophical arc and not everything was meant to be taken literally, but metaphorically. Yeah, I know, it's weird, but I think that's the way to watch the arc.

 

I am actually a big fan of Mortis. Just pointing out that there were a range of opinions on the topic.

 

Agreed. Filoni even described it as one long Dagobah cave vision. Now, people don't go around complaining that the real Darth Vader fought Luke on Dagobah and turned out to be Luke's twin so Darth Vader appearing later is bad writing, do they? Taking everything literally detracts from it.

 

• Landing at Point Rain
• Umbara Quadrilogy
• Cat and Mouse
• Storm over Ryloth
• Altar of Mortis / Ghosts of Mortis
• Padawan Lost Duology
• Slaver Trilogy (Kiros / Zygerria / Kadavo)
• Onderon Quadrilogy
• Ahsoka Fugitive Quadrilogy
• The Lawless

 

Off the top of my head without checking the list I made last time:

1. Overlords
2. Kidnapped
3. Brain Invaders
4. The Lawless
5. Brothers
6. Witches of the Mist
7. Crisis on Naboo
8. Carnage of Krell
9. The Hidden Enemy
10. Ambush

Honorable mention: Cloak of Darkness, Lair of Grievous, Legacy of Terror, Cat & Mouse, The Wrong Jedi

 

anakinfansince1983 I find it interesting that you like Destroy Malevolence the best in that arc. To me, it has its campy pulp charm, but the first two episodes are a lot more solid. Do you just like the camp or is it something else?

 

Repost!

 

My reaction was very similar when I first saw Destroy Malevolence, and I also hadn't seen TCW film yet. I know I've railed against the over-use and abuse of this word, but if any TCW episode plot deserves to be described as contrived, it's probably Destroy Malevolence. Everything falls into place not just a little too neatly, it's a lot too neatly. But that's what gives it the campy pulp charm. Hooray for episode diversity.