Lit Clone Wars Continuity Discussion (Spoilers Allowed)

In the latest edition of the Star Wars Timeline Gold, Nathan Butler has (perhaps wisely) chosen to list the original timeline for the Clone Wars (i.e. all the novels, games and comics pre-TCW) separately from the timeline presented in TCW series. He gives some good reasons for his decision.

It's been like that for years.

The latest edition was done in August.

I have only recently started watching this show occasionally, and let me just say that it is so incerdibly terrible.
It's difficult to watch, mostly because of how childish, stupid, and unrealistic the story-lines and dialogue are.
But every episode contradicts previous continuity and even the movies at evey turn.

Other than continuity and quality issues, there are other problems.
The 2 episodes i watched recently involved
(1) a kowakian monkey lizard who's only lines were repeats (basically exact recordings) from Jabba's in ROTJ.
(2) similarly they had "Imperial Probe Droids" being used by the seperatists, who communicated constantly in the exact same code (also exact recordings) as was used in ESB (what was also supposed to be an Imperial Code . . . which shouldn't exist yet).

Like, seriously, how hard is it to make new lines for a monkey-lizard and a probe droid without copy & pasting from the Original Trilogy

Damn that Ben Burtt and his consistency.

If they're planning on milking it for some years yet, I think things'll get even worse as it goes on. And did it really have to go on as long as it has? Loads of stuff in the show just seems so unnecessary to me. Honestly, the only storylines I really care that much about are the Mandalore arc with Duchess Satine, and the Mortis arc. The rest is just padding.

I dunno, I've liked more than I've disliked on this show. In terms of hit-or-miss, it's got about the same track record as the rest of the EU imo.

Starting fights with everyone you see is actually a very effective way to meet new people.

HOW DARE YOU??

Prior to that as well, per his interviews.

Are you looking to start a fight... or coming on to me?

Why ruin the surprise?

I don't like surprises. I prefer it when people scream at me. Bonus points if the screaming is phrased as a question, but the speaker clearly doesn't expect an answer.

I can't look at the Clone Wars timeline any other way but separately, because it isn't worth it for me to take TCW seriously.

Given the choice, I'd much rather have the novels and comic books produced before the TV series.

There is not actually a conflict here, merely a misunderstanding of context. The Republic Commando novels state that the Republic doesn't care for the long-term health of the clones. Debilitating injuries that can't be readily fixed, such as brain trauma, become more trouble then they're worth. Since the trooper can no longer serve in either a combat or support capacity, they're left to die rather than squander time, money, and resources on an "asset" that is no longer beneficial to the war effort. However, the Republic Commando series acknowledges the Rimsoos and med frigates established by the MedStar novel duology, and make note of such medical procedures as prosthetic limb replacements and bacta immersion, procedures which are logically being performed aboard the Kaliida facility and others like it.

Issues concerning Mandalore and the Mandalorians, on the other hand, have been deftly dealt with by the likes of Jason Fry. Through his efforts and others', both versions of the planet and its inhabitants remain canon, each society—New Mandalorian pacifists and traditional warrior clans—living separate but at peace with each other, with the Death Watch on the outskirts of the culture.

There are still lots of other discrepancies, and frankly, I don't entirely trust Lucasfilm to reconcile them in a satisfactory manner.

Indeed. The Republic series was pretty good. At least Maul didn't come back...
I loved the Quinlan Vos story arcs in Republic.

To be honest, Maul surviving TPM doesn't bother me that much. I actually quite liked that story in Visionaries where he fights Obi-Wan at the Lars homestead a few years after ROTS.

Yeah. Since Maul looks just like that now, I a going to assume that is canon.

Even if he is killed in the show...well, he lived through dying once already....

One thing I'm glad of is the attempt by writers to reconcile the different portrayals of Mandalore and Mandalorian society in the TV show and the novels/comics.

Finally had time to watch A Sunny Day in the Void...and it wasn't as bad as I expecting. Maybe my expectations were just so low that they were impossible to meet, but I actually kind of liked it.

Kind of reminded me of Avatar when they were lost in the desert...a good man vs nature story.

How do the appearances by Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura in the show match up with what is chronicled of their lives in the Republic comics?

ditto for most people here i'd assume

probably because we are over the age of 6 . . .