TV Discussion Did you like Clone Wars? Do you like Rebels?

Yes, yes and yes.

1- TCW (2008-2014) - Currently my favorite of the three. It admittedly had a rough start (and seeing the movie again after seeing the end of the series will really tell you the series had come a long way), but it got better and better with time. Regardless, I still enjoyed it all the way through.
2 - Rebels - It had a better start than TCW's, but right now, not quite as awesome as that show's later seasons. Mostly a result of Season 1 mostly being set on Lothal (even TCW Season 1 had plenty of settings to use despite its limited budget at the time). But as its predecessor series proved, things can still change.
3 - Tartakovsky's Clone Wars (2003) - Awesome to watch all the way through, but are the Vol. 1 episodes just too short-lived (Vol. 2 fixed that to an extent). And sadly, it doesn't have as much of the likeable Anakin characterization as TCW 2008 had. And no, I'm not going to say anything about the shortage of dialogue as that's just a usual Tartakovsky stylistic choice (something I've observed in recent years with Symbionic Titan and rewatching Samurai Jack).

 

I love both TCW and Rebels. CW 2D was just okay.

TCW and Rebels are very different shows. TCW had really high highs and some so-so episodes, but that was understandable given the breadth of the show. There were unlimited stories to tell in terms of all the characters and locations. However there wasn't much depth there. There was never the ability to really build the story beyond a few episodes in an arc.

Rebels has the potential to be better overall because of the amount of depth they can put into the show. It's one HUGE arc. They can do small things such as introducing a character like Zare in one episode, come back to him several episodes later, with the potential for tons more with his search for his sister and his relationship with Ezra. There are plenty more examples - Tseebo, Vizago, Ezra's parents, Bail, Fulcrum (obviously), etc. if they explore the potential of the characters they've just introduced so far across multiple seasons, all as part of one huge story arc, it has the potential to overtake TCW. But if they get sloppy with it, or have too many red herrings, then it will never reach its potential.


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1. Love TCW, great show, hands down. But like a lot of people here have said it did have its less than stellar story arcs. But the good parts were really good and better than anything I've seen out of Rebels yet.

2. Rebels. This show has the potential to be fantastic in its own right. I think a lot of stuff that's going on right now is setup for things that will happen later on. So I think it's a little too soon to pass judgment on it.

3. Clone Wars. Second half was definitely better than the first half as the stories had a little more time to develop. I loved Obi-Wan in these. But overall I found them to be too short.

 

Yes.

 

I like all three of them as well as the Ewoks cartoon. Can't remember if I ever saw the Droids cartoon and I never picked up the DVD release that had a handful of the Droids and Ewoks episodes. Out of the four series I have seen I'd probably rank them:

The Clone Wars
Rebels
Ewoks
Clone Wars

Might be a bit odd ordering to some but Clone Wars was too short and over the top at times. Besides, the Ewoks are just too adorable.

PS: I hold out hope that someday we'll get a complete series DVD releases for Droids and Ewoks(even if they're non-canon now).

 

Don't worry, Chopper would probably kill her. And his journey to the darkside will be complete!

 

The Clone Wars was fantastic animated television, and it was a wonderful introduct to Star Wars for my daughter. It has made introducing her to the OT that much stronger, she despises Vader for killing Anakin, because she only knows Anakin as the hero. Whole when I show her ESB, the Yoda reveal won't be meaningful, it's be a worthwhile trade off to get her a connection to Anakin, since I won't show her the prequels until after we've finished the OT.

As an event, Genndy's Clone War mini series was my favorite depiction of a Clone War series as presented as a film, or event. It was beautifully told, and provided a tight narrative that so brilliantly dives into ROTS.

Finally, Rebels is the best Star Wars I've seen on television. Frankly, it's the best series on television right now, animation, live action, bar none. Rebels has been meticulously crafted, as I often say, building to a crescendo and the birth of the Rebellion. It's such a tightly woven narrative with some of the best casts of characters on tv right now. And the animation, absolutely stunning. Their eyes alone emit so much life and emotion, it's chillingly immersive.

So, concluding, I love Star Wars on television, it's a natural fit, but Rebels has been my favorite.

 

all. didn't vote.

 

Its multiple choice. You can select all 3 as far as I know at least that's how I intended the voting to work.

 

I started off liking TCW...then it went into "meh" territory, then "argh" territory when they started contradicting stuff from the EU...then they did Mortis and Darth Maul's resurrection and then it was just "wtf".

Rebels, started off kinda "meh" for me, but I kept watching it just because it was there and I was sorta curious to see where it would go. The characters have grown on me a bit, and the show's gone up to "okay" and "entertaining", but nothing that quite blows me away yet.

Microseries...first half was a bit meh, but second half I definitely liked.

 

Clone Wars- I feel this show captures the spirit of the movies. I wished they could've made the episodes longer but I enjoyed every minute of this show.There's nothing cringe worthy and it fits better into the saga better than the other two shows IMO.

The Clone Wars- While I hate the movie with a passion, the series wasn't as bad. There were some episodes I actually enjoyed but much of it was too goofy and light-hearted for me to take serious and since we've had another Clone Wars show before that, I don't see any point in it existing.

Rebels- Not as awesome as the micro series but not terrible like the TCW movie. Some of the humor is painful to sit through and the animation gives me the creeps at times but it's going to take more than that to scare me off. I would've rather have had a show set in between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back but from what I've seen of this cartoon so far, it's decent.

Maybe they can get Genndy Tartakovsky to make another Star Wars cartoon one day.

 

Clone Wars: Out of the three, this is my favorite. It fits in nicely between AOTC and ROTS. It also fits in nicely with other EU. Grievous, Durge, and the rest of the villains are great and actually terrifying. Covers some pretty important points, like Anakin's knighthood. The only thing I don't like is that I wish there more.


The Clone Wars: I want to like this show. There are a few things about it I enjoy. I like the Clones. It has some great duels like the Savage/Maul vs Sidious. But, there also a lot of things I don't like. I don't like Ahsoka. I don't like the inconsistencies with the EU. Moraband? There's absolutely no reason why it couldn't stay Korriban. Also some of it really isn't about the Clone Wars. I mean do we really need Droid arcs? The villains, particuarly Dooku and Grievous are absolutely pathetic and embarrassing weaklings. Dooku was the best swordman of the Jedi and yet he gets kidnapped by pirates? C'mon!


Rebels: I've only watched a few episodes. It's not horrible, but it hasn't set my world on fire.

 

I think I've still gotta give it to the original CW. I just love how it built up the opening of ROTS so well. TCW has a handful of episodes that I truly enjoy, but they hardly make up for the majority of episodes that I felt were just okay, let alone the occasionally TERRIBLE arc. So far I'm liking Rebels more than I did TCW, and who knows, it might actually grow into something I can really get behind. Too early to say on that front though.

 

You Guys realize you can vote for all the options.

 

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For me, I liked the clone wars micro series the best. It was made by the same guy who made Dexters Lab, Samurai Jack, and Powerpuff Girls, so it had that same dark and wierd comic strip feel to the series. There are fan versions on YouTube that cut and edit the episodes together so that they appear like a seemless 2 hour movie by removing the intros and repeat sections. I like those versions better, as it makes it easier to watch.

TWC was good because it covered a wider character range, however, they probably could have cut out the Jar Jar arcs from the series. At first I couldnt stand Ahsoka either, but over the course of the series her character matured and became pretty good and was less annoying.

Rebels comes last for now, as not much has really happened and the story has stayed very contained. We'll see how it goes once they start adding more peripheral story arcs and characters.

 

TCW beats both

 

Why is small bad?

 

I don't think Rebels will do any peripheral story arcs.

It's a "chronicle" type of storytelling instead of TCW's "anthology" type of storytelling.

It's kind of like great animes or mangas: It has a start, a linear story, an end. No peripheral arcs, just off-center scenes that will quickly get back to the 'main' POV.

 

CW is a good Legends add in material.(cool Samurai Jack style and nice short stories)
TCW is a great complex canonical series like I-III.(adds much to the saga as a series describing The Clone Wars period)
Rebels is a small size in style of IV-VI; good but its still growing and it will get better

 

I like all 3 shows, mainly because theyare Star Wars. But for me Rebels is the top show. I feel more invloved in the characters because we start of fresh and learn about each charcter as we go along with no previous knowledge.

With the Clone Wars 3D we are jumping into the middle of story and already have notion on how the characters should act and their outcomes. When we started CW we knew the eventual outcome and we were watching the inbetween. So if we thought Anakin did something out of character we could point it out and complain if necessary. But with Rebels we have no idea where its going or how we are going to get there.

 

Do you see any point in Rebels existing?

 

I go back and forth with Rebels, one night I'm like ''**** YEAH Rebels ! '' and the next day I'm like ''This show stole TCW from me ''