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Should have given it more of a chance. IMHO, TCW did a great job of humanizing the clones. Gave them personalities and even relationships. The Jedi considered them as valuable as each other and treated them as such. I won't spoil anything in case you decide to give it another chance, but I challenge to you to give it another go and try not feel emotions for the ones that we do get to know. Especially "99".

 

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I've seen every episode. I watched them all over the year following the October 2012 announcement, and later the bonus content. The clones were humanised, it's true, which made their plight even sadder.

I loved the Yoda arc though.

 

Making it more sad was the point I think. They wanted us to see the clones as brothers and even as family to each other and the Jedi.

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The episode where 99 dies was every bit as emotional to me as when Ahsoka left.

IMHO they really did the clones justice.

 

The clone episodes are, without a doubt, some of the best Star Wars material made so far.

 

Back when TCW first began airing in 2008, I wasn't too fond of the clones being humanized at all. I felt that they should've been the organic droids they were in Episode II and the original Clone Wars series. However, as the show went on, I really warmed up to the clones actually have personalities (especially with arcs like the Umbara arc and the Order 66 arc). After seeing TCW and watching RotS, it makes the movie even better and sadder than it was before. Originally I had thought (as many others thought) that Order 66 was just a simple order given out, however instead the clones had no say in the matter once Order 66 was issued. They were forced to turn on the Jedi, whom they had fought the entire war alongside and had become close friends with. Seeing that everyone was deceived by Palpatine, even the clones, makes RotS all the more sadder.

 

I'm not sure I agree with that. The clones clearly were able to 'flip' allegiance once Order 66 was given. It makes perfect sense that this was something coded into them from an early age or even inception. As it stands in both AOTC and ROTS, the clones are pretty much blank slates and I don't think TCWC retcons anything in the films... it just adds some detail as to who the clones are and how Palpatine was able to use them to destroy the Jedi.

 

The instances of clones deserting or malfunctioning in any way are very rare and we see just an isolated incident or two, among millions of troops. This is no different than a battle droid having bad programming or malfunctioning, although the million other units from the same batch work perfectly. This never impacted my viewing experience of TCW, AOTC or ROTS. In fact, it enhanced it, showing that there is more to these guys than just machines in human form.

 

They weren't exactly slaves. They were soldiers breed to fight for the Republic and the Jedi didn't send them into battle, the Chancellor and the Senate did. All the Jedi did was work alongside them.

 

I cant wait for the 3rd I will be hosting a viewing party at my house !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

A part of me kind of wishes Rebels were 2D. It's the character designs.

 

I'm really digging the connection between Kanan and Obi-Wan, in A New Dawn.

Love the movie trailer. Definitely has me excited for the premiere. It already seems so much better than TCW movie.

Now I'm in the mood for TCW! Time to rewatch...

 

Not that hard really.

 

Interesting that Dooku calls Ventress his apprentice in episode one. Says it right in front of the Toydarians and V.

She calls him master.

So much for those who try to claim Ventress was never a Sith apprentice.

 

My expectation for this is that it should be at the same level of quality as TCW season 5. If it isn't... then I will be a tad annoyed. TCW movie (as much as it really didn't do anything for me) at least had the excuse of being the first of it's kind (in terms of high production value SW cartoon).

 

I really do not like the way the Wookies look.

 

It does look very 'Disneyfyed'...

 

Wookies look like really cute teddy bears.

 

Yep - if it's same quality as the latter seasons of TCW I would be more than happy with that... although from what we've seen so far, tonally speaking, Rebels is going to be a lot lighter.

 

At least season 5 had good visuals.

 

I thought there was a certain amount of humour in the Youngling circus masquerade, and Hondo had his moments.

 

Can't forget Hondo.