Clone Wars The Clone Wars - Episode 5.10 - Secret Weapons - discussion thread

Yes, even the relative disappointment of the Onderon arc didn't make it unwatchable. However, Friedman will have had to have struck a good balance in the script between ridiculous cliche humour (idiot LACWACy pit droid, swaggering snailman, stereotypically feminine QT-KT, creepy robophile quartermaster, etc.) and actual content beyond that. It doesn't help that they chose to preview some moments of extreme dysfunctionality and eccentricity, though it may balance out in the finished product. The Young Jedi arc was at least given some decent previews, with the younglings not acting like the hyperactive brats one would dread to see in SW.

Keep in mind that the second episode of the arc, A Sunny Day in the Void, is probably still going to focus on the droids in space, just going by its title. Gregor will then have little screentime beyond the third or fourth episode. The droids have to carry the entire four-episode arc, and they'll only have Snailman and LACWAC pit droid to play off of.

I certainly hope these episodes have relevance beyond the self-contained arc, but I think the Clovis arc was originally intended to come before this one. To be honest, I'm lowering my expectations in the hope that the episode can exceed them.

Judging by the previews, the arc looks pretty promising (I really liked the look of the comet swarm). I won't hope for any miracles, but it looks like it could be a fun ride & I am in no rush to get to Gregor (it doesn't feel like he'll show up before the second half of the story).

I don't think it is. But if it is, they screwed the bridge and length up.

Disrespectfully Disagree, Seerow. This season has been one unending pile of s*** for me, and saying that we're jumping the gun on this isn't gonna make me change my mind.

From the looks of it they're going for ultra wacky with the new characters.

I find the idea of the minigeneral interesting but i am not to happy about him looking like a damm frog.

I am looking forward to this arc more now that I have seen some more footage. I am happy that there is going to be an alien republic officer, I would like to see more of them in the future - good and bad ones. Although it seems that a Super Tacitcal Droid will be the boss of the separatist ship, it will be interesting to see a Tactical Droid incharge of a flesh villain (the Parwan guy) when it is normally the other way round.

Perhaps if you research the inspiration behind this astromech, you might understand why it's "feminine" rather than jumping to conclusions about it being stereotypical.

Hopefully the portrayal of QT-KT is good enough to not dishonour the inspiration.

I'm fairly optimistic about that droid now, however.

It's the pit droid that's more concerning, particularly if it lives up to its inspiration.

This.

However, i feel like I'm watching a whole new show than seasons past. In a bad way**
I understand you don't want to do clones-droids-jedi-sith-senate-etc every episode, but I really enjoy the core characters of Star Wars and would love to get back to some main character driven storylines asap.

but like @hlc88 i'm gonna remain dangerously hopefully optimistic as very, very long as possible.

In the CVI trailer, I'm pretty sure Mace said it was because they wouldn't be suspected. A clone would have been, but there are other non-clones in the GAR that could have done it. Unless there was more to that, I don't think it was a particularly good reason. That said, I am looking forward to this arc. I'm unfortunately not going to be near a TV this weekend though..

Plans for the Death Star or some other major battleship (like the Malevolence) would be my guess.

I thought had Palpatine had possession of those plans since AOTC. He's get them in his office during ROTS. I can't think of anything else big enough to justify this though. Unless we see something involving the Nexus route..

If so, I want to see Dooku outsmart the Jedi. Let the whole plan thing in the arc be a farce, the Jedi commit troops and ships to the area they think the attack is coming from, then GG comes in somewhere else and surprises Coruscant. Palps could then place the blame on the Jedi for leaving Coruscant vulnerable to attack due to their strategy.

What if we don't even know it's a farce till the closing scene of the last ep where there's a conversation between Dooku and Sidious? I think there's ways they could do it well, that said, I'm not sure they would.

Wow Im looking foward to this. Nice to see a new species in the preview and a Parwan that speaks english.

It harkens back to when R2 and C-3PO had to carry the first part of A New Hope. These droids have a tougher task of carrying 88 minutes worth, but it won't be completely on their shoulders as we'll have Gregor and who knows who else.