Full Series Which TCW Episodes Are Essential?

Guilty as charged.

 

Essentials:

Order 66 arc
Landing at Point Rain
Entire Umbara arc
Rookies
Clone Cadets
Ryloth arc from Season 1

My favorites are all Clone-centric.

 

I'd say the Cad Bane steals for Sidious arc as it may relate to where the Inquisitors come from in SW Rebels

 

Every episode that features battledroids.

 

honestly? none, although every arc but the one about inhibitor chips work for me.

 

I was just discussing TCW with a friend who never got into it regarding how it creates a much stronger arc for Anakin compared to what we see in AOTC/ROTS (which is essentially act 1 and act 3 of a 3-act structure while missing the critical second transformation act). He said that he only remembered the "annoying" padawan from the TCW movie, which I get if that's all he saw.

So I wanted to put together an essentials guide for him that really focused on the Anakin/Ahsoka relationship -- not so much them individually, but the arcs or episodes that really show the interplay between the two and how they push each other to grow. (There are so many standouts when the two are apart but I want to limit to episodes with both of them simply for time purposes.)

The final season 5 arc is obviously an essential one. The one where Ahsoka gets stranded early on (can't remember the name) works, even though they're apart, because of their conversation at the end. Other Anakin/Ahsoka greatest hits suggestions?

 

Storm over Ryloth. Anakin helps Ahsoka through failure and her ensuing lack of confidence.

 

You really just need the episodes that help explain issues in Rebels. Clone Wars has a bit of filler. A lot of season 4 & 5 have some gems as episodes.

 

TCW had few "filler" episodes. What some might consider a "filler" episode would've actually been part of a longer story; but it was originally aired out of order so you wouldn't have immediately thought it had any business being there.

 

Ha ha ha This is a Good thing. A great thing. Filoniverse doesn't need Georges films or the Disney movies. Filoniverse is so solid it can and does stand on its own. David understands Star Wars. Many Star Wars fans don't understand not all of the fans love every aspect of Star Wars. There are fans that love everything and others who only like certain segments. If Filoniverse is what makes someone a fan I say good for them.

 

Honestly all that can really be called essential are the story arcs of Maul, Ahsoka, Yoda, and Order 66. Given that TCW is canon now, those plots have actual implications upon the greater Star Wars universe. Everything else is self-contained. There are good episodes, but I can't really call them "essential." I personally like the episodes focusing on the clones. Ventress is also an extremely interesting character, but outside of TCW she isn't that essential. I would watch TCW from the film onwards and if you find it starting to drag, as I did, just read episode summaries and watch the ones that sound most appealing.

 

Order 66 arc is mandatory because it helps to address some of the issues in the PT and expands to the lore.

 

Yea, I suppose you are right, that post you quoted is somewhat old, I'm honestly not that bitter about the new ST, Rebels, TCW fans anymore, after all AOTC is what got me into star wars, so as long as something is there to bring new fans to Star Wars I can't complain.

 

I think because of Rebels a lot of the Mandalore and Rex featured episodes are important. Of all the 121 episodes of TCW, picking the most important is hard to do.