Full Series Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season 3: Secrets ... Revealed?

Swash's recent listing in the TCW general thread made me decide to finally use this thread idea I've had for awhile. While I was on board with the majority of LACWACers who don't see what secrets were revealed in season three despite its subtitle at first, after giving it some thought I actually changed my mind completely. I think almost every single episode this season showed something previously unrevealed to us about the war itself and the characters fighting it. So here's my list, feel free to discuss my list and please post a list of your own!

1. Clone Cadets - training of Clone Troopers
2. ARC Troopers - Clone Trooper DNA "stretching" and declining clone quality
3. Supply Lines - set-up for "Ambush"
4. Sphere of Influence - Greedo during the Clone Wars
5. Corruption - corruption of political officials during the Clone Wars
6. The Academy - see 5
7. Assassin - Ahsoka sees future with the Force
8. Evil Plans - set-up for "Hostage Crisis"
9. Hunt for Ziro - Quinlan Vos during the Clone Wars
10. Heroes on Both Sides - first look at Separatist Representative Council
11. Pursuit of Peace - Senators fighting for banking regulations and social programs during the Clone Wars
12. Nightsisters - Ventress' history
13. Monster - Darth Tyranus planning to overthrow Darth Sidious
14. Witches of the Mist - Darth Maul supposedly alive
15. Overlords - a planet that is "conduit" and "amplifier" of the Force for the whole universe
16. Altar of Mortis - Ahsoka brainwashed into falling to the Dark Side and fighting Anakin and Obi-Wan
17. Ghosts of Mortis - Anakin knows of his future for short while and falls to Dark Side because of it
18. The Citadel - Grand Moff Tarkin during the Clone Wars
19. Counterattack - death of Echo
20. Citadel Rescue - death of Master Piell
21. Padawan Lost - Padawan commune on moon used for hunts by Trandoshans
22. Wookiee Hunt - Chewbacca during the Clone Wars

Now, I fully realize that some of these are a bit of a stretch and a list like this could conceivably be made for the previous two seasons, but that just means there are secrets revealed in all seasons, not none.

 

I found this deliciously ironic:

I suppose I could post my 'Mortis Secrets Revealed' list, but I'm not looking forward to the inevitable circular debate, so never mind I guess.

 

Haha, thanks for catching that. I really don't know why I even bother proof reading all the time if I always make mistakes anyway!

 

What about C-3PO mentioning working in the Manacron system about 100 years prior in "Evil Plans"?

 

If you had to pick an episode for that to happen in, wouldn't you pick the worst episode of the series anyway?

 

Corruption and Pursuit of Peace were way worse IMO.

 

To each their own, but I see no food for thought in Evil Plans whatsoever.

 

Seeing the Hutt Council was the only redeeming thing in that episode.

But let's get back on track.

 

Indeed! Where's your list?

 

The Mortis arc had many strong points, but the logic behind Anakin's turn to the Dark Side wasn't one of them, to be sure.

 

Off the top of my head

Clone Cadets - The clone DNA problem
Supply Lines - Lott Dod being separate from Nute Gunray's idealisms
Assassin - Ahsoka's Force visions
Evil Plans - C-3PO in the Manacron system
Hunt for Ziro - Sy Snootles being a bounty hunter
Heroes on Both Sides - Separatist Senate
Nightsisters - Asajj's homeworld and backstory
Monster - Maul's homeworld
Witches of the Mist - Maul being alive
Mortis trilogy - I believe Humble_Jedi had a list about this
Citadel trilogy - Anakin and Tarkin's relationship
Wookiee Hunt - Yoda's smile at the end

 

Interesting. I did not know that TCW had backed up that particular idea, but now I do.

 

Nice one for Supply Lines, I did like that aspect of the episode a lot, and that was an episode with few redeeming qualities. Does the thing with Threepio correspond with some preexisting EU stuff? Yoda at the end of Wookiee Hunt was terrible because NOTHING was revealed!

 

There's a huge difference between "secrets revealed" and "things happening". Using this logic, all three seasons should've been "secrets revealed", where the subtitle implies answers would be shown to major unanswered questions from other parts of Star Wars like previous episodes or the movies.

The only parts I would consider valid would be Mortis, which was just a dream anyway and telling us what we already knew since 2005. Then there's Darth Maul; I guess he counts as a mini-secret as we don't truly know what his fate is after seeing that crystal ball. But there were no lingering questions or ambiguities about his very, VERY obvious death back in 1999. The Separatist government and Ventress' past would be more fitting.

Were there really inquisitive minds requesting "How did they get medical supplies to those Twileks", or "I want to see in meticulous detail how Bane got plans to the Senate" when Palpatine could've just given them to him.

And politicians? Corrupt? What a stunning revelation!

 

Finally someone who sees through Mortis- Christian Taylor who wrote it said himself he took a risk either it's awesome or then disaster- Ghosts were definitely disaster to me ultimately bad episode with no logic whatsoever.... Overlords and Altar were not that bad but Ghosts was huge letdown "Anakin is going to turn the dark side" really what a secret revealed

Oh and i liked Evil Plans too didn't love it but really it was not that bad- if i would be droid i would like it even more.... droid spa! Yeah

 

Which is why, if you read my original post in its entirety, you will find this:

Sure other seasons reveal other secrets about the Clone Wars we weren't privy to previously, but does that mean nothing that happened in season three can count as a secret revealed?

That topic isn't anywhere near as simple as your making it seem, and one of the main reasons I was impressed by The Academy was the nuanced and balanced way with which the subject was broached.