Full Series The Clone Wars: Episode 202: Cargo of Doom Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

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http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/guide/episode202.html

The commentary video short will be up in another two and a half or so. Darn time zones.

The episodes will stream on StarWars.com on Mondays after the broadcast.

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You also have to admit that for a few moments, she totally owned Bane. Taught him the hard way not to underestimate her.

 

This one was indeed pretty good. I really liked the zero G battle and the overall ruthlessness on display by Bane.

What I didn't like was the switch between Ahsoka and Anakin from Holocron Heist- she seemed more competent while he came of as a douche thanks to Matt Lanter's performance.


I wonder what Palpatine is playing at with this whole mission. Certainly he of all people doesn't need a holocron.

 

This episode was very good. It was so good to see new episodes of TCW. I thought that the part where Ashoka was captured was intersting. Hey, did any of you notice that the clone that was fighting Bane at the end was Bane? I didn't but Mom said it was.

 

Brotha didn't even get his action figure out and he's toast! Ain't right. Glad I didn't order it, BTW.

 

Yeah, it was. Bane took Sgt Denal's armor, and put the trooper's body in his clothes.

RIP Sgt Denal, Torrent Company, 501st Legion, GAR. We hardly knew ye.

EDIT: I actually got his fig; pretty good, as Hasbro's TCW clones tend to be.

 

Right when Denal and the other trooper confronted Bane I knew he was a goner.

 

Denal, no!!! Anyways, it was a good episode. The zero-G battle was good, and the droids were pretty funny.

 

True, but he could have just been playing he was hurt since he instantly grabbed her ankle and shocked her...but it sounded like she did break of fracture something(or she cracked or broke something on his gauntlets)...and he did get injured by that ricochet.

 

Yet again, I feel the need to point this out... please never have daughters. EVER.

 

Both where awesome(I like that they fit together-I'm more of an arc person than standalone) However, Cargo of Doom was amazing- for the first time I felt that the danger of the Clone Wars was real for the characters, especially with Anakin's choice of saving Ahsoka vs. going for Bane. The two episodes really felt like they wheren't written "down" to kids. Not that Season 1 did this all the time, but sometimes it felt like it. Hopefully all of Season 2 will be as awesome as that.

 

That... was so incredibly kick-butt.

I'mma gonna watch it again after work tomorrow to soak in everything.

 

I absolutely hated this episode. I'd rather watch Jar-jar and Ziro do a musical.

Every TCW Episode has always had something unique about it, but thsi episode had nothing but a Spacesuit for Ahsoka(Anakin's is hardly a Spacesuit). The Holocron wasn't that impressive either.

They killed off Denal. Nice. The guy didn't even have any character or his name mentioned. I really liked his design too.

Bane and Anakin were idiots. They didn't think anything through.

Bolla Ropall was torture fodder. This guy was just meant to die.

Hope Season 2 is nothing like this.

 

I just watched Denal die again...

 

What did y'all think of Anakin's new face?

 

You sure Denel died? According to the Episode Guide, he was the wounded trooper that reported he didn't get the holocron before hopping on the ship... Or did he die after that and I missed it?

 

Here's a hint. When he got back on the ship, it wasn't Dee Bradley Baker voicing him. It was Corey Burton.

 

Awesome episode:

+Bane/Gunrey banter.
+Torture scene was brutal and effective.
+On that note, even the battle droids were creepy in that scene. Very monotone, causally mentioning all kinds of nasty sounding devices. Best line: "He is no longer functional" A chillingly clinical and robotic way to describe death.
+Cool action scenes. We really need more zero-g battles.
+Bane's escape method was pretty clever. I wish we had seen how he beat those Clone Troopers.
+Bane and Ashoka both payed for overconfidence in their battle, I like mirroring opponents like that.

-Feels like we missed an episode. How did Bane get off Coursicant? How did he get a fleet? What happened to Ashoka's guard duty?
-Battle droid humor. Now they just make me feel sorry for those droids...what, are they based off the robot from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or something.

 

I think the battle droid humor is alot better now then it was last season, its not as annoying and I actually laughed a few times

 

Well from what I tell, Bane killed both Denal and the other trooper with Denal. He then switched clothes and armor with Denal and "Denal" is holding his left arm when he boards the shuttle exactly where Ahsoka deflected the blaster shot and hit him. Also Denal would of said something more then "No sir."

 

When he had his conversation with Gunray, he laments about Sidious lending his ships to him so the Sith Lord more than likely made the arrangement for Bane's escape from Coruscant...and I assume with her capture of Parasitti, perhaps the council allowed her to go back to her regular duties. Plus, each episode is only 22 minutes long, they can only put so much in each one and devoting a whole episode to Bane's escape from Coruscant would be redundant.

And the droids were funny, I like how the commander said the other droid was the commander and then he reversed himself.

 

Excellent episode!

I was struck by how nice the animation was. Figured it was a "season 2" episode for sure--Yularen looked really expressive, and Ahsoka looked better than ever. Loved her new suit, and her face looks more mature, with better more subtle expressions.

I am shocked to look in the episode guide and see that it was actually produced in the middle of season one. I guess that's just Rob Coleman, for you. His episodes always seemed to look the best. I will miss his contribution to the show...

Bane was great, his escape was great, the no-gravity fighting was great. The battle droids were actually funny! And at the same time, were creepy when torturing the Rodian jedi. I really can't think of a single downside to this episode. I was surprised to see that the storyline continues next episode. And when I say "continues next episode" I mean it looks like it jumps in right where Cargo of Doom left off. No more jumping around and skipping important events (like when Cargo of Doom starts with Ropal already captured). Cool. Looks like they are taking the multi-episode arcs pretty seriously this season.

 

Awesome episode.

The Good...

-An amazing, tense battle scene with an innovative plan by Anakin. If these are wins for The Republic, they're costly wins.

-Good Anakin/Ahsoka interaction. That relationship has grown nicely.

-Bane, of course, continues to be an awesome villain.

-Effective use of the battle droids. Still funny but with some definate menace here.

-Good to see Artoo as always.

-Yularen is turning into a classic, pissy Imperial Admiral.

-This show once again by having a Jedi literally tortured to death. That was pretty intense. Still though, I wasn't looking for Bane to say "Where is Jack Bauer when you need him."

Good way to end the episode because we know how things are going to end up with Bane.

 

Good episode, the action was above and beyond a majority of what we've seen so far in the series.

The self-depreciating humor with the droids is the best way to go. It's like they pretty much know they are useless and will make themselves know it.

 

See to me, droid humor has always been that way in Star Wars. From Threepio's first appearance, he was whining about his faulty gears and his lot in life.