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Perhaps naively, I was not fully prepared for the level of feelings raised by my anticipation for the start of The Clone Wars' final season last week. It's been…a really long time since I was fully anticipating new Star Wars content when it came out. I was hopeful for The Last Jedi, but not all-in; I totally missed The Clone Wars when it first came out and didn't get onboard with Rebels until early in S4. Maybe it was 2002, for Attack of the Clones? In any case, a really long time.
(My top three Star Wars regrets: not seeing The Clone Wars movie in the theaters, not going to Celebration in Japan, missing the costume exhibit. But I really only blame myself for that last one.)
But! The resurrection of TCW was a very good excuse for a rewatch. I didn't have time to rewatch the whole show, which is a shame, because picking and choosing the arcs I did really brought home to me how as the show went on all of its disparate threads were playing into some powerful statements about the saga overall. If you like Star Wars and you haven't seen The Clone Wars, you absolutely must. Do it in the chronological order.
I prioritized Ahsoka, Maul, and Mandalore in my selection, which meant that some backstory to some of the elements in these episodes got cut. In particular, there's almost no Asajj in these episodes, which is really unfortunate because she has one of the most interesting arcs in the saga. There's also very little Padmé, which is a shame as TCW really fleshes out her and Anakin's relationship believably and gives her a lot of the political scenes that were cut from the movies. The advantage of this selection, however, is that most of these episodes are also backstory to stuff in Rebels.
( A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… )
(My top three Star Wars regrets: not seeing The Clone Wars movie in the theaters, not going to Celebration in Japan, missing the costume exhibit. But I really only blame myself for that last one.)
But! The resurrection of TCW was a very good excuse for a rewatch. I didn't have time to rewatch the whole show, which is a shame, because picking and choosing the arcs I did really brought home to me how as the show went on all of its disparate threads were playing into some powerful statements about the saga overall. If you like Star Wars and you haven't seen The Clone Wars, you absolutely must. Do it in the chronological order.
I prioritized Ahsoka, Maul, and Mandalore in my selection, which meant that some backstory to some of the elements in these episodes got cut. In particular, there's almost no Asajj in these episodes, which is really unfortunate because she has one of the most interesting arcs in the saga. There's also very little Padmé, which is a shame as TCW really fleshes out her and Anakin's relationship believably and gives her a lot of the political scenes that were cut from the movies. The advantage of this selection, however, is that most of these episodes are also backstory to stuff in Rebels.
( A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… )