Ok, so I just finished the final "Lost" season of the Clone Wars TV Series and am ready to give me final overall review.
The First story arc, episodes "The Unknown", "Conspiracy" "Fugitive" and "Orders" is about a clone's "biological malfunction" that makes him want to kill all Jedi. A pre-shadowing of Order 66.
And as all clone stories go, I found this a refreshing way to begin the season.
The 2nd story arc "An Old Friend" "The Rise of Clovis" and "Crisis of the Heart" was a Padme/Anakin story line that fell flat, just like the season usually does in the middle.
The 3rd arc focus on Jar Jar and Mace Windu "The Disappeared, Part's 1 and 2" and they held the same flatness as well. Just because this is the final season of clone wars doesn't mean I'm going to get all sentimental and say how good each episode is. I think they were hoping a lot of folks would but I just didn't see anything new for those 2 story arcs.
True I can't be too hard on them. They only had half of it finished. Then again, if this is all they had to offer than I'm glad they canceled this series before it became any worse. ]
The last 4 episodes is what has everyone raving, so let's focus on those for a bit.
"The Lost One" was an episode that explained the death of Jedi Master Syfo Dyas and it was HORRIBLE!
Not only do Anakin and Obi Wan face Count Dooku AGAIN in a lightsaber battle (further watering down the meaningless phrase in Episode 3 of "This time Anakin, let's do it together.") but the Jedi even discover Dooku is responsible for creating the Clone Army.... and they decide to do NOTHING about it?!?
It makes no sense. You could say it was nearing the end of the war and they were still needing time to think, but even that argument doesn't pop up since Finis Valorum makes an appearance in the Episode. Since he dies fairly early into the Clone Wars (Star Wars: Republic #61) than this means the war has barely even started!
Pablo Hildgado explains the TV Series as throwing a "major" wrench into the CLone Wars story line, since to have all the stories from that time period must mean the TV show (all 6 seasons) took place in the matter of a few months!
So now we know that the Jedi KNEW about Dooku's involvement in the creation of the Clone Army but sat on that information for most of the war.
Shocking and poorly thought out on the writers parts.
However, the next few episodes weren't so bad.
"Voices" stars Liam Neeson as the voice of Qui-gon Jinn in a episode that had the most intriguing story plot (not to mention amazing soundtrack) I've ever seen in any Clone Wars episode.
Excellent.
The final 2 episodes "Destiny" and "Sacrifice" were ok, but mostly pointless since it's never clear as to what Yoda needed from these mystical Force beings who ran him thru a series of test that included hanging out on an old Sith home world. Not that they were bad episodes, just meaningless.
Overall, the series was ok and of course I'll buy it if it ever comes out on DVD. But there's my 2 cents anyway.
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Lol, I find it fascinating how differing our views can be on Star Wars. I thought the trooper arc, as with all clone focused episodes, to be the weaker link a season. I never agreed with portraying these guys as heroes when they end up murdering the majority of the Jedi.
I'm actually surprised that more people don't like the Clovis arc, it felt very much like the Han/Leia subplot of ESB. It showed us what Anakin had been like since losing Ahsoka, he's much more possessive of Padme and gets some shades of how he'll act in RotS.
The Jar Jar/Mace episodes were fine, nothing spectacular, but they were animated well. What I did like, was this small expansion on what exactly Mother Talzin is, and the different means by which beings use the force. A common thread in all the episodes of this season seem to point to the idea that Jedi and Sith are simply organizations built around the larger idea of the force. And that there are many other ways beings can tap into it. Talzin, who has no force abilities of her own *takes* force from others to fuel her magic. That's some heavy stuff to be put into a jar jar-centric episode.
Now, I can see where you might have some issue with "The Lost One", however I disagree with your "horrible" assessment. To be clear, Sifo-Dyas commissioned the clone army, not Dooku, Dooku simply killed Dyas, then took over the whole thing for the Sith. The Jedi sitting on the knowledge of Dooku's involvement kinda reinforces what is alluded to in RotS,and later on in the Yoda arc, that the Jedi, as an organized institution, has become corrupt. They are more concerned with public approval and losing their sway with the senate. (Hmm, just like a certain Sith Lord told Anakin about that very thing during the opera scene.)
Clearly Star Wars Republic #61 was in error, as Leland Chee states that all season six episodes are in chronological order. Plus Dooku says "I told you everything you needed to know on Kamino all those years ago" so YEARS have passed, not months.
I loved the Dagobah episode, and I'm really glad they didn't just outright tell us what the dark side cave was all about.
The other two I thought were really good too, and you weren't the only one I've talked to that didn't see the point in what was going on. For Yoda, it was an extended cave test. Since he was meant to train Luke in the future, he had to prove to those beings he was worthy, and beyond dark side temptation. Only after the all that, he's able to be taught by Qui-Gon on how to become a force ghost.
What I really liked about this last arc, is it realigns the focus to Luke Skywalker as the one who brings balance and NOT Anakin. This arc goes out of it's way to make you aware that Yoda now has to plan, like Sidious did,(and Bane for that matter, voiced by Mark Hamill) for the Jedi of future generations.
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