Did people actually hate her when she was introduced? Like I genuinely want to know becuase I keep hearing many people say how much she was hated back then. I loved her character as soon as she appeared in the clone wars movie. I had no problems with her.
Krivan Yes. This is what happens when you do good character development unlike Disney with Rey. Ahsoka had many of the same criticisms that Rey has when she was first introduced
Jeremy became a kid again during this review. His whole face was covered in a smile. He was excited and happy. The only thing missing was the Star Wars bedsheet that he use to wear. Yo Jeremy where's the bedsheet man?
Honesly if I see the bedsheet, I skip the review. Him not having it here made me trust that he objectively likes the thing he's reviewing, and NOT just happy that the thing let him pretend to be eight years old again.
Maul: "It is not the way of your people to hide here in the gutters..." A few decades later, Mandolorians hiding in the the "gutters": "...this is the way." ...I see what you did there.
There, he believed she’s dead. But it’s heartbreaking knowing that when they meet again, it’s in a place of evil and destruction. And what’s worse is that he tries to kill her because, as far as he knows, she’s the last remnant of his past. Of being Anakin Skywalker.
Cnut Olderson is it weird that I felt BAD for Maul when he said that? The dude was cut in half, survived through dark magic and psychosis. Only to be brought back through MORE dark magic and pain, only to be tortured by Palpatine AGAIN. No wonder he legit asked Ashoka to kill him...
Nah. Dooku being interrogated would've revealed much about the sith conspiracy even if dooku refused to talk. Anakin helped palps along and tied up a very loose end while playing into his machinations. Anakin ruined everything. TCW made us more sympathetic but he still fucked up.
@@revolverocelot1380 he did but its not like teh council was without fault they really screwed anakin over specially windu who refuse to give him the rank of master out of jealousy
@@ruifigueiredo5486 Out of jealousy? Where do people come up with these stupid ideas? Anakin wasn't given the rank of master because he just summarily executed dooku. This set the jedi back quite a bit and helped palpatine along. It was not only against the code and needlessly impulsive but it made their job much harder and the sith lords conspiracy much smoother. Windu wasn't jealous of an angsty boy with anger issues, he was mad that he fucked things up. And it wasn't solely his decision either. Yoda could've said otherwise or obi wan. Or any other council master.
The Bad Batch Arc was a Good Time no Alcohol required The Martez Sisters Arc was a Won't Remember in T-Minus One Day And of Course, the Final Four Episodes, or to me, the Official Episode 2.5 movie, is... AWESOMETACULAR
He doesn’t do ratings for TV shows, granted, he gave one for “BBC’s Sherlock - Series 2”, but that was a one time, one-shot thing. Nowadays, he only does ratings for both video games and movies.
I love the scene where Obi Wan reveals to Anakin that he knows that he was secretly talking to Padme, it just shows he’s not stupid he knows his apprentice has a secret love but he doesn’t reveal it to the council or anything
Because The Clone Wars has shown us that Obi-Wan had had a relationship of his own. Another example of how The Clone Wars fleshed out all the characters.
Idk about knowing about the secret love part of it because in RotS Obi-Wan does say "Anakin's the father isn't he?" to Padme implying that this is the first time he knew, without a doubt, that they were lovers. At most, maybe he thought that Anakin and Padme's relationship was like his and Satine's where they have feelings for each other but didn't actually do anything about it because of a sense of duty, honor, and...professionalism?
And how Anakin seems to perceive it more as a threat from a council member rather than a wink and a nod from his friend. Subtle signs that their relationship is deteriorating (though Padme was always a subject that Anakin stubbornly never shared with Obi Wan)
The ending scene was perfection. Vader coming to the crash site and finding Ahsoka’s lightsaber was truly the death of Anakin Skywalker before Luke brought him back at the end Jedi. When he looked to the sky, you could see Anakin’s eyes under the mask, not the red Sith eyes of Vader as he looked at the bird circling overhead that represented the Daughter who had revived Ahsoka on Mortis. I think at that point if he had known Ahsoka was still alive, there would still be a chance that Anakin could have returned and beaten Vader. Thinking she is dead is what killed the last shreds of him.
That makes that scene so much more impactful and really explains why Vader was so pissed at Ashoka in Rebels. She was alive this entire time but didn't reach out to him, that's what he believes in his perspective.
Zus Frankenstein and the tragedy also was that Ahsoka thought he was dead that entire time until Rebels. Despite Maul’s warning that Sidious wanted Anakin and then her feeing something horribly wrong happen with him just before Order 66, she still had so much love and faith in who Anakin was that she never could realize that Darth Vader was him until years later. Her line “I won’t leave you! Not this time.” in Rebels has become so much more heartbreaking
@@zusfrankenstein8561 The finale also makes you understand Ahsoka's righteous anger too. "I am no Jedi." was said with such venom I couldn't quite understand why. But when she's talking with the council (fuck you mace) she said "I did my duty as a citizen." yoda replies "but not as a jedi." she says "no....not yet." AND she tells Obi-Wan to tell Anakin something, she asks the council to speak with Anakin, I think she wanted to tell HIM personally, that she was thinking about coming back. But Vader and Palpatine ensured she'd never be able to......imagine that kind of pain. Damn.
@Nick Fletcher. perhaps by Rebels it's true, because he's had 14 yrs to stew. Right After the fall of the Republic? I think had he known she was still alive, He would have fought harder against his despair.
@Lego I personally love a new hope most, return second, and empire close with return for 2nd. Then again, I also love the prequels so maybe Lucas' simple style just vibes with my simple mind.
@Lego What a load of nonsense. ESB was intentionally darker than the other two, and that was Lucas' decision. He didn't want the hassle of directing or producing ESB, but he wrote the treatment and rewrote the script several times before Kasdan came on board. He intended it to end in a personal battle. Kurtz fucked up the production, because he wasn't bothered about being on budget, and Lucas had to borrow more money and directly get involved in fixing the movie. The rough cut didn't work at all. It was Lucas' decisions that saved it. Perhaps you don't really understand what SW is supposed to be. It's a silent movie. It's a visual story. The dialogue is there for sound effects and motifs, and characterisation isn't the focus of the movie. Lucas has even said that directly. The prequels were intended to be a broader story that leads into the specific end of the saga, about a father and son and redemption. What Lucas was doing was giving a basic story for children, and an experimental film simultaneously. The prequels just pushed that concept to the extreme, for example the lightsaber fights are an even more extreme example of abstract colour and light.
I only started binging The Clone wars when I got Disney plus, and it made Anakin my favorite character in all of Star Wars and introduced me to Ahsoka, another favorite character! But I have tried to get my friends into it and they won't give it a chance because they're casual fans and it's a kid's show. The Mandalore arc was one of the best Star Wars I've seen! It did what the movies couldn't and I was pretty upset and sad after the finale. It was so good! Anakin's fall was so much more tragic because you fall in love with this awesome guy and it really hits you even when you know what's gonna happen. I do agree that it feels like Ahsoka means way more to him than Padme ever did. I don't think their relationship was ever fleshed out enough for anyone to care, not even on the show. Farewell to a great show, one of the best endings I've seen in a while. *Cough cough* game of thrones *cough cough*
Kid's show my foot. Just because it's animated does not make it a kid's show. They really need to take a look at it instead of just dismissing it because it's animated.
Hira Mohammed tbh I kinda wish he had a romantic thing with Ashoka and met each other as kids like I really don’t like padme i just think she’s boring 😂
Probs but I think Jon favrou would be a better fit , filoni is TRULY amazing but he's a CREATOR,and favrou is already in the Disney good books with marvel and his live action remakes/cash-grabs
@@metallicnole4514 that would be pointless. It focuses on Ashoka who appeared way back in 2008. The entire show is great so not sure why you wouldn't want to watch it all.
Calling the Order 66 episode Shattered was hella appropriate. I also really love how bittersweet Anakin and Ahsoka's reunion was. Damn it puts their saber fight in Rebels in a new light. I didn't think my heart could hurt more than it did seeing Rex, freaking REX try to hold off that order "Find him, Fives, find him, find him FIVES!" Then the next episode happened and Rex CRIES and OH MY GOD the last 10 minutes just sheer fuckin silence-no words spoken yet it says literally everything that's needed to be said. And THAT is the power of animation-a single frame of animation can say everything. What a way to end.
I think they do show Rex under order 66 to show clones were completely powerless against it. Which makes sense, Palpatine would have taken clones' loyalty to jedi into account and ensured it didn't get in the way.
Agreed, if Rex who was independent and free willed couldn’t beat it nobody could. And that would have counted fives and kix (If around) who knew what the chip did and were afraid of it and even the bad bach who are even more independent then Rex, that’s absolutely horrifying. Now my quest is how did gregor and wolf not do the hit as well. Their strong cherictors but their not that strong
Those last two episodes, as others have already said, are genuinely haunting. Largely because of the music and pacing (and that last scene of course, but I'm going to focus on the music and pacing). In the lead up to Order 66, you hear this Blade Runner-esque atmospheric synthesizer style music, and you totally go "Oh shit, I know what what's going to happen, and it's gonna be terrible" and the characters have no idea. It was like that one scene from RotS that a lot of people liked, with Anakin and Padme looking through the windows while music plays, but moreso. Whoever decided to play these episodes that way (I'd guess Filoni) is very inspired, because that shit was great.
Kathleen Kennedy:“David Feloni was able to build this in a cave! With a bunch of hated prequel characters!” Jar Jar Abrams:“I'm sorry, I am not David.”
At least rian Johnson tried. I got his message, to embrace the future u need to let go of the past. Jj just did his usual cant stick the landing bullshit.
@@jesselee1729 just clarifying that this guy who posted this comment isn't the same guy as "just some guy with a mustache" a person who seems to be in almost every comment section on TH-cam with top likes because of his witty humour, very similar to an old channel, Justin Y, though it's rare these days to see Justin, you see many wanna be's of him, but not the real one, both of these channels don't post videos but gain many subscribers because of their many appearances in comment sections with their humour, hope that helps
If you watch Dave Filoni's section in the Disney: Gallery about The Mandalorian, you get to see his unmitigated love for Star Wars. Filoni & Favreau NEED to be in charge of ALL THINGS Star Wars moving forward.
Trandoshans for sport, clones for a bombing, clones for Order 66 ... must be Tuesday for Ahsoka Tano if she's being hunted. At least Rex was able to give her a heads-up this time.
@@mattlee7463 Shrug. Anakin surviving his de-limbing and being burned alive is plot armor, just like Maul, Rex, and Ahsoka had to survive. I wasn't fussed because the only times she's been shot before (that I recall), was when she was protecting Padme and when she was trying to lift Steela. She's done this from her first day as Anakin's Padawan and is so good at shot blocking, we've seen her redirect fire from two shots, with one saber swipe, back into both shooters on Zygerria. She's an ex-Jedi, she's always been fast, she's got two blades, was alerted by Rex, and she's a Togruta, so she knows where everyone in that room is and what they're doing, even without the Force. I didn't find it particularly unbelievable, especially as she started taking damage and slowing down; then they managed to tag her at least five times throughout her escape. I appreciated that they actually managed to hurt her and if the ship wasn't crashing, they'd have had her I think.
Ok, I'll give arguing with you on it a go. To me the Finale felt wasted a 24 minute episode in which 20 of those minutes are completely focused on Ahsoka and Rex trying to escape the star destroyer, and nothing else. The the remaining 4 minutes are the burial scene and the Vader scene, which is easily the most perfect way to end the show. However I can't get over the fact that not much happend in the final episode for the most part. We know that they both survive order 66 because of Rebels. So WHY have nearly the entire episode be about them trying to escape a ship that they already started trying to escape halfway in to the previous episode. Now don't get me wrong I LOVE Clone Wars, and as I say the final two scenes are so full of emotion that it is insane. However I just feel as though they could have done much more with the time they had.
RGerrard12 just because we know they survived in Rebels doesn’t mean this shouldn’t stand on its own. Imagine if it was only a 5 minute escape scene with little conflict. How lackluster would that be? I’d feel cheated personally
Everyone: “Star Wars is at an all time low. Disney’s movies are garbage, the sequels suck and ruined the OT, and EA controls the video games. There is no way Star Wars can recover and come out with anything good.” John Favreau and Dave Filoni: “Hold our beers and watch this!” *Gives us The Mandalorian and Clone Wars season 7*
They took an animated show and with character development, good writing, knowing Star Wars lore and themes made 4 episodes 10X more emotional than 3 films that were supposed to close out 40 yrs of a saga. Thats awesome but sad.
john poulton With 8 bad episodes before... just saying. The last 4 episodes were truly great, yes, but I think the Season as a whole wasted a lot of time.
Alex Ayala Its not disney putting it in the right hands. Dave Filoni already was attached to clone wars so they couldn’t replace him, the only thing they did right so far is Rogue One and giving the Mandolorian to Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau.
@@danield.8233 Why? I felt it was a one episode (two max) stretched out way to thin, with the most cliché possey of "outsiders" I have seen in a long time. The dialouge was mostly pretty generic, with exclamations from the possey trying to act cool, and introducing that the enemy side now can hack into the minds of people causes a lot of problems lore wise. I also felt the episodes had a questionable moral lesson to it as well. they force a village into a conflict they don't want, gets most of said village killed without suffering any losses themselves and gets hailed as some sort of heroes for it. All in all mediocre at best and a complete waste of time, you could skip it and not miss anything in the last 4 episodes.
I feel like in the past few years with things like this final season of CW and Into the Spider-verse and the continuing growing popularity of anime in western society that animation has finally risen above the “anything animated is for kids” misconception and it’s great to see, the future of animated content is bright
To be fair most the anime that seems popular in the West is pretty squarely aimed at teenage boys. I'm well aware other stuff exists but I don't think it it doesn't much to help the reputation of animation as something that can tell serious stories. And yes I think you can have serious stories and still be enjoyed by kids and teenagers but most anime over here isn't that.
The clone wars is my favorite animation of all time. The adult swim animations are fun and dark too, but not the serious type of dark it has a humorous kind. There are other animations that are dark seriously rather than humorously. But that is where I am biased with Clone Wars, its Star Wars haha. Even if it was not star wars though, I would love it just as much
I started watching clone wars with my dad when it first came out and then stopped watching when he passed away in 2010. I was catching up and finished the series and I just cried. It was so good and I really wish my dad could’ve seen it!!
Now you can rest easy on the fact that the show you and your dad enjoyed, is now immortalised as some of, if not the best Star Wars content ever and enchanced an entire trilogy, if not a saga. And so, the memory of your father is tied to that in your mind. How beautiful.
I simply loved what they did with Maul in this season. He's like this damaged war veteran, who starts to realize the terror that's about to happen. He's haunted, sure, he's still a villain, but's so much tragic and terryfied. The way he speaks "Darth Sidious" is just amazing. You can really tell how much he's scared of his former master.
@@ReeceJCurtis1212 yeah most of the time the Master apprentice relationship is more akin to parent child initially and often becomes more sibling like once the Padawan is old enough and advanced enough. You really see that with Anakin and Obi Wan, but especially with Anakin and Ashoka.
@@ReeceJCurtis1212 Kind of? There's a season 3 episode where he & Padme discuss what he's teaching her and they do feel like parents talking about their child. One of those sad what could have been moments.
My thoughts of Season 7 1) Ahsoka is the greatest Star Wars character of all time and I don’t know who’s gonna disagree with that 2) Sam Witwer as Maul is fucking TERRIFIC and probably some of the best acting (even if it’s voice acting) in the entire series 3) The Bad Batch arc was an interesting start, the arc with Trace and Rafa were absolute crap 4) The Siege of Mandalore arc is the single BEST Star Wars content we have ever gotten 5) They turned Maul from a one dimensional Sith Lord into one of the absolute greatest villains Star Wars has ever seen
Well Sam is face capture and motion capture as well for this series so he basically acted everything. That's why the way maul moves looked so natural was because he did all the motions for him
THE REASON why Ahsoka got through Order 66, while Ki Ad-Mundi was overwhelmed is simple. Ahsoka had a lot of experience with clones turning on her! In the Genosis arc, the clones--infected with mind-controlling worms--tried to kill Ahsoka and Barriss. Again in Season 5, Ahsoka was framed as a traitor for bombing the Jedi temple, and the clones were hunting her down. That's my explanation for it at least.
I like that Rex intervening essentially gave Ashoka a moment to prepare for the attack. And she had a position on the ship where she could get away from the initial ambush, much as Yoda did. (And baby Kanan for that matter). The Jedi in more exposed positions got screwed. As for Obi-Wan, he is just too good to be killed like that!
So there are actually nuances to Ahsoka's style of lightsaber combat (based on the extended lore) that can provide an in-universe explanation to her combat performance in these scenes. That being said, I do think it is still *bad visual storytelling*, because (like Jeremy said) it looks like she should be a fish in a barrel, and most viewers aren't going to have the extended lore knowledge to recognize the in-universe nuances that explains these scenes. And of course, XXIVVIXCIII is right to point out that she had to make it to Rebels, and The Mandalorian.
Rex: from birth brainwashed into an order, realizing his brothers are now the enemy...due to an implant, its not their fault, and he has to kill them: remorse, tears, sadness, fear, regret.. Finn: from childhood brainwashed into an order, realizing his brothers are now the enemy...."WOOOOOOOOOO!!!! YEAH GOT ONE!!" Sindulla: WAY BETTER than Poe Ahsoka: WAY BETTER than Rey Rex: WAY BETTER than Finn Clone Wars and Rebels make the new trilogy a sorry waste of money and completely ruin childhoods.
To be fair, Rex is the commanding officer of the troops trying to kill him and fought with some of them for years. Finn didn’t really know any of the troops he was fighting as he was only in combat once and decided to desert the First Order.
Star Wars is all about the in-between. The stories in shows, games, and books make Star Wars. The movies just create a broad storyline that allow for a lot of in between work
Grizzly Fett thanks man. im a huge Star Wars fan, and as time goes on, I realize that if shows like the clone wars didn’t exist, Star Wars would be a shell of what it is now. The movies are good. But they are a primer for the real paint, if that makes any sense
I find the thing I loved most about this season is the subtle parallels in how Ahsoka and Maul are the perfect embodiment of an angel and demon in Star Wars. Their actions alone hint this throughout their seperate journeys and how they eventually become one as they're forced to survive a nightmare caused by their respective masters. The most profound thing for me though was when Ahsoka was playing hop scotch off ships while leading her men to 'liberate' Mandalore. On its own it was badass but the more I thought about it the more I felt it played into the whole 'Guardian Angel' vibe Ahsoka had during these last few episodes. She wanted to protect everyone no matter what yet she was ultimately a fallen angel in the end as heaven itself rejected her while her chariot of victory, the Venator, fell to its doom and with it everything she fought for was meaningless.
He certainly made some pretty good stories. Shame he didn't care more about continuity. That is my biggest problem with the show. He trampled on the works of some other creators.
Ham Burglar but atp with Disney erroneously throwing out the EU amd all the deleted scenes, video games, and new Disney comics/shows tf even is canon anymore Don’t act we don’t cherry pick what is canon to us.
@@MarkyMark1221 I just think that Filoni should have shown a bit more respect to the works of the creators before him. The Clone Wars and the EU should be able to thrive, side by side, but unfortunately, they don't completely.
One thing is absolutely clear. Ahsoka Tano has grown up to become one of the best characters in Star Wars, my favorite female Jedi after Satele Shan and probably my favorite Prequel character. I grew up seeing her on Christophsis for the first time and from then on up to Season 3 I thought she's just a Padawan for Anakin but as Season 4 and Season 5 came along and then Season 7 I knew she would be destined for something greater. I really can't wait for Ahsoka to appear on Season 2 of The Mandalorian.
The whole Order 66 scene with Ob-Wan definitely hurts now when I re-watch the movie and remember the great banter and relationship between him and his troops, but I know that is definitely because TCW built up Cody as a character, 212th as a whole, and those interactions. So I definitely agree with your statement about how TCW elevated the prequels and fleshed out what was originally there
Felt the same. I always got emotional with order 66, still do, but TCW definately brought it home and I'm heartbroken when Cody so easily just gives the order to kill Obi-wan
@@GeorgeChacon2112 I think the thing with Cody, while he respects Obi-Wan and is friendly with him, he is a very clear cut guy. Like, he gets the order and thinks "this sucks, I respect Obi-Wan as a general but if the jedi are traitors then I have no choice." He's not one to question orders.
@@PetelliusCerialis You see, that's why I love the inhibitor chips, because I'm not inclined to believe that every single clone would follow that order. Sure, a newer clone with no connection would, but Cody, who'd been serving with Obi-Wan since the beginning of the war? Clear-cut or not, he's not stupid, and could plainly see Obi-Wan hadn't done anything.
Devin Dalton exactly. The chip is important for insurance, because I don’t see a 3 year veteran clone trooper NOT question an order as drastic as “Kill Obi Wan Kenobi” when Obi Wan Kenobi puts his life on the line beside them for the same cause every day of the week.
@@devindalton4688 Rex himself is a clear example of this-HE'S CRYING as he tries to fight off this order but he eventually succumbs to it himself and after the chip is removed tries to talk Jesse down from it-Jesse hesitates then falls into the "good soldiers follow orders" mindset. Not every clone was ok with order 66 when it happen so the chip being there I really love as well-gotta have insurance on your grand master plan to wipe out the jedi...even if it is heartbreaking for us viewers.
Clone Wars validates the Prequels by fleshing out themes that were established but that George didn't have time to really drive home. A show attempting to validate the Sequels would have to literally establish and flesh out all aspects. While Clone Wars had to add a few dishes and sprinkle some garnish on the Prequel meal, a Sequel show would have to cook every dish from scratch.
Clone wars added more than garnish. But I agree. Whereas Clone Wars had to make Anakin like able and show us a big ass war, a sequels show would have to make characters and wouldn’t have the same creative framework to be built around.
I'd almost be ok with Dave Filoni rebooting the prequels as an animated movies with clone wars and the trilogy mash up. I find the story would make so much more sense
Those last 4 episodes where AMAZING the story, the music, the animation, the drama the stakes the heart it was all there. Omfg the final shots snow troopers you know it’s coming then final Vader, picks up the saber you can just barely see Anakins eyes ignites and mourns Ahsoka, so many moments escaping the Star Destroyer intense ....bad batch was not bad, middle four so prolonged though
It’s funny how a cartoon show get more praised than the sequel movies, really amazing how Dave Filoni gave a conclusion to the show with the lead up to Revenge of the Sith
That end scene with Rex, finished me. Just binged all 6 seasons before jumping into the last, the main thing I came away with was that the clone get shit on by everyone. The Jedi treat them as disposable, losing entire ships just to save one Jedi. By the end I kinda felt like the Jedi deserved order 66.
The thing is, these episodes were (mostly) voiced and pre-visualised (check those unfinished episodes of The Bad Batch and Crystal Crisis on Utapau) when Disney pulled the plug originally, is what I understood from past Star Wars Celebrations. The Siege of Mandalore is probably the only part of the season which had the most new work done on. It's kind of weird they didn't also finish Crystal Crisis on Utapau, as it's basically ready to go, it just needs rendering. Regarding Son of Dathomir and Dark Disciple, I think they didn't touch those because the former has been adapted into the last remaining canon Dark Horse Star Wars comic and the latter was adapted into a novel. While we are good with Maul's short "you guys got me out of prison" line regarding Son of Dathomir, Dark Disciple would have been nice if they could have done that, as it finishes Asajj Ventres's story.
I’m not lying when I say I always enjoyed the prequels they have some badass moments my only complaint was the dialogue and the fact that every movie seemed so far apart from one another I wanted more clones, I wanted to see these relationships between Jedis and there clone brothers to make the turn even more impactful I wanted to see anakin be the badass he’s portrayed to be and this show did that and sooooo much more I’m so grateful I got to see this show it makes star wars as a whole so much better 🙏💯
I finished watching Clone Wars for the first time yesterday and when the clones turned on Ahsoka and Rex got all teary eyed I got teary eyed too. That whole part was done so well. Now I'm starting Rebels to get ready for the upcoming Ahsoka show.
I know it will never ever happen, but I would give an arm and a leg for Disney to take the sequel trilogy out of canon and just have Dave Filoni make an animated series set 30 years after ROTJ and do it right this time. And I'm 99% sure they could get Mark Hamill back to voice Luke and finally do justice to his character.
Ethen Millard It would never happen, but I know Filoni would be great at fixing what the Sequel Trilogy is mainly because he can reel in George and know what to keep and axe. That’s why Filoni didn’t do more episodes for the last season, he didn’t feel comfortable fleshing out the rest of the episodes by himself
@@KingofKnowhere it still baffles me why he didn't just get Lucas on to help him. Then they could have done more. I mean they brought George on as a creative consultant for Mandalorian, why not here?
@@Skymoc4 they didn't want George. He actually had ideas and wrote a script to help them get started, they promised him he would have a big role in the making of the sequel trilogy. However it was only spoken and not in the contract he signed, so they dropped him immediately and didn't want to use his ideas. So they could make their own story in line with their agenda. Well we all know how that turned out.
That lightsaber fight and ending was beautiful. I love this show. I grew up with this show. I grew up with Ahsoka, Rex, all of it. I felt like I was learning the ways of the Force with this show, ya know?
"'I don't want to watch anything that might validate or legitimize the prequels!' Like I said small minded shit" Tell the guys at RedLetterMedia & Mr. Plinkett this. They utterly REFUSE to watch Clone Wars because they tore apart the prequels harder than anyone & their only excuse is "I don't watch CARTOONS!" I think we all know the real reason.
As cinema wins have said in his rogue one video: “Yes, I guess I’m a fanboy but so are they (referring to redlettermedia). They’re just original trilogy fanboys... refuse to acknowledge a movie made by a team... longs for one man struggling to make a film (George Lucas in 1977)...”
RLM got famous for trashing the prequels, but that was admittedly a long time ago now. A lot has changed. Many of their criticisms were valid, but the flaws of the prequels do pale in comparison to the sequels. Most people seem to appreciate that era more now, and Clone Wars is a huge reason why. I'd love for them to give Clone Wars a chance, but animation just isn't their thing. They've never once reviewed an animated film, and have barely done any kid friendly films. They did review Mandolorian, so hopefully they finally cave and watch Clone Wars. They'll really be missing out if they don't .
Completely disagree theres like 20 unfinished episodes they had it would make the show even better if they make them we'll get to see a cad bane boba fett western movie showdown arc, how darth maul escaped when he was captured by palpatine , an arc about ventress and Quinlan vos trying to assassinate douku and an arc about obi wan and anakin on utapau where they discuss ashoka leaving the order. All of these arcs sound amazing it would make the clone wars and prequel era that much richer
Yeah their montrals are hollow which allows them to use passive echolocation and heightens their senses. Even without the Force, Togruta have very heightened senses so with the Force, they would be even more aware.
My thoughts personally: the season should have just been the last 4 episodes, but also I’m kinda annoyed with the massive cliffhanger at the end of season 6
Colin Akers Akers I feel like Season 6 proved that the Jedi are really, really dumb. With everything they learn about the clones, about the war, about Dooku and Sidious... they straight up deserved to bumble into Order 66 for not putting those pieces together.
awquinn1201 yeah I guess they needed to make out like they had a plan to deal with it but it came around to quickly. I guess they did start to pick on palpatine but that’s it really.
There was a 4 episode bounty hunter arc with all major bounty hunters we had seen showing death of cad bane There was an arc of ventress and quinlan vos turning to dark side like in legends under dooku and then redeeming himself which is now in dark disciple comic And yea definitely more seasons too
The final four episodes were phenomenal. The music, emotion, animation, story, action, every aspect. The moment when we knew order 66 was going to happen and there was the quiet build up gave me chills it was amazing. I completely agree with that the final four is the best Star Wars movie in years since rouge one in 2016.
The last four episodes of clone wars is the most enjoyment I've had watching a new Star Wars creation in a long time. (No I'm not trying to start a fight. That's just how I feel.)
@@axelluna5438 You could watch them. Though may depend how much of the show you saw before hand if you want to get the full enjoyment due to it being extremely Rex & Ahsoka focus. If you saw all / most of the previous seasons go ahead, granted you could watch the Bad Batch arc too for Rex. skip middle 4 eps, then watch final 4.
@@axelluna5438 sorry for replying late. I would recommend googling the "must watch" episodes of clone wars. Watch about 10 good episodes (or whatever you have time for) to get invested in the series. Then watch the final four.
I wanna give perspective as to how I saw this show as well, I was 8 when the first season aired on Cartoon Network I was living in a shitty apt cause that’s all my parents could afford at the time but every Saturday morning or Friday morning I was there to watch Star Wars the clone wars now 12 years later I have a job I’m in college and I just finished it what a journey this series is what made me get into Star Wars and I will forever be grateful to it
In my personal opinion, I think the last season summarizes the entire series as a whole. The 1st arc embodies the “action adventure” episodes, which are fun on their own but don’t add anything special as a whole. The 2nd arc embodies the “weak cheesy” episodes, which are often stereotypical, forgettable & only viewed once. The 3rd arc embodies the “masterpiece” episodes, & these are the ones that redefine how we view the prequels and it’s characters, completely changing the experience. Hope this helps, & may the force be with you.
Excellent review of all the Star Wars content Jeremy Jahns! Your work on reviewing all Star Wars content is unprecedented and I’am a huge fan of how you review Star Wars content in general! You do a phenomenal job!
Ahsoka to Anakin: Good Luck
Anakin: Last Online 24 years ago
came back tho ;)
Aize with a new screen name and profile pic too lol
This hurt me
Ouch that hurt
*Darth Vader has entered the chat*
Ahsoka to me is a Star Wars miracle. She was the most hated character 12 years ago, now she is top 5 of all characters easy.
Did people actually hate her when she was introduced? Like I genuinely want to know becuase I keep hearing many people say how much she was hated back then. I loved her character as soon as she appeared in the clone wars movie. I had no problems with her.
Krivan hello Greedo did a video talking about the reception of Ahsoka initially its worth a watch
Krivan Yes. This is what happens when you do good character development unlike Disney with Rey. Ahsoka had many of the same criticisms that Rey has when she was first introduced
Krivan She was a brat when she first came out then got better after season 2.
WolfPlayer yeah she wasn’t overpowered just annoying and cocky which even I thought when I was 6
Jeremy became a kid again during this review. His whole face was covered in a smile. He was excited and happy. The only thing missing was the Star Wars bedsheet that he use to wear. Yo Jeremy where's the bedsheet man?
It's part of the past and Disney said: Forget about it, burn it, if you have to.
Honesly if I see the bedsheet, I skip the review. Him not having it here made me trust that he objectively likes the thing he's reviewing, and NOT just happy that the thing let him pretend to be eight years old again.
Marissa Walls It won’t come back until Star Wars is completely *back.*
RedN0va that’s kind of a kind dumb observation to go on but alright
@@Romeo494 he's objective in every review, bedsheet or not
The Mandalorian and Clone Wars has been the best Star Wars we've gotten since..... Clone Wars
Rogue One was great as well.
Dawson McBride But Clone Wars has been the best before and after the Disney movies. And I only enjoyed the ending of Rogue One.
don't forget jedi fallen order
I liked Rogue One, Solo, and Fallen Order so...
Tartakovsky's Clone Wars?
Maul: "It is not the way of your people to hide here in the gutters..."
A few decades later, Mandolorians hiding in the the "gutters": "...this is the way."
...I see what you did there.
@@astrobot702 Woah, I didn't even catch that! Well played indeed.
@Oscar Herden It rhymes
What you did there, I saw
The last scene with Vader
0% dialogue
50% somber music
100% emotional wreck
That music was sooooo EERIE
Ditto that last scene with Ahsoka, but...DAMN Vader!
@@froststripe2865 I swear it sounded like something from bladerunner 2049. shit was haunting.
ok but that shot of him with the saber looked like a matte painting and I WANT THAT ON MY WALL NOW
There, he believed she’s dead. But it’s heartbreaking knowing that when they meet again, it’s in a place of evil and destruction.
And what’s worse is that he tries to kill her because, as far as he knows, she’s the last remnant of his past. Of being Anakin Skywalker.
Maul freaking out and screaming “we’re all going to burn, we’re all going to die“ is some seriously unnerving shit
It gave me chills. Star Wars hasn't unsettled me like that maybe ever. Give Sam Witwer all the Emmys
Yeah should've made ashoka realise that he was telling the truth because mual was genuinely terrified something we don't see often
Cnut Olderson is it weird that I felt BAD for Maul when he said that? The dude was cut in half, survived through dark magic and psychosis. Only to be brought back through MORE dark magic and pain, only to be tortured by Palpatine AGAIN. No wonder he legit asked Ashoka to kill him...
Give Sam Witwer all the god damn emmys.
Sam Witwer delivers some of the greatest acting in the Star War-a franchise with his take on Maul
They actually got Ray Parker for Maul's fight choreography.
Yeah.
love that
Ray Park*
And they have starkiller voice actor for well his voice!
they also did motion cap for Ahsoka Tano but I can't remember who did it.
@@ribottostudio It was some stunt double lady that also worked on the Mandalorian as the Armorer character.
The fact Anakin had an apprentice makes his anger at the councils decision more legitimate and understandable
Not just that but the fact that he was a good leader in the wars.
@@eliminator173 very true
Nah. Dooku being interrogated would've revealed much about the sith conspiracy even if dooku refused to talk. Anakin helped palps along and tied up a very loose end while playing into his machinations. Anakin ruined everything. TCW made us more sympathetic but he still fucked up.
@@revolverocelot1380 he did but its not like teh council was without fault they really screwed anakin over specially windu who refuse to give him the rank of master out of jealousy
@@ruifigueiredo5486 Out of jealousy? Where do people come up with these stupid ideas? Anakin wasn't given the rank of master because he just summarily executed dooku. This set the jedi back quite a bit and helped palpatine along. It was not only against the code and needlessly impulsive but it made their job much harder and the sith lords conspiracy much smoother. Windu wasn't jealous of an angsty boy with anger issues, he was mad that he fucked things up. And it wasn't solely his decision either. Yoda could've said otherwise or obi wan. Or any other council master.
Jeremy, you forgot to say, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars is... *AWESOMETACULAR."*
Probs could say the Seige of Mandalore arc was awesometacular....the 2nd arc was boring as shit
The Bad Batch Arc was a Good Time no Alcohol required
The Martez Sisters Arc was a Won't Remember in T-Minus One Day
And of Course, the Final Four Episodes, or to me, the Official Episode 2.5 movie, is... AWESOMETACULAR
He doesn’t do ratings for TV shows, granted, he gave one for “BBC’s Sherlock - Series 2”, but that was a one time, one-shot thing. Nowadays, he only does ratings for both video games and movies.
I love the scene where Obi Wan reveals to Anakin that he knows that he was secretly talking to Padme, it just shows he’s not stupid he knows his apprentice has a secret love but he doesn’t reveal it to the council or anything
Because The Clone Wars has shown us that Obi-Wan had had a relationship of his own. Another example of how The Clone Wars fleshed out all the characters.
Idk about knowing about the secret love part of it because in RotS Obi-Wan does say "Anakin's the father isn't he?" to Padme implying that this is the first time he knew, without a doubt, that they were lovers. At most, maybe he thought that Anakin and Padme's relationship was like his and Satine's where they have feelings for each other but didn't actually do anything about it because of a sense of duty, honor, and...professionalism?
I still suspect Corky might be Obi-Wan's but heck Anakin beat him at that as well. Padmé popped out two...
I always felt that the series heavily implies that Yoda knew too.
And how Anakin seems to perceive it more as a threat from a council member rather than a wink and a nod from his friend. Subtle signs that their relationship is deteriorating (though Padme was always a subject that Anakin stubbornly never shared with Obi Wan)
The ending scene was perfection. Vader coming to the crash site and finding Ahsoka’s lightsaber was truly the death of Anakin Skywalker before Luke brought him back at the end Jedi. When he looked to the sky, you could see Anakin’s eyes under the mask, not the red Sith eyes of Vader as he looked at the bird circling overhead that represented the Daughter who had revived Ahsoka on Mortis.
I think at that point if he had known Ahsoka was still alive, there would still be a chance that Anakin could have returned and beaten Vader. Thinking she is dead is what killed the last shreds of him.
That makes that scene so much more impactful and really explains why Vader was so pissed at Ashoka in Rebels. She was alive this entire time but didn't reach out to him, that's what he believes in his perspective.
Zus Frankenstein and the tragedy also was that Ahsoka thought he was dead that entire time until Rebels. Despite Maul’s warning that Sidious wanted Anakin and then her feeing something horribly wrong happen with him just before Order 66, she still had so much love and faith in who Anakin was that she never could realize that Darth Vader was him until years later.
Her line “I won’t leave you! Not this time.” in Rebels has become so much more heartbreaking
@@zusfrankenstein8561 The finale also makes you understand Ahsoka's righteous anger too. "I am no Jedi." was said with such venom I couldn't quite understand why. But when she's talking with the council (fuck you mace) she said "I did my duty as a citizen." yoda replies "but not as a jedi." she says "no....not yet." AND she tells Obi-Wan to tell Anakin something, she asks the council to speak with Anakin, I think she wanted to tell HIM personally, that she was thinking about coming back. But Vader and Palpatine ensured she'd never be able to......imagine that kind of pain. Damn.
@Nick Fletcher. perhaps by Rebels it's true, because he's had 14 yrs to stew. Right After the fall of the Republic? I think had he known she was still alive, He would have fought harder against his despair.
I didn't even notice his eyes! I'll have to go back and watch it again....but i might have to skip the whole episode cuz i cried too much😂
Rex crying broke me. They took an event I knew was coming, and made it even more heart breaking. I’m so grateful to Dave Filoni and the entire team
It broke everyone its ok
I weeept. I knew it coming. I prepared with tissue but I wasnt expecting to go into a full on weap session 😂
Elle Marie I spent 10 minutes after the episode ended crying. My brother was just sitting next to me waiting for me to stop 😂
Dave Filoni is the best thing that's ever happened to Star Wars since George himself!
Facts! Why can’t he do more stuff😫😫😫😫😫
@Lego I personally love a new hope most, return second, and empire close with return for 2nd. Then again, I also love the prequels so maybe Lucas' simple style just vibes with my simple mind.
Damn straight
Dave Filoni can take a bag of rocks and make them interesting, literally the man is saving Star Wars.
@Lego What a load of nonsense. ESB was intentionally darker than the other two, and that was Lucas' decision. He didn't want the hassle of directing or producing ESB, but he wrote the treatment and rewrote the script several times before Kasdan came on board. He intended it to end in a personal battle. Kurtz fucked up the production, because he wasn't bothered about being on budget, and Lucas had to borrow more money and directly get involved in fixing the movie. The rough cut didn't work at all. It was Lucas' decisions that saved it.
Perhaps you don't really understand what SW is supposed to be. It's a silent movie. It's a visual story. The dialogue is there for sound effects and motifs, and characterisation isn't the focus of the movie. Lucas has even said that directly. The prequels were intended to be a broader story that leads into the specific end of the saga, about a father and son and redemption.
What Lucas was doing was giving a basic story for children, and an experimental film simultaneously. The prequels just pushed that concept to the extreme, for example the lightsaber fights are an even more extreme example of abstract colour and light.
I only started binging The Clone wars when I got Disney plus, and it made Anakin my favorite character in all of Star Wars and introduced me to Ahsoka, another favorite character! But I have tried to get my friends into it and they won't give it a chance because they're casual fans and it's a kid's show.
The Mandalore arc was one of the best Star Wars I've seen! It did what the movies couldn't and I was pretty upset and sad after the finale. It was so good! Anakin's fall was so much more tragic because you fall in love with this awesome guy and it really hits you even when you know what's gonna happen. I do agree that it feels like Ahsoka means way more to him than Padme ever did. I don't think their relationship was ever fleshed out enough for anyone to care, not even on the show. Farewell to a great show, one of the best endings I've seen in a while. *Cough cough* game of thrones *cough cough*
Kid's show my foot. Just because it's animated does not make it a kid's show. They really need to take a look at it instead of just dismissing it because it's animated.
kids show...HAHA. You should show them the Umbara arc girl. Filoni straight up took a gun to our precious Clones and said "BITCH YOU THOUGHT" lol.
Oh god the Umbara arc.....
yeah. This paints that in a new light. Don't like it. Hate it. Krell can burn for all I care.
Ribotto Studios Show them the slave arc as well.
Hira Mohammed tbh I kinda wish he had a romantic thing with Ashoka and met each other as kids like I really don’t like padme i just think she’s boring 😂
The Siege of Mandalore episodes are basically Dave Filoni’s job application for Kathleen Kennedy’s position.
Game Boy yes, exactly
God I hope so
Here here
Probs but I think Jon favrou would be a better fit , filoni is TRULY amazing but he's a CREATOR,and favrou is already in the Disney good books with marvel and his live action remakes/cash-grabs
And I hope he gets it.
The entire show is fantastic and my favourite piece of Star Wars media. But the last 4 episodes stood out beyond anything else.
The last 4 episodes felt like real star wars
Those last four episodes are more proof that Filoni should be head of story at Lucusfilm.
I wonder if I can just watch the last 4 episodes without having seen a single episode of clone wars
@@metallicnole4514 hmm not without understanding everything
@@metallicnole4514 that would be pointless. It focuses on Ashoka who appeared way back in 2008. The entire show is great so not sure why you wouldn't want to watch it all.
Calling the Order 66 episode Shattered was hella appropriate. I also really love how bittersweet Anakin and Ahsoka's reunion was. Damn it puts their saber fight in Rebels in a new light. I didn't think my heart could hurt more than it did seeing Rex, freaking REX try to hold off that order "Find him, Fives, find him, find him FIVES!" Then the next episode happened and Rex CRIES and OH MY GOD the last 10 minutes just sheer fuckin silence-no words spoken yet it says literally everything that's needed to be said. And THAT is the power of animation-a single frame of animation can say everything. What a way to end.
seeing Rex crying hit me hard ngl
I think they do show Rex under order 66 to show clones were completely powerless against it.
Which makes sense, Palpatine would have taken clones' loyalty to jedi into account and ensured it didn't get in the way.
absoloutly masterfull, unlike the sequel trilogy you can tell they trully respect star wars
I feel that with animation, it is a difficult task to convey such powerful emotions but when it does, damn...it hits hard.
Agreed, if Rex who was independent and free willed couldn’t beat it nobody could. And that would have counted fives and kix (If around) who knew what the chip did and were afraid of it and even the bad bach who are even more independent then Rex, that’s absolutely horrifying.
Now my quest is how did gregor and wolf not do the hit as well. Their strong cherictors but their not that strong
Those last two episodes, as others have already said, are genuinely haunting. Largely because of the music and pacing (and that last scene of course, but I'm going to focus on the music and pacing). In the lead up to Order 66, you hear this Blade Runner-esque atmospheric synthesizer style music, and you totally go "Oh shit, I know what what's going to happen, and it's gonna be terrible" and the characters have no idea.
It was like that one scene from RotS that a lot of people liked, with Anakin and Padme looking through the windows while music plays, but moreso.
Whoever decided to play these episodes that way (I'd guess Filoni) is very inspired, because that shit was great.
Yes! I noticed the musical connection to that moment of twilight on Coruscant in RotS as well. I wonder if those two moments line up on the timeline?
I didn't really like the pacing. I thought it was kinda slow and brought the arc down.
Kathleen Kennedy:“David Feloni was able to build this in a cave! With a bunch of hated prequel characters!”
Jar Jar Abrams:“I'm sorry, I am not David.”
Yeah, and screw Jar Jar Abrams for ruining both Star Trek AND Star Wars!
@@somerandolad Don't forget Round head Johnson.
Leopold Taylor haha MCU references always welcome.
Filoni: Remember JJ, the blood of Star Wars is on YOUR hands!
Ryan The Animator ahhh cmon....TLJ isn’t as good as the force awakens but it’s certainly better than rise of Rey
At least rian Johnson tried. I got his message, to embrace the future u need to let go of the past. Jj just did his usual cant stick the landing bullshit.
"Clone Wars is the frog DNA in Jurassic Part"
Really clever and I never thought of it that way, Jeremy.
Homie how much TH-cam do you watch? I see you in the comment section of a video just about 3 or 4 times a week. It's uncanny.
@@domonchief Different channel. There's another guy with a different anime picture and over 20k subscribers with no videos.
@@domonchief you're talking about "just some guy WITH a mustache" he and Justin Y are both the gods of the TH-cam comment section
@@LaaLaa_Boy what is this conversation?
@@jesselee1729 just clarifying that this guy who posted this comment isn't the same guy as "just some guy with a mustache" a person who seems to be in almost every comment section on TH-cam with top likes because of his witty humour, very similar to an old channel, Justin Y, though it's rare these days to see Justin, you see many wanna be's of him, but not the real one, both of these channels don't post videos but gain many subscribers because of their many appearances in comment sections with their humour, hope that helps
8:40 "there is a whole generation of kids who will grow up never knowing a world without clone wars" this statement just made me so happy lol
Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau are the only men I trust with a reboot of Star Wars
Agreed. I'm amazed how well that guy can work with the source material. It's too bad he wasn't in charge of Episodes 7,8, 9 movies.
Dnt forget Jon Favreau :D
@@Cobrastarzz1 You're right. Love what he did with Mandalorian.
If you watch Dave Filoni's section in the Disney: Gallery about The Mandalorian, you get to see his unmitigated love for Star Wars. Filoni & Favreau NEED to be in charge of ALL THINGS Star Wars moving forward.
They need to give him a Luke NJO series that ignores the "canon" of the DT.
Clone Wars gave me the emotional ending I was HOPING we'd get with TROS.
We were never gonna get that die to toxic fandom
You expect too much from the Sequels
@@t.h.mcgulliver3241 *shitty writers
Or ROTS.
@@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment
ROTS is great! Nah, Prequels is great! God tier memes, I think I wouldn't able to live without those.
The clone wars openings are supposed to be like war serials from WW2
Oh man, when Rex cried just before he started shooting........... that was enough emotion for a day.
You wouldn't find that kind of hard hitting drama anywhere in the prequels or even in the recent films, that's for sure.
Best moment of the series...the most emotional for me too.
Im still recovering 😂
She was able to survive the clones because it wasn’t the first time she was forced to run from them.
oh that's a good point, I've never thought of that
@The Flying Dutchman oh shit with those geonosian mind control worms yo I forgot about that
Trandoshans for sport, clones for a bombing, clones for Order 66 ... must be Tuesday for Ahsoka Tano if she's being hunted. At least Rex was able to give her a heads-up this time.
She was able to survive because Rex was able to resist for a second. She was able to put her guard up. Most Jedi didnt have that.
@@mattlee7463 Shrug. Anakin surviving his de-limbing and being burned alive is plot armor, just like Maul, Rex, and Ahsoka had to survive.
I wasn't fussed because the only times she's been shot before (that I recall), was when she was protecting Padme and when she was trying to lift Steela. She's done this from her first day as Anakin's Padawan and is so good at shot blocking, we've seen her redirect fire from two shots, with one saber swipe, back into both shooters on Zygerria.
She's an ex-Jedi, she's always been fast, she's got two blades, was alerted by Rex, and she's a Togruta, so she knows where everyone in that room is and what they're doing, even without the Force. I didn't find it particularly unbelievable, especially as she started taking damage and slowing down; then they managed to tag her at least five times throughout her escape.
I appreciated that they actually managed to hurt her and if the ship wasn't crashing, they'd have had her I think.
The last 4 episodes of clone wars was the best star wars we have ever gotten and no one can argue with me on that.
Both the first four episodes and the last four were all that matter for this last season.
Obviously we all got different opinions but I think it’s the best thing since Empire, but nowhere near that
I loved them too but personally I liked the last few episodes of Mandalorian more than the last few of clone wars.
Ok, I'll give arguing with you on it a go. To me the Finale felt wasted a 24 minute episode in which 20 of those minutes are completely focused on Ahsoka and Rex trying to escape the star destroyer, and nothing else. The the remaining 4 minutes are the burial scene and the Vader scene, which is easily the most perfect way to end the show. However I can't get over the fact that not much happend in the final episode for the most part. We know that they both survive order 66 because of Rebels. So WHY have nearly the entire episode be about them trying to escape a ship that they already started trying to escape halfway in to the previous episode. Now don't get me wrong I LOVE Clone Wars, and as I say the final two scenes are so full of emotion that it is insane. However I just feel as though they could have done much more with the time they had.
RGerrard12 just because we know they survived in Rebels doesn’t mean this shouldn’t stand on its own. Imagine if it was only a 5 minute escape scene with little conflict. How lackluster would that be? I’d feel cheated personally
Watching Maul owning shit in the last 2 episodes was just wonderful to me
Facts bro maul and ahsoka were the real mvp's of the whole season
Everyone: “Star Wars is at an all time low. Disney’s movies are garbage, the sequels suck and ruined the OT, and EA controls the video games. There is no way Star Wars can recover and come out with anything good.”
John Favreau and Dave Filoni: “Hold our beers and watch this!”
*Gives us The Mandalorian and Clone Wars season 7*
Don’t you dare forget Jedi: Fallen Order
Joey Cook
I’ve never played it personally but true. I heard it was good
I just glad that they gave us hope for the future, y’know
Joey Cook I’m playing it right now!
Fallen Order is an awesome game and Battlefront II turned into one of the most fun multiplayer games ever
They took an animated show and with character development, good writing, knowing Star Wars lore and themes made 4 episodes 10X more emotional than 3 films that were supposed to close out 40 yrs of a saga. Thats awesome but sad.
john poulton With 8 bad episodes before... just saying. The last 4 episodes were truly great, yes, but I think the Season as a whole wasted a lot of time.
@@christianbjorck816 but i loved the bad batch arc
Goes to show that disney can create good star wars content IF in the right hands
Alex Ayala Its not disney putting it in the right hands. Dave Filoni already was attached to clone wars so they couldn’t replace him, the only thing they did right so far is Rogue One and giving the Mandolorian to Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau.
@@danield.8233 Why? I felt it was a one episode (two max) stretched out way to thin, with the most cliché possey of "outsiders" I have seen in a long time. The dialouge was mostly pretty generic, with exclamations from the possey trying to act cool, and introducing that the enemy side now can hack into the minds of people causes a lot of problems lore wise.
I also felt the episodes had a questionable moral lesson to it as well. they force a village into a conflict they don't want, gets most of said village killed without suffering any losses themselves and gets hailed as some sort of heroes for it.
All in all mediocre at best and a complete waste of time, you could skip it and not miss anything in the last 4 episodes.
The clone helmets scene killed me. Especially Jesse’s helmet, that made me cry like a baby.
Obiwan would just pile them up and burn them, but Asokka buried everyone of her family members
I feel like in the past few years with things like this final season of CW and Into the Spider-verse and the continuing growing popularity of anime in western society that animation has finally risen above the “anything animated is for kids” misconception and it’s great to see, the future of animated content is bright
Bojack and Rick and morty are probably the most responsible for that change
To be fair most the anime that seems popular in the West is pretty squarely aimed at teenage boys. I'm well aware other stuff exists but I don't think it it doesn't much to help the reputation of animation as something that can tell serious stories. And yes I think you can have serious stories and still be enjoyed by kids and teenagers but most anime over here isn't that.
It sure is.
The clone wars is my favorite animation of all time. The adult swim animations are fun and dark too, but not the serious type of dark it has a humorous kind. There are other animations that are dark seriously rather than humorously. But that is where I am biased with Clone Wars, its Star Wars haha. Even if it was not star wars though, I would love it just as much
I agree. Also thoroughly enjoyed Love,Sex& Robots
I started watching clone wars with my dad when it first came out and then stopped watching when he passed away in 2010. I was catching up and finished the series and I just cried. It was so good and I really wish my dad could’ve seen it!!
Now you can rest easy on the fact that the show you and your dad enjoyed, is now immortalised as some of, if not the best Star Wars content ever and enchanced an entire trilogy, if not a saga. And so, the memory of your father is tied to that in your mind. How beautiful.
I simply loved what they did with Maul in this season. He's like this damaged war veteran, who starts to realize the terror that's about to happen. He's haunted, sure, he's still a villain, but's so much tragic and terryfied. The way he speaks "Darth Sidious" is just amazing. You can really tell how much he's scared of his former master.
That final shot is perfection, anakin (vader) literally walking away from his past and the clones. Goosebumps
it hurts.
In Anakin's defense, he did have to hide his relationship with Padme.
Where’s he was with Ashoka 24/7
@@ReeceJCurtis1212 Because Ahsoka fought with him. Padme was part of the senate.
I think Anakin saw Ahsoka as his daughter or sister in a way Obi Wan saw Anakin as his brother and how Obi Wan was a father figure to him.
@@ReeceJCurtis1212 yeah most of the time the Master apprentice relationship is more akin to parent child initially and often becomes more sibling like once the Padawan is old enough and advanced enough. You really see that with Anakin and Obi Wan, but especially with Anakin and Ashoka.
@@ReeceJCurtis1212 Kind of? There's a season 3 episode where he & Padme discuss what he's teaching her and they do feel like parents talking about their child. One of those sad what could have been moments.
My thoughts of Season 7
1) Ahsoka is the greatest Star Wars character of all time and I don’t know who’s gonna disagree with that
2) Sam Witwer as Maul is fucking TERRIFIC and probably some of the best acting (even if it’s voice acting) in the entire series
3) The Bad Batch arc was an interesting start, the arc with Trace and Rafa were absolute crap
4) The Siege of Mandalore arc is the single BEST Star Wars content we have ever gotten
5) They turned Maul from a one dimensional Sith Lord into one of the absolute greatest villains Star Wars has ever seen
Idk if it's the *greatest* Star Wars we've ever gotten, I think Empire and KOTOR 2 were better. But it was DEFINITELY better than ever.
I feel like the Clone Wars tv show made Anakin the best character of all time
And my favorite is still Luke despite what Disney did to him recently.
Anakin/vader and luke are way better characters
Well Sam is face capture and motion capture as well for this series so he basically acted everything. That's why the way maul moves looked so natural was because he did all the motions for him
@@BlargeMan the first Kotor is better than the second.
When obiwan was taking about dooku and how anakin beheaded him I got chills
THE REASON why Ahsoka got through Order 66, while Ki Ad-Mundi was overwhelmed is simple. Ahsoka had a lot of experience with clones turning on her! In the Genosis arc, the clones--infected with mind-controlling worms--tried to kill Ahsoka and Barriss. Again in Season 5, Ahsoka was framed as a traitor for bombing the Jedi temple, and the clones were hunting her down.
That's my explanation for it at least.
She was also saved by Rex in those first few seconds when order 66 was initiated
@@exodustimes4266 Of course, that's the immediate cause. I was just kinda talking long-term.
I like that Rex intervening essentially gave Ashoka a moment to prepare for the attack. And she had a position on the ship where she could get away from the initial ambush, much as Yoda did. (And baby Kanan for that matter). The Jedi in more exposed positions got screwed. As for Obi-Wan, he is just too good to be killed like that!
Lmao the reason she survived was plot. Plain and simple. Loved Season 7 but let's not make excuses 😂
So there are actually nuances to Ahsoka's style of lightsaber combat (based on the extended lore) that can provide an in-universe explanation to her combat performance in these scenes. That being said, I do think it is still *bad visual storytelling*, because (like Jeremy said) it looks like she should be a fish in a barrel, and most viewers aren't going to have the extended lore knowledge to recognize the in-universe nuances that explains these scenes. And of course, XXIVVIXCIII is right to point out that she had to make it to Rebels, and The Mandalorian.
Rex: from birth brainwashed into an order, realizing his brothers are now the enemy...due to an implant, its not their fault, and he has to kill them: remorse, tears, sadness, fear, regret..
Finn: from childhood brainwashed into an order, realizing his brothers are now the enemy...."WOOOOOOOOOO!!!! YEAH GOT ONE!!"
Sindulla: WAY BETTER than Poe
Ahsoka: WAY BETTER than Rey
Rex: WAY BETTER than Finn
Clone Wars and Rebels make the new trilogy a sorry waste of money and completely ruin childhoods.
Rebels is not very good. Sorry, it's either as good or much worse than the sequels.
To be fair, Rex is the commanding officer of the troops trying to kill him and fought with some of them for years. Finn didn’t really know any of the troops he was fighting as he was only in combat once and decided to desert the First Order.
@@matthewdopler8997 nailed it in one.
@@claytonweyl4135 Have you actually watched Rebels, though? It can get kind of kiddy sometimes, but the high points are extremely freakin' high.
@@devindalton4688 yeah but as high as those points are, lots of the show just feels lame if you know what I mean. Plus I hate the everything looks lol
Star Wars is all about the in-between. The stories in shows, games, and books make Star Wars. The movies just create a broad storyline that allow for a lot of in between work
That's why George Lucas liked other authors and game devs etc. expanding his universe, he welcomed it. Great comment btw
Grizzly Fett thanks man. im a huge Star Wars fan, and as time goes on, I realize that if shows like the clone wars didn’t exist, Star Wars would be a shell of what it is now. The movies are good. But they are a primer for the real paint, if that makes any sense
I find the thing I loved most about this season is the subtle parallels in how Ahsoka and Maul are the perfect embodiment of an angel and demon in Star Wars. Their actions alone hint this throughout their seperate journeys and how they eventually become one as they're forced to survive a nightmare caused by their respective masters.
The most profound thing for me though was when Ahsoka was playing hop scotch off ships while leading her men to 'liberate' Mandalore. On its own it was badass but the more I thought about it the more I felt it played into the whole 'Guardian Angel' vibe Ahsoka had during these last few episodes. She wanted to protect everyone no matter what yet she was ultimately a fallen angel in the end as heaven itself rejected her while her chariot of victory, the Venator, fell to its doom and with it everything she fought for was meaningless.
Riddler: You can only save one. Padme or Ashoka.
Anakin: You underestimate my power!
Oh right, that situation already happened.
The Mortis arc must not have been on his watchlist.
"You weirdly look like Ray Park..."
Because it's him, he did mo-cap for the episodes, especially the fight sequences.
You can tell Dave Filoni is actually a Star Wars fan. Screw Disney
He certainly made some pretty good stories. Shame he didn't care more about continuity. That is my biggest problem with the show. He trampled on the works of some other creators.
Ham Burglar but atp with Disney erroneously throwing out the EU amd all the deleted scenes, video games, and new Disney comics/shows tf even is canon anymore
Don’t act we don’t cherry pick what is canon to us.
@@MarkyMark1221 I just think that Filoni should have shown a bit more respect to the works of the creators before him. The Clone Wars and the EU should be able to thrive, side by side, but unfortunately, they don't completely.
Elliot Booth Disney is the one who got him back you dunce
Lucky he works for Lucasfilm, then.
Running gag is that the Republic turned into an Empire and so the Clones turned into Stormtroopers. And so did their aim.
Ever since the Clone Wars started, I’ve been dreading the Order 66 scene, and we finally got it. I wasn’t ready.😢
One thing is absolutely clear. Ahsoka Tano has grown up to become one of the best characters in Star Wars, my favorite female Jedi after Satele Shan and probably my favorite Prequel character.
I grew up seeing her on Christophsis for the first time and from then on up to Season 3 I thought she's just a Padawan for Anakin but as Season 4 and Season 5 came along and then Season 7 I knew she would be destined for something greater.
I really can't wait for Ahsoka to appear on Season 2 of The Mandalorian.
Mara Jade?
Fun fact: Ray Park mo-capped Darth Maul for the fight with Ahsoka. He also choreographed the fight.
Heck yes!
The whole Order 66 scene with Ob-Wan definitely hurts now when I re-watch the movie and remember the great banter and relationship between him and his troops, but I know that is definitely because TCW built up Cody as a character, 212th as a whole, and those interactions. So I definitely agree with your statement about how TCW elevated the prequels and fleshed out what was originally there
Felt the same. I always got emotional with order 66, still do, but TCW definately brought it home and I'm heartbroken when Cody so easily just gives the order to kill Obi-wan
@@GeorgeChacon2112 I think the thing with Cody, while he respects Obi-Wan and is friendly with him, he is a very clear cut guy. Like, he gets the order and thinks "this sucks, I respect Obi-Wan as a general but if the jedi are traitors then I have no choice." He's not one to question orders.
@@PetelliusCerialis You see, that's why I love the inhibitor chips, because I'm not inclined to believe that every single clone would follow that order. Sure, a newer clone with no connection would, but Cody, who'd been serving with Obi-Wan since the beginning of the war? Clear-cut or not, he's not stupid, and could plainly see Obi-Wan hadn't done anything.
Devin Dalton exactly. The chip is important for insurance, because I don’t see a 3 year veteran clone trooper NOT question an order as drastic as “Kill Obi Wan Kenobi” when Obi Wan Kenobi puts his life on the line beside them for the same cause every day of the week.
@@devindalton4688 Rex himself is a clear example of this-HE'S CRYING as he tries to fight off this order but he eventually succumbs to it himself and after the chip is removed tries to talk Jesse down from it-Jesse hesitates then falls into the "good soldiers follow orders" mindset. Not every clone was ok with order 66 when it happen so the chip being there I really love as well-gotta have insurance on your grand master plan to wipe out the jedi...even if it is heartbreaking for us viewers.
I’m so glad that they brought back the Clone Wars for a proper finale.
Clone Wars validates the Prequels by fleshing out themes that were established but that George didn't have time to really drive home. A show attempting to validate the Sequels would have to literally establish and flesh out all aspects.
While Clone Wars had to add a few dishes and sprinkle some garnish on the Prequel meal, a Sequel show would have to cook every dish from scratch.
Clone wars added more than garnish. But I agree. Whereas Clone Wars had to make Anakin like able and show us a big ass war, a sequels show would have to make characters and wouldn’t have the same creative framework to be built around.
Necromancer4267 George had time to flesh it out but he chose the wrong ones to flesh out
I'd almost be ok with Dave Filoni rebooting the prequels as an animated movies with clone wars and the trilogy mash up. I find the story would make so much more sense
No excuses for George he had lots of time.
Ah yes, we are now fully in the stage of pretending the prequels were not trash. I can close my eyes and wish for things too.
"The Clone Wars" changed my life and I am extremely thankful that this finale exists! Season Seven is a dream come true!
Absolutely!!
The Clones turning on Ahsoka was even more heartbreaking because they had her face painted on their helmets while they helplessly shot at her.
Jeremy should start stroking his beard in every review after this. He's becoming Obi Jahns Kenobi by the day during this quarantine.
Those last 4 episodes where AMAZING the story, the music, the animation, the drama the stakes the heart it was all there. Omfg the final shots snow troopers you know it’s coming then final Vader, picks up the saber you can just barely see Anakins eyes ignites and mourns Ahsoka, so many moments escaping the Star Destroyer intense ....bad batch was not bad, middle four so prolonged though
It’s funny how a cartoon show get more praised than the sequel movies, really amazing how Dave Filoni gave a conclusion to the show with the lead up to Revenge of the Sith
The scene where Maul was going down a hallway and just wrecking Clones 😱
Very rogue onesque!
That end scene with Rex, finished me.
Just binged all 6 seasons before jumping into the last, the main thing I came away with was that the clone get shit on by everyone. The Jedi treat them as disposable, losing entire ships just to save one Jedi. By the end I kinda felt like the Jedi deserved order 66.
What a finale, my heart broke and I can't hold all the feels, man, give Dave Filoni supervision of everything Star Wars
They should've replaced that Twins arc with the dark disciple arc.
I dont think thats possible, as I believe it was supposed to be like 8 episodes.
HBTDawgz52 I would definitely not have minded 4 more episodes, especially if it meant getting rid of the sisters arc
I would’ve preferred Son of Dathomir
Never watched the sisters arc glad I didn’t.
The thing is, these episodes were (mostly) voiced and pre-visualised (check those unfinished episodes of The Bad Batch and Crystal Crisis on Utapau) when Disney pulled the plug originally, is what I understood from past Star Wars Celebrations. The Siege of Mandalore is probably the only part of the season which had the most new work done on. It's kind of weird they didn't also finish Crystal Crisis on Utapau, as it's basically ready to go, it just needs rendering.
Regarding Son of Dathomir and Dark Disciple, I think they didn't touch those because the former has been adapted into the last remaining canon Dark Horse Star Wars comic and the latter was adapted into a novel. While we are good with Maul's short "you guys got me out of prison" line regarding Son of Dathomir, Dark Disciple would have been nice if they could have done that, as it finishes Asajj Ventres's story.
I’m not lying when I say I always enjoyed the prequels they have some badass moments my only complaint was the dialogue and the fact that every movie seemed so far apart from one another I wanted more clones, I wanted to see these relationships between Jedis and there clone brothers to make the turn even more impactful I wanted to see anakin be the badass he’s portrayed to be and this show did that and sooooo much more I’m so grateful I got to see this show it makes star wars as a whole so much better 🙏💯
I finished watching Clone Wars for the first time yesterday and when the clones turned on Ahsoka and Rex got all teary eyed I got teary eyed too. That whole part was done so well. Now I'm starting Rebels to get ready for the upcoming Ahsoka show.
"OVALTINE! HAVE OVALTINE FORCE PUSH ITS WAY THROUGH YOUR BOWELS TODAY!"
*dead* xD
“I’ve been looking forward to this”
I know it will never ever happen, but I would give an arm and a leg for Disney to take the sequel trilogy out of canon and just have Dave Filoni make an animated series set 30 years after ROTJ and do it right this time.
And I'm 99% sure they could get Mark Hamill back to voice Luke and finally do justice to his character.
Ethen Millard It would never happen, but I know Filoni would be great at fixing what the Sequel Trilogy is mainly because he can reel in George and know what to keep and axe. That’s why Filoni didn’t do more episodes for the last season, he didn’t feel comfortable fleshing out the rest of the episodes by himself
@@KingofKnowhere it still baffles me why he didn't just get Lucas on to help him. Then they could have done more. I mean they brought George on as a creative consultant for Mandalorian, why not here?
@@TrueNorthProductions Perhaps George wasn't available at the time or KK didn't want him back for, I'm not so sure
@@Skymoc4 they didn't want George. He actually had ideas and wrote a script to help them get started, they promised him he would have a big role in the making of the sequel trilogy. However it was only spoken and not in the contract he signed, so they dropped him immediately and didn't want to use his ideas. So they could make their own story in line with their agenda. Well we all know how that turned out.
That lightsaber fight and ending was beautiful.
I love this show. I grew up with this show. I grew up with Ahsoka, Rex, all of it. I felt like I was learning the ways of the Force with this show, ya know?
"'I don't want to watch anything that might validate or legitimize the prequels!' Like I said small minded shit"
Tell the guys at RedLetterMedia & Mr. Plinkett this. They utterly REFUSE to watch Clone Wars because they tore apart the prequels harder than anyone & their only excuse is "I don't watch CARTOONS!" I think we all know the real reason.
As cinema wins have said in his rogue one video: “Yes, I guess I’m a fanboy but so are they (referring to redlettermedia). They’re just original trilogy fanboys... refuse to acknowledge a movie made by a team... longs for one man struggling to make a film (George Lucas in 1977)...”
RLM got famous for trashing the prequels, but that was admittedly a long time ago now. A lot has changed. Many of their criticisms were valid, but the flaws of the prequels do pale in comparison to the sequels. Most people seem to appreciate that era more now, and Clone Wars is a huge reason why.
I'd love for them to give Clone Wars a chance, but animation just isn't their thing. They've never once reviewed an animated film, and have barely done any kid friendly films. They did review Mandolorian, so hopefully they finally cave and watch Clone Wars. They'll really be missing out if they don't .
@@mveytia I'll always appreciate the prequels for making some bitchen video games at the time.
Okay now it’s time for an Ahsoka Tano movie
The ending with Vader was just amazing
The Clone Wars intro was vintage, I liked how they got you up to speed with the radio war report style
Episode 10 was one of the best Star Wars episode ever!! Maul v Asoka was so epic and I got literal chills!!
The show started when I was 10. I'm 22 now, it's been a long road, and I'm happy with where it led me.
That is amazing
I went from 26 to 38! Lol
Completely disagree theres like 20 unfinished episodes they had it would make the show even better if they make them we'll get to see a cad bane boba fett western movie showdown arc, how darth maul escaped when he was captured by palpatine , an arc about ventress and Quinlan vos trying to assassinate douku and an arc about obi wan and anakin on utapau where they discuss ashoka leaving the order. All of these arcs sound amazing it would make the clone wars and prequel era that much richer
ya know, I'll forever be kind of sad we never got those episodes, but I'd be lying if this finale didn't feel incredibly satisfying to me.
@@vantagepoint9270 yea that son of dathmoir comic was soo good if only it will be animated one day
At this point I just see the prequel movies as just fancy episodes of The Clone Wars.
Me too. They just serve to bookend The Clone Wars.
Yeah, fancy skippable ones.
Lol right and it actually makes me like them more. Jeremys analogy of the DNA was perfect!
@@undead_corsair if you skip them then you lack understanding
No.
6:23 I think Ahsoka was able to reflect all those blast because her race the Togruta has a strong sense of the force.
Yeah their montrals are hollow which allows them to use passive echolocation and heightens their senses. Even without the Force, Togruta have very heightened senses so with the Force, they would be even more aware.
@@RSK9903 ikr? Not to mention Ahsoka is trained by 1 of the best Force users.
Also she has two lightsabers at her disposal so she can defend herself from multiple angles much more easily than someone with just one lightsaber.
@@RSK9903 Not to mention Ashoka was very flexible
Jeremy: I’m not gonna watch it cause I don’t like anything about the prequels.
Me in mauls voice: You don’t know. You
don’t know anything!
My thoughts personally: the season should have just been the last 4 episodes, but also I’m kinda annoyed with the massive cliffhanger at the end of season 6
Colin Akers Akers I feel like Season 6 proved that the Jedi are really, really dumb. With everything they learn about the clones, about the war, about Dooku and Sidious... they straight up deserved to bumble into Order 66 for not putting those pieces together.
awquinn1201 yeah I guess they needed to make out like they had a plan to deal with it but it came around to quickly. I guess they did start to pick on palpatine but that’s it really.
5:47 I love the Obi-Wan impression
I’ve been waiting for this. Still can’t believe the show is over
Yeah I thought it ended too soon for me
There was a 4 episode bounty hunter arc with all major bounty hunters we had seen showing death of cad bane
There was an arc of ventress and quinlan vos turning to dark side like in legends under dooku and then redeeming himself which is now in dark disciple comic
And yea definitely more seasons too
That idea that Asoka meaning more to Ani is actually explored a lot in rebels.
The final four episodes were phenomenal. The music, emotion, animation, story, action, every aspect. The moment when we knew order 66 was going to happen and there was the quiet build up gave me chills it was amazing. I completely agree with that the final four is the best Star Wars movie in years since rouge one in 2016.
5:47 Yes! I felt the same way. That Obi Wan, and even Yoda, didn't see the Clones as anything more than a tool to be used, not as living individuals.
Jeremy Jahns, the only youtuber to ever admit when they're wrong or admit that they've changed their mind! Love how genuine you are dude 🤘🏻
Long haired Jeremy looks like a straight to dvd movie villian.
The last four episodes of clone wars is the most enjoyment I've had watching a new Star Wars creation in a long time. (No I'm not trying to start a fight. That's just how I feel.)
Ismael Martinez Can i Just watch those 4 episodes & enjoy them ? or would I have to watch the season to enjoy
@@axelluna5438 You could watch them. Though may depend how much of the show you saw before hand if you want to get the full enjoyment due to it being extremely Rex & Ahsoka focus.
If you saw all / most of the previous seasons go ahead, granted you could watch the Bad Batch arc too for Rex. skip middle 4 eps, then watch final 4.
Yep same for me not this happy since rouge one.
@@axelluna5438 sorry for replying late. I would recommend googling the "must watch" episodes of clone wars. Watch about 10 good episodes (or whatever you have time for) to get invested in the series. Then watch the final four.
The episode shattered has a water egg in it. Anakins code, “08-10-08” is actually to first time Anakin met Ashoka.
I wanna give perspective as to how I saw this show as well, I was 8 when the first season aired on Cartoon Network I was living in a shitty apt cause that’s all my parents could afford at the time but every Saturday morning or Friday morning I was there to watch Star Wars the clone wars now 12 years later I have a job I’m in college and I just finished it what a journey this series is what made me get into Star Wars and I will forever be grateful to it
2:10 I never felt that way... until you mentioned it, and then I had flash backs, and it all sorts made sense!
In my personal opinion, I think the last season summarizes the entire series as a whole.
The 1st arc embodies the “action adventure” episodes, which are fun on their own but don’t add anything special as a whole.
The 2nd arc embodies the “weak cheesy” episodes, which are often stereotypical, forgettable & only viewed once.
The 3rd arc embodies the “masterpiece” episodes, & these are the ones that redefine how we view the prequels and it’s characters, completely changing the experience.
Hope this helps, & may the force be with you.
It's has been years since I experienced Star Wars like I did. I have watched the episodes multiple times now. Thank you George and Dave Filoni!
Universal Jedi Truth #1: There’s Never Too Much Jedi Mullet
Excellent review of all the Star Wars content Jeremy Jahns! Your work on reviewing all Star Wars content is unprecedented and I’am a huge fan of how you review Star Wars content in general! You do a phenomenal job!
Dude I love your Legacy of Kain quotes! They go so under the radar. The coin is still spinning...
Last time I was this early, Anakin was still podracing.
I could literally talk about this for ever, but someone has already said it.
Talk about throwaway lines: “Clone Wars” itself was a throwaway line in ANH. So much has been built out now. It’s awesome.
That feeling of dread while Ahsoka and Rex were standing on the bridge in hyperspace was crazy. That scene had an incredible atmosphere.
Holy shit, how did I forget about this legend. I used to watch you almost 10 years ago. Definitely resubbing