"The original trilogy shines in its execution, while the prequels shine in their vision." This is the best way I've ever heard it put and I'm stealing this for the future.
@@ladrac198 lol no whata good about it a simple rehash of anakins story Now adam driver is an excellent actor and should have been the main character of the series and i would have liked it to be about him fighting against the skywalker pull to the darkside but not succumbing to it
Here's a represantation with cakes Original Trilogy: The cake itself is very delicious and the decorations even looks good. Prequel trilogy: The cake itself had some bad sides and seems weaker than the first one but it is still edible and the decorations of the cake is absolutely beutiful Sequel Trilogy: Small pieces of edible cake surrounded by garbage and is covered with the most beutiful decorations there is
It's honestly the perfect way to putting it. When making the OT, Lucas probably didn't envision that he would be creating a saga, he just wanted to tell a good, simple story, and he told it well. With the prequels, it seems obvious that he was beginning to envision a much grander tale that would encompasses both trilogies, and began to plan it out more carefully. It's literally vision vs execution...
Yeah scenes that follow the formula of "character says something really important that could prevent a lot of things but nobody listens" are always infuriating and/or heartbreaking to watch
Oh that whole arc hurt so much. We all knew that no one would be able to stop Order 66 and so Fives would never be able to succeed, but seeing him get SO CLOSE was brutal.
@@kibble24 There was always some room for some clone characters to get out. Given that at the time we didnt know what Rex did during/after Order 66, It was theoretically possible that he could have removed his chip ahead of time. We know now that wasn't the case but the whole arc played on our desire to see the clones that we liked survive and not turn on their Jedi.
@@teamredshirt That's true - I meant mostly that the overall effect of Order 66 wouldn't be able to be stopped, but you're right, that extra tension in the hope that individuals would escape was so hard too
Can we all take a moment to appreciate Dee Bradley Baker who played all of the clone troopers. Like holy shit it takes a ton of skill and talent to play literally dozens of characters that all have the same voice but are unique individuals with their own wants and desires
Honestly, it actually gave it an emotional impact for me. Even as a kid when order 66 broke out, the clones turning had no weight to me. My thoughts were always, “yeah these guys were obviously evil, you could see this coming from a movie ago”. Then I watched this show and man it really does make that scene hurt now
@@skeletor8212 they weren’t always evil. They were loyal to the Republic above all else and Order 66 was the ultimate test of said loyalty. The problem is when the institution of good becomes corrupted and evil, so too does that corruption dictate the army in the wrong direction
The thing that takes it away, for me, is the inhibitor chips. Take the inhibitor chips out and make them have that moment of conflict within themselves before either choosing to follow the order or not would make that moment stronger.
One thing I really like about this show is that obi wan starts off as a kind of sassy smart Alec and that's great but as the show goes on he starts making less jokes and becomes a little more stoic, like the war was taking its toll and maturing him alot.
The only time obi wan lets his stoic persona rest and he adopts his joke persona is when he is alone with Anakin, which makes their final dialogue in episode 3 is heartbreaking
except he is seen making smart ass remarks up and down revenge of the sith until the Jedi Order was wiped out. So that's actually kind of out of character.
It also gave us one of the most unique and epic villains: Darth Maul. Although some people don't like how he survived Naboo, it's just great to have a someone standing between Sith and Jedi, whilst leaning more to the sith side. This is also what kind of makes him the counterpart to Ahsoka after she left the order, giving us those intense final 4 episodes, where we see his desparation and fear, because he knew about Darth Sidious plan and was afraid of how the galaxy would look, after it'd come to fruition.
I think its weird that people would be upset about Maul. Its been canon that he survives for a really long time. Even before the Clone Wars show aired.
I have no problem with him living. I have a huge problem with the only explanation being “well he survived because he was angry” That’s almost worse than “she died because she lost the will to live” Maybe it is worse…
Dee Bradley Baker is a genius performer. The fact that I can close my eyes and tell the clones apart, or that I outright forget that it's all the same dude make the shows where he shines all the more amazing. Loved the Clone Wars, loved him in Rebels, and loving him in Bad Batch.
The thing about ahsoka she was introduced purposely flawed. These flaws were designed because a character that seems perfect from the start can get boring. Within four specific episodes she learned the importance of “Defeat, Obedience, Respect and Patience. By the end of the end of season 2 she had grown out of her flaws to become the fan favorite character we love.
Just curious, what four episodes are you referring to? I can guess two of them: defeat is where she led the squad of starfighters to their deaths at the space battle above Ryloth, and Obedience/Patience is where she lost her lightsaber to the thief, but the other two aren't coming to mind.
I never disliked Ahsoka, even in the first few episodes - after Anakin's overconfidence in AOTC, I was like "lol a padawan as arrogant as you is EXACTLY what you need." And it was. And Skyguy and Snips both became better for it.
@@SpacemanSR Rebels is great, too. By the end of season 2, at least. Season 3 and 4 had some great character development and moments. Though, it is like going back to the early seasons of clone wars at first.
I think the most heartbreaking thing about this show the lengths that it took to flesh out the relationships between the various characters knowing that they'll be ripped to shreds during the finale. Seeing Rex progress from scoffing at being lead by a child to him and his legion painting their helmets to celebrate her return to battle. The fact that the show took its time to make this change feel genuine and earned, only to rip it from us as they're instantly turned into the mindless, emotionless killing machines that they initially seemed to be. Rex, the man once hesitant to even consider Ahsoka an equal, shedding a tear as his mind is forced to kill her, his last conscious words being a cry for help to stop the chip's control.
...then his tears as he is forced to admit to Ahsoka that his friends are going to kill him and her without any reference to the reality of all they have done and suffered together... ...and Ahsoka's mourning with him, while also telling him that they won't be killing his friends. One of the most impactful and badass moments in Star Wars history, IMO.
I just convinced my buddy who stopped at s4 or s5 to pick it back up. Last like 4 episodes of this show are so amazing. Better than most of the live action stuff even.
Someone pointed out to me that the very last cut of the entire show (Vader’s reflection off the visor of a 332nd clone’s helmet) is perfect, because that is the entirety of the show in one shot: Anakin, Ahsoka, and the Clones. Beautiful
Clone Wars gave - Clones individuality, different personalities and emotions, and character we missed outside of Cody n Obi Wan banter. - Added more to the relationship between Anakin n Padme - showing moments of Anakin slowing falling to the dark side - Obi Wan relationship with Anakin n Satine - Maul character development - Giving the Bounty Hunters some love
it saddens me that people who started the show recently will never get to experience that long wait we had between seasons 6-7 that made it that much more important and fulfilling to watch. cried all through the entire last season.
I wish I watched it growing up. I loved the prequels as a little kid, but since I was still in the era of getting bullied for being a nerd, I started hating on star wars pretty much during the main run of CW, and once I came back to it, I just thought it was a show for little kids so never bothered. I watched it for the first time after S7 released and I'm so mad I didn't give it the time of day.
@@RevanReborn3950BBY oof, missed the hype train haha. Might be a good thing that you didn't have to wait in agony, you could just watch it the second you found out about it.
It gave such gravitas to the line "You were my brother Anakin, I loved you." Knowing the arc between the duchess and Obi-Wan, the potential life he lost when he turned away from Satine and after she was killed. Knowing the length and breadth of their trials during the time of the GAR and civil war. Having lost so much by the end of the 3rd movie, forced to fight and wound with the intention to kill his best friend, that single line of dialogue hits so, so much harder. Lets also not forget the meticulous work done having Anakin never meet Grievous face-to-face in the entire show, just to preserve a few scant lines of dialogue in the 3rd movie. Such a good show, lots of filler but a lot of content too.
"lets also not forget the meticulous work done having Anakin never meet Grievous face-to-face" Yes that was awesome. Sadly, I think it's kinda weird how in EP3, Anakin and Dooku fight very grimly and act as if they hadn't seen each other in a long time, when they had actually broken out of prison and joked with each other in the series.
@@y.r._ there some of these „mistakes“ like also how grievous tells obi wan how hes been trained by count dooku in ep. 3 implying its a big reveal when in reality that should be common knowledge for any jedi. However I think if they tried to do the whole clone wars without anakin meeting dooku and obi wan meeting grievous it wouldve so much worse and its not like its breaks the story, its more of a „huh thats weird“ moment when you notice it
@@oteila6151 I think grievous telling obi wan that he was trained by count dooku still makes sense, just in a different way, because if I remember correctly it was never said by whom grievous was trained up until that point, which just makes it so that grievous is telling this obi wan to make him fear his skill. (At least thats how I explain it to myself :D)
@@apfelrauber7793 yea I dont see an issue with it either, but you have to think they dueled countless times before so warning him of his skills still is kind of weird. Its just a minor thing tho
Completely agree, the Clone Wars is hands down one of the greatest pieces of star wars that exists. It is the reason why I got into the EU and it's absolutely amazing especially since I wacthed it since season 1.
I’ve been wondering if I should start . I’m a huge Star Wars fan and clone wars was my favorite growing up. I wanna get into this but I’m confused , should I watch the cartoon cartoon first ? And then start the computer animated version on season one ?
@@worldview3182 I swear to god the clone wars is worth it, rebels can be nice to watch as well but you really sense that that show is more catared towards kids. The clone wars has so much emotional value and interesting characters, do yourself a favour and pick it up!! I also watched it as a kid but all scattered, I skipped the episodes that I clearly remembered still (2 seasons and some following episodes) but it gets so good you have to watch it!! (if you want to)
@@worldview3182 The 2d Cartoon version isn't canon so it's not needed to understand the 3d version. But people say the 2d version is pretty good itself so I advise watching both.
The thing about the prequels is they had so little time to do the character of Anakin. Multiple times throughout the movies you hear people talk about how smart, tactical and powerful Anakin was as a jedi, but he never appears that way in the prequels. He seems like a lost puppy just being dragged along by everyone else. In the Clone Wars you actually get to see how strong Anakin really was as a Jedi in his combat, tactical ability and decision making.
The Godfather shows the descent of Michael Corleone to the dark side in a matter of 3 hours. While also telling a gripping story of family, politics and changing of the guard. 3 movies is more than enough time to adequately tell a story if it were in the hands of a competent filmmaker
The problem with that is what I experienced. It is hard to imagine the amazing, confident and loyal CW Anakin becoming the morose, 'puppy' as you put it, Anakin of episiodes 1-III. The disconnect that CW Anakin would turn to the darkside as prequel Anakin did, is huge. I just can't see it or wrap my brain around connecting the two Anakins together.
*Multiple times throughout the movies you hear people talk about how smart, tactical and powerful Anakin was as a jedi, but he never appears that way in the prequels.* Did we watch different movies, did you miss the entire intro to Revenge of the Sith where Anakin saves Obi Wan from the buzzdroids, defeats count dooku a sith lord, saves the chancellor, carries an unconscious obi wan on his back, and pilots a half destroyed ship to safety ultimately being the hero of the day.
The thing about the prequels is that George Lucas was absolutely terrible at writing characters and much of the doalogue is just actually terrible. The fundamental genius of CW is that Filoni is good even great at writing characters and so fixes what makes the prequels so flawed.
@@XMysticHerox I see where you're coming from, and yes the prequels, despite all its wonders, do have a lot of flaws. I completely agree with that. However i wouldn't go as far as to say that the character writing, especially Anakins, is terrible. The issue i read and see most people have with Anakin in the prequels is that he seems lost, uncertain and maybe even a bit timid. This is where i think people are misunderstanding the character that is Anakin. He has something i'd like to refer to as a fatal flaw. Almost everyone has got one, and albeit a bit generalizing it basically sums up said characters personality in short terms. Anakin is loyal to a fault. To save a friend, he would sacrifice the world. Now i doubt he literally would do this but you get the idea. It's really brought to light in the CW's and plays a major role in the way Anakin behaves and is portrayed. He refuses to Abandon his friends, allies and even his soldiers. He was willing to give up a jedi holocron to Cad Bane with the location of force sensitive children throughout the galaxy, that the jedi was aware of. This can be considered a state secret for the jedi, an invaluable piece of information, and Anakin would sacrifice it to save his padawan Ahsoka. Hell she had barely been his padawan for a few months at this time. Same thing when Ahsoka is missing after her mission on Geonosis. When jedi master Unduli is telling him to give up and let her go if it's her time, he persists and does everything he can to save his padawan. Over the course of this series there are multitudes of examples of Anakins unwavering loyalty, and i think this is something the CW's did that ties nicely into the prequels. In episode 2 and 3 you can clearly see his struggle to maintain this loyalty to basically two opposing sides. He loves his wife Padme but the jedi code tells him relationships are the source of evil, he fights and cares for his soldiers in war yet he is told they are expendable, he protects and helps his master Obi-wan but one shouldn't get attached. His arc is a constant tug of war between his desire to be a good jedi, to bring peace to the galaxy, and his wish to be there for the ones he love. In the end one of his friends manipulated him over to the dark side (Palpatine), and that is why i call his loyalty a fatal flaw. He wanted to do what was right, but was being near ostracized from both sides (The Jedi Order and Palpatine). This is just one of the beautiful ties between the CW's and Prequels. Damn this got a bit long, hope you got something useful from my rant kekw... :)
The genius of Ahsoka's character is how well Dave sort of manipulated the audience into loving her. He intentionally made her a hateable character. She was annoying, she constantly defied her superiors with seemingly no consequences. And yet he gave her those hated flaws so that he could build on them later and grow her character from there and now we've got the character that we all love today. His plan for her worked flawlessly
@@generalgrievous3731 an idea does not equal execution. George had the idea of giving Anakin an apprentice; Filoni created Ahsoka. He gave her the undesirable traits we see at her introduction, and then he took them away over the seasons. Credit for Ahsoka should go to Filoni, not George.
@@generalgrievous3731 Filonis original idea was following a crew like in Rebels, Ahsoka was based of one of his initial character ideas so both he and Lucas had input in creating the character.
It always funny to me I was a kid when clone wars came out and I always loved ahsoka even when she was cocky it was surprising to me when I learned that she was hated originally
One thing I hate is when people insult this beautiful show by saying it’s for children, it’s dark, it has as much meaning if not more meaning than the movies, if you get past the first few episodes you can see it progress and get more heartwarming and yet more painful
The fact they got to come back and finish this show is one of the coolest things that has ever happened for Star Wars fans. The show is so good and the ending is incredible, had it not been finished it would’ve been a huge loss.
@@xSoulhunterDKx actually Disney just didn't want to do it ad it was more adult themed then kids. (Which is understandable in that sense) what was wrong was not allowing it to air anyway. All Disney had to do was just let the team finish on their own.
Another thing to note is that you see Anakin showing his inner Vader more frequently over time, and he also begins to embrace his own brutality. Early on in the series, he would get a little too rough during an interrogation to get answers, but you could see that he knew it was wrong. Contrast that to when he brutally mutilated Admiral Trench in season 7 and didn't even flinch. Makes his ultimate fall to the dark side in ROTS so much more believable.
@@ChildOfTheWilderness Accents aren’t inherited, they are learned as you grow up. In my eyes, since the original batch of clones was trained by Jango, they had his ‘correct’ accent. However, as new batches came and went, they began to pick up a new accent which they all began to have due to being around each other so much. Plus, Dee Bradley Baker did an excellent job, and his accent shouldn’t detract from his amazing performances.
Unlike most people, I experienced Star Wars backwards-prequels and Clone Wars first, then the original trilogy. I grew up watching Clone Wars every time it was on TV, and for me, it _was_ Star Wars. I didn’t watch Revenge of the Sith and discover that Anakin would become Darth Vader until my dad showed it to me when I was about 11, and let me tell you I cried. Anakin was my hero and I hadn’t put the foreshadowing in Clone Wars together with the fact that he would become Darth Vader(I knew Darth Vader existed but I didn’t know who he was until that night). Clone Wars is and will always be Star Wars at its best for me.
@Kyle Balmer and think you somehow are in a position to tell someone else to grow up while rage commenting on a video about something you claim to hate? 🤣 Thanks, your idiocy makes my day.
The thing that bothers me is how people say Hayden was a bad actor. He acted how he was directed to by George. He didn’t write the dialogue and he didn’t write his character. I think Hayden acted beautifully, especially with George’s wooden dialogue (no hate towards George!!) Edit: to be clear I’m not hating on George at all. What I’m saying is that Hayden didn’t write his lines. The prequels are my favorite trilogy
The Episode with Fives is one of the best things Star Wars has ever come out with. It's just an incredible story and it perfectly explains Order 66 too. And it evens contributes more to Anakins character showing how he is still trying to help Fives which makes his downfall and becoming Darth Vader even better.
Sorry to dig up an old thread but just stumbled on this. Also the last second, Anakin would doubt Fives because accusing Palpatine was unbelievable to Anakin specifically. Layers upon layers of control mechanism Sideous put in place saved his plan indirectly. The one person most likely to believe the clones who rebelled a bit, was also the person most under his control. Brilliant.
My god, without this show I wouldn’t have loved the clones as much as I do now. I mean Rex, Echo, Cody, Jesse. Hell, all of the clones I loved, especially Fives. His death was so heartbreaking, and frustrating because he knew what was about to happen. He knew about the chips, about the true nature of what he and his brothers are. He knew about the impending doom of the Jedi. It’s much sadder now, because you see these clones and their bonds with their generals; their friends. And to see it vanish after the three words….”Execute Order 66.” 😔
As the audience, I was crushed when Fives died, it wasn’t only a beloved character meeting his demise, it was the only ray of hope for the prevention of Order 66. He was the only one who knew, it’s the inevitable feeling of knowing it can be stopped but won’t be bc of the ignorance of the Jedi Council.
Fives is my all time favorite clone and while his death hurts the meaning behind his death and the individuality of the clones is huge and made me absolutely love this show
The clones are my biggest problem with the shows Many contradictions. The clones in the show are nothing like they're supposed to be and outright contradict the films and the whole point of the clones in the films
Season 7 was planed as more than just an ending to the Clone Wars, it was also prep work for The Bad Batch, including the episodes that didn't involve the Bad Batch.
@The Professor I expected it to be more dark and gritty considering the time period it’s in. I mean it didn’t even have to be big and play into all the main stuff but everything just seems so childish and bland. They have a goal then something goes wrong every episode lol. Almost makes order 66 feel like not big a deal anymore
I remember watching Revenge of the Sith when it first came out and thinking: "Wow! That was a bit dark." I remember watching the final four episodes of Clone Wars season 7 and thinking: "Wow! That was absolutely heartbreaking." It's amazing that an animated series could make me feel more for its characters than a live action movie.
the clones all feel like my big brothers. i was 8 or so i think when clone wars released, and around 20 when it finished. a lot of us grew up with ahsoka and identified with her. the clones were her big brothers just as much as anakin was, and because they extend out so far to so many characters they ingrained themselves a place in all our hearts. forever greatful to Dee Bradley Baker for how he gave each clone their own personality through his performance.
My hands down favorite thing about the clone wars is it shows how much of a different standard anakin is held to than other jedi. If you havent read the revenge of the sith novel anakin was THE face of the republic during episode 3. He was "the hero with no fear". And while watching this show i couldnt help but also notice that i was holding him to this standard as well. And its really jarring honestly.
Yes absolutely the way the novel describes children watching the Holonet and saying "don't worry, Anakin and Obi wan will be there" and introducing the legend that is this duo was done so well
The Clone Wars really showed the humanity of the clones, who they were, how they differed from each other. They weren’t just clones, but individuals who could make their own decisions, have emotions, and it showed how they developed relationships with their Jedi generals. Because of that, it made Order 66 that much more heartbreaking. As the order ripped apart and took away that individualism, their personalities and character. We feel more for the clones and Jedi during the order. Originally I would say the prequels didn’t establish a great image of the clones, they felt like more background than main color. In the prequels we feel more for the Jedi being executed rather than the clones because we never got to fully understand in the cinematic version the clones and who they were. The Clone Wars show fixed that issue.
By the time Umbara aired, we start familiarising ourselves with the boys of 501st. Rex, the balanced one. Fives, the one who is who quicker to question orders (Domino Squad would be proud), Kix the medic, Hardcase, Jesse, Tup, Dogma. Same face, same voice actor, but their interactions formed the best arc of The Clone Wars IMO.
I absolutely agree - like yourself and a few others, I *did* feel sad for Anakin when his mother died, and I *did* feel sad when Qui-Gon died, maybe not because the movies told the story of how important those characters were, but I think by looking at the other actors’ faces, I could understand and assume how emotional & important those deaths were. There was so much background information that wasn’t told in the prequels, but I always assumed it was there I also agree that the prequels are a more interesting time than The Original Trilogy. BIG army vs. BIG army, massive space battles, and unlike The Original Trilogy, “the good side” can afford to win some battles as well as lose some, etc.
@@SpacemanSR imagine what The Original Trilogy would be like, remade Dave Filoni-style, with all the easter eggs that could be put in (old battle droids, clones shown in the open, etc.)
i'm glad the prequels are getting re-evaluated and actually being praised for the many things they got right. they aren't perfect but they are far from the trash people say they are. and the clone wars definitely helped to do that.
@@Сайтамен if say Disney haven't bought SW and CW almost finish, I think we will get even better story writing for Rebels. Not saying that the Rebels we got is terrible but the writer have more free will to write a mature and family story and maybe get the animation style as Clone Wars, because I hear a lot rumors that the writer need to follow a lot of rule under Disney and they can't make the series like CW style ... When u watch Clone Wars u will have the vibe of watching a movie event its just 25 minute, but Rebels we just feel normal TV show
Ashoka was the best thing to happen to Star Wars ever. Previous generations grew up with Luke and identified themselves with the original trilogy. People my age (early 20s) always felt somewhat alienated; nothing in Star Wars felt like it was "ours". Not only did Ashoka add something new for us to latch onto as kids, her unique presence allowed us to grow up *with* her. We as people grew up with Ashoka as the show progressed, almost making her feel like a friend as opposed to a side character. She is my absolute favorite character in the series, and the fact that this is not an unpopular position proves how well done Ashoka's arc was.
I wrote virtually the same course just now about Asoka. I also feel we got to grow up with the clones in a special way. Their understanding of the complexity of the universe develops along with ours. As kids we were like the clones in the beginning with few really problems content with go to school and just being kids. On the clones part the were content being soldiers and talking orders without hesitation. As we came to be teens and developed stronger views and feelings the closest are more regularly faced with the morality of their use and existence. Now as we become adults stepping into a new world the cones without chips are faced with the same autonomy we are. I felt this was especially well represented in the recent bad batch episode about the war chests.
14:23 Every time I think about how much Ahsoka leaving impacted Anakin. She was only able to leave because she was under his guidance, constantly bending the rules and doing what he believed was right. Meanwhile he was outright rejected from the start, basically brainwashed him into wanting to be a jedi master and then treated differently by the other masters because of who he was supposed to be. I can only imagine how great of a force user Anakin would have been under Qui-Gon Jinn.
The Death of Qui Gon is the greatest tragedy of the Star Wars Saga, as Filoni himself put it, Duel of Fates is the most important fight of Star Wars because it was it that decided the fate of Anakin, that ended up being left to be raised by someone that didn't really understand what was happening until it was too late.
We're still supposed to believe that seven weeks after seeing Anakin clumsily lose lightsabers and get his arm chopped off in Attack of the Clones he gets assigned a Padawan (Ahsoka) that wields two lightsabers. Ahsoka is mentored by a guy that can barely fight with one lightsaber? Yeah, no. Hard pass.
@@ronnordan7323 er, ahsoka doesnt weild 2 lightsabers untill far later into the clone wars. And his hand was chopped off by count doku, who canonically is one of the best of the best in lightsaber vs lightsaber combat.
Ahsoka is now my favorite character in the franchise. I agree that in the early days of the show she was a bit annoying, but they handled her very well. Hope she gets more love in future star wars media.
As someone who generally consider themselves to be a big Star Wars fan who'd only watched TCW for the first time in the last months, you're articulating a lot of my thoughts much better than I ever could. Awesome video essay on a all time great show.
@@Jits75 There are tons of books about Kanan, and Rebels wasn't necessarily ABOUT Ezra, more about the rise of the Rebellion, but they also needed a character to focus on more and build from the ground up.
The clone wars turned circumstances surrounding Anakin's final decision from a snap decision based on desperation, into the final straw that broke the camel's back. And it makes his fall even more understandable.
This series is a master class in story telling. With a poorly written story, the last conversation between Ashoka and Rex would not be so gut wrenching. Then the last 3 minuets of the series, with no dialog. Just so well done.
The last 4 episodes of the series are some of the absolute best in all of Star Wars. Clone Wars really was a masterpiece in terms of storytelling and how to connect the dots from story to story.
The characters Rex, Fives, Ahsoka, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padme, Maul, and Ventress were expanded upon so greatly in this show, its almost unbelievable how much they could fit into it
Also the Pirate Hondo was an entertaining character to watch, just like Jack Sparrow of the Star Wars universe in a way. Ahsoka is my favorite character by far though.
Given he fact how many characters are in the show, this is the bare minimum lol. I wouldn't say some of these became complex or anything extra-ordinary. Maul be like: REVEEENGE (throughout two shows). Ok I get it. Padme being Padme - a politician. Ventress was easy to extend since her arc basically had nothing prior. Yet her ending, her fate left untold in the show. Which tells me they didn't really need her either way. Anakin and Obi-Wan was difficult to mess up given the fact they were already half-baked when they started to built them up. So I'd say only Ahsoka, Rex, Fives were great. But then again, they weren't really needed to tell a war story that was first hinted upon in the 1977 original Star Wars movie.
As a kid I never thought much of ahsoka other than a good character but when she was featured in Rebels I felt such a rush nostalgia for my teenage eyes and her return to the final season made me weep tears of uncontrollable fanboy love.
Kudos on promoting Samuel Kims music. His rendition of “The Clones” is one of my perpetual on-repeat songs. Having that heroic but mournful brass in combination with a more epic style is simply beautiful.
give Atinpiano a try, he does several piano renditions of StarWars music, Anakins suffering in particular is phenomenal. The piano captures the heartbreak of the prequel era better than anything else.
Everyone has “their” Star Wars. The Clone Wars was mine growing up, and I love that more and more people are finally watching this masterpiece of a show.
The way Filoni introduced Ahsoka was genius because he knows Star Wars and more importantly, the fandom. See, SW fans are never initially accepting of a new character thats tied to our old ones. So we are bound to look for reasons to dislike the character, even making up a reason if we cant find any. He knew this so he made her really cocky and hardheaded. That way we _have_ a reason to dislike her and he can take the time over the course of the show to develop her and change her personality as she grew into the character that we love today. Because making her perfect and innocent wouldn't have worked out _(See Rey)_
Theres also the fact that her flaws had consequences. When she got overconfident against Grevious, she lost her entire clone squad. When she got stubborn even after Anakin ordered her retreat, she nearly gets overrun, and her battalion is wiped out. Every flaw has weighty consequences down the line, and she learns from it. Her mistakes have costs, unlike the sequels where the Rey wins most of the time despite making mistakes.
Honestly they should just have let Filoni do the sequels, you can see that he actually loves star wars and care about it and doesnt just write some bullshit just for the money.
@@noooel7798 the fact that when Disney bought Lucas Films, Kathleen Kennedy saw TCW and thought, this is terrible lets cancel this, says everything about why the sequels were what they were. she's an idiot.
@@goldsphinix This isnt what happened. They could not get the rights from Cartoon Network and waited till they could .KK worked at lucasfilms for 2 years before Disney buyout working with Lucas , I do not think she actually hated it contrary to what people think of her.
The one thing that always got to me about the show was the periodic reminders that the clones were very self aware of their purpose. The acknowledgment of how they exist solely to fight and die is something that hits home.
Yea. It was a show that took itseld seriously and had no problem getting dark with it. Like some of the latter seasons where just brutal for characters
The sense of dread and impending doom hanging over the last four episodes was masterfully done. That we know exactly what's going to happen and just waiting for it... That's really heavy. It was also a nice touch with the helmets being painted in Ahsoka's colors, seeing the gesture of respect and endearment turn into a cruel mockery in a heartbeat.
Precisely. Honestly without the music Order 66 is literally unnamed clones shooting jedi with no dialogue in a sad way, boo hoo Then clone wars made them characters.
I watched the finale while it was airing during the lockdown last year. I was broken by it. Rex tearing up while fighting his programming, seeing all those clones who we've come to appreciate as individuals be forceably reverted to their mindless drone state is heartbreaking. A few weeks later I was watching episode 3 again with my parents. They laughed when Yoda flipped and cut off the heads of two troopers. I nearly cried.
The Clone Wars is what truly got me into star wars, I eventually watched the movies and learned as much lore as possible. But order 66 hurts so much to watch, season 7 just made it worse.
totally out of character for what the clones were meant to be. they weren't supposed to be the kid-friendly good guys the show exhaustingly wanted them to be. they should have been the cold, calculated professional soldiers who's ultimately loyalty was to the republic and its constitution...you know, like was originally portrayed and reflects real-world armies....like the US military.
@@scottb3034 Real human soldiers aren't robots. You could make an argument for the clones to be that way, but I think they were programmed to be more than a mindless drone or else they might as well used droids like the CIS. The individuality is still realistic and the show would've been boring for 7 fucking seasons if the clones were just militaristic yes men the whole damn time.
@@jaxsolaris1177 humans are trained to do their duty whatever it takes no matter what. that's their training, to be robotic. to no have emotions. to get the job done. yes there is brotherhood and bonding but ultimately their job comes first. the US army's main duty is to the constitution regardless of any soldier's personal beliefs or desires or what the president says. the clones were modeled on that type of devotion. as order 66 was originally a constitutional order the chancellor simply invoked. in a way that makes the clones even more human than being good guys that only want to do good all the time and try to "fight programming". it shows they are not perfect individuals, that they aren't some symbol of good, but simply soldiers doing their duty. committed to their orders. battlefront 2 illustrated this perfectly by indicating the clones hated it, regretted it but had to do it because it is what the republic called for, the republic that has ultimate authority over them. It was the best balance of making them look like decent men at their heart but still flawed men that were too weak to overcome their ingrained desire to accomplish the mission the republic called them to perform. it also keeps the blame squarely on them instead of shifting it so that they look good. the clones aren't supposed to look good, they are supposed to look like co-conspirators the galaxy's greatest tragedy and they are supposed to have that blood on their hands that they have to live with with guilt while they watch themselves get replaced and see the new generation of people donning their armor that became a symbol of evil and tyranny. the clone wars show simply decided to make the characters unbelievable in their cartoonish altruism. to spare the target demographic the heartbreak of seeing some of their favorite "heroes" outed as what they truly were. what their nature was. they dumbed it down and shift the blame so that those heroes could remain heroes. When the Jedi are the ones that should have been glorified by the television show. to illustrate just how great a loss it was. beyond that, they simply were designed to be droids but with the capability to formulate more complex plans and learn on the battlefield and they were trained to be coldblooded killers which is a vital skill soldiers must learn. the clones were literally bred to be obedient and loyal to the republic to a fault. to follow orders to a fault. to be metaphorically mindless to a fault. only the ARCs and some Clone Marshal Commanders (like Cody, Gree, Appo, etc) were given personality freedom but not beyond the scope of being dutiful to the republic above all else, including the Jedi. and i hate to be the bearer of bad news but "militaristic yes men" is what the clones were. That's all they were. that's all they were meant and designed to be. Which is why basically none of them in any of the movies had personality. Cody barely had any and he was featured in ROTS. And to get around that bore they could have....idk, call me crazy.....FOCUSED ON THE JEDI THEN. Like the actual characters with a personality, emotion, feelings, etc. that are varied and diverse. That are the central characters and organization in the Star Wars saga and the major focus of the clone wars. Heck, they could have had a few more episodes of guerilla fighters like saw gerrera and insinuated that these were the roots of the rebel alliance being sewn way back then. Or god forbid showcase palpatine's continuous subversion of power, something that was a major plot point of episode II and III. They could have had a couple episodes of political intrigue. In Labyrinth of evil, the original prequel to ROTS (and the better prequel compared to the tripe that is the final season of TCW), the whole invasion of coruscant and kidnapping of the chancellor was done as a diversion because mace was leading an investigation on Coruscant that was about to reveal that palpatine was darth sidious. he was a doorway away from discovering it before he had to be called back. point is that there are plenty of things they could have made episodes of that don't focus on clones who weren't supposed to be good or important anyway. Heck, it would have cut out the filler fat and number of seasons and made it a nice like 4 season television show instead of a bloated 8 season mess.
I started the clone wars show back in 2008 at 7 years old, I finally finished the entire show earlier this year at 20. I felt like my childhood came to a close it was such an emotional experience
Yes I agree, Ahsoka was a great character but she showed how much Anakin was tied to his emotions. I was truly moved by the scene of her leaving the Jedi Order.
@@cassielov3 he sold it because he had no other plans for it, but since Disney coughed up and spit out his prodigal child in a mess hes been trying to get it back.
@@onemansvoice9132 *wrong If i assume the ones that are walter white are the viewers, than they would be telling him “youre goddamn wrong” as a statement because he’s wrong.
This is exactly what I planned for my children when they are big enough to watch shows and reading subtitle. I wonder how they will react when they reach S7 and RotS... I think I will show them CW, Prequel, and Original. However, I am wondering if I should keep the Season 7 after they finish RotS of let them watch it first.
@@akuntansibersamaratna2166 I would suggest to watch the movies first, before getting into the show. It's how I did it as a kid, and it helped a lot already knowing the characters when entering the clone wars. But what would be perfect : Watch Episode 1 and 2, then the CW 1-6, then ROTS, then season 7, followed by the originals
how about a mega machete order? episodes 4 and 5 then jump to episodes 1 and 2 then seasons 1-6 of clone wars then episode 3 then season 7 (then maybe bad batch/rebels) then hitting the epic conclusion of return of the Jedi. The build up to the battle of Endor would be legendary.
Actually, something else to do could be this order: Episode 2, the Gendy Tartokovsky Clone Wars, RoTS, then CW. If you’re just watching the movies, the old 2003 clone wars cartoon connects the two prequel films very well.
the writing and dialogue and such are absolutely the best but let's not forget the exceptionally perfect balance they struck of action and violence. It's very intense and epic while not being super gory. very refreshing. Also, if I'm not mistaken, Ahsoka was purposely written to be annoying and brash so that there could be real meaningful development. They created the flaws so they could control the flaws and strip them away and create a beautiful character that everyone likes.
I'd disagree that just Anakin and Ahsoka are the two main characters. You can't have Anakin and Ahsoka without Obi-Wan. Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka are the main trio in this show and we mainly follow either all three, two of them or just one throughout each arc.
Yeah Obi-Wan also has plenty of arcs where he's THE main focus, as does Rex. Anakin and Ahsoka are focused on a bit more but Obi-Wan and Rex are very clearly main characters too.
subscribed to Disney+ for Wanda Vision not knowing about 'the clone wars'. Now that they have been found, we have to ration viewing them because we can be hooked forever. Complex, interesting plots and character development. Many three episode stories that have twists and turns that keep you coming back. Can't imagine waiting each week for the next episode. With Disney+, we can complete a story and not be hanging for weeks. Best Star Wars ever.
It was super frustrating watching week to week. I recently just finished watching Rebels again and enjoyed it soooo much more being able to see the next episode right away if I wanted to. Clone Wars was more episodic so it was really only frustrating in some of those multi episode spanning little mini arcs. It's been some time ago, but if I remember right sometimes 2 episodes would be aired back to back, could be wrong on that though it might of only been Rebels that did that a few times.
This show quite literally influenced me a as a person. It’s the piece of Star Wars content I grew up with being to young to watch the prequels and not appreciating the originals enough because they looked “old.” It proposed new thoughts and philosophies for a kid but it trusted us that knowledge. I was 8 years old when I went to see the movie and 20 when it finally ended. The story grew with me and I couldn’t be happier that I got to take that ride. So glad you enjoyed it 😄
This comment is so awesome. I got the chance to cater the Clone Wars series premiere party (and watch the first few episodes with the CN execs) and this series means so much to me, it's the closest I've ever gotten to Star Wars, officially anyway. So glad for everyone that followed it through the years!
one thing I would add is R2D2. How Anakin is very much attached to that droid. I remember at least one episode where he searched for artoo because it went missing. He won't let go. Also there are many occasions where artoo arguably saves the republic.
I can't name another show where you know how it ends but still feel overwhelmed with dread when it happens. Not just the best Star Wars media but one of the best shows ever created.
Omg the pure dread I felt in the last story arc. You know order 66 will happen but you don’t know when. Also the soundtrack took on a very different style in the moments leading up to, and after order 66. (Burying the dead ;-;)
I think as a last season nothing in the saga is comparative in relation to the other films if referenced. This hits the hardest and ties in all that is needed for the viewer to become engulfed in emotional webs of years of relationships. It was just pure written genius. As for the early seasons they are forgettable.
Everyone who hasn't watched clone wars: This is just some stupid cartoon.. and the prequels suck so this probably does too. Almost everyone after watching the clone wars: This is some of the hest star wars since the original trilogy. I am so glad i grew up on the clone wars
@@SpacemanSR You are so right though, arcs like the Siege of Mandalore, Mortis, Visions and a few from Rebels, are as good Star Wars, as Empire back in 1980.
While it may fix some parts of the prequels, it also over-complicates a lot other aspects (let's say inhibitor chips). Maul and Ahsoka didn't need to exist in the show at all. Grievous was made a pussy for no reason. Too many filler "story arcs". Basically there isn't really a story going on. Another thing I can't stand is this ugly CGI. There's no a way a wealthy company like this couldn't make better - considering how Toy Story and Shrek looked 20 years ago. You could say it's a series but I don't care if it's a series. It's still LucasFilm, it's still Disney. This show could have been a 3-4 seasons thing representing the war itself so we'd have something like Republic Commando and Rogue One combined while having a much better looking animation style. No, the show gravitated towards quantity over quality. Let's bring Maul back and invent new characters who are destined to die or become meaningless before RotS. Then contradict previously setup stuff. For someone who knows the Old Republic era and the KOTOR games/comics, this show is still average.
What made me cry when I ended the show was the relationship between Anakin and obiwan, it had more depth and more sadness, and when The episode where it showed obiwan faked his death, it shows how much both of them went through, it makes the battle of mustfar even more sad then before
As a "not so much" Star Wars fan, The Clone Wars was a saving grace for me. I didn't find the movies that interesting or spectacular until I watched The Clone Wars. This video explains how I feel almost to the letter and I couldn't agree with you more. Fives is my hero and he deserved so much better.
The shoutout to the clones is just even more impressive when we remember it’s one guy voicing every character and building those relationships with each of his characters he had to create!
One of my favorite things about the clone wars was the arc they gave maul. He went from being a shell antagonist plot tool to bring one of the best developed villains I’ve seen in a created universe. His actions feel truly motivated by emotion, struggle, and abuse rather than the mindless malevolence that gets associated with Sith characters. I can understand, and justify all his actions, even if I don’t agree with them, and his madness isn’t used wildly, it’s got continuity and consistency. His arc is a work of art.
My favorite part about TCW is that they didn't needlessly hold on to characters. There were so many people throughout the series that were built up just to be killed in a tragic way in front of your face. Some of them only lasted one episode, while others lasted through multiple mini-series. Letting people die for real added so much more emotional depth to the show. I think that is the only reason that the Maul arc worked. Because so many other people had actually died, it was believable that Maul could have survived somehow.
The clone wars had no scruples with killing characters in ironic or suitable ways. It portrayed what the period was like and why it has so much potential.
Yeah, I mean, spoilers, but Pre Vizla was a very interesting villain who died in an ironic but suitable way. They had no qualms about beheading him in front of everyone. The clones? Other Jedi? Characters like Savage? The death count in the Clone Wars is actually insane if you think about it.
This show is the reason I fell in love with Star Wars as a kid. Back when they aired them on TV I used to watch it every time it came on. Love this show
The clone wars has its ups and downs but it will always be the definitive star wars for me. Grew up watching it as a kid, I used to have an Echo action figure with the handprint on his chest and everything. Never did I imagine that 12-13 years later when I was halfway through college that Echo would still be around having an entire show based around him or that we’d have a fucking live action ahsoka. The last four episodes of season 7 was basically a movie and honestly its one of the best star wars movies out there. It almost feels like clone wars and revenge of the sith are the real prequel stories that matter.
to think that original starwars movies had never made me cry but the last episode of clone wars had me killing boxes of tissues just proves how good this show really is.
So nice seeing people talk about Star Wars in a positive way. The sequels ran off a lot of fans. Clone Wars is some of the best story telling in all of Star Wars, and for something that was just supposed to be a kids show is incredible.
I totally agree with you. The Sequel Trilogy was extremely disappointing. I tried out The Mandalorian out of curiosity and was not expecting it to re-kindle my love of SW. I then went back and watched Clone Wars and Rebels and was not prepared to have so many characters and stories pull on my heartstrings. I wasn't sure about Bad Batch at first, but I absolutely love it. Going from watching 1-2 CW/Rebels episodes a day to weekly installments is killing me. PS: I was also not prepared for how much I would love the droids in these shows!
Notice a pattern? It's all Filoni shows that hooked you back into the franchise! XD Dude really carries Star Wars at the moment. It's a damn shame that this soul-less cash-grab of the sequel trilogy that Disney only pushed to have their own face to Star Wars is restricting him, otherwise I'm sure he'd completely rewrite it with a best of of EU material. Then again, he reintroduced Thrawn and he seems to become a major character in the Ahsoka show, it seems he is on the way to that. Let's all hope to get some Mara Jade next!
While I still really don’t like Rebels (I honestly think it’s easily the low point of the Disney Star Wars era. Yes- even more than the sequels), Clone Wars, Bad Batch, and Mandalorian show that while Disney has had some big missteps along the way, they’re capable of giving us good Star Wars content (and most people refuse to believe that solely from the 3 movies without even giving anything else a chance)
@@Mojo1356 Rebels feels like Filoni constantly fighting Disney censorship trying to make a show as good as clone wars and ending up with a confused thrash of a mess of tonal inconsistency. Also despite my love for Rogue One Rebels also shares many of the same issues, too many ditto characters.
I didn't even realise order 66 would play out I thos show, and when I heard the chancellor was kidnapped by dooku in a ship over courosant, I had the massive realisation that I knew what was going to come in the next few episodes. And yet, it still surprised me what happend
I think the truly special thing about this show in particular is the fact that there is a generation that grew up exclusively on the clone wars. Not the og, prequel or sequel trilogies but the weekly clone wars show. while some of them are too young to remember the prequels a lot of them including myself vividly remember the clone wars. this was the Star Wars a lot of people grew up with and will be the first star wars content they'll likely show to their kids. I know I will.
I wish I was one of those people who grew up with the show, If I was born maybe 3 or 4 years earlier I probably would have been. Instead I got into Star Wars when the first movie of the sequels came out
@@charliev4156 Same, but I got into Star Wars when I was really little and enjoyed the movies. By the time I even heard of cw it was probably already in its 6th season and I was like “ew an animated Star Wars show”, and I just wrote it off.
The Clone Wars is such an incredible show. It changed my life. Ahsoka changed my life. I grew up while watching her grow up, and I connect with her as a fellow survivor. Survivors in different ways, but still someone I can look up to. Glad to see you've finally seen the beauty of this series.
Came from your recent Andor video and I absolutely love how you prove your points. As soon as you brought up empty-calorie stats and showed basketball footage I knew EXACTLY who you were going to use as an example. Great stuff my guy
I grew up with the clones so I’ve always loved them. I would obsess over all their different designs and doodle my own onto lego minifigures. I owe it to this show for teaching me the value of individual life and that every clone is their own person, and the way thats affected my world view is on another level. The clones are an absolute stand out for this series, absolutely
As a fellow Star Wars fan I would like to say for anyone that hasn’t watched the animated series and only watch the movies, THIS is why u should watch the shows and not just the movies cause if u only watch the movies and not the shows not only are u missing out on the characters but also more of the story and u never know when a major character is gonna come back wether their animated or in real life. So if u haven’t watched the shows what are u waiting for and go watch it u don’t know what your missing out on if u don’t watch it.
One thing I wish you had mentioned is Kevin Kiner's excellent Clone Wars score. John Williams is about as hard an act to follow as there is, but Kiner took that challenge head on and ran with it, creating music that is just as iconic and memorable as that of the movies.
I think only people who grew up with the show (like me) like the movie and the first season. But after watching the show again, I think the main reason the first season is so rocky is because the least good episodes of the show are right after episode 5 and most of others are just ok-good. The best part of S1 is the Ryloth trilology and Cad Bane and those are the last 4.
@@CookieMonster0108 Rookies is in the top 3 of the season and in the 20 best episodes overall. It’s after that when the first season dulls for a while.
The last season (excluding the Ashoka solo storyline) is one of my favourite seasons of tv, being someone who grew up with the Prequels it gave me chills on multiple occasions. Order 66 was always looming in the background and they executed it perfectly.
I was impressed and moved by the way Spaceman speaks from the heart and explains why there wasn't a need for scripted material in covering TCW. I'm a man in my 40's that was SUPER skeptical about watching anything SW animation. So much much so, that it took a global pandemic to finally whittle away at all the excuses I had made for years. But, in the last 2 years, I've watched TCW and Rebels, from beginning to end, 3 times. I simply cannot get enough of it. On top of my own enjoyment and excitement, these 2 shows have brought my family and I a little closer, as they too find extreme joy in watching them. This fact alone speaks to the quality of the writing, directing and everyone involved in making these exquisite pieces of art. 🙏
I always considered TCW as a sort of DLC for the prequels (wich it basically is) but ever since i was a child i never viewed them as separate things. I dont think the prequels would be as appreciated if it wasn't for TCW fixing a majority of the problems and thats fine. Also on a side note im not entirely sure about it but some voice overs in different languages kind of fixed most of the awkward dialogues or at least fixed some of the "bad" acting
Being a "DLC" to the prequel trilogy is especially true with the last 4 episodes of TCW. The last 4 episodes are like Revenge of the Sith part 2, or episode 3B
@@jonreylen3166 LMAO, usually you think of the native language being the best version, but I’d imagine Star Wars might get really good dubs. Thank you for your perspective!
@@deriznohappehquite it really depends on how good the source material is. If the perfomances of the original actors don't work, a good dubbing can improve very much the experience. Seeing Episode II in English was very monotone, but in Latin American Spanish was at least watchable (doesn't eliminate the screenplay and acting problems, but you didn't notice it as much). The same goes for all the Episodes in my experience, but the II had the biggest differences.
I watched the Clone wars twice from start to finish, but the last four episodes... I have already rewatched them at least 10 times. They are absolutely amazing in every way. Going back from S7 to S1 certainly is a big difference in animation quality. You really see how far the technology (and budget) has come. Clone Wars is definitely my favorite Star Wars content and Season 7 was a very, very worthy end for it.
I’m not going to lie I originally skipped TCW due to it being a cartoon and them essentially adding on more characters but I actually sat down this year and gave it a shot and I literally binged 🤧
I started watching The Clone Wars in 2008 with the theatrical release and I was automatically hooked. In my opinion this show was absolutely awesome, from the first season to the last I watched it every week. If there is a Star Wars fan out there that has not seen this masterpiece then you're missing out. I suggest watching this show in chronological order, it makes more sense that way. Great vid dude 🤘🏻
Smn that you didn't bring up that I just needed to, Rex crying hit something deep inside me, that just broke my whole view on reality, you really felt the emotion, what a good show
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"The original trilogy shines in its execution, while the prequels shine in their vision." This is the best way I've ever heard it put and I'm stealing this for the future.
And the sequels are a shiny piece of shit
@@hattorihaso2579 I will argue that Ben Solo's arc is really good, but other than that, yeah it's a pile of horse dung shined up to look pretty
@@ladrac198 lol no whata good about it a simple rehash of anakins story
Now adam driver is an excellent actor and should have been the main character of the series and i would have liked it to be about him fighting against the skywalker pull to the darkside but not succumbing to it
Here's a represantation with cakes
Original Trilogy: The cake itself is very delicious and the decorations even looks good.
Prequel trilogy: The cake itself had some bad sides and seems weaker than the first one but it is still edible and the decorations of the cake is absolutely beutiful
Sequel Trilogy: Small pieces of edible cake surrounded by garbage and is covered with the most beutiful decorations there is
It's honestly the perfect way to putting it.
When making the OT, Lucas probably didn't envision that he would be creating a saga, he just wanted to tell a good, simple story, and he told it well. With the prequels, it seems obvious that he was beginning to envision a much grander tale that would encompasses both trilogies, and began to plan it out more carefully.
It's literally vision vs execution...
For me, the single most heartbreaking moment/episode was the one where Fives exposed Palpatines plan and nobody litsened
Yeah scenes that follow the formula of "character says something really important that could prevent a lot of things but nobody listens" are always infuriating and/or heartbreaking to watch
Add to that scene, the way Rex reacted when Order 66 came down
Oh that whole arc hurt so much. We all knew that no one would be able to stop Order 66 and so Fives would never be able to succeed, but seeing him get SO CLOSE was brutal.
@@kibble24 There was always some room for some clone characters to get out. Given that at the time we didnt know what Rex did during/after Order 66, It was theoretically possible that he could have removed his chip ahead of time. We know now that wasn't the case but the whole arc played on our desire to see the clones that we liked survive and not turn on their Jedi.
@@teamredshirt That's true - I meant mostly that the overall effect of Order 66 wouldn't be able to be stopped, but you're right, that extra tension in the hope that individuals would escape was so hard too
Can we all take a moment to appreciate Dee Bradley Baker who played all of the clone troopers. Like holy shit it takes a ton of skill and talent to play literally dozens of characters that all have the same voice but are unique individuals with their own wants and desires
Mot to forget he also played other roles like the spider admiral guy
Don’t forget some episodes where he’s like the only voice actor
@@Commander_Appo rey
@@Commander_Appo hunter in bad batch in the clone war
He’s actually playing 200,000 characters, with a million more well on the way
the fact that the clones wars makes a point in showing how much the clones and jedi care for one another makes order 66 even more heartbreaking
amateur
Honestly, it actually gave it an emotional impact for me. Even as a kid when order 66 broke out, the clones turning had no weight to me. My thoughts were always, “yeah these guys were obviously evil, you could see this coming from a movie ago”. Then I watched this show and man it really does make that scene hurt now
@@skeletor8212 they weren’t always evil. They were loyal to the Republic above all else and Order 66 was the ultimate test of said loyalty. The problem is when the institution of good becomes corrupted and evil, so too does that corruption dictate the army in the wrong direction
The thing that takes it away, for me, is the inhibitor chips. Take the inhibitor chips out and make them have that moment of conflict within themselves before either choosing to follow the order or not would make that moment stronger.
@@HistorysRaven I agree.
One thing I really like about this show is that obi wan starts off as a kind of sassy smart Alec and that's great but as the show goes on he starts making less jokes and becomes a little more stoic, like the war was taking its toll and maturing him alot.
I guess what happened with Satine affected him too, damn it Maul :(
In other words, a perfect depiction of what war is all about. As always, sci-fi is the perfect vehicle for dealing with really important issues.
The only time obi wan lets his stoic persona rest and he adopts his joke persona is when he is alone with Anakin, which makes their final dialogue in episode 3 is heartbreaking
except he is seen making smart ass remarks up and down revenge of the sith until the Jedi Order was wiped out. So that's actually kind of out of character.
Except that's antithetical to how he is in the films
Spaceman: “I finally watched The Clone Wars!”
Me: “that’s good, you’ve taken your first step into a larger world”
And I’ll be watching my journey with great interest
@@SpacemanSR We will watch your career with great interest.
@@SpacemanSR good young apprentice. Soon we shall destroy the JEDI!
You forgot to mention how insane the character development was for MAUL, his arcs during this show were some of the best episodes of all 7 seasons
Never mind I literally finished typing as you brought up ‘side characters’ 😂
I’ll do a separate video on the side characters!
@@SpacemanSR I've been looking forward to this...
The scene In which ahsoka captured maul was bone chilling... mails voice acting was flawless
Find another character ark so phenomenal in the same small number of episodes that Maul was in. I'll wait.
It also gave us one of the most unique and epic villains: Darth Maul. Although some people don't like how he survived Naboo, it's just great to have a someone standing between Sith and Jedi, whilst leaning more to the sith side. This is also what kind of makes him the counterpart to Ahsoka after she left the order, giving us those intense final 4 episodes, where we see his desparation and fear, because he knew about Darth Sidious plan and was afraid of how the galaxy would look, after it'd come to fruition.
One thing I like about Maul is how he comes up with an elaborate plan that totally falls apart from the beginning.
I think its weird that people would be upset about Maul. Its been canon that he survives for a really long time. Even before the Clone Wars show aired.
@@jamiesadf5829 Oh? I’ve never heard of this. Which piece of media confirmed that way back when if you remember?
Maul was what you'd call an "independent Sith". A dark side force user who was a former Sith Lord, who broke off ties with his old master.
I have no problem with him living. I have a huge problem with the only explanation being “well he survived because he was angry”
That’s almost worse than “she died because she lost the will to live”
Maybe it is worse…
Dee Bradley Baker is a genius performer. The fact that I can close my eyes and tell the clones apart, or that I outright forget that it's all the same dude make the shows where he shines all the more amazing. Loved the Clone Wars, loved him in Rebels, and loving him in Bad Batch.
That dude really earns his paycheck, that's for sure.
@@martins.4240 ya for voicing parry the platypus
Yeah he said he bases a clones voice off of their personalities which was genius!
He also played the Gravemind from Halo, if I'm not mistaken.
@@Whatsabird ah yes, the sword blocking aquatic mammal.
The thing about ahsoka she was introduced purposely flawed. These flaws were designed because a character that seems perfect from the start can get boring. Within four specific episodes she learned the importance of “Defeat, Obedience, Respect and Patience. By the end of the end of season 2 she had grown out of her flaws to become the fan favorite character we love.
That's why Papa Filoni Wears big hats, gotta hide that gigantic bulbus brain.
Just curious, what four episodes are you referring to? I can guess two of them: defeat is where she led the squad of starfighters to their deaths at the space battle above Ryloth, and Obedience/Patience is where she lost her lightsaber to the thief, but the other two aren't coming to mind.
@@jonathansiskind8315 Holocron Heist
I never disliked Ahsoka, even in the first few episodes - after Anakin's overconfidence in AOTC, I was like "lol a padawan as arrogant as you is EXACTLY what you need." And it was. And Skyguy and Snips both became better for it.
ive always liked her
Welcome to the Clone Wars party my friend. Just in time for the Bad Batch.
Happy to be here :)
@@SpacemanSR We are lucky, we dont have to wait so long for the next episode xd.
@@SpacemanSR Rebels is great, too. By the end of season 2, at least. Season 3 and 4 had some great character development and moments. Though, it is like going back to the early seasons of clone wars at first.
Took you long enough.
@Spaceman Welcome indeed!!!
I think the most heartbreaking thing about this show the lengths that it took to flesh out the relationships between the various characters knowing that they'll be ripped to shreds during the finale. Seeing Rex progress from scoffing at being lead by a child to him and his legion painting their helmets to celebrate her return to battle. The fact that the show took its time to make this change feel genuine and earned, only to rip it from us as they're instantly turned into the mindless, emotionless killing machines that they initially seemed to be. Rex, the man once hesitant to even consider Ahsoka an equal, shedding a tear as his mind is forced to kill her, his last conscious words being a cry for help to stop the chip's control.
...then his tears as he is forced to admit to Ahsoka that his friends are going to kill him and her without any reference to the reality of all they have done and suffered together...
...and Ahsoka's mourning with him, while also telling him that they won't be killing his friends.
One of the most impactful and badass moments in Star Wars history, IMO.
I love seeing new fans being so passionate about this wonderful show! It's quite addictive, lol.
IT'S SO GOOOOOOOD
I’m just starting to get to the good parts, where has this show been my whole life
Enjoy the ride friend, it’s so worth it!
I just convinced my buddy who stopped at s4 or s5 to pick it back up. Last like 4 episodes of this show are so amazing. Better than most of the live action stuff even.
@@user-fm9ii8rl5o on cartoon network for like 16 years lol
Someone pointed out to me that the very last cut of the entire show (Vader’s reflection off the visor of a 332nd clone’s helmet) is perfect, because that is the entirety of the show in one shot: Anakin, Ahsoka, and the Clones. Beautiful
Screw obi wan he doesnt get to be in that shot
@@LucyWest370 lmfao
@@LucyWest370 well ya obi wan wasn’t the focus of the show. We never saw obi wan alone on his own storyline like the other 3
@@bhavjotkang8004 he was still a main character
@@LucyWest370 His arc is much more focused around him and Maul, which is also executed excellently
Clone Wars gave
- Clones individuality, different personalities and emotions, and character we missed outside of Cody n Obi Wan banter.
- Added more to the relationship between Anakin n Padme
- showing moments of Anakin slowing falling to the dark side
- Obi Wan relationship with Anakin n Satine
- Maul character development
- Giving the Bounty Hunters some love
Can't forget Assaj Ventress and the Night Sisters.
Frickin love clones and when I’m looking for some good Star Wars content I go to my boys in the GAR
And Ahsoka.
However she was initially received, she’s one of the best characters now.
and just added to the lore of the galaxy as a whol;e in a more digestible format than books or games
also darth maul arcs.
it saddens me that people who started the show recently will never get to experience that long wait we had between seasons 6-7 that made it that much more important and fulfilling to watch. cried all through the entire last season.
seriously. I remember the exact moment the CloneWarsSaved announcement happened, damn near ran through the streets to spread the news.
I wish I watched it growing up. I loved the prequels as a little kid, but since I was still in the era of getting bullied for being a nerd, I started hating on star wars pretty much during the main run of CW, and once I came back to it, I just thought it was a show for little kids so never bothered. I watched it for the first time after S7 released and I'm so mad I didn't give it the time of day.
I watched it a ton as a kid, but since I rarely use socials, I didn’t find out about season seven before the whole thing had been out for a month
@@RevanReborn3950BBY oof, missed the hype train haha. Might be a good thing that you didn't have to wait in agony, you could just watch it the second you found out about it.
I couldn’t believe it when it was announced, I thought the trailer was fake when I watched it.
It gave such gravitas to the line "You were my brother Anakin, I loved you."
Knowing the arc between the duchess and Obi-Wan, the potential life he lost when he turned away from Satine and after she was killed. Knowing the length and breadth of their trials during the time of the GAR and civil war. Having lost so much by the end of the 3rd movie, forced to fight and wound with the intention to kill his best friend, that single line of dialogue hits so, so much harder.
Lets also not forget the meticulous work done having Anakin never meet Grievous face-to-face in the entire show, just to preserve a few scant lines of dialogue in the 3rd movie. Such a good show, lots of filler but a lot of content too.
"lets also not forget the meticulous work done having Anakin never meet Grievous face-to-face"
Yes that was awesome. Sadly, I think it's kinda weird how in EP3, Anakin and Dooku fight very grimly and act as if they hadn't seen each other in a long time, when they had actually broken out of prison and joked with each other in the series.
@@y.r._ I just ignore that part lol continuity error but let’s just move along is what goes thru my head lol
@@y.r._ there some of these „mistakes“ like also how grievous tells obi wan how hes been trained by count dooku in ep. 3 implying its a big reveal when in reality that should be common knowledge for any jedi. However I think if they tried to do the whole clone wars without anakin meeting dooku and obi wan meeting grievous it wouldve so much worse and its not like its breaks the story, its more of a „huh thats weird“ moment when you notice it
@@oteila6151 I think grievous telling obi wan that he was trained by count dooku still makes sense, just in a different way, because if I remember correctly it was never said by whom grievous was trained up until that point, which just makes it so that grievous is telling this obi wan to make him fear his skill. (At least thats how I explain it to myself :D)
@@apfelrauber7793 yea I dont see an issue with it either, but you have to think they dueled countless times before so warning him of his skills still is kind of weird. Its just a minor thing tho
Completely agree, the Clone Wars is hands down one of the greatest pieces of star wars that exists. It is the reason why I got into the EU and it's absolutely amazing especially since I wacthed it since season 1.
I’ve been wondering if I should start . I’m a huge Star Wars fan and clone wars was my favorite growing up. I wanna get into this but I’m confused , should I watch the cartoon cartoon first ? And then start the computer animated version on season one ?
@@worldview3182 I swear to god the clone wars is worth it, rebels can be nice to watch as well but you really sense that that show is more catared towards kids. The clone wars has so much emotional value and interesting characters, do yourself a favour and pick it up!! I also watched it as a kid but all scattered, I skipped the episodes that I clearly remembered still (2 seasons and some following episodes) but it gets so good you have to watch it!! (if you want to)
@@worldview3182 Yes but if you really cannot get into it skip to season 4, that is when it starts to get elite for me but of course its up to you
@@worldview3182 The 2d Cartoon version isn't canon so it's not needed to understand the 3d version. But people say the 2d version is pretty good itself so I advise watching both.
@@demnuts2966 If it didn't shit on canon at the time I might agree more with you
When Rex was fighting the chip and said “find him fives” that made me cry a bit
I was a mess
Those last 2 episodes broke me
this is a bond moment
The thing about the prequels is they had so little time to do the character of Anakin. Multiple times throughout the movies you hear people talk about how smart, tactical and powerful Anakin was as a jedi, but he never appears that way in the prequels. He seems like a lost puppy just being dragged along by everyone else. In the Clone Wars you actually get to see how strong Anakin really was as a Jedi in his combat, tactical ability and decision making.
The Godfather shows the descent of Michael Corleone to the dark side in a matter of 3 hours. While also telling a gripping story of family, politics and changing of the guard. 3 movies is more than enough time to adequately tell a story if it were in the hands of a competent filmmaker
The problem with that is what I experienced. It is hard to imagine the amazing, confident and loyal CW Anakin becoming the morose, 'puppy' as you put it, Anakin of episiodes 1-III. The disconnect that CW Anakin would turn to the darkside as prequel Anakin did, is huge. I just can't see it or wrap my brain around connecting the two Anakins together.
*Multiple times throughout the movies you hear people talk about how smart, tactical and powerful Anakin was as a jedi, but he never appears that way in the prequels.* Did we watch different movies, did you miss the entire intro to Revenge of the Sith where Anakin saves Obi Wan from the buzzdroids, defeats count dooku a sith lord, saves the chancellor, carries an unconscious obi wan on his back, and pilots a half destroyed ship to safety ultimately being the hero of the day.
The thing about the prequels is that George Lucas was absolutely terrible at writing characters and much of the doalogue is just actually terrible. The fundamental genius of CW is that Filoni is good even great at writing characters and so fixes what makes the prequels so flawed.
@@XMysticHerox I see where you're coming from, and yes the prequels, despite all its wonders, do have a lot of flaws. I completely agree with that. However i wouldn't go as far as to say that the character writing, especially Anakins, is terrible. The issue i read and see most people have with Anakin in the prequels is that he seems lost, uncertain and maybe even a bit timid. This is where i think people are misunderstanding the character that is Anakin. He has something i'd like to refer to as a fatal flaw. Almost everyone has got one, and albeit a bit generalizing it basically sums up said characters personality in short terms. Anakin is loyal to a fault. To save a friend, he would sacrifice the world. Now i doubt he literally would do this but you get the idea. It's really brought to light in the CW's and plays a major role in the way Anakin behaves and is portrayed. He refuses to Abandon his friends, allies and even his soldiers. He was willing to give up a jedi holocron to Cad Bane with the location of force sensitive children throughout the galaxy, that the jedi was aware of. This can be considered a state secret for the jedi, an invaluable piece of information, and Anakin would sacrifice it to save his padawan Ahsoka. Hell she had barely been his padawan for a few months at this time. Same thing when Ahsoka is missing after her mission on Geonosis. When jedi master Unduli is telling him to give up and let her go if it's her time, he persists and does everything he can to save his padawan. Over the course of this series there are multitudes of examples of Anakins unwavering loyalty, and i think this is something the CW's did that ties nicely into the prequels. In episode 2 and 3 you can clearly see his struggle to maintain this loyalty to basically two opposing sides. He loves his wife Padme but the jedi code tells him relationships are the source of evil, he fights and cares for his soldiers in war yet he is told they are expendable, he protects and helps his master Obi-wan but one shouldn't get attached. His arc is a constant tug of war between his desire to be a good jedi, to bring peace to the galaxy, and his wish to be there for the ones he love. In the end one of his friends manipulated him over to the dark side (Palpatine), and that is why i call his loyalty a fatal flaw. He wanted to do what was right, but was being near ostracized from both sides (The Jedi Order and Palpatine). This is just one of the beautiful ties between the CW's and Prequels. Damn this got a bit long, hope you got something useful from my rant kekw... :)
The genius of Ahsoka's character is how well Dave sort of manipulated the audience into loving her. He intentionally made her a hateable character. She was annoying, she constantly defied her superiors with seemingly no consequences. And yet he gave her those hated flaws so that he could build on them later and grow her character from there and now we've got the character that we all love today. His plan for her worked flawlessly
Just so you know, George thought of the idea of giving Anakin a padawan, not Filoni.
@@generalgrievous3731 an idea does not equal execution.
George had the idea of giving Anakin an apprentice; Filoni created Ahsoka. He gave her the undesirable traits we see at her introduction, and then he took them away over the seasons.
Credit for Ahsoka should go to Filoni, not George.
@@generalgrievous3731 Filonis original idea was following a crew like in Rebels, Ahsoka was based of one of his initial character ideas so both he and Lucas had input in creating the character.
It always funny to me I was a kid when clone wars came out and I always loved ahsoka even when she was cocky it was surprising to me when I learned that she was hated originally
Loved Ahsoaker from the beginning, one of the best characters if not thee best character.
One thing I hate is when people insult this beautiful show by saying it’s for children, it’s dark, it has as much meaning if not more meaning than the movies, if you get past the first few episodes you can see it progress and get more heartwarming and yet more painful
it is for children. cool children. and i love this cool children show
This show had children killed in a “slaughter of the innocent”
+ no show "just for children" has this much war crime.
This argument actually makes me laugh so hard as I pull up one of many compilation videos of evidence otherwise
Tom Ffrench Star Wars was NEVER for just children, the darkness has been seen from the beginning, which doesnt round out to just kids.
The fact they got to come back and finish this show is one of the coolest things that has ever happened for Star Wars fans. The show is so good and the ending is incredible, had it not been finished it would’ve been a huge loss.
they needed to wait, cause disney didnt had the rights to show it. nickelodeon did
@@xSoulhunterDKx actually Disney just didn't want to do it ad it was more adult themed then kids. (Which is understandable in that sense) what was wrong was not allowing it to air anyway. All Disney had to do was just let the team finish on their own.
@@zacktheprogamer7999 why Finishing a Series when you Cant Show it off yourself?
Meh still 40 unfinished episodes
@@FoodBoi right I was hype when the brought back. Super bummed the only did 12 more instead of the 2 1/2 seasons we lost out on
Another thing to note is that you see Anakin showing his inner Vader more frequently over time, and he also begins to embrace his own brutality. Early on in the series, he would get a little too rough during an interrogation to get answers, but you could see that he knew it was wrong. Contrast that to when he brutally mutilated Admiral Trench in season 7 and didn't even flinch. Makes his ultimate fall to the dark side in ROTS so much more believable.
Cant say enough about Dee Bradley Baker and his portrayal of the clones
Like how terrible his accent is?
@Joseph Douek compare to Omega though, who is voiced by a real New Zealander.
Notice the differences in pronunciation of certain words
@@ChildOfTheWilderness Accents aren’t inherited, they are learned as you grow up.
In my eyes, since the original batch of clones was trained by Jango, they had his ‘correct’ accent. However, as new batches came and went, they began to pick up a new accent which they all began to have due to being around each other so much.
Plus, Dee Bradley Baker did an excellent job, and his accent shouldn’t detract from his amazing performances.
@@ChildOfTheWilderness it’s star wars. Accents don’t matter. Get over it. Not like there’s an Australia or Ireland in this universe
@@docrakidocraki8067 space Australia
Unlike most people, I experienced Star Wars backwards-prequels and Clone Wars first, then the original trilogy. I grew up watching Clone Wars every time it was on TV, and for me, it _was_ Star Wars.
I didn’t watch Revenge of the Sith and discover that Anakin would become Darth Vader until my dad showed it to me when I was about 11, and let me tell you I cried. Anakin was my hero and I hadn’t put the foreshadowing in Clone Wars together with the fact that he would become Darth Vader(I knew Darth Vader existed but I didn’t know who he was until that night).
Clone Wars is and will always be Star Wars at its best for me.
Holy shit, that is a even better "twist" that the original "I'm your father".
@Kyle Balmer Why?
@Kyle Balmer what are you doing on this video about clone wars then…
@Kyle Balmer I think you should go outside and touch some grass
@Kyle Balmer and think you somehow are in a position to tell someone else to grow up while rage commenting on a video about something you claim to hate? 🤣 Thanks, your idiocy makes my day.
The thing that bothers me is how people say Hayden was a bad actor. He acted how he was directed to by George. He didn’t write the dialogue and he didn’t write his character. I think Hayden acted beautifully, especially with George’s wooden dialogue (no hate towards George!!)
Edit: to be clear I’m not hating on George at all. What I’m saying is that Hayden didn’t write his lines. The prequels are my favorite trilogy
George never was a good actors director, in the original movies the Ben Kenobi actor said he was not to good.
@@heitorpedrodegodoi5646 This is true, I will say Alec acting amazingly though
Exactly, Hayden did the best with what he was given.
@KarSoban Nostalgia? Canal Nostalgia?
@KarSoban exactly
The Episode with Fives is one of the best things Star Wars has ever come out with. It's just an incredible story and it perfectly explains Order 66 too. And it evens contributes more to Anakins character showing how he is still trying to help Fives which makes his downfall and becoming Darth Vader even better.
While many episodes wet my eyes with the exception of the final that arc I full on cried
Sorry to dig up an old thread but just stumbled on this.
Also the last second, Anakin would doubt Fives because accusing Palpatine was unbelievable to Anakin specifically.
Layers upon layers of control mechanism Sideous put in place saved his plan indirectly.
The one person most likely to believe the clones who rebelled a bit, was also the person most under his control.
Brilliant.
My god, without this show I wouldn’t have loved the clones as much as I do now. I mean Rex, Echo, Cody, Jesse. Hell, all of the clones I loved, especially Fives. His death was so heartbreaking, and frustrating because he knew what was about to happen. He knew about the chips, about the true nature of what he and his brothers are. He knew about the impending doom of the Jedi. It’s much sadder now, because you see these clones and their bonds with their generals; their friends. And to see it vanish after the three words….”Execute Order 66.” 😔
As the audience, I was crushed when Fives died, it wasn’t only a beloved character meeting his demise, it was the only ray of hope for the prevention of Order 66. He was the only one who knew, it’s the inevitable feeling of knowing it can be stopped but won’t be bc of the ignorance of the Jedi Council.
What they did to fives pissed me off
Cody always felt kinda blank.
Fives is my all time favorite clone and while his death hurts the meaning behind his death and the individuality of the clones is huge and made me absolutely love this show
The clones are my biggest problem with the shows Many contradictions. The clones in the show are nothing like they're supposed to be and outright contradict the films and the whole point of the clones in the films
Season 7 was planed as more than just an ending to the Clone Wars, it was also prep work for The Bad Batch, including the episodes that didn't involve the Bad Batch.
And now the Bad Batch is extremely underwhelming. Can’t believe they’re blowing it with the opportunity it had with a post Order 66 Star Wars Universe
@@Gil172 I’ve actually enjoyed the bad batch. It’s not meant to be something big. It’s a secluded small charming story
@@Gil172 It's alright, last week's episode was the best yet imo with Bane
@@Gil172 the bad batch is great! get to the back of the line
@The Professor I expected it to be more dark and gritty considering the time period it’s in. I mean it didn’t even have to be big and play into all the main stuff but everything just seems so childish and bland. They have a goal then something goes wrong every episode lol. Almost makes order 66 feel like not big a deal anymore
I remember watching Revenge of the Sith when it first came out and thinking: "Wow! That was a bit dark." I remember watching the final four episodes of Clone Wars season 7 and thinking: "Wow! That was absolutely heartbreaking." It's amazing that an animated series could make me feel more for its characters than a live action movie.
And then watching ROTS after TCW? Perfection.
Now you have to read the Revenge of the Sith novel. It's absolutely haunting.
@@aaronmosmeyer6315 Matthew Stover made a masterpiece omg 😭
@@aaronmosmeyer6315 I should go and do that. I've always loved Star Wars Novels...
Oh wow, a 7 season series can make you feel more than a 2 hour film?!?! Thats amazing! Who would’ve thought
the clones all feel like my big brothers. i was 8 or so i think when clone wars released, and around 20 when it finished. a lot of us grew up with ahsoka and identified with her. the clones were her big brothers just as much as anakin was, and because they extend out so far to so many characters they ingrained themselves a place in all our hearts. forever greatful to Dee Bradley Baker for how he gave each clone their own personality through his performance.
My hands down favorite thing about the clone wars is it shows how much of a different standard anakin is held to than other jedi. If you havent read the revenge of the sith novel anakin was THE face of the republic during episode 3. He was "the hero with no fear". And while watching this show i couldnt help but also notice that i was holding him to this standard as well. And its really jarring honestly.
You’re definitely right on that one: even masters seem to give Anakin considerable respect, even entertaining some of his wild plans and approaches.
Yes absolutely the way the novel describes children watching the Holonet and saying "don't worry, Anakin and Obi wan will be there" and introducing the legend that is this duo was done so well
The Clone Wars really showed the humanity of the clones, who they were, how they differed from each other. They weren’t just clones, but individuals who could make their own decisions, have emotions, and it showed how they developed relationships with their Jedi generals. Because of that, it made Order 66 that much more heartbreaking. As the order ripped apart and took away that individualism, their personalities and character. We feel more for the clones and Jedi during the order. Originally I would say the prequels didn’t establish a great image of the clones, they felt like more background than main color. In the prequels we feel more for the Jedi being executed rather than the clones because we never got to fully understand in the cinematic version the clones and who they were. The Clone Wars show fixed that issue.
By the time Umbara aired, we start familiarising ourselves with the boys of 501st. Rex, the balanced one. Fives, the one who is who quicker to question orders (Domino Squad would be proud), Kix the medic, Hardcase, Jesse, Tup, Dogma. Same face, same voice actor, but their interactions formed the best arc of The Clone Wars IMO.
@@kaihang4685 another reason why we got tp hand it to the show. It gave us so much.
No, they're clones
Who is Karen Traviss?
@@TSO01 Not sure where it says anything about her but she’s an author who wrote a lot of Star Wars eu books
I absolutely agree - like yourself and a few others, I *did* feel sad for Anakin when his mother died, and I *did* feel sad when Qui-Gon died, maybe not because the movies told the story of how important those characters were, but I think by looking at the other actors’ faces, I could understand and assume how emotional & important those deaths were. There was so much background information that wasn’t told in the prequels, but I always assumed it was there
I also agree that the prequels are a more interesting time than The Original Trilogy. BIG army vs. BIG army, massive space battles, and unlike The Original Trilogy, “the good side” can afford to win some battles as well as lose some, etc.
Love this reply, absolutely feel the same! This show is just so good
@@SpacemanSR imagine what The Original Trilogy would be like, remade Dave Filoni-style, with all the easter eggs that could be put in (old battle droids, clones shown in the open, etc.)
@@SchnellTim So...Rebels then?
i'm glad the prequels are getting re-evaluated and actually being praised for the many things they got right. they aren't perfect but they are far from the trash people say they are. and the clone wars definitely helped to do that.
@@Сайтамен if say Disney haven't bought SW and CW almost finish, I think we will get even better story writing for Rebels. Not saying that the Rebels we got is terrible but the writer have more free will to write a mature and family story and maybe get the animation style as Clone Wars, because I hear a lot rumors that the writer need to follow a lot of rule under Disney and they can't make the series like CW style ...
When u watch Clone Wars u will have the vibe of watching a movie event its just 25 minute, but Rebels we just feel normal TV show
Ashoka was the best thing to happen to Star Wars ever. Previous generations grew up with Luke and identified themselves with the original trilogy. People my age (early 20s) always felt somewhat alienated; nothing in Star Wars felt like it was "ours". Not only did Ashoka add something new for us to latch onto as kids, her unique presence allowed us to grow up *with* her. We as people grew up with Ashoka as the show progressed, almost making her feel like a friend as opposed to a side character. She is my absolute favorite character in the series, and the fact that this is not an unpopular position proves how well done Ashoka's arc was.
This is so amazingly true holy shit
I wrote virtually the same course just now about Asoka. I also feel we got to grow up with the clones in a special way. Their understanding of the complexity of the universe develops along with ours. As kids we were like the clones in the beginning with few really problems content with go to school and just being kids. On the clones part the were content being soldiers and talking orders without hesitation. As we came to be teens and developed stronger views and feelings the closest are more regularly faced with the morality of their use and existence. Now as we become adults stepping into a new world the cones without chips are faced with the same autonomy we are. I felt this was especially well represented in the recent bad batch episode about the war chests.
I’m sorry for what has happened to her. I feel your pain if you watched the new show.
14:23 Every time I think about how much Ahsoka leaving impacted Anakin. She was only able to leave because she was under his guidance, constantly bending the rules and doing what he believed was right. Meanwhile he was outright rejected from the start, basically brainwashed him into wanting to be a jedi master and then treated differently by the other masters because of who he was supposed to be. I can only imagine how great of a force user Anakin would have been under Qui-Gon Jinn.
The Death of Qui Gon is the greatest tragedy of the Star Wars Saga, as Filoni himself put it, Duel of Fates is the most important fight of Star Wars because it was it that decided the fate of Anakin, that ended up being left to be raised by someone that didn't really understand what was happening until it was too late.
@@hcxpl1 is the death of qui Gon really worse than order 66?
We're still supposed to believe that seven weeks after seeing Anakin clumsily lose lightsabers and get his arm chopped off in Attack of the Clones he gets assigned a Padawan (Ahsoka) that wields two lightsabers. Ahsoka is mentored by a guy that can barely fight with one lightsaber?
Yeah, no. Hard pass.
@@ronnordan7323 er, ahsoka doesnt weild 2 lightsabers untill far later into the clone wars.
And his hand was chopped off by count doku, who canonically is one of the best of the best in lightsaber vs lightsaber combat.
@@ronnordan7323 awwwww someone hasn’t watched the show
Ahsoka is now my favorite character in the franchise. I agree that in the early days of the show she was a bit annoying, but they handled her very well. Hope she gets more love in future star wars media.
^^ This is why there is a Rey. An idea Filoni said fans would like cuz they liked Ashoka. Thanks a lot. Anime fans are killing Star Wars.
@@Beansmorgan88 "Anime" HA okay. Have a good day.
@@Beansmorgan88 rey is garbage
@@Beansmorgan88 *SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE*
Well your hope has come to fruition. They are making an Ahsoka series.
As someone who generally consider themselves to be a big Star Wars fan who'd only watched TCW for the first time in the last months, you're articulating a lot of my thoughts much better than I ever could. Awesome video essay on a all time great show.
Thank you so much!
Be sure to watch Rebels, too, if you haven't already!
@@raven.......... rebels would've been a lot better if it was about Kanan instead of Ezra
@@Jits75 There are tons of books about Kanan, and Rebels wasn't necessarily ABOUT Ezra, more about the rise of the Rebellion, but they also needed a character to focus on more and build from the ground up.
@@raven.......... I know I just felt the show would've been better if it was about Kanan and Hera
The clone wars turned circumstances surrounding Anakin's final decision from a snap decision based on desperation, into the final straw that broke the camel's back. And it makes his fall even more understandable.
This series is a master class in story telling. With a poorly written story, the last conversation between Ashoka and Rex would not be so gut wrenching. Then the last 3 minuets of the series, with no dialog. Just so well done.
The last 4 episodes of the series are some of the absolute best in all of Star Wars. Clone Wars really was a masterpiece in terms of storytelling and how to connect the dots from story to story.
Can't call it a masterpiece when the first couple season are so awful
Agree its awesome
@@BlazerManiacNumber96 we look beyond it
@@def3ndr887 So we use selective memory to create the narrative that we want to? Lol Sounds like Star Wars fans
@@BlazerManiacNumber96 this is start wars fans take it or leave it
The characters Rex, Fives, Ahsoka, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padme, Maul, and Ventress were expanded upon so greatly in this show, its almost unbelievable how much they could fit into it
Also the Pirate Hondo was an entertaining character to watch, just like Jack Sparrow of the Star Wars universe in a way. Ahsoka is my favorite character by far though.
rip fives
Given he fact how many characters are in the show, this is the bare minimum lol. I wouldn't say some of these became complex or anything extra-ordinary. Maul be like: REVEEENGE (throughout two shows). Ok I get it. Padme being Padme - a politician. Ventress was easy to extend since her arc basically had nothing prior. Yet her ending, her fate left untold in the show. Which tells me they didn't really need her either way. Anakin and Obi-Wan was difficult to mess up given the fact they were already half-baked when they started to built them up.
So I'd say only Ahsoka, Rex, Fives were great. But then again, they weren't really needed to tell a war story that was first hinted upon in the 1977 original Star Wars movie.
@@buek14 cool story, bro.
@@buek14 homie wrote an essay just to be disagreed with by every person watching this video...
As a kid I never thought much of ahsoka other than a good character but when she was featured in Rebels I felt such a rush nostalgia for my teenage eyes and her return to the final season made me weep tears of uncontrollable fanboy love.
Kudos on promoting Samuel Kims music. His rendition of “The Clones” is one of my perpetual on-repeat songs. Having that heroic but mournful brass in combination with a more epic style is simply beautiful.
give Atinpiano a try, he does several piano renditions of StarWars music, Anakins suffering in particular is phenomenal. The piano captures the heartbreak of the prequel era better than anything else.
Everyone has “their” Star Wars. The Clone Wars was mine growing up, and I love that more and more people are finally watching this masterpiece of a show.
If only people new kotor exists
@@coleott9364 we need a remaster
Yeah the Clone Wars make the prequels worth it.
@@coleott9364 my brother got me playing that game when we were young. It’s the best Star Wars content out there to me. And I’m a huge TCW fan
The Clone Wars was also my Star Wars. That and The Force Unleashed. Those were my Star Wars growing up. Both are hands down the best of Star Wars.
The way Filoni introduced Ahsoka was genius because he knows Star Wars and more importantly, the fandom. See, SW fans are never initially accepting of a new character thats tied to our old ones. So we are bound to look for reasons to dislike the character, even making up a reason if we cant find any. He knew this so he made her really cocky and hardheaded. That way we _have_ a reason to dislike her and he can take the time over the course of the show to develop her and change her personality as she grew into the character that we love today. Because making her perfect and innocent wouldn't have worked out _(See Rey)_
Theres also the fact that her flaws had consequences.
When she got overconfident against Grevious, she lost her entire clone squad.
When she got stubborn even after Anakin ordered her retreat, she nearly gets overrun, and her battalion is wiped out.
Every flaw has weighty consequences down the line, and she learns from it. Her mistakes have costs, unlike the sequels where the Rey wins most of the time despite making mistakes.
Honestly they should just have let Filoni do the sequels, you can see that he actually loves star wars and care about it and doesnt just write some bullshit just for the money.
@@noooel7798 the fact that when Disney bought Lucas Films, Kathleen Kennedy saw TCW and thought, this is terrible lets cancel this, says everything about why the sequels were what they were. she's an idiot.
@@ryankoh917 *every time
@@goldsphinix This isnt what happened. They could not get the rights from Cartoon Network and waited till they could .KK worked at lucasfilms for 2 years before Disney buyout working with Lucas , I do not think she actually hated it contrary to what people think of her.
The one thing that always got to me about the show was the periodic reminders that the clones were very self aware of their purpose. The acknowledgment of how they exist solely to fight and die is something that hits home.
Yea. It was a show that took itseld seriously and had no problem getting dark with it. Like some of the latter seasons where just brutal for characters
The final season was an emotional rollercoaster. They perfectly captured how depressing and horrendous order 66 was.
The sense of dread and impending doom hanging over the last four episodes was masterfully done. That we know exactly what's going to happen and just waiting for it... That's really heavy.
It was also a nice touch with the helmets being painted in Ahsoka's colors, seeing the gesture of respect and endearment turn into a cruel mockery in a heartbeat.
And (spoilers)
Bad Batch made it even better when Wrecker gave into the inhibitor chip.
Precisely. Honestly without the music Order 66 is literally unnamed clones shooting jedi with no dialogue in a sad way, boo hoo
Then clone wars made them characters.
I have you your 66th like
@@OgGuak420 thanks man
I watched the finale while it was airing during the lockdown last year. I was broken by it. Rex tearing up while fighting his programming, seeing all those clones who we've come to appreciate as individuals be forceably reverted to their mindless drone state is heartbreaking. A few weeks later I was watching episode 3 again with my parents. They laughed when Yoda flipped and cut off the heads of two troopers. I nearly cried.
Haha I did cry. That final scene where Ashoka drops her lightsaber in the crowd of clone graves. Destroys me every time.
The Clone Wars is what truly got me into star wars, I eventually watched the movies and learned as much lore as possible. But order 66 hurts so much to watch, season 7 just made it worse.
totally out of character for what the clones were meant to be. they weren't supposed to be the kid-friendly good guys the show exhaustingly wanted them to be. they should have been the cold, calculated professional soldiers who's ultimately loyalty was to the republic and its constitution...you know, like was originally portrayed and reflects real-world armies....like the US military.
@@scottb3034 Real human soldiers aren't robots. You could make an argument for the clones to be that way, but I think they were programmed to be more than a mindless drone or else they might as well used droids like the CIS. The individuality is still realistic and the show would've been boring for 7 fucking seasons if the clones were just militaristic yes men the whole damn time.
@@jaxsolaris1177 humans are trained to do their duty whatever it takes no matter what. that's their training, to be robotic. to no have emotions. to get the job done.
yes there is brotherhood and bonding but ultimately their job comes first. the US army's main duty is to the constitution regardless of any soldier's personal beliefs or desires or what the president says. the clones were modeled on that type of devotion. as order 66 was originally a constitutional order the chancellor simply invoked. in a way that makes the clones even more human than being good guys that only want to do good all the time and try to "fight programming". it shows they are not perfect individuals, that they aren't some symbol of good, but simply soldiers doing their duty. committed to their orders.
battlefront 2 illustrated this perfectly by indicating the clones hated it, regretted it but had to do it because it is what the republic called for, the republic that has ultimate authority over them. It was the best balance of making them look like decent men at their heart but still flawed men that were too weak to overcome their ingrained desire to accomplish the mission the republic called them to perform. it also keeps the blame squarely on them instead of shifting it so that they look good. the clones aren't supposed to look good, they are supposed to look like co-conspirators the galaxy's greatest tragedy and they are supposed to have that blood on their hands that they have to live with with guilt while they watch themselves get replaced and see the new generation of people donning their armor that became a symbol of evil and tyranny.
the clone wars show simply decided to make the characters unbelievable in their cartoonish altruism. to spare the target demographic the heartbreak of seeing some of their favorite "heroes" outed as what they truly were. what their nature was. they dumbed it down and shift the blame so that those heroes could remain heroes. When the Jedi are the ones that should have been glorified by the television show. to illustrate just how great a loss it was.
beyond that, they simply were designed to be droids but with the capability to formulate more complex plans and learn on the battlefield and they were trained to be coldblooded killers which is a vital skill soldiers must learn. the clones were literally bred to be obedient and loyal to the republic to a fault. to follow orders to a fault. to be metaphorically mindless to a fault. only the ARCs and some Clone Marshal Commanders (like Cody, Gree, Appo, etc) were given personality freedom but not beyond the scope of being dutiful to the republic above all else, including the Jedi.
and i hate to be the bearer of bad news but "militaristic yes men" is what the clones were. That's all they were. that's all they were meant and designed to be. Which is why basically none of them in any of the movies had personality. Cody barely had any and he was featured in ROTS. And to get around that bore they could have....idk, call me crazy.....FOCUSED ON THE JEDI THEN. Like the actual characters with a personality, emotion, feelings, etc. that are varied and diverse. That are the central characters and organization in the Star Wars saga and the major focus of the clone wars. Heck, they could have had a few more episodes of guerilla fighters like saw gerrera and insinuated that these were the roots of the rebel alliance being sewn way back then. Or god forbid showcase palpatine's continuous subversion of power, something that was a major plot point of episode II and III. They could have had a couple episodes of political intrigue. In Labyrinth of evil, the original prequel to ROTS (and the better prequel compared to the tripe that is the final season of TCW), the whole invasion of coruscant and kidnapping of the chancellor was done as a diversion because mace was leading an investigation on Coruscant that was about to reveal that palpatine was darth sidious. he was a doorway away from discovering it before he had to be called back. point is that there are plenty of things they could have made episodes of that don't focus on clones who weren't supposed to be good or important anyway. Heck, it would have cut out the filler fat and number of seasons and made it a nice like 4 season television show instead of a bloated 8 season mess.
I started the clone wars show back in 2008 at 7 years old, I finally finished the entire show earlier this year at 20. I felt like my childhood came to a close it was such an emotional experience
I was 27 when it came out. I loved it all. I continued with Rebels and loved that too. Bad batch feels like an amalgamation of both. It's awesome
I was 9 back then, still remember bought the CD, and play it using a DVD player, good old times.
I was 11 when it came out. Man, I was just starting my first year of Middle-School. Good times.
Yes I agree, Ahsoka was a great character but she showed how much Anakin was tied to his emotions. I was truly moved by the scene of her leaving the Jedi Order.
Disney: "Help us Dave Filoni... you're our only hope"
You mean george Lucas is trying buy back star war's
@@humanoidwolf he’s the one who sold it and got clone wars canceled😭 if he didn’t sell we would’ve gotten another 2 seasons at least!
@@cassielov3 he sold it because he had no other plans for it, but since Disney coughed up and spit out his prodigal child in a mess hes been trying to get it back.
@@cassielov3 I just saw a article that George Lucas is trying to buy back star wars
@@humanoidwolf he’s not. That is nothing more than garbage clickbait and lies
"I Was Wrong About Star Wars: The Clone Wars"
Your Goddamn Right
*wrong
You're*
@@LucyWest370 right
Wooooooooooooo
@@onemansvoice9132 *wrong
If i assume the ones that are walter white are the viewers, than they would be telling him “youre goddamn wrong” as a statement because he’s wrong.
Could you imagine getting someone new to Star Wars watching seasons 1-6, then watching the prequels, and finishing off with season 7?
Oh god I need to do this with my friends
This is exactly what I planned for my children when they are big enough to watch shows and reading subtitle. I wonder how they will react when they reach S7 and RotS...
I think I will show them CW, Prequel, and Original. However, I am wondering if I should keep the Season 7 after they finish RotS of let them watch it first.
@@akuntansibersamaratna2166 I would suggest to watch the movies first, before getting into the show. It's how I did it as a kid, and it helped a lot already knowing the characters when entering the clone wars. But what would be perfect : Watch Episode 1 and 2, then the CW 1-6, then ROTS, then season 7, followed by the originals
how about a mega machete order? episodes 4 and 5 then jump to episodes 1 and 2 then seasons 1-6 of clone wars then episode 3 then season 7 (then maybe bad batch/rebels) then hitting the epic conclusion of return of the Jedi. The build up to the battle of Endor would be legendary.
Actually, something else to do could be this order:
Episode 2, the Gendy Tartokovsky Clone Wars, RoTS, then CW. If you’re just watching the movies, the old 2003 clone wars cartoon connects the two prequel films very well.
the writing and dialogue and such are absolutely the best but let's not forget the exceptionally perfect balance they struck of action and violence. It's very intense and epic while not being super gory. very refreshing.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, Ahsoka was purposely written to be annoying and brash so that there could be real meaningful development. They created the flaws so they could control the flaws and strip them away and create a beautiful character that everyone likes.
Yeah she was
I'd disagree that just Anakin and Ahsoka are the two main characters. You can't have Anakin and Ahsoka without Obi-Wan. Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka are the main trio in this show and we mainly follow either all three, two of them or just one throughout each arc.
I’d disagree that u can’t only have them three you have to include Rex he is a main character too so it’s a foursome.
@@elitegamer2498 If you're gonna include Rex then don't you include Artoo, Cody and Padmé too?? 😂😂
@@kylehill9121 not really Rex is along side Ashoka and anakin the whole way threw just like obi wan
@@kylehill9121 Rex is clearly meant to be a main character by S7.
Yeah Obi-Wan also has plenty of arcs where he's THE main focus, as does Rex. Anakin and Ahsoka are focused on a bit more but Obi-Wan and Rex are very clearly main characters too.
subscribed to Disney+ for Wanda Vision not knowing about 'the clone wars'. Now that they have been found, we have to ration viewing them because we can be hooked forever. Complex, interesting plots and character development. Many three episode stories that have twists and turns that keep you coming back. Can't imagine waiting each week for the next episode. With Disney+, we can complete a story and not be hanging for weeks. Best Star Wars ever.
Love this comment, absolutely!
Disney ruined Star Wars and fixed it at the same time, and Dave is really trying to stop Disney from fucking it over.
It was super frustrating watching week to week. I recently just finished watching Rebels again and enjoyed it soooo much more being able to see the next episode right away if I wanted to. Clone Wars was more episodic so it was really only frustrating in some of those multi episode spanning little mini arcs. It's been some time ago, but if I remember right sometimes 2 episodes would be aired back to back, could be wrong on that though it might of only been Rebels that did that a few times.
This show quite literally influenced me a as a person. It’s the piece of Star Wars content I grew up with being to young to watch the prequels and not appreciating the originals enough because they looked “old.” It proposed new thoughts and philosophies for a kid but it trusted us that knowledge. I was 8 years old when I went to see the movie and 20 when it finally ended. The story grew with me and I couldn’t be happier that I got to take that ride. So glad you enjoyed it 😄
This comment is so awesome. I got the chance to cater the Clone Wars series premiere party (and watch the first few episodes with the CN execs) and this series means so much to me, it's the closest I've ever gotten to Star Wars, officially anyway. So glad for everyone that followed it through the years!
Aren’t you from Carl Brown videos
one thing I would add is R2D2.
How Anakin is very much attached to that droid. I remember at least one episode where he searched for artoo because it went missing. He won't let go.
Also there are many occasions where artoo arguably saves the republic.
He saves the heroes in every movie series he is probably ironically one of the most important characters that people don't really think about.
I can't name another show where you know how it ends but still feel overwhelmed with dread when it happens. Not just the best Star Wars media but one of the best shows ever created.
Omg the pure dread I felt in the last story arc. You know order 66 will happen but you don’t know when. Also the soundtrack took on a very different style in the moments leading up to, and after order 66. (Burying the dead ;-;)
I think as a last season nothing in the saga is comparative in relation to the other films if referenced. This hits the hardest and ties in all that is needed for the viewer to become engulfed in emotional webs of years of relationships. It was just pure written genius. As for the early seasons they are forgettable.
The tense atmosphere in the last 2 episodes of S7 is almost crushing.
Everyone who hasn't watched clone wars:
This is just some stupid cartoon.. and the prequels suck so this probably does too.
Almost everyone after watching the clone wars:
This is some of the hest star wars since the original trilogy.
I am so glad i grew up on the clone wars
I’m so glad this show exists
@@SpacemanSR You are so right though, arcs like the Siege of Mandalore, Mortis, Visions and a few from Rebels, are as good Star Wars, as Empire back in 1980.
@@shugaroony I would ague that some are better the 80's star wars
While it may fix some parts of the prequels, it also over-complicates a lot other aspects (let's say inhibitor chips). Maul and Ahsoka didn't need to exist in the show at all. Grievous was made a pussy for no reason. Too many filler "story arcs". Basically there isn't really a story going on.
Another thing I can't stand is this ugly CGI. There's no a way a wealthy company like this couldn't make better - considering how Toy Story and Shrek looked 20 years ago. You could say it's a series but I don't care if it's a series. It's still LucasFilm, it's still Disney. This show could have been a 3-4 seasons thing representing the war itself so we'd have something like Republic Commando and Rogue One combined while having a much better looking animation style. No, the show gravitated towards quantity over quality. Let's bring Maul back and invent new characters who are destined to die or become meaningless before RotS. Then contradict previously setup stuff.
For someone who knows the Old Republic era and the KOTOR games/comics, this show is still average.
@@IMCJODAN Yeah, TCW is amazing. Best piece of SW content for me.
What made me cry when I ended the show was the relationship between Anakin and obiwan, it had more depth and more sadness, and when The episode where it showed obiwan faked his death, it shows how much both of them went through, it makes the battle of mustfar even more sad then before
As a "not so much" Star Wars fan, The Clone Wars was a saving grace for me. I didn't find the movies that interesting or spectacular until I watched The Clone Wars. This video explains how I feel almost to the letter and I couldn't agree with you more. Fives is my hero and he deserved so much better.
The shoutout to the clones is just even more impressive when we remember it’s one guy voicing every character and building those relationships with each of his characters he had to create!
One of my favorite things about the clone wars was the arc they gave maul. He went from being a shell antagonist plot tool to bring one of the best developed villains I’ve seen in a created universe.
His actions feel truly motivated by emotion, struggle, and abuse rather than the mindless malevolence that gets associated with Sith characters.
I can understand, and justify all his actions, even if I don’t agree with them, and his madness isn’t used wildly, it’s got continuity and consistency.
His arc is a work of art.
Let‘s not miss Obi-Wan‘s story here as well! The storyline including Maul, Anakin and Satine is so heartbreaking, too!
Wonderful video, though!
Space Jesus suffered for our sins
@@corrat4866 You managed to make a heartbreaking story funny, well done
I don’t know.. why but I always enjoy watching obi one suffer.
Posh prick that killed Maul… Twice ✌️
@@JaxTheGat kenobi slander is not tolerated, please see yourself out
My favorite part about TCW is that they didn't needlessly hold on to characters. There were so many people throughout the series that were built up just to be killed in a tragic way in front of your face. Some of them only lasted one episode, while others lasted through multiple mini-series. Letting people die for real added so much more emotional depth to the show.
I think that is the only reason that the Maul arc worked. Because so many other people had actually died, it was believable that Maul could have survived somehow.
The clone wars had no scruples with killing characters in ironic or suitable ways. It portrayed what the period was like and why it has so much potential.
Yeah, I mean, spoilers, but Pre Vizla was a very interesting villain who died in an ironic but suitable way. They had no qualms about beheading him in front of everyone. The clones? Other Jedi? Characters like Savage? The death count in the Clone Wars is actually insane if you think about it.
This show is the reason I fell in love with Star Wars as a kid. Back when they aired them on TV I used to watch it every time it came on. Love this show
This show is the reason I fell in love with Star Wars as an adult. I watched it when it came out on Netflix.
The clone wars has its ups and downs but it will always be the definitive star wars for me. Grew up watching it as a kid, I used to have an Echo action figure with the handprint on his chest and everything. Never did I imagine that 12-13 years later when I was halfway through college that Echo would still be around having an entire show based around him or that we’d have a fucking live action ahsoka. The last four episodes of season 7 was basically a movie and honestly its one of the best star wars movies out there. It almost feels like clone wars and revenge of the sith are the real prequel stories that matter.
I’ve got the same Echo figure! The helmet had the flip down binoculars that were so cool
All the prequels matter
This show is an absolute masterpiece
It is masterpiece. It's the best Star Wars show for me.
to think that original starwars movies had never made me cry but the last episode of clone wars had me killing boxes of tissues just proves how good this show really is.
So nice seeing people talk about Star Wars in a positive way. The sequels ran off a lot of fans. Clone Wars is some of the best story telling in all of Star Wars, and for something that was just supposed to be a kids show is incredible.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars for me is the best single piece of canon Star Wars content that we have period.
I totally agree with you. The Sequel Trilogy was extremely disappointing. I tried out The Mandalorian out of curiosity and was not expecting it to re-kindle my love of SW. I then went back and watched Clone Wars and Rebels and was not prepared to have so many characters and stories pull on my heartstrings. I wasn't sure about Bad Batch at first, but I absolutely love it. Going from watching 1-2 CW/Rebels episodes a day to weekly installments is killing me.
PS: I was also not prepared for how much I would love the droids in these shows!
That is the same path that i just took
@@UrbanYeti13 I suspect there's quite a few of us 😊
Notice a pattern? It's all Filoni shows that hooked you back into the franchise! XD
Dude really carries Star Wars at the moment. It's a damn shame that this soul-less cash-grab of the sequel trilogy that Disney only pushed to have their own face to Star Wars is restricting him, otherwise I'm sure he'd completely rewrite it with a best of of EU material. Then again, he reintroduced Thrawn and he seems to become a major character in the Ahsoka show, it seems he is on the way to that. Let's all hope to get some Mara Jade next!
While I still really don’t like Rebels (I honestly think it’s easily the low point of the Disney Star Wars era. Yes- even more than the sequels), Clone Wars, Bad Batch, and Mandalorian show that while Disney has had some big missteps along the way, they’re capable of giving us good Star Wars content (and most people refuse to believe that solely from the 3 movies without even giving anything else a chance)
@@Mojo1356 Rebels feels like Filoni constantly fighting Disney censorship trying to make a show as good as clone wars and ending up with a confused thrash of a mess of tonal inconsistency. Also despite my love for Rogue One Rebels also shares many of the same issues, too many ditto characters.
I didn't even realise order 66 would play out I thos show, and when I heard the chancellor was kidnapped by dooku in a ship over courosant, I had the massive realisation that I knew what was going to come in the next few episodes. And yet, it still surprised me what happend
I think the truly special thing about this show in particular is the fact that there is a generation that grew up exclusively on the clone wars. Not the og, prequel or sequel trilogies but the weekly clone wars show. while some of them are too young to remember the prequels a lot of them including myself vividly remember the clone wars. this was the Star Wars a lot of people grew up with and will be the first star wars content they'll likely show to their kids. I know I will.
I wish I was one of those people who grew up with the show, If I was born maybe 3 or 4 years earlier I probably would have been. Instead I got into Star Wars when the first movie of the sequels came out
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and I’m proud to say it
Been a fan since the clone wars movie. If you guys even remember that?
@@imagoloop4819 The unmentionable movie /j
@@charliev4156 Same, but I got into Star Wars when I was really little and enjoyed the movies. By the time I even heard of cw it was probably already in its 6th season and I was like “ew an animated Star Wars show”, and I just wrote it off.
I remember when i was watching this for the first time. This is the Best Cartoon i ever watched!
It’s truly one of a kind! I’m thankful we now have Bad Batch to enjoy for the future!
@@SpacemanSR You mean the Dad Batch.. Definitely lost interest in the series it ain't no clone wars or even rebels
@@Pinkielover the Sad Batch 😂 😂
@Tom Ffrench My top three shows are The Clone Wars, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Attack on Titan.
It would have been my favorite cartoon if it had not been for Tom and Jerry.
The Clone Wars is such an incredible show. It changed my life. Ahsoka changed my life. I grew up while watching her grow up, and I connect with her as a fellow survivor. Survivors in different ways, but still someone I can look up to. Glad to see you've finally seen the beauty of this series.
Came from your recent Andor video and I absolutely love how you prove your points. As soon as you brought up empty-calorie stats and showed basketball footage I knew EXACTLY who you were going to use as an example. Great stuff my guy
Hahaha thank you! Poor Russ couldnt catch a break, but I'm glad the analogy worked
I still am sad that Hardcase died. Wouldve been nice to see him throughout the end of the war.
To this day I still cry everytime I see 99 die
Live to fight another day...
Live to fight another day.
Live to fight another day boys live to fight another day
Fives still makes me cry
99 comes damn close
Hardcastle makes me wanna salute lol even though it's a TV show
I grew up with the clones so I’ve always loved them. I would obsess over all their different designs and doodle my own onto lego minifigures. I owe it to this show for teaching me the value of individual life and that every clone is their own person, and the way thats affected my world view is on another level. The clones are an absolute stand out for this series, absolutely
As a fellow Star Wars fan I would like to say for anyone that hasn’t watched the animated series and only watch the movies, THIS is why u should watch the shows and not just the movies cause if u only watch the movies and not the shows not only are u missing out on the characters but also more of the story and u never know when a major character is gonna come back wether their animated or in real life. So if u haven’t watched the shows what are u waiting for and go watch it u don’t know what your missing out on if u don’t watch it.
One thing I wish you had mentioned is Kevin Kiner's excellent Clone Wars score. John Williams is about as hard an act to follow as there is, but Kiner took that challenge head on and ran with it, creating music that is just as iconic and memorable as that of the movies.
I think only people who grew up with the show (like me) like the movie and the first season. But after watching the show again, I think the main reason the first season is so rocky is because the least good episodes of the show are right after episode 5 and most of others are just ok-good. The best part of S1 is the Ryloth trilology and Cad Bane and those are the last 4.
Nah bro, shadow of the malevolance deffo as well
@@juliangraupner7980 Malevolance was great but even as a kid I could tell the third episode dragged a bit.
Rookies would like a word with you.
@@CookieMonster0108 Rookies is in the top 3 of the season and in the 20 best episodes overall. It’s after that when the first season dulls for a while.
this makes me so happy to hear. glad you’re finally on the boat with so many others.
This is one of the few shows where it gets better and better every season.
The last season (excluding the Ashoka solo storyline) is one of my favourite seasons of tv, being someone who grew up with the Prequels it gave me chills on multiple occasions. Order 66 was always looming in the background and they executed it perfectly.
I mean like it is not even a bad arc compared to earlier ones
I was impressed and moved by the way Spaceman speaks from the heart and explains why there wasn't a need for scripted material in covering TCW.
I'm a man in my 40's that was SUPER skeptical about watching anything SW animation. So much much so, that it took a global pandemic to finally whittle away at all the excuses I had made for years. But, in the last 2 years, I've watched TCW and Rebels, from beginning to end, 3 times. I simply cannot get enough of it.
On top of my own enjoyment and excitement, these 2 shows have brought my family and I a little closer, as they too find extreme joy in watching them. This fact alone speaks to the quality of the writing, directing and everyone involved in making these exquisite pieces of art. 🙏
The Bad Batch is such an awesome show. It really is a perfect follow up to The Clone Wars. I hope you enjoy it!
I always considered TCW as a sort of DLC for the prequels (wich it basically is) but ever since i was a child i never viewed them as separate things. I dont think the prequels would be as appreciated if it wasn't for TCW fixing a majority of the problems and thats fine. Also on a side note im not entirely sure about it but some voice overs in different languages kind of fixed most of the awkward dialogues or at least fixed some of the "bad" acting
That's real. Believe me, watching prequels in English and Latin American dub are two different experiences.
Being a "DLC" to the prequel trilogy is especially true with the last 4 episodes of TCW. The last 4 episodes are like Revenge of the Sith part 2, or episode 3B
@@jonreylen3166 LMAO, usually you think of the native language being the best version, but I’d imagine Star Wars might get really good dubs. Thank you for your perspective!
@@deriznohappehquite it really depends on how good the source material is. If the perfomances of the original actors don't work, a good dubbing can improve very much the experience. Seeing Episode II in English was very monotone, but in Latin American Spanish was at least watchable (doesn't eliminate the screenplay and acting problems, but you didn't notice it as much). The same goes for all the Episodes in my experience, but the II had the biggest differences.
I watched the Clone wars twice from start to finish, but the last four episodes... I have already rewatched them at least 10 times. They are absolutely amazing in every way.
Going back from S7 to S1 certainly is a big difference in animation quality. You really see how far the technology (and budget) has come.
Clone Wars is definitely my favorite Star Wars content and Season 7 was a very, very worthy end for it.
Hearing people raving about how good clone wars is makes me so happy. I could ramble on about this show for hours
"I didn't expect it to be this painful"
dude i often shared a manly tear while watching this show
I’m not going to lie I originally skipped TCW due to it being a cartoon and them essentially adding on more characters but I actually sat down this year and gave it a shot and I literally binged 🤧
Welcome to the club :D
Join the club pal.
Good
I started watching The Clone Wars in 2008 with the theatrical release and I was automatically hooked. In my opinion this show was absolutely awesome, from the first season to the last I watched it every week. If there is a Star Wars fan out there that has not seen this masterpiece then you're missing out. I suggest watching this show in chronological order, it makes more sense that way. Great vid dude 🤘🏻
People who hate anakin: How do you like him?! how is he one of your favorite characters?!
Me: *Points to the clone wars series*
wait til u see him in Rebels 🤣🤣
@@10232255 ...yeah...
@@10232255 I have
Hes way better in the movies than in cw
@@Bratoli Please explain why
The final four episodes of Clone Wars are the finest Star Wars ever made, period.
Certainly in the top 3 if seen as a standalone "movie"
@@martins.4240 The first CW movie is basically a 4 episode arc. So yeah, it could be seen as a standalone movie
Was about to comment something similar. Whole heartedly agree.
14:49 Same the sequels killed my love for Star Wars but the mandalorian revived the love
Smn that you didn't bring up that I just needed to, Rex crying hit something deep inside me, that just broke my whole view on reality, you really felt the emotion, what a good show