So What? It IS Still Star Wars: A Review of The Clone Wars
Sell lots of toys, you will.
I shall sum my review of Star Wars: The Clone Wars in point form since I don’t have plenty of time to blog this week. (Alert: Potential spoilers ahead)
- Wow, they scrapped off the opening crawl altogether, and used a montage to cap off what’s happening in the universe. That’s like, blasphemy, man.
- I love the cameos of Plo Koon, Kit Fisto and Luminara. They have got to be three of the coolest Jedi Knights ever.
- Ahsoka Tano is stubborn and annoying, just like someone I know. She has such an awesome lightsaber stance too.
- The Separatist’s battle droids have never been more comical. They are mind-bogglingly hilarious.
- Jedis rescueing Jabba The Hutt’s baby boy? I wonder who’s the proud mom. *shivers*
- Wait, Jabba has an uncle?! And he speaks Basic?! HOW?! WHY?!
- The first appearance of the second clone with his own name..Captain Rex!
- The animation is truly unique, echoing Genndy Tartakovsky’s run in the Cartoon Network series. It is simple, but detailed at the same time—you can see Natalie Portman’s mole on the left cheek and Ewan McGregor’s skin features.
In short: I love the movie the way I love corn chips: it’s light entertainment, and die-hard fans shouldn’t fret too much about continuity. At least it’s full of action, and doesn’t try to cram pukingly corny dialogues down our throat, like the romance scenes between Anakin and Amidala in the 2nd and 3rd movies. A must watch for non-snobbish fans!
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Why I love my girlfriend:
We were watching The Empire Strikes Back when she asked me 3 questions that stumped me:
- If Wookiees rarely leave Kashyyyk, why did Chewie leave in the first place?
- Why did they freeze Han Solo in the carbonite? Was he such a big threat to the empire?
- If Yoda was in exile, with whom did Obi-Wan learnt the Force Ghost technique?
Yeah I know it might not be that hard to some of you out there, but for me…man, a girl that can ask those kind of questions about Star Wars and had me stumped is worth my devotion.
To cap it all off, she willingly joined me in playing my Clone Wars edition of Risk after watching The Clone Wars movie. =)
This is Zurairi AR. I am a comics enthusiast, Malaysian sci-tech critic, evangelism watchdog and skeptic.
I just stopped by your blog and thought I would say hello. I like your site design. Looking forward to reading more down the road.
Siut je! Dahla stubborn and annoying! Mentang2 Im YOUR padawan! Pffttttttt….
ps: You and Pu3 are soooo cute btw. Haha.
Yeah, I thought it wasn’t that bad. And the padawan was kinda annoying. But I’ll watch anything Star Wars lol.
<3 u too, bf~
btw, I demand a rematch!!! this time i shall exterminate ur yellow battle droids.
you guys are just TOO cute! ;D
I really enjoyed the film because it reminded me of my die-hard “Star Wars” days, lol. It was great to see Anakin as a Jedi again, and to see more of how he was the “best star pilot in the galaxy.” And I actually liked Ahsoka’s character. Yeah, she was a little whiney, but she’s young and we must admit, we’ve probably gotten used to that with most of Lucas’ main protagonists (see Luke, Anakin, Willow). Indiana Jones is an exception of course.
Wow, those were great questions from your girlfriend : ) Allow me to reach back into my geek days and try to answer them, haha.
1. The Empire used Wookies for slave labor on a planet called Kessel. So Chewbacca was FORCED off of his homeworld : ( Han Solo used to be an imperial officer working for the Empire, but he was fired when he stopped another officer from beating Chewbacca (Moses, anyone?) In return, Chewbacca vowed a life debt to Han Solo. Han Solo became a smuggler and Chewbacca has been at his side ever since!
2. Han Solo wasn’t a threat to the Empire, but his friend, Luke Skywalker, certainly was. Darth Vader used Han Solo, Liea, and Chewbacca as bait (as seen in “The Empire Strikes Back”). At the same time, Jabba the Hutt had already placed a bounty on Han Solo’s head because Han owed him money. Han was smuggling spice for Jabba, but then his ship was boarded by Imperial patrol, so he was forced to dump all of the spice out. This is why we see Greedo and Boba Fett going after Han Solo. Boba Fett wanted Han Solo ALIVE because Jabba the Hutt wanted him that way. Darth Vader, on the other hand, didn’t care whether or not Han Solo was dead or alive, he was just using him for bait to get to Luke. Vader and Boba Fett just happened to realize that they could make a deal with each other, which worked to Vader’s advantage of course.
3. At the end of Episde III “Revenge of the Sith,” Yoda mentions to Obi-Wan that an “old friend” has learned the path of immortality and has returned from the netherworlds of the Force. Obi-Wan realizes this is Qui-Gon. So while Obi-Wan was in exile on Tatooine waiting for the right moment to reveal himself to Luke, he completed his training from Qui-Gon Jinn. I have no doubt that he learned the Force Ghost Technique from him as well.
Man… I think I’m addicted to “Star Wars” again, lol.
Feel free to visit my blog and read my review of “The Clone Wars!” Great to find fellow non-snobbish fans!
pu3—–>brokenmystic
woooott!! thanks for all the answers that i’m looking for. esp no. 1.
Now i feel i wanna watch all 6 starwars movies plus the clone wars all over again. teehee~
Yeah, it seems Jabba is too dumb or likely too proud to learn basic. But the basic voicing of Ziro was way annoying.
I agree with you too about the 3nd tier Jedi.. They can be fun.
The movie was an okay launch of the series. It should have been three episodes instead. The series is better.
Here is my take on the whole first season (with pics) if you are interested:
http://fortresstakes.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/star-wars-the-clone-wars-2008-season-1-22-episodes/