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acequeenking) wrote2017-05-28 07:27 pm
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Notes - Star Wars Clone Wars, S1, E3: Shadow of Malevelence
Alright, now I can see why people like this show a lot. I feel like it's really hitting a firmer stride now, mostly because it actually remembers to have a plot around the fight scenes.
The show is starting to get a lot more interesting. The slide of the Republic into the Empire is really quite on display here. For all the talk of how the Jedi are a pure and noble order meant to help people, there was surprising hesitance in them last episode in searching for their wounded. Here, they're trying to repel attacks on medical targets, and Ahsoka is particularly outraged about this. "Only Grevious would sink so low." Hm.
Palpatine's continued lack of fucks given for HIS OWN PEOPLE is, as always, delightful. He really could care less about what happens to Naboo as long as one of the sides he's playing against one another win. One gets the sense that he does not give even one/tenth of a single fuck. He is, as always, glorious.
Speaking of Sith, the way they talk of Anakin as a Commander here - "Minimum casualties, maximum results" is so very Vader. So is leading by example. This is a rather good episode that explores Anakin's role as a Jedi and as a military commander. His Outer-Rim upbringing gives him an advantage in knowing smuggling routes, too. One wonders how many bounty hunters and slavers must have been terrified of him.
Grevious is rather rage-y here. There's an interesting interaction between him and Dooku where Dooku chastises him for breaking a battle droid, saying the Jedi don't treat their clones so harshly. It's an interesting argument since it very much implies Dooku sees the Clones analogous to droids. That's a bit blurrier in Star Wars, where it's quite clear that droids have personalities and well, a sort of humanity to them, but it's still comparing them to machines. Grevious snaps back that caring is a weakness. Vader Parrellelll #9503, I see.
Of the Jedi, Ahsoka remains my favorite.
Looks like the fourth episode features Padme, so it will, no doubt, be my favorite of the episodes so far, if only for her wardrobe.
The show is starting to get a lot more interesting. The slide of the Republic into the Empire is really quite on display here. For all the talk of how the Jedi are a pure and noble order meant to help people, there was surprising hesitance in them last episode in searching for their wounded. Here, they're trying to repel attacks on medical targets, and Ahsoka is particularly outraged about this. "Only Grevious would sink so low." Hm.
Palpatine's continued lack of fucks given for HIS OWN PEOPLE is, as always, delightful. He really could care less about what happens to Naboo as long as one of the sides he's playing against one another win. One gets the sense that he does not give even one/tenth of a single fuck. He is, as always, glorious.
Speaking of Sith, the way they talk of Anakin as a Commander here - "Minimum casualties, maximum results" is so very Vader. So is leading by example. This is a rather good episode that explores Anakin's role as a Jedi and as a military commander. His Outer-Rim upbringing gives him an advantage in knowing smuggling routes, too. One wonders how many bounty hunters and slavers must have been terrified of him.
Grevious is rather rage-y here. There's an interesting interaction between him and Dooku where Dooku chastises him for breaking a battle droid, saying the Jedi don't treat their clones so harshly. It's an interesting argument since it very much implies Dooku sees the Clones analogous to droids. That's a bit blurrier in Star Wars, where it's quite clear that droids have personalities and well, a sort of humanity to them, but it's still comparing them to machines. Grevious snaps back that caring is a weakness. Vader Parrellelll #9503, I see.
Of the Jedi, Ahsoka remains my favorite.
Looks like the fourth episode features Padme, so it will, no doubt, be my favorite of the episodes so far, if only for her wardrobe.