Star Wars: The Clone Wars/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** {{spoiler|Pong Krell}}. This needs some elaboration. {{spoiler|When introduced, he seemed to be the standard [[General Ripper]], just following orders no matter what the casualties. This is unexpected from a Jedi, but there have been some like that in the past (like how the [[Knights of the Old Republic II|Jedi Exile]] and other Jedi were in Mandalorian Wars, or in the last Sith War a thousand years prior). Then he orders the death of Jesse and Fives, as well as a court martial for disobeying orders after they saved the day by doing so. ''Then'' he truly crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]]-he plays two armies of Clone Troopers against each other by saying that there were infiltrators, having them kill each other. And shortly after that, he confesses that he's been ''trying'' to lose as many clones as possible because his plan was to sabotage the Republic war effort from within in order to ingratiate himself to Count Dooku and become the Sith Lord's next apprentice.}}

** Keeper Agruss the Zygerrian is a slaver, which is bad in itself, but goes above and beyond the call of duty on that. In particular, he has no problem casually murdering dozens of slaves if it means breaking a Jedi, tortures and kills other slaves for Obi-Wan's defiance, not only making his help unproductive but actually alienating those he seeks to protect. He truly earns his credentials at the end. The Republic has arrived and it's quite clear he's lost. What does he do? Set the system to dump the slaves into the abyss, smashes the panel to prevent Obi-Wan from saving them (Ahsoka manages to get them to safety), then gloats about how Obi-Wan can't retaliate because he's a Jedi. His death at Rex's hands was very deserved. Even the queen had a redeeming moment at the end. This guy was just straight-up ''evil.''

* [[Critical Backlash]]: Not so much the series, but the movie was universally panned by critics and many long time ''Star Wars'' fans, even though it wasn't that bad for a pilot arc.

* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]:

** The music during the latter parts of the "Brain Invaders" episode was particularly memorable with chanting when Ahsoka fights a brainwashed Bariss Offee in the halls of the ship.

** The tune to which the Republic marches onto the bridge in "Weapons Factory" was surprisingly epic as well.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:

** Cad Bane became one of the most popular characters in the series, as an [[Expy]] of Boba Fett with a cool voice, unusually sinister tendencies, and characteristics of spaghetti-western villains.

* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: If it moves, it's likely Ahsoka has been paired with it.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Palpatine's maneuverings during episodes like 'Destroy Malevolence' where he sends Padme on a diplomatic mission {{spoiler|that [[Xanatos Speed Chess|just so happens]] to lead her right into General Grievous's hands}}; 'Heroes on Both Sides' where he discovers that Mina Bonteri is responsible for sponsoring the Separatist bill to end the war and her subsequent fate, etc. seem to show that the guy can play the odds and adapt like only a [[Magnificent Bastard]] could.

** An inordinate amount of people seem to think that George Lucas is responsible for ''any problems'' with this series. Dave Filoni is the real frontman of the project. To be fair, whole episodes have been written on Lucas' orders, and Dave Filoni has also implied that the show would be rather different if Lucas had not unexpectedly become more involved later in its production.

** Likewise, some misblame Filoni or other writers for disregard of certain EU elements, when, by their account, Lucas exercised [[Executive Veto]] power.

* [[Pandering to the Base]]: David Filoni acknowledged the negative reaction from the first half of the third season (which was focused on heavily on politics, trade blockades, bank interests, and stuff like that) and said that the amount of such episodes will be severely cut down.

* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: The ones that are unique to the fandom of this show are: Anisoka, Obisoka, Rexsoka, Luxsoka, Barrisoka... [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|seeing the pattern here?]]

** Also, Anakin. Originally a [[Base Breaker]] in the movies, he's far more unanimously liked in the series due to his stronger characterization, his decreased tendency for [[Wangst]], and Matt Lanter's voice acting being more well-received than Hayden Christensen's acting.

*** Ahsoka started out with similar levels of hatred to Jar Jar Binks (mostly for her [[Mary Sue]] and [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]] tendencies), but her flaws have been toned down considerably, to the point that (in a bizarre inversion of sorts) some of the show's detractors actually label her as the ''only'' good character in the series.

 

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