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{{work|wppage=Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)}}
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'''Anakin Skywalker:''' "Everything I learned, I learned from you."
'''Obi-Wan Kenobi:''' "If only that were true." }}
A [[All CGI Cartoon|CG-animated film]] and [[Animated Series|television series]] set in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe, covering the period [[Interquel|between]] ''[[Attack of the Clones|Episode II]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Sith|III]]''. The film was released in the United States in August 2008.
It is easy to confuse this series with ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', Genndy Tartakovsky's 2003 mini-episodic [[Animated Series]], which also aired on Cartoon Network, and covers the same time period. ''The Clone Wars'', while having no writers in common, [[Adaptation Expansion|borrows many design and plot elements from its predecessor]]. [[George Lucas]] is a producer, while Dave Filoni (known for his work on ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'') is director and head writer.
The film began development as a [[Pilot Movie|three-part pilot]] episode arc for the series, but was converted into a [[Compilation Movie]] after Lucas screened the episodes himself. The movie was generally panned by critics, and subject to fan backlash, but being a ''[[Star Wars]]'' production, was still financially successful.
The series itself has been better received, likely because it is shown in the medium for which it was intended. A major advantage of the television format and [[Adored
The series was designed in an anthology format, with [[Anachronic Order]] as a very intentional stylistic choice. Each season there is a [[Half Arc Season|loosely connected]] [[Story Arc]] (most two or three part episodes) while the "[[Filler]]" tends to jump around to any point in the timeline. This has resulted in some [[Story Arc|Story Arcs]] being told almost in reverse.
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The Jedi serve as the generals of the war, with their own legion and loyal clone commanders. Anakin Skywalker is forcibly given a Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, and they deal with the various battles and adventures fought during this epic war. If you've seen ''Episode III: [[Revenge of the Sith]]'' (which is set three years after ''Attack of the Clones''), [[It Was His Sled|you know]] [[Foregone Conclusion|how this war ends]].
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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: The Daughter's outfit.
** Also, Suu Lawquane's outfit.
* [[Action Girl]]:
** Ahsoka, who just as often rescues her Jedi instructor as he rescues her.
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** There is also a character named "[[Moulin Rouge|Satine]]" with whom Obi-Wan, originally played in the prequels by [[Moulin Rouge|Ewan McGregor]], has an affair.
* [[Actual Pacifist]]:
** Satine is this, being bound and determined to keep her people out of the war. This is somewhat ironic as she happens to be the Duchess of [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Mandalore]], whose people were once some of the most feared warriors in the galaxy. The local rebel group "Death Watch" violently disagrees with her, and hopes to return their planet to its past ways.
** The Lurmen, a race of [[Perfect Pacifist People]], although they take pacifism [[Suicidal Pacifism|a little too far]], since their philosophy does not even allow ''running away from danger''.
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: In the first-season episode "Storm over Ryloth", Ahsoka disobeys orders to pull back and gets most of her fighter squadron killed, which naturally makes her feel like mud. In the season two premier, Ahsoka is in the ''exact same situation'' and given just about the same orders, the only difference being that she is commanding troops on the ground rather than starfighters. Obi-Wan tells her that she is putting her troops' lives in danger. You would think this would make her stop and think, rather than continuing to do the same thing that she did in the previous episode, but instead, Obi-Wan and Anakin practically have to drag her off of the battlefield.
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** "Holocron Heist" to "Children of the Force" (2:1-2:3) take place before "Evil Plans" (3:8), "Hostage Crisis" (1:22) and "Hunt for Ziro" (3:9), which form their own arc in that order.
** "Heroes On Both Sides"(3:10) and "Pursuit of Peace"(3.11) take place before "Senate Murders"(2:15).
* [[And Then What?]]: At the end of the Umbara arc, a dejected Rex and Fives discuss the war. When Fives attempts to cheer Rex up by pointing out that the war will eventually end, Rex wonders what will happen to all the clones once it does. Fives does not know, and cannot think of anyone who does.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Nightsisters.
* [[Animorphism]]: The Daughter and Son can turn, respectively, into a griffin and a gargoyle at will.
* [[Armed
* [[Army of the Dead]]: The Nightsisters are able to revive the corpses of their fallen to battle on their behalf. Though effective against droids, Grievous treated them like a nuisance.
* [[Art Evolution]]: The show started off fairly high quality, especially for an [[All CGI Cartoon]], but the art style lend itself to making the characters look like mannequins and outside of action scenes they would be rather stiff. Later episodes improved upon the facial expressions as well as the character movement, in addition to a Jedi costume switch from ([[No Flow in CGI|easily animated]]) body armor and gauntlets to the tunics they are seen wearing in the movies.
* [[Artistic License Military]]: Naturally, the military in ''Star Wars'' greatly differs from pretty much anything here on Earth, but it's generally accepted that faking a surrender (which is done at least twice throughout the series - by the Republic) is a pretty significant war crime. Of course, it's only considered wrong when the [[Protagonist
* [[As You Know]]: Dooku in "Citadel Rescue".
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Par for the course in a ''[[Star Wars]]'' production. One particularly interesting case is an episode highlighting Baron Papanoida, who was played by [[George Lucas]] in a [[Creator Cameo]] in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''. The particular episode has him going [[Papa Wolf]] when his family is in danger, which [[Reality Subtext|reflects his efforts to integrate his family with cameos in his movies]].
* [[Attack of the
* [[Badass]]: Chances are that anyone who is not a civilian has Badass coursing through their veins.
* [[Badass Army]]: The clone troopers.
* [[Badass Family]]: Chairman N. Papanoida's family. Him, his son, and his daughter take on an entire bar full of bloodthirsty outlaws and bounty hunters and ''win''.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Yoda.
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** Count Dooku is a villainous version.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Cad Bane.
* [[Back
** Just look at the poster.
** Satine and Obi-Wan have one of these moments in the episode, "Voyage of Temptation", when upon being attacked by numerous tiny droids, Satine whips out a droid deactivator and begins firing whilst Obi-Wan defends with his lightsaber.
** Jedi General Ima-Gun Di and his clone officer Captain Keeli perform this feat during their last stand on Ryloth.
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'''Keeli:''' I'm not finished yet, Sir... we can do this, General!
'''Ima-Gun Di:''' Then let's make the end memorable! }}
** Obi-Wan and {{spoiler|Ventress}}, of all people, have a moment of this in "Revenge".
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** Grievous, in spades.
** The commander of the Citadel executes droids not just for failure, but even for ''discovering somebody else's failure''.
* [[Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work]]: [[Playing
** Anakin in "Voyage of Temptation", right after the villain asks, "[[Foreshadowing|Who will strike first, and be branded the cold blooded killer?]]" Made all the more poignant by The Imperial March, Vader's theme song, playing in the background.
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** Once Captain Rex captured {{spoiler|General Krell}} he was going to execute him [[Shoot the Dog|to prevent him from being freed by the Separatists]]. Dogma ultimately pulled the trigger for him.
* [[Bald of Evil]]: As of Season Four, [[A Nazi
* [[Bash Brothers]]
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Dooku and Ziro's treachery. They create conflict for episodes and even multi-episodes by exploiting how their betrayee will react.
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]:
** Used a few times.
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'''Anakin:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Isn't it always?]] }}
** The point of Chewbacca's arrival in "Wookiee Hunt" is pretty much to set up one.
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** {{spoiler|Darth Maul's condition in "Brothers". His missing lower body has been replaced with a crude, spider-like apparatus, his horns have tripled in length, and there are veins visible all over his body.}}
* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]:
** In "Hostage Crisis", the bounty hunters manage to disable and capture Anakin after [[Die Hard
** The Death Watch in "The Mandalore Plot" manage to knock Obi-Wan unconscious, then put him on the ever-so cliche [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]] with a rock grinder at the end. Their justification for this is so it [[Make It Look Like an Accident|looks like an accident]]. [[Sarcasm Mode|Because surely the coroner would be able to spot a blaster wound in mulch]]. Later, when he is on the run and disarmed, Pre Viszla shows up with several mooks and he proceeds to return Obi-Wan's lightsaber [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen|so they may duel fairly]] (Viszla had his own lightsaber-esque weapon).
** In "Nightsisters", {{spoiler|Asajj Ventress}} decides to get revenge on Count Dooku after he betrays her, and is given a poison dart that will impair his sight and reflexes so she can defeat him in the ensuing fight. Just making it a ''lethal'' poison is never even considered.
*** In hindsight, it seems that Talzin needed Dooku alive to teach Savage Opress, so to use a more subdued poison and give Dooku a fighting chance might have been the point. Ventress probably didn't have any real reason to believe that Mother Talzin wouldn't use her best preparations to help assassinate Dooku.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: In season three's "Counter Attack", the commander of the Citadel executes a clone trooper with a direct shot to the face during his interrogation of the captured Jedi. Lucky for the rest of the clones, Commander Cody was next in line, so fate had to intervene.
* [[Bounty Hunter]]: Season two was actually advertised as "Rise of the Bounty Hunters".
* [[Broad Strokes]]: Typical for ''[[Star Wars]]'', though this series has its own place in regular Star Wars canon. Star Wars has a complicated "level" system of canonicity, starting with the films and then working down to include novels, comics, , specials and other entries in the [[Expanded Universe]], with each entry receiving its own level determining its place in ''Star Wars'' history. Details from the "lower" levels are taken as needed to fit the story of this series, with frequent input from [[George Lucas]] on what is or is not an immutable part of official canon.
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** In "A Friend In Need", the village being held hostage by the Death Watch.
* [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: Dooku acts like this when discussing the death of Mina Bonteri with Lux. He acts like he can't recall her death since it was so meaningless on a grand scale. It's clear he's just doing it to be a jerk, though.
* [[Bring It Back Alive]]: The Zillo Beast. It doesn't end well.
* [[By
* [[By Wall That Is Holey]]: Happens to Anakin in [[The Movie]].
* [[Call Back]]: Remember that Defoliator gun the Separatists were testing in "Defenders Of Peace"? Grievous uses one against the Nightsisters in "Massacre".
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* [[Chair Reveal]]: In "Lair of Grievous".
* [[Character Development]]:
** Throughout the series there are [[Foreshadowing|hints]] of Anakin's future as Darth Vader, with circumstances frequently pushing him to more pragmatic and cold-blooded actions during the war. As the war progresses he has engaged in [[Cold
** Asajj Ventress gets some in "Nightsisters". Before that, she was just a [[Card
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In Pre Viszla's first appearences, he was a political terrorist bent on rebuilding the Mandalorian warrior culture. When we see him again in Season 4, he has become a psychotic madman who burns down villages for fun.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Palpatine's manipulating almost everybody to make sure the war lasts as long and becomes as intense as possible. "Duchess of Mandalore" is perhaps the only episode where he suffers a real defeat.
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** Ahsoka. Some characters have called attention to it, but nobody really sees a problem with sending a fourteen-year-old into fatal situations when, by the very definition of being a Padawan, she has not yet even completed her training. This is especially evident in the early episodes, when Ahsoka would become depressed and self-critical after a defeat, showing that she is unable to cope with the emotional toll of warfare. After the short timeskip, the older Ahsoka instead seems to be more annoyed that Anakin has apparently realized this himself, and is holding her back from the more dangerous missions.
** In "Arc Troopers," during a Separatist invasion of Kamino several troopers wind up in the barracks for the still-children clones undergoing basic training. The cadets are armed and brought into the fight as part of a trap set for the droids sent to kill them and the other clones still being trained.
* [[Click. "Hello."]]: "Roger, Roger." BLAM.
* [[Clones Are People, Too]]: The series has several episodes which highlight [[We Have Reserves|the casual way that clones are discarded]], but it comes to a head in the Umbara arc. The clones begin to resist after they [[General Failure|continuosly receive horrible and incompetent orders]], demanding that their lives not just be ''wasted''. They ultimately [[Mistreatment
* [[Cloning Blues]]:
** In seasone one's "The Hidden Enemy," the question of a problem during the cloning procedure is raised in order to help explain the actions of a rogue trooper.
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** Aurra Sing in "Hostage Crisis".
** An unnamed Mandalorian warrior in "Duchess of Mandalore".
* [[
** The clones' uniforms tell who they serve under. Blue for members of the 501st, which can usually be seen along side Anakin, and orange for the 212th attack battalion which is under Obi-Wan's command. [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|Red is for those stationed on Coruscant.]]
** In ''The Carnage of Krell'', the Clone Troopers are members of the 501st and thus wear blue, and the enemy Umbarans wearing stolen uniforms wear yellow. {{spoiler|Except the "enemies" are clone troopers as well, and ''both'' sides have been told the other were impersonators [[The Uriah Gambit|so they would wipe each other out.]]}}
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** Cad Bane lives this trope, since he's a non-Force user who often finds himself fighting Jedi.
* [[Comic Book Fantasy Casting]]: Cad Bane is explicitly modeled on Lee Van Cleef, star of many westerns in [[The Sixties]].
* [[Compilation Movie]]: An [[Pilot Movie|ascended pilot]], as it were, the pilot episodes earned a theatrical release after being praised by [[George Lucas]].
* [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]]: Carries over elements from the films. The droid army outnumbers the clone army, but the clones can be creative. And of course, there's the [[One
* [[Continuity Cameo]]:
** "Witches of the Mist" starts with a short appearance by [[Republic Commando|Delta Squad]]. They may get more action at some point, as the director admits to being a big fan of them.
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** In the final episode of the Umbara arc, "Carnage of Krell," Fives is warned to avoid stepping on one of the vines lying on the ground, with another clone pointing out that it is actually a tentacle for a vicious carnivorous creature and that he saw Hardcase attacked by one just like it. That happened in the first episode of arc, "Darkness on Umbara."
** In "Brothers", {{spoiler|Darth Maul}} says the phrase "The chains, the chains are the easy part. It's what goes on in here that's hard." The same line spoken by the disguised Son to Ahsoka during "Altar of Mortis" after she was captured.
* [[Continuity Porn]]: The series loves to showcase familiar locations and characters from, and make general [[Shout
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] is not a single hard-and-fast canon. If George Lucas gives his consent for a production to be canon, then that production can supersede different portions of the EU, which is separated into separate levels. This series is "T-canon," which is one level higher than the Expanded Universe, but one level below the films. The original microseries was "C-canon," which is the same level as comics, books, etc. All works are canon, but some take precedence if there is a conflict. See [http://www.starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Canon here] for more information. This means that even characters, planets, etc. that originated in the EU, like Asajj Ventress and Ryloth, can have their backstories changed for the purposes of an episode or two. [[Word of God]] has [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.05/illusion_pr.html said] the novels are the canonical sequels to the Original Trilogy, as most of the recent productions which directly spring from Lucas are placed within the era of the prequel films and earlier.
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'''GEORGE LUCAS:''' The sequels were never really going to get made anyway, unlike 1, 2, and 3, where the stories have existed for 20 years. The idea of 7, 8, and 9 actually came from people asking me about sequels, and I said, "I don't know. Maybe someday." Then when the licensing people came and asked, "Can we do novels?" I said do sequels, because I'll probably never do sequels. }}
* [[Contractual Immortality]]: No matter how dire the situation, we already know Anakin and Obi-Wan are going to live, as well as everyone who was in ''Revenge Of The Sith''.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: "Citadel Rescue" takes place almost entirely in arms reach of a massive lava flow. It's not even internally consistent, either. Characters hang mere meters over the lava with no problem in one scene, yet the burial cloak for a Jedi burns before it even touches it. Animals die instantly, yet said Jedi's wrapped corpse somehow ''floats downstream'' and the worst that happens is it is still on fire.
* [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]]: Still in vogue on the moons of Mandalore, apparently.
* [[Cool Bike]]: Speeder-bikes, the ''Star Wars'' equivalent, make frequent appearances. They come in non-armed "swoop" configurations, blaster-wielding military models, and even with gunnery-mounted sidecars on occasion.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]:
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** Savage Opress single-handedly demolishes a batallion of clones and slaughters two Jedi in "Monster".
** {{spoiler|Darth Maul}} and Savage curb-stomp Obi-Wan in "Revenge", with {{spoiler|Maul}} distracting him, then Savage getting the drop on him, brutally overpowering Obi-Wan, and ending with both of them beating Obi-Wan unconscious.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: around Seasons 3 and 4, [[Doomed by Canon|which is evitable]], considering [[Revenge of the Sith]] takes place after the series
* [[Day in The Limelight]]: Many episodes will be dedicated to minor characters. "Bombad Jedi" and "Shadow Warrior" has Jar Jar, "Lair of Grievous" has Kit Fisto, etc.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Obi-Wan sure loves dispensing sarcastic quips, even in the middle of a battle.
* [[Death
* [[Decapitation Presentation]]:
** In the film, the heads of the bounty hunters Jabba hired to rescue his son are brought back to him to show their obvious failure at the rescue attempt.
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* [[Deliberate Injury Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Captain Tarpals [[Heroic Sacrifice|allows General Grievous to run him through with a spear]] in order to get close enough to disable Grievous in turn}}.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: In "Bounty Hunters".
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* [[Depending
** In "Hostage Crisis" (written by Eoghan Mahony), Anakin makes a large speech about how Padme is the single most important thing in his life, whereas she seems preoccupied by the duties and responsibilities of her office and their obligations to the Republic. However, in "Senate Spy" (written by Melinda Hsu), their positions are diametrically reversed, and Padme becomes upset when Anakin lectures her on the nature of responsibility and the duties they have that supersede their personal desires.
** The Nightsisters, introduced in the EU novel ''The Courtship of Princess Leia'', were regarded as "witches" because their planet had lost the knowledge of the Force and could only explain their power through magic and witchcraft. With the exception of using verbal "spells" (which worked [[Magic Feather|because they thought that was the only way to get their magic to work]]), they had none of the trappings of stereotypical witchcraft. In ''The Clone Wars'', they have all the trappings of Hollywood Witches - they refer to their groupings as "covens", use potions and cast spells upon weapons.
* [[Determinator]]: Savage Opress is a nice break from the proud ''Clone Wars'' villainous tradition of running away as soon as they encounter someone who can match them in battle. Not only does he continue to fight multiple enemies, all of who outclass him, in rapid succession, he also shrugs off repeated blaster shots, Force lightning and slamming against walls, which would have instantly killed or at least incapacitated most other people. By the time he did retreat he was half dead from all the abuse he took.
* [[Die Hard
* [[Disaster Democracy]]: In "Nomad Droids", after R2-D2 and C-3PO accidentally kill the leader of a group of [[Lilliputians]], they want to put the droids in charge, and C-3PO holds an impromptu election. The three candidates proceed to beat eachother up afterwards while the droids leave the system.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]:
** According to the official site, one-time villain Chi Cho's behavior, accent, and dialogue were supposed to bring to mind apartheid-era South African dictators. The battle itself is similar to the Battle of Isandlwana in the Zulu Wars. In Isandlwana you have a clear tech advantage in the hands of the British that is wasted due to an arrogant commander stretching his forces too thinly for their superior firepower to overcome the enemies' superior numbers and arguably superior tactics, which is exactly what happens.
** The New Mandalorians, who are a race of tall, mostly blond, blue-eyed humans with long, angular facial features desperately trying to distance themselves from their ancestors' reputation as [[Nazi Germany|brutal conquerors]]. Opposing them are the Death Watch, who want to return to traditional Mandalorian ways, and whose über-Aryan-looking leader wears his [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100130031116/starwars/images/3/3c/Kenobi_vs_Vizsla.jpg hair] in a slight variation of the stereotypical Wehrmacht cut.
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** Count Dooku, despite having the traditional high regard for loyalty that all Sith have, never made any move to usurp the authority of Darth Sidious {{spoiler|until Sidious ordered him to kill Asajj Ventress, his apprentice and number one assassin, [[Shoot Your Mate|in order to test his loyalty]]. Though Dooku did betray Ventress as ordered, as soon as he gained a new apprentice he [[We Can Rule Together|explained that the two of them would grow in power and overthrow Sidious]]. Meanwhile, Ventress vows to kill Count Dooku for what he tried to do.}}
** {{spoiler|Savage Opress}} also predictably turns on Ventress, who treated him even worse than Dooku did either of them.
* [[Doomed
** Its almost as bad for Latts from "Bounty", whose species has been established as being almost entirely exinct by the time of ROTJ.
* [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]: Not just ''any'' droid factory, but a droid factory... of DOOM! And Cargo... of Doom!
* [[Double
* [[The Dragon]]: There is so much [[Man Behind the Man]] stuff on the Separatists' side that the only person who really resembles the role is Asajj Ventress, who is sent out specifically to make the heroes' job harder in Dooku's name. Grievous clearly thinks he has this role, but whenever they're in the same scene it's very clear who's really Dooku's top subordinate.
* [[Dramatic Irony]]:
** It is impossible to ignore the fact that Anakin will turn into Darth Vader and end up killing all of the people he helps.
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** Same with the clone troopers being merged into the storm trooper army. "Rookies" even ends with the surviving troops joining the 501st, later known by the nickname '''Vader's Fist'''.
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]:
** In the episode "Clone Cadets", the troopers of Domino Squad are under the charge of Master Chief Petty Officer Bric, a Siniteen bounty hunter with [[My Brain Is Big|an oversized brain]] and a scholarship to the [[R. Lee Ermey]] school of drill instruction. He does not seem to actually have his troops best interests at heart, but his tough style seems to work and get the troopers motivated to pass their exams.
** ''Averted'' with his Arcona counterpart El-Les, who is rather caring for a drill instructor.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: A Twi'lek slave, after a failed assassination attempt on her master, throws herself off a balcony rather than continue being a slave.
* [[Dual
** Kit Fisto picked it up on the fly and it was awesome.
** Asajj Ventress does this ''as her schtick''.
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** General Krell dual-wields ''double-bladed lightsabers''!
* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]:
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'''Hevy:''' [[Stuff Blowing Up|I don't.]] }}
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: One of the droid commando squads enter a fight by ''throwing'' the basic battle droid at the clones.
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* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: The slave pen warden in the episode adaption of ''Slaves of the Republic'' has one when he {{spoiler|drops a band of slaves down into an inactive volcano, killing them through the sheer drop, ''[[Kick the Dog|just to make a point]]'' to Obi-Wan of how he intended to break his will.}}
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Cad Bane saves Rako Hardeen when Moralo Eval tries to kill him. Not because he cared for Hardeen, but because Eval purposefully cheated Hardeen out of victory then caused the floor to fall out beneath him. Bane felt that Eval should at least give him a fair fight.
* [[
* [[
* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Besides Palpatine, there is also {{spoiler|the prime minister of Mandalore}}.
* [[Evil
* [[Evil Laugh]]:
** When Anakin takes off on Dooku's speeder bike to save Ahsoka in the movie, Dooku is said to be "(LAUGHING MALICIOUSLY)" according to the subtitles.
** Riff Tamson seems determined to laugh evilly once for every 5-10 lines of actual dialogue he has.
** Once {{spoiler|General Krell}} admits that he is a traitor, he laughs deeply in ''every following conversation''.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Savage Opress gets a deeper voice after the Nightsisters take control of him with their magic. Being voiced by [[Clancy Brown]] helps too.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Count Dooku has to betray Asajj Ventress at Sidious' request, nearly resulting in her death. Asajj seeks shelter with the Nightsisters of Dathomir and begins plotting her revenge against Dooku. To this end she and the other Nightsisters [[Training
* [[Exactly What I Aimed At]]: In a fight with Pre Viszla, Ahsoka slashes his jetpack. He commends her on the close call, only for her to explain that she didn't miss. He quickly realizes that his jetpack is about to explode and ditches it.
* [[Executive Meddling]]:
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* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: There are several episodes dedicated to capturing Grievous, which never work. Obi-Wan notices and lampshades this trope at the end of "The Deserter", and you can see how much it disgusts him.
* [[Faking the Dead]]: The Jedi hire a sniper to shoot Obi-Wan, who takes a drug to make it look like the shot killed him. Then they use [[Magic Plastic Surgery]] to make him look like the sniper and have him sent to prison, so he can infiltrate a plot to assassinate the Chancellor.
* [[Family
** During the series even the technically identical clone troopers will be given a moment or two in order to establish a unique personality and general likability, and then will be killed in way that both uses or subverts the [[Discretion Shot]].
** Grievous graphically killed an alien mechanic / hacker with the lightsaber blade visibly tearing through his chest!
** It is not just the villains carving people up with lightsabers, but the good guys, too. When Ahsoka is being attacked [[Brainwashed and Crazy|by a mind-controlled clone]] she takes out her lightsaber and ''guts him'', with a close-up of the sword impacting the clone.
** They really turned it up to eleven with flamethrowers being used on Geonosians. They burn and scream the whole scene and some of them got especially lucky with being sliced in vertical halves by the Jedi.
** The season three "Nightsisters" arc is rife with this. Most notable are the many ways in which Asajj dismisses unsatisfactory Nightbrothers when she is selecting her future minion from among them, and said minion's test of loyalty.
** During an escape scene in "Counter Attack", a clone dies in a rather horrible way: {{spoiler|being cut in half by a vent's security doors}}, thankfully blocked out by a convenient door closing just prior.
** {{spoiler|Even Piell}} in the same trilogy gets mauled by an alien tiger. Though they skipped on showing the wounds he should have had, it's quite clear that it nearly ''tore out his throat''.
** {{spoiler|Riff Tamson}} got blown to bits, with his severed head shown on screen.
** In his first appearance in the show, Cad Bane snaps a guard's neck.
** In "Bounty", Dengar kills two Kage Warriors by sticking remote explosives to their chests and detonating them; only the camera angle saves the viewers from the [[Ludicrous Gibs]] that could have been. And later, {{spoiler|Krismo Sodi}} takes out Major Rigosso with an electrified sword through the gut.
* [[Fan Service]]:
** [[Ms. Fanservice|Aayla Secura]]. Commander Bly is one lucky clone and Yoda is one lucky... whatever he is. After Windu, Aayla seems to be his most frequent companion.
** Keelyvine Reus from the tie-in web comic.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Chairman Cho and his hatred of the "savage" Talz.
* [[Fantastic Slurs]]: Tinnies for droids, while Boyle calls the Twileks "Tail Heads" rather disparagingly in ''Innocents of Ryloth.''
* [[Fauxshadow]]: The episode "The Deserter" gives an almost assured impression that Cut Lawquane would be killed by the episode's end in a sort of [[Heroic Sacrifice]] / [[Last Stand]]. He deserted the clone army on Geonosis, something that he feels greatly ashamed by, and that he thinks Rex would view him as a coward for doing so, but he mentions that if it came down to it, he would die to protect his adopted children, and when they are later attacked by droids Cut elects to hold them off himself, leaving Rex as the last line of defence between them and his family. He lives to the end, and Rex leaves him in peace with his family.
* [[
* [[
* [[Five
** [[Big Bad]]: Cad Bane
** [[The Dragon]]: Moralo Eval
** [[Evil Genius]]: Derrown
** [[The Brute]]: Embo
** [[Dark Chick]]: Twazzi
** [[Sixth Ranger]] / [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]: Rako Hardeen(Obi-Wan in disguise)
* [[Flying Saucer]] The ship of Hondo Ohnaka and his pirate gang.
* [[Foe
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: None of the heroes are going to realize that Chancellor Palpatine is playing both sides for suckers until it is too late.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Also [[Call Forward|Call Forwards]].
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*** Also in the same episode, Anakin is shown by the son in a vision what he will become and in his efforts to prevent that harm, he {{spoiler|turns to the dark side just like he is later convinced to do over preventing Padme's death.}}
** In "Clone Cadets", Shaak Ti comments on how one of the clones, Echo, fails to adapt to the simulation known as The Citadel. Evan Piel says in "The Citadel" is "Adaptation is the key to survival". Guess who doesn't survive the episode after that?
** In "Citadel Rescue", as [[A New Hope|Tarkin]] and Anakin shook hands before parting, a short section of "The Imperial March" was used as the background music.
* [[Forgot About His Powers]]: Quite often, the Jedi need to gain hold of something just out of reach and, instead of grabbing it telekinetically like they did ''thirty seconds ago'', they will instead try to grab it manually.
** In "Children of the Force", Mace Windu literally steps into a painfully obvious trap to get the Holocron, while he could just as easily have used the force to grab it and not sprung the trap.
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* [[General Failure]]: Pong Krell. It is better to have rested soldiers than tired soldiers, better to have high morale than low morale, and better to attack from cover than to attack without any cover. Krell sent tired soldiers to attack a city out in the open where they could be easily gunned down like fish in a barrel, and all this after letting them all know that as far as he was concerned, they were expendable pieces of crap. He's no [[Sun Tzu]], that's for sure. {{spoiler|As it turns out, he was intentionally sabotaging the Republic's efforts on Umbara so he'd have a good accomplishment to present to Dooku when he defected to the Separatists. Suffice to say, this comes back to bite him.}}
* [[Genre Savvy]]:
** After several episodes of villains being [[Rewarded
** {{spoiler|Prime Minister Almec}} is very savvy. He knows that he may very well have to contend with Jedi considering that Obi-Wan Kenobi is a... friend of Duchess Satine, so he trains his co-conspirators to ''resist'' Jedi mind tricks and even trained them to ''play along'' if neccesary. However, they stop short of being [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] by not using anything stronger to contain Ahsoka besides handcuffs, not even placing anybody in the ''already open cell'' right behind them.
** The unnamed freighter pilot from "Brothers".
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
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** In "Lethal Trackdown", Aurra Sing arrives at Ohnaka's hideout and kisses him. {{spoiler|He then looks at young Boba next to her and goes "Not one of mine, I hope."}}
** After kissing a dying clone on the cheek (cut from syndication), Asajj informs the cyborg General Grievous in a ''very'' sexy tone that...
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** In one episode, Anakin is "always thinking with his lightsaber".
** In "Senate Spies," Padme and the Jedi Council refer to the fact that she used to have a romantic relationship with a senator currently suspected of treason. Throughout the entire episode no characters even once use the term date, dating, romance, girlfriend/boyfriend or any other explicit relationship term. Instead they use the terms "friendship" and "''close'' friendship", with ''extreme'' emphasis on the "close", and occasionally with a significant pause before and after.
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** Chairman Papanoida of Pantora pulls it off briefly.
** Every single Mandalorian soldier. [[Word of God]] states it's meant to reflect the symmetry that their culture favours.
* [[Half
* [[Hand Cannon]]: Even though the DC-15S Blaster is categorized as a carbine, it's small enough, and very much light enough to handle as a pistol. More experienced soldiers like Captain Rex, or other troopers akin to him, seem to invoke this trope.
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Aayla Secura.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:
** In "Rookies", when a remote detonator malfunctions, {{spoiler|[[You Shall Not Pass|Hevy stays behind to blow up the charge manually]]}}, ensuring both his squad's safety and that the Republic will know something is amiss.
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{{spoiler|'''Hevy:'''}} [[Dying Moment of Awesome|I don't]]. }}
** Subverted in "Weapons Factory", when Ahsoka and Barriss Offee assume that using their hijacked battle tank to destroy a power reactor will take them with it, and are prepared for a triumphant death in a blaze of glory. However, they find themselves trapped in the rubble afterward and the prospect of dying of either starvation or asphyxiation is much less appealing than death in combat.
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** {{spoiler|The Daughter}} does this twice in a row to save {{spoiler|The Father and Ahsoka}}.
** In "Shadow Warrior" {{spoiler|Captain Tarpals}} allows himself to be run-through by General Grievous [[Deliberate Injury Gambit|in order to put himself in the proper position to disable Grievous in turn.]]
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{{spoiler|'''Captain Tarpals:'''}} Not dying. ''Sacrifice''! }}
** Clone trooper {{spoiler|Hardcase}} leaves his ship to get past the ray shields that are protecting the generators he and two other clones are there to destroy. He tells the other two troopers to fly away and escape the explosion, telling them to live to fight another day.
* [[Hijacked
* [[Hoist
** The BXs in "Rookies" gain access to the base by pretending to be clone troopers. The surviving troopers gain entrance to the base by pretending to be BXs.
** In "Prisoners," Riff Tamson stabs a few enemies with small [[Time Bomb|time bombs]] that blow them into a bloody mess. {{spoiler|Lee-Char manages to fight Tamson and kills him taking and stabbing Tamson with one of his own bombs}}.
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** Played straight when he said "There's more than one way to skin a womp rat."
** Days get referred to both as days and as "planetary rotations".
** Obi-Wan plays this trope straight again in another episode when he says "out of the quicksand and into the sarlacc pit."
* [[Hollywood Tactics]]: Apparently, standard tactic for Clone Troopers is "stand out in the open, ignore cover, and shoot at the enemy."
* [[Holy Halo]]: The Daughter is visibly glowing in both her humanoid and griffin form. Not surprising considering she is {{spoiler|the physical embodiment of the Light Side}}.
* [[Hope Spot]]: During the Battle of Kamino, General Grievous and his droids are charging the chamber in which Jango Fett's DNA is being kept, which is guarded by ARC commander Colt and two regular troopers. We see them gun down droid after droid, then first one trooper is killed, then the other. Commander Colt takes cover behind a wall, reloads, breaks cover and starts firing away. Now, he's a badass ARC trooper, we know he's gonna -- oh, wait, Asajj Ventress comes out of nowhere and force chokes him.
* [[Hostage Situation]]: Defied by Anakin in the Zygerrian arc. When they threaten to kill the Tortugan colonists if he doesn't surrender, he dismissively states that he's done listening to slavers. It also helps that he brought a Republic fleet for backup.
* [[
* [[Huge Holographic Head]]: A teamn of maintenace droids rule a primtive society by generating a giant hologram to rule the people.
* [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]]: Arguably even more dangerous than usual, since some of them are former Padawans who can Force Choke them.
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** Ahsoka's behavior in the season 3 finale has a minor amount of Idiot Ball to it. Kaleefa tries to Force Choke one of the hunters, but Ahsoka convinces her not to. Part of the reason is that Kaleefa is obviously doing it out of anger, a path to the Dark Side if ever there was one, but it doesn't seem to occur to Ahsoka that he'll give away their position if not killed, which he does mere seconds later. To be fair, Ahsoka has no problem killing in self-defense for the rest of the finale, so one could chalk it up to a minor lapse in judgement.
* [[If You're So Evil Eat This Kitten]]: Queen Miraj Scintel orders Anakin to whip Obi-Wan Kenobi in order to prove that he really is a slaver.
* [[I'm a Doctor, Not
* [[I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin]]: Master Even Piell does this to Ahsoka in order to make sure the hyperspace route he's carrying gets to the Republic.
* [[Impaled
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: The droids. "Rookies" has one trooper evade droid fire for a few seconds by ''walking sideways''. Their effectiveness varies, such as in "The Hidden Enemy", with zero droid humor and an obscenely large clone body count.
* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: Lightsabers, naturally, but "The Mandalore Plot" manages to up the cool factor by introducing an old-school lightsaber with a black blade.
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* [[Ironic Echo]]: In "Rookies": "Roger, roger."
* [[Iron Woobie]]: Savage Opress. He's part of a [[Proud Warrior Race]] who have been subjugated by the Nightsisters, gets the crap beaten out of him by Ventress, is turned into a hulking hate-filled monster under her control, is made to kill his own brother, gets handed over to Dooku in a plot to assassinate him, is trained in the Force by Dooku by getting the bejeezus zapped out of him with Force lightning, then fails both his mission and his secret assignment, which was doomed from the start anyway. Finally, he gets rejected by Ventress and beaten by both the good guys and the bad guys within an inch of his life. Without even waiting for his wounds to heal, he goes on another quest to become more powerful, not realising that he's still just a pawn in Mother Talzin's game. Oh, and everyone treats him like an inferior knockoff of Darth Maul even in-universe.
* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]:
** Obi-Wan and Anakin both pull the ploy.
** Kit Fisto pulls a similar trick on Grievous, but substitutes an escape for the trope's dictated attack. Greivous' look when his surrender demand is (seemingly) accepted? Priceless.
* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: The reprogrammed Battle Droids in "Citadel Rescue".
* [[It Only Works Once]]: In "Plan of Dissent", Fives and a couple other troopers, unwilling to risk their lives under Krell's reckless command, plot a mission against a resupply ship which they liken to Anakin's destruction of the droid command ship in ''Episode I''. They manage to get up to the ship and fire on its reactor, but the droids activate a ray shield to block them. One of the troopers has to physically disconnect a damaged cannon, walk it around the shield, then smash it into the reactor to detonate it.
* [[
* [[I Will Only Slow
* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: When Bric sabotages Domino squad, he's not doing it with their interests at heart, but Shaak Ti points out to El-Les that battlefield conditions will be even less forgiving and they need to figure this out (which ultimately derives from why living beings are considered superior to droids on the battlefield, because droids can't improvise).
* [[Jet Pack]]:
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** Cad Bane has jet ''boots''.
* [[Just a Machine]]: Ironically, the Jedi and clones view the battle droids this way despite said droids exhibiting a whole lot more personality and emotion than they did in the prequel trilogy. Obi-Wan even feels this way about ''Artoo''.
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* [[Just a Stupid Accent]]:
** The clone troopers have become Australian, due to Dee Bradley Baker [[The Other Darrin|replicating]] Temuera Morrison's ''New Zealand'' accent. They all have slight variations, making each clone distinct.
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** The Pantorans are South African - a nod to Apartheid-era dictators.
** The Felucians sound vaguely Japanese - a nod to ''Seven Samurai''.
** Kit Fisto has a slight Jamaican accent. Coming from [[Phil
* [[Just Hit Him]]: Both played straight and averted during Darts D'nar's fight with Obi-Wan in "Kidnapped". Darts throws Obi-Wan across the room a number of times when it probably would've been more effective to just start beating the hell out of him right where they were. But at other times during the fight Darts ''does'' beat on him, and choke him, and [[Wrestler in All of Us|pick him up only to slam him onto the floor]]. As much as he wanted to win, he also wanted revenge; Obi-Wan made a good outlet for those frustrations.
* [[Just in Time]]:
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* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Ahsoka.
* [[Kid Hero]]: Ahsoka, who canon places at 14 years of age. Lucas originally intended her to be 11.
* [[Killed Mid
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* [[Kill It
* [[Kill It
* [[Kiss of Death]]: This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE11a9BXe54 little bit of Ventress killing a clone trooper] from "ARC Troopers" that Cartoon Network insisted be cut before the episode's airing.
* [[The Lancer]]: Anakin usually fulfills this role to Obi-Wan when they are on a mission together.
** Ahsoka and Rex share the role for Anakin.
* [[Large Ham]]:
** Doc Vindi, played by Michael York. He is pretty much a [[Card
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** General Grevious is quite the ham as well. His lines are all exaggerated as well as tearing off a droid's head when things go wrong.
* [[Laser
* [[Lava Adds Awesome]]
* [[
* [[Leave Him to Me]]: Pre Viszla does this twice, once with Obi-Wan and again with Ahsoka. He eventually had to call for backup with Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka abandoned the fight after taking out his jetpack.
* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]:
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* [[Lilliputians]]: Featured in the episode "Nomad Droids".
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Everybody except for Padme due to the expense and effort it would take to render separate models. It is a little strange when Obi-Wan is ''constantly'' wearing his battle armor even while in the Council Chamber, and Ahsoka and Barriss Offee sleep in their bed without blankets and still in their normal clothes, complete with boots for Ahsoka and long robe for Barriss. They all have new outfits as of "Heroes on Both Sides", but you can pretty much count on these outfits staying for the rest of the series barring episodes set before that point.
** It got a lot better by Season 4, as Ahsoka alone had three different outfits in addition to her usual.
* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: Several episodes features almost nothing but clone troopers, although a Jedi or two may make a [[Mandatory Line|token appearance]].
* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: This happens when Artoo accidentally kills the leader of some [[Lilliputians]] on a world he and C-3PO are visiting. R2 spends the rest of ''Nomad Droids'' with alien blood spattered all over him.
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* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]:
** In the pilot movie, when Ziro explains to Count Dooku that Padme has been snooping around, Dooku suggests that he "have her meet with an accident with extreme prejudice" if she continues to be a problem.
** In the series proper the Mandalorian Death Watch straps Obi-Wan to a [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]] in order to make his death look like an accident.
* [[Male Gaze]]: Ahsoka is the subject of one in "Heroes on Both Sides". She immediately lampshades it. Incidentally, there was a time skip between the previous episode and this one, since Ahsoka has visibly grown up since the last time we saw her.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Satine may be a pacifist, but she is willing to threaten someone with violence at the hands of her guards when the lives of children are at stake due to poison. She is also clearly outraged/devastated at everyone else's apparent indifference to the situation. It is actually quite fitting for her since, in the EU, Mandalorians are traditionally protective of children, whether their own or not.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Dooku and [[Man Behind the Man|Darth Sidious]].
* [[Mass "Oh Crap"|Mass Oh Sithspit]]: The pirates have one when reminded that Dooku knows where they live.
* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]: Typical Star Wars fare, although it gets a bit long here:
** Yoda > Count Dooku > Qui-Gon Jinn > Obi-Wan Kenobi > Anakin Skywalker > Ahsoka Tano.
* [[Mauve Shirt]]:
** Poor, poor Nahdar Vebb, who was apparently created just to get shot full of holes by Grievous. Rather humorously, the clone troopers who accompanied him all wore [[Lampshade Hanging|red armor]] and also died horrible deaths.
** Clone trooper Sergeant Denal showed up in two episodes and, despite receiving only a few lines, was memorable due to his distinctive armor design. In his second appearance {{spoiler|Cad Bane shoots the trooper to fake his own death, then takes Denal's armor.}} The outcry on [[The Force]].net's message boards was amazing.
** Captain Rex [[The Lancer|serves the same role]] to Anakin as Commander Cody does to Obi-Wan, except he was not seen in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''. It gives his [[A Day in
** ARC Trooper Echo was wearing one of these shirts during "The Citadel" arc.
** Waxer, who was given a lot of focus and likability in "Innocents of Ryloth" {{spoiler|dies in "Carnage of Krell".}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
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** Clone trooper "Dogma," who is almost fanatical about obeying orders and the official chain of command.
*** Justified in that the clones obviously don't have birth names, so the names the get are often connected to their personality.
* [[Mecha
* [[Merchandise
* [[Mind Rape]]: Three Jedi pull this on {{spoiler|Cad Bane}} at one point.
* [[Mistreatment
* [[The Mole]]: Happens in several stories: {{spoiler|R3-S6, Captain Argyus and Slick}}.
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: The Republic in its entirety, and the Jedi specifically, employ millions of clones as slave labor. They are sent out to fight and die without regard for their own wants or desires, going their entire lives without being allowed to make a single decision for themselves. Leaving the military, for any reason, is considered treasonous desertion and A.W.O.L., even if the clone in question has not yet even graduated training or only leaves to become a farmer. Even clones who are unable to become soldiers, due to either physical or mental deformity, are not released from service, instead becoming support workers for the military industrial complex. Throughout this treatment, however, the Republic government and the Jedi continuously speak about how their war revolves around the core concepts of freedom and liberty, and they see no problem with ensuring this via the martial might of those fundamentally ''without'' liberty. Ironically, the Jedi themselves would likely have the best understanding of the clones, because although they have a right to leave, they themselves for the most part never had a life that preceded training in the Jedi academy.
* [[Morally
* [[More Dakka]]: Quite a few examples, but the battleship ''Malevolence'', the dorsal surface of which was studded by countless guns, probably takes the cake.
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: A new backstory was written for General Grievous, in which his inability to become a Jedi Knight motivates him to procure robotic upgrades to improve his fighting ability, as well as instilling a hatred and resentment of the Jedi. This contradicts the existing backstory, in which he was mortally injured in a shuttle crash arranged by Count Dooku and agreed to help the Separatist cause in exchange for a robotic body. The new backstory is not explicitly shown in "Lair of Grievous", but is implied by a series of statues that exhibit him in various stages of his transformation and a comment from Grievous that he chose the modifications himself. The creators have explicitly stated that they prefer to let the viewer decide which backstory to follow.
* [[Musical Spoiler]]: The "Imperial March" pops ups ''everywhere,'' from behind ominous conversations to meaningful handshakes. Also counts as a [[Musical Nod]]. When Anakin kills {{spoiler|Merrick}} and when Poggle the Lesser becomes the first canonical victim of Vader's trademark Force choke.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Ahsoka, an apprentice of Anakin Skywalker, starts off in the series wielding a single lightsaber with a reverse grip. When she reappears with her new look for the third season, she has taken up [[Dual
** In "Brothers", {{spoiler|Darth Maul}} recites part of the Sith Code while ranting deliriously.
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]:
** The Mandalorian homeworld is threatened by an extremist group which wants to return to the old Mandalorian ways of combat. They are named "Death Watch."
** The Darth Maul-esque warrior called ''Savage Opress''.
** Bounty Hunter Moralo Eval. [[Don't Explain the Joke|"Moral Evil," get it?]] Also ''Cad Bane'', [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted pretty well, as people openly talk about killing others and being killed.
* [[New Meat]]: When Ahsoka first meets Captain Rex in the pilot movie she wonders if, as a Jedi, she is automatically his ranking superior. Rex explains that, in his book, experience outranks everything. Throughout the series there are frequent introductions of clones who have not previously served on the front lines, and they try to deal with gaining real-world experience on top of their training.
* [[Nice Hat]]:
** The broad-brimmed fedora worn by Cad Bane is rather awesome.
** Embo - he essentially wears [[Captain America (comics)]]'s shield on his head. It is both nice AND practical!
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Ahsoka accidentally triggers a droid trap that nearly overwhelms Anakin, and even when her actions ended up saving his life, he was quick to tell her that he should not have been in that situation in the first place.
** Ahsoka again, much later, in Season 3 {{spoiler|saved Captain Tarkin's life. Yes, [[Complete Monster|that]] Tarkin.}}
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Ahsoka had a tendency to use these for people in the early seasons.
* [[Ninja]] : The Kage species who act as perfect ninjas : black bodysuit, stealth, great agility. If not clear enough, Kage is also the Japanese word for shadow, the realm of ninjas.
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** The voice of Osi Sobeck (the warden of the Citadel) was based off of Chistopher Walken's.
* [[No Except Yes]]: "I don't think this is a kidnapping, I think they're holding them hostage."
* [[No
* [[No Flow in CGI]]: A '''lot''' due to budget constraints.
** The hair on the human characters are solid as rock, Obi-Wan's beard being the best example. The Jedi also all wear gauntlets and have no sleeves and wear sleeveless Jedi robes which are easier for the animators to deal with than if they wore the traditional live action costumes.
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** Noir ''act'', really. At the end of the pilot movie Padme goes to meet with Ziro the Hutt. His lair, a [[Den of Iniquity|den of crime and vice]], is in a dingy nightclub playing classic jazz straight out of a 1940's [[Film Noir]].
** "Senate Murders", a [[Who Dunnit]] on Coruscant.
* [[No MacGuffin, No Winner]] Osi Sobeck [[Subverted Trope|attempted]] this in "Citadel Rescue". {{spoiler|He [[Doomed
* [[Non
* [[Non
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|Darth Maul.}}
* [[Not Screened for Critics]]: The theatrical film had a rating embargo until release, and ended up with a [http://www.metacritic.com/movie/star-wars-the-clone-wars 35% rating] on Metacritic.
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* [[Nonuniform Uniform]]: Most clones somehow customize their armor or hairstyle / color in the show.
* [[Old Master]]: Besides Yoda, the season 2 episode "Lightsaber Lost" introduces Tera Sinube, a seemingly-feeble old Jedi who shows considerable wisdom, approaches any problem with a calm, methodical approach to great success, disarms a thief who stole Ahsoka's lightsaber using his own lightsaber which is built into his walking stick, and is supposedly one of the foremost experts on Coruscant's criminal underworld.
* [[One
** The Jedi in general, but Yoda was explicitly described as such in the first episode of the series, "Ambush," where King Katuunko decreed that Yoda was worth a thousand battle droids.
** The nameless Death Watch commando from the beginning of the Mandalorian arc certainly counts, single-handedly attempting to take an entire [[The Battlestar|Republic cruiser]] out of commission. He does not ''quite'' succeed, but kills himself rather than be captured and interrogated, and it is implied he came within a hair's breadth of completing his mission.
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* [[Papa Wolf]]:
** Anyone who gets between Anakin and Ahsoka is going to figure this out the hard way. Unsurprising, considering his previous record. See [[Berserk Button]].
** Chairman N. Papanoida is a prime example, being willing to break into Jabba's Palace and gun down waves of outlaws in order to save his missing daughters.
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]:
** The faulty beacon in "Trespass".
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* [[Pirates]]: The antagonists in "Dooku Captured" "The Gungan General".
* [[Physical God]]: The Force wielders. Their power is so great they have to be confined and kept secret from the rest of the galaxy.
* [[Precision F
* [[Pre
* [["Previously On..."]]: Every episode starts with a newsreel-style recap of previous episodes. Sometimes they reveal the backstory of a new story arc as though it was a previous episode, fitting with the ''[[Star Wars]]'' aggressive sense of history.
* [[Punctuated!
** Here. They. COOOOMMMMMEEE!
** THIS EFFORT! IS NO LONGER! PROFITABLE!
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** "Bounty Hunters" is ''[[The Seven Samurai]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>, indicated by the memory card at the beginning. [[Toshiro Mifune]], who played one of the samurais in the film, was first intented to play the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi before Alec Guinness was chosen.
** "Lightsaber Lost" is ''Stray Dog'' <small>IN SPACE</small>.
** "R2 Come Home" features [[Timmy in
* [[Red Shirt]]: Many clone troopers, but several do get actual facetime to elevate into a [[Mauve Shirt]].
* [[Red Wire Blue Wire]]: Asajj ends up just slicing through the control panel.
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* [[Retcon]]: Previously established continuity from the [[Expanded Universe]] is accepted [[Broad Strokes|in general fashion]], but many parts have been re-written at the behest of [[George Lucas]] to suit the needs of the show, both in the setting of episodes and character / species history.
* [[Reverse Grip]]: Ahsoka's standard lightsaber posture, although there are some times where the switches to a traditional hold during actual combat. In the season two episode "Brain Invaders" [[Continuity Nod|she holds her fork in the same fashion]] when she and Bariss are eating in the messhall.
* [[Rewarded
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] The [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Convor Convoree] from the Season3 finale, and their [https://web.archive.org/web/20111203052035/http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Unidentified_Kiros_bird recycled version] from Season4.
* [[Ridiculously
** Taken up a notch in "A Friend In Need". Death Watch has a bunch of harmless battle droids they use for target practice. They beg for mercy and scream "Why?" (albeit in monotone), then beg to be repaired by R2 as they ''crawl'' to him for help. It is very satisfying when R2 gives them the chance to get some retribution.
* [[Roof Hopping]]: Done in "Lightsaber Lost" when Ahsoka chases Cassie Cryar, who has her lightsaber, over the rooftops of Coruscant.
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** Merrick tries to pull this on Obi-Wan and Satine, wanting to get the pacifist to prove herself a hypocrite or have her Jedi love interest kill an unarmed man in front of her. Anakin [[Take a Third Option|presents an alternative]]. [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|It really would have been easy to capture Merrick alive]], but for some reason Anakin, Obi-Wan, and even ''[[Actual Pacifist|Satine]]'' viewed it as a "kill or be killed" situation.
** The Father in "Overlords" makes Anakin choose whether to save Ahsoka or Obi-Wan. {{spoiler|It was actually a test to see if he had what it took to [[Take a Third Option]].}}
* [[Sci
** Ships can apparently cross inter-stellar distances in a matter of minutes. When Padme is fatally poisoned in "Senate Spy" Anakin decides to bring her to Coruscant for treatment instead of local help. Other episodes feature people traveling back and forth between multiple stars within a single day.
** In "Supply Lines", the Republic is attempting to feed the entire population of Ryloth. They accomplish this with a single food shipment that could, at best, feed a single village for a few days. This works because the entire planet is apparently populated by only a few dozen individuals.
** In "Pursuit of Peace", the Senate debates whether or not to buy five million new clones for the war, which is being fought on numerous planets across an entire galaxy. For reference, the Allies had five million troops on the Western Front in World War II and it was still a close battle.
** In "Plan of Dissent" the clones mention that one of the obstacles to taking a capitol is missiles with a "100 megaton yield". We later see some strikes with the weapons that produce standard explosions, affecting an area no more than a couple hundred feet each. For comparison, not even the biggest, most powerful nuclear weapons ever made had a 100 megaton yield, and would cause miles of devastation.
* [[Send in
* [[Sergeant Rock]]:
** Captain Rex, even though he is not an NCO.
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** Captain Rex is going to execute {{spoiler|General Krell}} once he learns of his planned desertion to the Separatists, since he will be able to give them enough information to cripple the Republic war effort. {{spoiler|Dogma does it for him.}}
** The Kadavo slave master knows that Jedi don't kill unarmed prisoners, but he fails to consider the presence of [[Badass Normal|Rex]].
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: For all their [[Character Development|character developments]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|crowning moments of awesome]], [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|crowning moments of heartwarming]] and [[Big Damn Heroes]] moments... these clone troopers are still going to end up executing Order 66, slaughter all the Jedi and [[Doomed
* [[Shoot Your Mate]]: Darth Sidious orders Count Dooku to kill {{spoiler|Asajj Ventress}} in order to test his loyalty, claiming that refusing to comply would indicate his plan to eventually overthrow Sidious with {{spoiler|Ventress's}} help.
* [["Shut Up" Kiss]]: A somewhat more literal example than most. {{spoiler|Ahsoka is chewing out Lux for trusting Deathwatch while they're waiting for Pre Viszla. Noticing that Pre Viszla's headed for the tent, Lux kisses her to shut her up. She had passed herself off as his betrothed to avoid suspicion, hence it was the only way to do it believably. It's very awkward and not meant to be romantic.}}▼
* [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids]]: {{spoiler|General Krell claims that is no longer naive enough to believe in the ways of the Jedi, which is why he is planning to betray the Republic and defect to the Separatists}}.▼
* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Even more-so than the movies. According to the DVD special features, the ice-world from "Trespass" is supposed to be what Hoth would have been like if George Lucas did not film on location in [[Real Life]]. An actual ''ice''-world, there are not even any rocks visible in the episode, although the producers do admit that this raises some questions regarding events in the episode [[
▲* [[Shut Up Kiss]]: A somewhat more literal example than most. {{spoiler|Ahsoka is chewing out Lux for trusting Deathwatch while they're waiting for Pre Viszla. Noticing that Pre Viszla's headed for the tent, Lux kisses her to shut her up. She had passed herself off as his betrothed to avoid suspicion, hence it was the only way to do it believably. It's very awkward and not meant to be romantic.}}
▲* [[Silly Rabbit Idealism Is for Kids]]: {{spoiler|General Krell claims that is no longer naive enough to believe in the ways of the Jedi, which is why he is planning to betray the Republic and defect to the Separatists}}.
▲* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Even more-so than the movies. According to the DVD special features, the ice-world from "Trespass" is supposed to be what Hoth would have been like if George Lucas did not film on location in [[Real Life]]. An actual ''ice''-world, there are not even any rocks visible in the episode, although the producers do admit that this raises some questions regarding events in the episode [[Bellisarios Maxim|which they advise you not to think about]].
* [[Single Tear]]: {{spoiler|Waxer}} dies shedding one.
* [[Smug Snake]]:
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* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: After the "Malevolence" gets its primary weapons destroyed, the ongoing fires around the damaged areas are accompanied by plumes of smoke billowing "upwards" as it cruises along. Not to mention the Republic ship that gets damaged and goes "down" later. It is particularly notable because the only planet in sight, and thus the only gravity well, is ''behind'' the ship.
* [[Space Whale]]: The nebray mantas.
* [[Spanner in
* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]: Animals seem willing to do whatever Jar Jar asks of them for some reason.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: {{spoiler|Qui-Gon}} appears as one to Obi-Wan in "Overlords". Later in the same episode it looks like {{spoiler|Shimi Skywalker has appeared in front of Anakin, [[Subverted|but it turns out in was just The Son in disguise]]}}. {{spoiler|Qui-Gon}} appears to Anakin later in the episode arc, as well.
* [[The Starscream]]: Falso was this to Hondo in "Gungan General".
** The Nightsisters trilogy reveals that Count Dooku has ambitions of overthrowing Darth Sidious.
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: As part of being [[Doomed
* [[Stealth in Space]]: In "Cat and Mouse" Anakin is given a special new Republic ship with a stealth shield that renders it invisible from eyes and scanners to fly past a planetary blockade.
* [[Stock Scream]]: Inevitable, this being ''Star Wars'' we are talking about. A clone trooper lets out a Wilhelm scream on the third of the Citadel episodes.
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* [[Suicidal Pacifism]]: An entire planet of them.
* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: "Bombad Jedi". It may be a native creature, so it is not exactly summoned, but otherwise this trope is played ''completely'' straight. Fish and all.
* [[Surrounded
* [[Technicolor Eyes]]: In an interesting variation the Father has [[Black Eyes]] but with green irises like his Daughter. This reflects his role as [[True Neutral|the balancer]] between the Light and the Dark.
* [[Tempting Fate]]:
** This exchange in the pilot movie:
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** "This is the lowest job in the droid army! I can't imagine anything worse than this." *{{spoiler|Obi-Wan closes the door of the cell he's cleaning.}}* "Oh. Oh."
** A clone in a gunship flying through flak during the Second battle of Geonosis: "Good thing those bugs can't aim!"
** TX-20 may want to run those figures again...
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'''TX-20:''' I am a droid. [[Smug Snake|I am always right.]] }}
* [[Terrifying Rescuer]]: Obi-wan scares the crap out of an alien he's trying to rescue from slave traders, because he's disguised as one of them.
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* [[Touch of Death]]: The Son apparently has such a strong connection to the Dark Side that he can kill with a single finger.
* [[Traitor Shot]]: Palpatine at the end of "Duchess of Mandalore", when the evidence that undoes the Separatist plot is revealed.
* [[Train Job]] The plot of the episode "Bounty" revolves around {{spoiler|Ventress and a team of [[Bounty Hunters]] led by Boba Fett protecting cargo on a sub-tram, from a group of [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|ninjas]].}}
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: The suicide-bomber infiltration droids from "Heroes on Both Sides" can not only disguise themselves as cleaning droids, but [[Combining Mecha|combine into bombs]] so they can fulfill their function.
* [[Trojan Horse]]: The aforementioned sabotage droids.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Chairman Cho declares his intentions to exterminate a race that was willing to make peace with him, but had shown themselves to be a tad kill-happy in the past, and does it to their face. He then personally leads an attack against a numerically superior force that is lying in wait on their own territory without any military support of his own. It seems like he is actively attempting to earn the trope.
* [[
* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: The Umbara arc opens with Anakin being recalled to Coruscant and General Krell being given command of his clones. He immediately begins to denigrate the troopers, insulting their laboratory origin and [[You Are Number Six|exclusively referring to them by their identification numbers]], [[General Failure|and giving them horrible tactical orders]]. {{spoiler|Turns out that was all intentional: he is planning to defect to the Separatists and wants to degrade the Republic war effort before he does as a gift to Dooku.}}
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Captain Tarkin never misses an opportunity to [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like|berate his saviors' rescue plan]], question their competence as military leaders (Anakin actually [[Jerkass Has a Point|agreed with him on this]]), and only gives the barest of compliments when rescued seconds before a firey death.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Obi-Wan and Duchess Satine, complete with [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]] teasing from Anakin.
* [[The Un
* [[The Uriah Gambit]]: {{spoiler|General Krell's [[General Failure|horrendous battle tactics]] were revealed to be part of his plan to sabotage the Republic advance in preparation for his defection to the Separatists. By giving his troops impossible assignments they would be easily defeated, and ultimately wiped out, by the Separatist forces}}.
* [[Use Your Head]]: Captain Ackbar takes out an aquadroid this way in the climatic final battle on Mon Calamari.
* Vibroweapon: BX-series droid commandos often use vibroswords.
* [[Viewers
* [[Villain Episode]]: Some toe the line with a greater focus on the villains rather than the heroes, but the "Nightsisters" arc is almost exclusively on Asajj Ventress and her vendetta against Dooku.
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Oh so many with General Grevious. They must have used that same animation of Grevious escaping in his own personnal ship a dozen times.
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* [[Weapon Tombstone]]: After making peace withe Talz, Senator Chuchi of Pantora uses a Talz spear to plant the former Chairman's helmet, crossed with the chief Talz's own weapon, in the ground to seal the deal.
* [[We Have Reserves]]: Oddly, the clones see ''themselves'' as expendable. They believe they are replaceable, and if the mission is over there is no reason for other clones or Jedi to risk their own lives to save them. Lampshaded by Slick in "The Hidden Enemy", who is pretty angry about it and feels that the clones deserve better. One senator takes this attitude towards the clones as well, but Padme objects to it, telling him that they are people as well.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Season 3's "Overlords" pulls a double-whammy.
* [[Wham! Line]]: At the end of "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back", {{spoiler|"You want me to ''clone'' the beast?"}} [[Magnificent Bastard|Then the camera follows Palpatine as he leaves, smirking]].
** A dying {{spoiler|Waxer}} delivers one, revealing that {{spoiler|General Krell set two battalions of clones against each other, [[Moral Event Horizon|planning for them to all be killed]].}}
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* [[What Happened to
** Ahsoka lampshades the trope in the pilot movie. After [[Obviously Evil|the helpful droid thanks the Jedi for freeing him from battle droids and points out where the baby Hutt is being held]] he disappears from the narrative. When he reappears a few scenes later, his role now revealed, Ahsoka actually comments that she had been wondering where the droid had gone to.
** In a straight example of the trope, early in the movie Mace Windu requests three Republic cruisers to help with the current situation and is never seen again, with no reference made to what the ships were for or where he is during this critical point in the war.
* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: Clone troopers die throughout the Citadel trilogy and the other troopers and Jedi continue onwards, but when {{spoiler|Jedi Master Even Piell}} dies the entire group pauses for a brief funeral.
* [[What Measure Is a Non
** Averted. Obi-Wan wants to protect the rights of the Talz, which are less human-looking and more technologically primitive than the Pantorans who want them eliminated for their land.
** Played straight and averted with the droids. R2-D2 and C-3PO are still afforded a moderate amount of sentience, however, Seperatist droids are sliced through with no regret.
* [[What's an X Like You Doing In
* [[Whip It Good]]: The Zygerian slave arc features many laser-whips used to keep slaves in line.
* [[Who Dares?]]: When attacked, General Krell decrees "You ''dare'' attack a Jedi?!"
* [[Why Am I Ticking?]]: Todo has no idea Cad Bane's installed a bomb in him until moments before it goes off.
* [[With Due Respect]]:
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* [[With My Hands Tied]]: Ahsoka does this to a round-dozen {{spoiler|corrupt Mandalorian Police}} after being captured in "The Academy" while blocking stun blasts from mounted turrets, even managing to capture their leader in the process, [[Redundant Department of Redundancy|all with her hands bound]].
** She also does it in "A Friend in Need".
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Dooku says this of Obi-Wan.
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Ahsoka apparently has become a skilled mechanic during the series; in the [[Physical God|Mortis]] [[
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: While fighting Obi-Wan in "Kidnapped", Darts D'Nar at one point hoists Obi-Wan high over his head and then slams him down onto the floor.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Palpatine is the [[Big Good]] chancellor of the Republic and he's also the [[Big Bad]] on the Seperatist side. He'll be in power no matter which side wins.
* [[You Are Number Six]]: General Krell makes a deliberate point of referring to every clone trooper by their identification number instead of by the nicknames that they have been given by fellow clones. He does refer to Sergeant Appo by his nickname, and even uses Rex's name at one point, so it seems that using the identification numbers is something he only does [[Full Name Ultimatum|when he is mad at the clone in question]] or [[Tyrant Takes the Helm|when he is proving a point]]. Which is most of the time.
* [[You Fool!]]: At the conclusion of Umbara arc, {{spoiler|General Krell}} decrees that Dogma was "the biggest fool of all."
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]:
** Grievous, frequently, but it helps that he does this to droids. One episode had a droid continually irritating him, [[Trailers Always Spoil|and any viewer who saw the trailer]] was wondering when he would get his head smacked off.
** In a more brutal example, the leader of Death Watch casually kills one of his men for failing to kill Obi-Wan.
*** Death Watch themselves get hit with this by Dooku for failing to get rid of Satine. They survived, but now they're independent.
** Count Dooku quotes the complete line when {{spoiler|he disavows Asajj Ventress as his apprentice and orders her death}}. Particularly painful since she had not actually failed him, but Darth Sidious [[Shoot Your Mate|wanted to test Dooku's loyalty]].
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* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]:
** After delivering a captured R2-D2 to the Separatists, Trandoshan scavenger Gha Nachkt demands a higher fee from General Grievous, who promptly gives him a "bonus" in the form of a lightsaber through his gut.
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** Boba Fett's quest for revenge against Mace Windu for killing his father/genetic template Jango in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]''.
** "Padawan Lost" features a father determined to avenge the death of his son.
* [[Young and
* [[You Remind Me of X]]:
** At the conclusion of "Arc Troopers," Commander Cody and Captain Rex congratulate Echo and Fives on their performance during the battle. Rex explains that they showed valor and real courage, and then says that they reminded him of himself.
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