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'''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. while theThe TV series debuted on [[Cartoon Network]] in fall 2008, where it remained until moving to Netflix for its sixth season in 2014. It was later soft-rebooted and moved to Toon Disney after Disney's acquisition of the ''Star Wars'' properties. It got a revival with a seventh and final season on Disney+ in 2020, which eventually leads into the events of ''[[Revenge of the Sith|Episode III]]''.
 
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.
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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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** 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-The-Book Cop]]: Inspector Tan Divo.
* [[By Wall That Is Holey]]: Happens to Anakin in [[The Movie]].
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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-Induced Betrayal|turn on their leader]] claiming that they ae not [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|droids]], but ''men.''
* [[Cloning Blues]]:
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** Aurra Sing in "Hostage Crisis".
** An unnamed Mandalorian warrior in "Duchess of Mandalore".
* [[ColourColor-Coded for Your Convenience]]:
** 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-Man Army|Jedi]].
* [[Continuity Cameo]]:
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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.
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* [[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 Fromfrom Hell|train]] one of the subjugated males on their planet, Savage Opress, to become a Force-using killer. Once this is done Mother Talzin, leader of the Nightsisters, offers Savage to Count Dooku as his new apprentice. The plan is for Savage to work his way into Dooku's confidence, learn to become even deadlier under the Sith Lord's tutelage, and finally murder him when the time is right. Opress ''does'' betray Dooku eventually, but fails to kill him. A frustrated Ventress turns on Opress because she believes he is too weak, resulting in Opress [[The Dog Bites Back|attacking her]]. A lightsaber duel with all three of them trying to kill one another ensues, amazingly with none of the three dying. Talzin helps Opress go into hiding to avoid Separatist retribution, and then welcomes Ventress back, convincing her to forget about Dooku and begin a new life on Dathomir as a full-fledged Nightsister. Just when it seems like this conflict has finally ended and Ventress is becoming happy with her new family, Dooku orders Generel Grievous to attack Dathomir and wipe out all of the Nightsisters for not only supporting Ventress, but sending Savage Opress to kill him. Grievous succeeds, leaving Ventress distraught and more than likely wanting to go after Dooku once more...
* [[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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** 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.''
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** [[Big Bad]]: Cad Bane
** [[The Dragon]]: Moralo Eval
** [[Evil Genius]]: Derrown
** [[The Brute]]: Embo
** [[Dark Chick]]: Twazzi
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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 as a Traitor Deserves|paid for their services with a sword through the back]], the pirates who capture Count Dooku in "Dooku Captured" know better than to try and ransom him back to the Separatists. The Separatists will offer large amounts of cash, but then they will simply land an army and kill the lot of them. Better to deal with the Republic, who will probably actually front the cash. Of course, they then subvert it by capturing the Jedi that came to make sure the claim was legit.
** {{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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** Every single Mandalorian soldier. [[Word of God]] states it's meant to reflect the symmetry that their culture favours.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: According to [[All There in the Manual|other sources]], the children of a Twi'lek mother, Suu Lawquane, were fathered by a human male before she married Cut (also a human, but a cloned one).
* [[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]]:
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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.
* [[HotImprobable Skitty-On-WailordSpecies ActionCompatibility]]: Ziro x Sy Snootles (that long-lipped alien singer in Jabba's palace). Even if Ziro's kinda small for a Hutt, that just boggles the mind.
* [[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 and Rex share the role for Anakin.
* [[Large Ham]]:
** Doc Vindi, played by Michael York. He is pretty much a [[Card-Carrying Villain|card-carrying]] [[Hammer Horror|Hammer]] villain, complete with dramatic underlighting, thick German accent and exclusive use of his own personal [[HitlerLow-Angle CamShot]]s.
{{quote|'''Jar-Jar:''' Yousa not creatin' life! Yousa ''takin'' life!
'''Vindi:''' Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yes yeah yeah yeah ''yes!'' }}
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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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* [[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]]:
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** 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 the Limelight|story]] in "The Deserter" where he gets injured a bit more unease because he can die.
** 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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* [[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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* [[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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* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: Inverted and played with in "Bounty". When Ventress killed a man in a bar, the patrons all look at her strangely. When she delivers a one-liner, they all go back to what they were doing.
* [["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! forFor! Emphasis!]]:
** 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 a Well|Anakin and Mace trapped in a crashed ship]] and his faithful companion R2-D2 has to go and get help. R2 plays the role of 'Lassie' <small>IN SPACE</small>.
* [[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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* [[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 as a Traitor Deserves]]: Apparently, despite being backed primarily by wealthy merchant conglomerates, the Separatists as a whole are cheap as hell, since their preferred method of payment is a lightsaber through the back. Then again, when you are dealing with a crazy dark Jedi or a crazy cyborg and start making demands, [[Tempting Fate|you are really just asking for it]].
* [[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-Human Robots]]: The separatist battle droids are full of humorous charm and personality.
** 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.
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* [[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 by Canon|become evil stormtroopers]].
* [[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.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** In "Clone Cadets" the training program variant that Bravo squad runs is [[THX 1138|Version THX Variable 1138]].
** A couple of first-season episodes have snuck in artifacts from ''[[Indiana Jones]]''. A senator had a cane styled after the Staff of Ra (which later served as a sort of [[Weapon Tombstone]]) and one of the treasures Wat Tambor tried to loot from Ryloth was the Ark of the Covenant. Much later at the end of the third season, a crystal skull is in the Trandoshans' trophy room. In the Season 4 episode, Friends and Enemies, even Indy's hat appear, as a possible replacement for Cad Bane's old hat. After little hesitation he chose another.
** Mace Windu losses his light saber on one side of a closing door and gets it back in last moment, similar to the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' scene with the hat.
** One of the Trandoshans in the Season 3 finale is modeled after and named for [[The Big Lebowski|Walter Sobchak]].
** Obi-Wan Kenobi is close to a woman named [[Moulin Rouge|Satine.]]
** The "Mercy Mission"/"Nomad Droids" arc is one long [[Shout-Out]], most extensively to ''[[The Wizard of Oz]],'' but also to ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', and ''[[Gulliver's Travels]].'' If that isn't enough, there are also callbacks to the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Return of the Jedi]].''
*** It is also highly reminiscent of the 80's Droids cartoon.
** In the climax of "Prisoners", Prince Lee-Char {{spoiler|kills Riff Tamson by shooting an explosive attached to Riff's body while he charges at the prince. Riff Tamson [[Jaws (film)|is a shark]].}}
** In the pawnshop scene of "Friends and Enemies", Cad Bane checks out Indy's fedora before settling on his own trademark hat.
** The relationship between Morley and {{spoiler|Darth Maul}} in "Brothers" resembles the one between [[Lord of the Rings|Gollum and Shelob]].
** Upcoming character Commander Thorn was designed as an official congradulations to Joss Whedan and Marvel on the success of The Avengers.
** In a similar vein, clone trooer Appo's helmet stripe was redesigned from its ROTS design to include an [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] styel arrow.
* [["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}}.
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** 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...
{{quote|'''TX-20:''' Their chances of success against us are [[If My Calculations Are Correct|742 to 1]].<br />
'''Wat Tambor:''' You had better be right!<br />
'''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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* [[Wrench Wench]]: Ahsoka apparently has become a skilled mechanic during the series; in the [[Physical God|Mortis]] [[God's Hands Are Tied|trilogy]], she is shown repairing a badly wrecked shuttle by herself and even modifying the repairs at Obi-Wan's request.
* [[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.
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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 Inin Charge]]: Boba Fett is seen several times leading (or trying to lead) groups of bounty hunters far older and more experienced than he is.
* [[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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