Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Difference between revisions

** 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.

* [[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.

** 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.

* [[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.

** 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 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.

{{quote| '''WIRED:''' What about the reports that Episodes 7, 8, and 9 - which exist in novel form - will never reach the screen?<br />

'''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''.

* [[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.

** 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!

* [[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]]:

* [[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.

** 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 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 With Extreme Prejudice]]: The Kadavo slave master meets his end at the business end of a shock staff.

* [[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]].

* [[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.

* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: And how! The movie's DVD case even has advertisements for all the assorted ''Star Wars'' stuff you can buy.

* [[Mind Rape]]: Three Jedi pull this on {{spoiler|Cad Bane}} at one point.

* [[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.

* [[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.

** 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 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.

** "Senate Murders", a [[Who Dunnit]] on Coruscant.

* [[No MacGuffin, No Winner]] Osi Sobeck [[Subverted Trope|attempted]] this in "Citadel Rescue". {{spoiler|He [[Doomed By Canon|didn't]] [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|suceed]].}}

* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]]: most glaring on the Gungan, Rodian and Mon Cala females. 'Tho slightly subverted in that even "nursing" mothers have a much smaller size, than an average humanoid. Can be justified as [[Bizarre Alien Biology]].

* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|Darth Maul.}}

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: In "Rookies", one of the soliders screams "What the '''hell''' was that?" This caused many parents to complain and it was removed for later airings.

* [[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.

* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]:

** Here. They. COOOOMMMMMEEE!

* [[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 [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Unidentified_Kiros_bird recycled version] from Season4.

** 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.

** 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]].}}

** 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.

* [[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.

** In "Clone Cadets" the training program variant that Bravo squad runs is [[THX 1138 (Film)|Version THX Variable 1138]].

** A couple of first-season episodes have snuck in artifacts from ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|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.

** 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.]]

*** 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]].}}

** 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.

* [[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 [[Bellisario's Maxim|which they advise you not to think about]].

* [[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.

** 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]].}}

{{quote| '''Rex''': Tell me who gave you orders to attack us.<br />

* [[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?!"

* [[With Due Respect]]:

{{quote| Fire when you're in range!<br />

** She also does it in "A Friend in Need".

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Dooku says this of Obi-Wan.

* [[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.