GORDON wrote:There was a scene in the episode we just watched where a bounty hunter straight-up tortures a jedi to death, on camera. This shit is hard core.
Locked him in a room with Jar Jar?
Speaking of him, there was a funny situation.... Jar Jar is a walking disaster in this show, too, so at one point the Clones came up with a plan to let Senator Binks be captured, then they just sat back and watched him wreak accidental havoc on the enemy forces.
This show is also nearly self aware.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
We finished season 3 during lunch today, it ended strong.
There have been bits here and there where Annikin is warned that he has a dark future coming, and he keeps trying to fight that. It makes you angry when you think about how he finally turns in Ep3, and it's all just so insipid.
Early on there was a diplomatic plotline with Padme that went for several episodes... very painfully dull.... but we powered through them.... though they are doing a good job of showing that the emperor is behind the scenes extending this war to weaken EVERYBODY, and they do it without saying it. Good storytelling.
It closed with more action, and a pretty dark plotline with creatures being captured hunted for sport by those creatures that "Boskk" was one of. Annikin's cute girl apprentice gets captured, and she kills peeps left and right. Production wise, there was a great moment when this lizard man had her face in his huge claw, was holding her against the ground, and was squeezing... and you can see her eyeball rolling around in its socket like she was thinking WTF. It was a long camera shot and her face wasn't the focus, but I saw it and i thought that was a cool little touch.
The people making the show have also been consistent in other areas, Annikin's apprentice has this cool little inverted lightsabre fighting style, it's neat that they never forget that when she's doing her thing.
Still top marks, through season 3.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
In the middle of season 4. There was just a long story arc over several episodes about a supposedly great Jedi general, who wins by treating his clones as disposable cannon fodder, and the clones have a moral dilemma about how much of that they should take before they are obligated to turn on him. This show. If you aren't watching it, you should be.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."