Star Wars: The Clone Wars S4

[Caliburn24]

One of the problems I have always had with the Republic in Star Wars is that it seems so toothless and pointless. No standing army, no centralized law enforcement(or the will to even enforce laws apparently), no centralized schools or social programs. There don't appear to be any benefits or advantages to being in the Republic, other than having a floating pod from which you can yell at your neighbor in the Senate chamber.

From the movies, all we see is a bunch of senators, a few Senatorial guards(Blue helmets hmm) and diplomatic ships, and a somewhat loose affiliation with the Jedi.

It seems much more like the present day UN than pre-Caesar Rome. And while everyone knows the UN is corrupt, no one is trying to abandon or leave it, it is a useful place to dialogue. Likewise the Seperatists have no clear reason to leave the Republic(other than being duped by Palpatine). Greed? It is never illustrated how they are going to make more money outside the Republic. Moral or social differences? Not mentioned.

Had Lucas and company given(onscreen) the Seperatists some sympathetic and understandable motivations it would have given a far deeper sense of tragedy to the Clone Wars, which was obviously intended judging from the "heroes on both sides" line. But since that never happened, the cries of "Republic corruption" ring false throughout the Prequel trilogy. Show us, don't tell us.

 

[Disruptor]

Part of the corruption is that they tolerate a lot of unlicensed bounty hunters.

To bad Greedo died and had to be cremated.

Oh, right that wasn't Greedo.

 

[Christopher]

^But there was a cameo by Boba Fett, although I didn't recognize him until the fellow inmate (was that Bossk?) referred to him as "Boba."

I'm wondering what clone troopers are doing as guards in what's apparently a civilian prison.

 

[JD]

I had the same thought about the clones too. I was wondering if maybe it was some kind of a military thing since Obi-Wan was a general. Overall though, I really enjoyed this episode.

 

[Disruptor]

It was Bossk (was his voice the same?), that's why he was protecting Boba...yeah, I didn't recognize Boba, either.

I don't recall Cad Bane getting captured again...but I missed the opening montage. Like the Death Watch being betrayed by Dooku...we are left to fill in the blanks.

"Hey, there's a prison riot. Life signs in the body disposal pods...maybe we should be more prepared?"

Ended on a cliffhanger. Will squidman get his ship back?

 

[DarthPipes]

Yeah, I didn't recognize Boba either and I had forgotten he was in that jail. My guess is Bane got himself thrown arrested to help with the escape.

Really good episode tonight. We get to see the closest thing to Obi-Wan's death in this era and Anakin's reaction to it, not to mention a Jedi funeral. I liked Mace and Yoda being in on the plan but you are absolutely asking for a disaster by not telling Anakin the truth. The design on Coruscant continues to be stunning and the prison was awesome. Great mission for Obi-Wan as we see him got beardless and hairless.

I guess this episode was inspired by Face Off and maybe White Heat.

 

[JD]

Yeah, I didn't recognize Boba either? Ah, turns out they aged him up and gave him shorter hair. Here's a pic of Boba from the Season 2 arc. Was it still the same actor voicing him? It was noisy in my house so I had trouble hearing some of the dialogue for the last 10 or 15 minutes.

 

[ALF]

Boba and Bossk as jailmates? Cool.
Scenes in the Couruscant underworld? Super awesome. I loved the snake bartender.
Fake-killing off Obi-Wan for four episodes? Pretty f'n stupid. I hope he gets back to normal in the next one asap. I know there is a vehicle here to "explore" Anakin's dark side, but so often in the Clone Wars we see the separation of Anakin, Obi Wan and Ahsoka. I wish they'd leave the three of them together more often.
There are a limited number of episodes in this series. I don't like to see them wasted on existentialist nonsense (I'm looking at you, Force planet three parter)!

 

[Yevetha]

Yeah, I didn't recognize Boba either and I had forgotten he was in that jail. My guess is Bane got himself thrown arrested to help with the escape.

Really good episode tonight. We get to see the closest thing to Obi-Wan's death in this era and Anakin's reaction to it, not to mention a Jedi funeral. I liked Mace and Yoda being in on the plan but you are absolutely asking for a disaster by not telling Anakin the truth. The design on Coruscant continues to be stunning and the prison was awesome. Great mission for Obi-Wan as we see him got beardless and hairless.

I guess this episode was inspired by Face Off and maybe White Heat.

Kenobi was tought dead twice.


This time and on Jabiim when Assaj captured him.

 

[Stephen!]

No funeral pyre for Obi-Wan ...... Maybe it's not the norm for "dead" Jedi and Qui-Gon was just an exception.

 

[Set Harth]

Maybe it is the norm, and this is a PLOT HOOOOOOLE!!

 

[jep316]

Is Boba's growth spurt a side affect of being a Clone?because hasn't only a short time passed since he was arrested?(funny in most animated series the deal is the kids never age).

Also they just throw kids in prison with harden criminals don't the have Juvies in the Republic?

 

[Hartzilla2007]

Is Boba's growth spurt a side affect of being a Clone?because hasn't only a short time passed since he was arrested?(funny in most animated series the

Actually he was arrested before the sort of time skip i.e. when they changed the designs for Anakin, Obi-wan and Ashoka.

 

[Christopher]

Is Boba's growth spurt a side affect of being a Clone?because hasn't only a short time passed since he was arrested?(funny in most animated series the deal is the kids never age).

The episodes/storylines of TCW are not presented in chronological order. And since this storyline involves a supposed plot to abduct Palpatine, it probably takes place very near the end of the 3-year interval between movies in which the series takes place.

And we've already seen Ahsoka have a growth spurt last season, when they redesigned her character model to look older.

Anyway, I think the main reason Boba looked different here than before is that he had long hair before, as he did in AotC, but here he had shorter hair.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Is Boba's growth spurt a side affect of being a Clone?because hasn't only a short time passed since he was arrested?(funny in most animated series the deal is the kids never age).

Also they just throw kids in prison with harden criminals don't the have Juvies in the Republic?

They don't seem to acknowledge the rights of clones in the Republic given their willingness to enslave over a million clones to fight the war.

 

[Yevetha]

Is Boba's growth spurt a side affect of being a Clone?because hasn't only a short time passed since he was arrested?(funny in most animated series the deal is the kids never age).

The episodes/storylines of TCW are not presented in chronological order. And since this storyline involves a supposed plot to abduct Palpatine, it probably takes place very near the end of the 3-year interval between movies in which the series takes place.

And we've already seen Ahsoka have a growth spurt last season, when they redesigned her character model to look older.

Anyway, I think the main reason Boba looked different here than before is that he had long hair before, as he did in AotC, but here he had shorter hair.

Well, the clone wars is suposed to be 5 seasons.

 

[Set Harth]

Is Boba's growth spurt a side affect of being a Clone?

No:

Pure genetic replication. No tampering with the structure to make it more docile... and no growth acceleration.

 

[Christopher]

Well, the clone wars is suposed to be 5 seasons.

I don't see your point. First off, we know that the Clone Wars last for three years; Attack of the Clones took place in 22 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin, i.e. before the original movie) and Revenge of the Sith was in 19 BBY. So the total in-universe duration of the series can't be more than three years.

Second, like I said, the episodes of the series aren't presented in anything resembling chronological order, jumping all over the timeline. And the majority of its stories span multiple episodes anyway. So it's not like any correlation can be drawn between seasons of the show and years in-universe.

 

[Yevetha]

"
Second, like I said, the episodes of the series aren't presented in anything resembling chronological order, jumping all over the timeline. And the majority of its stories span multiple episodes anyway. So it's not like any correlation can be drawn between seasons of the show and years in-universe."

They dont jump around the timeline anymore.

 

[DarthPipes]

Yeah, I didn't recognize Boba either and I had forgotten he was in that jail. My guess is Bane got himself thrown arrested to help with the escape.

Really good episode tonight. We get to see the closest thing to Obi-Wan's death in this era and Anakin's reaction to it, not to mention a Jedi funeral. I liked Mace and Yoda being in on the plan but you are absolutely asking for a disaster by not telling Anakin the truth. The design on Coruscant continues to be stunning and the prison was awesome. Great mission for Obi-Wan as we see him got beardless and hairless.

I guess this episode was inspired by Face Off and maybe White Heat.

Kenobi was tought dead twice.


This time and on Jabiim when Assaj captured him.

Battle of Jabiim...my favorite Clone Wars storyline.

But that doesn't count during The Clone Wars series.

About Boba's aging, he's an unaltered clone and ages as a normal rate. This was stated during AOTC.