#STAR WARS THE CLONE WARS SECRET WEAPONS SERIES#

#STAR WARS THE CLONE WARS SECRET WEAPONS SERIES#

One sixth of the episodes from the start of this arc, were wasted on this arc, which didnвЂ™t really do much for the series as a whole. This is especially true as there are only 20 episodes left in the series. I didnвЂ™t realize how much I was bummed out by this arc until I saw Obi-Wan and Anakin appear at the tail end of вЂњPoint of No Return.вЂќ Early on in the showвЂ™s run, these side plots felt like a pleasant diversion, but as the show has focused its scope a bit and introduced some really fascinating new characters, the time spent with the droids just feels wasted. At this point in the run, this disappoints IвЂ™m sure this is the end of GregorвЂ™s story but, like the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, we are left with enough ambiguity to leave us smiling.ДҐ.

GregorвЂ™s re-claiming of his soldier mantle was a powerful and moving gesture that ended the episode on a really nice note. HeвЂ™s been through hell, but canвЂ™t remember it. ItвЂ™s not that Gregor is the most interesting character in The Clone WarsвЂ history, but he works because his story is one we instantly care about. His story, yet another nice look into the complexities of the Clone Army, was a brief highlight in this arc. The most effective of these episodes was вЂњMissing in Action,вЂќ which dealt with Gascon and WAC finding amnesiac clone soldier Gregor working at a shithole diner in Pons Ora. I donвЂ™t know why this is fun or interesting, and the episodes would have been far more enjoyable if he had more to him and/or wasnвЂ™t just there to be compared unfavorably to the droids in his command. He occasionally seems like a decent guy, but more often than not is just a prick who doesnвЂ™t want to be there. The gag of him being tiny wears off in six seconds, and the show doesnвЂ™t give him too many moments where heвЂ™s not exacerbated or yelling. Gascon is one of the least enjoyable leads the show has featured thus far.

That seems like a wasted opportunity.Д¬ol. Unlike in Solo: A Star Wars Story, when droid liberation was a subplot, we just expect both droids and clones to take shit from others, without really commenting on it. We see people shit on droids all the time, but thereвЂ™s no real change, nor is there really any hint of anything changing. I like that The Clone Wars shows the class system in the universe, but I wish that it actually did something, story wise, with that system. Gascon seems pretty pissed off at leading the D-Squad, and more than once makes some borderline offensive remarks about the droids. IвЂ™m all for the show innovating and doing different types of arcs, but when theyвЂ™re built around annoying, childish characters, it takes away from my enjoyment. But then WAC and Gascon wouldnвЂ™t be necessary, and thatвЂ™s, again, a very different series of the episodes than the ones we got. IвЂ™d even be down with a silent episode, in the tradition of the great silent comics weвЂ™ve gotten over the years. But Star Wars doesnвЂ™t subtitle its droids, so that goes out the window. I was wondering while watching, would subtitles help? Star Wars isnвЂ™t opposed to subtitles (think JabbaвЂ™s palace), and that would at least allow more context given to the droids actions. The main issue with the D-Squad is that, aside from WAC, none of the droids really can communicate without bleeps and bloops. That could make a really cool Star Wars story. In theory, I love the idea of droid squadron, a team that can do what regular soldiers, or even Jedi, canвЂ™t do. After today, there are only six more arcs worth of show, and because of that, this droid-centric four episodes feels very poorly timed. It may not feel like it based on the episodes IвЂ™m actually watching, but I am pretty close to the end of my time reviewing The Clone Wars.

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