TomH1138
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Gaith said:I don't think any effort could fully redeem the awful formulation of the Clone Wars as good clones vs. bad droids. Good clones vs. bad clones, maybe, but I'd rather it be multispecies vs. bad clones, and good clones only is just astounding fail. That said, I've seen a few eps of the show here and there, and though they always felt kinda lifeless - and pretty drab-looking - I might give the show a real try someday.
One of the few solid episodes of the series, IMO, is "The Hidden Enemy," which deals with a clone gone rouge. It's one of the few episodes to call into question the ethics of what the Jedi are doing.
Indeed, part of why the series makes no sense to me is that Lucas deliberately created a story where the Clone Wars are being manipulated on both sides by the same person. There are no good guys and bad guys, really. And then he wants us to watch a weekly series where the Jedi and clones are (usually) portrayed as unambiguous good guys? Did Lucas even see the prequels himself?
What's more, he made this TV series after the films were done, so there's absolutely no suspense about who lives and who dies. Their fates are already locked in by their appearance, or lack thereof, in Ep. III. Lucas decided to tell this story after the entire reason for it ceased to exist.
If I had been in charge of the movies, I would have ended Ep. I with the start of the Clone Wars, make the second movie all about the Wars, and then have the third movie wrap things up. As it is, it begins at the end of Ep. II, and then ends at the beginning of Ep. III, so we don't get to see the battles we've been waiting to see for years. Oh, and by the way, here's an animated series about that after the fact. Huh?
Enough ranting for now, I suppose.