Star Wars: The Clone Wars (S1 E1-5)

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So!

I put off watching this show F.O.R.E.V.E.R., in spite of it being Star Wars, available, interesting, and whatnot. I did this for one very simple reason: I knew it was going to break my heart. It's not just that I'm going to watch Jedi do stuff before they get murdered (because I am), and it's not just that I'll watch the clones and the jedi be friends (because I am), but I'll also have to get to know more individual clones (besides Rex and Cody), and that will just be awful.

But also, I am kind of bored.

SO I STARTED. And, yup, in the VERY FIRST EPISODE Yoda's all "TAKE OFF YOUR HELMETS SO I CAN PERSONALIZE MY PEP TALK!", and when his clones troopers are all "We should go off and die as a distraction!" Yoda's all "WEREN'T YOU LISTENING EARLIER WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE PEOPLE?" and basically I just wanted to die on the spot.

And then Face Dude wouldn't let his clone troopers die, and then Anakin felt really awful for getting some of his troopers killed, and Obi-wan can tell them apart when they are wearing their goddamn uniforms and I am only on the fifth episode.

It's not without problems, obviously. Asohka is pretty great, but I'm having trouble getting my head around the idea that anyone let Anakin near a Padawan. It's possible that I'm disconnected from her because she's not mentioned in RotS, which TERRIFIES ME (and seriously: I have made it this far in life without finding out what happens to her so PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME). Anyway, I'm willing to give her some time. There's only been one episode with Padmé so far, and it was KIND OF AWFUL. Also, the writing is a bit uneven, but apparently I'm watching the episodes in the wrong order?

Whatever, I am choosing to focus on the good. Even though that will probably result in something like this:

Clone Wars, A Summary
Clone of the Week: We're just clones! We're expendable!
Jedi of the Week: Not to me, you're not!
Kate of the Week: STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT

As you do.

(This probably means I'll watch REBELS eventually too. At this rate, sometime in 2030)

Comments

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Yay, you're finally watching! I loved this show, it redeemed the whole existence of the prequels for me. As such, I've been very apprehensive about Rebels but by the end, I wanted to see the next episode...but I hope it won't be all male focused.

You should spoil herself over Ahsoka if it's going to cause anxiety.

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

The anxiety is half the fun. ;)

And I love the prequels anyway, so I'm not really worried.

[shadadukal]

I AM NOT TELLING ANYTHING ABOUT AHSOKA AHEAD OF TIME! I PROMISE!

The episodes didn't air in story order. They jumped around the timeline at the beginning. If you wish to view them in story order, the order is the following:

216 116 Movie 301 303 101-115 117-121 201-203 217-219 204-214 220-222 305-307 302 304 308 122 309-311 215 312-322 S4 502-513 501 514-520 601-613

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

GOOD LORD, were they on CRACK? At least I haven't gone tooooo far yet.

[shadadukal]

At the beginning, they were focusing on telling good stories and then felt the need to expand on things they'd already touched upon. I'm planning to finally watch them in story order whenever I get around to do a rewatch of the show.