WARNING!: contains spoilers for the Clone Wars Maul and Death Watch arc. You may want to see this before reading on. :) Also please remember that this is my opinion and that I really love the Clone Wars and appreciate being able to watch something new with Star Wars for most of the year. :)
I didn't really find anything memorable about this arc save for how in the final episode a whole bunch of people died. :7 It wasn't a surprise to me as I knew these characters weren't in the following movies so they had to disappear somehow.
I was a little disgusted reading some of the comments for this arc finale. A lot of them read something along the lines of the Maul and Savage scene being so sad or crying when Satine dies. Savage and Maul, though brothers, are Sith. I couldn't believe how blinded people are to all the instances when Maul uses Savage!! They don't love each other like brothers! They only have eachother for their own needs! Maul uses Savage as a partner in crime and someone to help with the dirty work, and Savage only wants to learn the ways of the Darkside from Maul. They're like two parasites feeding off of each other. :L I'm sorry if you're a Maul or Savage fan but as you probably have guessed (or know), I really disapprove of Force Users, especially Sith. They're like greedy little kids with powers. :p
As for Satine's death. I actually started laughing. I thought it was ironic how, despite using his powers to save people like Anakin and Ahsoka, Obi-Wan did nothing to save Satine. He could have thrown something at Maul or Savage, restricted Maul's arm from running her through, but he didn't. I thought that was interesting because he would have done that to save Anakin but not a clone trooper. Does that make Kenobi's friendship with her like that of a clone's?? I did like how he didn't give into anger and go on a rampage though, as that definitely is what separates him from Anakin.
Again I was disgusted with Satine and Obi-Wan. Not only did he love Satine but before that, Siri Tachi. Anyone who's read Jedi Apprentice knows this. Also perhaps even that girl from one of the earlier Apprentice books who dies. Doesn't this guy give it a break!? He's worse than Anakin!!! I guess I would have liked it better if they were just friends (seriously, why can't a guy and a girl just be friends first and foremost Why do they have to be lovers?!)
I didn't really find this arc very interesting. It felt pretty rushed and though the action was ok, I really am looking forward to a more intelligent take on some of that stuff. It was kinda interesting how Maul manipulated the Death Watch into his gaining of power and then took the throne for himself, but everything in between seemed a little botched. Like apparently there are no cameras, enough prison guards, or cells built well enough to resist entry or departure by a simple button or non-shatterproof material. :p
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