WARNING!: contains spoilers for the Clone Wars Sabotage/"Ahsoka on the Run" episode 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. :)
Sorry if I just dive right into the nitty gritty (like I've ever done any differently :p ). I really don't like Ahsoka anymore. I thought she was ok in the beginning because she was learning and could understand why her behavior wasn't spot on, but now I just see how much she didn't change. :L She's still sassy and overly defensive of her beliefs. She should know better by now than to shoot off her mouth. Heck, even Anakin knows better than to back talk other people all the time!! Maybe she wouldn't be in such a bad situation if she held her tongue when Tarkin told them about moving Letta. And a prisoner transfer is the stupidest reason to get upset over. :p I mean, seriously, the Jedi Temple was just attacked! Don't you think the GAR might be doing them a favor by letting them figure out the rest of the case or help figure it out/fix their security system while they hold onto a potentially lethal person/run them through the military justice system. And by no means was their case over.
The Jedi should know better than to believe that the blast was figured out/executed by Letta alone. Even if her husband somehow stole the nanobots (which shouldn't the Jedi be able to trace through their records?) how was Letta able to figure out how to detonate them. There should be controllers or syringes with the nanobots as clues for these things. If they looked, maybe they'd find them, hmmm!? To me, the Jedi were just so worried about making sure it wasn't one of their own that when they found somebody who was a good enough suspect, they really overlooked a TON of clues that could have lead to the discovery of deeper cohorts/executors of the bombing. They are really stupid.
I think it's really sad how the clones were way, WAY better detectives than the Jedi. I mean, compare their objectives/operation to discover Slick and, ultimately, Ventress as the intel-leakers on Christophsis! It not only took them literally less than a day to solve that and execute justice, but also to actually accept the fact that it was possible for one of their brothers to betray them. Are the Jedi really that short-sighted that they can't accept the fact that it is very possible for a Jedi to have done the bombing. It was also really dumb of them to send two Jedi to investigate when clearly they were primed to try to prove that their members didn't do it. They should have sent in a mixed investigation team. If they put Commander Cody with a level headed Jedi like Kit Fisto or something they could have reaped infinitely better results/more evidence. But instead they elected the two jumpiest, passionate Jedi ever!! *facepalm*
Ok and that whole thing with Letta's death....that was just ridiculous. I thought that Ahsoka should have stopped running and realized something was up when she came across those injured clones. She should have talked to them and tried to help them, thus making her not as guilty looking. They know who was strangling them and usually someone who tries to strangle them one moment won't try to save them the next. Duh. :( Because she kept running she looked more and more guilty and I don't know why she didn't just lie low until the trial. She has friends with the clones, like Rex, and I bet if he knew about the trial, he would testify to her innocence. Ahsoka is just way too impatient and in the "I'm right and no one else is" mindset.
Though I did get the feeling of the events of Episode III and the Original Trilogy getting closer, I'm also going to have to disagree with Mr. Filoni on the aspect of Ahsoka being chased by clones 'feeling right'. I never really connected the clones to stormtroopers. In reality, I'm pretty sure that stormtroopers are almost completely different from clones as the clones were aging rapidly and very bitter/disappointed about the Empire (and being killed off because they were too good to be kept alive). I have given this a lot of thought and have come to the conclusion that a people raised with the prospect that they are going to help right the galaxy, that they absolutely have to succeed could only feel disappointment when their hopes of becoming civilians, merging into society and life outside of war, becoming seen as human. Just bitterness. And I reflect that in my books.
I digress. :P I guess after seeing the last episode my views really didn't change on Ahsoka. She still doesn't see the motives behind her removal that I think anyone with half a brain could see that the whole thing was orchestrated to uproot the beliefs of some of the Jedi. And Barriss being the mastermind??!! I didn't believe that for one second, even when she fought Anakin. That's too much of a character change and it kinda disturbs me that they found it necessary and right to make her the 'bad guy'. I really dislike how this show makes one person the sole villain. I've always liked how in the first few seasons we saw the extension of Sidious' power through his manipulation of multiple beings for one criminal act. The whole thing with Slick being a traitor is a good example of this because it began with him and then spread to Ventress and beyond. That's how it is in real life, though I know sometimes we'd like to think there was just one person. :L
All in all, not really pleased with this episode arc. And the fact that Disney cancelled Clone Wars made me more sympathetic to it, but not much. I think the best thing of it was Ventress voicing my thoughts and proving to be the 'grey-zone' character she is (neither 'bad' nor 'good'), as well as that final song with Ahsoka leaving the temple. I don't remember it exactly but I think the music at that part was what made it. ;)
I could go on about the cancellation but I think I'll leave that for my Tron: Uprising review. ;D Sorry I haven't posted anything in so long on here, I've been busy with school and all sorts of other stuff, but it's good to get back to you all and hopefully I'll be able to do a few more posts this week/weekend. :D Rock on guys!
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Clone Wars Season 5 Review: Maul + Deathwatch Arc
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
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
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Missing in Action Review
WARNING!: contains spoilers for the Clone Wars episode Missing in Action. 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 think I can sum this episode up in about one word.......FINALLY!!! XDDD I mean, come on, this is the first clone episode so far in this season and likely to be the last. It was wonderful to see that little bit of Cody (though I would like to see more of him!! :C ) and I loved how this episode was mainly about Gregor. It still felt like it should have been more about him though. Whenever the Frogdude (I don't even really want to know his name) spoke I just wanted to kick him. }:( Especially when he went from standing in garbage to on top of Gregor's face.
I really loved all the degrading language about the clones and their purposes, not just because it was sad and made the hero more believable, but because it really supports my stories. I found even Frogdude's "he's a soldier, doing what a soldier does best...." or whatever he was saying, really degrading. It made me mad and kinda, strangely satisfied when Frogdude left him there and didn't attempt save Gregor even when the commando risked his life to save the alien and a droid. Clone Wars has already proven to me that the people of the Star Wars universe constantly treat living, breathing, humans (clones) as inferior to inanimate, machines (droids). I'm not saying Gregor should have left the droids to be destroyed, clones have constantly shown compassion to all lifeforms or intelligent or semi-intelligent beings. It's just that the fact they could have easily swooped down or perhaps even met him outside of town instead of just flying off without him. I kinda fear for Gregor's life in such a desolate town surrounded by such immoral people. I doubt even the guy he waved at would take him in if he knew who he really was and Borkus' anger against him. I really hope they bring closure to his story and not leave us hanging like they did with the Umbara arc.
Another thing that kinda took me aback was mention of the Battle of Sarrish. Sorry to kinda spoil it, but as you've probably guessed from my fixation with documenting all of Cody's past, the Battle of Sarrish is one of my books. Though I was unable to find and read the graphic novel this battle gains its story and name from, I did as much research as I could into Cody's profile and that of the planet to find out the stats, geography, people, and even some pages from the graphic novel to bring the story as close as possible to that of the previous installments. Though I greatly elaborate on the 'getting there' and what goes on before the actual battle, I will do a direct scenes from that of graphic novel in order to pay homage to the writers who came up with the idea. :) This episode kinda throws a small wrench in the epicness of my story, though. :L From what we know from Gregor's description, I can no longer create a happy ending and complete victory for Cody or my characters. :(
There are probably a few ways I could go along with this new knowledge to make it fit my books. The one that seems the most reasonable to both my goals and the consistency of Star Wars (yes, I try very, very hard not to step on people's toes or go against what is said or done in any show, movie, game, or book. ) would be to bring a plot twist in at the end showing the Separatists re-invading Sarrish, thus killing all those men and leading to Gregor's crash. I think it would be a little foolish, on my part to ignore such a good character, especially a fellow 212th clone. I am even considering having him as the perhaps the fifth captain of the 212th (such a strange thought to me, going on for so long with the four captains I've had!) until he goes missing. Therefore I could save the usual characters (those under the other four captains) from such a devastating attack. Like Obi-Wan could order Gregor and his regiment to stay behind at their base and when the majority of the 212th leaves, Gregor and his men could be attacked and wiped out. Then the Council and Chancellor could loose interest in Sarrish because of the numbers of Seps and other battles. I would kinda hate bringing that start of the bitterness between the Jedi and clone troopers that becomes a prominent underlying conflict in my books so early when I want them to at least have some happiness and contentment before what comes later. Also, sorry I've expelled so much of my thoughts of my book here. I couldn't help it though. ;)
The writers/directors seem too eager to get back to the boring old Jedi-lead (or droid :P ) episodes. It seems like every single clone-centered episode has brought originality, color, and true plotlines back to this series. I sometimes wish they would make an entire, adjacent series just about the clones. Then again, that's something my books cover so if they are ever made into animation (a dream come true!! XD ), we would probably be taken for quite the ride! :D
Monday, December 10, 2012
Clone Wars Season 5 Review: Younglings Arc
WARNING!: contains spoilers for the Clone
Wars episode arc about Younglings (little Jedi). You may want to see this before reading on.
Ok, so instead of doing all the episodes in this arc I decided to do just do the arc as a whole and kinda rate it as such. Overall I would rate the arc a 5.5 out of 10 for my regular reasons (not enough plot, kinda random Jedi action, not much intellegence from the characters, and NOT ENOUGH CLONES!!!!). However, the two ending episodes were actually quite enjoyable simply because they showcased two great characters (in my opinion): General Grevious and Commander Cody!! Not only did I really miss Cody in season 4 (because that season was so dark and more indepth than any so far and I wanted to see him in all of that chaos), but I just really missed him in general. XD He's such a great character to expand on (I'm speaking from experience ;) and comparing the following seasons after 1 didn't really contain the same amount of clones, much less Cody. He really should be showcased more. Not only am I still worried about what they're planning to do with him (possibly bad stuff :/ ) but I would just like to see more of him on screen before we all leap into the New Republic era/Disney's versions. :L I also missed seeing Grevious be, well, Grevious! :D In the books he was always so crafty and viscious. I could remember him using his foot to crush clones before. I was really hoping for more a fight from Obi-Wan though. Kenobi has been coming off as kind of a wimp in this show. I'll get into that later though. ;) Grevious and Cody literally made this arc for me. The Cody episode I rated 7/10 and Grevious garnered a 6.5/10 for me. First lets go into the younglings themselves though.
I liked the prospect of Illum as a screen version of the planet has never been done before. That's one of the reasons why I love the Clone Wars era so much. You get to go to and see all these amazing new planets and cultures untouched by things like the Empire. I liked the layout of the planet and interior of the 'cave'. However I was ultimately disappointed. I've read multiple Jedi Apprentice books featuring Illum, and what I learned from them is that the crystal cave is filled with illusions that require them to use their physical, mental, and Force skills to manuver. This excusion was timed, which added an unneeded rush to the whole thing. I thought some Jedi spent days searching for their crystals. True, in the end, the ice barrier proved to be of no hinderance to the Jedi, but I always thought of the journey being more thoughtfilled rather than just a race against time. They were more focused on finding their crystal to escape than finding their crystal to find their crystal. :( It seemed like they were just more interested in finding their crystal and getting back, and building their lightsaber than the other purposes such as understanding their fears or what the lightsaber should be used for: protection. I missed all the crazy hallucination-like Force illusion things that were in the books too. In one, I think the most memorable one, Anakin saw Darth Maul and had a confrontation with him. I liked them because they revealed the inner fears of the individual Jedi. All these younglings did was complain to themselves (which is weird enough) about their situation. This was more annoying than interesting. I didn't like how some of them acted out of anger/frustration but still reaped their reward, like the Nautolan. There didn't seem to be that many lessons learned from any of the Jedi as I didn't really see them change all that much in the following episodes. :p
Overall, the parts with Younglings bored me. They weren't changing, as one would expect, from their experiences. They complained about their situations and were too lucky for their own good. I did find it interesting to compare them to young clone troopers. The mentalities were completely different. (sorry if I digress a lot right now XD ). The clones congradulate each other, and though a few of them were not too terribly nice to "Lucky", they ultimately worked together. The Jedi younglings were too quick to leave each other and work to satisfy their own needs. True Petro resqued that one girl but it didn't really seem that honest to me. They were bonded out of fear not compassion. I would have liked to see her stay with him so she could help him escape the iceflow at the end. There was just not really any cooperation between anyone. Though this improved somewhat in the later in the arc, I still found it lacking in these younglings more so than clones.
I think this represents well, that the Jedi teachings are lacking in some discipline that is allowing the younglings to guiltlessly leave eachother for their own selfish reasons. :/ Sorry to say, but this makes total sense to me. Jedi are powerful individuals who are made even more so by their ablity to be attatchmentless and carry on even when their allies are dead. Clones on the other hand are taught to be completely selfless and though they still are to carry on the mission even when their brothers are killed, there's this undeniable humanity about them that develops into a huge respect for life. It's interesting to see these two upbringings/morals clash in Cody and Obi-Wan in my books and, though subtly, in this arc.
Which brings me to my next high point: Cody. I loved seeing this guy in action again. What's more, I loved seeing his face again. I don't know why the writers for this season find it nessessary to still put so many shallow episodes on even though probably the majority of the audience is young adults. We can understand that stuff! Even little kids watching this show would probably rather watch clone troopers than Maul, who, by the way, I don't like his character any more. He speaks in broken sentances and makes ridiculous plots that are only geared at killing Jedi. For some reason I can never justify his reasons like I do Grevious. No one is commanding Maul and the Jedi don't seem to be openly confronting him, if he really wanted to he could just build his forces and then just show up and attack the Jedi and the Republic troops across the galaxy. Sorry but Maul is coming off as another unintelligent character who seems like he knows what he's doing. XP
Anyways, back to Cody. XD I loved how they kind of showed the friction/difference of beliefs between him and Obi-Wan. It totally backed up what I'm doing in my books!!! I also loved how Obi-Wan was so inept at fighting Grevious. He was relying totally on his lightsaber skills and open confontation, when, sorry to say, that didn't work on the cyborg before. Didn't he learn from his past mistakes?!? To me, it was clear he had not, and it cost him the lives of countless clones. Also, the fact that all of these deaths were for a group of younglings who weren't really in any danger and, ultimately, a single Jedi. It just goes to show the lengths some of these Jedi endanger their troopers to save only a handfull of Jedi. :'(
I loved how Cody basically ordered Obi-Wan to throw the fuel barrel so he could blow it up when it hit the Separatist when Grevious threw Kenobi into the gunship. I think this shows how intelligent the clone really is and perhaps how much he holds back to let the Jedi have things their way. This also was a brilliant display of how creative Cody is. Thinking back to another episode, I think in season 2, Cody and his men literally monkey pile on Grevious to slow him down. Not a single Jedi has EVER gotten that close to punch Grevious in the face like Cody did!! I find that so amazing. It worked this time with the fuel barrel and it worked with the monkey pile because Grevious was not expecting it. The Jedi have become predictable and so Grevious will always beat them. I'd like to think that this is what Cody would have done if he had the force. That the fuel barrel-toss move and probably a million others would have been executed in steady succession until Grevious was nothing more than a black smear on the deck. In a way this saddens me because it seems as though the people who would actually use the Force to it's full potential cannot because they simply haven't been gifted with it. :L
On to Grievous. I loved his duel between he and Ahsoka in the final episode in this arc. Like I mentioned before, she was using tactics he'd already seen in hundreds of Jedi so he could have easily beat her. >:) I loved seeing the Youngling's scared faces when he was roaring and crawling on all fours. I was like, "Yep! That's the probably the guy who's going to kill you someday! >XD Look long and hard at him because he will always be better than you!!" . Yeah, I'm not really a fan of the younglings. Wookie or not I hope Grevious gets all their precious lightsabers in the end! >:D I also loved how Ahsoka, all confident and 'grown up', was clearly floundering during the fight. If he had grabbed her with any of his limbs it would have been an insta-kill. I think that battle put her in her place again. Reminded her that she and the Jedi are not all-powerfull and they need to shrink their head sizes a bit. I guess that's the main thing I saw in this arc: Jedi get their butts handed to them because they're letting their powers and "their" victories (notice I put that in quotes...probably because it was more of a combination of the clones' efforts too! ) get to their heads.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed my ranting about this arc. I haven't been watching the Droids arc (save for the beginning of the first episode that began with Cody and Rex meeting up {war-buddies!!!! XD } and Neyo's appearance ) but I'm almost positive Commando Gregor will be in the mix soon so I'm super excited for that! XD
Ok, so instead of doing all the episodes in this arc I decided to do just do the arc as a whole and kinda rate it as such. Overall I would rate the arc a 5.5 out of 10 for my regular reasons (not enough plot, kinda random Jedi action, not much intellegence from the characters, and NOT ENOUGH CLONES!!!!). However, the two ending episodes were actually quite enjoyable simply because they showcased two great characters (in my opinion): General Grevious and Commander Cody!! Not only did I really miss Cody in season 4 (because that season was so dark and more indepth than any so far and I wanted to see him in all of that chaos), but I just really missed him in general. XD He's such a great character to expand on (I'm speaking from experience ;) and comparing the following seasons after 1 didn't really contain the same amount of clones, much less Cody. He really should be showcased more. Not only am I still worried about what they're planning to do with him (possibly bad stuff :/ ) but I would just like to see more of him on screen before we all leap into the New Republic era/Disney's versions. :L I also missed seeing Grevious be, well, Grevious! :D In the books he was always so crafty and viscious. I could remember him using his foot to crush clones before. I was really hoping for more a fight from Obi-Wan though. Kenobi has been coming off as kind of a wimp in this show. I'll get into that later though. ;) Grevious and Cody literally made this arc for me. The Cody episode I rated 7/10 and Grevious garnered a 6.5/10 for me. First lets go into the younglings themselves though.
I liked the prospect of Illum as a screen version of the planet has never been done before. That's one of the reasons why I love the Clone Wars era so much. You get to go to and see all these amazing new planets and cultures untouched by things like the Empire. I liked the layout of the planet and interior of the 'cave'. However I was ultimately disappointed. I've read multiple Jedi Apprentice books featuring Illum, and what I learned from them is that the crystal cave is filled with illusions that require them to use their physical, mental, and Force skills to manuver. This excusion was timed, which added an unneeded rush to the whole thing. I thought some Jedi spent days searching for their crystals. True, in the end, the ice barrier proved to be of no hinderance to the Jedi, but I always thought of the journey being more thoughtfilled rather than just a race against time. They were more focused on finding their crystal to escape than finding their crystal to find their crystal. :( It seemed like they were just more interested in finding their crystal and getting back, and building their lightsaber than the other purposes such as understanding their fears or what the lightsaber should be used for: protection. I missed all the crazy hallucination-like Force illusion things that were in the books too. In one, I think the most memorable one, Anakin saw Darth Maul and had a confrontation with him. I liked them because they revealed the inner fears of the individual Jedi. All these younglings did was complain to themselves (which is weird enough) about their situation. This was more annoying than interesting. I didn't like how some of them acted out of anger/frustration but still reaped their reward, like the Nautolan. There didn't seem to be that many lessons learned from any of the Jedi as I didn't really see them change all that much in the following episodes. :p
Overall, the parts with Younglings bored me. They weren't changing, as one would expect, from their experiences. They complained about their situations and were too lucky for their own good. I did find it interesting to compare them to young clone troopers. The mentalities were completely different. (sorry if I digress a lot right now XD ). The clones congradulate each other, and though a few of them were not too terribly nice to "Lucky", they ultimately worked together. The Jedi younglings were too quick to leave each other and work to satisfy their own needs. True Petro resqued that one girl but it didn't really seem that honest to me. They were bonded out of fear not compassion. I would have liked to see her stay with him so she could help him escape the iceflow at the end. There was just not really any cooperation between anyone. Though this improved somewhat in the later in the arc, I still found it lacking in these younglings more so than clones.
I think this represents well, that the Jedi teachings are lacking in some discipline that is allowing the younglings to guiltlessly leave eachother for their own selfish reasons. :/ Sorry to say, but this makes total sense to me. Jedi are powerful individuals who are made even more so by their ablity to be attatchmentless and carry on even when their allies are dead. Clones on the other hand are taught to be completely selfless and though they still are to carry on the mission even when their brothers are killed, there's this undeniable humanity about them that develops into a huge respect for life. It's interesting to see these two upbringings/morals clash in Cody and Obi-Wan in my books and, though subtly, in this arc.
Which brings me to my next high point: Cody. I loved seeing this guy in action again. What's more, I loved seeing his face again. I don't know why the writers for this season find it nessessary to still put so many shallow episodes on even though probably the majority of the audience is young adults. We can understand that stuff! Even little kids watching this show would probably rather watch clone troopers than Maul, who, by the way, I don't like his character any more. He speaks in broken sentances and makes ridiculous plots that are only geared at killing Jedi. For some reason I can never justify his reasons like I do Grevious. No one is commanding Maul and the Jedi don't seem to be openly confronting him, if he really wanted to he could just build his forces and then just show up and attack the Jedi and the Republic troops across the galaxy. Sorry but Maul is coming off as another unintelligent character who seems like he knows what he's doing. XP
Anyways, back to Cody. XD I loved how they kind of showed the friction/difference of beliefs between him and Obi-Wan. It totally backed up what I'm doing in my books!!! I also loved how Obi-Wan was so inept at fighting Grevious. He was relying totally on his lightsaber skills and open confontation, when, sorry to say, that didn't work on the cyborg before. Didn't he learn from his past mistakes?!? To me, it was clear he had not, and it cost him the lives of countless clones. Also, the fact that all of these deaths were for a group of younglings who weren't really in any danger and, ultimately, a single Jedi. It just goes to show the lengths some of these Jedi endanger their troopers to save only a handfull of Jedi. :'(
I loved how Cody basically ordered Obi-Wan to throw the fuel barrel so he could blow it up when it hit the Separatist when Grevious threw Kenobi into the gunship. I think this shows how intelligent the clone really is and perhaps how much he holds back to let the Jedi have things their way. This also was a brilliant display of how creative Cody is. Thinking back to another episode, I think in season 2, Cody and his men literally monkey pile on Grevious to slow him down. Not a single Jedi has EVER gotten that close to punch Grevious in the face like Cody did!! I find that so amazing. It worked this time with the fuel barrel and it worked with the monkey pile because Grevious was not expecting it. The Jedi have become predictable and so Grevious will always beat them. I'd like to think that this is what Cody would have done if he had the force. That the fuel barrel-toss move and probably a million others would have been executed in steady succession until Grevious was nothing more than a black smear on the deck. In a way this saddens me because it seems as though the people who would actually use the Force to it's full potential cannot because they simply haven't been gifted with it. :L
On to Grievous. I loved his duel between he and Ahsoka in the final episode in this arc. Like I mentioned before, she was using tactics he'd already seen in hundreds of Jedi so he could have easily beat her. >:) I loved seeing the Youngling's scared faces when he was roaring and crawling on all fours. I was like, "Yep! That's the probably the guy who's going to kill you someday! >XD Look long and hard at him because he will always be better than you!!" . Yeah, I'm not really a fan of the younglings. Wookie or not I hope Grevious gets all their precious lightsabers in the end! >:D I also loved how Ahsoka, all confident and 'grown up', was clearly floundering during the fight. If he had grabbed her with any of his limbs it would have been an insta-kill. I think that battle put her in her place again. Reminded her that she and the Jedi are not all-powerfull and they need to shrink their head sizes a bit. I guess that's the main thing I saw in this arc: Jedi get their butts handed to them because they're letting their powers and "their" victories (notice I put that in quotes...probably because it was more of a combination of the clones' efforts too! ) get to their heads.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed my ranting about this arc. I haven't been watching the Droids arc (save for the beginning of the first episode that began with Cody and Rex meeting up {war-buddies!!!! XD } and Neyo's appearance ) but I'm almost positive Commando Gregor will be in the mix soon so I'm super excited for that! XD
Monday, October 29, 2012
CW Episode Review: TIPPING POINTS
WARNING!: contains spoilers for the Clone Wars episode Tipping Points. 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. :)
Wow, I'm not going to say "I told you so." because you guys probably agreed with me in my last review. This episode wasn't as blatantly lacking in intelligence as its predecessors but I could still pick apart some things in their plan that I wouldn't have done.
Like the part where they broadcast their central figures. Why on earth would you do that?! Sure the people know and love the old king and his allegiance with the rebels would get them motivated, but it could have backfired so easily. The fact that they're basing so much off of what they're hearing these rebels saying. How do the citizens know if the rebels aren't just trying to take over just so they can form a completely radical governmental system?? If I was a citizen I'd be really wary of these 'freedom fighters'. Not only are their tactics kinda haphazard, but they keep making these public announcements that give the enemy the knowledge of what their leaders look like. If they wore masks or helmets they could have avoided this problem and made this number of announcements. I'm also assuming that they have been 'bouncing' their hologram's signal so it's untraceable. Otherwise, if I were that Sep. General, I'd just bomb their random little hideout because that's where all their leaders congregate.
That brings me to my next point: Why did they keep all their leaders in one place? I could understand if it was to keep them from their hologram channels being tapped or if they were so few in number that they needed to keep close, but as this is apparently not the case I could only look at it as an extremely fatal flaw. Like in the part where all three of their 'leaders' ran off to the exact same place on the battlefield. I was like "WHAT!?" one rocket or one shot from a tank's turbolazer and they would have all been killed at once. Oh yeah, except for that one general-guy, 'cuz they didn't like him anymore for some reason and stuck him out in the way front. :P
Which, again, brings me to my next point: You NEVER demote someone like that right before a stinkin' battle. Not only did that general-guy save basically all their butts in the last episode, but that kills morale. Both his and the men he represents. It's like telling clones who trained years for battle that they're not as good as some three day trained rebels. It's like Obi-Wan just on a whim, demoting Commander freaking Cody that he's got someone better to do Cody's job. >:C I have parts in my books where Kenobi does get into a bit of a conflict with Cody (the war's coming to a close and Jedi can't be seen with beings that were bred for war, so he's got to sever his friendship with Cody. ;_; ), and just that public friction snowballs into deeper matters with the rest of the clone troopers. I digress....
Other comments include: Why wasn't Steela's head/body completely broken up from that fall? Why wasn't Ahsoka's arm torn off from that turret blast (I mean, come on! That's a bomber! It's guns are meant to mess with heavy artillery from destroyers and random people on the ground. They were such a pain in Battlefront 2!!)? Why are the tanks still so vulnerable to a few grenades??!! I liked the commando droids being more of their regular selves. And I'm actually kinda excited about the next episode because it has to do with Illum. I hope they have some amazing 'hallucinations' in those caves like the ones from Jedi Apprentice! XD Those were epic. I'm also looking forward to an episode (hopefully!) centered around Cody FOR ONCE!!!! XDDD He needs more screen time so I don't have to write another book to cover all these plot holes their leaving me with. ;D
Wow, I'm not going to say "I told you so." because you guys probably agreed with me in my last review. This episode wasn't as blatantly lacking in intelligence as its predecessors but I could still pick apart some things in their plan that I wouldn't have done.
Like the part where they broadcast their central figures. Why on earth would you do that?! Sure the people know and love the old king and his allegiance with the rebels would get them motivated, but it could have backfired so easily. The fact that they're basing so much off of what they're hearing these rebels saying. How do the citizens know if the rebels aren't just trying to take over just so they can form a completely radical governmental system?? If I was a citizen I'd be really wary of these 'freedom fighters'. Not only are their tactics kinda haphazard, but they keep making these public announcements that give the enemy the knowledge of what their leaders look like. If they wore masks or helmets they could have avoided this problem and made this number of announcements. I'm also assuming that they have been 'bouncing' their hologram's signal so it's untraceable. Otherwise, if I were that Sep. General, I'd just bomb their random little hideout because that's where all their leaders congregate.
That brings me to my next point: Why did they keep all their leaders in one place? I could understand if it was to keep them from their hologram channels being tapped or if they were so few in number that they needed to keep close, but as this is apparently not the case I could only look at it as an extremely fatal flaw. Like in the part where all three of their 'leaders' ran off to the exact same place on the battlefield. I was like "WHAT!?" one rocket or one shot from a tank's turbolazer and they would have all been killed at once. Oh yeah, except for that one general-guy, 'cuz they didn't like him anymore for some reason and stuck him out in the way front. :P
Which, again, brings me to my next point: You NEVER demote someone like that right before a stinkin' battle. Not only did that general-guy save basically all their butts in the last episode, but that kills morale. Both his and the men he represents. It's like telling clones who trained years for battle that they're not as good as some three day trained rebels. It's like Obi-Wan just on a whim, demoting Commander freaking Cody that he's got someone better to do Cody's job. >:C I have parts in my books where Kenobi does get into a bit of a conflict with Cody (the war's coming to a close and Jedi can't be seen with beings that were bred for war, so he's got to sever his friendship with Cody. ;_; ), and just that public friction snowballs into deeper matters with the rest of the clone troopers. I digress....
Other comments include: Why wasn't Steela's head/body completely broken up from that fall? Why wasn't Ahsoka's arm torn off from that turret blast (I mean, come on! That's a bomber! It's guns are meant to mess with heavy artillery from destroyers and random people on the ground. They were such a pain in Battlefront 2!!)? Why are the tanks still so vulnerable to a few grenades??!! I liked the commando droids being more of their regular selves. And I'm actually kinda excited about the next episode because it has to do with Illum. I hope they have some amazing 'hallucinations' in those caves like the ones from Jedi Apprentice! XD Those were epic. I'm also looking forward to an episode (hopefully!) centered around Cody FOR ONCE!!!! XDDD He needs more screen time so I don't have to write another book to cover all these plot holes their leaving me with. ;D
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Clone Wars Episode Review: Front Runners
WARNING!: contains spoilers for the Clone Wars episode Front Runners. 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. :)
Ok, so if you've been following my various rampages on twitter, you probably know that so far season 5 hasn't really impressed me. The plots are just 'ok', the characters aren't really developing that much, there's a lack of intelligence in their moves, and ( most importantly) THERE ARE NO CLONES!!! >:C (for me clone centered episodes = all these things these episodes so far have been lacking.) The worst thing that has bugged me about these last few episodes about Onderon rebels has mainly been the intelligence aspect of it.
In this episode the main action is centered around blowing up a power plant. Ok, it'll take down the droids eventually, but what about everyone else?? My first thought was a hospital. If people get hurt, which they will, how the heck are they going to perform even the simplest/sanitary operation without power? How are these people--who appear to live surrounded by dry desert and forest--supposed to preserve their food stuffs?! How are they supposed to get water?!
What makes this plan work even less is the fact that if there are any fuel-powered generators, the droids will get a hold of them and even more people might get injured or die. Sorry, but if I were those people I wouldn't be cheering the rebels on if they forced me to live in derelict conditions or in constant peril. Ok, so that's the sacrifice I have to make to get the droids out, well guess what, if it means possibly killing people who don't really want to be involved is that really the means you want to get them out?
And just the way the rebels conducted themselves. Jumping out of alleyways or firing off of rooftops, it reminded me more of terrorist tactics than that of a more justice driven group! If Cody or I were to choose, we would keep our rendezvous/strikes to the night. We'd dress in all black, with black plating and nightvision goggles. We'd use our hands or silencer guns to take out the droids a few at a time. Forget about destroying hundreds of droids! When you're trying to keep hidden right under the nose of the guy who wants you dead, you better work on a smaller, more stealthy operation. One with "less noise" as Cody would say. If I was the the king I'd be like, "Well, since forensics [since that's the first thing you always do when trying to figure out your enemy!] show that half the rounds came from rooftop, might as well mount cameras all over my palace walls, place electrodes onto the rooftops, and put some snipers all over the city roofs." I don't know, maybe the king guy isn't so smart. War is just an arms race. They tear the head off of a regular battle droid, you send in only supes (super battle droids). They use the hivemind of the droids to plot an attack, you keep the routes and stations changing. They stage an all out attack on your powerplant, you steal everyone's generator, and make an example of the four random people jumping up and down in front of a burning tank. Duh. The fact that this king guy does absolutely nothing, makes me believe that he is as worthless and stupid as they come. :p If the rebels did kill him, nothing would change.
At least Dooku was smart enough to say, "You need to man up and think, dude! I'm not gonna send you droids so they can get taken out because you're not doing your part!". That's like half the problem! Sure the droids apparently can't think for themselves, but that's why the Separatists have always been very good at employing these crafty leaders! i.e. Grevious, Admiral Trench (though he isn't half as brilliant as Grevious), my OC Thestius Braken, Durge, Asajj Ventress.....
That all was just commentary up there. ^ Wishful thinking, I guess. I realize that they can't possibly pack all that reasoning into such a short amount of episodes. Maybe that's why it takes me so much thought, effort, and time thinking about my books. I want them to be reasonable. I want the characters to act like real, intelligent (or mostly intelligent beings). I want my characters to prove their prowess through their actions and plans, not through just hap-hazard planning like this.
What really burned me, what I really did not like about this episode, was when Anakin remarked that the "501st had competition" from the rebels. >80 .............. WHAT?! The 501st, that had trained since practically birth, been on hundreds of campaigns, killed a rogue Jedi, and did like a thousand epic things because they're clones and Skywalker says that?! How could you say that to a man who's saved your life!?! Ok seriously?! A bunch of rebels that only trained for literally three days is somehow better than an ENTIRE legion of CLONES!?! Is Anakin on crack?!!!! And since the 501st is pretty much the posterboys of the GAR what does that make underdog-212th? Wimpy??!! My mouth literally hung open a minute after he said that because I realized how much that comment must have hurt. If any of the other legions got wind of that, they would hurt even worse. :( I know Anakin was probably joking and Rex was quick/witty enough to just go along with it, but seriously, that Jedi needs to watch his mouth. Those rebels are over confident enough as it is! I'm just waiting for one of them to just get pummeled by a supe or something, and since they took out the power whoever it is is gonna die or get some serious infection because the antibacterial juice (basically penicillin) has turned to crap since it hasn't been refrigerated. xP They need to pull a 212th and get more humble or they're going to mess up big time.
I totally agree with Steela being the leader, and love how Rex was the first one to see that. She's the most level headed, the most skilled, and probably the one who's going to make up for what the group lacks. I pretty much hate Lux right now. I don't care that Ahsoka likes him save that it might hurt Rex. :c If she were smarter she might have realized these things but I think her character has lost a lot of intelligence after the Citadel arc. :L Maybe in this next one she'll realize what's more important. Like I said before of Lux, I really have no idea why they like each other or what is really that special about him.
The last thing I like about this arc is that it gets me into the deep-writing mood!! XD I've already written at least three pivotal scenes in my earlier Clone Wars books because of the motivation these episodes put me in. Absolutely love it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do: Writing a war novel about clones drinking peppermint tea while listening to the soundtrack from The Pacific or TSFH music........Absolute bliss. X)
Ok, so if you've been following my various rampages on twitter, you probably know that so far season 5 hasn't really impressed me. The plots are just 'ok', the characters aren't really developing that much, there's a lack of intelligence in their moves, and ( most importantly) THERE ARE NO CLONES!!! >:C (for me clone centered episodes = all these things these episodes so far have been lacking.) The worst thing that has bugged me about these last few episodes about Onderon rebels has mainly been the intelligence aspect of it.
In this episode the main action is centered around blowing up a power plant. Ok, it'll take down the droids eventually, but what about everyone else?? My first thought was a hospital. If people get hurt, which they will, how the heck are they going to perform even the simplest/sanitary operation without power? How are these people--who appear to live surrounded by dry desert and forest--supposed to preserve their food stuffs?! How are they supposed to get water?!
What makes this plan work even less is the fact that if there are any fuel-powered generators, the droids will get a hold of them and even more people might get injured or die. Sorry, but if I were those people I wouldn't be cheering the rebels on if they forced me to live in derelict conditions or in constant peril. Ok, so that's the sacrifice I have to make to get the droids out, well guess what, if it means possibly killing people who don't really want to be involved is that really the means you want to get them out?
And just the way the rebels conducted themselves. Jumping out of alleyways or firing off of rooftops, it reminded me more of terrorist tactics than that of a more justice driven group! If Cody or I were to choose, we would keep our rendezvous/strikes to the night. We'd dress in all black, with black plating and nightvision goggles. We'd use our hands or silencer guns to take out the droids a few at a time. Forget about destroying hundreds of droids! When you're trying to keep hidden right under the nose of the guy who wants you dead, you better work on a smaller, more stealthy operation. One with "less noise" as Cody would say. If I was the the king I'd be like, "Well, since forensics [since that's the first thing you always do when trying to figure out your enemy!] show that half the rounds came from rooftop, might as well mount cameras all over my palace walls, place electrodes onto the rooftops, and put some snipers all over the city roofs." I don't know, maybe the king guy isn't so smart. War is just an arms race. They tear the head off of a regular battle droid, you send in only supes (super battle droids). They use the hivemind of the droids to plot an attack, you keep the routes and stations changing. They stage an all out attack on your powerplant, you steal everyone's generator, and make an example of the four random people jumping up and down in front of a burning tank. Duh. The fact that this king guy does absolutely nothing, makes me believe that he is as worthless and stupid as they come. :p If the rebels did kill him, nothing would change.
At least Dooku was smart enough to say, "You need to man up and think, dude! I'm not gonna send you droids so they can get taken out because you're not doing your part!". That's like half the problem! Sure the droids apparently can't think for themselves, but that's why the Separatists have always been very good at employing these crafty leaders! i.e. Grevious, Admiral Trench (though he isn't half as brilliant as Grevious), my OC Thestius Braken, Durge, Asajj Ventress.....
That all was just commentary up there. ^ Wishful thinking, I guess. I realize that they can't possibly pack all that reasoning into such a short amount of episodes. Maybe that's why it takes me so much thought, effort, and time thinking about my books. I want them to be reasonable. I want the characters to act like real, intelligent (or mostly intelligent beings). I want my characters to prove their prowess through their actions and plans, not through just hap-hazard planning like this.
What really burned me, what I really did not like about this episode, was when Anakin remarked that the "501st had competition" from the rebels. >80 .............. WHAT?! The 501st, that had trained since practically birth, been on hundreds of campaigns, killed a rogue Jedi, and did like a thousand epic things because they're clones and Skywalker says that?! How could you say that to a man who's saved your life!?! Ok seriously?! A bunch of rebels that only trained for literally three days is somehow better than an ENTIRE legion of CLONES!?! Is Anakin on crack?!!!! And since the 501st is pretty much the posterboys of the GAR what does that make underdog-212th? Wimpy??!! My mouth literally hung open a minute after he said that because I realized how much that comment must have hurt. If any of the other legions got wind of that, they would hurt even worse. :( I know Anakin was probably joking and Rex was quick/witty enough to just go along with it, but seriously, that Jedi needs to watch his mouth. Those rebels are over confident enough as it is! I'm just waiting for one of them to just get pummeled by a supe or something, and since they took out the power whoever it is is gonna die or get some serious infection because the antibacterial juice (basically penicillin) has turned to crap since it hasn't been refrigerated. xP They need to pull a 212th and get more humble or they're going to mess up big time.
I totally agree with Steela being the leader, and love how Rex was the first one to see that. She's the most level headed, the most skilled, and probably the one who's going to make up for what the group lacks. I pretty much hate Lux right now. I don't care that Ahsoka likes him save that it might hurt Rex. :c If she were smarter she might have realized these things but I think her character has lost a lot of intelligence after the Citadel arc. :L Maybe in this next one she'll realize what's more important. Like I said before of Lux, I really have no idea why they like each other or what is really that special about him.
The last thing I like about this arc is that it gets me into the deep-writing mood!! XD I've already written at least three pivotal scenes in my earlier Clone Wars books because of the motivation these episodes put me in. Absolutely love it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do: Writing a war novel about clones drinking peppermint tea while listening to the soundtrack from The Pacific or TSFH music........Absolute bliss. X)
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Clone Wars Episode Review: A War on Two Fronts
WARNING!! : The following contains a review of the titled Clone Wars episode. If you have not seen it you may want to watch it before reading on. :)
I thought the new CW episode was ok. Finally, it had a clone in it. My question still remains *in batman voice*: WHERE IS CODY!!!? I know they just want me to write more to fill in these places *sarcasm*, but I was sad last season because we didn't even get to see his face! X'C What is he doing on his own? Do I seriously need to write another book to fill all this in??! It was an ok episode, I felt like there was some plot holes that, ironically, I cover in my books. Like how the droids found them because their drop ship dropped them off close to where the rebel base is. I was like, "Duh!" right away because in my book Cody makes a point to land like a few HUNDRED miles away so he doesn't jeopardize the people he's supposed to help!! Sure you have to walk a ways but "if you do it smart, then you don't have to worry about another plan". I guess that's the main problem I have with some of the CW episodes: they kinda sacrifice the intelligence of the characters for an ok story. :L I think the intelligence of the characters sometimes makes the story good. Maybe that's why they had to leave Cody behind. He'd be too smart and they'd still be on their way to the rebel base. X) So in that way I'm glad they left him behind because I'd hate him to be like, "Oh sure." to their plan.
Cody would also be the guy to give Lux and that one leader guy a serious talk about getting along. You can't have people squabbling in your regiment or the whole your whole operation is in jeopardy. I don't mean to complain but the thing between Lux and Ahsoka is getting annoying. Xp I don't even really understand why they like eachother that much. Ok, so they talked and had a debate in one episode and after that they liked each other. I liked the idea of Rex and Ahsoka better. They had actually known each other for more than an episode and had been through a lot of stuff together. I'm pretty sure Rex had a sad/slightly jealous look on his face when Ahsoka was giving Lux the goo-goo eyes at the end of the episode. The poor clone gets no love, save from his fangirls. X) And Cody gets even less. DX
I liked the creatures in this episode. It seems like they've been adding more culture and flavor to the Clone Wars, which is exactly how it is! XD <3 I love seeing all the different architecture and flora and fauna. Now for the actual cultures themselves! I want to see some cultural beliefs, some culture-based rules or speculations! :D Like 'Jedi are really sorcerers' or that 'such-and-such is a bad omen so we can't go out fighting today'. Personally, (I know this is getting really digressive and long for something on twitter) I think that the Jedi are kinda like missionaries from the old days. They're kinda disillusioned and don't quite understand the culture. They have the right intentions but are kinda pushing their views on the people, and not taking into account the native's beliefs or reasoning. There are a million things that could be a fault why the people are hesitant about doing something. Example: Maybe by killing people from their planet they'd be committing an offense to the earth spirit or something. Because the Jedi never think to ask, they'll never know this. This being something that could tear their people apart and break a traditional peacekeeping mechanism...*sigh*That's all I've got to say.
I thought the new CW episode was ok. Finally, it had a clone in it. My question still remains *in batman voice*: WHERE IS CODY!!!? I know they just want me to write more to fill in these places *sarcasm*, but I was sad last season because we didn't even get to see his face! X'C What is he doing on his own? Do I seriously need to write another book to fill all this in??! It was an ok episode, I felt like there was some plot holes that, ironically, I cover in my books. Like how the droids found them because their drop ship dropped them off close to where the rebel base is. I was like, "Duh!" right away because in my book Cody makes a point to land like a few HUNDRED miles away so he doesn't jeopardize the people he's supposed to help!! Sure you have to walk a ways but "if you do it smart, then you don't have to worry about another plan". I guess that's the main problem I have with some of the CW episodes: they kinda sacrifice the intelligence of the characters for an ok story. :L I think the intelligence of the characters sometimes makes the story good. Maybe that's why they had to leave Cody behind. He'd be too smart and they'd still be on their way to the rebel base. X) So in that way I'm glad they left him behind because I'd hate him to be like, "Oh sure." to their plan.
Cody would also be the guy to give Lux and that one leader guy a serious talk about getting along. You can't have people squabbling in your regiment or the whole your whole operation is in jeopardy. I don't mean to complain but the thing between Lux and Ahsoka is getting annoying. Xp I don't even really understand why they like eachother that much. Ok, so they talked and had a debate in one episode and after that they liked each other. I liked the idea of Rex and Ahsoka better. They had actually known each other for more than an episode and had been through a lot of stuff together. I'm pretty sure Rex had a sad/slightly jealous look on his face when Ahsoka was giving Lux the goo-goo eyes at the end of the episode. The poor clone gets no love, save from his fangirls. X) And Cody gets even less. DX
I liked the creatures in this episode. It seems like they've been adding more culture and flavor to the Clone Wars, which is exactly how it is! XD <3 I love seeing all the different architecture and flora and fauna. Now for the actual cultures themselves! I want to see some cultural beliefs, some culture-based rules or speculations! :D Like 'Jedi are really sorcerers' or that 'such-and-such is a bad omen so we can't go out fighting today'. Personally, (I know this is getting really digressive and long for something on twitter) I think that the Jedi are kinda like missionaries from the old days. They're kinda disillusioned and don't quite understand the culture. They have the right intentions but are kinda pushing their views on the people, and not taking into account the native's beliefs or reasoning. There are a million things that could be a fault why the people are hesitant about doing something. Example: Maybe by killing people from their planet they'd be committing an offense to the earth spirit or something. Because the Jedi never think to ask, they'll never know this. This being something that could tear their people apart and break a traditional peacekeeping mechanism...*sigh*That's all I've got to say.
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